Monday, May 25, 2009

May OCS

Hi everyone ~ hope you all had a nice Memorial Day holiday. It was a beautiful day today in Hawaii! A great day to remember all our service men and women in all branches of the military. I am so grateful to all of them and their families for serving and protecting our country.

My OCS is late this month. It was due last Wednesday, but my partner and I had communicated with each other and we both agreed that it would be ok if we were late. Anyhoo, I wanted to do something very different for my partner. This month, I was paired up with Jodi of Inked Inspirations. OMG, talk about pressure!!!

I decided to make a Tri-Shutter Card. I got the idea from Bonnie over at The Craftiblog. Her instructions were super simple to follow! I would encourage everyone to give it a try. Here is the front of my card:

This is how the card opens up:

And this is how the card looks standing up:


This card was definitely a challenge for me, but I'm very pleased with the way it turned out! I sure hope Jodi likes it ~ hope you guys like it too! Until next time, Aloha ...

15 comments:

  1. Very beautiful! I'm sure she will be pleased! I was eyeing how to make these cards this weekend!

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  2. Linda you did an awesome job on this card! I'm gonna have to try this, it look really cool when it's opened up! I'm sure Jodi will love it! Have a great day! :)

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  3. Hello Linda, hope you are well. I do like this card, it's so clever and love the colour combo.

    B xx

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  4. that's an awesome card! was it hard to do?

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  5. HOLY COW!!!! that card is amazing, fabulous, wonderful, crazy!!! you did a outstanding job on this card! I love how you took your time to make it very detailed and finished! I think it's so pretty! can you do a tutorial? nah...just make me one...lol! great job...TFS!

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  6. OMG girl! you did an awesome job on this card! I'm sure Jodi will be thrilled! I'm gonna have to give this one a try!! xo, Teri

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  7. Hi Linda!! Although I have not received the card yet I must tell you that I LOVE what you made for me and can't wait to get it!! You did a fabulous job with it!! (The funny thing is I was looking at these directions over the weekend!) =)
    Thank you Linda!!
    Hugs
    Jodi =)

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  8. Wowza that looks like a lot of work, what a great rak! Isn't the OCS so fun!

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  9. that is such a neat card! you did a great job!

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  10. SISTER ... I saw this card in person and it is SO PRETTY! I would have been so scared to try something like this ... give you props for doing such a great job on your first attempt! AWESOME JOB!

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  11. Good evening Linda, wow, what a great card hunny, i am absolutely loving this swing effect card, and yellow is one of my favourite colours at the moment. Hope you are well and having a good week, enjoy the rest of your evening, hugs Linda x

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  12. Ooooooh Linda!!! This is so cute! This is such an interesting card...I know I'd screw up if I tried!!! Probably waste a lot of CS! Hehehehe...anywho...you did an awesome job! Love the butterflies and flowers! TFS! =)

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  13. Linda, I LOVE how you did this card! See how late I am? Jodi must've been so happy to get this. I love how you embellished all the little areas and I struggled with mine. I think I'll try and "copy" yours and see what I can come up with, with what I have on hand. Love this! I need to find a "long" sentiment for that back spot. Just beautiful! Hugs, Cami

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  14. Hi Linda! After meeting you tonight, I had to go check out your blog. OMG..this is absolutely gorgeus!!!!! It really took my breath away because I love the intricacy of the card and the little details you put into it like the pearls on the butterfly.

    How did you get the swirls to have an glossy epoxy look? Did they come like that or did you use another product?

    Love it!!! I'm so glad to have met you, you made my day today!

    ManLe

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