Today is the January Blog Hop at Papertrey Ink. I wasn’t sure I’d have time to get a card made for the hop, but I loved the inspiration piece, and finished a card for the hop on Monday night.
What attracted me was the black background, white accents, and pretty, bright flowers. I went a slightly different way, choosing one of my favorite sets, “Lovely Layers.” It was easy to tell I’d been away from the crafting table for a few weeks, as there were a lot of pieces that ended up in the circular file before I was finished. In the end, I had a card I liked for my friend who celebrated her birthday while we were away. We celebrated yesterday at breakfast.
I stuck with the pinks and white of the inspiration piece for the sentiment. I used a “Swoosh” dies, and the rest of the sentiment came from “Birthday Cheer, ” which was embossed in white. I used a Spectrum Noir Clear Glitter pen for the center of the main image.
The main ink colors were Leaf Green, Summer Sunrise, and Hibiscus Burst with accents inked with Pinefeather, Orange Zest, Terracotta Tile, and Raspberry Fizz. The blog hop almost always produces lots of inspiration which you can access right here.
Love these bright colors against the black background. Love it!
I love your gorgeous layered flower! I also like the way the sentiment swooshes across the card.
Lovely Lauers works well with the challenge and your pink bday mimics the icing words perfectly. Beautiful card!
I love this card as I love that stamp – your take was right on!
Your card is so pretty I love the centerpiece.
Your medallion is perfect, and the swoosh die gorgeous against the black bg. Beautiful!
So pretty and vibrant.
Pretty card! Lovely Layers is one of my favorite sets.
Beautiful card, Karen!
This is so beautiful, Karen ! I have that Flower Stamp Set too, thanks for the Inspiration and great take with the PTI Picture.
Love this! It’s bright and beautiful! It stands out among the other thumbnails. (I must dig out this stamp set, as it’s been unloved for too long.)
Just beautiful. That colour you chose simply pops right off the card. So bright and vibrant.
So you, and yet still true to the inspiration piece!
The flower part reminded me of a tile that might be used on a southern Spanish wall or floor … and then I got a flashback to one of Deb’s mandalas and started imagining how it might “grow” outwards to become one of her artworks! Ha! The subconscious!
what beautiful colors on your layered flower (love that set too!) A lovely inspired b’day card! Julia xx
Beautiful design.
Miss Karen…
stunning design
I love making CAS card but always with White paper
and your card woooow CAS card with Black….I must remember your clever IDEA
I adore the contrast from Black and the pink flower and sentiment
YOUR CARD IS A WINNER!!!
If my birthday in January I will give you my address but too bad my bday is on April… (SMILE)
see you on my Blog hop card…this is my first time to joining yay I am so excited 🙂
hugs
Monika
Such a lovely card & great use of the INSPIRATION piece!
OH this is just amazing! Lovely Layers is one of my favorite sets too, and you did a gorgeous job with it! Beautiful work on the challenge!
Lovely! Truly lovely.. I’m sure your friend will treasure for years to come! I think your card IS an inspiration!
Cheers~
Wow…. beautiful! LOVE the scalloped base – the amazing colors just pop on the black bg. Lovely Layers (one of my favorites too!) is oh-so-perfect for this challenge.
This is so strikingly pretty! Love the simple beauty of this card! Very eye catching
beautiful card… love how you used the lovely layers stamps!!
As usual Karen, you NAILED it!
This is SOOOO pretty Karen! Love the simplicity of your card and how the colors of your flower just pop! Lovely, lovely card!! :0)
I love the scalloped edge to your card, Karen, and you choice of scripty sentiment looks like it’s written in frosting. Beautiful job.
Beautiful, Karen! I’ll bet your friend was impressed. The bright and bold layers look awesome with the black background.
Stunning! Love the beautiful focal point!!!!
A very striking card. The gold to orange leaves really set off the pink of the flower. Oh those inspirational cookies are a masterpiece of crafty mastership, I want to eat but would be SO afraid to ruin the design. I like breakfast celebrations
Beautiful!
Totally yummy! Bold and graphic and pretty, all at the same time.
Sharp! The flower medallion is so vibrant against the solid black – love it!
Lovely! Black backgrounds feel very fresh right now.
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