Letting the Paper Do the Work

I've had this 12 x 12 sheet of patterned paper with flocked flowers for about fifteen years. I recently came across it and thought it was time to cut it up, while I had it out. Otherwise it may have been buried for another 15 years! Each of these three cards fit into a legal size envelope. They are 4 x 9.25 inches. The sentiments all came from my parts. I think this first one is from Gina K. It was cut out with a Stampin' Up! Word Window punch. (I think that's what it's called.) I added a light touch of ink over it with a blending brush. In real life, it matches the pink wonderfully. I had also cut several extra layers for dimension.

The sentiment on this second one had been printed on my computer and then foiled with a laminator and matted with gold foil cardstock. It's popped up on foam squares.

And the sentiment on this third one had been done with my Glimmer Hot Foil system. It's mounted on foam squares. The patterned paper was the left-over and I matted it with a matching cardstock and placed it toward the left side of the card.

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Happy Retirement

The embossed background, the foiled butterfly and the foiled sentiment were all in my card parts and they came together nicely enough to make this retirement card, which I think will go to my sister. The butterfly was done with my Glimmer Hot Foil system. The sentiment was printed on my laser printer and then foiled with my laminator. The butterfly and sentiment are popped up on foam squares, and the background and sentiment are matted with gold metallic cardstock.

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Retirement in Gold

Our pastor retired on Sunday. He was more than our pastor, though - he and his wife were our friends. What a sad day! (But I am very happy for them!) This is the card that I made for him/them.

The main image is a die-cut. I cut it three times from white cardstock and one time from gold foil cardstock. The sentiment was printed from my computer on my laser printer. Then I used my laminator and gold foil on it. The sentiment is matted with gold foil and mounted on foam squares. The main layer is a textured ivory cardstock. I matted that with gold foil, also. The card base is kraft and is approximately 3 1/2 by 6 1/4 inches.

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Beautiful Days of Retirement

Nothing different about this card, but I post nearly every card that I made, so here you go:) I used a Memory Box corner die on ivory cardstock. I placed rose colored glitter paper underneath and made it show around the edge, too. The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions. I use it a lot for retirement cards. I matted the sentiment with the same glitter paper and mounted it on foam squares. This is for a friend whose last day of work was Friday.

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Simple Retirement

Surprise - not a Christmas card today! :) I still have more to share, though.

A friend retired a few weeks ago, and there was a party for him on Friday. I realized I hadn't made him a card yet, so this is the card I made. It was easy because it's such a classic layout and I've used it before. The patterned paper is from a stack by 7 Gypsies. The sentiment is die-cut. The card base and plain cardstock is ivory.

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Happy Retirement, Gloria!

I just found out that an on-line friend of mine retired on November first. Happy Retirement, Gloria! Of course I had to make her a card:)

The die cut piece was in my card parts box from our group gathering in June. I don't know who makes it. I cut it out of blue foil cardstock. The patterned paper is from a Paper Studio matstack. The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions. I stamped it on ivory cardstock and cut it out to fit under the oval in the die cut.

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Happy (Golfing) Retirement!

A good friend has just retired. (His last day was last Friday.) This is the card I made for him, with input from my husband.

I used a Lasting Impressions brass stencil for this. First I embossed the entire thing on off-white cardstock. Then I did parts of it on different cardstocks and paper. After embossing, I cut the pieces out and glued them on the main image. You can't tell very well in the picture, but the clubs are cut from "mirror" cardstock.

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Happy Retirement!

A former co-worker of my husband is retiring, and this is the card I made for her. I only had a few minutes to make it, but I'm pleased enough with it. There's nothing new or innovative with it, but it's still pretty!

The patterned paper is from a stack by Recollections. I matted it with matching blue cardstock. The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions. I cut it out with a Memory Box stitched rectangle die and matted with the same blue cardstock. I embossed a piece of ivory cardstock (the cardbase and the sentiment are also ivory) with a Cuttlebug folder and added it to the card front. The sentiment is mounted on Pop Dots. I think she will like it. :)

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Happy Retirement!

This is the card I made for a friend of ours for his retirement. Both of the stamps I used are by Repeat Impressions. I colored the image using Copic markers. I scored one line on the bottom and three lines on the top with my Scor-Pal. I matted with brown cardstock and added it to a kraft base.

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Retirement

A friend of mine recently retired, and this is the card we will be giving her.

The image stamp and the sentiment stamp are both from Repeat Impressions. I stamped the image with Memento black ink. I colored with Copic markers, then I carefully trimmed it down. I cut a piece of green cardstock to mat the square part of the image and left the butterfly unmatted. I added some shimmer to the flowers and butterfly with a Wink of Stella brush. I mounted the entire panel on foam squares.

I'm submitting this to the Repeat Impressions challenge, which this week is "Anything Goes."

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Happy Retirement, Jim!

Today is my husband's last day of work. Yahoo!!! Retirement, here we come! :)

Here is the card I made for him. The stamps are both from a My Favorite Things stamp set. I stamped with Versamark and embossed with detail white embossing powder. I rounded all of the bottom corners. The image panel is mounted on foam squares.

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Retirement Flowers

A friend of ours is retiring on Friday after 39 years at the same job. Good for her!!! We wish her the best, for sure!

This is the card I made for her. The flowers stamp is from Inkadinkado. I stamped it on watercolor paper and used die inks and an aquapainter. The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions. I added a bit of embossing on the bottom (Darice embossing folder) and then scored a line above it with my ScorPal.

I'm linking this up to the CropStop challenge - Anything Goes. They carry Darice embossing folders, although I don't see this one on the site.

Edited to add: Bea - this set from Inkadinkado is called "Beauty Stems." Here is a link to Amazon so that you can see what it looks like. I think it's a beautiful set!

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