Monday, March 11, 2013

Hello & Birthday wishes


Happy Monday friends.  I had such a fun time making this card.  I woke up the other morning with this idea and couldn't wait to put it to paper.  I love color blocking and I don't use it enough on my cards.  Thankfully, the CAS-ual Fridays challenge this week is color blocks and Dynamic duos colors are Pool Party & Lucky Limeade.  Two fantastic colors together.  I also found a new to me challenge site CCEE Stampers and their challenge is to use eyelets on your project.  I have a stash of eyelets that I have collected over the years and have not used them in a long time.   It is about time I get them out and use them.  :)




I am also linking this card to the following challenges:
Addicted to CAS - CAS card
Moxie Fab World - Emphasize the negative challenge. 

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My second card for you today is for Cloud9 blog hop.


Here is the inspiration photo.


I love the soft muted background in the photo and wanted to recreate that on my card.  I used vellum card stock & white embossing.  I also got my inspiration from one of Maureen's cards.  I love her cards, all of them.  She is also on the Cloud9 inspiration team, I am so happy for her.   :) 

Thank you for visiting and have a great day!

Cardstock: Whisper White, Pool Party, Lucky Limeade
Accessories: Wonderful words hello die (PTI), eyelets, baker's twine

Birthday card
Cardstock:  Very Vanilla, Pretty in Pink, Old Olive & Bermuda Bay
Ink:  Versamark
Stamps:  Very Vintage Greetings (Wplus9)
Accessories:  White embossing powder, Rhinestones, Pretty in Pink satin ribbon, Vintage faceted buttons,   

 



30 comments:

  1. These are both really cute! Thanks for playing along with us over at CAS-ual Fridays Challenge Blog!

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  2. Love the jazzy angle of the first card and the elegance of the second!

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  3. Both of these are terrific. I love the CAS beauty of your first card, and your second is so soft and romantic.

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  4. Wonderful cards Kristie, love the die cut hello

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  5. You are too sweet :)
    What a cool look you got from adding vellum!

    I also love your color blocked card. I had my hello die out to use for that challenge but I couldn't make it work. But you certainly did. I may have to CASE YOU!

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  6. Hi Kristie...your second card really elegant love that white embossing pop on your card and lovely soft ribbon...

    your first card...I love the color and the creativity..lovely design you have made...both cards are beautifull...good luck with the challenge

    I hope you like to visiting my blog...I would be glad if you leave me some love too dear...big hugs..

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  7. Hi Kristie, the colours on your first card do look so good together, very fresh and the die cut and stitching are super, lovely embossing on the second and the pretty bow is perfect. Thank you for joining us at ATSM.

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  8. Wow, really beautiful cards! I love the one you've linked to our challenge -the colors are so good together and your idea for the text and eyelets is just perfect. Really inspiring, thanks for joining us at ATSM this week!

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  9. I love the "hello" card. The sentiment looks like it's three dimensional.

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  10. Two wonderful cards, Kristie! I love how you used the hello diecut - thanks for joining us at Dynamic Duos this week :o)

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  11. Go, Kristie!!! I love the embossed flowers on vellum soooo much! Your first card is awesome too. Thanks so very much for playing along with us this month at Cloud9!

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  12. Love both of these! The flowers look so soft and lovely on vellum, and the hello on the slant with the eyelets is just fantastic!

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  13. Love your first card's clean, crisp lines and how you used your eyelets and twine! So cute. Thanks for playing with the CCEE Stampers!

    Your second card is so beautiful with the white embossing on vellum!

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  14. Very creative card, Kristie! Love the angle you used, and the twine is fab!!

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  15. Beautiful cards! I love all of your white space on both. The color blocking on the first card is so cool on the diagonal. Love it! Thanks for playing at ATSM this week. :)

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  16. I am in awe of your Hello card. The design floats my boat! Thank you for playing along with us at CAS-ual Fridays!

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  17. I love both cards! Really like your use of color blocking and eyelets on the first one, and your colors on the second card are fabulous! Wonderful cards!!

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  18. Love the colour blocking, Kristie, your treatment of the twine is just brilliant! The delicacy and softness of the colours on the Cloud9 card are just gorgeous, beautifully enhanced by the gentle sweep of blooms on vellum! Anita :)

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  19. Kristie, the effect of the embossing on vellum is just stunning! A beautiful card! Thank you for joining us again at Cloud9!

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  20. I love this two cards! They are beautiful. I really like the Hello card.

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  21. You are just a card making machine...such a variety of fun things going on...the color blocking is so cool and used DD colors in a neat way;) Love the flowers from your inspiration cards too!

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  22. Awesome card! Love the fabulous color blocking and the eyelets - just terrific! Thanks for joining us this week at ATS&M

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  23. OK,that "hello" card is so graphic and retro, it's FABULOUS. Love love love how you used the eyelets with the baker's twine. Gives this card so much energy! And I love your soft interpretation of the inspiration photo on the second card - it's positively ethereal! Thanks so much for sharing these beauties!

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  24. Great cards, Kristie! The angled hello die is a perfect candidate to be angled on a card ... it looks great! And way to use those eyelets. I'd love mine to see more use as well. So glad you joined the CASual Fridays Challenge this week!

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  25. Lovely design Kristie!
    Thanks for joining us at CAS-ual Fridays this week!

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  26. Love that hello die cut!! Thanks so much for joining us this week at the Dynamic Duos!!

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  27. Congrats on your shout out at CASual Fridays. Love the energy and movement in that card. And your embossed vellum flowers are real beauties too.

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  28. I guess I"m not the only one who loved your hello card. Congrats on the HM at CASual Fridays.

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  29. Hey Kristie! Thanks for linking this up to the Emphasize the Negative Challenge in the Moxie Fab World! I'm so glad you joined in on all the fun! :)

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Hugs,
Kristie