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Friday, July 15, 2011

Happy Birthday with Rosie-Blogger's Challenge


Blogger's Challenge Friday with one of my favorite themes- a sketch challenge.  Although I would love to say this card came easy for me, I was doing it in bits and pieces and kept on changing some things.










I colored this image from Lili of the Valley months ago and had it sitting on my stack of things to put together.  I loved the colors and they worked perfectly with the new Play Date Cafe Challenge this week.  I had to alter one of my colors to make it a little bit darker on my image but think it turned out great.  I wanted to use some of the new lattice rectangles  that I recently added to my spellbinders collection, they worked out great for the 2 rectangles in the sketch.


I ran my creamsicle cardigan paper through the cuttle bug with the Swiss dots folder to give it some more dimension against the lattice rectangles.  I decided to put some Lilac twine from The Twinery on the rectangles, some stickles on the stars and the candle.  At the last minute I added some 3D Crystal Lacquer onto the cake icing.

The two opposite sides looked a little bare so I included a sentiment and on the side opposite put some orange creative candy.

If you'd like to play along with this weeks Bloggers Challenge, please link back to this post on your blog and mention you created your card for the Bloggers Challenge Sketch Challenge. Please add your link using the Linky Tool on any of the blogs.  Please post your direct link to your Bloggers Challenge Post, not just a link to your blog. Please do not link to cards that were created prior to the challenge date. Entries not linking properly, or backlinked will be removed.
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Card details:
Stamps: Rosie with Cake from Lili of the Valley and sentiment from Daisies2Garden from The{Stamps}of Life
Cardstock: Orchid Opulence, Eggplant Envy (SU!) and Creamsicle Cardigan, A Blanc Check (Clear & Simple Stamps)
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Eggplant Envy, copic markers
Embellishments: Amuse Creative Candy-orange, Lattice Rectangles & Circles from Spellbinders Nestabilities, Lilac Twine from The Twinery, 3D Crystal Lacquer, Orange Peel Stickles & Scattered Straw Distress Stickles

17 comments:

BarbaraW said...

Kim, This is wonderful. The extra touches really add to the overall effect. Love the image.

TenSGal said...

This is just so precious...love that image!!! So cute!

Gayle Page-Robak said...

Isn't this fun!! What an adorable and beautifully created card.

Yvonne Garner said...

What a fun card! Love all the extra touches too.

Terry said...

Love the birthday card and the image is so sweet! Wonderful use of those colors!

Ida said...

Oh how cute! Your image is just darling and I love all the added embellished touches like the jewels and twine.

Lisa Somerville said...

How cute is she! Fab coloring, wonderful use of the sketch!

Kristen said...

Fabulous card Kim, and you know I love the image. Colored wonderfully!

Stampin in the suburbs said...

This girl is very cute. I love all the little extras you added to this.

Gez Butterworth said...

awe, what a cutie! Great take on the sketch.

Shelly Schmidt said...

The image is so darling- love the icing on the cake! The panels are great and love the twine you added.

Kimberly Gajewski said...

This is simply adorable, Kim! I love LOTV stamps! You've added such lovely accents too! :D

Fiona said...

Hi Kim, such a pretty card with this weeks colours! That image is so cute - thanks for playing along at the Play Date Cafe!

Gerrie Johnnic said...

Such a cute image, luv your final take on the BC, great card....don't be afraid to construct your own hat....just make sure the foil is clean! It works, but you must believe!!!

Lisa Bohler said...

Love the way you used the baker's twine to accent the square portion of the sketch! Cute!

Suzanne C said...

This image is adorable and you colored it beautifully! Super sweet card!

Jaclyn Miller said...

Wow, your card is so cute and you nailed this week's colors. Thank you so much for playing along at The Play Date Cafe.

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