Monday 27 October 2014

Happy Birthday Dear Shirley!

It's a Surprise birthday Linky Party for Shirley Bampton of Shirley -Bees Stamping Stuff today, organised by the lovely Maria Fischer of Reisling Mama. If you know Shirley and want to link up a card, go to maria's blog.

First up, the card.


I know Shirley loves this gorgeous Dina Wakely bird stamp and she also loves a splatter or two. I'm a bit challenged by texture paste, but I hope it adds to the artsy feel i was trying to achieve.

Shirley and I were lucky enough to meet a couple of years ago, when she was visiting her
Sons who live in melbourne. Since that time, I have watched Shirley's creations get better and better and develop her own style and a huge following. She is on quite a few design teams, including the Mixed Media Card challenge with me and she has even designed her own stamps branded the 'Bees Knees' which you can buy through Stamplorations.

Shirley is very supportive and always leaves encouraging comments - thank you for bee-ing a wonderful bloggy pal! I hope you have a wonderful birthday and a fabulous year ahead!

8 comments:

  1. Shirley will enjoy your beautiful card!

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  2. i think Shirley will love it! it's artsy and right up her alley! Mine too

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  3. ...and I'm wondering if she's snuck off to Melbourne again for her bday??? I smiled when I saw the birdie. She will love it and your texture paste is perfect. Love how you colored the Dymo labels too. BTW, you enabled me to make those birdies come live at my house ;) Thanks for coming to Shirley's party, Jenny.

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  4. Gorgeous card Jenny - LOVE it!!!

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  5. Love that bird - and your stenciling gives nice texture to your card for Shirley!

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  6. I adore this bird!! So Shirley! :)

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  7. This is beautiful, Jenny! I love the texture, the splatters, everything! Thank you so much for being part of my birthday celebrations, and don't worry, I'll give you advance warning the next time we're heading Down Under :)

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  8. Gorgeous design Jenny! Love the bird with the pattern ... and the addition of embossing paste adds lots of beautiful texture. Loll xx

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