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Hi everyone! Someone sent me this bag of leaves and the chipboard letters in a swap, so I had to put them right to good use! This isn't my best card, but I do enjoy the embellishments :) The autumn words and green papers are by DCWV, the striped paper is Daisy D's, and the yellow paper I got at the dollar store (Elizabeth something?). The brads are from Target and the "beautiful" is actually a button I got in a grab bag from Michael's. Anyway, I just wanted to share a quick card, thanks for stopping by!
-Suzanne :O )
Hi everyone! This is a thank you card I made for my boyfriend- I wanted to keep it masculine but decided to go for a fall theme as well. I made the apple tag last year at a make-n-take, so I worked off of the color scheme of the striped paper. The maroon paper is DCWV and the beige spotted paper is by Debbie Mumm. The olive green ribbon (doesn't look olive green here, but shiny ribbon doesn't photograph well for me) I got at Target- 3 yards for 16 cents. That's right, 16 cents! It was on clearance; I have no idea why, but I snatched it up. :D My favorite part about this card are the cork dots. I saw them in the dollar store a while ago and thought I could use them somehow- so here's the "somehow"! :) They're self adhesive, which is super awesome, and I think they really mesh well with the autumn/earthy theme. Plus, they add a fun texture to the card. The only thing I would change about this card is inking the edge of the apples, but I wasn't able to when I made the tag. Oh well.. I like this card just the same, and I hope you do too! Thanks for stopping by!
-Suzanne :O )
Hi everyone! I'm really excited about this card. I borrowed the layout from Kim Kesti, one of the professionals at Paper Crafts. I have a tough time with layouts... I have SO much patterned paper, but I never get to show it off with the way I normally design my cards. This layout is perfect for using multiple papers and getting to show each of them off a bit! The Halloween words and green swirls papers are from Target (love their dollar spot!) and the pumpkin paper I received in a swap. The stamps (cat, sentiment) are from Hero Arts- I just picked up this set at my local scrapbook store and I LOVE IT!!! It's so cute, especially since the cat reminds me of my old buddy Puff. He has since passed on, but I couldn't help but color this image with gray. :) I pulled out some scalloped punches from Marvy Uchida (2" & 3") and a corner rounder by EK Success. I used some Tangerine chalk ink by ColorBox and a bit of chipboard. I really like the look of "naked" chipboard... its earthiness seems appropriate on fall cards. I colored the image with dry watercolor pencils, and then used a Q-tip to wet the image. I'm really pleased with how this card turned out, and that's mostly due to the layout, so if you read this, Kim- thank you for the inspiration! :D I hope you all enjoy this card, and thanks for stopping by!
-Suzanne :O )
Hi everyone! I wanted to share with you this picture I took a few days ago. This flower is in my backyard, I have no idea what kind it is, but I thought it was gorgeous. I'm not a fan of photo cards, but if I was, this would be a great photo to use- I could use a rub-on sentiment somewhere on the left side and I would be all set! When I saw how this picture came out, I was reminded again of how grateful I am to my boyfriend for buying me this camera! :D I hope you enjoy.. thanks for stopping by!-Suzanne :O )
I have two brothers- my oldest brother doesn't usually use my cards, but my other brother does. Friday night my oldest brother went to go shopping for his friend's son's birthday party the next day, so in the course of chatting with him about what he was going to get for a gift, he asks if I can make a card! We bickered back and forth (lovingly, of course!) for a bit about how I thought he didn't like to use my cards, but he swore that wasn't true and that he just used one for his girlfriend's graduation (I know I didn't make one), but anyway, long story short, he needed a card for the next day. I didn't want to be crunched for time Saturday morning, so I made the card Friday night even though I was tired and planned on watching bad tv :) I bought the chipboard hippo in a pack of 18 or so from Walmart a year or so ago, and a couple of months ago I found matching paper on clearance, so I put them together (don't you love when you find matching pieces!?) :D I was looking through my swap items and I found this tiny orange hat, which was the perfect size for my hippo friend, so I glued that on him and added some colorful gems :) I matted the piece on mint green paper from the same paper pack, and traced and glued more of that paper on a Basic Grey chipboard "1". I stamped tiny cupcakes on the paper and filed the edges so it would fit perfectly over the chipboard. My only regret is that I didn't ink the "1" with black ink so it would stand out better, but I guess there's always room for improvement. I had a rub-on that said "Happy Birthday to You!", so I used that for the inside of the card. My brother has known his friend Louise since they were in kindergarten together, so I wanted to make this card especially cute :D I hope she and her husband liked it! I hope you all do, too! Thanks for stopping by!-Suzanne : O )PS- when Michael was born, the birth announcement said "There's a new sherrif in town!", which I thought was SOOOO cute. So what did my brother get for Michael's gift? A cowboy hat and outfit, of course! TOO CUTE! :D :D :D
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