Monthly Archives: April 2009

Easter Fairy

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I made this card for Jen’s March 28 SFYTT. I wasn’t sure what I was going to do at first, but when I looked through my stamp index and saw the Bella image, I knew I should use it to make the Easter cards for my girls. I wasn’t sure what I was going to put as the accent (the star in the sketch), but I knew I didn’t want a flower (I wanted a flower on the sentiment panel), so I ended up inking just a few chicks on an image from SU’s Best of Cluck set.

Easter Wishes
Stamps: Eva Bloom (Stamping Bella), Best of Cluck (SU), Mega Mixed Messages (PTI);
Ink: Noir (Palette), Lovely Lilac, Tempting Turquoise, Regal Rose, So Saffron, Certainly Celery (SU);
Paper: white (PTI), Flowers for You DSP, Regal Rose, Tempting Turquoise, Certainly Celery (SU);
Other: flower (Prima), brad, oval nesties (Spellbinders);

Computer Glitch

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I made this card for my BIL. I don’t know many other techy people, so I definitely wanted to use this computer image. When I looked at the latest CAS challenge over at SCS (CAS08) and thought it would work perfectly.

The font for the binary lines isn’t very tech looking, but I thought it went with the whimsical lines of the computer. I was just glad that stamping all those was very easy!

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Stamps: Computer Quips (SU), Hopscotch (Purple Onion);
Ink: Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss (SU), True Black (PTI);
Paper: White (PTI);
Other: dimensionals;

Sweet Mail

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This card uses the sketch from Karen’s Sweetest Thing blog (SSSC11).

The purpose of the card is to reconnect with someone – so I thought the mailboxes were a good choice. I wanted a fun cheery card, so I pulled out some older SU paper. Thankfully I had ribbon that worked! 😉 I do wish I had the rectangle or square nesties, I’m not completely satisfied with the focal mat, but it works well enough.

Thinking of You
Stamps: Mailbox Greetings (PTI);
Ink: Noir (Palette), watercolor crayons (SU);
Paper: Rose Red, Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, Petals & Paisleys DSP (SU), White (PTI);
Other: rose ribbon (SU), brads (Pink Hedgehog), dimensionals, scallop punch (SU);

Inspired Card

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I am hosting an inspiration challenge this week over on the PTI forum (CMWC49). You can play along too!

This is the piece I selected as my inspiration – a skirt I found in an Etsy store called GoodGracie. I loved the bright colors and fun patterns.

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I decided to use the bright colors and also the pattern from the blue fabric (the white paint effect). I don’t have any ric-rac, let alone ric-rac in a color that would go with this card, so I just made my own ruffle – which, without a sewing machine was accomplished with lots and lots of glue dots!

So, when I was packing for my move (which is temporary), my mom convinced me that if I only used my sewing machine for cards, I didn’t need to bring it with me. Ugh! Now I know that even that use is a good thing – I miss it!! The wavy sewing on this card was done by hand – yes, by hand. I would have liked to do another wavy line, but it is late and I needed to get this posted.

Just Because
Stamps: Floral Frenzy, Simple Little Things (PTI);
Ink: Lovely Lilac (SU), Summer Sunrise (PTI);
Paper: Turquoise patterns & Lovely Lilac (SU), White (PTI);
Other: satin ribbon (PTI), word window punch (SU), metal rim tag (MM), Dew Drop, hand sewing, white paint;