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Saturday, January 29, 2011

Bling and a Vase


As I've said many times, I am blessed to have a house full of blue jeans, dirty socks, mud caked boots, cars and trucks and two little boys. Not too much pink around this part of town...

Whew! This monochromatic card marks the final challenge for me for Moxie Fab World's Color Inspiration for Card Maker's Week and thus the most personally difficult in terms of color. So happy that I stuck with creating something for all six color schemes! I am not exposed to much pink in my house and it extends to my craft area so I search high and low for solid colors that matched the swatches. (I think I might have blown about ten inches of dust off each paper piece.) I also resisted the urge to pile on the frills and layers that I usually associate with this hue and kept it clean and simple with a few stamps from Furnishing Fun by Schlosser Designs.

A few notes to myself: Stamped the shelf in chalk ink and then kissed it with the woodgrain stamp-cool effect, must try again. Softened the edges of the main panel with some white ink to add a bit of dimension (hard to see in the photograph)-remember this ink gets everywhere! Make more of these in other monochromatic hues for a card set, perhaps adding glossy accents instead of rhinestones if the bling is running low...

Supplies Used:
Cardstock: (Pinks) The Paper Company
Stamps: (Vase, Flowers and Shelf from Furnishing Fun) Schlosser Designs, (Woodgrain from Woodgrain Silhouettes) WPlus9, (Sentiment from Fillable Frames #2) PTI
Ink: (Pixie Pink Pigment) SU, (Pink Chalk) Colorbox, (Fresh Snow) PTI
Markers: (Regal Rose, Rose Red) SU
Embellishments: (Rhinestones) Basic Grey
Other: (White Gel Pen) Signo, (Colored Pencils) Prismacolor
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22 comments:

  1. KellyJanuary 29, 2011 at 5:28 PM

    Love the cleanliness of this card. I'll have to try white ink on the edge. NEVER thought of that. I always reach for the distress. I have two boys too and only have "girl" colors b/c I am working on an album for my niece.

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  2. farmhouse-storyJanuary 29, 2011 at 5:45 PM

    i do love how your kissing technique came out-awesome card, karen:)

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  3. Erin (Homemade Cards by Erin)January 29, 2011 at 6:04 PM

    Wow, oh so pink... bold, very bold. I like the little bit of bling.

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  4. ~amy~January 29, 2011 at 6:32 PM

    Nice work with the color...I need to do that technique more..thanks for the inspiration!

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  5. JustineJanuary 29, 2011 at 7:12 PM

    MANNNNNNNN, this is so cool, love the bling bling flowers!

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  6. scrapsnsuch@gmail.comJanuary 29, 2011 at 7:25 PM

    Perfect! Thanks for the reminder about the kissing technique too. As for pink, I have a 7 yo daughter, but she no longer likes the color pink - go figure!

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  7. ChristinaJanuary 29, 2011 at 7:44 PM

    Kudos to you for finishing all of the challenges! I LOVE this design, there's something very relaxing about it. It would look fantastic in a set of different colors.

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  8. jenJanuary 29, 2011 at 8:08 PM

    You are amazing to get all of the color challenges in!! This is SO VERY PINK, but the CAS style is so you. Well done!!! :D
    (I agree this would be a fantastic set in several colors!)

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  9. JanetcraftJanuary 29, 2011 at 8:55 PM

    you can really perform well on this technique. Cleanliness background with a simple one or two colors really draw a well picture. Simply amazing!

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  10. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2011 at 10:04 PM

    I always love your cards. this is another gorgeous CAS in pink. Love your LO styles and every detail you put onto your card :D

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  11. Emily LeiphartJanuary 29, 2011 at 10:22 PM

    This is gorgeous, Karen! You are right, I've never seen you use such a bright pink before but you've never seen a card in those shades on my blog either. LOL This is so striking. I love it and you should use these colours more often!

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  12. Jen W.January 30, 2011 at 8:28 AM

    Good for you for completing all those Moxie fab challenges! I love the bling and the kiss technique looks great - I always forget about doing that. This would definitely make a cool card set in a few colours.

    As for the lack of honeymoon, maybe you and hubby should plan a special honeymoon/10 year anniversary trip! :)

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  13. Sherry EckbladJanuary 30, 2011 at 8:42 AM

    I have a hard time with monochromatic cards but yours is fabulous. I love the little touches of bling.

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  14. TigriswillreignJanuary 30, 2011 at 1:47 PM

    I cannot express how much I LOVE this card, Karen! It's dazzling! You'll have to tug at that absent pink-world creativity more often! ;)

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  15. yyamJanuary 30, 2011 at 4:41 PM

    Oh wow! Clean and simple. And so sweet! :)

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  16. Natalie ElphinstoneJanuary 30, 2011 at 6:49 PM

    oh how I love this one Karen! I'm so glad you were able to find some pink, this is a new favourite of mine. Love the touch of bling! Great card :-)

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  17. Courtney KJanuary 30, 2011 at 7:25 PM

    this is so cool!! i'm totally not a huge fan of pink, but I love this card. and those gems for flowers are awesome!

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  18. ~Tammy~January 30, 2011 at 7:55 PM

    You need to do PINK more often! I love it! Way to go!

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  19. SudhaJanuary 31, 2011 at 8:09 AM

    So sweet. I love it.

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  20. Lisa PetrellaJanuary 31, 2011 at 3:02 PM

    Kissing the shelf with the woodgrain----ummm...GENIUS!!!! Love the effect, girl!!!

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  21. Alice January 31, 2011 at 8:32 PM

    so very pretty! love the simple design!

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  22. Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking EditorFebruary 3, 2011 at 1:48 PM

    Hey Karen! Thanks for entering the Monochromatics Challenge in the Color Inspiration for Card Makers Week suite of six challenges in the Moxie Fab World! I'm so glad you joined in on all the fun! :)

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