Birdland sympathy

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Mar 302010

I’m back again now that the Splitcoaststampers server migration is over.  Please let me know if you have any issues with anything here.

A longtime friend’s father passed away recently, and today’s card is the one we sent to her family.  The bird was originally from another creation that went awry.  I had the song “Birdland” stuck in my head after hearing our high school’s jazz band play it a few days ago, so I decided to use the bird on the sympathy card.  I paired it with some Basic Grey papers and the mirror image of Splitcoaststampers’ Sketch Challenge 273 layout and here is the final product. It’s hard to tell in the photo, but the bird is raised with dimensional adhesive.

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Supplies:
Stamps: Spring Song, Always in My Thoughts (SU)
Cardstock: Bordering Blue (SU); “Long Underwear” from Boxer 6″ x 6″ pad, “Quince” and “Ebony” from Ambrosia 6″ x 6″ pad (Basic Grey)
Ink: Chocolate Chip (SU)
Other: Watercolor Wonder Crayons, aquapainter (SU); standard circle and petite scalloped circle dies (Nestabilities); sponge

Posted by PH in VA at 10:30 am Basic Grey, Cards, Nestabilities, Splitcoast challenges, Stampin' Up!

the not-quite sketch challenge card

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Mar 182010

When I started making today’s card, I was trying to follow Lizzie Anne Designs Sketch Challenge #116.  I pretty quickly realized that because of the size of the stamps I chose, there was no way I was going to be able to make it a 3.5″ x 5.5″ card as stated in the challenge details.  Then I started having trouble balancing out the smaller rectangle in the sketch, so I ended up just nixing that aspect and using a ribbon with a spiral clip instead.

So, for what it’s worth, here it is. 

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Supplies:
Stamps: Singing in the Rain (LAD)
Cardstock: Mellow Moss, Naturals Ivory (SU); French Floral (LAD)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine)
Other: Hodgepodge Hardware, Mellow Moss grosgrain ribbon (SU)

Posted by PH in VA at 9:30 pm Cards, LAD sketch challenges, Lizzie Anne Designs, Nestabilities

welcome baby girl

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Mar 152010

I’ve mentioned in the past that I send out greeting cards on behalf of our elementary school’s PTA executive board.  Today’s card was made for one of our PTA co-presidents, who gave birth to a little girl last month.  I made it during the last Virtual Stamp Night at Splitcoaststampers.  For this particular challenge, the card needed to be mostly white.  I used some retired Stampin’ Up cardstock to add a little color.  The ribbon was an afterthought, and I’m so glad I decided to add it. 

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Supplies:
Stamps: Short & Sweet (SU)
Cardstock: Mauve Mist (SU); Basics White (PTI)
Ink: Mauve Mist (SU)
Other: ticket corner punch, white grosgrain ribbon (SU); Swiss Dots embossing folder (Cuttlebug); oval and petite oval dies (Nestabilities); pearls (KaiserCraft)

Posted by PH in VA at 12:15 am Cards, Nestabilities, Splitcoast challenges, Stampin' Up!

Three singing cows say "la la la"

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Mar 122010

“No, no,” you say, “that isn’t right.  The cows say ‘moo’ all day and night.”

OK, apologies to Sandra Boynton for paraphrasing her there.  Her book Moo, Baa, La La La was a favorite of my boys when they were little, and I have to admit the words from it were stuck in my head as I was making this card.

This is a card I made a couple weekends ago for the most recent Virtual Stamp Night at Splitcoaststampers.  The challenge here was to incorporate something to do with music on the card, to use the sketch provided, and to decorate the inside of the card.  I’ve had this set of music themed stamps for several years and I decided it was time to finally use them.  However, I wasn’t sure if the singing cows were musical enough on their own.  I happened to have a copy of my older son’s sheet music for the B-flat clarinet part of our high school’s fight song, so I made some musical score “designer paper” from it and used that too.

Then I had a mental vision of cows singing the high school’s fight song…

Anyway, here’s the card – first the outside, then the inside.

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Supplies:
Stamps: Boynton Musicale (Kidstamps)
Cardstock: Blue Bayou, Whisper White (SU); “Sprinkles” from 6″ x 6″ paper pad (Basic Grey); photocopy of sheet music of our high school’s fight song
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine)
Other: Blue Bayou ribbon, markers (SU); mini brad (Making Memories)

Posted by PH in VA at 12:30 am Basic Grey, Cards, Splitcoast challenges

Back again

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Mar 092010

Sorry for the hiatus.  The last couple of weeks have been pretty busy for me so time to create things and update the blog has been more scarce.

Last weekend we had a really nice time visiting my parents, sisters and brothers-in-law, and niece.  My one sister and her husband are celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary today so the whole family spent some time together to mark the occasion.

Today’s card is the one my family gave the happy couple.  Really, there’s not a whole lot to it, but I was hoping to achieve a look of simple elegance.  Do you think I managed that?

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Supplies:
Stamps: Warmest Regards (SU)
Cardstock: Basics White (PTI); Brushed Silver (SU)
Ink: Silver (ColorBox)
Other: D’vine Swirls embossing folder (Cuttlebug); flower (Prima); petite oval and petite scalloped oval dies (Nestabilities); silver embossing powder (Ranger)

Posted by PH in VA at 10:59 pm Cards, Nestabilities, Stampin' Up!
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