Rainbow of Happiness

 Today’s card uses Cecile’s sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches and I was stumped at first then thought of a deconstructed rainbow so that’s what I went with.

To avoid too many clashing colours, I kept the other elements neutral. The sentiment comes from an old SugarPea Designs stamp set.

Thanks for visiting. I hope you’ll check out the wonderful cards made by the design team.

Products used:

Stamps:  Whatever the Weather (SugarPea Designs)

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Lost Shadow Distress Ink

Cardstock:  White, Grout Gray, Wild Cherry, Coral Crush, Banana Split, Limelight, Blueberry, Lavender Fields (MFT), Paradise (Hero Arts)

Dies:  Lovely Layers: April Showers (Honey Bee Designs)

Accessories:  Subtle Embossing Folder (SU)

Cheers

Karren

Willow Wishes

 Hi and welcome to a new sketch from the team at Freshly Made Sketches, where our hostess this week is Jen Brum.  I am still not feeling very creative after my break from card-making so this is a pretty simple card - that still took forever to pull together!

I'll just say upfront that I completely missed where the sentiment should go, so just ignore that little error, please.

The background is the result of a foiling mistake where I placed the plate upside down on my Glimmer.  This is the negative and I like the soft, abstract look of this.  But I can't remember what plate I used so I'll never be able to recreate this!  The pussy willows were ink-blended when I was away from home recently and I decided instead of a circle, to use two tags.

Thanks for visiting.  The design team have some gorgeous samples to inspire you to play along.

Products used:

Stamps:  Envelope of Wonder Sentiments (Spellbinders

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, various Altenew inks

Cardstock:  White

Dies:  Botanicuts: Pussy Willow (The Greetery), Tags (Spellbinders Advent Calendar 2023)

Accessories:  Baker's Twine, Pacific Northwest Pearls (Honey Bee Stamps)

Cheers

Karren

Floral Wishes

Hi, I’m back after a break of a few weeks. My daughter has major surgery in another city and I went with her as her support.  I took some white die-cuts with me and some ink cubes and spent a little time ink-blending. The flowers used in this card are some of those die-cuts.

This card uses the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches where this week our sketch hostess is Kim Singdahlsen. I wasn’t feeling very crafty after a busy and stressful few weeks so this card isn’t my best but it’ll do. 

Thanks for visiting. Please check out the fabulous cards made by the rest of the design team.

Products used:

Stamps:  Sentiment Strips (Altenew)

Ink:  Versamark, various Altenew and Pink Fresh inks

Cardstock:  White, Fog (SSS), Cement Gray (MFT)

Dies:  Garden Wreath Add Ons (Spellbinders), Anytime Tags, Stitched Mats Rectangle (Lil Inkers

Accessories:  White EP, Grand Stream Washi (Altenew), Autumn Pearl Stickers (Honey Bee Stamps)

Cheers

Karren

 

Trio of Daisies

 Hi and welcome!  Today's sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches was designed by Judy Rozema and I immediately saw a trio of flowers so that's what I went with.

I used the NBUS Upsy Daisy die from MFT and cut out multiples of each size.  I then lightly ink-blended some yellow in the centres and pink around the edges before layering them up with foam dots in between the layers.  The leaves and centres were also ink-blended.

They looked a bit plain on the card base so I added some embossing paste over a stencil and also a stacked frame.  The sentiment came from my already-foiled stash.

Thanks so much for visiting.  The DT have some gorgeous cards so I hope you'll check them out.

Products used:

Ink:  Frosty Pink, Mountain Mist, Silver Sage, Jade, Buttercream, Warm Sunshine, Sand Dunes (Altenew

Cardstock:  White

Dies:  Upsy Daisy (MFT), You Are Everything Sentiments BetterPress and Die (Spellbinders, Nesting Rectangle Frames (Waffle Flower)

Accessories:  Letter & Number Stencil (Stamperia), White Embossing Paste

Cheers

Karren

Friendship Boots

 Hi!  I'm here with a card for the latest Tic-Tac-ToeTic-Tac-Toe challenge and this time, I went right down the left column with Layers-Die-cut-Patterned Paper to come up with this card.

These dies are just new to me and I decided to make a fun card using polka dot paper.  To be honest, I pretty much bought this die set for the flowers but the rest of it isn't bad!

I did some ink-blending to add a bit of dimension and shading and used a pre-foiled sentiment.  Thanks for visiting!

Products used:

Ink:  Mustard Seed, Kitsch Flamingo, Rusty Hinge, Wilted Violet, Twisted Citron, Forest Moss Distress Inks

Cardstock:  White, Black, Party Patterns (MFT), various coloured cardstock scraps

Dies:  Lovely Layers: April Showers (Honey Bee Stamps), Hexi Gem Sentiments Hot Foil and Dies (Spellbinders)

Accessories:  Gold hot foil

Cheers

Karren

Postage Thanks

Hi and welcome. Our sketch hostess this week at Freshly Made Sketches is Amy O’Neill. I immediately saw postage in the sketch and went to work with a new stencil set and the Postage Collage due from Waffle Flower.

I was guided by the Colour Cubes for my colour combo and used Altenew inks. Once stenciled, I cut the due apart and arranged the elements onto a larger postage die panel.  After stamping a sentiment I adhered the panel to a white card base and called it done.
 

Thanks for visiting. Please check out the fabulous cards made by the rest of the design team.

Products used:

Stamps:  Postage Collage (Waffle Flower), Sentiment Strips (Altenew)

Ink:  Versafine Onyx black, Bamboo, Parrot, Mocha, Espresso, Wisteria, Hydrangea, Andromeda, Ultramarine, Azurite, Citrus Burst, Fresh Lemon, Pale Mauve, Amethyst, Silver Sage (Altenew)

Cardstock:  White, Grout Gray (MFT)

Dies:  Postage Collage (Waffle Flower), Postage Edge Rectangles (Spellbinders)

Accessories:  Postage Collage Blocks Stencil, Wild Flower Stencil (Waffle Flower)

Cheers

Karren

Spotlight Rose

 Hi all.  A very quick post from me as I have left this to the last minute to write up!  Today's sketch hostess over at Freshly Made Sketches is Narelle Farrugia.  I wanted to use some new stamps, dies and stencils so made it work by creating a spotlight card.

This is an Altenew Craft Your Life kit called Bewitching Rose and it is lovely.  I created the flower then die-cut a circle from the centre then I ran it through the matching embossing folder before matting it with a black circle and adhering it back onto the main image.  To mimic the sketch, I added a blue-gray square in the top right corner.  I used the same colour cardstock for the sentiment strip and finished with some cool-tone pearls.

Thanks for visiting.  

Products used:

Stamps:  Bewitching Rose (Altenew)

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Pink Pearl, Coral Bliss, Coral Berry, Ruby Red, Bamboo, Parrot, Olive, Moss (Altenew)

Cardstock:  White, Black, Stone Gray (MFT)

Dies:  Bewitching Rose (Altenew), Infinity Circles (Hero Arts), Nesting Rounded Squares (Lifestyle Crafts)

Accessories:  Bewitching Rose Embossing Folder (Altenew), Cool Pearls (Honey Bee Stamps), Bewitching Rose Stencils (Altenew)

Cheers

Karren