falling snow embossing folder

Celebrate Forever

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The other day I asked my husband and youngest daughter to draw me a doodle that I could use for a card front.  I make cards all of the time and rarely hesitate to get to work.  This was different though.

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I don’t have stamps, or papers, or materials that go with his style of art.  It presented a challenge to be sure.  If I had been thinking ahead I would have had him draw on water color paper.  You work with what you are given, right?  It is easy for me to focus on all of the problem areas, but I think it will work nicely.  And it is an original, one of a kind.

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I used two different sentiments to create this combo.  I masked off half of each phrase and got just what I wanted.  I think I have gotten a bit spoiled to have just the right tools for nearly everything I do.  When I had to trouble shoot I got pretty darn frustrated.  Plenty of learning opportunities today.  I hope you get brave and try something different, even if it is a bit overwhelming.

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Have a creative day!

Moana

Banner Blessings Gift Set -Shine

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This is card four, the last of the set.  The gift box is so lovely.  I can’t wait to show you.  But this card was saved for last because it is my favorite one.  So pretty and such a beautiful sentiment.

Banner Blessings Gift Set -Shine

I used the falling snow embossing folder to give me a starry background.  Since it was more sparse on the top, because it was to show snow not stars, I put it through again turned around and ran it through half way and ran it back out.  That gave a lovely balance I think.

Banner Blessings Gift Set -Shine

The star border punch doesn’t get to come off my shelf much, but this was the perfect job for it.  Stars stars and more stars.  The heavens are full of them and I wanted the card to do so as well.  Mission accomplished.  The card base is made from the heavy weight whisper white.  Sometimes I cannot get enough of this stuff.  I accented the sentiment with a hefty twisting of metallic gold thread. I decided it made my sentiment look kind of like a shooting star or a comet.  I love feeling creative.

Banner Blessings Gift Set - Shine

Have a creative day!

Moana