Elegant Birthday & Thank You Cards

 

November is a busy month in our family for birthdays.  All three of my sisters' birthdays as well as my own fall in this month.  Then, one of my sister-in-law's birthday is in November along with my mother-in-law's.  

I had some time this week, so I put my creative juices to work.  For my birthday, my husband gave me some new stamps, embossing folder and some cutting dies.  I love how these cards came together.

Supplies used for these cards:

* Cardstock (from Michaels- Reflections)

* Inks from Close to My Heart: Desert Sand, Saddle, Cocoa and Grey Flannel

* Old World Paper 3D Embossing Folder (Stampin' Up)

* Butterfly Beauty Dies (Stampin' Up)

* Ornate Layers Dies (Stampin' Up)

* Your Own Kind of Wonderful Stamp Set (Close to My Heart)

* Feels Like Home-Scrapbooking Stamp Set (Close to My Heart)

* Love so Sweet Stamp Set (Close to My Heart)

* Beauty Abounds Stamp Set (Stampin' Up)

* Comfort and Hope Stamp Set (Stampin' Up)

The Guys: Game Time

 

I have not had any time to scrapbook for awhile.  I can't imagine why ;).  Work responsibilities have definitely occupied a lot of my time.  Teaching has never been a 9 to 5 job.  This year has not lessened that load.  

Anyway, I did not feel well over the weekend.  And, given the circumstances of the society we live in right now, I had to go get tested.  I thought I had Strep.  Of course, I had to get tested for COVID at the same time.  They did rapid tests for both of these; however, they both came back negative.  So... they took another culture for both of these and told me I had to quarantine until 24 hours after my symptoms subsided AND my other test results came back negative.  

Well, yesterday I began to feel better.  However, my test results aren't back yet, so I could not return to work today.  I actually have mental energy and have reached the point of being sick of being in bed.  Thus, I pulled out my scrapbooking supplies and created this layout.  What's more is that this photo isn't two or three years old... or older ;).

I am very happy with the results, and my son was, too, because he took a photo of the finished page with his phone.

This was created with a variety of supplies and brands.  The inks are from CTMH as are all of the stamps.  The die cut is from Stampin' Up.  The papers are from my stash.  They were in a paper pack I picked up from Michaels about 4 years ago.