Make a 96 year old happy with a birthday card and a visit.  Yes, my Dad has reached another mile stone.  He lives in a seniors complex and right now, it’s on shutdown because of COVID 19.  His family, kids, grand kids and great-grand kids have celebrated his birthday over the years, but not this year.  So what do you do when you can’t have the usual cake and sing “Happy Birthday”.

To add insult to injury, his wife has been in the hospital (not COVID-19, thank goodness) for the past couple of weeks so even the two of them couldn’t be together.  They will celebrate their 75th anniversary later this year.

Dad’s grandchildren and great grandchildren paid him a visit.  He came out on his balcony where he could see them and could hear them sing “Happy Birthday”.  So he could hear them, he brought his phone out on the balcony.. He appreciated this act of kindness. 

Dad served in the Navy, and we also lived on the Pacific coast, so I thought this card would bring back memories for him.

Ocean Birthday Card Recipe

Stamp Set: Sailing Home, Artisan Textures, Paper Pumpkin Kit – So Shelli, May 2019.

Ink: Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Balmy Blue, Early Espresso, Smoky Slate.

Paper: Card Bases from So Shelli Paper Pumpkin Kit, Pretty Peacock, Soft Suede.

Accessories: From So Shelli Paper Pumpkin Kit, Linen Tread, Die Cutting & Embossing Machine, Aqua Painters.

Using the Paper Pumpkin Kit and doing an alternative card, made this greeting card quite easy to create.

Details:

• Cut one of the card bases in half and stamp the birds from the kit using Early Espresso ink.
• Attach to the Pretty Peacock panel. 
• Stamp the lighthouse with Soft Suede ink, and die cut. Stamp the sailboat with Smoky Slate ink and colour with Balmy Blue ink and Aqua Painters, die cut.
• Use Soft Suede ink and stamp sentiment on one of the labels from the kit.
• Ink the blotchy stamp from the Artisan Textures stamp set with Early Espresso and stamp below the Pretty Peacock panel.
• Attach the Pretty Peacock ribbon and tie the Linen Thread around the panels.
• Stamp sentiment in Soft Suede and attach a bird ballad trinket .  Finally, attach the panel to card.

So make a 96 year old happy with a birthday card and a visit.  

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