Friday, April 20, 2018

Happy 50th (what?!?) to Michele!



Welcome to the fabulous fiftieth birthday hop for my friend Michele Gross, a.k.a., CAS-ual Fridays founder, owner and designer extraordinaire! You may have come from Irit Shalom, but if not feel free to jump to the beginning of the festivities at the CAS-ual Fridays blog.


Here we are in January at Creativation ... umm, where is the fifty-year-old?!? MAYBE fourty. I don't get it. Good looks aside, Michele is the sweetest around, so laid back, and has an edgy wit about her that makes her hilarious to hang out with. I am so happy and honored to help celebrate her fiftieth with my old teammates and friends.

The card I made for Michele's big event just had to use her famous WTF 2 set, right?! The original WTF was one of her first stamp sets five years ago, and it really made everyone take notice of this new stamp company in town. I also wanted to use one of her new coffee sets, and I've been dying to play with the adorable To Go Cup Fri-die. So there you have it, old and new ... almost sounds like this is a wedding shower for Michele!

I die cut two additional coffee cups from my husband's thick comic book backing boards to layer underneath for some dimension, and then cut a third piece for the lid so it would stick out from the cup more. Just like in real life. 
 I was super excited that the sentiment embossed on the cup itself just barely fit between the edges. At first I wasn't going to stamp it there because there weren't any margins left on the sides. But then after I looked at it more, it reminded me of when you see writing going around a cup in real life, you often see it going off the edge of your vision as it wraps around the cup. So then I ended up liking it even better without the margins.
To help me cut the glitter insides for the letters I ended up embossing the outlines because ink would not show up on the uneven glitter surface.
The background is stamped with a few more WTF's.
CAS-ual Fridays has the best sentiments for inside the card, so I ended up using three different stamps to customize my birthday wishes for Michele. The last two are from Frankly'isms and are just perfect for this occasion.

Prize Alert!
Michele will be giving away (5) $50 gift codes (WOW, can't wait for her 60th birthday party!!) from comments left at CAS-ual Fridays and the rest of the blogs on this hop.

Your next stop is Susan White who is also wishing Michele a fabulous fifty.

Thanks so much for stopping by! And a big happy birthday to you, dear Michele!!
-Kelly

52 comments:

  1. Love this--such an original "Kelly" card! Thanks for sharing your creative process!

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  2. Love how you cut out the gold letters to fit within it's border. That coffee cup is outstanding! 50 is the new 30! :)

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  3. Love all the senitments on your fun birthday card! The gold is a perfect touch!

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  4. So cute. I think the cup really made the card. The cup/svg can be used for several types of cards. I truly like the way you made this card. Thank you!

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  5. YES.
    I was waiting for a coffee card.
    ding ding ding!
    LOVE this Kelly. What an awesome pic of you two.

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  6. Fun card Kelly and great photo of the two of you!

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  7. Great design and perfect birthday card!

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  8. What a great card Kelly both inside and out! I am sure she will love it!

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  9. So much fun - love the sparkly letters and of course the awesome play on words!!!

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  10. That cup is yummy!! I think I need it. lol
    Fabulous card & love the glitter!

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  11. Cute card. Love the colorful cup. Glitter always makes a fabulous card. Love all the inside sentiments too.

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  12. Love this card! The glitter makes it.

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  13. Great card ... really like the WTF stamp

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  14. I already loved the bold WTF in this set but I love it even MORE in GLITTER!!! Thanks for the tip about embossing it to see the outline on glitter :-) Great card!!!

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  15. How awesome is this?! Love the glitter and fun combination of products! Thanks so much for coming back to do the hop, means so much to me to have you here :)

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  16. Love Love Love.. Sparkles add so much to a card. Nice job.. Happy Birthday michele! Have a great celebration

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  17. Wonderful card! Love the bold graphic vibe of the WTF image, fun addition to the card.

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  18. Clever! I love the bold glitter (the Wtf's are also a personal fave) paired with the coffee cup.

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  19. Very creative card. Love the bling.

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  20. What a terrific card, Kelly. All the dimension and glitter make it very celebratory.

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  21. OMG this is fantastic, Kelly! Ya gotta love a girl who knows how to spell her name properly, right? She's loving every square inch of this card, I'd bet on it!
    =]

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  22. Great card! I agree - Michele doesn't look anywhere near 50!

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  23. Awesome card with some nice sparkles! Lots of fun going on on this card! Great job

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  24. Love your coffee cup card and that sentiment inside is perfect.

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  25. Wonderful 50th Birthday card for Michele!

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  26. I loved your beautiful Birthday Card.

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  27. Great idea to emboss the glitter cardstock so you could cut it out!! Love it! Fun card... love that cup and love the glittery sentiment!

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  28. So fun. She'll love it. Love your colors, patterns, and design. And those sentiments are hilarious. Love them. A lovely card.

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  29. I like the papers on the coffee cup and the glittery letters.

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  30. Fun card ... and great sentiment on the inside too.

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  31. Coffee AND "wtf" - does it get any better???

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  32. LOL, those WTF cards and sentiments crack me up. Love all the glittery gold!

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  33. What a funny card!!! Really gorgeous!!!

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  34. Sweet card and lovely sentiments. Thanks for sharing.

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  35. Cute! I love how you used the coffee with a birthday theme. :)

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  36. great card... love the peek at the inside :)

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  37. Looks so good that it makes me want a cupajoe!

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  38. SQUEAL!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE this!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! <3

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  39. Great card!! I love how you used the "WTF" on the background!! Very cool!

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I absolutely love reading comments. Thanks so much for stopping by and taking the time to leave one! - Kelly