A former teaching colleague of mine will finally be retiring soon. He is a few years younger than many of us that were on the same staff when it was a solid group, full of fun and he was the one that kept us all laughing! But one by one, we all retired, leaving him hanging on and wishing he could join us as we traveled and did other things with our lives besides teaching. But this is the year for him, and I wanted to make him a card to celebrate the end of a fulfilling but stressful career. Time to take a little time for himself! So the new stamp set *A Good Man was the perfect set to choose because it has an image that is just right. Take a look:
- On the main image panel, I took some Shimmery White cardstock and did some watercolour washes in Sahara Sand, Pool Party and Balmy Blue (for the sand, sea and sky respectively).
- Then I stamped the main image from *A Good Man on in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I also added part of the sandpiper image from the Saleabration set ***By the Bay and the grasses from High Tide and the flying birds from the new *Sailing Home. These were all stamped in Memento ink.
- Then I got out my Stampin' Blends to colour in the images that needed it. I used the Pool Party Combo on the Tshirt, and the Crumb Cake Combo on the shorts, along with Soft Suede Combo on the hat. The chair has a Bermuda Bay stripe with a Crumb Cake light background. I added a little Crumb Cake Combo to the bird as well.
- As for the sentiments, the top "Congrats" is from the *Sailing Home stamp set and the bottom one is from *A Good Man stamp set.
- The card base in Night of Navy, which also backs the main image panel. The Designer Series Paper is from the *Come Sail Away collection. I added a partial strand of Burlap Ribbon to the DSP before adhering it down. I used my faithful ***Fast Fuse for that, which I am hoarding and I don't know what I'll do when it runs out finally!
*These products will be available in the 2019 - 2020 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue, starting June 4, 2019.
**These products will be retiring and no longer available in the 2019 - 2020 Annual Catalogue starting June 4, 2019.
***These products are no longer available from Stampin' Up!
WHATTT! There are only 8 more days to shop from the 2018-19 Annual Catalogue and the 2019 Occasions Catalogue!!
Time is running out, folks and eventually your last chance will have come and gone! Check over your old catalogue to be sure that you aren't forgetting something you really need. And have you noticed that the paper prices have gone up significantly? Why not stock up on some paper and save yourself some money? My last order will go in on Saturday, June 1, so get your orders to me before then!
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*These products will be available in the 2019 - 2020 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue, starting June 4, 2019.
**These products will be retiring and no longer available in the 2019 - 2020 Annual Catalogue starting June 4, 2019.
***These products are no longer available from Stampin' Up!
What a fantastic retirement card! Love the way you've combined sets and it's a great choice of paper too.
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