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June 15, 2007

Last Two!

Here are the last two cards in the set of 10 Thank You cards that I made. I really like Natural Beauty and I'm sad that I bought it within a month of the retiring list coming out only to find that it's retiring. Along with Petal Prints and Roses in Winter, it's one retiring set that I'm going to keep because I like it far too much to part with it! Anyway, here are the last two cards:

This first card is a hinge-fold card I guess. I'm sure it was influenced by ones that I've seen, but I kind of put the length of the 2 front flaps how I wanted them and actually don't even remember what their dimensions were. I know that it did end up being a standard A2-sized card though. When it's flat the words on the side are not covered by the mounted image, there is about a 1/4" or less in between them and it, but that's how I wanted it to look. I should have taken a pic of that view before giving them away!!! Anyway, I created my little Thanks tag by only putting ink on the "Thanks" part of the Thanksgiving stamp in the Holidays & Wishes stamp set. The corners were punched in a modified way with the Ticket Corner punch - I didn't push the paper all the way in, that was too far for the look I wanted. The thread running through it is white sewing thread that also runs through the button.

Stamp Sets: Natural Beauty, Holidays & Wishes (Fall-Winter 2007 Preview set)
Card Stock: Ballet Blue, Cool Caribbean, Whisper White, Basic Black
Ink: Black StazOn
Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Baby Oil, Blending Stumps, CB Divine Swirl embossing folder, Black Brads by SU!, Ticket Corner punch, black button by SU!

This 2nd card is pretty simple but I really liked the colors together - even more so in real life:

Stamp Sets: Natural Beauty, Holidays & Wishes (Fall-Winter 2007 Preview set)
Card Stock: Cameo Coral, Certainly Celery, Cranberry Crisp, Watercolor Paper
Ink: Black StazOn
Accessories: Watercolor Wonder Crayons, Aqua Painer, CB Tiny Bubbles A2 embossing folder, Cranberry stitched grosgrain

4 comments:

  1. I really like them both!

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  2. Wow! I love, love, love the blue card - great layout!http://celebrationmoments.typepad.com/

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  3. Just as I expected, marvelous!!! I love your sense of color, it's brilliant!! TFS.

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  4. I love the top design...all the elements go together so well. And your coloring on the butterfly is gorgeous! My dislike of flowers just MIGHT influence which one is my favorite though. LOL! Jane

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