Happy Retirement

 

    When I think of friends that are retiring, I think of them leaving the office for the last day and watching them walk out of the door. My card today is just that, seeing their footprints as they exit to go home. Their last steps are the darkest and as they are leaving those earlier footprints are fading away.

For my card:

• I used the HIKER BOOT PRINTS - 946D and stamped on the right side of the card in black then stamped again using the stamp off and stamped a third time for an even lighter footprint.
• I then used the HAPPY RETIREMENT - 700E sentiment above the fading footprints.
• Finally, I die cut the panel and popped it up on dimensionals and added a few scattered sequins from my tote of items I am trying to use up.

Thank you for stopping by to check out my card this week. I hope you have a wonderful 2023!

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Motorcycle Retirement

 

    I have a friend that will be retiring soon and he loves to take his motorcycle out on the open road and travel. I just had to use the Motorcycle - 073E image and the new WINDMILL - 025H stamp to create a card for him.

 

    For my card:

• I stamped the WINDMILL - 025H on white card stock and also added the As You Retire Greeting - 181E.
• Next, I stamped the Motorcycle - 073E also on white card stock then I colored the WINDMILL - 025H and the  Motorcycle - 073E with copics.
• The Motorcycle - 073E was then fussy cut and popped up on dimensionals.

    I like to keep masculine cards simple and this is very clean and simple for a masculine card. 

    Thank you for stopping by to check out my card.

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Happy Retirement

 Hi Everyone,

I made this card with my cousin in mind.  Her last day of work was last Friday, and now she is free to do as she pleases.  Woot woot! 

I'm not sure if they have flamingos in Hawaii, or if they dance the hula in other tropical places, so I've probably mixed up my warm weather images for this card.  Whatever.  I say it celebrates all her travel to come ;)

I stamped the Flamingo Palm Tree Scene for the background and then added the Hula Pig and Brush Happy Retirement Greeting to the front. 

A few enamel dots and a dab of glitter on her flower finished it off.

Inside I stamped the Rest Best of Life Birthday Greeting, because it seemed so perfect for the occasion.  And who can resist Hula Pig?  She had to come along inside too!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you're dancing your way through summer!


Hugs,

Karin

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Happy Retirement

 

Happy Monday Everyone. Hope you had a great new year and found some time to get inky. I'm still having fun with the new bowling images. Today I paired the strike image with the Happy Retirement sentiment and made a tent topper card. This was super quick and easy to create and I really like the way it turned out. I started with a cranberry square card, added the white panel and stamped the Happy Retirement sentiment in Versafine Black ink. The Strike image was stamped onto white CS, colored with Copics, die cut and layered on the same cranberry cs. I added Nuvo Crystal Glaze to the bowling ball for some dimension.

Thanks for stopping by today. Please stay safe and healthy while enjoying card making!

blessings,

shelia

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Happy Retirement

 When I think of retirement I think of getting a cabin in the woods. This CHRISTMAS VILLAGE CABIN - 212G is perfect for this sentiment.

Rather than coloring the cabin in winter snow colors I changed it to spring bright cheery colors.

I colored the image with copics and stamped the BRUSH HAPPY RETIREMENT GREETING - 186G.

I cut the panel down with a wonky border die cut and layered it on a Kraft card base that was stamped with the WOOD GRAIN BACKGROUND - 626P

Thank you for stopping by to check out my card this week.

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Happy Retirement

Hi Everyone,

I'm using the new Brush Happy Retirement Greeting on my cards today, and I created a couple of  scenes to go along with it.  

Here I stamped and die cut the sentiment and set it aside while I made the rest of the card.  Whenever I get overwhelmed at the thought of making a whole scene, I go small like I did here.  I stamped the Chair first, sponged on the sky, and then just drew in the grass.  I then used the Single Fall Tree and added a border.  My background on the other part of the card was stamped using the Splatter Background stamp in inks to match the scene.  A bit of sponging on the sentiment, along with a ribbon and a few punched leaves completed it.

