"Sisters is probably the most competitive relationship within the family,
but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship."
- Margaret Mead
but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship."
- Margaret Mead
Hello, and welcome! There's a special hop going on to release the new Skipping Stones Design set, Beautiful Botanicals. This set is near and dear to my heart...I helped design the sentiments! With Mother's Day just around the corner, this set is perfect! We are also showcasing the wonderful Scor-Buddy by Scor-Pal-what a fun and fabulous product. The SSD team members and guest have projects showcasing the amazing sketch by Angi, for this week's chalelnge.
If you are following the hop in order, you should have arrived from Stephanie's blog! (Have no fear, if you are lost or want to start from the beginning, the Skipping Stone Design Blog has the hop order and more details! Up for grabs is a chance to win a free Skipping Stones Design set and a Scor-Buddy from Scor-Pal!)
I saw a wooden fence that sets off a beautiful field of flowers in the sketch and set out to recreate that with Skipping Stones Design stamps and my Scor-Buddy.
I took a ~4 piece of cardstock, inked it with the woodgrain stamp from Grunge and then scroed at 1 inch intervals. I inked the edges and where I scored to define the lines even more. On a separate piece of cardstock, I stamped the field of flowers from Beautiful Botanicals and then lightly and colored them with markers. A sentiment banner and some twine finish up the card.
Now it's YOUR turn! Join in the sketch challenge this week by creating a card using the featured sketch and link up to the Skipping Stones site for your chance to win a free stamp set! Don't forget to leave comments for your chance to win goodies from Skipping Stones Design and Scor-pal!
Your next stop is Angi!
Very pretty card, Karen!
ReplyDeleteThis is just gorgeous, love the woodgrain!
ReplyDeleteOh this is so gorgeous and I love the woodgrain!!!!!
ReplyDeleteLove the woodgrain!!! This card is so beautiful!!! TFS... hugs...xoxo
ReplyDeleteI wholeheartedly agree with that quote, coming from a family of three girls and having three girls!!!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE your woodgrain card, Karen! Wonderful panels.
Beautiful card, Karen! I LOVE that sentiment - (there aren't too many around that mention siblings.) I totally agree with the quote too - I have three sisters, and the older we got, the closer we became.
ReplyDeleteLove the card- thanks for showing your technique.
ReplyDeleteYour take on my sketch is super fun. Love the woodgrain panels.
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful stamps! Love your take on the sketch, too!
ReplyDeleteWonderful use of the wood grain. Love the way you did the sentiment too!
ReplyDeletelove the woodgrain paper you created and that image looks perfect with it.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea on the scoring... might borrow that one. Beautiful new set...
ReplyDeleteWonderful card. Love the idea how you made a wooden fence! Regards from holland, Yvonne
ReplyDeleteLove the rustic feel of your card Karen, the fence looks wonderful!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I really like the wood panels for a feminine card- usually those are "masculine-only" types of images.
ReplyDeleteLove the scored lined panels! Beautiful take on the sketch, Karen!
ReplyDeleteso beautiful....love that woodgrain background...and that new Botanical set...
ReplyDeleteIt really does look like wood, like a fence that the flowers are growing in front of.
ReplyDeleteLove the background and your stamps.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty.
ReplyDeleteLove the woodsy feel of your card!
ReplyDeleteLove the natural look! Cool way to score and ink to make it stand out!
ReplyDelete~Kim
Pretty card! LOVE the woodgrain!!
ReplyDeletelove the wood panel fence you created.
ReplyDeleteWhat a freakin beautiful card!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is really lovely! The panels really look like planks of wood!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty card. I love the wood grain. Oh man I wan a Scor-buddy now. Thanks so much for sharing.
ReplyDeleteOooo, love this one. Such softness and your fence is perfect! I saw the little pic in google and had to jump on over and let you know right away. I loved it immediately. Usually I filp thru google and then come back to leave comments - ahem, come back about a week later ;>) Thanks for the tip too :>)
ReplyDeleteSuch a great idea with the wood grained panels!
ReplyDeleteyour card look fantastic and the wood grain panels makes a natural look!
ReplyDeleteThis is so neat and clean, Love the background. Great job.
ReplyDeleteThis is just so pretty. Love how you created the wooden fence, and the stamping is gorgeous. Clean and simple and beautiful!
ReplyDeletei love the wood grain paper
ReplyDelete!!!!! n ur card is soo pretty
This is beautiful! Love the woodgrain pattern.
