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I'm the kind of person that, when I make cards, I just start "creating" and see what comes out of it! Sometimes I have something as an inspiration, and sometimes I'm just winging it. Also.....sometimes they work out well, and sometimes.....well....you'd never see it posted here! ;D

This card I made based on a sketch challenge over at Hero Arts. And, this was the sketch I used:

I rarely use sketches as a guide for making a card, but I have to admit, I had a BLAST with this one!! Here's my card:

Here's how I did it:

The red gingham areas are scraps of patterned paper. The blue and red striped rectangles were made my inking HA Canvas Stripes stamp with Faded Jeans distress ink and Stampin Up Cherry Cobbler ink onto white cardstock. The stamped image was then distressed with Frayed Burlap distress ink. The kraft areas were made my inking my stamps with Versamark ink, stamping onto kraft cardstock, and heat embossing with white embossing powder. The blue "denim looking" strips is actually washi tape. I cut the shapes to match the sketch as much as possible, and adhered them to my 5x7" kraft cardstock base. I decided to add the red ric-rac, which I love! Silver star brads were added to the sentiment, which was then adhered to the card with foam tape.

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And, here's my list of supplies:

Hero Arts Kraft cardstock Neenah Solar White Cardstock *Hero Arts Cling Stamp CANVAS STRIPES Rubber cg196 Faded Jeans Distress Ink Stampin Up Cherry Cobbler Ink Ink Blending Tool Distress Ink "Frayed Burlap" *Hero Arts NEWSPAPER BACKGROUND 2012 Rubber Stamp S5601 Designblock HA Big Ticket Versamark Marvy Uchida Heat Gun Scotch ATG (tape glider) Double-sided foam tape

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