Friday 19 May 2017

Shuffle, Shuffle: Finding Room for More Cards..

So every month when my box from Gossamer Blue arrives and I open it and begin to think about what I might make for my contribution to the blog, I tell myself  to come up with a plan which doesn't involve cards. Something new would be nice, Sian! But this time round I couldn't help myself. I looked at all the pretty new die cuts, all exclusive, all waiting to be gathered up and clustered and I made this:


I turned a blank journaling spot sideways to make a resting place for a butterfly and some flowers. Then I used a picture frame to give a home to a little pink bird:


and then I found his friend and another frame but also a stamp, which I used to mark out a stitching line.


Gossamer Blue found room for my cards and now I must find a space in my card drawer too. Or maybe I would be better finding a couple of stamps and a pillar box?

See you Monday!

14 comments:

  1. Your cards are always so beautiful. Love the layering and stitching. The kits always look so great!

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  2. So bright and cheerful. Lucky whoever receives and in the meantime, you can enjoy! Thanks for brightening our day!
    Cheers ~

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  3. What beautiful cards - far too pretty to keep hidden away in a drawer!

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  4. They are beautiful x

    BW
    KraftyKaren x

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  5. I struggle with making cards, and then I see all your beautiful ones, and want to copy them all. So beautiful

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  6. Just lovely---all three. I agree they are too beautiful to be stashed away!

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  7. You are a crafting, card making, layout genius! Timing is everything, your brilliant idea about turning the label vertical has given me an idea of how I can use up a bunch of those die cut labels I had that were sitting in the pile of "??? to do with these". All the cards are lovely but my favourite is the first one with the butterfly & vertical label ... genius with a sigh of why didn't I think of that ...

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  8. Years ago, I started a card club with my friends. Each month, we'd get together and one person would design 2 cards. We'd make 5 of each. After a few years, we all had cards galore. So, we quit. I still have a ton of cards. I donated a ton too! Your cards are fun and fresh. It's nice to have them on hand.

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  9. Beautiful cards! Definitely need to be sent out and not put in a box!

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  10. They are gorgeous cards, you've made me want to hunt in my stash and create some myself!

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  11. That little bird looks very much at home in his frame. You certainly know how to make a cluster of embellishments work for you!

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  12. So fresh and pretty! I always admire your clever way with all those delicious little bits and pieces. It must be nice to have some ready for when you need them.

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