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Two Birthdays and a Sympathy

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Last week was full of birthdays to celebrate.  My niece and my dad both aged up and my grandmother's birthday (in remembrance) fell right between them.  I have cards for them both, but didn't send because we hope to have an in-person visit next weekend.  Hopefully everything will go as planned and we can see each other!  Here are their cards: For my dad's card I started with a Stampin Up Misty Moonlight card base.  I cut the focal image (from Amazon) into Crumb Cake card stock and layered it on top of a black strip.  I colored the remnants of my Crumb Cake card stock with Stampin' Blends (Daffodil Delight, Mango Melody, Pumpkin Pie, and Poppy Parade) and cut out leaves from Stampin Up Nature;s Roots die set.  The sentiment is from Altenew (the set escapes me and I can't find it now!) stamped in Cherry Cobbler. My niece's card was inspired by Erum Tasneem's YouTube video.  I painted five of these with different color intensity and backgrounds and ...