Sunday 29 May 2016

Striped Celebration

Hi and welcome to my Sunday!  I made another card today just for fun, using the sketch at MFT and the Muse card as my inspiration.



I was inspired by the row of gifts and pondered on Jenni's Muse card for the last few days.  I have the die she used, but I didn't want to copy her card.  Then I found these little gift stamps when I was looking for images for the MFT sketch and an idea was born :)

I stamped, cut and colored the gifts with Copics and popped them up on foam tape.  I colored the bows black to match the Muse card. I wanted to have the sentiment bold and black and under the gifts like the Muse card, but I also wanted to use the black and white striped paper because, well, it's black and white striped paper!  In the end, I used the negative die cut cut from black cardstock and adhered that to the pattered paper for a different look.


Thanks for visiting.



Products used:

Stamps:  Sweet Birthday Wishes (MFT)
Ink:  Black Licorice Hybrid
Cardstock:  White, Black, Dots & Stripes Neutrals
Dies:  Sweet Birthday Wishes (MFT), Celebratory Greetings (MFT)
Accessories:  Copics

Cheers
Karren

13 comments:

Jenni's Jems said...

Oh Karren I really really love this ....and as for your colouring?it is just beautiful and the sentiment is very clever too!Thank you very much for joining in over at Muse this week x

Ardyth said...

Love how that sentiment looks with the stripes - and your colouring is amazing! So glad you joined us at Muse this week, Karren!

SonjaK said...

Such a fun rainbow card! And a clever way to combine both challenges.

Nonni said...

Fantastic card, Karren! Your copic coloring blows me away and I love the design of this! Great job!

Ksenija @Sweet Kobylkin said...

Wow! Excellent colouring, Karren, and a great take on both challenges! Love the bows, so great shading you did. - Sweet Kobylkin

Marilyn said...

Love your card, Karren. The black ribbons add a special touch. Wonderful interpretation of Jenni's card.

Jen W. said...

Awesome take on both the challenges, Karren! Gorgeous shading on the gifts and I love the striped sentiment!

Patrice said...

Love love love! The shading on your gifts is gorgeous, as always, Karren. I love the bold sentiment too. I've missed your creations, so off to have a little poke around to see what you've been up to. x

Aileen said...

Karen what a wonderful card from Jenni's inspiration card. Love love how you have done this.

Rosemary said...

perfect take on the sketch, karren!! you have some mad coloring skills!!

foleysfriend said...

Love your interpretation of Jenni's Muse card; like the others have mentioned, your Copic skills are amazing; super clever way to highlight the sentiment.

Darnell said...

Okay, I so love how you cleverly and easily managed to use that b/w striped paper for the sediment, Karren! And your gifts and packages are little perfections, especially the job you did coloring black bows! Wow! Hugs, Darnell

Claire said...

Loving those gift stamps Karren - you've coloured them perfectly. What a fab way to use that striped paper...it gives the sentiment such a unique look!