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Saturday, January 31, 2015

CAS(E) this Sketch #108 with Lawn Fawn

Hello! I hope you all are having a wonderful weekend. It is a bit cold in Connecticut today but that is New England weather. I will take this over snow any day!

Charlotte and Chris are at robotics today so I spent the day doing whatever I felt like. Mostly that was laundry and going to the gym but I did get to have a really nice late lunch with a friend. I had one of the most DELICIOUS margarita's I have ever had today. It was made from grapefruit juice rather then sour mix and just so refreshing! I don't seem to get enough socializing in these days and I miss that. I think I need to schedule that in more often.

One thing I did have time to do this morning is make a card for the CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge. I read this morning that an online friend was feeling under the weather so I whipped up this card for her. 


To be honest, I actually created TWO cards because I am trying to make my life a little easier so I have cards created for my stash instead of whipping them up on demand. Here is sketch #108 that I used as my jumping off point:


To start my card, I stamped the little bird from Lawn Fawn's "Get Well Soon" stamp set and colored it in using Copic markers. I then die cut the bird using the matching die set. 


Next, I stamped the sentiment and the hearts on the white rectangle. I wrapped a piece of red DMC floss around the top, mounted it with foam adhesive onto a red scallop die cut and set it aside. 

For the background, I used Washi tape to create the stripes on a white piece of card stock measuring 
5  1/2" by 4 1/4." I wanted the stripes to be as straight as can be so I started from top and used a red scrap piece of tape as a marker. On both the cards I made I had white space left at the bottom, which was not what I wanted. However, I left it and if I created this design again, would fix it so that this would not happen.


When I was finished with the tape, I folded the ends over to the back and mounted the rectangle onto a 5 1/2" by 4 1/4" top folding card.

I mounted the small rectangle piece I had created previously onto the front of the card. I then mounted the little bird onto the front with foam adhesive. 


My last step was to take a Wink of Stella pen and use it over the black hearts. It is hard to tell in the photo but they do have a bit of shine to them. 

My second card I created the same way but changed up the color scheme a bit.


I like how both of them came out and it was not hours to make, as per my usual cards.

I am also entering this into Simon Says "Anything Goes" Wednesday Challenge."


I thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a great night!!

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9 comments:

  1. This is adorable Nora! I love how you did the washi tape stripes! Your friend will love this card for sure!
    Nina-Marie :)

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  2. Super cute card Nora! Love the sweet little chick!

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  3. Love your CUTE cards, Nora!GREAT job on using all that Washi! I adore the use of elements and colors! So glad that you join the fun over Simon Says Stamp Wednesday “Anything Goes” Challenge!

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  4. I'm sure your friend will love this sweet little get-well card. Great way to use washi! Love the little focal panel - the scallops are the perfect touch. Nice coloring too! Bev

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  5. super fun, love the use of washi!

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  6. Super cute, Nora and what a little pick me up to see that happy bird on your card!!! Love the hint about how you did the washi tape - would never have thought of that - so thank you SO much!!! Have an awesome day!!

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  7. Two great cards!
    Thanks so much for joining us at CAS(E) this sketch this week!

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  8. Oh, these are both so sweet! I love the washi tape backgrounds! Great takes on the sketch!

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  9. Just as cute as can be! I love how you used your Washi Tape too, thanks for sharing that. Can't wait to pull some out and play. Wonderful inspiration.

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