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Sunday, April 12, 2009

HIGH HOPES CHALLENGE #26

Happy Easter Sunday to you all!! I hope you are all having a fabulous Easter weekend.
We are having some beautiful weather, still a little nippy, but the sun is gorgeous.

High Hopes challlenge #26 is brought to you this week by HH's amazingly talented #1 artist....Crissy. The challenge she has chosen is "Pierce it". Now you can pierce it any way you like, just make sure you have holes in it....LOL!!

I have chosen this adorable image "Summers Sweetness" and "Thanks a Melon" for my card.



I embossed the image with black and painted it with Tombows. I dabbed dots of color onto the sentiment and washed it with water to make the marble effect. The little roses in the corners were stamped twice and I cut out just the rose and layered them. I used my CB paisley folder for the yellow background and pierced the holes with my ornare piercing tool. I layered it onto the orange piece that was cut out with my nesties and pierced the holes in the edge.
I chose a fancy front for the card itself and the beautiful designer paper is from Darcie's. I added the pic of the card open to show you the fancy front. Of course I have added some stickles.



I hope you like it......

Be sure to stayed tuned to the High Hopes blog this week....get ready to see some sneek peeks of the new release starting April 16- 19th. The new release will be available to purchase on Sunday the 19th. I must say, Crissy has come up with some fabulous creations ...."You will LOVE them"!!!

Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by...
KAREN x

24 comments:

Sue said...

wow what a stunning card, luv the colours so vibrant brill colouring, luv the ribbon, beautiful creation, sue.x

carol said...

ooh its adorable, love the image and colours you've used, x carol

Riet said...

wowwww Karen,what a beautiful card,l love the stamp and colour.

hugs Riet.x

Agnes van Hensbergen - agnesstampcards said...

Fabulous card,love this little girl ',beautiufl combination.
hugs agnes

Cindy Haffner said...

She is adorable, so sweet.

Nikki Fairbairn said...

Such a pretty design Karen, I love the colours and your gorgeous colouring, love how you used the little roses, I hope your having a great bank holiday weekend, Big Hugs, Nikki x

Sally Cicada Designs said...

Okay is your card cute or what??? Fabulous job, but then I expect nothing less from you. Great colouring, colour combo and design! Can't wait to see the new stamps--you know you will see me sooooon!
Blessings,
Sarah

CraftyC said...

Love it karen its gorgeous!
Clairex

queenjolene99 said...

That cute little girls puts me in the mood for summer picnics!! Happy Easter!!

Iris Wiechmann said...

This is just gorgeous! I love it!

Hugs,
Iris

angeljakki said...

Such lovely summer colours, loving this card and the paper piercing looks great.
Your colouring is stunning x x x

Tasha said...

Oh Karen i just adore this card - the paper is beautiful and the image so cute! Love those flowers in the corner and the sentiment - stunning
love tasha xx

cats whiskers said...

Wow sweetie this is a brilliant card I just adore that image and that DP is perfect, love how you have done the sentiment
Perfect
Hugs Jacqui x

Shirley said...

The card is so vibrant and lovely, and she is too cute for words.

Anonymous said...

love it Karen, all of it, the colours are gorgeous the image beautifully coloured, a fabulous creation. hugs rachxx

Bev said...

Beautiful! Love the fab papers and colours Karen and that image is just too cute!
Hope you've had a fabby Easter x

Joey said...

Hi Karen, this is stunning! absolutely love your colour choice. this is my fave and I cant get it here yet out of stock always grrr! lol. Joey.xxx

Janine said...

This is such a sweet card....
Hope all is well!!!

Niki Estes said...

What a pretty card, Karen! I love how it's tied shut and that the top is smaller than the back so you can see the patterned paper inside!

Curt in Indy said...

Super sweet card, Karen! I LOVE this image and your coloring and color choices are perfect! Best, Curt

Tab said...

Oh wow hun, I just love your card! Gorge image, so sweet and love your colouring, just fab! Fabby colour combo too, good enough to eat!
Hugs Tab xxx

Theresa Momber said...

Oh, so beautiful, Karen! I love your gorgeous coloring and that ribbon is scrumptious.

Carole said...

Oh what a mouth watering card Karen, so beautiful..love the colours and accents.
Hugs
Carole x

Sharon Traynor Designs said...

Gorgeous! Really made me smile Karen - a superb sentiment for that cutie little girl.
Sharon xx