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Thursday, February 23, 2012

A CU Inspired Card with Footloose

I've been home sick for a couple days with bronchitis--yuck.  (CU'ers:  The cold I had in Idaho turned worse after I got home--I hope I didn't infect any of you!)  I've also been frantic to get to my studio to do some crafting since returning from CU.  Unfortunately I can't craft and lay on the couch at the same time, and the couch has won.  But, my good friend Cheryl was hospitalized last weekend, and I have to make her a card, especially because they wouldn't have wanted me to show up at the hospital in my state.  Definitely calling upon ideas I took away from CU, here's what I came up with:
I love the Footloose papers and colors.  I used them for the first time at CU in Sheila's class.  The little flowers, flourishes, bling, & general layout look a little like Michelle L.'s tin.  And Joy, although she wasn't a CU instructor, inspired me to get out my Cricut (along with all the other women who were easily cutting out shape after shape at CU).  All the Cricut shapes (the labels, the flourish, & the butterflies) were cut from the CTMH Art Philosophy cartridge.  And, what did Michelle N., inspire me to do?--this one will be obvious:

I added a pop-up to the inside of the card!
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17 comments:

  1. This card is out of this world, fabulously fantastic! I love it.
    Hope you recover soon--bronchitis is NO fun.

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  2. Beautiful card. Love all the cut outs especially the butterfly. And what a fun surprise with the pop-up on the inside! Thanks for playing with us at Heart 2 Heart!

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  3. Great posts about CU, Molly. Sorry to hear about you not feeling well. You need to get healthy for your next trip! I was at home Monday & Tues., but didn't get anything creative like your card done. Good going, Ms Molly!

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  4. Yay! Love how you incorporated the pop up into a card. It is very pretty! Love the color combo too!

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  5. Molly -

    I hope you start to feel better soon! Your card is absolutely lovely and you look like a Cricut pro with all the fun shapes you've cut here. The pop up butterfly is AWESOME and I hope you don't mind if I case it! Thanks for sharing your art and joining us at Heart2Heart Challenges this week!

    Paige - DT
    www.PaigesPaperParadise.blogspot.com

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  6. This is lovely! I'm going to have to "lift" your popup design ;) Hope you're feeling better!

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  7. Beautiful card! I'm a new follower, and enjoyed browsing your posts! I hope you don't mind me CASEing your pop up card--so just right for spring!

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  8. Very pretty. Love the flourishes and the butterfly. Lovely pop of color.

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  9. This is a beautiful card, and the butterfly is just awesome! Thanks for sharing with us at H2H!

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  10. Just look at your pretty card to help you feel better (or at least cheer up). It's so bright and sunny. Thanks for taking the H2H sketch challenge!

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  11. I like all the bright and cheery colors! So much action - whew! Really an eye grabber, complete with a surprise butterfly pop up! FUNN. Thanks for playing H2H!

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  12. This is fantastic! Love that cute little butterfly :-)

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  13. Love your interpretation of the sketch!

    Lucy
    http://love2createitall.blogspot.com

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  14. Now this is awesome. I am inspired to put it all together like you did. AND thanks for letting me know what paper that was we used. I loved so colors too! :)
    I hope you feel better soon, hugs!

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  15. Wow... this is beautiful... LOVE the popup butterfly on the inside...

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