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Saturday 8 August 2009

Get well wishes

When I saw the little poppies on Kathy's tarted up tin project the other day (here) I thought it would be nice to make some bright, cheery yellow ones for a get well card.

I was so happy to see this sentiment in the new Cursive Expressions set; for some reason I've always shied away from "Get well soon" - I guess it sounds a bit too much like a command! You wouldn't believe the number of times I've pieced together "Get well wishes" from a couple of different stamps!

My brads started life as common or garden brass paper fasteners as I couldn't find black brads of the right kind of size, I just Versamarked them and dunked them in black embossing powder and heat embossed.

Stamps (Cornish Heritage Farms):
Cursive Expressions (Mona Lisa Moments line - releasing Friday 14th August)
Nature's Silhouettes (Kim Hughes Collection)
Fine Houndstooth Scrapblock (I stamped my flower circles and then sponged ink of the same colour over them - it just gives a little bit of tonal variation)

Paper:
Smooth white
Premium weight copy paper (for the flowers)

Ink:
Adirondack dye ink by Ranger (Sunshine Yellow, Sunset Orange)
Memento by Tsukineko (Bamboo Leaves)

Other:
Brads (plus black embossing powder)
Corner Chomper

Thanks for stopping by, hope you're enjoying your weekend!
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14 comments:

  1. Kaz8 August 2009 at 19:11

    Gorgeous card Joanne, I love the clean, crisp look to it.

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  2. Anonymous8 August 2009 at 20:45

    wow those flowers look amazing....this is a great modern,clean and crisp looking card - you do this style so well.

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  3. Janice8 August 2009 at 20:55

    You are always so clever at 'repurposing'(hee hee) things. I mean the brads, what a good idea, I never seem to have the right colour. Those poppies are so pretty, bound to cheer up anyone who was unwell.

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  4. Anonymous8 August 2009 at 21:27

    Another beautiful card Joanne, love those poppys! x

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  5. Sue8 August 2009 at 21:43

    What a lovely cheerful card, so clean and fresh looking.
    Sue x

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  6. lottie8 August 2009 at 23:04

    This is gorgeous

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  7. Darlene 9 August 2009 at 00:00

    Another fantastic creation Joanne!! Thanks for the little hint on coloring the brad!!

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  8. Hels Sheridan9 August 2009 at 00:15

    Beautiful card, enough to make anyone feel miles better x

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  9. tracy9 August 2009 at 08:18

    thats really beautiful joanne :)

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  10. Traceyr11 August 2009 at 11:56

    What a bright and cheery card. Loving the black brads. Will have to check out Kathy's tin again for these flowers I think I might have missed them.

    :)

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  11. Caroline12 August 2009 at 18:08

    The flowers are gorgeous - beautiful card altogether...x

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  12. Kathy14 August 2009 at 16:09

    ahhhh the poppies look fab - and they are so easy aren't they? I was just faffing about with paper circles when I realised how like poppies a circle and a brad could look!

    I love the bright yellow and the arrangement of the poppies in the corner, it all looks really lovely

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  13. Minxy14 August 2009 at 16:10

    so simple yet so beautiful and striking, i love it.... i cant make cards like this as once i get to this point i feel it needs more and ends up looking completly different lol

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