tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25045956303901147422024-02-19T14:40:19.186+13:00Karen Creates CardsKaren Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942794536207478723noreply@blogger.comBlogger250125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504595630390114742.post-64952429657732733282017-06-22T00:00:00.000+12:002017-06-22T00:00:13.595+12:00The Card Concept Challenge 76 - Romantic Roses<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> The theme for this week's challenge, at</span> <a href="http://thecardconcept.blogspot.co.nz/" style="color: #0396ff; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0b5394;">The Card Concept</span></a><span style="font-weight: normal;">, is 'Romantic Roses'. The bold black and red bunch of flowers are so striking against the white, slatted wood background. I particularly love the damask wrapping paper. Have fun with this gorgeous image.</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Sadly, this will be my last challenge as a team member. I took on a part-time, volunteer office position in January and it has taken much of my spare time. I have loved being a part of this talented design team and wish them all the best for the next term (starting in September). </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">For my card, I really focused on the wrapping paper, the roses and the wee touch of green.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The black die cut is from Kaiser Craft - Damask.</span></span></div>
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Karen Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942794536207478723noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504595630390114742.post-37354363631582763982017-06-08T00:06:00.000+12:002017-06-08T11:10:53.526+12:00The Card Concept Challenge 75 - Boldly Graphic<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: start;">
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This week's Mixed Media card really developed from the pattern on the chairs. To represent it I chose a chevron pattern embossed with white Hero Arts powder. I then sponged it with Distress Ink - Black Soot grading it from dark to light.</div>
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The mirror was introduced using mirror board and a decorative die from Spellbinders.</div>
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The flower is from the Clearly Besotted 'You are' stamp set. I stamped it with black Versafine then embossed it with clear embossing powder. I watercoloured the petals using watercolour paints.</div>
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The black leaves are from <span style="font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Simply Graphic 'Openwork Foliage' </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The white leaves are a die from </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Verve's 'Beautiful Things'.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The sentiment is a Hero Arts stamp set. I created a cut file for the stamp using the Silhouette machine.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://damselofdistressedcards.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank">Becca Cruger</a></span><span id="goog_1804746835"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_1804746836"></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://karencreatescards.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank">Karen Davis</a> </span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">(you are here)</span></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://twinklingpaperstudio.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank"><b>Vicki Finger</b></a></span></div>
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For my Clean and layered card, I really wanted to keep it very simple. I ended up missing out the gold element in my card but did pick up on the woodgrain '&', or what looked like woodgrain, but now I look at it, is it gold??</div>
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I used MFT's die cut scallop elements with an Old Hero Arts stamp. The hello is chipboard from a packet of words by Rosie's. There you have it! :)</div>
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Karen Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942794536207478723noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504595630390114742.post-18113395768318217312017-05-11T00:00:00.000+12:002017-05-11T15:58:12.063+12:00 The Card Concept Challenge 73 - Vintage Notes<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;">The theme for this week's challenge at </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://thecardconcept.blogspot.co.nz/" style="color: #33aaff; font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.56px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;">The Card Concept</a><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"> </span></span></b></span><span style="font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">is Vintage Notes. The inspiration is chockablock full of elements to inspire you. If vintage is not your thing, take the elements and use your own colour palette. Have fun!!</span></span><br />
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Way be<span style="font-family: inherit;">yond the flowers and the boots is the most delicate background. It's obviously pictures on a wall, but it's smudged and lovely.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I took a piece of watercolour paper and sponged squares of Golden Fluid acrylic paint, with hints of the colours I used in the flowers and leaves. It's really lovely but hard to pick up in my photo. (click on the photo for a better look).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">The scallop circle was also made using </span>Golden Fluid Acrylic. Many years ago I made several big stamps using precut foam shapes. I glued them to a piece of wood with PVA glue. Back then they were used to stamp fabric. I used one with dots attached in a grid pattern to stamp blue Bazzil card.<br />
