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Thursday, June 2, 2011

Wee Memories Challenge #58

I took the day off of work to get some "new home" stuff taken care of.
  • Met with mortgage guy in the morning to sign paperwork. I was very impressed with his wall of handwritten thank you cards he received from clients.
  • Attended the home inspection, which went well. The inspector had been to some crummy looking houses lately so I'm sure he was relieved to find a place in good condition. Shorter report to write, I guess.
  • Received the HOA documents for review that I can review on the plane tomorrow
When he got home from work today, Dad announced that tomorrow was going to be his last day at work. Hello, retirement! I hope he wasn't joking around because I already announced the news on Facebook.

Here's my card entry for Wee Memories Challenge #58: Pinterest/Etsy Inspired- "find something on either of them that inspires you and use that inspiration for your creation!" I kinda cheated on this one because I had already started the card before I found something that inspired me. I knew I wanted to have a punched border at the bottom of the card, so that's what I did first. Then I did a search for "black doily" on Pinterest and found this cake with a black doily-looking thing with a pink flower. So I incorporated some black doily-looking things (yay for using a new stamp set) and pink in the card. The card still looked very heavy on the black side so I offset it by adding some faux stitching and white accents on the circles.
Card Specs:
Ink: Colorbox chalk ink in Blackbird
Stamps: K&Company- AB Lotus Floral Stamps, Inkadinkado- Round Frames (sentiment, circle)
Paper: Martha Stewart
Punch: We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper, Martha Stewart Doily Lace border punch
Die: Spellbinders Nestabilities Standard Circles Large
Brad: Recollections- Silver Circles
Flowers: Prima
White Gel Pen: Inkssentials

Now for some Real Housewives of NYC. :)

2 comments :

Jen W. said...

Finally I can comment! Blogger has been such a nuisance lately. Been dying to say congrats on your new home! How exciting for you! What great news to get just before your holiday. :)

Love the colour combo on this card and the punched edge.

Unknown said...

Very pretty color combination! Great use of the photo. Thanks for joining us at Wee Memories!

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