Dare to Dream

Today is a BIG day in our house-we officially now have a teenager living amongst us! My oldest daughter Abby is 13, wow I can not believe how incrediably fast these past 13 years have gone:) She is growing to to such a beautiful young woman on both the inside and out.

I decided to use this weeks sketch from Try Stampin' on Tuesday to create her a special birthday card.

As with all of my children, my greatest wish for her is to reach for the stars-dare to dream and realise that if she works hard and puts her mind to it she can achieve anything. So I decided to use a sentiment from Thoughts of You instead of your typical birthday greeting.

She loves the colour purple so I used several shades of it. I first stamped an image from Just Believe in VersaMark on Watercolour paper and embossed it using Clear Embossing Powder and my Heat Tool. Next I took the following ink pads: Wisteria Wonder, Perfect Plum, Rich Razzleberry and Elegant Eggplant, and using my Aqua Painter I washed colour across the paper.

supplies used:

Stamps: Just Believe, Thoughts of You, Woodgrain Back Ground

Ink: Wisteria Wonder, Perfect Plum, Rich Razzleberry, Elegant Eggplant and Pool Party

Paper: Watercolour paper, Very Vanilla, Pool Party

Accessories: Big Shot, Delicate Designs Folder, Rhinestone Jewels, Daffodil Delight Seam Binding, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch pack

I'll finish this post with a quick snap shot that I took of her a few weeks ago on the first day of High School.

Have a great day!

Comments

[LeAnne]

Just gorgeous....I am working on something with this sketch right now! Congrats to your new teenager...what a sweet photo!

[Connie Collins]

Happy Birthday, Abby!

[Sarah Taylor]

Hi Jenn, such a pretty and I loved working with the sketch! They do grow up way too fast! I agree!!
Hugs, Sarah

[Nancy Seed]

Beautiful colours. Love that stamp set.

[Mynnette]

This is so pretty! LOVE the colors and the yellow bow just makes this so bright and fun! GORGEOUS card! :)