Saturday 15 October 2016

Simple Stamping

Meet today's card.

 We are half way through the month and it's time for another post at 

I began by stenciling the background of my card.  I used Salty Ocean and Peacock Feather Distress inks on a applicator to cover the background.
Next, I got out my MISTI and stamped the sentiment from Serendipity using black Memento ink.
I stamped the wildflowers from Tim Holtz using more of the Memento black and added some images from Purple Onion as well.
As a finishing touch, I sponged the edges of my card with more Distress ink.



Adding my card to these challenges:

Crafting By Design- ADD A SENTIMENT

Through the Craft Room Door- ANYTHING GOES

Crafty Girls Creations- ANYTHING GOES

Daring Cardmakers- MONOCHROMATIC

Alphabet Challenge- 'Q' FOR QUICK AND SIMPLE


 Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps- Serendipity, Purple Onion, Tim Holtz/ ink- Distress, Memento/ stencil- The Crafter's Workshop/
applicator tool


25 comments:

Andrea W said...

Such a pretty card! I love the sentiment and wonderful polka dots.

Bonnie said...

Another fabulous sentiment, Karen! I love these "words to live by"! I also love the polka dots with the silhouette wild flowers!

World of Michael Trent said...

What a fantastic background!! And easy peasy card. Love it.

Hannelie said...

So very beautiful... as always!

Bobby said...

Fabulous, Karen. Love those wildflowers.

Loll said...

Another fabulous card Karen. Love your design! xx

Susan said...

Beautiful shades of blue! Perfect background for the black stamping! A great sentiment!

nancy littrell said...

I Love your style Karen. Your blue stenciling and silhouette flowers combined with your beautiful sentiment are so You my friend. Hugs, Nancy

Donna said...

Beautiful sentiment, Karen. Love those silhouette flowers :)

Craftychris said...

Love the fab silhouettes on the cool stencilled background - wonderful sentiment too! xxx

Verna Angerhofer said...

This is beautiful and I love the background for the silhouette images and the sentiment.

Nstiz said...

I absolutely love silhouette stamps and love seeing how you use them. What a novel background for it! This is such a beautiful card and love the script that you added to it.

CherylQuilts said...

Oh, Karen, this is gorgeous, and I agree with Nancy about silhouette stamps! You use them so beautifully, and I love the stenciling. And, wow, what a great sentiment - so true! Life is a beautiful miracle, and I am so glad we got to be friends! Hugs, sweet friend! xoxo

Diane Jaquay said...

I just love this card, Karen, it's so striking!!

Basslady said...

wow...this is fantastic!

thank you so much for playing along with us at alphabet challenges!

hugs and kisses from germany,
silvi xoxo

Svenja said...

Very pretty! Love that background.

MAKKE FOAR DY said...

Very pretty CAS card!
Thanks for joining our ATG challenge Through the craft room door!
Hope to see you back next week!

Aly DT member TTCRD

Karren said...

I love the look of this card! The blue spots and the silhouetted flowers look fabulous.

Princess Judy Palmer said...

The orderliness of the dots goes so well with the wild feeling of the free growing foliage. Very nice!

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Karren, this is a beautiful CAS card, love that shade of blue, the silhouette of the flowers look stunning with that background.
The sentiment is amazing!!
Big Hugs,
Maria.

Maria Rodriguez. said...
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Maria Rodriguez. said...

OOOPS!! first, I apologize for spelling your name wrong, then, I apologize for the double comment, sheeesh!! I only click once!!!
Awesome card, teammate.
Maria.

Maria Rodriguez. said...

OOOPS!! first, I apologize for spelling your name wrong, then, I apologize for the double comment, sheeesh!! I only click once!!!
Awesome card, teammate.
Maria.

Dawn said...

Fantastic card, love the background in shades of blue and the sentiment is lovely. Thanks for joining in at Daring Cardmakers. X

Helen said...

Great card - the stencil background looks great.

Thanks for joining us at the Alphabet Challenge.

Helen x