no power, will create….

September 14th, 2008 |

Author: Bunny

OMG! Im so glad our power is back on. One more game of scrabble and I’d a lost my mind! I hope you are all fairing well thru the aftermath of nasty Ike! Our winds were SO bad today! There are power lines down everywhere! Sparks flying off the house 2 doors down. My porch swing canopy is ruined! BLUH!

anyway, I spent the first hour or so of no power enjoying the quiet and made a card. Unfortunately, about an hour is all the quiet I got because the batteries died in the ninetendo ds’s and on the portable dvd player which meant the kids had NOTHING to do! lol… Scrabble, scrabble, and MORE scrabble! Are pokemon names REALLY allowed in scrabble? I think I was being cheated!

Anyway…

Here’s what I came up with…

its based on a card I had cut out of a magazine a few years back. No idea what magazine sorry! LOL

Supplies:

white cardstock
green cardstock
ink
patterned paper
needle/thread
flower
brad
metal o rings
stretchy rope
stamp
tape
adhesive
craft wire
SU Pastel Chalks

TO MAKE:

Cut green cardstock to 5×7 inches
white card stock trim to 4 3/4 x 6 3/4
cut pattern to 4 x 4

chalk edges of white cardstock

my flower was yellow, which I didnt want, so I used my green ink to dye it green to match the cardstock.

I then inked the edges of the patterned paper and green cardstock with the green ink.

layer green cardstock, white cardstock, patterned paper. Attach with permanent adhesive

use craft wire to attach o rings and then stitch around patterend paper

once stitched I like to use tape on the back to secure the thread ends,

Tie on the stretchy cord, attach flower and ask the helper if it looks ok…

stamp on sentiment, and whalllahhhhhh…

Posted in Cards, Crafts, Personal

5 Responses to “no power, will create….”

Sharlene(Charlie) says:

September 14, 2008 at 8:38 pm

Oh wow very nice cards!!!!!!!lol about the cards..last year we had floods here in Newy and my toddler was a bub..and 2 days without power was horrid..it was winter and freezing we went and bought a generator we were that desperate..lol

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Tina says:

September 14, 2008 at 10:11 pm

love the card girl! I have never thought to ink a flower! I love it!
Andrea says:

September 14, 2008 at 11:31 pm

LOVE the green! CUTE card! WOW didn’t realize you inked the flower! Very ingenious!

YAY for having power back! Hope there wasn’t too much damage from the power lines being down!

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Veelana says:

September 15, 2008 at 2:18 am

Hey there,
I so embarrassed that I didn’t scrap AND visit anyone’s Blog over the summer…
I’m so busy getting things done before the baby arrives (ETA December). I love your cards! I have to do some, too – I just never know whom to send them…

EXTREMELY inspiring!
kim says:

September 15, 2008 at 4:38 am

Ok Mrs.crafty- that card is just AMAZING! lol I still can’t believe just how quick you took to all of it- a few months ago you wouldn’t even touch GLUE_ hahahahahaha
AWESOME!!
chat later- COFFFEEEE

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no power, will create….

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