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Today is Anne Marie Hile's ( Stampin' Anne ) birthday!  Happy Birthday, Anne Marie!   Have you been to her blog? She makes some fabulous card creations! In honor of her special day, here's a pink card creation for her (she likes pink I heard) :)   Hope you have a fabulous day!   Happy stamping everyone!  Go check out her blog and wish her a happy day! :)

Today I am sharing a card I made for my cousin and his wife. I decided to use the Mosaic Madness stamp set and matching paper: Quatrefancy Specialty DSP .  Here's what I came up with:  It was definitely fun to randomly stamp images from the stamp set to create a "mosaic" background.  Very easy card to whip up...which is always nice.  Love that matching punch! RECIPE: STAMPS: Mosaic Madness and Express Yourself Hostess stamp set INK: Strawberry Slush, Island Indigo and Pool Party PAPER: Island Indigo, Pool Party, Whisper White and Quatrefancy Specialty DSP ACCESSORIES: Mosaic punch, Basic Pearls and Dimensionals. Happy stamping!

Yep, I've been busy up here in Minnesota with my son's high school graduation party, family visiting and working!  At least I was able to see all the creations being made by fellow stampers with the new goodies from the 2013-2014 Stampin' UP! catalog...which helped me get thru it. : )  Today, I cleaned off my stamping table which consisted of scrapbook papers and pictures of my son, Josh...and put it all away.  What a nice feeling to see my stamping table again! I had a nicely cut piece of  Tea For Two DSP sitting on my desk which was left over from a Make and Take card made back in April ....yep, pretty messy desk...and decided that I would incorporate it into my card creation.  But what to make? I decided on a birthday card for my mother-in-law, Lillian who's birthday is at the end of the month....perfect!  So here's what I made for her 87th birthday:  I believe it is similar to the Make and  Take card that I will share on another post in th...