Monday, February 14, 2011

Have a Blissful Valentine's Day

Hi Everyone and a Happy Valentine's Day.  I hope every one's day was fabulous and there was a lot of love going around.  Did you wear red and have those cinnamon heart candies?
 
The card I have today is for the Pals Paper Arts challenge 80 and also the Stamping 411 Saturday Sketch Challenge 190.

The Pals Paper Arts challenge is a vintage card where you could distress, layer and smudge to your heart's content.  Stamping 411's challenge is a great sketch that I thought fit the vintage theme.  Check out the websites for your inspiration.
 

Stamps: Bliss (Sale-A-Bration – p 10)
Paper:  Whisper White Textured, Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Elegant Soiree DSP
Ink: So Saffron, Crumb Cake
Accessories: Versa-mark, White Embossing Powder, Clear Embossing Powder, Crumb Cake Seam Binding Ribbon, Rosettes, Framed Tulips Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Distressing Essentials Kit



The butterfly stamp was loaded with Versa-mark, inked with the So Saffron and then embossed with the Clear Embossing Powder.  
To gather the ribbon, a thread was pulled in the middle and the ribbon attached with sticky tape.
To achieve the vintage look, I distressed the edges of the Baja Breeze and the Crumb Cake CS using the file from the Distressing Essentials kit and sponged the edges with Crumb Cake ink.  After embossing the Baja Breeze CS with the Framed Tulips Embossing Folder, the edges were sponged with Crumb Cake ink as well. 
 
Enjoy the rest of your Valentine's Day evening and until next time...

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25 comments:

  1. The colour is so vintage and pretty Karen! Just lovely!

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  2. Beautiful card Karen! Love that gorgeous butterfly on it and of course, you just happened to use my favorite color - Baja Breeze! Lovely card.
    LYnn

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  3. Lovely card. I love the butterfly again the blue. Really striking.

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  4. What a gorgeous creation, Karen. I received this set last week. Looks like I need to break it out of the box!!

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  5. Karen - love, love, love the color combo and I like how you used the ink on the edges!

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  6. Beautiful! Love the sponging....it just adds to the shabby chic feel of your card!

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  7. Beautiful vintage card! Thanks so much for playing along with us at PPA.

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  8. Wow! This is a fabulous card! Beautiful vintage touches!

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  9. Gorgeous Karen! The color the sponging, the ribbon.....everything. It's fabulous!

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  10. Very pretty Karen! I love the butterfly and the gathered ribbon!

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  11. I love the embossing, and the crinkled ribbon is perfect! Great vintage look! Thanks for playing along this week :)

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  12. Your colors are so striking together and love, love, love the ribbon treatment! Great job! Thanks for playing along with the Stamping 411 Operators! Blessings, Gretchen

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  13. Following you now from Stampin Connection, I'm #113.

    Karla c(:

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  14. Sorry I haven't been commenting on your blog lately! Been busy! No stamping here either! Blue card reallyi catch my attention these days!

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  15. Stunning...love the ribbon, the colors...everything! Thanks for playing!

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  16. Just beautiful!!! Love that ribbon and the colors you went with!!

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  17. This is gorgeous Karen, you are really nailing the Vintage look. I just got this set and haven't had a chance to play with it yet. I love how you embossed the flourish in white and your colour combo. Can you tell me who's brand is the Tulip Frame embossing folder?. Its the second time I have seen it and I am loving it.

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  18. Beautiful card! The ribbon and bow are yummy!

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  19. Karen beautiful card and always fun it fits more than one challenge.
    I'm sooooo far behind in blogland this week, but that's the way it goes sometimes. Have to put "work" first... bummer...

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  20. Congratulations! Lovely card and I just love that ribbon!

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  21. beautiful card. I seriously love this color combination. i have the hardest times trying to figure out colors for cards.

    love this

    Cristina
    http://www.craftingwithcristina.com

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  22. This is absolutely gorgeous! The colours and the the stamp sets are some of my fav's! You are one talented lady! Now following your blog from SC #342...hope you'll return the favour when you get a chance. http://alacards.blogspot.com

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