Just Sitting Here Thinking About A 95th Milestone Birthday Card

My grandfather recently celebrated his 95th birthday.  I adore my grandfather and wanted to make a special card for his birthday since it is kinda a milestone.  I thought about making a card featuring "9" and "5", but I had previously done that for 90 and so I wanted something different.

I think this scene card created with MFT's Make Yourself At Home stamp set was a perfect solution.  I stamped, colored and fussy cut out all of the furniture and decorative pieces.  Trying for a homey, but masculine feel, I decided to add the more neutral colored lamp and vase.  I think it worked!  The card base and the floor are stamped using my Concord and 9th Barnwood background stamp.

On the inside, a sentiment stamped with my Concord and 9th Happy Day stamp set.  The "H" in my Happy stamp has lost a serif, but I couldn't resist getting the "9" and "5" on here somewhere!

Since I had the pieces on the table, I decided for a much more feminine look on this second card.  I like them both, but think the one for my grandfather is more fitting.  I forgot how fun making a scene can be...

I'm entering the second card in Simon Says Stamp's Monday challenge All Things Pink since it is pink inspired.

Another 45th Wedding Anniversary Card

I had whipped up this card for my parent's 45th wedding anniversary.  I decided to use the sapphire blue card that I shared with you in May and the pieces for this card were set aside.  I decided to go ahead and put the card together anyway.

The blooms are stamped with my Altenew Peony Bouquet stamp set and then partially die cut on the edge.

Not sure when I'll need this card, but it goes into the stash for someone to use for their special milestone event.

A Vintage Happy Birthday

I've been especially enjoying my Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers lately.  I almost always use them with Bristol cardstock.  They are so easy to use and create a great result such that my limited skill isn't on clear display.  Today I'm sharing some images I had previously colored, but only recently mounted on some patterned paper to finish off the card.  In this case, I stamped the poles for the sentiment banner on the patterned paper and they used foam squares to raise up the cake and the sentiment banner.

On the inside, a simple stamped sentiment.

I also used the star burst stamp to gold emboss the patterned paper and add some accent to the base of the card.  It is difficult to see on the first card, but easier to identify in this second card.

Celebrating 45 Years of Marriage

 Whew!  That was a strong month long break in the blogging.  I wish I could say that it was a planned break to refresh and renew or that I was off on some exotic adventure.  Nope - just plain busy life got the better of me.  Between work and home life challenges, I have been consumed.  What I found this week is that I've sacrificed some of the things that keep me whole, energized and renewed.  Crafting and blogging are some of those things and so I'm here today to share with you the card that I made for my mom and dad's 45th wedding anniversary.  We celebrated last night - their actual anniversary - with a simple, causal dinner at my home.  My grandparents (my mom's parents) were able to join us along with her brother (who lives with my grandparents) and my sister, including both her kid and my kids.

It was special and this card was a strong mark for the day.  The 45th wedding anniversary is a sapphire celebration so I used some sapphire colored cardstock and my Heartfelt Creations Botanical Rose stamps and dies to create these flowers.  The frame die cuts were made using my Heartfelt Creations Leafy Borders dies. 

On the inside, a sentiment using my Concord and 9th Happy Day stamp set so that it was specific to the occasion.  My husband and I have our own milestone anniversary later this year and we're grateful for the stunning example of perseverance and love that is my parents marriage.

Happy Anniversary, Mom and Dad!

Celebrating 90 Years - A Milestone Birthday Card

I've been traveling for work... long story.  Anyway, I wanted to get this card posted so I am popping in today sharing the birthday card I gave my Grandma on her 90th birthday.  You might remember these invitations to her birthday party that I made to send out.  I thought I needed to go in a different creative direction just to make her feel good.

I used my Concord and 9th Happy Day stamp set to make this card.  The cake stamp was inked using brown ink on Bristol paper.  This was so I could color the image with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers and a waterpen.  I finished the image with a little glitter pen to make some shine - you can almost see the glitter on the flowers.

I fussy cut the image out - getting much closer to the edge than the matching dies would do.  I used some fun foam to back the image so that the image would be evenly raised.  The banner is raised using two toothpicks I had on hand.  .  Both the banner and the sentiment are from the Concord and 9th stamp set.  They make milestone birthdays easy to celebrate!

On the inside - a simple added wish with a sparkle heart.  We had a fantastic time at the party and the follow-up dinner on her actual birthday.  I am so very blessed to have both my material grandparents with me to celebrate on such an occasion.  I ended up making her a set of Thank You cards for her actual gift.  I'll try to get those photos edited and posted soon.

A Special Milestone Birthday

I've a milestone birthday card to share with you today.  The big "5" "0".  I'm rapidly approaching this milestone myself and my husband will achieve this milestone later this year so it should come as no surprise that my friends are achieving this milestone as well.

I stamped the focal image using my Concord and 9th Happy Day stamp set onto Bristol paper.  I colored the image with my Zig Clean Color Clear Brush markers using a waterbrush to spread the color on the image.  The image was then fussy cut out.  I used the matching dies to cut the image out of the polka dot patterned paper creating a window to place the image over some black cardstock.  A little grosgrain ribbon from the stash and the card is finished simply. I think the result is a cute card that hopefully cheered the recipient.  

What cute card creations do you have up your sleeve?  I'm still feeling the new year swell of creativity so I'll be back with more creations later this week.  Hope it is a good finish to your week!

I'll linking up with the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday challenge:  Cute 
Word Art Wednesday's challenge #268-269 Anything Goes