Friday, January 4, 2013

Tropically Krafty

A few of my aunts and uncles recently got together and got me a nice gift card, so I made them some thank-you cards. I wasn't really sure what to do until I decided to be inspired by the card they sent along with the gift card. The card was brown, with a debossed gold vine and some white flowers with dark pink centers. I skipped the vine and used much bigger flowers.

I made an attempt at stamping the flowers in dark pink and using white embossing powder just around their edges, so as to have a dark pink center. Unsurprisingly, the embossing powder stuck to everything, and my flowers were plain white. Bah. So I took my finger, smooshed it in the pink ink pad, and dabbed at the centers -- and it turns out I really like the effect!

Thank goodness for serendipity. Whatever would I do without it?

I'm entering this serendipitous card in the following challenges:

I'm also linking up with DL.ART's Thankful Thursday January Linky Party -- it's anything goes, but thank-you cards seem very appropriate!

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13 comments:

  1. Lorraine AJanuary 4, 2013 at 2:29 AM

    Gorgeous cards and what a fab idea to CASE the gift card ! :-) The flowers and embossing are lovely :-)

    thanks for joining us on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge :-)
    luv
    Lols x x x

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  2. DIANA L.January 4, 2013 at 2:53 AM

    Your card is so pretty the embossing looks like embroidery I love that look and the pink centers of the flowers really give it some dimension. They will love the cards
    Thank you for joining my DL.ART Thankful Thursday Anything Goes January Linky Party
    DIANA L.
    http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com

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  3. fatmonicaJanuary 4, 2013 at 3:24 AM

    These are gorgeous and the flowers look great.

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  4. JoyJanuary 4, 2013 at 5:55 AM

    Such a beautiful set of cards.. thanks for joining us at Simon Says Challenge blog

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 4, 2013 at 11:35 AM

    Fabulous cards, love the embossed flowers on the Kraft cardstock. Thanks for joining us at FSC. Sue C x

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  6. Holly AKA KopyKatJanuary 4, 2013 at 4:02 PM

    Love the tropical flowers on the kraft paper, this is so cute. Thanks for playing with us over at Loves Rubberstamps!!!

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  7. Mrs.BJanuary 4, 2013 at 4:52 PM

    Great set of cards, and thos flowers look lovely onthe Kraft.
    Thanks for sharing with us at FSC
    Avril

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  8. JennyHJanuary 5, 2013 at 5:04 AM

    Lovely set of cards, your smoosh technique works really well : )

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  9. Laura LoveJanuary 5, 2013 at 5:32 AM

    I think these turned out beautifully! I love the smooshed pink centers - very pretty! Thank you so much for playing along this week at Loves Rubberstamps!

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  10. SarahJanuary 5, 2013 at 12:33 PM

    the flowers look so good on the Kraft - great cards! Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp & Show. Sarah.

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  11. CealJanuary 8, 2013 at 1:14 AM

    Great set of cards! Thanks for sharing with us at Loves Rubberstamps this week! Hope to see you again.

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  12. JingleJanuary 8, 2013 at 9:11 AM

    The flowers look really good! Very pretty! Thanks so much for playing along with us over on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog!

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  13. ClaireJanuary 12, 2013 at 5:04 AM

    Gorgeous cards, love the way you've inked those flowers - very effective. Thanks so much for joining us at FSC this time
    Claire xx

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