Friday, July 30, 2010

Friends with Flair Friday!

Woohoo!!! Happy Friday!!! I can't believe how fast this summer has gone. The kids start school TWO WEEKS from MONDAY!!! For some reason, I'm really sad that school's gonna start again. You'd think I'd be happy to have the kids out of the house for 7 hours but, it also starts volleyball games & practices, basketball practice, concession stand shifts and general "running around like chickens with our heads cut off" days. Plus, it starts another school year without a job for me. :(


On to happier things! I LOVE my FWF card I made for today. I originally had this idea for my "It's all fun and games until someone loses an eyelet" swap but the tree was too big to go on the ATC. So, I threw it together as a card for today. I gotta say, I'm VERY pleased w/the result!


You'd think, realizing that the image was too big for an ATC, I'd realize the card orientation need to be portrait. But, when I cut my striped paper, I cut it landscape. Was lucky there was enough of this stash paper to cut another piece the "right" way. LOL


Supplies: Stamps -- Unity Everything Extraordinary, Cardstock -- SU, PP -- Basic Grey, Ink -- Palette Burnt Umber, Eyelets & Snaps -- Making Memories (LOVE these colors!)


Next on the hop is Savanah or head back to the Unity site for the full list. Have a super-duper weekend!!!

23 comments:

Tracy said...

Very cute - Love that DP - good thing you had extra in your stash! TFS!

Rachel B said...

Til someone looses an Eyelet! How funny is that!
I love the card. Sorry you are bummed about school. It would put a damper on things having to run around so much. I am glad my DS isn't big enough for all the extra activities (we are going to start kindercare this year I think!)

CharityHand said...

Cute card! I love the buttons on that tree!

stampjourney said...

Super-cute! Love the border edge and the great tree image!

Jennine Chambers said...

What a cute card! Let's not mention return to school for me that means return to work and I am really enjoying my time at home.

Morissa Sweeney (YT - ShamrockShe) said...

I'm on maternity leave, so no school for me for a couple of months yet. Ah, then the craziness ensues! Beautiful card!

Purple Princess said...

Beautiful card! Love the eyelets and snaps!

Unknown said...

so cute.

Unknown said...

Love the tree, glad you had enough paper to do it the 'right' way!

Linda said...

Very cute - Love that DP and colors. this is so preety!

FibreJunky said...

Very nice! I've done the same thing with cutting paper the wrong way before. Glad you had enough to cut another piece! Looks great!

Rona said...

Great card!! that tree is so cute - I don't use it enough!!

NoraAnne said...

Very cute card! Love the border :)

Emily (stampingout on SCS) said...

Beautiful! :)

Savannah O'Gwynn said...

What a super cute card:) I love the tree with the extra buttons for fun!! I always have to modify my cards or creations based on the size of the stamps! I always think one if bigger or smaller than it actually is! So glad someone else thinks like me:) Beautifully done!!

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Tenia Nelson said...

Very nice card!

Regina said...

Your card is adorable - I love the "all fun and games til someone loses an eyelet" - funny! The card is so bright and cheery, even if you did have to recut your DP - great results.

Sorry to hear about the bittersweet experience of school starting up again. Not sure why you're without a job for another school year, but will pass on some encouragement that Jen from http://jenscupofcreations.blogspot.com/ - she sent me a card (I've now been unemployed for a year) reminding me that "into every life a little rain must fall - that's what makes the flowers" -- sound familiar? ;)

Happy Friday.

Angie Blom said...

awesome card Suzi. love it.

Bonita Rose said...

Love your card... so fun to participate with you this week! hugs bonnierose in Fargo

Aleks said...

What a sweet card! That tree is so cute!

Well I work full time so it's not much different...well except for Saturday's at dance class in the middle afternoon.. *WAH* I only get every other weekend off so I'm NOT looking forward to that...:/

Maria said...

Lovely card! That tree is great! Nice job.

Lori said...

Fun! Love the eyelet-embellished tree!

Unknown said...

I love that tree with the eyelets and snaps...such an awesome card Suzi! Fabulous!

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