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The flowers and leaves are Tim Holtz Flower garden. I have made a Silhouette cut file for the stamps.<br />
I used Versamark ink to stamp (not really recommended for watercolour, it runs if you leave it wet for too long) and watercolored the flowers and leaves with Kuretake Gansai Tambi Japanese Watercolour Paints.<br />
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The yellow fronds are from MFT Leafy Greenery.<br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://damselofdistressedcards.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Card%20Concept" style="color: #666666; text-decoration-line: none;">Becca Cruger</a></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://karencreatescards.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Card%20Concept" style="color: #666666; text-decoration-line: none;">Karen Davis</a> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>(you are here)</b></span></span></div>
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I really just recreated the scene on my card. Well, sort of.......</div>
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I white embossed the background with a lacey pattern, then washed over it with dilute green watercolour. I thought that would be enough, but the design wasn't strong enough, so I added the flowers.</div>
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I used an American Crafts - Dear Lizzy - Neapolitan Collection stamp for my jar. I used watercolours to colour it, </div>
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The butterflies are from an old, and much-loved, Hero Arts stamp set - Antique Flowers and Butterflies. I have used the smaller of the three butterflies in the set. </div>
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The 'Thanks' is a woodgrain word from Kaisercraft ( I think)</div>
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I coloured a white doily with pink ink, then knocked the colour back a bit with white pigment ink.</div>
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A sprinkle of sequins and the card was done.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 15.4px;">Hi girls, it's so lovely to have you on the team. :)</span></div>
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At The Card Concept this week, the theme is Purple Haze. The bottles are so inspiring for both shape and colour. I can't wait to see what you come up with. </div>
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The glass bottles headed me off in the vellum direction. I just had to decide on the stamp set and the colour of the embossing powder. </div>
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In the end, I chose the Verve Stamp set - Be Blessed for the flowers and the sentiment. In keeping with the warm background behind the bottles, I embossed the flowers with <span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.4px;">Hero Arts G</span>old <span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.4px;">Embossing Powder then</span> coloured them with three Distress Inks.</div>
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The leaves are a <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.4px;">Clearly Besotted - Leafy Accents Die. I used a bold, patterned paper to add a bit more interest to the simple, two-tone background. </span></div>
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This inspiration was a joy to work with. When I saw the chair, with its cutouts and peeled paint, it immediately translated to a shabby window frame for me. (from Making Memories)</div>
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The flowers are a direct copy of the texture and colours from the photo, AND, I know, I know.....this card is totally impractical with its very poky-outy bits, but it's pretty..................</div>
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The vellum sentiment (from Kaisercraft) was one of three I stamped several months ago for another card. I made three the same and squirrelled two away for later use.</div>
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The Scallop frame is from MFT.</div>
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A swish of paint on the window frame and a sprinkle of sequins finished the card.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When I saw the inspiration, these ideas came to mind........a swish of white Golden Fluid Acrylic paint (made with a palette knife) on an aqua background, partial chrome curves (Spellbinders) and this particular die from Papertrey Ink (Bloom Builder #3) for the flowers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The card came together with the addition of an embossed sentiment (Hero Arts), the grey stitched frame (MFT Scallop frame, with scallops hidden) and a few rhinestones.</span></div>
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Nothing makes my inky heart pound more than a good vintage inspiration photo. I shoot right back to those heady days of Walnut stain and distressed edges. At <a href="http://thecardconcept.blogspot.co.nz/" style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;">The Card Concept</a> this week we have the most delicious vintage image to inspire you, take a look!!</div>
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This is the second time in a row the inspiration image has given me a clear idea of the materials I would use. The suede heart in the image is so gorgeous.........I knew little wool hearts would be making an appearance. They were cut with SSS Heart Parade dies. </div>
