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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Papertrey Ink August 2015 Blog Hop

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It's time for this month's blog hop challenge at Papertrey Ink.
The inspiration photo is all about colour and textiles:  
August Blog Hop Inspiration

I was drawn to the row of yarn and a 
rainbow of colours to create this birthday card:


I started by die cutting rows of holes with the Stitching Lines die on Stamper's Select White card stock.
The sentiment (Purls of Wisdom) was stamped with Dark Chocolate Ink.
Extra texture was added with the Canvas Impression Plate.
Seven colours of embroidery floss were stitched in rainbow order along the stitching lines.

The needle and thread from Stitched with Love was stamped with Raspberry Fizz ink. The needle was stamped with Versamark onto a separate piece of card stock, then heat embossed with Silver Embossing powder, fussy cut and glued over the original stamped image
I die cut the spool and heart (Stitched with Love) and stamped them with Kraft and Raspberry Fizz inks. Before applying the heart to the spool, I covered it with Versamark and heat embossed it with Clear Embossing powder.
The front panel was adhered to a Classic Kraft card base.

Thanks for visiting today. Enjoy the Blog Hop!
Karen C.

13 comments:

Rema DeLeeuw said...

Cute design! Love the stitching...

Diana K said...

What an original take on the inspiration, Karen! Love this cute card.

Michelle said...

Beautiful! LOVE the stitching.... it adds the perfect bit of color/dimension/texture!

Carol D said...

What a fun card!! The stitching is a wonderful touch.

Annette Allen said...

your card is awesome.. i love it

Kirsty Vittetoe said...

What a perfect interpretation of the challenge!!

Birgit said...

This is just adorable! Love the stitches!

Kathy Mc said...

Karen, this is just too cute…and a lot of work stitching all those rows, but your results are fabulous. Looks like your eyes must be doing OK now (sure hope so)!

Leigh Penner said...

Oh, this is so sweet, Karen! I love it!

Jacquie Southas said...

Love your card, Karen!

Luanne said...

This is just wonderful! Love how you put it all together!

Marcia Hill said...

What a cute, cute card, and I just love how you did the stitching across the card with the colors from the inspiration photo! This is definitely going to bring a smile to someone's face...it did mine! Well done Karen!!

Kirsty said...

I love the way you used the stitching line die!