guest blogger - Nora from Nora Griffin:

November 12, 2010

Wow, that week went by so fast! I've actually met this lovely lady at a craft show, she is really sweet and talented. Nora is here sharing a cute little diy card project - she'll also be back with a studio tour too! She's on twitter too! Thanks for being here today Nora!

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Hi, It's Nora from Nora Griffin! Today I thought we’d make a little something, especially since you’ve seen how I have more than enough supplies. One of my favorite things is handmade cards and here is how I made a little set recently.

I started with an old, falling apart dictionary, tearing out a few pages for the card background.
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Next up is picking just the right stamp. I used kraft
colored cardstock for the card base, cut down and adhered the dictionary paper.

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I used a paper distresser dragged along the edges to give the card a worn look.

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I stamped a tree image right on top of the dictionary text.

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Then I took a minute to dig through my ribbon jars to add a little more embellishment.

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First though I stamped a greeting and mounted it on the card with foam tape to give it dimension.

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The card is all done!

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After making three matching cards…I did a little more stamping to tie together the set.

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Here’s the set ready to be given as a little gift.

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Thank You Stamp: Catslife Press
Ink Pads: Clearsnap
Paper Distresser: Amazon

14 hello's:

  1. I'd love to have a whole drawer full of tree stamps..among others! And I'm gonna make me some ribbon jars this weekend too. They look so cute!

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  2. Brilliant! Thanks for these ideas.

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  5. Love Nora! So lovely to see her here. Wonderful job. :)

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  6. Nora, what a eye-catching project! Love the little bit of red that you added :) Thank you for the idea!

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  7. That is cute using old dictionary page :)

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  8. This is gorgeous! What a great idea to ally all the different textures.

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  9. Thank you for the great tutorial! I'm a word geek so I love the idea of the vintage dictionary pages.

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  10. Oh, God! There are so many cool ideas here! I'm glad to have found you! :)

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