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Featured July 15
Chinese Take Out
Chinese Take Out
Featured July 16
Coneflowers & Roses
Featured July 17
Snowflakes
Featured July 18
Sun and Moon & Heavenly Harmony
Sun and Moon & Heavenly Harmony
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Why I hoard... I will admit it that I am a hoarder. I see pretty paper, I will pack it away, to use that magic SOMEDAY on a card. This last week, I spent 4 days going through those kinds of papers and scraps. I had this calendar page from November of 2005. For almost 9 years this has been sitting in my box of paper just waiting for the right card. To be truthful, I almost forgot I even had it.
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But didn't it make the perfect backdrop for my takeout box and fortune cookies?
I replaced the drawing of the wire with a paper clip that I opened up. I cut slits in the fortune cookie and put strips of paper for the fortunes. I curved the fortune cookies around my fingers to make them look 3-d.
Making this card made me think of when my husband and I started dating. We use to go to a little Chinese restaurant called HIMS. It was a very small place just a couple of blocks from our college campus.
Check out what these ladies did with this set.
Making this card made me think of when my husband and I started dating. We use to go to a little Chinese restaurant called HIMS. It was a very small place just a couple of blocks from our college campus.
Check out what these ladies did with this set.
Here's the Design Team:
Come on back tomorrow for more creativity.
Beautiful background paper and card!
ReplyDeleteVery, very pretty. That paper definitely was meant for this card.
ReplyDeleteMariLynn,
ReplyDeleteBeautiful and elegant. That DP is gorgeous and it looks awesome!!
I'm sure you're happy you saved that paper for so long because it WAS the perfect background for your card today!
ReplyDeleteLove that you chose the Chinese fabric inspired paper for the background. It's goes so well with the images.
ReplyDeleteLove how you did the fortune cookies and that background paper is fantastic!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely gorgeous paper
ReplyDeleteIt was worth keeping that paper :-)!! Wonderful project MariLynn, and I love the dimension you gave to it with the wire and shaped cookies.
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Maxine
Wow, that calendar paper you saved is perfect! Gorgeous card! Love these new Asian stamps! So cute how you did the cookie!
ReplyDeleteThat paper was sure perfect for your card!
ReplyDeleteBeth
Beth's Beauties
I love this!!! Terrific idea to use a paper clip for the handle. I love how you have a little paper sentiment stuck in the fortune cookies. It is HARD not to hoard! I have quite a collection myself! I am going to want to hoard the flowers you gave me!!!
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