For this card, I colored and die cut the Sleeping Gnome, and attached it to a background that had a sponged sky and a stamped grass using the Easy Grass Background.

 

I stamped the greeting at an angle and added the Silhouette Leaf Branch in the background, to finish it off.  

Napping.  Now there's an activity I can get behind!

Thanks for visiting today!
Karin

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Retirement Beach

 by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday!

I hope your week has gone well! It's been pretty chilly here the last. few weeks, so sitting on a beach somewhere sounds pretty good. When I think of people retiring, I always think of folks packing up & moving to FL. So that's kind of the direction I went w/ my card today. 

For my card, I die cut the long rectangle, using my resizing technique to make a regular rectangle into a longer, narrow one. On a separate piece, I stamped part of the palm trees, masked them, the water & a circle for the sun, then sponged in the sky. I reversed the mask & sponged in the water. The little sailboat was stamped on top (in order to have the seagulls), but the actual image was stamped on a piece of white & fussy cut. I cut around the top of one palm tree to lift it above the frame, then stamped the chair & greeting on the frame.

Here's the inside & below it are the Copics I used.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great weekend!

Supplies:

stamps: DRS Designs -4 in 1 Ocean Designs, Palm Tree, Adirondack Chair, Brush Happy Retirement  (inside: Beach Sunrise, Adventure Begin)

paper: Staples 110# white

ink:  Memento tuxedo black, Distress inks, tumbled glass, salty ocean, squeezed lemonade, dried marigold (Kaleidacolor Riviera used on inside)

accessories: Rubbernecker Rectangle Stitch die, Double Stitch Rectangle die, Copic Sketch Markers

4 in 1 Ocean Designs 953F	Palm Tree 886G	Beach Sunrise 768L	Adirondack Chair 450C
Brush Happy Retirement 186G	Adventure Begin 615F	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	Double Stitched Rectangles dies CBD123
Staples 110# White Card Stock	Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks	Distress Inks

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Happy Retirement

Good morning!

I used some ink Julie recommended today, VersaFine Claire to do my background.  It was much easier to stamp over than what I used 

in one of my Halloween cards.

I still need to try the solid silhouette stamps on it, maybe next time.

So today I'm thinking that retirement equals going somewhere

tropical...I don't know why, how would I 

know what retirement feels like!

I'm certainly old enough!  My husband seems to 

be anti-retirement! I think he'll retire when he's 90!! LOL!

I used the new Happy Retirement stamp and also the Brush Beach Sunrise (although on the west coast this is sunset).

I used a chair die, a palm tree die and a fun rectangle stitch die to finish this card.

My next card is another retirement card using Happy Retirement, Port Hole, 4 in 1 In The Sky,

4 in 1 Seashells, 4 in 1 Ocean Design and Wood Grain Background

I also used a wave stencil on the sentiment panel with the tan seashells.  The background 

is so light that it does not interfere with the sentiment at all really.

The stencil is from Whimsy.

Thanks for visiting today!

Robin
 

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Happy Retirement

 

I love this wonderful BRUSH HAPPY RETIREMENT GREETING - 186G. It can be paired with any image that works for the receiver of a retirement card.

For this card I used the SAILBOAT - 887F and stamped it on the cardstock. Then I masked the sailboat and used the new STICKY NOTE CALENDAR - 206L over the masked sailboat.

I colored the image with copics and drew a line around one of the open boxes and hand wrote a 3. I added some stickles to the water and cut down the layers.

The base layer is a water stencil that I added white pigment ink. I finished the calendar off with some wood arrows pointing to the 3.

I have a second card this week.

I used the PUMPKIN PILE - 781H, the THANKSGIVING BLESSINGS - 637E and  the 4 IN 1 HARVEST DESIGNS - 758D and colored it with copics. 

I then die cut the cardstock with a wonky die cut and layered on a coordinating green card base.

Thank you for stopping by to check out my cards this week. I wish you and your families a very Blessed and Healthy Thanksgiving.

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Retirement Dreams

Some new images are coming soon and I was lucky enough to get to play with them.  I used my three favorite ones on this card.  

