Hi, it's time for another challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. This week, the lovely Jen Brum has given us a fun and unique sketch.
I was looking for die cuts to use for the shaped panel and somehow ended up with no die cuts and a masculine card!
Because of the size of my images, I had to place the sentiment slightly below the shaped image but I think it's still close enough to the sketch to pass muster :) Oops! I've only just noticed now that the black panel should go to the bottom of the card. Doh! Sorry, Jen!
I started with a Crumb Cake card base which I stamped with Peacock Feathers distress ink and Memento Gray Flannel ink, using Gorgeous Grunge. The black panel is dry embossed with a tread plate EF and rounded on opposite corners.
The car was stamped in Peacock Feathers ink and cut out. The sentiment is on slightly crooked which really annoyed me so I straightened it after I took the photos. The inside was kept pretty simple:
Thanks for visiting. The rest of the DT will blow you away with their creativity this week so be sure to check them out.
Products used:
Stamps: Maximum Power (CTMH), Gorgeous Grunge (SU)
Ink: Peacock Feathers Distress, Memento Gray Flannel
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Whisper White
Accessories: Heavy Duty EF (Couture Creations), Corner Rounder
Cheers
Karren
Welcome back for another Merry Monday challenge! This week my fellow Kiwi, Karen Davis, has a color challenge for us.
Use slate, kraft and white or cream on your Christmas card.
I had just received my first ever Mama Elephant stamps and fortuitously, included was a set that was perfect for this challenge!
The Winter Wonderland set is just gorgeous! I white-embossed the birch trees down the left side of a Basic Gray card base. I then clear-embossed over Crumb Cake ink the cute mama and baby deer. For the second week in a row, I went with a snowbank. I didn't intend to but I couldn't work out how to place the sentiment and the snowbank worked best. I stamped the sentiment in Hero Arts silver ink which is gorgeous and then painted some Perfect Pearls over the whole white panel.
You can just see a bit of the shimmer in this photo as well as the clear embossed deer.
On the inside, I kept it simple and stamped the deer in the silver ink.
Thanks for visiting. Check out the inspiration from the rest of the design team - their work is gorgeous as usual!
Products used:
Stamps: Winter Wonderland (Mama Elephant)
Ink: Versamark, Crumb Cake, Hero Arts Silver
Cardstock; Basic Gray, Whisper White
Accessories: White EP, Clear EP, A2 Curved Die (SSS), Perfect Pearls (Ranger)
Cheers
Karren
Hi and welcome to the weekend! This is the first weekend in over a month where I'm not frantically packing or moving, so it's nice to relax - even if we are living in the garage LOL. This card I'm about to show you was my first attempt at this week's sketch for Freshly Made Sketches. I ended up not posting this card to the DT blog because it was just too far removed from the sketch. I do like it though so here it is:
And here's the sketch:
I just got an order from Simon Says Stamp and wanted to use some new stuff. I cut the hello die 6 times - 2 each from Daffodil Delight, Pool Party and Old Olive. I then stacked them together. In future, I would stack the colors together to make more of an impact. See what I mean:
It's hard to tell there are different colors used here. The card base and white panel were treated to some embossing paste and stenciling. (If you saw my final FMS card, you'll see some familiar pieces! I used the bottom two layers on my final card.)
Because I can't leave my Wink of Stella pen alone, I had to color the word die. This shot on my craft mat is the best I could get of the gorgeous shimmer.
Thanks for visiting. If you haven't already, check out the FMS and give Cindy's sketch a go.
Products used:
Cardstock: Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Pool Party
Accessories: Hello die (SSS), yellow twine (American Crafts), Enamel Dots (Freckled Fawn), Bubbles Stencil (Tim Holtz), Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste, Old Olive reinker
Cheers
Karren
Hi and welcome back for another Freshly Made Sketch challenge. This week, the lovely and talented Cindy Hall has given us this sketch:
Can I just say up front that I really struggled with this card - not because of the sketch but due to having limited supplies on hand. This is why I don't go to crops, etc because I always want what I haven't got! Having said all that, after several attempts, this is my final card.
