Friday, February 3, 2012

Random Inspiration

The primary inspiration for my red tree card HERE was actually a brown paper bag from Starbuck's with a red-and-white winter scene. The bag held a piece of banana bread that begged me to eat it. Of course, I always flex to white card bases, but every now and then, I have to use kraft, and that brown paper bag made me do it.

Nothing is ever my fault, you see.




Going to bed for a good night's sleep and hoping to get some stamping done this weekend. I hope y'all do, too!

21 comments:

  1. Loooove kraft and this colour combo is fabulous. Great card!

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  2. It all works perfectly with the kraft base, totally justifies a trip to Starbucks!

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  3. I like this card and you made me smile with your story of how it came to be. You find inspiration in an amazing way.

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  4. I love kraft, and it looks fabulous with this simple design in red and white. You find inspiration in such great places. :) Ann Y.

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  5. OH MY WORD. This is AMAZING!!! Gorgeous--that kraft, red, and white are perfect! :)

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  6. This is gorgeous - you can't go wrong with white, red and kraft! Love that tree!

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  7. This is one of my favorite color combos, so was thrilled to see it. Too bad that shadow stamp is discontinued. It's a perfect touch. The red tree on today's and yesterday's cards are a welcome surprise. You do, per usual, have a surprise or 2 for us.

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  8. I'm a huge fan of Kraft. Wonderful card. Perfect design.

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  9. You should do this more often - gorgeous!

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  10. LOVE this! Susan, This is the ultimate in CAS as well as elegant too!

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  11. This looks wonderful! It's easy to see why you might have been inspired by the Starbuck's bag. I had one pinned to my cork board in my craft room until I finally made a card inspired by it!

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  12. Another fabulous card! Interesting how making cards makes us look at (and even notice in the first place) things in our surroundings differently!

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  13. This is beautiful. It brings out the white as a "color" with 3 white elements (happy, ground, and snow-pearls). And a triangle of 3 within that (3 pearls). But leaving the math aside, it's just really nice to look at!

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  15. If it's not too much trouble, could you possibly post the stamp sets you use? I recognize the words from Papertrey's Wreath for all Seasons, but I'd love to know about the rest of the stamps. LOVE this card! TFS!

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  16. Love this card. Stamping red and white on kraft is one of my favorite combos.

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  17. Shadow is Hero Arts (discontinued) and the tree is A Muse (discontinued). And you're right about the sentiment...PTI Wreath for All Seasons.

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  18. I love the pistachio and toffee crunch from the new tsunineko colors.
    Congrads for the publishment

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  19. i know you said the shadow was a stamp by hero arts. but what was the name of the stamp? or the stamp set it was in?

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