Tuesday 27 September 2011

Inkurable Stampers September Challenge




Hello! The September challenge at Inkurable Stampers is to use eyelets (link here). I had my new Twinkling H20s out, so I made another ATC, this time using a Hero Arts stamp embossed in gold. Once it was embossed, I painted it in shades of warm gold and brown with some magenta highlights (Golden Nugget, Desert Clay, Harvest Sol, Raspberry Wine). I matted it on some burgundy linen cardstock, and embossed the edges in gold. Then stamped "inspire" (Darkroom Door) on a torn strip of the same linen paper and attached it with eyelets. The finishing touch was to add some Gala Glitz (Art Institute) to the flower (little gold balls, and shards of gold glass). I really must get some gold Gala Glitz. I'm tired of winkling out the gold pieces out of my teal jar....




Thanks for stopping by!

12 comments:

  1. Karen this is so pretty! I love those embossed and painted flowers - the colour tones in them are delightful :)

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  2. BEAUTIFUL colours and flowers Karen.

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  3. This is beautiful!

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  4. Paperquilter (Liz)28 September 2011 at 09:24

    That is truly a tiny little work of art! Lovely, and so well-suited to the challenge of the ATC size.

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  5. What a rich and elegant ATC... love the embossing!

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  6. Lovely card Karen. I like how you used your twinks.

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  7. Simply incredible! What a rich and lovely card. I am not familiar with some of the products you have used, so I need to search. I can't take my eyes off of this beauty! Wow!

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  8. Very painterly effect - and I love how you were able to coordinate the small highlights of Rasperry Wine with the cardstock.

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  9. gosh - love that gold embossing and I am not usually a gold girl!! Beautiful!!

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  10. This is such a beautiful ATC, gorgeous colours & texture :)

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  11. beautiful ATC Karen I love the richness of the gold

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  12. love this one too...
    I will update my ATC blog soon, so you can choose... forgot to say this in the previous message.

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