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The two patterned hearts are from the coordinating stamp set. The rust heart is stamped with TH Rusty Hinge. Once stamped, I pressed the heart into a Versamark pad, then covered it liberally with clear embossing powder. While the embossing powder was still hot and sticky, I covered it with another coat of embossing powder. The gold patterned heart was first gold embossed, then clear embossed in the same way as the rust heart.</div>
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The papers I have used are very old!</div>
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The branches are from Tim Holtz Mini Holiday Greens. They are splattered with Golden White Fluid Acrylic paint.</div>
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The Sentiment is from an old Hero arts stamp set.</div>
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I have used manilla card for the base.</div>
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The first bow is ripped white fabric rolled in Walnut Stain and water, and the cream bow is cream ribbon treated with a dilute Walnut Stain solution.</div>
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<br />Karen Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942794536207478723noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504595630390114742.post-38885117185838068792017-02-02T01:00:00.000+13:002017-02-02T03:40:05.525+13:00The Card Concept Challenge 66 - Love and Romance<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
What a thrill it was to see the huge gallery for the last challenge. 70 Cards! Each card was a treat to behold, and my short list for special mentions was almost the whole gallery!! </div>
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I know this next challenge will also get your fingers itching to create. "Love and Romance" over at <a href="http://thecardconcept.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank">The Card Concept</a>. Here is the completely gorgeous inspiration................................</div>
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I love it when I have a clear idea for a card. As soon as I saw the image I thought of a rolled fabric rose. They are so easy to make. See <a href="http://ourbestbites.com/2010/12/tutorial-rolled-fabric-flowers/" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
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I first tore a 1" x 20" piece of white cotton fabric. I dotted two distress inks on a piece of plastic, then sprayed it, and the fabric, with water. I rolled the strip in the ink making sure to leave some white bits. It was dried with an embossing heat tool. Finally, simply twist the fabric and wrap it, starting from a nice tight centre. I hot glued my flower to a round card disc to hold all the flower in place.</div>
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The leaves are MFT and the sentiments are old Hero Arts stamps. I have 'shabbied' up most of the elements just a little.</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">The first version of the card was made very quickly but something on the card bothered me. The leaves looked like a propeller! So the leaves were removed, chopped and replaced. I think they look better but I do wonder if they should have been slightly different sizes.</span></div>
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Karen Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942794536207478723noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504595630390114742.post-81016765389867054222017-01-19T02:00:00.000+13:002017-01-19T02:00:20.685+13:00The Card Concept Challenge 65 - Fresh & BoldWhat an amazing gallery the CC followers created last challenge!! Such a high standard of cardmaking makes it very difficult to choose just a few cards for a mention.<br />
Lesley has chosen another fabulous picture to inspire you this week at <a href="http://thecardconcept.blogspot.co.nz/">The Card Concept</a>. Fresh and Bold describes it very well. Take a look :)<br />
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Aside from the colours, what most jumped out at me, were the patterned cushions. </div>
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The Orange pattern reminded me of lower case e's repeatedly stamped......so that is what I did! I have several large, foam, Making Memories, alphabet stamp sets (in many fonts) that rarely see the light of day these days, so it was lovely to give one an airing. I stamped, rotated, and stamped again using dye ink. I then cut a partial circle from the piece of card. I love the result and must remember to use this technique again.</div>
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The pattern on the pink and white cushion, as far as my old eyes could tell, was made up of horizontal crosses. I have a little 'cross' hand punch, that is years old. I went to town, on a piece of pink board, punching lots of wee crosses. I then glued them down in the pattern you see on my card. Once they were really secure, I guillotined the piece to size.</div>
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The dry embossed background was inspired by the white buttoned headboard.</div>
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My 1920's lady (from <a class="" href="http://shop.artstamps.co.nz/collections/rubber-stamps/products/1592-lady" target="_blank">Montarga</a> stamps based in Christchurch, New Zealand) is mirroring the wall art. I coloured her with grey Copics.</div>
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This is how I made my Clean and Layered card......now it's your turn :)</div>
