Monday, May 13, 2019

Revisiting an Old Set

Since Karen's Card Shop is particularly low on get-well cards, I decided to make a few using an old favorite from Papertrey: Modern Basics. 

Hadn't noticed that I photographed them in increasing order of simplicity, but there you go.



The first card contains sequins...and I actually like how it turned out! What a surprise. Sequins and I don't usually get along, but these from Hero Arts are kind of cooperative. So yay!



The second card takes advantage of opposites on the color wheel; blue and orange create such high energy.



And finally, a little green leaf with three tiny bling. Sweet!

The cardstock used for these cards is Neenah Solar White in 80lb and 110lb weights. The base is, obviously, the heavier weight. I have a huge stash of Papertrey Stampers Select and love it, but have experimented with shifting to Neenah simply for the two weights to lighten up my white-on-white layered cards. I'm not sure this shift will be permanent, but the Neenah sure works great!

Karen's Card Shop is in need of cards if you are interested in donating. Our best sellers are Get Well, Thank You, Thinking of You, Love and Friendship, and Birthday. All proceeds from the shop go to our church's general fund and Stephen Ministry program. Shoot me an email at susanraihala at roadrunner dot com if you would like my address!

Blessings to you all for sticking with me despite my sparse posting since I've gone back to teaching. Words can't express how satisfying and joyful it is to be working with students again. After a successful second semester, I've been offered one class over the summer and am waiting to hear about the fall. Nevertheless, I'm happy to have a lighter summer which will allow for more stamping, and the short summer semester doesn't start until June 11. Yay! Thanks so much for all the good wishes and encouragement you've offered up. My heart is full. Mwah!

Mercy, grace, peace, and love,
Susan

6 comments:

  1. so excited to see a post from you with your signature white cards. they rock!!! congrats on a year of teaching with more to come.

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  2. Lovely to see you back ... with your stunning CAS cards.
    And lucky students to have you !

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  3. Happy to know you are back for a short time. You were missed. Hope the family is well.

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  4. It's so good to see some cards from you again, and good too to hear that you've been offered a summer class and will have some time to stamp. It's such a blessing to get to do what you enjoy.

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  5. purity....glad your teaching is going well mf.
    xx Karen

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  6. This is a favorite stamp set of mine and I always love to see what you create with it.

    Congratulations on your first year back to teaching and continued success for the summer.

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