PIN IT FRIDAY FAVS: Thank Yous and the Very Best of Pinterest Pins

I've needed quite a few thank you notes lately for some very thoughtful people that I'm thankful to have in my life. This card pinned on Pinterest struck my fancy plus I had a scrap of watercolor paper that I wanted to use:

Original Pin HERE

I don't have this exact set from SU, but I have a similar retired SU set called Asian Artisty and that led me to create this card:

This card is for my friend Rina who gifted me with a happy birthday die. I used the "happy" from her set of gift dies for Rina's thank you note. After the card was completed, the card seemed off-balance with too much white space above the oval. After trying a few possible fixes, I decided that the placement of two butterflies resulted in the best solution ^_^ (Butterflies from SU Embosslits Beautiful Wings, Oval from SU Stitched Shape Framelets)

Additional thank you notes finished and ready for mailing:

This card needed something to make it pop and

some Stickles came to the rescue:

This pin from my previous blog post got me thinking about cutting words out on my cards:

See Original Post HERE

The following note cards were made on my Cricut using the SU stamp set called Avant-Garden for the flowers and SU Fabulous Phrases for the white embossing words on the black card stock:

...and one without my Cricut:

The inside view for all of the cards above:

PIN IT FRIDAY FAVS: Asian Cards and the Very Best of Pinterest Pins

My friend Alice wanted to borrow a retired SU stamp set from me called Asian Artistry to make this card:

  

Alice make cards to sell at the Sunnyvale Senior Center's gift shop and made some just like this to sell. Now, they've sold out and she wants to make some more to keep up with the demand! 

I also needed to make a thank you card for her, so I used this same set to make this card:

This card was made thanks to this

Pinterest pin 

Original Pin HERE

These are some more Asian cards I've
pinned recently:

Original Pin HERE

Original Pin HERE

Original Pin HERE

Original Pin HERE

Original Pin HERE

PIN IT FRIDAY FAVS: Quick Cards

I saw this card on Pinterest and pinned it to my CARDS: Must Make board:

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Using the GORGEOUS papers from my DCWV Far East stack of papers, I quickly made these two cards:

After finishing my cards and comparing them to the original pin, I do think the sponging/shading of all four corners on each quarter panel makes for a nice touch...so...I must add that on my next batch of cards!...and here's my version of Mary Fish's card that was shown on my MORE ASIAN CARDS post HERE:

Last week, I brought that card for the Card Divas to make, and here are the rest of the Card Diva's designs that we each made:

A little ghost made with the owl punch!

Katie says the embossing folder is from Hero Arts...and finally, Mel had us make a beautiful glass block with lights:

I could spend a large chunk of time just looking at glass block crafts on Pinterest! Check them out HERE.

PIN IT FRIDAY FAVS: More Asian Cards

After I made some kimono cards HERE last week, I discovered even more pins for various Asian-type cards this week's post:

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The card above uses SU's hostess set called SIMPLY SKETCHED:

and it's also very similar to one of their retired set called ASIAN ARTISTRY:

Check out this card made with this stamp set by the talented Mary Fish:

Perhaps you have another stamp set that would work well with this clever diagonal split frame idea! CLICK HERE to see Mary's card and sketch ideas then spend a little time visiting her awesome blog called Stampin' Pretty. 

PIN IT FRIDAY FAVS: Kimono Cards

I saw this kimono book mark last week at the Sunnyvale Senior Center craft store when I stopped by to visit my friend Alice. It called out my name and I had to buy it!

I thought a much smaller version would make a great card front and here is the result:

Sentiment: SU's Vintage Vogue

...but it seemed that something was missing, and that something was a collar!...so I added that:

While I had everything out, I wanted to make another one...but when I stamped the saying on the second one, it was at a slight angle...so...I chopped off the card front and cut all four sides to align the saying parallel to the bottom edge then matted it on a larger 5"x7" card. I liked the result even better than the first card! Don't you love it when a mistake turns into a happy little opportunity?! 

Back sleeve piece: 3/4" x 1 1/2"

Obi: 3/4" x 1" scored at 1/4" along long side

then folded into the center to

form a final 3/4" x 1/2" obi

Front piece: 5" x 4"

(Fold the left side of the 5" piece to a 1 1/2" point marked

from the right edge and use a bone folder...then fold the

right side over leaving about 1/4" or so from the left-side fold.

The left lapel needs to be trimmed to align it with

the right lapel.)

I sponged Crumb Cake ink on the white side of the paper and to my surprise - the design of the pattern side showed through! (The sponging was done on the lapel and neck areas of the kimono.)

This was the wonderful paper pack I found at Joann's for my Asian papers - half of them with beautiful foiled designs on them:

I also found a video tutorial on Pinterest to make another type of kimono for a card front:

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and view the tutorial.

I made one using the measurements from the video, but I found it too small when it was finished, so I extended the paper measurements to 3" x 10" - making the second fold in the video at 1-3/4" instead of 1" as stated in the video. Here is the card I made from this video tutorial:

The down side is that is a little bulky to send in the mail...so this will probably be a hand-delivered type of card!  Here are a few other Asian cards I found during my Pinterest searches:

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Using punches instead of a stamped image for the Asian girl, this card would be a nice one to create: 

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Love this kimono idea as well as the papers used:

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The card below uses a SU set called Easter Blooms. This flower pot card could be used for a number of different occasions such as a birthday, get well or sympathy:

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...and this last pin combines fancy and fashion!

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