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<br />Karen Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942794536207478723noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504595630390114742.post-5936281211212518052017-01-05T01:00:00.000+13:002017-01-05T01:00:10.162+13:00The Card Concept Challenge 64 - Pretty Things<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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For my card, I used five of the elements from the image.<br />
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The card background is a soft, grey, marbled paper that I adhered to a card base with double sided sticky paper.</div>
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For the gold stripes I freehand brushed stripes in foil glue, let it dry, then brushed foil leaf over the top. (one day I will shout myself a foiling machine) I must say though, I do like the organic, not so perfect stripes.</div>
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The flowers and stems are Stampers Anonymous Flower Garden stamps. These aren't the original flowers for the card. The first set was coloured with Brusho powder, sprinkled and sprayed. However, after living with the card for 24 hours the flowers started to look diseased rather than pretty!! LOL. What can I say, I had a moment. The colours of these flowers are a little more intense than I would have liked, I started out too dark in layering for shadow and light. I do love a more rustic, textured finish, hence the rough colouring. I used Distress Ink.</div>
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The happy birthday is a favourite, I love the Font. Avery Elle Hand Written Notes Sentiment using</div>
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Karen Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942794536207478723noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504595630390114742.post-59466115879428043892016-12-01T03:53:00.002+13:002016-12-01T03:53:27.082+13:00The Card Concept challenge 63 Love & Joy (the final Challenge before Christmas Break-Dec 14-January 4)Well, this is the last challenge for The Card Concept before the Christmas Break which will go from Dec 14 to January 4. The theme for this challenge is Love & Joy using a delightful inspiration image........a decorated fireplace.<br />
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For my card I went a little shabby again.<br />
The bricks are made with a stencil coloured with about four Distress Ink colours.<br />
The Joy letters are from a sheet of stickers which I have adhered to squares of a very textured paper. I inked around them with a distress marker then used a little water on a paintbrush to blend.<br />
The Pine needles are a cut file (Silhouette) I made from a photo of a pine branch.<br />
The Fishtail frame is from MFT. I have smeared the beige board with white acrylic paint.<br />
The deer is one of a set of three from Impression Obsession.<br />
The pine cones are a hand punch.<br />
The '25' is a sticker.<br />
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When you read this post I will be winging my way to Fiji for a holiday. Looking forward to going back to the place I was born. It's so beautiful.</div>
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For this card I was inspired to go Shabby again. The Autumn leaves are dies from Lawn Fawn. As I don't have a stamp, I inked the die with black Versafine before I die cut the leaves and it worked just fine. I then water coloured the leaves with Distress inks.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This pink flower was the first item I knew I would use when I saw the image. Totally impractical as a card to post, but I know this will be my mum's birthday card and she lives behind me!! No posting necessary. I will make a wee box for it using my We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board. See <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjbnm5XXo_g" target="_blank">Jennifer Mcguire's How to video here</a>.</span></div>
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I really was inspired to do a shabby card with this inspiration photo. I love that Freestyle Collage gives me the freedom to work in any style. For this card, I have bought together wire, metal, florist net, twine, and paper. I love the chevrons so have included embossed and stamped versions of those.</div>
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The metal button was very shiny and didn't photograph well so I dabbed it with ink and Versamark to knock the shine off it.</div>
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<br />Karen Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942794536207478723noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504595630390114742.post-11109003724568229072016-10-19T13:34:00.000+13:002016-10-19T13:34:44.266+13:00Inspired By All The Little Things #28Today I am joining in with the <a href="http://inspiredbyallthelittlethings.blogspot.co.nz/2016/10/inspired-by-all-little-things-featuring_3.html" target="_blank">Inspired By All The Little Things</a> challenge. The inspiration is so gorgeous....velvet pumpkins!!<br />
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I do not have a single pumpkin stamp, but as luck should have it, I had a flower stamp!! Aheeem.........</div>
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I have mixed Altenew leaves with a Tim Holtz flower and used the colours from the image.</div>
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Altenew Beautiful Day<br />
Tim Holtz Flower Garden<br />
SSS Flower Friend - Sentiment<br />
MFT Scallop frame swiped with white acrylic paint<br />
Distress inks<br />
Brilliance black Ink<br />
Hero arts white embossing powder<br />
