Friday, November 25, 2011

No Chicken Patties For Me

The conversation last Saturday after a nice traditional Thanksgiving meal at the in-laws...
Me (to the husband): You know, I've never cooked a turkey. Do you want me to try for Thursday?
Husband (to me, with a worried expression): No, we can just have chicken patties.
Me (with a disgusted look): What? No way! I'll try to cook a turkey.
Husband (with an aha moment): Let's just grill steaks, ok?
Me (relieved): Yes, that will be fine.

I hope your Thanksgiving was a great one (if you celebrated it!) and are well relaxed today. Our steaks did turn out excellent, by the way! I'm featuring the lovely stamp set Rustic Tiles from Skipping Stones Design in my card today, on sale for just a few more days! I love this stamp set, because the tiles can be delicate and soft, charming and quaint...or bold and beautiful!

I chose the colors based off the palette over at The Play Date Cafe. Started with the gold base and panel, stamped the panel in deep red and then misted with orange. A bit of inking on the edges and a stamped sentiment, along with a fun, simple fiber treatment and you've got a bold, rustic card.


And since it is Black Friday after all, what a better time than to showcase this card and corresponding sketch featured over at the Scrap Rendez-vous Blog. I'm delighted to be a guest sketch artist again!

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38 comments:

  1. Jen W.November 25, 2011 at 6:26 AM

    Love the rich, warm colours and the gorgeous design you create with the tiles!

    I cooked my first turkey last year and it was a lot easier than I expected. However, I will take grilled steak any day! In fact, every Monday night is grilled steak night here! :)

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  2. WendyNovember 25, 2011 at 7:05 AM

    I love this Karen!! I hope the steaks were great. I have only cooked an entire turkey a few times and I always had the help of my Mom!!! Enjoy the weekend with your family!!

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  3. LynnNovember 25, 2011 at 7:23 AM

    Karen, this is absolutely beautiful. Love the elegant, yet rustic feel of the card.

    And your conversation made me laugh! We just made our first turkey (and when I saw we, I mean Pat) yesterday. He bought one of those infrared cookers. Tasted awesome...of course we did do a test run on Wednesday with a smaller turkey to make sure it worked!

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  4. LaurelNovember 25, 2011 at 7:23 AM

    What a beautiful card!

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  5. Sherry EckbladNovember 25, 2011 at 7:25 AM

    love the conversation with hubby, but you really should try cooking a turkey, they are really easy.
    Love the card!

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  6. Erin (Homemade Cards by Erin)November 25, 2011 at 7:54 AM

    I love the title of your post :) What a fun use of these colors, rustic tiles are perfect for it...

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  7. StephanieNovember 25, 2011 at 8:52 AM

    Karen.......You Feature Friday card is just stunning! I absolutely love that color palette, although it totally intimidates me.....lol I'm glad your steaks turned out awesome!

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  8. BrandiNovember 25, 2011 at 9:24 AM

    Your card is beautiful!

    A funny story! Growing up my mom didn't cook, so for Thanksgiving we always had steak and potatos. It became a tradition and stuck throughout my childhood into early adult years. I only recently started having turkey for Thanksgiving after I got married 6 years ago, when we moved to NY and the in-laws were cooks! LOL!

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  9. ~amy~November 25, 2011 at 9:47 AM

    LOVE your story...you and me girl...one of my goals is to never cook a turkey...this is the first year that Darin cooked a turkey and it turned out Delicious...gotta love new traditions eh?

    rustic tiles...awesome...great color combo!!!!

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  10. Annette AllenNovember 25, 2011 at 10:22 AM

    wow that is beautiful...that background stamp is so amazing...love how you faded the red...really pretty..
    Happy Friday..

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  11. Lisa EltonNovember 25, 2011 at 12:14 PM

    I got a chickle out of your post!! Very pretty card, acaually two pretty cards!! Congrats on the GDT spot too ;)

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  12. AnonymousNovember 25, 2011 at 1:45 PM

    beautiful rich colours.. gorgeous card :)

    Happy THanksgiving :)

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  13. Jay GeeNovember 25, 2011 at 2:13 PM

    This card is so beautiful and rich looking Karen - gorgeous! So glad you enjoyed your steaks :)

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  14. ChunyuanNovember 25, 2011 at 2:46 PM

    Beautiful warm and rich colors. love how you tied the twine. great misting.

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  15. Elizabeth CooperNovember 25, 2011 at 4:03 PM

    I love the warm, rich colors of this card. The misting came out beautifully, too. Gorgeous!

    And for what it's worth, I'd take steak over turkey any day - even on Thanksgiving. :-) Hope you had a great holiday!

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  16. Barb TurpinNovember 25, 2011 at 4:53 PM

    Both cards are wonderful...love the rich colors on the first, and what better way to use that black rose! Glad your steaks turned out so well...our turkey took a little longer to cook than anticipated...or the pop up timer was defective...LOL!

    Happy Black Friday!

