Monday, November 09, 2026

Poetic Petals, Harvest Hues, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a birthday card to share with you using the "Harvest Hues" ephemera. I made two using the same design. My husband has twin sisters and these are for their birthday. They are identical twins and when we were dating I had trouble telling them apart. They are 17 years older than he is and one of the twins had identical twins. So now I had 4 people to figure out who is who. Then I meet his twin cousins, his aunt (his mother's sister) had twins. Now there's 6 people I to figure out and I couldn't keep straight who is who. As the years passed I can tell his sisters and nieces apart but I still have problems with the cousins!  And humorously I sort of got him back, I have triplets on my side! LOL Now that you know a bit of backstory on my life, let's move on to how today's card was made. 

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

Using the "Perennial Postage" dies I cut the second largest one for the layer. Before taping the layer down I lightly scrubbed on some Crushed Curry ink around the outer edge of the card base and then scrubbed the center of the die cut piece with more ink. 

I laid the stickers in place so I could see where to stamp the words. The words are from the "Poetic Petals" bundle and were stamped using Basic Black ink. I taped the layer to the card base.

I set the stickers in place on the front of the card and the card was done.

This was a very quick and easy card to make. I think the sticker choices formed a nice birthday card for my sister-in-laws.  They don't read my blog so I can tell you what their presents are. A friend of mine makes the most beautiful quilts and we bought two from her.  Actually we bought three, I had to have one too! I'm so spoiled. LOL

Thank you so very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda

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3 comments:

  1. Cheryl W.9:49 PM

    Perfect cards for your sisters-in-law! I love the ink blending you did behind the ephemera. I have identical twin daughters, and the kids in the neighborhood and all their cousins had trouble telling them apart. Luckily, they learned to answer to either name or even just "twin."

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  2. Marjolijn van Elsberg7:43 AM

    I just took another stroll through your blog and saw some truly lovely things—it’s wonderful to have a hobby like that! We recently took a family trip to the fairytale world of the Efteling; it’s a place that never ceases to amaze, just delightful! In the meantime, you’ve been busy creating so many beautiful things; this card, with the postage-stamp die-cut, is absolutely gorgeous.
    Love, Marjolijn.

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  3. Conniecrafter7:57 PM

    such pretty layering you did with the plant and I like your touch of inking in the background too, pretty sentiment style too!

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