Thursday, August 18, 2011

Go-Giver

"Thanks. Be a real go-giver. The spontaneous thank you: Such power it weilds. To awe. To rally. To cheer. And to motivate."~exert from thanks.com


It's all about embossing for the 16th installment of the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge! To check out more details on the challenge, get rules, read about the fabulous sponsor and prize from The Stamps of Life by Stephanie Barnard, and see all the great inspiration from the Girl Fridays, stop by the CAS-ual Fridays blog.
I featured both dry embossing and heat embossing in my card today. (Which, by the way, was heavily inspired by a fabulous card from Susie Wittwer, on page 151 in the current Papercraft's StampIt! Magazine.) I purposefully shook off a lot of the powder before heat embossing for a more distressed look and then highlighted a few areas of the dandelions with a white gel pen and white enamel.
Hope to see you play along!
Supplies Used:
Cardstock: (Lavendar Lace) SU, (Maroon) Bazill
Stamps: (thanks2you) The Stamps of Life
Ink: (Fresh Snow Pigment) PTI
Fiber: (Crinkled Silk) May Arts
Other: (White Gel Pen) Pilot, (White Embossing Powder) SU, (White Enamel Accents) Ranger
Tools: (Linen Impression Plate) PTI

35 comments:

  1. Spontaneous thanks really are the best... love the softness of this card... the crinkled silk ribbon is a really nice way to tie it together.

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  2. I so love that embossed background - it is so subtle and pretty.

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  3. Hi Karen...such a lovely soothing flower ..innocent and gracefully..love the colors too!!!

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  4. Such a soft looking card. Beautiful Karen.

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  5. This is truly lovely Karen! I love that white flower against the pink paper and the colors are so nice!

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  6. LOVELY! One of my favorites of yours!!

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  7. Sooooo pretty! I totally diggin' that impression plate right now - it looks fabulous on anything!
    Such a different kinda colour combo too - I'd have never put those together but they work so well!
    Hugs,
    Aimes
    x

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  8. Beautiful card Karen. I love embossing, I might just have to try this week's challenge. :-)

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  9. Beautiful and soft colors and go give it!!!

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  10. love the yummy purple you used. lovely card!

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  11. Love all your embossing! Very pretty card!

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  12. your embossing looks lovely, karen! enjoy the weekend!

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  13. This is beautiful Karen! Every time you post you blow me away. I can't help it. I am in awe :)

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  14. Love this card! I have been a SOL member for almost 2 years, and your card is the prettiest card I've seen using her stamps! Fabulous!

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  15. So pretty! I love the colours, the purple and the stark white, gorgeous!
    :)

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  16. absolutely simple and fabulous! adore the great design.

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  17. Oooo, another fabbie simple card that just screams your style - wonderful :>)

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  18. Love the distressed look and how you puffed up the ends of the flowers. :)

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  19. love this- the embossing adds so much here- and going to have to check out the crinkled silk! :)

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  20. Simply beautiful! Love the effect.

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  21. I love the soft colors so much~ the crinkle ribbon is a fabulous touch!

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  22. Ooooo! So stunning! I love how you added the gel pen...that's a great touch. The embossed background is so pretty.

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  23. This card has such a lovely feel, love the embossing and the ribbon.
    Stacey x

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  24. Beautiful and serene card. Perfection. ;)

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  25. Love how you took a graphic image and softened it up with the pink background & crinkly ribbon.

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  26. Simple, beautiful, stunning. Love it.

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  27. This is so pretty, Karen! LOVE the results of that linen impression plate!!

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  28. Love the soft delicate feel to this card Karen :)
    Jenny x

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  29. This is just lovely. So soothing. Fabulous colors.

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