Sunday, November 27, 2011

happy birdie 2U!

a while ago miss stephanie gave me the most beautiful charley harper memory game, which just happens to contain two each of about three dozen 2" x 2" glossy square chipboard cards printed with one of the artist's wonderfully graphic and retro-vibed artworks. i love that thing!

of course, if you give a crafty person something which contains *72* gorgeous little pieces of art, it won't be long before they start thinking, "hey! wouldn't those look GREAT on a card?!!" a mindset that, quite frankly, often freaks out "civilians". so i made sure to ask stef, in quite a casual way, "hey, wouldn't those charley harper memory cards be cool to say... theoretically... use in a collage or small artwork... ??!?!" i was pretty sure she would agree, which she did.

so after spending a bit of time to work myself up to opening the box, i delved into the lovely mini art prints. and i was right: they do indeed look GREAT on a card!!! see??!



(vintage: sheet music; recycled: cardboard heart; bird cards: charley harper memory game; fabric strips: studio calico; stickers: bo bunny, dymo labels, making memories, heidi swapp; adhesives: uhu gluestick, 3m foam tape, staples)


do you even have to ask *WHOSE* card this is? surely not! but in any case i will tell you: i gave it to stef on her birthday, during our fabulous new york trip! and YES i am going to blog more about that--and also more about hawaii--SOON, i promise! ♥

13 comments:

  1. HI Lauren, The colours caught my eye and I went back for a second look. This is a seriously cool card and the fact you gave it back to the person who gifted you the pieces in the first place is indeed awesome.

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  2. WOW! This is so terrific ... what a lovely gift and Stef must have been delighted that your transformed it into something so special for her ... love your creativity

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  3. How TWEET is this??!!! I love what you've done and I'm sure Stephanie did too!

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  4. This is so beautiful! I love the different types of papers and the colors are so nice.

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  5. Thats gorgeous Lauren!! I've totally looked at those cards to get for myself. I love them. So pretty!

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  6. And I absolutely ADORED my card ... little works of art add-up to an even greater whole than the sum ... fabulous.

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  7. Lovely card, Lauren... and I would love to hear more about that NY trip.

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  8. Oh yeah, this is a lovely Lauren card for sure. You amaze me with your clever use of game cards to create more art! I am sure Stef LOVED this card :)

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  9. Ack!!! LOVE the birdies, this card is positively drool-worthy!! Thank you for the sweet comment. I saw it but I hit something wrong and accidentally deleted it :( (I have fat fingers & a very teeny size font on my phone!!) but I want you to know I would be truly honored to do some more work for JB in 2012. I am really touched by your kind words. Hope you have a merry Christmas!! :)

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  10. ADORABLE! LOVE the idea of using these birdies on cards!

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  11. What a cool card and very nice colors I just LOVE the images they are so retro and graphical .... <3 <3 yummy.

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