Thursday, July 11, 2013

Flying by to say ... 'hello'


flying by lawn fawn card

Do you shop for stamps often? I don't have a huge crafting budget,
but every once in a while I find some images that call out "you need me!"
 Like these two did...

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(Love that this is only $3.99)

I heat embossed & paper-pieced the airplanes and popped them up
then stitched and added stitched knots for the paper airplane trails:

little stitched knots for paper airplane trails

The swirly dots are from Impression Obsession's cover-a-card  "Fluff" backgound stamp
(Frost white colorbox ink & Wow! white Super Fine embossing powder to heat emboss)



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free cut file

Lately I can't stop adding a layer of silver leafing under die-cut sentiments:

hello speech bubble cut file with silver leafing in behind

(I also added white Sakura Souffle gel pen dots to the cardstock for more texture.)

That 'hello' speech bubble is a fabulous

...made by Christine Newman (Listgirl)


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(For more sizes, please visit the links for each paper set)

I printed & cut bits of these digital papers...

A) from my Love Graphics set:

 5 Vintage Dotted Graph - free printable digital patterned paper set SAMPLE

Light Vintage Dotted Graph paper:

5b LIGHT vintage dotted graph - free printable digital patterned paper

...and B) from my Christmas set:

15 batik flower Snowflakes various sizes-  free printable paper SAMPLE

Batik snowflake in various sizes (light turquoise) paper:

15 batik flower Snowflakes various sizes 12 and a half inch SQ 350dpi



This digital work is offered up for free, but mainly for personal use only.


Happy Crafting, You fabulous people, You!

16 comments:

  1. I love that stamp set, and it's one that I have--even better! I don't have a huge (or small, for that matter! :Z) budget neither, so when somethings does call my name, it's even better when the price tag is not huge--it's preferably single digits or lower double digits! ;)

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  2. What a fun card! Great background and I love the French knot "tails" you stitched trailing the planes for even more movement on the card. Have a great day!

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  3. Wow...thank you for sharing your talent!

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  4. This card is gorgeous!!! Love all the wonderful details, especially the knotted stitching. What a creative, inspiring creation!

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  5. What an amazing card, Mel! I love all the little details you added, all the texture... simply gorgeous!

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  6. Adorable card! And thanks again for sharing your beautiful papers!

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  7. cute,cute,cute! love the plane trail!
    thanks for the freebies... always amazing!
    hugs....busy canning!

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  8. Wow! Amazing card, Mel! I love how you created plane trail! And all the details!

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  9. Love those paper airplanes! Adorable!

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  10. Brilliant Mel!
    I love everything about your beautiful card, from the silver lining to the delicate "Mel colors" to the dreamy design...
    Thank You my Friend~

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  11. This card is absolute perfection! LOVE the silver leaf, the embossed background, the colors -- LOVE!

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  12. I can see why these images were calling to you. And, yes, that happens to me as well. I tell myself, "No more stamps! You have plenty of images!" And then I hear the call....

    Come and see what I've done lately!

    kren@
    http://afourthlife.blogspot.com

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♥ Thank You so much sharing your thoughts. It means the world! ♥ Mel