Background is DP<br />
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Thank you for dropping in.Karen Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942794536207478723noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504595630390114742.post-54547519067932176122016-10-07T17:02:00.000+13:002016-10-07T17:02:48.456+13:00Inspired By All The Little Things #26<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
When I saw this lovely inspiration photo at <a href="http://inspiredbyallthelittlethings.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank">Inspired By All The Little Things</a> I just had to join in.</div>
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I love the rustic feel and the earthy colours. I found it quite odd not to colour the flowers and leaves in some way but I felt they were OK as is.</div>
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Alternew Doodle Blooms dies and stamps - leaves<br />
Tim Holtz Flower Garden - flower<br />
MFT Scallop Frame, 'you'<br />
Spellbinders - circle<br />
Avery Elle Hand Written Notes Sentiment.<br />
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Thanks for dropping by. Have a great weekend.Karen Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942794536207478723noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504595630390114742.post-7833209717035356652016-10-06T01:00:00.000+13:002016-10-11T11:25:28.908+13:00The Card Concept Challenge 59 -SweetTreats<span style="background-color: white; color: #5d656c; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;">This week at </span><a href="http://thecardconcept.blogspot.co.nz/" style="background-color: white; color: #33aaff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The Card Concept</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #5d656c; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #5d656c; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">the theme is 'Sweet Treats'. Such gorgeous colours to play with. My fellow design team members have created a diverse range of colourful cards to inspire you so do click on the link to take a look :)</span><br />
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I found the texture on the cone very inspiring and I love how the cone acts as a base for the explosion of colourful ice cream. I tried to recreate that using the tag as a base.</div>
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The Scribble Flowers are 'blobby' like the scoops of ice cream. I stamped the colour several times using Distress Inks then black stamped the Scribbles. I repeat stamped the Scribbles using Versamark and white embossed. I did dry off the black Versafine ink before using the Versamark and white powder, but obviously not enough, hence the speckled black lines. Using the powder tool between would have prevented that.</div>
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For my DT card, I started with a stencilled background. The white embossed Autumn leaves have been coloured with Distress Ink. The tag is dry embossed. </div>
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The 'You' is created on the Silhouette using the Brush Stroke Font. Once it is cut I coloured it with Distress Ink and Clear Embossed it three times. This makes it rounded, raised and shiny. The black part of the sentiment is white embossed on black card.</div>
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I have not done a lot of creating lately. Much of my time has been taken up with my 81 year old mum who was diagnosed with breast cancer two months ago. On Thursday last week, she had a left breast mastectomy, with one lymph node removed (waiting on results). I am happy to say she is recovering very well and will be even better when the drain comes out. My thanks go out to our wonderful friends who prayed for her.</div>
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Another very special post! My fellow New Zealand blogger, Karren Johnson of <a href="http://karrenj.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank">Stamping Stuff</a>, has been invited to be a designer for <a href="http://inspiredbyallthelittlethings.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank">Inspired By All The Little Things </a> challenge blog. Congratulations Karren, they are very lucky to have such a fabulously creative card maker. In her new role, Karren will periodically be inviting a cardmaker to guest design on the blog. She has invited me to be her first guest. What an honour!! :) </div>
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It doesn't often happen this way, but when I saw the image, this card came to mind almost exactly as you see it now. I love how it turned out. </div>
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The black stripes in the background are hand painted using a brush and a ruler!! Seriously. Watch this <a href="https://laurafadora.wordpress.com/2015/11/07/inklipse-1000-subscriber-blog-hop/" target="_blank">Laura Bassen </a>video for the technique, she makes a gorgeous card.</div>
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I ended up using DecoArt Media in Carbon Black because it gave me the smoothest line. I poured a little out on a tray and used a wet brush against a ruler to make the stripes. I wiped the ruler each time I painted. I love the irregularities in the edges and the density. The 'Thanks' has three layers, a black and two whites. The rose is a MFT rolled flower.</div>
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MFT Rolled flower<br />
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Create a Smile 'thanks' and sentiment<br />
