Saturday, July 28, 2012

Congratulations Easel Card

Hello everyone!  I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend and get a chance to do something you love to do.  I've spent most of my day upstairs in my craft corner working on various projects.  It's too bad that my hands don't work as quickly as my brain!  I have so many projects going on inside my head and I can't seem to get them on paper fast enough!  Unfortunately, sometimes those ideas disappear as quickly as they appear, so I have a list on my craft island and I try to remember to write them down as they come to me!  It gives me a great deal of satisfaction to check off one of those projects after it's finished, and today, I get to check one off!

With this card, I actually get to check off two items!  I needed to make a graduation card for a friend and I have been wanting to make something with one of these beautiful hot air balloons I've been seeing everywhere.  So, today's post is a twofer! Don't you just it when that happens??

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Recipe:
* Easel card made from - Bazzill in "French Vanilla"
* Printed papers - from "October Afternoon"
* Hot Air Balloon - Silhouette Online Store
* Sentiment Tag - Silhouette Online Store - "Echo Park"
* Sentiments - Pink By Design - "Small Things" and "Vintage Greetings"
* Lace - Melissa Frances

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I was so afraid to try stitching on the balloon after all the work of inking the edges and putting it together!  But, I went ahead and zig-zagged away and I'm so happy that I did....I love the way it turned out!  I also did some crazy, wavy stitching around the edges of my card just for fun!


I'm going to enter my card into the challenge going on over at  Made Especially For You - "Create An Easel Card"

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend.  I'm going to go see what else I can check off that list of mine (and I'm sure I'll also be adding a couple of things)!

Until next time,

21 comments:

  1. Oh this is just fantastic, Tanya. I love the stitching - amazing.
    Hugs,
    Larelyn

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  2. fab card, love the pattern papers and the stitching! thanks for joining us this week at MEFY!

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  3. This is so fabulous...love the stitching on the balloon, the papers are wonderful and so is the embossing on the basket! Lee-Ann :)

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  4. Love your card. This is great. The stitching you did on the balloon is great. Thanks for joining us over at ME4Y.,

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  5. This is beautiful!!! I love that balloon!!!

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  6. Wow Tanya! I love the balloon! The minute I saw this, I thought... Oh... Which cartridge is that from. Well, turns out it "AINT CRICUT". Hee! Hee! Oh well. I think I have a cart with a similar cut I can try. I just love the colors you chose and that sentiment shape is amazing! It's just so beautiful! I think I am going to scraplift anyway. Hee! Hee!

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  7. Hi Tonya, love the hot air balloon on your easel card and so glad you did all that stitching, as it really looks great. Thanks for playing with us at Made Especially for You this week.

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  8. What a beautiful card! I wish I could sew...

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  9. Such a pretty card. I love the colors and the balloon is awesome! Thanks for playing along with us over at MEFY! : )

    Kristy

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  10. Love your card! The stiching on it looks fantastic and the balloon is super cute!!
    Thanks for joining us at MEFY.
    (:(:Smiles:):)

    Robin

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  11. A really pretty card. Love the balloon.

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  12. what a gorgeous card!! Love the stitching and love the beautiful papers!!
    TFS and hope you have a GREAT weekend!!

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  13. Love this card. May have to scraplift this one. Thanks Tanya. Beautiful!

    http://vickiesscrappings.blogspot.com

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  14. Tanya, this is AMAZING!! Great job! Not sure I could sew in that straight of a line on a curve!

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  15. This is a fantastic card. I really like the stitching, and have pinned this to one of my boards. Love your blog also.
    Karen

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  16. Wow, Tanya, this is amazing!! The stitching on the balloon is fabulous!! I wish I could stitch that well!! The entire design is so gorgeous!! Love, love it!! :)

    Lisa
    A Mermaid's Crafts

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  17. Beautiful card Tanya! The stitching looks amazing!!! I just love that hot air balloon cut. Very nice car:) Hope you had a great wknd!
    Sherrie K
    http://sherriescraps.blogspot.com

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  18. Oh WOW Tanya! This is just awesome!!! I so love your hot air balloon with the great stitching!! The sentiment is wonderful!! I so love your card!!!! :)

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  19. Beautiful card Tanya.Love the stitching both on your amazing balloon and around the card.
    Jayne x

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  20. love this card too!! I've been wanting to do more stitching!! this is great!

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  21. WOW! That's sooo pretty Tanya! And the funny thing is.... I've been wanting to make a card with a hot air balloon too! :o) I guess for now I'll live vicariously through you until I get another free moment to create something with a hot air balloon! :O)

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