SUOChallenge

Vintage

/ Jodi / 28 Comments

I couldn’t wait to make a card for The Paper Players Challenge (PP220) this week!  The theme is Vintage, and I love making vingtagy cards!

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I needed a thank you note for a special someone for something special, so I couldn’t wait to start vintaging up a card.  (Do you like the vintage adjective and verb I [ahem] created?!)

And the SUOChallenge (SUO109) is to make a Thank You card, so I am submitting this card for that challenge too.  Bonus – a twofer! 🙂

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Stampin Up’s Hello Doily and Dress Up Framelits seemed the perfect start. I had seen some great inspiration on Pinterest done by Lyssa Griffin Zwolanek and Cheryl Garratt  that gave me bits and pieces to create my final Vintage Thank You Card.  I used the distressing tool to rough up the edges and sponged with crumb cake and and soft suede brown inks.   I used SU Flowering Flourishes to stamp onto the dress form.  A little lace, an antique-look button, some linen thread and lots of little pearls all added embellishment to finish up the vintageness.  Finally, the sentiment is from SU Petite Pairs.

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Whadayathink???

Girly girly – eh?

I kinda love it.  Hope my special someone does too :).

vintage4Cheers & Hugs,

Jodi

 

Out in the Woods

/ Jodi / 19 Comments

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I  recently made and sent this card as a sympathy card for dear friends.

I really enjoyed just sponging and layering and creating the background and using one of my all time favorite SU stamp sets, Lovely as a Tree.

When I saw the SUO Challenge this week was Out in the Woods, it seemed a perfect card to enter.  The challenge is to make a card featuring something you’d find out in the woods.

This card also reminded me of our great day at McConnell’s Mills on Sunday out in the woods.

Hope you get to enjoy some time out in the woods or just outdoors wherever you are and whatever season it is in your part of the world.  It’s always good to get fresh air whether warm or cool and enjoy the beauty nature provides us.

Cheers & Hugs,

Jodi