Tuesday, November 15, 2011

a very special birthday




my mom's 50th birthday is tomorrow - i can't believe it! and she can't either! i had a hard time turning 30 this year...and she's in the same boat! how does life go by so fast?!



anyway, now that you know my dirty, dark secret (i'm 30!!! ew!)...ha ha! ...i want to share a card i made for her birthday! she lives in florida, so i won't see her on her birthday, but we'll be making our way down there in a few weeks for thanksgiving! anyway, i sent the card in the mail yesterday along with her homemade present from her little grand-menn (my boys! ha ha).



i am playing along with wee memories, since the challenge this week is birthdays and celebrations!









so here's my card:






my mom's favorite color is purple, but as you may have heard me complain about before...purple blocks my creativity! lol! i'm serious, for some reason, i can't create things with purple! i had to rise above for this card though, and actually, i really liked how it turned out! i only used purple as the accents, and i think it really helped! ha ha!




the airplane and clouds are from lawn fawn's 'bon voyage' mini-stamp set. i made the banner and used some glue dots to make it pop up so it looked like it was in flight. :) i used lawn fawn's 'harold's abc's' stamp set to create the sentiment which i heat embossed.


inside the card, i used 'harold's abc's' (heat embossed) again, as well as some american craft's numbers...the name of the stamp set escapes me though... :/



so that's it! it was a blast to make!

enjoy!

3 comments:

  1. Great card, Samantha! Love the houndstooth background. Thank you so much for playing along with us at Wee Memories. :)

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  2. This is great! I love the houndstooth background. Thanks for playing with us at Wee Memories!

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  3. Oh my, I love houndstooth! It's amazing as a background for this adorable plane stamp. I love that banner flying proud behind the plane. Great card! Thanks for playing with Wee Memories!

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