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Thank you for dropping in.Karen Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942794536207478723noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504595630390114742.post-31339741260995124312016-09-08T00:00:00.000+12:002016-09-08T11:57:58.274+12:00Designer Card for The Card Concept Challenge 57 - The Rainbow ConnectionGosh I have some lovely news to share. Lesley has invited me to join <a href="http://thecardconcept.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank">The Card Concept</a> Design Team :) I feel so honoured, and delighted, to team up with the other amazing designers. You will see links to their blogs at the bottom of this post. I will be designing in the 'Freestyle Collage' style.<br />
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Let's see the inspiration for the theme, The Rainbow Connection. The colours are divine...................<br />
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Well, I can truly say I suffered from 'First Designer Carditis'!! I made a few cards before I settled on this one!! You can see the extra cards at the end of the post. </div>
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The unrelated items........ wood grain and a branch, hearts, a button, sequins, a black sentiment and a rainbow colour grade. When you list the items you realise they are unrelated, but as card makers, we frequently bring disparate objects/techniques together to make a harmonious whole. (hopefully, ha ha)</div>
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As Freestyle Collage can be done in any style, I would call this one Cleanish and Layered.</div>
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The coloured background is hand painted using Peerless pigments and a water brush. The blue and purple are more dilute than the other colours because I wanted a similar value for each colour in the grade. The sentiment is white embossed and the branch is stamped with Hero Arts Dye Ink.</div>
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<li><a href="http://buttonsandbling.blogspot.ca/" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span lang="en-NZ" style="color: #4475a1; font-weight: bold;">Maureen</span></a></li>
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<li><a href="http://stampinonthefly.com/" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span lang="en-NZ" style="color: #4475a1; font-weight: bold;">Jennifer </span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.onecraftycorner.com/" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span lang="en-NZ" style="color: #4475a1; font-weight: bold;">Kerin </span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://stampingupnorthwithlaurie.blogspot.ca/" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span lang="en-NZ" style="color: #4475a1; font-weight: bold;">Laurie </span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://poeticartistry.blogspot.com/2016/09/every-little-thing-card-concept-57.html" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span lang="en-NZ" style="color: #4475a1; font-weight: bold;">Julee </span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://karencreatescards.blogspot.co.nz/" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span lang="en-NZ" style="color: #4475a1; font-weight: bold;">Karen</span></a><span lang="en-NZ" style="color: #4475a1; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> You are here</span></li>
<li><a href="https://crimsonowlcreations.wordpress.com/" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span lang="en-NZ" style="color: #4475a1; font-weight: bold;">Michele </span></a></li>
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I ended up making two cards. The first one seemed a bit 'earthy' so I made another card. I like both cards so have posted two.</div>
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For the second card, I have used the Sensational Stiched Flowers die from the September Card Kit from MFT's. It's the first card kit I have purchased and I must say it's packed with lovely items, in particular, the dies and the sentiment stamps.</div>
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I have also used the Die-namics Horizontal Stitched Strips on the card. I love these. I will buy the Vertical strips next.</div>
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The Leaves are from the Clearly Besotted 'Leafy Accents' die and stamp set, another favorite. They are stamped with a Hero Arts Dye Ink. The sentiment is white embossed. The background is a light wash of Distress ink which I carefully applied after I adhered the Raised Leaves to the card.</div>
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My first card uses the Sensational Stitched Flowers Die and a stamp from Avery Elle Handwritten Notes. The frame is from the Die-namics Stitched Rectangle Scallop Frames set.</div>
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Karen Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942794536207478723noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504595630390114742.post-39849842909601482002016-09-05T16:58:00.002+12:002016-09-05T17:12:01.395+12:00MFT Color Challenge 52I couldn't resist these gorgeous colours for the <a href="http://www.cardchallenges.com/2016/08/mft-color-challenge-52.html" target="_blank">MFT Color Challenge</a> this week.<br />
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I had recently received the MFT Scribble Flowers stamp set in the mail so it was inevitable the stamp set and the challenge would end up together. I also have an old Magenta wood stamp that looks like baby scribble flowers so they made the perfect background. I surrounded them all with a wee wash of blue Distress Ink. </div>
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MFT Scribble flowers stamp set<br />
MFT Hello die<br />
Magenta Rose Design wood stamp<br />
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