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Friday, June 22, 2012

Everyday greetings: LYB hello

Do you ever look at your stash of cards and realize that you don’t have enough everyday greetings? I have lots of cards specific to holidays, but not enough cards with simple sentiments like hello, thinking of you and get well soon.

Today I have a simple card with a simple sentiment. I love to make panel cards because they are so quick and easy and a good way to use scraps, yet they look pulled together.

  
Here I used patterned paper from Little Yellow Bicycle’s Hello Fall! line. The colors work so well together and are good for any time of year. Cheery without being cutesy. I made the three panels an even size and stitched them onto a card front. I usually stitch on card fronts rather than directly on the card itself so that the stitching doesn’t show through on the other side.
 
The label and alphas are from October Afternoon, the tree is My Little Shoebox and the birds are Jillibean Soup.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you have a great weekend.

22 comments:

  1. oh i love this! i love using scraps! love the sewing!

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  2. Love this card! I could probably use more every day cards too. Thanks for the reminder and the inspiration! :)

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  3. I definitely need more every day cards too. This one is awesome! I love the panels as a backdrop for the embellishments and the stitching adds such a nice, cozy feel to the card. :)

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  4. Beautiful! LOVING the colors and the stitching!!!!

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  5. SO beautiful, as always! I'm actually the opposite, I have lots of everyday cards and find myself scrambling for birthday cards!

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  6. How is your stitching so perfect?! It adds such a great look to your cards and projects.

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  7. Very, very cute card!
    Love the panels :)

    I actually tend to have too many everyday type sentiments and not enough event cards :)

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  8. This is beautiful!! I need to lift this design as it is simple yet so elegant! Thank you for sharing.

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  9. What a beautiful card Izzy! The stitching is awesome and the colors work so well together.

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  10. I've just realized I should make some panel cards with all my scraps!!!!! THANK YOU!!! The stitching is the perfect finishing touch and the colours are fantastic! I always love how you combine bold patterned papers that work beautifully together :)

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  11. Very cute card! I need to make more cards My stash is VERY VERY low!

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  12. so stinkin' cute!!!!!

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  13. This is great and I don't know why, but I never realized what a great idea making a panel card from scraps would be until you mentioned the panels! Thanks so much! Love Penny

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  14. Beautiful card! Love the stitching on each of the panels.

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  15. What a sweet card! Love the selection of papers and the colours are sooo yum!!

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  16. Oh my goodness! Love the adorable card!!

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  17. How cute I just love those papers I simly MUST get some for my stash LOL xxx

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  18. Beautiful card!

    Thanks for the nice comment on my blog.

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