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Tuesday 1 October 2013

Piercing, Stitching or Inky Stitch Challenge

Ok...all together...How the heck did we get to October so fast??!!!! It's incredibly scary how fast this year has flown by...can someone please stop the clock for a little while!

Anywho...morning and welcome to a shiny new challenge here at LCI lol! Thank you to everyone who entered our Anything But Square challenge...to see if you're one of the winner's check out our Challenge Blog

Today's challenge has been brought to you buy the letter J....Julie...I'm practicing my Sesame Street chat for Coen lol. 

Now to be honest Julie confused a couple of the Ladybugs...me included. We thought it was Paper PIECING....one of my favourite techniques. Paper PIERCING however is NOT lol. Thank goodness she added stitching ;-D

It's my niece's birthday on the 7th and decided that although I love Billie I didn't want to use her. If you haven't noticed I've kinda used her a lot lately lol. The image that instantly came to mind was digi Handbag Nikki. Ciara LOVES handbags...she's got quite a collection of posh ones lol. Here's my card...let me know what you think....



I wanted to do something different from my usual square (although I think I might have mentioned recently that a rectangle is a square that has been stretched lol) so did a bit of surfing and combined elements I liked from different layouts I saw.

I printed Handbag Nikki, coloured her with my Copics and fussy cut her. I hand drew a wave onto cardstock and traced it on 2 different Bazzill pp's (one is double sided). I matched the waves and tacked them together onto the white cardstock before stitching along the edge. So far so good??? 


Ummmm no....I meant to put a computer generated sentiment directly onto the white cs BEFORE I did the stitching :-S Not to be beaten I typed and printed Happy Birthday, attached the white panel with removable tape and ran it through the computer again and Voila! Arrgggghhhhhhhhh!!! I really didn't want to start over so I just traced the wave again and stitched it over the inked piece and it looks fine ... phew lol!



Once the panic was over I stuck Handbag Nikki to the front of the card with foam pads, added Rose and Light Rose 2mm Swarovski crystals for a bit of bling and a Wink of Stella to Nikki's top and cow print bag for a subtle sparkle.


What do you think??? I think it's one of my favourites for a long while :-D

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Lacy Sunshine Challenge - Stitching Real or Faux
The Squirrel and the Fox - Happy Birthday
Craftin Desert Diva's - Anything With Sentiment
Paper Makeup Stamps - Pretty In Pink/Pink Awareness
Kaboodle Doodles - Your Special Day
Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Nicole, Ben and Coen went up north to visit Ben's parents for 4 days. Although I missed Coen terribly (he's 19 weeks tomorrow!) I managed to catch up on a few things lol.

This is a fab picture of the 3 of them...


and look what the little rascal was up to....


underage drinking lol. Bad Uncle Sam lol

I just had to show you this picture  Nic took it yesterday... 


Then I did my little thing with my PS Express app....fun!


My favourite picture of me and the little guy...


We look forward to seeing what you come up with for this challenge. We'd love to see more entries using LCI images and the best thing is you get an extra prize if you do!!

I'm working on something that the Ladybugs are going to share with you VERY soon...I think you're going to like it. Just keep the 15th free...that's all I'm saying ;-D

Thanks for stopping by

Catch ya later x

23 comments:

DesignerDiva said...

19 weeks! OMG how did that happen. Gorgeous pictures Kerry and I like your card too!
Hugs Laurie xx

Whimsey said...

Super cute card; love the curves, LOVE the papers!! Beautiful colors, love me some polka dots and you were never know there was an ink smudge.

Coen - oh my stars, be still my beating heart! He's a lady killer. LOL GREAT family photo; cannot believe how big he is! Nic looks fab!!

Donna K said...

Handbag Nikki is just darling! You did a fab job covering up your boo boo with the sentiment, we never would have known if you hadn't shared with us! I just have to say that I really like your blog...glad I was able to stop by today. Thanks for sharing and thanks for linking up with us at Craftin Desert Diva's
Anything with a Sentiment Linky Party!
~Donna K

Kathleen said...

Fabulous card Kerry, love the waves and a lovely image, wish I'd seen it last week as I have to say they are a tad difficult to see if there are no cards on view.
Sacked again no doubt!
Brilliant colouring.
Love the photo's of Coen.

Kath x

Kathleen said...

Fabulous card Kerry, love the waves and a lovely image, wish I'd seen it last week as I have to say they are a tad difficult to see if there are no cards on view.
Sacked again no doubt!
Brilliant colouring.
Love the photo's of Coen.

Kath x

Isobel said...

Great card thanks for joining us at Kaboodle Doodles and good luck x

Lisa Lynn said...

Your card is adorable, and I think your Granddaughter will love it especially since it is pink. GREAT photos. With a face like that I would miss it too. I just took some pictures of my great-nephew on Sunday in Halloween costumes for a distraction so I know they are a lot of fun:) Saw your great creation on MIM.

Nikki Craft said...

Gorgeous card, love that image:) x
Thanks for joining us at The Lacy Sunshine challenge,
hugs Nikki x

Rene said...

Awww, how sweet is he? And your card is gorgeous too!
Thank you so much for sharing this fab creation with us at MIM!

Remember, to be in the running to win the prize from our sponsor this week just leave a comment for another entry. Be sure to mention you saw them on Make It Monday. The more entries you comment on the more chances you have of winning!

Good luck,
Rene :D

Thea said...

Lovely Card....thank for joining us at Lacy Sunshine.

Wendy said...

Gorgeous! Love the pink 'waves' and the crystals.. but where did the brown splodge in the corner go? How did you get rid of that? Spotted this lovely card on MIM xx

carla said...

Great card, cute image and super pink colours.
Thank you so much for playing with us at Paper Makeup Stamps.
Good luck !

Carla (DT Paper Makeup Stamps)
If you like it,you can visit my blog:
http://carlasknutselateljeeke.blogspot.be
Thanks.

Unknown said...

Your grandson is adorable with a capital A! What a lucky grandma you are. :)

Love Handbag Nikki on your fab birthday card. She's colored up beautifully and love the pink curved panels. Thanks for joining us at The Squirrel and The Fox.

Highland Handmade said...

cute pics! love the one of the 3 of them!! cute card too although obviously far too much pink was used!! glad you sorted out your mishap! I would have cried! x

mum of two said...

How fabulous Kerry! Thanks so much for playing with us this week at Craftin Desert Diva Anything with a Sentiment.
Hope to see you again soon :)

michelle
Purple Monkey Moments

Unknown said...

What a beautiful card! Thank you for taking part in the Lacy Sunshine Challenge!

Julie said...

Hi Kerry, I'm so sorry I've not stopped by before, you do however know I LOVE THIS CARD!!!!!! you are just too clever lady!.x

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