Saturday, October 20, 2012

here's something you don't see me do very often...

...i've made an entirely ~FLAT~ card!*

 (patterned paper and alpabet stickers: basic grey (+ a few teeny scraps of authentique); star dies: nestabilities; ink: colorbox; pen: copic multiliner; adhesives: staples brand gluetape runner)

yeah, i know, i can hardly believe it, either! but i simultaneously fell in love with this week's basic grey card sketch:


and also with the quite fabulously vibrant palette (#159) at colour q:


and that limitation of stash-usage meant that i basically had just paper and stickers to work with, lol, so i went with those! on the other hand, you don't need that much if it's all reallllllllly great, right? luckily there's a TON of color and pattern going on here; plus old skool BG alphas automatically make everything look cool, imo, so i'm pretty happy with the results. not sure i will know how to act when mailing a card that only needs ONE first class stamp... holy moly... what a CONCEPT!!! :) :) :)

*yes, it IS still really me. yes, i can prove it: i have already watched this elebenty zillion times. and that's just TODAY!!! :)

16 comments:

  1. Such a fantastic card and perfect take on the challenges!

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  2. Are you feeling okay? So worried about you...this may be your first flat card ever ;0

    Is it an odd size? Therefore still requiring extra postage? I wouldn't worry that you were ill if I knew it was 6"x7" or something LOL.

    This card still has Lauren yumminess with the fab stars and tell-tale Lauren-y inside doodle segments!

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  3. Fabulous birthday card, Lauren, I love your design with these colors! I am really loving green and orange! Thanks for sharing your card with us at the colourQ this week.

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  4. Flat card?!!! It's fantabulous!!!

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  5. Holy Moly is right!!! This is one pretty card. I love stars but really, really, really, love this card! Fantastic!
    Lynn

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  6. Your flat card looks so dimensional--awesome. Thank you so much for joining us this week at the colourQ!

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  7. Fabulous!!!!!!! Love the colors with this design/mix!

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  8. Flat? Yes. Lauren? Most certainly. It's SO you. Even without dimension. It's GOR-G-EOUS lady.

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  9. wouldn't have even noticed the flatness if you hadn't pointed it out? why can't i make my flat cards look this good? awesome!

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  10. I just love your flat card. I have the same problem. So hard for me to make a flat card. And when I do I always think something is missing.

    Hugs~

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  11. Cool sketch...love your card! Thank you so much for joining us this week at the colourQ!

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  12. awesome sketch and the colors you used are so awesome!!!! Really POPS!

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  13. Super fun card. Thanks for joining us at the ColourQ this week.

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  14. Such a fabulous and - gasp - flat card! Just think of all the stash you can buy with the extra postage money you will save, lol! It's just fantastic!

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  15. Only YOU can make a squillion layer flat card. :D

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  16. Whatt??? A flat card? I would have never thunk it. I do love the BG as I always do. :)

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