I made this card to say "thank you" to another friend who has helped me "hang in there" while I have been unwell since Christmas. I'm slowly getting better & my mojo is coming back. Yay!!
I'm also popping this into the CAS02 Challenge of "One Button will do!". See this link for the deets: Forums at Splitcoaststampers I love buttons but don't use them often enough on cards so the Challenge gave me the perfect excuse.
I love this Sizzix Textured Impressions embossing folder (from the Hello Kitty Spring Set #2) because the middle is blank for me to stamp my image & it fits LOTS of images I have in my stamp stash. Plus it easily fits in my CB. Makes for a quick and simple card because there is no layering. I made 3 similar cards on Saturday (see my Gallery for the other 2 cards) - just with different images but with the same ef. I lightly added some I-Kan-dee pearlescent chalks to the dry embossing using similar colours to the image. It shimmers & looks so pretty - alas not captured by the camera :-(
The image was stamped with Memento ink and coloured with Gamsol and Prismacolor pencils and I added Kindyglitz to the blue flowers & the centre of the orange flowers. It didn't take long to colour because the flowers/leaves aren't too detailed - just a flick of colour with the pencil and "smudged" with the paper stump/Gamsol - just to give an impression of shading/highlighting. I lightly chalked the background for the sky etc with the same colours that I used for the dry embossing. The tiny purple & orange hearts around the image are the leftover punchies from my EK Success Arrows Border punch (they look like tiny hearts to me).
I diecut a tag from the CB Tiny Tags dieset & stamped the sentiment with Stazon ink & rubbed a little bit of chalk around the edge before adding a gemstone at each end & popped it up on 1mm mounts. I had originally stamped the sentiment next to the image but smudged it & covered up the boo-boo with the tag (phew!).
The bow was made with my Bow Easy and then I sewed on a button and attached it to the card with a glue dot (LOVE these glue dots!!)
Thanks for having a peek at my card!
Date: Friday, March 12, 2010 GMT Views: 1508
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Fri, Mar 12, 2010 @ 6:05 AM
So glad you are feeling better and are getting your mojo back! Terrific coloring of the adorable Penny Black "hang in there" image .... your friend will love this pretty card. Thanks for all the design details you gave, too. Now, I'm off to visit your gallery to see your other cards using this embossing folder.
~ Rita
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God demonstrated His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us ... being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. Romans 5:8 & 9
Registered: May 18, 2008 Location: Virginia Posts: 24623
Fri, Mar 12, 2010 @ 6:52 PM
OMG, this is totally ADORABLE. LOVE that image, your ef, the colors and sponging. What a great, great card!! Glad to hear you are feeling better and uploading new cards. Beautifully done!! TFS!
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