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  17. LynndaNovember 25, 2011 at 5:57 PM

    Love your card Karen... its beautiful... I'll take steak anytime... hugs...xoxo

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  18. Marlena M.November 25, 2011 at 7:46 PM

    Karen,both cards are GORGEOUS.

    I got off easy...just the ham! My sister-in-law made the turkey. ;)...I've got a GREAT ham glaze... orange juice (1 can undiluted),A1 sauce (1/2 cup) and 2 cups compacted brown sugar...YUM!!!

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  19. CherylNovember 25, 2011 at 8:16 PM

    Your card is beautiful!

    I would love to have steak instead of turkey! Lucky you! (I've never cooked a turkey either. I've only done turkey breasts because a whole turkey is too much for my small family...and it is easier to cook!)

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  20. TrinhNovember 25, 2011 at 8:52 PM

    You rocked the PDCC colors, Karen! Love the warmth & richness. Glad to hear your Thanksgiving was good. My daughter saw your Scrap-Rendezvous card and she told me she wanted to make one like it. Smart girl!

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  21. UnknownNovember 25, 2011 at 9:47 PM

    Ohhh..very pretty! Love the bold color combo!

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  22. JoAnn V. (http://joboogie.typepad.com)November 26, 2011 at 11:03 AM

    Beautiful card! Love the colors! :)

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  23. artfuldelightNovember 26, 2011 at 11:30 AM

    So glad to hear you had a good Thanksgiving. :-) Your card is gorgeous!!

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  24. scrapsnsuch@gmail.comNovember 26, 2011 at 12:20 PM

    So warm - what a great pattern it creates!

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  25. UnknownNovember 26, 2011 at 3:03 PM

    yup! i love it! your card reminds me of terracotta tiles...warm, earthy, handmade goodness! the matching cs base is perfect. the image stands out perfectly against it. great card!

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  26. alexandra s.m.November 26, 2011 at 5:13 PM

    Thank you Karen!
    You're an amazing artist!
    I love each of your creations

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  27. JennyNovember 26, 2011 at 5:41 PM

    I can feel the warmth from those colours even at this distance Karen!
    Beautiful tile pattern and the perfect snippet of twine too :)
    Have a great weekend :)
    Jenny x

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  28. farmhouse-storyNovember 27, 2011 at 6:17 AM

    love your post title, karen! this is such an elegant looking card:) (love the steaks, too)

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  29. LindsayNovember 27, 2011 at 5:47 PM

    Super funny conversation with the hubs! Crack me up!

    This card is stellar. I LOVE the stamping and then you go and mist...sigh, so perfect!

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  30. Colleen DietrichNovember 27, 2011 at 6:32 PM

    Karen, that stamp really did go well with our challenge colors. It has a Moroccan feel to it, and those color names are definitely exotic.

    Glad you had good steaks for T'giving! Some turkeys were no doubt relieved you chose something else. ;)

    Thank you SO much for playing with us at The Play Date Cafe!

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  31. Savannah O'GwynnNovember 27, 2011 at 8:30 PM

    LOL! I have never made a turkey--and I don't even know where to start! I think we will be doing chicken patties for LIFE:) Hope your steaks were AWESOME!!!!

    LOVE this card--I LOVE that CAS design! BEAUTIFULLY done:)

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  32. MariaNovember 27, 2011 at 9:37 PM

    Gorgeous color! You are spot on with the challenge! Baking a turkey isn't too difficult. We make one for every Christmas. Sis-in-law does it for Thanksgiving. But, steaks sound delicious, too! Glad you enjoyed your Thanksgiving, take care!!:-))

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  33. kasia c.November 28, 2011 at 4:04 AM

    I hope you had a fabulous Thanksgiving!

    I personally have never cooked a turkey either. Someday I will attempt it, but i can't get over stuffing it. Yikes. :)

    gorgeous card, of course!!
    i love the look of the black outline and the little piece of string.

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  34. Jinny NewlinNovember 29, 2011 at 9:04 PM

    Such a beautiful card, Karen! LOVE the addition of that little length of twine! Thanks so much for playing along with us this week at The Play Date Cafe! And I hope you enjoyed your steaks ;)!

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  35. DeniseNovember 30, 2011 at 10:27 AM

    So rich and elegant, Karen! Hope your Thanksgiving was wonderful (yummm - steaks ;). Thanks so much for joining us at the Play Date Cafe!

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  36. RubyNovember 30, 2011 at 6:36 PM

    Such a lovely card, exotic! I love the warmth of it. Thanks for joining in with us over at the Play Date Cafe!

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  37. MichelleDecember 1, 2011 at 10:08 AM

    I was laughing reading your Thanksgiving conversation:-) I am not much of a roaster myself.. All rosting in this family is done by ny dearest!

    Love your fiery card and also the other, Such a cool design, love the way you highlighted a date and made the card so much more personalized, great colours too! black with that greeny blue looks wonderful!

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  38. ~Tammy~December 3, 2011 at 8:46 PM

    Beautiful rich and warm....perfect take on the color story!

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