Monday, April 25, 2016

Papertrey April 2016 Blog Hop Challenge...


When I looked at this month's inspiration picture, nothing came to me. No creative juices flowed, no ideas generated in my brain. I walked away, came back and took a closer look and picked out the obvious things - red, brown, cream, circles, stitched lines. After all, we're supposed to be getting inspiration from the photo, not replicating it!


On a stitched piece of Vintage Cream cardstock, I stamped overlapped circles in Pure Poppy ink, and then stamped a mirror image of them in Kraft ink. The sentiment is stamped in Dark Chocolate ink on a stitched circle, stacked 4 times for just a touch of dimension.

I adhered the panel to a Kraft card base impressed with woodgrain. Since this is more masculine looking, I added jute around the top of the card.

Card Details:
  • Stamps:  PTI Sketched Shapes, Bubble Talk
  • Paper:  PTI Kraft, Vintage Cream
  • Ink:  PTI Pure Poppy, Kraft, Dark Chocolate
  • Dies:  PTI Woodgrain Impression Plate; Lil Inker Designs Stitched Mats: Rectangles, Circles
  • Other: Jute
  • Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

25 comments:

  1. Oh, this is so cool! Fabulous take on the inspiration piece!

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  2. Your card ties in beautifully with the inspiration photo, Lainey! You did a fabulous job with this challenge, and I love the detail of the sentiment being placed on that small stitched circle.

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  3. Totally fun and free, Lainey. Perfect little stitched sentiment!

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  4. This is fantastic! Did you use a MISTI or free hand the stamping?

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    1. Hi Vicki! No Misti, just freehanded. I was surprised at how easy it was to do without any "help"!

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  5. clever, clever design... love it!!

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  6. I love this design and your take on the Inspiration photo.

    Katy

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  7. Great card! Love your sketchy circles and design. Great take on the inspiration!

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  8. Exactly! We're supposed to be inspired and you certainly were, Lainey. Fabulous card and interpretation.

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  9. A wonderful take on this challenge!! I love the perfect colors you selected!

    Patti

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  10. Lainey, what a great card! I love your take on the inspiration photo. Love it!

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  11. CAS perfection Lainey! Really love the clean and simple lines to this beauty...I think you totally nailed this challenge!! :0)

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  12. very cool looking card. The stitching is perfect.

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  13. Wonderful design! Love the CAS look to the creation!

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  14. What a fun & creative use of the inspiration!

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  15. Really nice job. Love the overlapping of the circles and the geometric design.

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  16. What fun groups of circles! Great take on the inspiration.

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  17. Very cute.. love the way the overlapping causes some parts of the circles to be darker.. very nice take on the challenge hop

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  18. Sketched Shapes was perfect for this challenge, Lainey! I'm getting so many awesome ideas, especially for masculine cards. Great card!

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  19. This is an awesome card for the hop! Love this!

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  20. So simple yet such a cute take on the challenge! I really like it. Great job!

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