Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Happy Birthday to you, Kara!


Surpirse, Kara! Happy birthday : )

Joyce is such a great bloggy friend, organizing a big birthday blog hop for our friend Kara of kandrdesigns.
 
Recently, Kara created this graphic stunner (here is her post, which shows her inspiration piece) and I thought it would be fun to try something like it in honor of her birthday.


After wondering how to get a bow holding the flowers together, it dawned on me to just draw one with the same chalk pencil I used to trace over the "celebrate" stamp. Duh! Sometimes the best solutions are so darn simple. 

Happy Birthday, Kara!!

Your next stop on the hop is Kelly S.. If you're joining in midway, here's the list of birthday well-wishers:


Thanks for looking!
- Kelly

32 comments:

  1. Kelly, you are so super creative! What a great case of Kara's awesome card! Beautiful work!

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  2. Oh Kelly! I just love this!!!! Your hand drawn bow is the perfect finishing touch to this wonderful card which I too was admiring on Kara's blog yesterday!

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  3. Adore!!! And I'm sure Kara will too!
    And a chalk pencil? Brilliant! Now, that's something I won't find in the bolivian street markets... I guess I'll have to sharpen one of my son's chalks or something like that ;)

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  4. Beautiful take on Kara's card :)

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  5. Fantastic card Kelly, you cased Kara well. Both of those cards are fantastic. She will love your card.

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  6. What a sweet way to honor Kara on her birthday....with a card ,like the one she made. Wonderful birthday card Kelly! This is sure to put another smile on her face.

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  7. Love that you used her design for her tribute card! But that's why you're the Amazing Kelly!

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  8. LOL. Why do we all think we have to have a stamp for every single thing and in the exact right size? Love your hand-drawn bow...I would never have known it wasn't a stamp. Kara will love your card, especially since you used one of hers as inspiration.

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  9. LOL. Why do we all think we have to have a stamp for every single thing and in the exact right size? Love your hand-drawn bow...I would never have known it wasn't a stamp. Kara will love your card, especially since you used one of hers as inspiration.

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  10. LOVE this!!
    I was wowed by Kara's card when she did and I'm wowed by this one...
    it's fabulous and Kara will love it!! :)

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  11. LOVE this!!
    I was wowed by Kara's card when she did and I'm wowed by this one...
    it's fabulous and Kara will love it!! :)

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  12. LOVE this!!
    I was wowed by Kara's card when she did and I'm wowed by this one...
    it's fabulous and Kara will love it!! :)

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  13. Such a pretty card! Great tribute to her!

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  14. I love your recreation of Kara's card!! She is going to be thrilled!!

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  15. How smart to case Miss Kara! Love the chalk board look and your pencil solution was brilliant!

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  16. Love that you chose one of her designs! Happy day to Kara.

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  17. What a sweet birthday card...love your chalkboard design. Such a sweet card for Kara!

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  18. Awesome CAS card...so beautiful in its simplicity.

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  19. Fabulous CASE, Kelly ... love the softness of your version! Anita :)

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  20. What a sweet idea to case Kara--I sure wish I had thought of it! Your chalkboard card is just fantastic in every way. Thanks for coming to Kara's birthday party.

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  21. Great card, Kelly! I love how you CASEd Kara's card!

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  22. How wonderful that you used Kara's card for inspiration. It's perfect for her birthday!

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  23. Awesome!! Love your hand-drawn additions!! Beautiful! Thank you so much....you have all made my day!!

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  24. Your card is CAS perfection. I see that Kara loved it; doesn't that just make you smile?! It's really beautiful, Kelly. Bev

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  25. Oh a stunning idea for a chalkboard card! Looks JUST like the real thing...are you sure that's made out of cardstock? Hee! Awesome card, Kelly!

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  26. Kelly, what a feminine and amazing card for Kara! I'm sure she'll love it!

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  27. FABULOUS card Kelly - LOVE the chalky look!!!

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  28. Whoa, so you pretty much drew most of the card by hand? And you used the chalkboard technique? Awesome!!

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  29. Those flowers are so dainty. Such a pretty card Kelly! I'm sure she'll love it!

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I absolutely love reading comments. Thanks so much for stopping by and taking the time to leave one! - Kelly