This past weekend I stole a couple hours of me time to make my DIY V-day cards for the card exchange! It was delicious therapeutic hours of grommetting, trimming, gluing, bradding, and stenciling. Excuse me I need a moment to gather myself as I relived those hours in my mind. =) I love crafting and seriously, who out there is actually sane that doesn't craft to some degree?! Anyways, you know you love your labor when you show it off to everyone in your house and then think - I must keep this, I can't give this away, what if I can't re-create this masterpiece again when I am old and memory loss sets in?! Just kidding, still sane. =) So here I am giving you a sneek peek into the cards that I created - if you are reading this and you end up getting it in the mail I am sooooooo sorry to ruin the surprise!
So when I went to my lab to create these darlings I wanted to veer away from the reds and pinks if at all possible without running into odd color territory. I chose purple as my first inspiration color and as I gathered all the neat backdrop papers together I remembered a post about the LOVE stamps - yeah I am ADD remember so who knows why purple sent me into LOVE stamps recall. But here is my final product:
My second card is inspired by none other than the charity group that most women feel a sense of duty to: Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. I had to use the pink in this case but I thought that I would make it a little more creative by using different shades of pink secured by matching heart brads. So cute and so Andy Warhol don't you think?
My last creation is a piece of my Eastern roots. It is very elegant and simple in its design, very different from the other cards but I think it is quite beautiful. I have to say that I was very pleased with the way the blue and brown turned out against the light pink background.
I hope you like my V-day card interpretations that I will be swapping out very shortly to these wonderful readers. Which of the three is your favorite?
PS: All you closet paper lovers out there - join us! It's good times I promise!!
So when I went to my lab to create these darlings I wanted to veer away from the reds and pinks if at all possible without running into odd color territory. I chose purple as my first inspiration color and as I gathered all the neat backdrop papers together I remembered a post about the LOVE stamps - yeah I am ADD remember so who knows why purple sent me into LOVE stamps recall. But here is my final product:
My second card is inspired by none other than the charity group that most women feel a sense of duty to: Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. I had to use the pink in this case but I thought that I would make it a little more creative by using different shades of pink secured by matching heart brads. So cute and so Andy Warhol don't you think?
My last creation is a piece of my Eastern roots. It is very elegant and simple in its design, very different from the other cards but I think it is quite beautiful. I have to say that I was very pleased with the way the blue and brown turned out against the light pink background.
I hope you like my V-day card interpretations that I will be swapping out very shortly to these wonderful readers. Which of the three is your favorite?
PS: All you closet paper lovers out there - join us! It's good times I promise!!
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