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Monday 9 April 2012

Penny Black Case It

Evening Folks
Hope you have all had a great bank holiday weekend.  Can't believe it's come round to Monday evening already.  Back to the grindstone tomorrow (work by another name lol).
Just a quick post tonight before I relax and prepare myself for tomorrow.
The challenge over at Penny Black Saturday this week is to Case It.
Helen has produced this gorgeous creation and the challenge is to use it as inspiration for your own piece of work.  You could take the colours, layout, the embossing or anything else that has inspired you.

Now I have never done a Case It challenge before so decided to have a go.


The stamp is from Penny Black and I simply stamped it using distress inks and did a bit of watercolouring using distress inks.  I embossed some red and green coredinations and matted this onto kraft card. Added some red vintage ribbon and some pearls.  Job done.
This is very much out of my comfort zone as I normally embellish far more than this.  Still not too sure about it myself.  It was a real struggle stopping myself from adding to it lol.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Penny Black Saturday - Case It
Crafty Catz - CAS (hopefully this is CAS enough).

Thanks for popping by and hope you all have a good week.  I am going to Ally Pally on Saturday so hopefully the week won't drag by too much.
Take care

21 comments:

Doreen said...

This is gorgeous,love the image.xxx

Susie said...

It looks fab, Mags- love the embossing! Susie x

Wendy said...

Gorgeous card Mags, lovely image.
Wendy xx

karen said...

Beautiful card Mags,hugs, Karenx

Vicky said...

Great cards Mags, don't work too hard tomorrow!!

hugs Vicky x x x

Desire Fourie said...

Gorgeous creations. Love the wild flower images which you have definitely showcased very creatively.
Hugs
Desire

Lorraine A said...

Gorgeous card Mags :-) you CASE'd Helen's card perfectly and the CAS style is fab ! I love the stamp you used too, beautiful :-)

luv
Lols x x x

CRAZYCRAFTSHED said...

Hi Mags
Two gorgeous cards thankyou for joining us this week at CraftyCatz
Hugs Dianne xx

Lindsay Craftymonster81 said...

Really gorgeous, love the colours and that poppy is beautiful
Lindsay xx

carol said...

fab creations, thanks for sharing with us at CRAFTY CATZ this week, x carol

Donna Mosley said...

Very beautiful creation Mags, love the flower. Hope work went well hun.

Donna x

Helen said...

You've done a wonderful job - love the colours!
Thanks for CASE-ing my card for this week's Penny Black Saturday Challenge!
Helen x

Mina said...

wow Mags I love this design, it has a real rustic feel to it and the colours match it perfectly
Mina xxx

Jules said...

Hi Mags

Great "case" .. .. love your colours!

It is bound to be a slow week .. .. the build up to any crafting treat always is .. .. and then when it is here it flies by LOL!!!

Have a good time.

Love Jules xx

Kath Stewart said...

beautiful card mags...thanks for joining in the fun at Penny Black Saturday..hugs kath xxx

Kim x said...

This is lovely Mags.
Have a great time at Ally Pally, and thanks for stopping by my blog.
hugs Kimx

Suzie's Card Den said...

Hi Mags
Two lovely cards, lovely colours. Dont work too hard... LOL.
Hugs
Suzie xx

Hazel said...

Hi Mags

I think you've done a fantastic job and really like the card. The watercolour on the stamp looks fabulous.

Hope you have a lovely time at Ally Pally.

Thank you for your comments on my blog I really do appreciate it.

See you soon.

Toodle pip.

Hazel xx

Unknown said...

Wow both of these cards are so elegant!!!!! Love the colors image and the embossing!!!!! Beautiful work!!!!!!

Kim Dellow said...

Oh so beautiful. Lovely makes. Kim

debby4000 said...

Love your beautiful card.
luv
Debby