I am getting closer to retirement so this new Brush Happy Retirement Greeting looks fabulous!  I drew a little frame around it to give it some focus and tapped the embossing folder I used on the background on the edge. 

I also added in the new Sticky Note Calendar (it fits on a sticky note - how fun is that!) and the new Bowling Strike.  I love the new bowling themed images from DRS (there are several new ones coming).  I have always loved bowling, and I plan to do lots of it in retirement. 

The background panel was made by inking an embossing folder, then running it through my Big Shot.  Then I misted the folder and ran it back through.  

Aren't these new images great?  Lots more are coming!

Hugz,

Nancy

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Retired Veteran

by Julie Warner -The Write Stuff

Happy Friday!

I hope your week has gone well! I guess it's really summer now. Temps have been really hot in the midwest & while not as hot here, the humidity has been pretty bad. That always makes it feel much worse than it is. Makes you feel like you're wearing a wet sweater in mid summer. 

For my card today, I had this picture of a retired vet & his dog in my head & that's the direction I went. Obviously, he & the dog were medically retired, but I read so many stories of this today, I thought it was appropriate. They were stamped & the Army service medallion was added above them. This medallion is a little different from the Army seal, both in images & colors. I pieced together the "retired" from a longer greeting & added it beneath the medallion. 

The background piece is one that's been hanging out for a very long time. It's a wax paper embossed resist technique. I can't remember how long ago I made it, but it was a very uninteresting brown color & I didn't really like it. When I pulled it out I thought,  "wonder what it would look like if I sponged some green inks on it?" Turns out I actually like it now. The green improved it at least 100%. I wanted a very narrow gold layer around the image panel, but didn't have any that color, so I uses one of the same Copics to color it to match.

Here's the inside & below it are the Copics I used.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great weekend!

Supplies:

stamps: DRS Designs: Wheelchair Buddies, Army Seal, Happiness Retirement  (inside: As You Retire)

paper: Staples 110# white, X-Press It

ink: Memento tuxedo black, Distress inks peeled paint, mowed lawn, shabby shutters (originally I think it was gathered twigs color on base)

accessories: Rubbernecker Rectangle Stitch dies, Copic Sketch Markers, Cuttlebug Textile embossing folder, iron

Wheelchair Buddies 1060H	Army Seal 919G	As You Retire 181E	Happiness Retirement 163G
Staples 110# White Card Stock	X-Press It Blending Card	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	Copic Sketch Markers
Memento Inks	Distress Inks	Cuttlebug 37-1153 Textile

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Tropical Retirement

Good morning!

This is another fun pop-up card using DRS stamps:

Brush Beach Sunrise 768L, 4 in 1 Seashells 473F, Happy Shark 153G, Happiness Retirement 163G and Splatter Background 855H on the front 

along with Karen Burniston dies (from Pop-up set).

I was hoping to make it look like this might be an island because

as you open the card it is most definitely an island scene!

The inside pops open with palm trees.

I used DRS stamps: Happy Shark 153G, 4 in 1 Seashells 473F, Happiness Retirement 163G (the rest of it), Happy Octopus 147E, Happy Seal 112E and Splatter Background 855H

The congratulations die is from ODBD.

I used a felt to make the coconuts (suggested by Karen B. on her instruction video) to make them look a bit fuzzy/hairy.

The ground is splattered to give the sand a bit of dimension/texture.

My next card is a take on a SCS sketch and color challenge.

I used DRS stamps: 4 in 1 Seashells 473F, the sun of Brush Beach Sunrise 768L, Flamingo Palm Tree Scene 878L and Sun Shine On You 417E.

I used a Lawn Fawn stitched die for the base, the squares and rectangle

are double stitched dies from ODBD.  My scenes are stamped

and colored directly onto the base with a bit of 

help from masking and stamp aligning and then the frame was made

with the dies and popped up over the scenes.

I added 3 teal matte enamel dots for embellishments.

Thank you for dropping by to visit today!

Go be crafty!

Robin

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