Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Card for Dysfunctional People and a Black Friday Sale!

So my sister in law Carla and I have always wanted to design cards for the folks out there who can't find the right words at their local Hallmark. Mainly because they are or have experienced some kind of dysfunction in their families. So when Milo's ABC's came out, I thought it was the perfect time to make something!


I wanted the outside to be so normal and sweet...I was inspired by THIS Pinterest pin.
Dysfunctional Card #1

I was able to stamp this entire sentiment in a single swoop since the alphabet contains multiples of the same letter. These flowers were stamped lovingly by my pal Laurie Willison when she came to Colorado for a blogging friends get together and happened to not bring a single crafty supply! She saved all her car space for IKEA! (I would too and I benefited from the decision, so I can't complain).



Then the punchline is inside and reads a little something like THIS:
Dysfunctional Card #1 Inside

I wanted it to be a little crooked and wonky to play up the dysfunction. 


Supplies all from i {heart} papers:
Stamps: Lawn Fawn Milo's ABC's and WPlus9 Fresh Cut Florals and dies
Ink: Hero Arts Cubes, Navy


Speaking of i {heart} papers...


IHP is celebrating Black Friday and Cyber Monday with a 20% off store-wide coupon (in stock items only and not valid on gift certificates) on all orders $50 or more, valid through 12/2, Cyber Monday. Use coupon code Black20DT13 at checkout. All orders will ship on Tuesday December 3. Enjoy!


I am going to enter my card in the latest Colourq challenge which I haven't played in quite some time!



20 comments:

  1. Aren't those alphas amazing for custom sentiments? I can't put them down! Wida, your card is amazing, and so thoughful. I love that it's not "your typical Hallmark card".

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  2. BWAH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
    I want to design a line of stamps and call it "Poison Pen Press." Think anyone would buy them?

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  3. LOL!!! The contrast of the beautiful flowers and the funny sentiment is awesome! It reminds me of this product (which I have): http://www.blueq.com/shop/item/229-productId.125837682_229-catId.117440520.html (don't worry, it's not spam). I'm totally pinning this card!

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  4. Beautiful on the outside and funny on the inside! Love it!

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  5. I couldn't love this anymore than I already do! Perfection! Love the sentiment and the gorgeous flowers ala Laurie!

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  6. Wida so fun, seriously laughing so hard. The front is gorgeous and the inside ROFLMAO!!

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  7. This card cracks me up. I love the juxtaposition between the perfect and sweet flowers and the snarky sentiment.

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  8. Naughty, naughty! You have me giggling! You also have me definitely about to buy those alphas!

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  9. The design is so lovely Wida! And wow, that alpha stamp set is awesome! Although I am a bit confused about the sentiment, is it supposed to be funny or sad?

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  10. Firstly, I adore the design and the colours (I feel a case coming on) and secondly, can you hear me laughing?!!! I think the fact that it doesn't look like it's going to be funny (on the outside), makes it even funnier!

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  11. Hahahaha (feel bad for laughing but I love what you came up with!) Your style is starting to become more apparent :)

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  12. Oh my GOSH! I need this card to mail to my friends and family! LOL!!!

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  13. Oh I don't know whether to crack up laughing or sympathise! You're so right...such a market out there for this kind of sentiment...I reckon you're on to a sound business idea! Lovely card by the way...I'm waiting for that stamp set to be delivered. Thanks so much for joining in at Colour Q this week!

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  14. Cute card and sweet flowers! Thanks so much for joining us at the ColourQ!

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  15. This card is so you!! Totally gorgeous and FUN! I bet there is a great demand out there (LOL)!

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  16. I guess I am just strange as I don't see the humor, but the front is lovely! thanks for joining in the fun at the colourQ.

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  17. OMGee! I Love This Card! I almost had tea coming out my nose from reading the punch line! LOL!

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