{Anyone else have that Madonna song in her head? *You took my love for granted. Why, oh, why? The show is over say goodbye.* Not even a Madonna fan... yet it haunts me}
I chose what I lovingly call one of my "Impulse Buys." It was seventy-six cents. It had potential. It would be great for quick cards. It was in a clearance box with several of its identical twins and some cousins. It was... Fast Cards: Xenon by Scrapworks. I thought, at the very least, I could use some elements of it. But, being a brainwashed card "purist," I could NEVER use it in its entirety to make a card. That was a type of crafter's blasphemy.
So, today, I used this to create an anniversary card for my niece (who has since made me a great aunt... gasp! But she also made my brother a GRANDFATHER...which I relish in rubbing in) as she will celebrate her third wedding anniversary. I did enjoy making this card, and I really dig the matching envelope. I even used some of the periphery of the punch out for matting purposes (oooh, alliteration... for the word lovers out there). Had to use some Thickers (talk about over buying... yeesh!) to make this card complete.
Oops, no flowers. Now I'll have to do more cards. Darn.
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Date: Friday, March 28, 2008 GMT Views: 931
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Fri, Mar 28, 2008 @ 10:27 AM
Your title drew me in, LOL! I thought, ok .76 cents... there is a there there. Love your description too (yep, I am a word lover!) -- and love the "periphery of the punch" treatment on the side of the card. I like this card... simple, modern, clean and crisp. TFS! Lela