Sunday, January 13, 2013

Loving Thoughts


Moxie Fab World is hosting some pretty dang neat challenges for the 75 Creative Card Challenges Week, and one of them is to Create Your Own Background Paper. I started with soft gray paper, lightly stamped the large bloom in gray and then came back with the same stamp in green ink. My initial thought was to create a letterpressed look, but I will have to work on this a bit more. I filled in the empty areas with the smaller stamps in a yellow chalk ink, as well as in the center of the large blooms. Finally, I added a touch of black enamal accent dots to each flower's center. The background was busy enough, so I simply adorned the card with a large, silk green bow and a sentiment from the set!

P.S. A CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Sneak Peak for you...check out more on the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog!

22 comments:

  1. karen this is gorgeous...lovely color and that big ribbon is perfect... I love this..

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  2. Oh, my goodness! This is so pretty Karen! LOVE the green and yellow combo! Beautifully stamped!

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  3. Your colour combo is so pretty Karen - lovely card.

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  4. Swoon...the yellow and green are fabulous!

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  5. Gorgeous colors! I love the way you created a patterned background with the stamps.

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  6. Great colors, love all the stamping and that beautiful green bow.

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  7. Karen, this is so lovely. The stamped background is gorgeous with this cheerful color combination.

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  8. Beautiful Karen and I'm in love with your lush bow!

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  9. Karen, this is STUNNING!!!! LOVE the handstamped background, that GORGEOUS color combo, and that FABULOUS ribbon!!!

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  10. These are darling flowers! Thanks for the peek!

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  11. This card is AWESOME!! I love the colors and the sneak peak of the stamps!! :) Thanks for sharing!

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  12. check out that ribbon! Swoon!

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  13. Spring like and beautiful on this dreary day in CT!! GORGEOUS BOW!!!!!

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  14. The shadow effect of the light gray ink is so cool! I'm swooning over that gorgeous green ribbon, too.

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  15. love the colors you used. very pretty card!

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  16. your stamping is amazing girlfriend!!! love the beautiful ribbon :)

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  17. so elegant and pretty! LOVE the colors! And that gorgeous bow! Wow.

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  18. Hey Karen! Thanks for linking this up to the Make Your Own Background Paper Challenge in the Moxie Fab World! I'm so glad you joined in on all the fun! :)

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