Inkspiration Inspiration #8
Friday, 12 th June, 09 at '6:00 pm' 13 comments
Hey everyone! I’m really enjoying being a designer for Makeesha’s challenges. They are so much fun and challenges are soooo my thing…LOL! This week was just a teency bit hard for me, so unfortunately it is not absolutely fabulous. I love it when something comes together so easily, but alas this one was not coming together for me too well.
Here is the inspiration pic-

Here is my submission-

I must admit though I did learn something new! For myself anyway, I, by no means, am saying that this is my own idea, I’m sure someone else has done it. But I have not yet heard or seen it before.
What happened was- I was thinking that white embossing powder would be too bright for the leaves. Going by the pic they seemed a shimmery white. I also thought that Clear would not be bright enough, so in a light bulb moment I decided to mix the two together. I thought this is either going to rock or it would be a disaster, especially wasting embossing powder by mixing them. But you never know if you don’t give it a go…..right?
So the result……I loved it! The texture it gave was wonderful and it even looked shimmery because in spots you could see through the embossing to see the colour below. Here is a close up-

Cool hey??? I’m not too sure about the rest of the design though….it seemed a little ….blah to me. What do you think?
- Stamp Set- Organic Outlines, Circle Circus and Bet Yet
- Cardstock- Old Olive and Sahara Sand
- Ink- Versa Mark, Sahara Sand and Old Olive
- Accessories- Clear Embossing Powder, White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Scallop Circle Punch, 1 1/4 Circle Punch, Cuttlebug Circle Label Die, Cuttlebug Machine, Dimensionals and Old Olive Ribbon
Anyway check out the other DT’s efforts I’m sure they will astound you.
I hope I have inspired you all in some way this week
Entry filed under: Inkspiration Design Team Challenges. Tags: Embossing, Makeesha Byl Inkspiration, Organic Outlines.





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amy Fleming | Friday, 12 th June, 09 at '6:06 pm'
Kirsty you have done a fantastic job!!! I really love the stamp set you used i think that the whole thing came together beautifully:)
Have a fantastic week!!!
Amy
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Karen Thomas | Friday, 12 th June, 09 at '6:10 pm'
Holy heck – you did superbly with this challenge Kirsty! I had the problem of having 3 laptops in the house and each one showed the inspiration pic in a different colour scheme! lol I had no idea which to go with! lol
But you’ve done fantastic – I love it!
Karen
xo
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Sandi Dailey | Friday, 12 th June, 09 at '8:37 pm'
Kirsty, I think it looks very elegant. Love what you did with the emobssing powders.
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Rae | Friday, 12 th June, 09 at '11:07 pm'
Kristy, I think you did a great job on your card. I love the embossing powder idea and it really popped. Great job!
5.
anna | Friday, 12 th June, 09 at '11:57 pm'
oooh, i think it’s gorgeous – it’s one of those ideas that i might just pinch!
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Renée | Saturday, 13 th June, 09 at '12:44 am'
I used the same stamp set! Fabulous card, love the image embossed in white. It’s not “blah” at ALL!
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Cindy Major | Saturday, 13 th June, 09 at '8:29 am'
That was very inspired, Kirsty! Love the stamp set you picked and that embossing powder mix is very clever!!! Thanks for sharing your new trick!
Cindy
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Fiona Harrison | Saturday, 13 th June, 09 at '10:46 am'
Fabulous, great idea with the embossing powder. As soon as I saw the inspiration pic I thought of either ‘organic outlines’ or ‘flight of the butterfly’, however I don’t own either set!
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Makeesha Byl | Saturday, 13 th June, 09 at '1:14 pm'
ooooh I like this a lot Kirsty! It isn’t blah at all, and I think that stamp set works a treat!!!! Love the clear and white embossing powder, as it gives off a great effect! I will have to try that one day! Thanks so much for your inspired creation this week! Love Keesh x
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Christine Blain | Saturday, 13 th June, 09 at '3:09 pm'
Sweet! Nothing blah about this, Kirsty. I’m loving that stamp set (that I dislked when I first saw it) – love what you’ve done with it. Your cards are BEAUTIFUL; I always love checking out what you’ve done.
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Michelle | Sunday, 14 th June, 09 at '2:55 am'
simple elegance That is what came to mind as soon as I saw this card. Nothing blah about that.
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Kim Badelt | Sunday, 14 th June, 09 at '10:27 am'
HI Kirsty,
definately not blah, I think it looks just great. I think your embossing idea was great – inspirational, and gave just the right effect to the card.
Kim
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ninasays | Thursday, 18 th June, 09 at '9:05 pm'
This is a really cool idea! And it totally looks like the cushions! Great job!! Greetings from sunny Germany