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Saturday, 21 April 2012

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - No Patterned Papers

This week at the Penny Black Saturday Challenge we're asking you to use:

'No Patterned Papers'
Eeeek!

Our sponsor for this challenge is Craftwork Cards


The prize is:
'Sweet Pea Collection - Peas in a Pod Pad'
(contains: 24 sheets paper, 2 sheets die cut flowers, 2 sheets nesting sentiments, 4 sheets embossed squares)

I decided to emboss my background...the card at the back is a piece of Core'dinations card (one of the the Tim Holtz Distress colours) embossed with me Cuttlebug 'Snowflakes' folder, and the piece on top started off white...I blended some Distress Inks ('Weathered Wood', 'Stormy Sky' & 'Iced Spruce') over it, then a little 'Picket Fence' Distress Stain...then 'de-bossed' it (this is something I usually do by accident when I have my embossing folder the wrong way round!) so that I could fill the snowflakes with Crackle Accents to give an icy effect. The adorable image is 'XMouse ornament'...coloured with watercolour pencils...I inked around the edge with 'Stormy Sky'. The raffia lace trim has been languishing in the bottom of my stash box fo ages, but seeing as it was just the right colour I though it was about time I used it.


I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:
For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.
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16 comments:

  1. Catherine21 April 2012 at 08:16

    Gorgeous card, love all the embossing.....

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  2. Riet21 April 2012 at 08:54

    what a gorgeous card.

    Hugs Riet.xx

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  3. Claire21 April 2012 at 11:30

    Just adorable Helen - love the embossing. Thanks for playing along with MAWTT this week. Hugs, Claire x

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  4. Beth21 April 2012 at 15:15

    This is gorgeous Helen, I love blue with Kraft - actually, anything with kraft! ;-)

    Love Beth xx

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  5. Pia S21 April 2012 at 16:02

    Cute! Love that border!

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  6. Vicky21 April 2012 at 18:43

    Just so gorgeous...love the image and fabulous layout too hun :o)

    big hugs Vicky xx

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  7. Doreen21 April 2012 at 21:10

    This is just gorgeous,Thanks for sharing with us at Sundays with Crissy.xxx

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  8. debby400022 April 2012 at 07:17

    Love your gorgeous and adorable card Helen.
    luv
    Debby

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  9. shaz earl22 April 2012 at 08:20

    Lovely card!

    thank you for joining in the fun with us at Sparkles Christmas for our " Colour me Happy " challenge

    Hope you will join us again soon
    good luck in the draw

    Hugs Shaz x

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  10. Sheena22 April 2012 at 14:06

    Lovely card - love the embossing and the blues you've used! Thanks for joining us at Pollycraft this week, Sheena xx

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  11. Carissa22 April 2012 at 14:55

    This is darling. Your background techniques are a perfect match for this image. Hugs, Carissa

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  12. Debbie22 April 2012 at 16:41

    What a lovely card Helen.Love the backgrounds you've created, the colours you've picked and this image is adorable.Thank you for joining in with us over at Sparkles Christmas ' Colour me happy' challenge.Good luck.Hugs Debs x

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  13. Pauline C22 April 2012 at 18:56

    Gorgeous card Helen - fab colours and love the debossing with the crackle accents.
    Pauline x

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  14. Judith22 April 2012 at 21:02

    love your card Helen such a cute image and love the colour combo thanks for playing along at MAWTT this week and good luck hugs Judith x

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  15. DesignerDiva23 April 2012 at 18:02

    Beautiful Helen, the embossing looks fab!

    Thanks for joining us at MAWTT and good luck with the challenge
    Merry Christmas!
    Hugs Laurie xx

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  16. As.I.Do.Rodos.26 April 2012 at 14:53

    Gorgeous embossing brilliant card Happy crafting Ginny X

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