Happy New Year!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2020!!

Sincere thanks for all your most wonderful, kind and generous comments this year.

I am so grateful.

Wishing you everything good for the New Year.

xx Karen

Saying Goodbye to 2019

Good Morning.

As we say goodbye to 2019, I thought I would look back and highlight a few of my personal favourite cards that I created this year.  

So here are the ones that I really enjoyed creating.

https://snippets-karen.blogspot.com/2019/06/celebrate-craft-stamper-magazine.html

https://snippets-karen.blogspot.com/2019/08/magical-garden.html

https://snippets-karen.blogspot.com/2019/05/harmony.html

https://snippets-karen.blogspot.com/2019/09/autumns-arrival.html

https://snippets-karen.blogspot.com/2019/08/wildflowers.html

https://snippets-karen.blogspot.com/2019/10/little-moments.html

https://snippets-karen.blogspot.com/2019/07/pretty-pastel-sunset-flower-challenge.html

https://snippets-karen.blogspot.com/2019/09/rose-garden-acrylic-block-coloring.html

https://snippets-karen.blogspot.com/2019/12/warmest-wishes.html

https://snippets-karen.blogspot.com/2019/11/snowy-woods.html

Again, heartfelt thanks for coming by and taking a look!

Elegance and Faux Stitching

Hello and welcome.

Today, I have the pleasure of hosting our last Technique Lovers Challenge TLC for this year over at Splitcoast Stampers.

It has been such a busy and hectic time for so many, so I decided to go with a simple and easy challenge:  

Faux Stitching.

I really like the interest it adds.

So onto my card details.

I began with a small leftover piece of an alcohol inked background and stamped the flower head onto that with Versamark ink and embossed it with some black eb powder.  I fussy cut it out and set it aside to cool.  You have to be very careful when embossing on the Yupo or it will melt.

Next, I took a piece of heavy white cardstock and laid the Rectangle mask over the center area of my paper.  I inked up the open area with my DOX inks and an inking tool, blending the colours together that matched the colours of my flower head.  Leaving the mask in place, I added a bit of stenciling, splattered with some water to lift some of the colour, then splattered with some white acrylic paint to help lighten it up a bit and to add interest.

I removed the mask and stamped the whole flower in the position I wanted it in.

Next, using a piercing tool, I pierced holes all around the outside edge of my inked area to act like a frame.  After all the piercing was done, I drew lines with a black tip marker between the holes to create the 'faux' stitches.

I glued the flower head on top of the stem then glued the whole piece onto some brown cardstock then onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Here is the stencil I used:

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Adding my card to these challenges:

Love to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

Southern Girls- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Creative Chaos (Visible Image)

Inks- Versafine Clair Noir; DOX (Rusty Hinge, Spiced Marmalade, Vintage Photo,

Black Soot) (TH); Alcohol inks

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); Yupo for the flower head

Accessories and Tools- Rectangle Mask (A Colorful Life Designs); Simple Mosaic stencil 

(A Colorful Life Designs); Piercing tool (TH); Pigma Micron Pen; white acrylic paint; 

Black eb powder