Sunday, June 19, 2011

You Did It


Funky. Modern. Bright. {Very bright}
I look at the get-ups my nieces wear and realize that fashion has come around, in my time. Wow. Nothing like bold neon colors, tied up t-shirts and tight tight pants to make you feel old... Nothing like meeting the oldest for the first time when she was still in diapers and has now graduated into high school to make you feel old.


It was fun to channel my young {er, very young?} years and pull out bold, bright colors and flashy patterns for this card based on this week's The Play Date Cafe combination. The layout is off of the current sketch at Skipping Stones Designs, which was also youthful and playful with its rotated panel. I decided that I needed a strong sentiment that didn't interfere greatly with the fun orange panel, so I die cut a piece of thick transparency and layered it with a sticker sentiment.  The tricky part was to figure out how to adhere this clear panel to the card...I figured I'd build up some drops of glossy accents (similar to foam squares) until they were hard and then adhere that with another drop of the glue to the card and it worked fine! I'm also going to enter this into the Papercrafts Gallery Idol First Round Auditions.

Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there. Just had a nice chat with mine and the husband is out doing what he loves best...fishing.



Supplies Used:
Cardstock: (White) OfficeMax

Stamps: (Pumpkkin Seed Sentiments) Skipping Stones Designs
Ink: (Only Orange Pigment) SU
Embellishments: (Sticker Sentiment) SRM, (Ribbon) May Arts
Other: (Mr. Huey Mist) Studio Calico, (Thread)
Tools: (Die Cut) Wplus9

38 comments:

  1. what a fabulous card. I love the bright colors and that transparencey is just perfect mixed with that yummy ribbon and stitching.

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  2. Love the clear frame, fabulous use of the colors... and your misting is amazing. Hope you had fun cleaning stamps, I'm off to take pictures, the mess can wait.

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  3. I love the bits of hot pink stitching. Fun card, Karen!

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  4. Very cool, love the clear transparency piece with the sentiment and the colors are fab!

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  5. I'm not sure if I'm cool enough to be allowed to like this card - it's awesome!
    Super tip with the glossy accents - I was wondering how you attached that fab transparent die cut shape!
    Hugs,
    Aimes
    x

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  6. Yummy! Love the bright burst of colors! :)

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  7. Love every last bit about this card Karen! And...I here you about your niece's clothes! My niece is going to fashion design school in the fall. I can't even begin to think about putting together the outfits she does (even on my best day...many, many years ago!) Happy Father's Day to your hubby...mine will be out fishing soon too.

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  8. What does it say about me that I wear these colors? teenage wanna-be? lol.

    I adore these colors and love your card design!!!

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  9. Awesome misting! Love the ribbon tab and stitching too. Thanks for the great tip on adhering transparencies--I use my glossy accents to attach just about everything!

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  10. What a fun vibrant card Karen! It just makes me smile!

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  11. I know what you mean - 80s flashbacks when I see kids today!! Love this bright card and awesome adhering solution! :)

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  12. This is a fabulous card, love it!

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  13. great card. I had the "sausage roll" curl down the sides of my hair in the 80's

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  14. Simply fabulous...I gotta agree with you on the young peeps and their fashion statements...makes me feel ultra-old.

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  15. Haha, it is so true about the bright fashion coming back around. Makes you laugh.

    Fabulous card Karen and I love your inspiration. Wonderfully done.

    lisa a.

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  16. This one's a beauty! You NAILED the bold, bright colors. I'm about to post something bold & bright myself---so out of my element yet SO fun to explore. I'm sure you'll go even further this year in the Idol competition. I know I'll be voting for you. :)

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  17. Hmmmmm...such a beauty!!
    Love it Karen ;-)

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  18. 80's flashbacks have me wondering 'what were we thinking?'- and a little amazed that the style has come back around!!!
    this card, however, is AWESOME! that clear frame & your solution for adhering- genius. :)

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  19. I'm not so sure that our bright 80's fashion should decade to be revisited. The fashion of the 80's may not be fabulous, but this card certainly is. I'm sure any young hip person would love it. Great job! It will really stand out in the sea of Gallery Idol entries!

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  20. Gorgeous splash of colors!! Beautiful CAS card, Karen!

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  21. Love your colors and layout! I mean, I know they were from challenges but I like HOW you did it! ;)

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  22. NO, YOU did it! Saw on Tiffany's Doodles that you THREE cards published in the new Papercrafts! SO VERY happy for you! CONGRATS!!

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  23. Very cute card, Karen! I am loving the colors! Thanks for playing along with us over at SSD!

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  24. FABulous design!! Oh how I love the way you've used the colors! So happy to have you play with us at The Play Date Cafe!

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  25. This is gorgeous! Such an eye-catcher!

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  26. Great card! Love the color combo!! :-)

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  27. such great details on this card, karen! your too clever with the glossy accents idea:) you don't need it, but good luck with the gallery idol!

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  28. Love that misted background and how you layered the transparency die cut! I wouldn't be surprised at all to see you back in the Gallery Idol Top 20, Karen!

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  29. Love the bright colors...misting and design of your card Karen. TFS.

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  30. love those fun and bright colors. thanks on the tips on attaching the transparency piece, too! fab card!

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  31. Ha! The first word that came to my mind when I saw this card was "funky", then I read your description! We are definitely on the same page! Love your style, the spritzing is a great backdrop for the acetate sentiment. Great job with our colors! Thanks for playing along with us at the Play Date Cafe!

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  32. Eeeek, I remember those days...I don't WANT to, *sigh* but I do.
    The clear sentiment is a grand idea to be bold but not cover up. And who can resist your awesome spray ink BG?

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  33. love the bright colors! and remember you're only as old as you feel-lol!

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  34. Lovely card Karen. I think it's great to see fashion come round again the youngsters still think they invented it all though don't they:)
    Jenny x

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  35. Great use of those colors with that sketch! Thanks for playing at Skipping Stones Design.

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  36. LOOOOOOOVE this! Love the misting and the ribbon with the sentiment--FUN! THANKS so much for playing along and joining in the fun over at the PDCC!!!

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