It has been a rather busy summer but I have managed to stamp some cards. I wasn't able to take pictures of all of them because just as quickly as I was making them I was just as quickly giving them away. I have managed to hang onto these two. One is a very simple Thank You card and the other is a nostalgic Birthday Pop-up card. Check them out.

Thanks Card Supplies

Stamp Set: Fifth Avenue Floral and Thank You Kindly

Texture Plate: Stampin'Up Backgrounds 1 (Love these textured plates!)

Paper: Whisper White; Basic Gray; Black; and Real Red

Inks: Basic Gray; Black; and Real Red

Nostalgic Birthday Pop-up Card

I need to explain why I've called this card "Nostalgic" Birthday Pop-up Card. The reason is none of the images on this card and one of the paper and ink are current. I need to bring out some of good oldies of the past. One of my favorite stamp sets is Heartfelt Thanks. I also used an old Sale-A-Bration set plus the old Birthday Greeting set. A favorite In-Colour of mine is Cool Caribbean. Now who didn't love that colour. Well, I'm blessed to have the ink pad and still several packages of this wonderful paper. I had to use these retired stamp sets and colour to create the perfect card for a dear friend. I'll fill you in on the other other colours and technique I used to create this beautiful card.

• Basic Gray ink for the words
• Green Galore ink & paper - the paper was textured with the Stampin'Up Backgrounds 1. (Have I mentioned I LOVE these texture backgrounds!)
• Barely Banana ink & paper - I used my so inexpensive tool (my fingernail) to create the rough edge on the Barely Banana to frame the image and wording.
• So Saffron ribbon tied with a piece of Hemp Twine.
• The flower outlines were embossed with white.

Sometimes it is just fun to bring out our very cherished retired stuff and making something new fresh. Try it! See what you haven't used in awhile and mix it with something new.