Goodbye Coastal Cabana

 Bidding a fond farewell to one of my favourite colours and a framelet set that I love!

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How I love Coastal Cabana!  I'm going to miss it so much!!  I'm also going to miss the I Love Lace background stamp and the Labels Collection framelets.  However, I know I'll get over it when I see the new products!  Many thanks to Dawn Griffith for the great tutorial on this triple flap fold. 

This card is my entry for the May Splitcoaststampers Colour Focus challenge (CCREW0515DF).  Why not have some fun and play along.  Visit the gallery for some great inspiration.  We'd love to see your creations - share them with us by uploading your image to the Creative Crew gallery       Remember to include the code CCREW0515DF in your Key Words.

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 These are the Creative Crew Challenges for May, if you'd like to join in:

CCREW0515DF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM- DSP/Color Focus
Last Call!, a.k.a. Going But Not Forgotten – can even be construed as ‘fading away’ – Last Call! Which In Color(s) are you going to be oh-so-sad to see retire? If we've already hear about other retirements from SU while you're creating, please feel free to include those here if you like!

CCREW0515CF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM – Catalog Focus -
Focus New beginnings – fresh starts, Spring begins, birds nesting, new baby animals. Are you harboring “new to you” items from any of the cattys that you haven’t used yet? ***gaassssssp*** Bring those treasures out to play, creative peeps! Time could possibly be running out for some of those items and we might not even know it yet!

CCREW0515SF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM – Scrapbook & More Focus
Scrapbook / 3D / other than a card / giftable: going away, moving, some kind of “going/motion”, The ‘going away’ could even be construed as ‘retiring’ if you like ... just apply it to a scrap page, Project Life page, giftable, or other 3-D.

CCREW0515HF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM - Holiday Focus
Bring It!! For what has seemed to be the ‘eternity’ Winter, we’ve been literally pacing past the wintery window panes looking & hoping & calling out for Spring! Now that it’s finally here, what are you absolutely excited about that’s coming up soon, or sure to be coming?. What are you anticipating so eagerly that needs to be shown & shared to our demo family so they can share excitement along with you? This can be any type of paper crafting project, or a card .... you’re the dreamer here!

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85th Birthday Pop Out Window Card

Thank you for joining us on our Crazty Crafters Blog Hop - I do hope you are enjoying the journey.

It's my Mother-in-Law's 85th birthday next week so I thought I would share the card I have made for her.  We're hosting her party here at our house and I decided to use the colours black and silver to go with the party decorations.  They're her favourite colours.

I really enjoyed making this card and I'm sure I'll be making more suspension cards in the future - it's so much fun!  Many thanks to Deb Valder at Stampladee for her excellent instructions.

I should have made the suspension small enough to fit inside the card when the card is closed - but never mind .....envelope punch board to the rescue!!

The flower has an Antique Brad centre and is made from some black and silver netting that I've had in a drawer for quite a few years now!

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Twisted Easel Sympathy Card

One of the great things about card-making is that usually we are creating a card to celebrate a special occasion or a joyful event.  Occasionally, however, we find ourselves having to create a card for very different reasons. At those times, my mind often goes blank since I know that I’m making the card because somebody is in pain and going through very difficult times.

Twisted Easel Sympathy Card

Such is the case with today’s card.  I felt that one way in which I could express my love and support for my friend was to create a very special card for her.

Sentiment from Bloom With Hope

I must thank Laura Lipe at Smiles, Laura whose twisted easel cards inspired me.  I used the same basic design as Laura but decided to make mine a little larger at 6” square.   

The front panel is the wonderful  Irresistably Yours DSP free from the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue (Sale-a-bration runs until 31 March 2015).  

Striped Scallop Thinlet & Chalk Talk

'Til next time
Stephanie

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