Sunday, December 19, 2010

Love Birds

Hello! Hope you all enjoyed your weekends. Today I wanted to share a card I had made before the last Papertrey Ink release, using Love Birds. Don't look to closely. You may notice the wet ink I accidentally smeared (once I finished stamping the tree panel of course... arg!). This card started with the idea of using the two heart images, from Love Lives Here, to create leaves. Stamped the tree trunk, from Merry Little Christmas, in Dark Chocolate.
Stamped both hearts repeatedly, in Simply Chartreuse ink, at the end of the branches.
Die cut, stamped and attached the bird cage below the stamped chain (both from Love Birds). Stamped the grass image (from Love Lives Here) along the base, in Simply Chartreuse. Die cut a scalloped border from kraft cardstock and impressed with the Sheet Music Impression Plate. Attached the border and wrapped with baker's twine. To finished the card off I attached the tree panel to a kraft cardstock base, along with a strip of Happy Spots pattern paper.

That's it from me today, hope you all have a great Monday! Thanks for stopping by!
Maile

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15 comments:

  1. Janna WernerDecember 20, 2010 at 12:40 AM

    so cute :)
    Janna

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  2. UnknownDecember 20, 2010 at 4:21 AM

    You have no idea how relieved I am that you too...an amazing pro designer...at times smear your ink. ;) Love your cards and am always looking forward to new posts from you in Google Reader :)

    Happy Holidays!

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  3. AimesDecember 20, 2010 at 5:03 AM

    Oh I'm soooooooo glad that the masters too have inky troubles sometimes :D
    Still a fabulous card with or without the smear!
    Hugs,
    Aimes
    x

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  4. TedDecember 20, 2010 at 5:31 AM

    Maile, this is a beautiful card and I can't wait to get my hands on that Love Birds set to try something similar. :) I think it's wonderful that, not only did you smear, but that you shared it with us... that shows a lot of integrity and humility. Regardless of that, however... I love the idea of hearts as leaves! :) Such a cute creation!

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  5. AnnDecember 20, 2010 at 6:06 AM

    Love this, Maile! The twine & dimensionals are the perfect touch!

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  6. Diane JaquayDecember 20, 2010 at 8:19 AM

    This card is like a fresh breath of SPRING, so so pretty!

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  7. Marlou McAleesDecember 20, 2010 at 9:26 AM

    love this card!! :)

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  8. UnknownDecember 20, 2010 at 10:10 AM

    Such a sweet card...I love your work.

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  9. TigriswillreignDecember 20, 2010 at 10:52 AM

    It's nice to know that even PTI Designers make mistakes! ;) It's a lovely card, Maile!

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  10. JayneDecember 20, 2010 at 4:00 PM

    Wow! This is beautiful!!

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  11. GisèleDecember 20, 2010 at 4:24 PM

    This is a beautiful card Maile. Even with the smoosh. Like others have said, it's nice to hear (and see) that this kind of things happens to all of us. I bet though, you could cover it with leaves and no one would be any the wiser...

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  12. EveDecember 20, 2010 at 9:58 PM

    Hey, I love your creations! they inspire me a lot! Will come back to visit you again! Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year!

    - Evelyn
    Greetings from Malaysia.
    www.weworkonline.weebly.com

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  13. Kelly December 21, 2010 at 5:33 AM

    I love this stamp set and I have it but I have not had a chance to try it out. Your card looks great, I love how simple and elegant this looks

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  14. sillyleannDecember 21, 2010 at 10:50 PM

    So amazing! I literally had to stop for a second.

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  15. Alice December 22, 2010 at 2:48 AM

    awww... this is so sweet! love love love it!

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