Thursday, January 21, 2010

Count me in!! Just Us Girls #16

Yippie!!!!! My fingers are covered in ink & burgundy marker and not only do I have something inky to offer, but for a challenge! I am tapping my toes to my own personal Happy Dance to get my hands inked up again. :>


I have been wanting to play along with one of the Just Us Girls challenges since they started, but somehow, I just kept coming up short on time. And while time is still short.......I made sure to craft some of my own time for a little inky {Love} for their JUGS #16 Color Challenge.



After playing along with Tim & his fabulous Christmas tags, I have a bunch of office tags left over. When I use them, I like to adhere two together so that they stand up to ink and paint much better and then I lightly ink the backside, so its pretty too. (The line in the middle is actually not nearly as obvious......its raining, its pouring, and I had to use a flash as I'm not set up for indoor photography......yet.) I inked the whole thing in soft pink, went over most of it with burgundy, adhered some Noteworthy chipboard alpha stickers, blinged out a chipboard heart, popped it up on foam tape and cut out a bunch of blingy swirls to make a flourish that would fit and work with the tag and voila...a happy little Valentine taggy {love}.

Oh yea! When I experimented with making my own {custom} colored ribbon back in November, I was using polyester satin ribbon. And since I did not have a single piece of burgundy ribbon anywhere in my overflowing ribbon collection (how could that be?!), I thought I would make some, using white nylon organza this time.......and it worked beautifully!! I highly recommend giving it a try.....I'm so happy I did!

Twenty Ten has kicked off to a bit of a slow start , but I am thinking that a little ink goes a long way towards rejuvenating a spirit and putting a grande smile on my face!

Supplies:
Ink: Bravo Burgundy, Pretty in Pink - Stampin' Up!
Chipboard: Making Memories, Cosmo Cricket
Bling: K & Company, Prima
Ribbon: Stash
Tag: Office Depot

27 comments:

  1. Karen, I am so happy that you had a chance to play along with Just Us Girls color challenge! Your LOVE tag is beautiful - Love the rhinestone bling! Hope to see you Saturday for an all new challenge!

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  2. HARK! your back, and your tag is FABULOUS!!!! good for you for doing this challenge. i am planning on getting my craft on this weekend! woohooo.

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  3. I'm doing a happy dance FOR you, sweet Kare! This looks fabulous! I knew once inky fingers was achieved, you'd find your CRAFT! Way to go, talented girl! This photographs beautifully!

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  4. Hi Sweet Friend,

    Your tag is divine, I L-O-V-E the color and elements...pure perfection! I recall your ribbon color technique and think it's absolute genius!

    Well my clever friend, I hope you are having a great week, can you believe it's Friday already tomorrow, the time is flying by!

    Love and hugs,
    Karyn

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  5. Wow, your tag is sooo pretty! It almost looked like a beautiful piece of punched tin at first glance :] Love those rhinestones and what I believe is some amazing sponging?! GORGEOUS ♥ So glad you were finally able to play along with Just Us Girls! Hope to see you back frequently :]

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  6. Gorgeous deep red tag! Love your ribbons too.. So glad you got some INK!

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  7. Oh wow! This is awesome! I love your bold colors that you've chosen ... it's just so lovely!!! :)
    Hugs,
    Elise

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  8. Hi Karen! Thank you for your sweet comment on my blog! This tag is adorable, love it!!

    Hugs,
    Vanessa

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  9. Hi Karen!

    Its so good to see you! As always, you have created a piece of Art. The tag seems to glow! Maybe its the love you have put into it?

    I´ve got two candies over at my blog at the moment. As you were lucky the last time, maybe you will give it a go again? (you can find both in the sidebar)

    Siri

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  10. This is "love"ly Karen! Very clever to ink up the entire tag to take on a completely different color! I love this! Thanks for playing with Just Us Girls, finally! Hope to see you this week!

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  11. Just wanted to let you know, the ruffeled ribbon is from Websters pages. I got it for Christmas from my Granny!! (OK, I did make a whislist at an online shop, and my mom ordered it, but anyway!!

    Thanks for the sweet comments!

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  12. You're toes should be tapping! Inky fingers, cute tag - it feels good. I love this tag.

    Have a great week end.

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  13. This tag is wonderful!! I'm so glad you found time to create! All the bling is fabulous and I love how you colored your own ribbon! Nice job!!

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  14. wow, this is a fun and flirty tag...luv it..have a fabulous weekend!

    enjoy *~*

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  15. Oh Karen what a FUN tag - I love the ribbon treatment (I, too, ink up white ribbon if I need it to match - great tip!) I love the WOW effect of this tag - a real eye catcher! Thanks for playing along with Just Us Girls - sorry I was late in commenting this week OOPS.

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  16. You are definitely the tag QUEEN girl! This is soooo pretty!Coloring your own ribbon, that is pretty impressive and something I wouldn't even think of! Have a great weekend....xoxo

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  17. such a beautiful tag Karen! love the bling and your 'homemade' ribbon! great job!
    Blessings, Maria

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  18. Wow your tag is amazing. I love the ribbon and the colour! Pure inspiration. Happy weekend to you...and thanks for all your sweet comments that you leave me.

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  19. very pretty!...just in time for valentine's day! "love" the colours.

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  20. Your tag is gorgeous Karen!! Love it!!

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  21. Gorgeous tag, girl! so glad you carved out a few minutes to rejuvenate. There's nothing like getting ink on your fingers to put a smile on your face!

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  22. Lovely tag, Karen. Hope we can get together and get inky fingers together soon!

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  23. So glad you got your fingers inky :) Very, very pretty, Karen! I love the pink and red shading. It looks amazing on your photo!

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  24. Super cute! What are you going to do with it now?

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  25. Love the "Love" tag!! That bling is to die for!! Bling and ribbon...heaven!

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  26. Whooooweee girl! THis is quite a luscious piee of tag ye candy! I love it and I'm so glad you played in this color chalenge!

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