I Sea Another Birthday

This card was done by Lois Larson.  She used our fish named Smiley and added wiggle eyes.  She colored Smiley with watercolored pencils.  The splash was added and glitter was added.  The background that works so well with this card is wallpaper. Great idea Lois.

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Currie's Just Because Journal

Currie made this fabulous journal with our bush stamp.  I sometimes use this stamp as background, but she did a great job making this one stamp extend itself to fill the entire front.  She put eyelets in the book board and punched holes in the blank pages to thread the string through and attach it together.  I think the string makes a great embellishment as well as a fastner.  She also distressed the edges of the paper in one of the layers and used Copic markers and Bic Mark-it Ultra Fine Line to color in the bush.  She sponged the background for more of the distressed look and stamped the Just Because in each of the corners.

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Currie's Caught a Bug

Isn't this a cute card Currie made?

This is a smaller tri fold card.  I think she cut out the shape for the words with her Cricut and edged it with blue ink.  The edges are cut with a deckle scissors. The bug is colored with Copic Markers and it looks like she outlined the eyes in black to make him look like a nasty bug.  The jar looks like it was colored with Copic markers also and blended out. 

The front flaps opens to the left and this is the second (right) flap, but this opens to the inside.

And this is the inside.  Again the cutout shape is the same as the front and inked on the edges.

This is a real cute card that would make a great card or a gift tag.

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Yellow Daisies from Currie

This is another look at the daisies.  I am guessing that she used Copic markers to color the daisies and water.  She distressed the edges of the white and striped paper and then inked the edges.  She inked the background nicely to get rid of the "white out" background.

Inside of card:

She rounded the corners and inked around the edges of the white and inked the background again.

Looks great Currie!

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Currie's Pink Flowers

Currie colored these flowers with Copic markers and cut out the center shape with the Storybook cartidge with Cricut.  The brown corners are simply a square cut at a diagonal. A very quick, easy and great looking card to give for any occasion.

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I Wish I Was a Bear by Currie

I loved the way she made the hills, and I think the trees look great too.  She used Prisma Color Watercolored Pencils and a  water brush on watercolored paper.  She edged the dark green base card with the Fiskars Edge Punch and tired embrodery floss in each hole, what a great look of brown 'hair like' look!!  Great Job Currie!

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Currie's Birthday Star

Currie made this card with our friend Spot and the Happy Birthday.  She cut out the star with the Wild Card cartidge from Cricut. I like the was she hand stitched around the outer edge. An added embellishement without ribbon.  She also used the Copic markers and Prismacolor watercolored pencils.  The dots around the star were made with a gen pen.  I think this would make such a great card for any age guy, short one or tall one! 

I think this is just a great card!

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Miss Crabby by Currie

Believe it or not, this has been a real good seller for us.  It is another way to say "Cheer UP!". Here Currie did a real good job with the color combination of her paper and ink.  I loved the way she did the distress look with the edge scraper.  And the cut corner pieces make it interesting by being a different size as well as the different size brads.  She used the Cuttlebug Mesh Embossing folder and it framed it beautifully.

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