Thursday 12 April 2012

Penny Black Saturday Challenge Week 196 - Case It


The card above is the card I've made for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge which this week was casing Helen's card below.


The inspiration I took from Helen's card was the layout, embossing, kraft card base, ribbon, pearls and a topper with a distressed border.  The stamped image I used was the Penny Black stamp Aspire and although I used Aquamarkers and Stampin' up pens to colour it and then mist with water to achieve the watercolour effect, like Helen had done, this isn't obvious as the image stamped quite cleanly.  After stamping the main image I re-misted and stamped the image a few times to create a background for the sentiment.  The image looked a bit bare when I layered it on to the coloured card so I decided to give it a hand stitched border as a frame.


Apart from the kraft card base from Craft UK Limited and the diamond white card from the Papeterie the other pieces of card, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery and Calypso Coral were from the Stampin up range.  Old Olive ink, marker pen and ribbon and Calypso Coral marker pen were also used.  The sentiment is from Stampin' up's Sincere Salutations stamp set and die cut using a Nestabilities Labels Four die.  From the AquaMarkers range I used Tangerine and Golden Brown.

Other embellishments used were brads and green self adhesive pearls from the Papeterie.  They have a lovely selection of embellishments in stock at the moment and I couldn't resist buying some coloured  and white heart shaped pearl embellishments.  I was so close to buying pearl pins too but resisted.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges

Thanks for reading
Liz xx


27 comments:

  1. Both of your cards are amazingly gorgeous. The green with the peach colors is my favorite, a color combo I really like. Thanks for joining us in the CCEE Stampers challenge.

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  2. Your card is gorgeous Liz! :) Love your colours, so fresh and bright, and a great image too!

    hugs

    xxalisonxx

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  3. beautiful work...thanks for playing with the CCEE

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  4. A wonderful case - love your colours. Thanks for joining us at Lets Ink It Up Distressing challenge this month!

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  5. Love your gorgeous card. Thanks for joining us at Penny Black Saturday Challenge.
    luv
    Debby

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  6. A lovely image and the colours work so well together.
    Kath x

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  7. Beautiful cards, specially the first one, that's my favorite. Thanks for joining DC.

    Hugs, Rosalien

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  8. Gorgeous card, lovely details and love the way you made this. Thanks so much for sharing it at LIIU and good luck. Hugs, Marion

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  9. OMG love both your cards, just stunning. Thanks for sharing with us this month at LIIU, good luck with the challenge. Hugz Suzanne

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  10. Beautiful card - love the way you stamped the flowers again behind the sentiment!
    Thanks for CASE-ing my card for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge!
    Helen x

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  11. beautiful card liz...great job casing helen's card..thanks for joining in the fun at Penny Black Saturday...hugs kath xxx

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  12. This is gorgeous, and such a lovely colour combination. I like how you've taken the image onto the sentiment. Thanks for joining in with our challenge over at LIIU and good luck in the draw.

    Maria x

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  13. Your card is so elegant and beautiful use of stitching. Thanks so much for sharing it with us over at Delightful Challenge this week hugs Susan x

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  14. both are fantastic Liz, very very pretty
    thanks for joining our challenge over at the stamping boutique
    hugs
    Miranda
    TSB DT

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  15. Fab card, thanks for joining us at CCC xx Jan

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  16. Lovely - beautiful stamp, great texture and colour scheme.
    Thanks for joining us at LIIU.
    Tracy x

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  17. Liz terrific card! Love the layout and your colour scheme is great too. Those flowers are perfectly stamped and the stitching is lovely. Thanks for sharing on MIM.
    Stamping Shanni

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  18. Super cute card. I really love the colors. I saw it on Make it Monday.

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  19. Love your card, nice job of casing Helen's! Your colors are beautiful. I saw your card on MIM.

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  20. I like all of the textures and colors on your card. The layout is perfect for the image. Thanks for sharing it on MIM, so I could take a peek!

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  21. Very lovely card! Thanks for sharing on MIM.

    Hugs
    Joanie

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  22. Lovely card! Great take on the inspiration photo. Your stitching really adds a lovely finish to this card.

    Thank you for sharing with us at Make It Monday this week.

    Michelle :o)

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  23. What a fantastic display of gorgeous texture on your card. You've certainly picked a great one for casing, but I really love the embossing and coloring on yours. :)

    Thank you so much for linking up your talent and creative ideas with us at Make It Monday!
    Lisa xx

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  24. Beautiful card - love the image and the embossed panels. I saw this on MIM.
    Take care
    Debs xx

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  25. Such artsy cards. Especially the middle one. Great job on all of them. Thanks for joining us at Crafty Purple Frog. Hugs...Mona

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  26. Stunning yet simple and sweet card. Thank you for sharing and joining in at LIIU. Hugs, Velma

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  27. Love the flowers, stitching and layout. Saw it on MIM!

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