I stenciled onto both the card base and the larger white panel using a Tim Holtz stencil and embossing paste. The floral image was white embossed onto vellum and colored on the back using Copics. It was adhered to a white panel using vellum tape and lots of burnishing!
Thanks for visiting. Be sure to check out the inspiration from the rest of the Design Team.
Products used:
Stamps: Delicate Florals (Penny Black), Strictly Sentiments (WPlus9)
Ink: Versamark, Old Olive
Cardstock: Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Vellum
Accessories: White EP, Copic markers, Tim Holtz Bubble Stencil, Freckled Fawn Enamel Dots, American Crafts Twine, Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste, Old Olive Reinker
Cheers
Karren
Hi and welcome back for another Merry Monday challenge. This week, Kathy has challenged us to use a snowman on our card. Look at this adorable inspiration photo.
And here's the card I made:
I used a retired SU set called Jolly Old St Nick. This snowman is just too adorable and after I stamped him onto some Whisper White cardstock, I lightly colored him with Copics. The "snow banks" were cut with my new A2 curved die from SSS. The Soft Sky panel has white-embossed snowflakes.I actually stamped the sentiment crooked so I had to add another front snow bank, which actually adds a bit of dimension to the card! My snowman is popped up on dimensionals.
Thanks for looking. If you haven't already, check out the inspiration from the rest of the design team. They will amaze you, as always.
Products used:
Stamps: Jolly Old St Nick
Ink: Versamark, Tuxedo Memento Black
Cardstock: Bermuda Bay, Soft Sky, Whisper White
Accessories: Copics, A2 Curved Die (SSS)
Cheers
Karren
It's Freshly Made Sketch time and this week our sketch hostess is the very talented and always funny Linda Callahan. Linda has given us a very cool sketch with lots of possibilities.
I just received my new Winnie & Walter stamps and had to put them to use so came up with this card to fit the sketch.
I am loving the large hand-written sentiment trend that's happening now and took my cue for this card from Ardyth's gorgeous card here to stamp the sentiment in different colors. I used Pool Party, Coastal Cabana and Bermuda Bay. The black panel is dry embossed with a new-to-me Cuttlebug embossing folder. I was going to punch out a star embellishment for the card until I realised that all my punches are packed away. Doh! It wasn't until I finished the card that I thought of using the Silhouette to cut some star shapes. Double Doh!
Here's a peek at the inside.
The whole main panel was colored with my Wink of Stella pen. It's hard to get a photo of the gorgeous shimmer but this one shows a glimpse.
Thanks for stopping by. If you haven't already, head on over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out the inspiration from the rest of the design team. They're sure to blow you away as always!
Products used:
Stamps: The Big, The Bold and the Happy, Big Bang Confetti (W&W)
Ink: Pool Party, Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay, Lucky Limeade
Cardstock: Bermuda Bay, Basic Black, Coastal Cabana, Whisper White
Accessories: Cuttlebug EF, Stars brad, American Crafts Twine, Wink of Stella pen
Cheers
Karren
Hi and welcome back to another Merry Monday challenge. This week, Debbie has given us a theme challenge - use mistletoe on your card.
I went very CAS with my card this week:
I inked up my mistletoe stamp with black ink, the used a Q-tip to rub off the ink from the bow before coloring it with a Cherry Cobbler marker. I then loosely colored the leaves with a Copic marker and colored the berries with a white gel pen before painting over that with a Wink of Stella pen - which I couldn't capture on film! I used dimensionals to pop the narrow panel up on the Cherry Cobbler card base.
Thanks for looking. Make sure you check out the rest of the Design Team's inspiration.
Products used:
Stamps: Christmas Blessings (SU), Signature Christmas Greetings (PTI)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White
Accessories: Cherry Cobbler marker, Copic marker, White Gel Pen, Wink of Stella
Cheers
Karren
