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Friday, April 18, 2008

Pine Cone Birthday



Here is my card for Beate's wonderful Weekend Sketch Challenge #44 (WSC44)! It's an easy guy card to make. This is a birthday card that I created for my brother-in-law. Thanks for the great challenge!

All products used are from Stampin' Up! I used Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Really Rust, and Wild Wasabi card stock. I stamped the pine cone from the Noble Deer set in garden green and then use my chocolate chip marker to color in the pine cones and branch. I then stamped my image on the cs. I used my scoring tool to create the lines that frame the branch. The gave the effect I was looking for. I then stamped the saying in garden green and punched it out with the designer label punch. I sponged both with creamy caramel. After punching out the saying, I thought that it needed more, so I added another layer. Instead of trying to cut around the punch I punched out a 1 3/8 circle and cut a rectangle and attached those two together. This worked perfectly. I stamped the pine branch the dots (from the Polka Dots and Paisley set) in versamark on the background panels.

Thanks so much for looking! Have fun stamping!!!


18 comments:

jo said...

love it , its stunning , huggs jo x

Cazzy said...

Nice colour combo Kari!

Heather said...

Terrific card! I LOVE it! Thanks for sharing!

Anonymous said...

Beautiful card, Kari. I love the colors you chose.
Hugs and smiles

Laura (scrapnextras) said...

Great job with Beate's sketch! Fabulous guy card, and they can be tough!

Unknown said...

Beautiful colours X

nessy said...

what a fab mans card!! so stylish!!
vanessa xx

Anonymous said...

Love this card :-) xxx

Angie C said...

This is such a lovely card Kari

Jo said...

Fabulous card Kari and I love the image!

Heather said...

I know I already commented on this one but I just keep coming back to it. I love this card. Great colors and layout!

Kristine said...

LOVE this card! That layout and the colors you chose are wonderful together!! :D

Moonegirl said...

I love the colors you chose for this card. They are masculine without being too seasonal. How did you color the pine cones again? You really are good-this one looks perfect!

Maureen said...

Really great card! Love how you layered the designer label punch!

Gia Harvey said...

Lovely - your idea on the sentiment was great.

Lesley said...

Great card, I love the pine cone stamp xxx

Jennifer_GlitterInMyHair said...

Great job on this! Fun sketch, perfect colors, it's fabulous!

Unknown said...

Love this simple elegant card!
Diane

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