Friday, December 17, 2010

hey! that's not even christmassy!!!

eta friday night: i am positively ♥THRILLED♥ to learn i've won a gift certificate to the tzaddi shop from this etsy inspired challenge! i confess that i have never actually drooled over a prize quite as much as i did for those tzaddi pendants...and now my only dilemma is how i'm ever going to CHOOSE! thank you EIC and TZADDI SHOP! ♥♥♥


doesn't it feel like we've done nothing but make increasingly frantic holiday cards for AGES?! but i'm pretty sure that's only because we actually have done nothing but make increasingly frantic holiday cards for ages. :)

so howsabout a break? may i present a completely non-denominational, non-holiday, cheery birthday type card?! it's a super-duper last minute type thingie, made because i just could not resist the etsy inspired challenge this week--the featured artist is the tzaddi shop whose jewelry and home decor items are AH♥MAY♥ZING! i was particularly taken with this peacock pendant:


partly because i have a great friend who *loves* peacocks, but also because the day before i saw this, we got a catalog for some local adult education courses that happened to have a peacock on the cover-- which of course i saved--and it was actually ON MY DESK when i saw the challenge on stef's blog. so it kind of had to be done, dontcha think?! here's my card:

(peacock cut from an advertisement; patterned paper: american crafts, best creations, pink paislee, basic grey, prima, bo bunny; graduated flower die: sizzix; brads: oriental trading co; inks: colorbox and martha stewart; embroidery floss: dmc; adhesives: uhu gluestick, 3m foam tape, tombow monorunner; other: decorative scissors)

and now i am SPECTACULARLY well-ahead for my friend kim's birthday next november (!!!) and spectacularly well-behind in everything else! situation 100% normal in the laurniverse, then!!! :)

12 comments:

  1. WOW! Inspiration is everywhere. I love your card(and that pendant). YOu do such beautiful work!

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  2. Good grief woman!!! You ooze talent....awesome take on the inspiration!!!!

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  3. You never cease to amaze!!! Absolutely SPECTACULAR!! WOW!!!

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  4. You knocked me off my socks with this stunning piece of art. ( no it's not a card; it's ART!)
    And I love it!

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  5. Just found you throught the EIC this week and love your blog and tutorials. Oh, I am following and will be back! Good Luck and your card is beautiful!

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  6. OMG this is just AMAZING! I love it!

    Thanks for playing EtsyInspired this week!

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  7. You won EIC this week! Check the blog for details!

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  8. congrats on your win.. i am sure you will be pleased with the pendant you choose.. she has so many beautiful creations.. congrats.. -anne-

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  9. BEAUTIFUL card!! That peacock card is just so gorgeous :)

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  10. A big Woot Woot on your win ... and I Love that doodley stitched frame (spell check is telling me doodley isn't a word ... can you believe that??) What a fantastic way to recycle that fabulous peacock ... absolutely fabulous!

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  11. Congratulations on your win! and the prize is beautiful! Your card is awesome, love the peacock!

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  12. wow! this is gorgeous! love it! congrats on your win, too!

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