ReplyDeleteOh I LOVE your card Karen...soooo beautiful!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteAwesome job!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty card!!
ReplyDeleteCindylu
Karen, what an amazing card. I love the pp and the image you have used.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous Karen! Fabulous idea to score and ink the woodgrain background :)
ReplyDeleteGreat idea with the scoring by al you ladies instead of complete cuts. Very inspiring.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! I love the rustic feel of this card!
ReplyDeleteI love the way you made your background panels.
ReplyDeleteOh, love the woodgrain :O)
ReplyDeleteI like the wood grain paper. Unfortunately, that's the only picture I can see. =(
ReplyDeleteKaren, I'm so happy for you that you designed the sentiments. And wow! Did you showcase your style, design and overall amazing talent with this card!! I adore it.
ReplyDeletethose timber panels are a great idea
ReplyDeleteLove how you made your wooden fence!
ReplyDeletehugs,
Gini
Love the wood grain. Beautiful:)
ReplyDeleteAwesome, love the look
ReplyDeleteNice job on your card, I like the wood grain effect.
ReplyDeleteLove the contrast of flowers on woodgrain.
ReplyDeleteHuge wow on the wood grain! Absolutely beautiful end result.
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The wood grain looks fantastic!
ReplyDeleteYour card is beautiful thanks so much for sharing
ReplyDeleteLove it Karen!!!
ReplyDeleteCool looking card. looks like real wood great job. thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteabbraddock@msn.com
Woodgrain looks great!
ReplyDeleteThe wood grain background looks super cool! I have the grunge set and I am surely gonna give this a try :)
ReplyDeletebrilliant! Love the way you used the sketch, Scor-Buddy and Grunge stamp to create the fence! Beautiful card!
ReplyDeleteLove the wood!
ReplyDeleteLovely card Karen,
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Karen, this is gorgeous. Love the woodgrain background.
ReplyDeleteI am loving the wood grain every where this spring! You did an awesome take on it with your wooden fence idea. Sweet card!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing! :)
the wood grain background is stunning. love your take on the sketch
ReplyDeleteKaren, this card is stunning! I love that gorgeous fence you created and the sweet, soft flowers. The die cut edge of the sentiment panel is such a simple but effective touch!
ReplyDeleteAnd whoop whoop on your gorgeous sentiment designs! And which design of yours was it that you saw Jocelyn use?
This is amazing! I love it!
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous! I love it! :)
ReplyDeleteWow they really do look like rustic wood panels Karen, love the country feel :0)
ReplyDeleteThe stamps look amazing, how exciting to be part of their design!
Jenny x
wow, this is so beautiful
ReplyDeleteWhat a great card! I love how you created the panels, too...thanks for the tutorial!
ReplyDeleteAlso, thank you so much for a chance to win!!!
Your wooden fence is AWESOME, Karen!!! GORGEOUS creation!!!
ReplyDeleteoh i love your wood grain fence :)
ReplyDeletebeautiful card girl :)
Are you KIDDING me? I had no idea you created that wood grain paper. it looks so real, like a photo or something. GORGEOUS.
ReplyDeleteStunning! Love the neutral colors and that fantastic wood grain.
ReplyDeleteStunning card, Karen! Love what you did with both sets and perfect take on the sketch with that Scor-Buddy!
ReplyDeletenice technique :)
ReplyDeleteLove it! Very cool wood paper. TFS!
ReplyDeleteStunning creation!
ReplyDeleteOh wow, GORGEOUS card!!! :-)
ReplyDeleteWow - stunning card ... great job with creating the stamps!!! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI like your sentiments! The whole Skipping Stones Design set is gorgeous! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWOW !! Its so beautiful
ReplyDeleteLove this card and the quote.
ReplyDeleteLOVE the woodgrain panels! What a delightful card creation!
ReplyDeleteVery, very nice card. What a great idea for making a wooden fence. I love my Scor-pal and use it so much. The botanical stamp set is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteLove the wood grain background. Great job on the card!
ReplyDeletegasp! I adore that wood fence, those botanicals are lovely & YAY for your sentiment!!!! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteMust get the wood grain stamp...definitely makes for a very rich card.
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful wood grain paper.
ReplyDeleteDeanne :)
Beautiful card! I Love the wood grain. Thank you for the info on how to make.
ReplyDeleteLove your card! so pretty! :)
ReplyDeletesuch a beautiful stamp set and congrats on co-designing! love how you created the wood panel, too. gorgeous card, Karen! have to go and check out this stamp set! =)
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