Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Detailed Fun with Just Us Girls & EBTKS

Come & Color, I did....but not with markers, pens, or pencils. But, I did have so much FUN with these colors for the Just Us Girls 21st challenge! I mean there were little giggles, lots of smiles, and oodles of delight as I played!

And all that delight is most definitely in the details! But, before I tell you about those details, let me share where the rest of the card came from.........the current sketch challenge from Everything But The Kitchen Sink! I have wanted to play along with the EBTKS crew from the beginning...thank goodness I finally did! :>


Okay, okay, back to some of those details! I cut some lovely K & Company printed paper into four squares, used some temporary adhesive to adhere them all butted up against each other (as in one big square) and then using coral and raspberry ink, I inked up some fun stripes. If I haven't said it before, I'll say it now (or again) that I feel just like a kid when I get all inky....instant happy pill!


Next, I spread out those four squares, adhered them to a piece of raspberry cardstock, pierced around the edges, using the Tim Holtz Clear Design Ruler (I LOVE this tool!), and hand stitched with vanilla embroidery thread. Matting the whole thing onto a chocolate card base, I turned to the rest of those fun details.

That fab scalloped square chipboard frame took a quick bath in some ivory paint and then went for a good soak in some of Tim Holtz's Distress Rock Candy crackle paint. I stamped that wonderful sentiment (that oh so fits my love of the little things in life!) in brown StazOn onto vanilla cardstock, cut it out with a circle Coluzzle (still do not understand why it was discontinued!) and it too went for a soak in Rock Candy. And when they started cracking like mad, can you see why giggles were escaping me?! When they were all dry (the cardstock curled, but I simply bent it back and smoothed it out), I rubbed some coral ink onto it and rubbed off the excess.....its a very subtle effect, but it does add to it. I also did the same dry rubbed ink on the sweet vanilla wood button.

The last bit of details rest in the fibers. I layered the stitched raspberry ribbon on top of chocolate ribbon...I just like the subtle extra bit of chocolate in the middle of the card. Now the stitching on that raspberry ribbon is white and that just didn't work. So, I took a Q-Tip, dabbed it in some Distress ink and ran it over the stitches. Again, very subtle, but it took the edge off of the white stitching and made it applicable to the color challenge, which calls for vanilla, not white! I tied the whole bow together with some brown embroidery floss and that sweet vanilla wood button!

Big Thank Yous to both the JUGS & EBTKS teams for creating their fabulous & fun challenge sites! So glad I crafted some time to play!

Hope everyone is having a fantastic week! I'm off to celebrate some of the cherrished details in my own life.....in fact, one is smiling at me right now, while nibbling on her carrot! :>

And don't forget my Blog Birthday Giveaway is still going on!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Dark Chocolate & Vintage Cream - Papertrey Ink; Purely Pomegranate - Stampin' Up!
Patterned Paper: K & Company
Ink: Cameo Coral, Chocolate Chip, Purely Pomegranate - Stampin' Up!; Vintage Cream - Papertrey Ink; Timber Brown - StazOn by Tsukineko; Old Paper Distress Ink - Tim Holtz for Ranger
Stamps: Life Bundle - Kolette Hall
Chipboard: Scalloped square frame - Stampin' Up!; circles/Chips (2 circles under the sentiment) - Bazzill
Paint: Ivory - Delta; Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint - Tim Holtz for Ranger
Ribbon & Fibers: Purely Pomegranate Saddle Stitched, Chocolate Chip grosgrain - Stampin' Up!; Chocolate embroidery thread - Making Memories; Vanilla embroidery floss - DMC
Button: sweet flower wooden button - La*di*dah for Ki Memories

31 comments:

  1. Great card Karen! I love the stitching! I love hand stitching! It just takes forever! :) Thanks for playing along with our challenge! Love the colors!!

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  2. This is beautiful Karen, I love the raspberry and coral colors! I can't even imagine all the work that goes into one of these babies, but it sure pays off!!!! This is fabulous! xOxO I need to see a red and gold card next, lol lol

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  3. Looks like you had tons of fun on this one! I really like the crackle and distressing. I just bought some more Glimmer Mist today. I have been spraying alomost everything. :D FUN!

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  4. Wow, an amazing creation, and thank you for the explanation of what it took to make it. It sure makes one appreciate hand made cards, doesn't it? Your colors are beautiful!

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  5. glad you got to play with the challenge. it turned out to be a fantastic piece of artwork!!

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  6. WOW, your hand stitching looks great! Seems like you had a good time with this one. Love how you used the colors for Jugs this week. Thanks so much for playing along with us.

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  7. Very beautiful card Karen! Awesome job combining this week's colors from the Just Us Girls color challenge with the sketch challenge! Wonderful hand stitching! Thanks for playing along with Just Us Girls!

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  8. Nice work Karen! I love the look of handstitching...it takes a long time but it's totally worth it!

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  9. Gorgeous as always Karen! You are an endless source of inspiration! Thanks for putting a smile on my face again :-)

    Siri

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  10. SQUEAL...Outstanding! Such a wonderful color palette and all the added extras, like your background and the stitching - make this one FANTASTIC creation.

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  11. Karen...I LOVE it!!!!!! You rocked both challenges perfectly...

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  12. So pretty Karen! You did a fabulous job! Thanks for playing along with us!

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  13. Wow this is just stunning Karen! I love all the texture this card has.

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  14. I bow down to you, Karen! Hand-stitched. You are the woman!! Gorgeous colors...just awesome all around!

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  15. Okay, that was so sweet of you to leave a comment on Lisa's blog, I may even have to cheer for Seattle next season! Seriously, that means the world to me! Thank you very much!! xOxO

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  16. There's so much I love about your little card here... that color combo, the gradient background, hand stitching (!), crackled pieces and a cute flower button to top it all off ... Wowzers, Miss Karen!! :)

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  17. THis is so gorgeous! I love the stitching the crackle frame (looks like new scrapland faire) and the gorgeous colors you used. Fabulous girl!

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  18. LOVE this, Karen! Thanks for playing the EBTKS challenge!

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  19. Pretty! What a fun card! Thanks for playing with us in the challenge! :)

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  20. This is amazing- there are a TON of wonderful deets! Great job on the challenge!

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  21. Beautiful card, Karen!! Love your stitching!!

    Hugs,
    Vanessa

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  22. I love your card Karen! It's very clever. The stitching is great and I like how you combined the colors.

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  23. Fresh and crispy card. Love it!
    Hugs

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  24. Gorgeous card. I've never used Tim's ruler! now I'm intrigued!! If it can help make cool things like this I might have to look into one.

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  25. ooooooooh! i'd've had a hard time with coral AND raspberry...but you have *ROCKED* the combo! and yes, it is indeed all of the marvellous little details that make this such a cool card--the stitching might be my very favorite bit! ♥

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  26. Hi, Karen! What a gorgeous card made from those bright, vibrant colors! :-)

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  27. Two of my favorite things...the raspberry color and handstitching! well done

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  28. This is s0 beautiful Karen, love the papers you've used, they work really well with this layout.
    The colours are amazing too, and your stitching is perfect!
    Fab work Karen,
    Love Sarita xx

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  29. Ooh, I love all the details you put on this one. The colors are fabulous and the hand stitching is great! I'm still waiting for Rock Candy paint...Anything "Tim Holtz" Rocks!

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  30. fabulous Karen!!! love all the wonderful elements to this card, great job hun!
    blessings, Maria

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