Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Sketch Tuesday-Fight Global Warming!


I got the inspiration for the layout from Skipping Stones Design April Guest Sketch Artist, Laurie Schmidlin.  This is challenge SSD 71.  We also have two new Guest DT members for April, Mona Pendleton and Diana Fisher.  Be sure to visit and play along with Sketch Tuesday at Skipping Stones Design.


I got the inspiration for the color from Play Date Cafe Challenge #75.

Thus the silver cake plate...I used the metal embossing technique I did several weeks ago for the Skipping Stones Design 'Tips and Tricks Thursday'.  It was quite simple really, I stamped the image from SSD set, Green Birthday on the back of a Spellbinders metal sheet, waited a couple minutes for the ink to dry, then used my stylus to emboss over the image, then flipped it to the front side and trimmed with my little pair of craft scissors.  I was pretty excited how the little cake stand turned out!  The original tutorial can be seen on my blog at this link: Tips and Tricks-Metal Embossing.
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10 comments:

  1. ~amy~April 5, 2011 at 5:05 AM

    CUTE!!!! Love the handstitching..such a fab touch.

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  2. WendyApril 5, 2011 at 7:26 AM

    Barb, its pretty funny that it is a common thing that you and I are pulling inspiration from the same places!! Your card is perfect. I hope you are having a good week so far and I wish I lived closer to you and Kandi too!!! I will let you all know when I am in the Pocatello area!! Have a good one!

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  3. JingleApril 5, 2011 at 7:39 AM

    Very cute card, Barb!

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  4. Mona PendletonApril 5, 2011 at 8:47 AM

    Cute birthday card Barb! The cross stitches are the perfect touch!

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  5. TamraApril 5, 2011 at 1:11 PM

    This is super cute Barb! I love the candle strip and the little crosstitch accents! Hope you have a wonderful week!

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  6. FionaApril 5, 2011 at 4:25 PM

    Such a fun card Barb - love the use of the cake plate :) Thanks for joining in the fun at the Play Date Cafe!

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  7. Jinny NewlinApril 5, 2011 at 8:53 PM

    LOVE this design and your stitches, Barb! And way to rock that cake plate! Thanks so much for playing along with us this week at The Play Date Cafe!

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  8. Michele GrossApril 5, 2011 at 9:27 PM

    Love that candle background panel! Cute and clever :) Thanks for playing with us at The Play Date Cafe!

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  9. Savannah O'GwynnApril 6, 2011 at 10:48 AM

    OHHH! LOVE your background stamping--and that stitching! Such a great touch! Thank you so much for playing along with us over at the PDCC!

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  10. BrendaApril 6, 2011 at 8:06 PM

    great card! Love the stitching!

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