Thursday 28 November 2013

Shhhh...

Hello lovely people,

I can't believe it's time for another challenge at In The Pink already and our theme this week is...

EMBOSSING

So, this can be dry embossing or heat embossing or both as some of the Pink Ladies have done!

Even though I still have tons of Christmas cards to make I took a little break as I really wanted to use this fab Saturated Canary image.
No surprises that I have gone for Frantage as my embossing; I am a little bit addicted to the stuff!  I like a little sprinkling round the edge of the main image but this time I also added it on the corners of the DP and love how it turned out :-D

 The image is mainly coloured with Copics but I did paper piece her jumper and just added a tiny bit of shading to it.


I was in the mood for a little distressing with this card and roughed up the edges of the DP with a Tim Holtz tool and then inked and stitched them.  I used a die to cut the flowers from scraps of co-ordinating DP; it's always nice to use every last bit of DP!


Card recipe; 
DP: a mix of Vintae Autumn Basics and Vintage Frost Basics - Maja Design
Flowers: Memory box die
Lace: from stash

Copic colours;
Skin: E0000/000/00/21/11 & R30
Hair: E35/37/47
Eyes: E37/47
Skirt: E40/41/42
Bookes: RV91/93/95 & E40/41/41 & T0/1/2/3
Mug / pen: RV91/93

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges;
1.  Saturated Canary (distress)
2.  Bunny Zoe (shabby chic/vintage)
3.  Simon Says Stamp (anything goes)
4.  Top Tip Tuesday (be krafty)

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Hugs,
Kat xx

29 comments:

Marianne's Craftroom said...

Fabulous, I love this image and frantage too, always find using a little a bit difficult as I tend to overdose on it but yours looks fab.

Kelly Lloyd said...

Great card Kat. Brilliant image, and colours.
The frontage looks fab too
Hugs Kelly

Sue said...

Stunning card Kat. I love the image, wonderful colouring and beautiful papers. I am always amazed by your neat stitching!
hugs Sue xx

Anonymous said...

Kat GORGEOUS card even if it is pink... tehhehehheeee
LOVe the style and the embossing is superb!
great toe re you playing along and Top Tip Tuesday too, hugs me xx

Christine L said...

Have you got unstuck from your desk yet?? LOL!! That bloomin frantage gets everywhere!!

Gorgeous creation... that shade of dusty pink is fabulous... and of course, the SC image... I love it and have used it before..... GORGEOUS! Ooooh and I love the paper-piecing of her top too!

Big Hugs
Christine x

Donna Ellis said...

Hi, Kat! What a great card! Love the soft colors and EXCELLENT shine in her hair (wow - I wish I could do that). My favorite piece of this image is her little smirk with the titles of the books LOL I've pinned your card because of the wonderful sketch with your stitched panels! hugs, de

Anne said...

Gorgeous card Kat. Brilliant colour choice too
Anne x

Lisa Carroll said...

This is gorgeous! Love the soft color palette! :) Thanks for joining us over at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge this week!

Loopylou. said...

this is divine, what a fabulous card and I love her sweater! a bit of paper piecing is always fun
thank you for playing along with us over on the SC challenge blog
hugs Lou xx

Wishcraft said...

Fab layout and image, and the papers are gorgeous (I'm not looking lol, I can't buy more papers!). Lovely card :o) Hugs, Lisa x

Unknown said...

I love the colors and design of this card. Thanks for sharing. Amy A., DT

Unknown said...

I love the colors and design of this card. Thanks for sharing. Amy A., DT

Unknown said...

I love the colors and design of this card. Thanks for sharing. Amy A., DT

Unknown said...

I love the colors and design of this card. Thanks for sharing. Amy A., DT

Unknown said...

I love the colors and design of this card. Thanks for sharing. Amy A., DT

Unknown said...

I love the colors and design of this card. Thanks for sharing. Amy A., DT

Unknown said...

I love the colors and design of this card. Thanks for sharing. Amy A., DT

Unknown said...

I love the colors and design of this card. Thanks for sharing. Amy A., DT

Unknown said...

I love the colors and design of this card. Thanks for sharing. Amy A., DT

Unknown said...

I love the colors and design of this card. Thanks for sharing. Amy A., DT

Unknown said...

I love the colors and design of this card. Thanks for sharing. Amy A., DT

Unknown said...

I love the colors and design of this card. Thanks for sharing. Amy A., DT

Unknown said...

I love the colors and design of this card. Thanks for sharing. Amy A., DT

Unknown said...

I love the colors and design of this card. Thanks for sharing. Amy A., DT

Unknown said...

I love the colors and design of this card. Thanks for sharing. Amy A., DT

Franz♥ said...

Fab colour combo Kat, so fine and elegant!

Thanks for sharing your little masterpiece with us at Saturated Canary Challenge Blog :)
Hugs, Franz.

Vicky said...

This is super gorgeous Kat sweetie, lurve the colours I so love Maja Design papers....I end up drooling over my lappy lol. Gorgeous colouring on the fab image.
Thank you also for playing along with us girlies over at Saturated Canary, hope you will join us again hun.

Lotsa hugs Vicky xxx

Nancy said...

This is a beautiful card, Kat! I really love the colours you used!
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog. I'm going to just say that my goof was done on purpose. It was a test to see who is actually paying attention to what I write. Apparently you are the ONLY one! lol I'm going to change it to QAE because you are correct...that's what it should be! I'm sorry I don't have a prize for you! :o)

Unknown said...

Love the purple shades on this one... Perfect little card! :)
Have a great day...