Card Recognition

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Caravan Condolences


She started it, trailer wars, a who's vintage camping trailer is better, hers or mine.  I'm sad to say the other day I officially won the war when her Can Ham met an untimely demise on the potholed road to Crystal Mountain Ski Resort outside of Seattle.  My condolences are needed for my sister's trailer, we all shed a little tear.

I tried to figure out which Lawn Fawn stamps would work for the Lawnscaping "Make Your Own Patterned Paper with Stamps" challenge and in the end, sorry ladies, I pulled out a non-Lawn Fawn stamp. I know, the rules say "NO WORRIES", but literal girl over here is having a hard time with my rule breaking.  And this week's ColourQ's colors (kraft, red, kiwi kiss and tango) were definitely my kinda colors!  I'm going to enter it in the Hero Arts "Masculine Challenge" b/c even though I'm truthful that this card is for my sister, it would probably work fairly well for a guy.  Let's cross our fingers we're not sending one of these to my husband!


Materials: Paper Source trailer stamp, SRM Sticker sentiment, Hero Arts Cling Striped Circle, Brillance Moonshine ink, Studio G orange ink, Stazon Cactus Green ink, Brillance Rocket Red ink, Spellbinders Nestabilities Label 8, PTI kraft card stock, PTI natural fiber twine

17 comments:

Laurel Beard said...

Erin, so cute!!!! So glad you joined us at Lawnscaping this week!!! :)

Sylvia said...

This is a super cute(sad for your sister)card, Erin! Thanks for joining us again this week at the ColourQ.

Mona Pendleton said...

What a sweet Sympathy card Erin! Love the multi colored trailers/campers!

Jenny said...

So sweet! Love it!! :) :) :)

Nancy K said...

love the story behind the card...love the card! now for a moment of silence in honor of the dear little departed trailer....
blessings!

Karen B. said...

I have to admit I was a bit confused with this card...UNTIL I read your post. So sorry for your sister's trailer! Love your design, and the bright colors on the card.

jen said...

so sad... is it still on the road to Crystal? you know that's right around the corner from me, right?
I LOVE this- I think it's fun to send a sympathy card for an occasion like this- and much more fun to make!!! :D

Emily Keaton said...

Oh, this trailer sympathy card is adorable! I really had fun reading the posts you linked about your trailer wars. Those vintage camper trailers are amazing!! We just bought a used pop-up camper (circa 1993--so it's older, but not vintage like yours) about a year ago. We are having a great time planning adventures with it this summer!!!

kasia c. said...

Oh Erin, this is super cute! I'm sorry to admit I had a little giggle, but I am sorry to hear about your sister's trailer. I love that you made a condolence card! Great use of this week's colours, thanks for playing at ColourQ. :)

Marie said...

What a great background! TFS =)

Lynnette said...

Great background, I'm a literal girl too, but seriously no worries. Glad you joined the Lawnscaping challenge!

Emily Leiphart said...

Oh my, thank goodness it was just a trailer and not someone's life! This is really cute, Erin and so perfect given the circumstances. I hope your sister has a chuckle over this one. :)

Unknown said...

Sad for the trailer, but happy for this super cute and funny card:) Thanks for playing with us at colourQ! :)

The Paper Parade said...

I just love that you made a sympathy card for a trailer ;) That is so something I would do, too :) And it turned out awesome! I just love it. Great job!

Renée said...

so fabulous! I'm sure your sister will appreciate it! Thanks for playing with ColourQ :)

Arielle H Gordon said...

SUPER CUTE Erin!!! Thank you so much for playing with the colourQ this week!

LeAnne said...

LOL! Condolences to your sister! Thanks for playing with the CQC this week! This is just a hoot!