Monday, August 20, 2012

The 2 Jeffs




http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.ca/2012/08/mim-103-with-meljens-designs.html -Anything Goes
http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.ca/2012/08/challenge-50-lots-of-layers.html - Lots of Layers
I made these 2 cards a while ago for 2 important men in my life-the 2 Jeff's. The first one is like my brother whom I call V.J.(for Vancouver Jeff). and the other is for my ex whom is shared 16 years together and, although the separation was sad and painful, our friendship has weathered that storm and now he is freinds too with my current spouse and vice-versa. The first card I used stamps of the alphabet(I wish i had all of them). I coloured them with my tombow markers and mounted them on this great brown glitter paper-well, more of a sheen than a sparkle. I added the gold stickers around the border too. The 2nd card I mounted it on several different pieces of paper which I think, goes along with the Whimsy challenge. I made the background paper too on the kraft coloured paper. I used the cut out for the nestibilities and stamped "Happy Birthday" in Egyptian gold powder. I used a gold pen for the edging and some purple crystals too. I can say they enjoyed their homemade cards.

11 comments:

  1. What a great idea to decorate a card only with the name of the receiver! Such a personal touch! Spotted your card on MIM.

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  2. Pia just said what I was going to say..LOL..I love the personalization of it too. Great idea and wonderful card. :)

    Thank you so much for taking the time to link up your talent and creative ideas with us at Make It Monday!
    Happy Crafting...
    Lisa xx

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  3. What sweet cards and a lovely story behind them. So glad they can get along with each other. Saw you over on MIM.

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  4. Gorgeous cards,Thanks for sharing with us at Whimsy Stamps.xxx

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  5. lovely cards and thanks for inspiring me.(got an idea to quill the flowers as yours in the name jeff? ) saw your entry from MIM.

    thanks
    kavi
    www.snapkavi.blogspot.com

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  6. hi thanks for visiting my blog, i tried quilling my son's name, here the link,http://snapkavi.blogspot.ch/2012/08/hi-all-never-thought-that-i-would-try.html
    love to see ur comment on this

    i would try the technique of yours giving flowers for each word.

    thanks
    kavitha

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  7. Lovely cards and such cheerful colours! Happy MIM! :)

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  8. I saw your beautiful creation on Make It Monday and had to visit and take a closer look. Gorgeous! TFS!
    My entries are: #165, #189, #217, #227 and #228.
    I would love to have you visit my blog!
    Hugs,
    Julia

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  9. Nice you can still be friends with your ex.

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