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Wednesday, 29 September 2010

Indian Summer

Today's card is something a little different for me...no cute image...shock horror! lol

I recieved this gorgeous stamp ('Irises' by Penny Black) in the post at the weekend...it was a prize I won on the Penny Black Saturday Challenge a while back - thanks girls! I have quite a few lot of Penny Black stamps in my collection, but they are nearly all 'cuties' and there's only one floral stamp amongst them...and not any of the 'brushstroke' type ones, so I was eager to have a play with this one straight away!

I've made this card for the 'Indian Summer' themed Penny Black Staurday Challenge. I took my inspiration from the gorgeous BasicGrey paper...from the rather appropriately named 'Indian Summer' collection. I stamped the image using Versamark on to some red paper, then embossed it with opaque white powder, to imitate the pattern on the backing paper. I used my EK Success 'Scalloped Diamond punch for the border across the centre of the card, and along the bottom of the image, and added a sentiment from the 'Anytime Messages' set by Hero Arts.


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16 comments:

  1. Claire29 September 2010 at 08:33

    Oooo this is gorgeous ... I've had my eye on some of these stamps from PB, something different which can be used for a multitude of occasions. Hugs, Claire x

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  2. scrapperjulia29 September 2010 at 11:21

    Beautiful! Love the colors and the white embossing!

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  3. Maya29 September 2010 at 11:26

    Ohhh this is gorgeous!
    Love the warm colors and the details are fab!!
    Hugs from Maya

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  4. Unknown29 September 2010 at 14:01

    Yes, this is something different but it's beautiful and so elegant. Love it and well done on winning xxx

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  5. Donna29 September 2010 at 14:11

    Gorgeous card! You do very well with cards that aren't just "cute!" Love the colors!

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  6. Anita29 September 2010 at 14:48

    Beautiful card. I love those colors.

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  7. Whisper29 September 2010 at 15:06

    Absolutely stunning and so different for you - it's nice to do something different for a change - Luv Sam x

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  8. Uma29 September 2010 at 16:52

    oooh check you out, elegant lady :)

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  9. Riet29 September 2010 at 20:27

    What a wonderful card Helen.

    Hugs Riet.x

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  10. Kath Stewart29 September 2010 at 21:59

    wow helen this is stunning and love how you used your prize...thanks for joining in the fun this week at Penny Black Saturday....hugs kath xxx

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  11. Anonymous30 September 2010 at 00:29

    Totally Beautiful!!!!! :)

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  12. flowerdisco30 September 2010 at 03:59

    very very nice! like it a lot :)

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  13. Emma (metalicbutterfly)30 September 2010 at 13:20

    Hi Helen!

    Great Card hun the colours look amazing!

    Thanks for playing at Allsorts this week

    Emma xxx

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  14. Pauline C2 October 2010 at 00:38

    This is beautiful Helen - the brushstroke image is gorgeous and the paper is perfect!! Thanks for joining in this week's PBSC
    Pauline x

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  15. Kaz2 October 2010 at 14:42

    Ooooooh this is truly scrumptious!
    Kaz xx

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  16. Lee3 October 2010 at 14:59

    just stunning.xx

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Thanks for taking the time to look and comment on my cards! Helen x