Christmas Cheer With Newton

Hi, I'm thrilled to be back again with a card for the Caffeinated Christmas challenge where this month the team is looking for green.  I chose a sponsor image I have had for several years to come up with this Christmas card.

I created the wreath with a WPlus 9 set onto a white panel and die-cut it with a wonky rectangle die.  I then stamped and coloured up Newton with his coffee.  The sentiment is from another WPlus9 set.  I mounted this panel onto a green panel cut with a larger wonky rectangle die and then onto a white card base.

Thanks so much for visiting and thanks to the team at Caffeinated Christmas for inviting me to play along this month.

Products used:

Stamps:  Newton Loves Coffee (Newton's Nook), Welcome Wreath, Poinsettia Bouquets (WP9)

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Amalgam, Green Valley, Ruby Red, Espresso sets (Altenew)

Cardstock:  White, Green (SSS), X-Press It

Dies:  Newton Loves Coffee (Newton's Nook), Wonky Stitched Rectangle Stax (MFT)

Accessories:  Copics, Copic MultiLiner, Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Pen

 

Blooming Branch

I'm back with my card for our newest sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, where our hostess this week is Amy O'Neill.

I had found this stamped and stenciled image in its stamp pocket and thought it would work well for the sketch so I set about finding co-ordinating colours.  The card base was embossed with the Subtle embossing folder and onto that I added the green scalloped panel, also dry embossed, with the bottom cut with the hemstitch rectangle die to match the centre panel.  Speaking of the centre panel, this was a piece of the Memory Box Color Wheel Paper Pad collection, which I love!  I also die-cut that with the hemstitch rectangle dies.

I stamped the sentiment in Onyx Black ink and clear embossed it before adding the floral element with foam tape and finishing with some enamel accents.

Thanks so much for visiting.  I hope you'll check out the wonderful cards made by the rest of the design team.

Products used:

Stamps:  Blooming Branch, Bloom (Pink Fresh Studio)

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Martian Terrain, Coffee Break, Tropical Forest sets (Altenew)

Cardstock:  White, Lush Green, Berry Red (Memory Box)

Dies:  Blooming Branch (Pink Fresh Studio), Stitched Scalloped Borders (Lawn Fawn), Hemstitch Rectangles (Spellbinders)

Cheers

Karren

 

Teal Roses

 Hi and welcome to the latest challenge from the team at Fusion.  I decided to just play with the inspiration photo this time and tried to recreate the look using dies and ink.

I made the flowers using Memory Box papers and gold foil.  Before I placed them onto the cardbase, I used a watercolor wash freeform stencil and sponged various Distress Inks through it.  I then flicked on some Faded Jeans ink and spritzed with mica spray.

I finished with a bold sentiment, but in hindsight I wish I'd centred it rather than positioning it to the right hand side, but it is what it is.

Thanks so much for visiting.  I hope you'll visit the challenge site and see the cards made by my fantastic teamies.

Products used:

Stamps:  Say It In A Starburst (MFT)

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Peacock Feathers, Salvaged Patina, Evergreen Bough Distress Inks, Enchanted Gold, Nimbus (Altenew)

Cardstock:  White, Bristol Smooth, Matte Gold Foil, Hot Fudge, Milk Chocolate (MFT), Fresh Aqua (Memory Box)

Dies:  Bloom Colorize (Sizzix), Layered Leaves (MFT)

Accessories:  Watercolor Wash Free Form Stencil (MFT), Enamel Dots

Cheers

Karren

Playing Cards

Hi and welcome!  I'm thrilled to be playing cards today with my friend from across the world, Michele Ferguson.  Michele invited me to play cards with her and the guideline for this challenge was to celebrate National OLD Stuff Day! and play with stamps older than 5 years.  I immediately thought of my poor, neglected wood-mounted stamps that I started collecting back in circa 2001 when I first started stamping.  And what fun it was to go through those drawers and decide what I was going to use.  I ended up using three wood-mounted stamps to make this card.

So my first challenge in making this card was finding my Stamp-a-majig because the Misti wasn't going to work 😆  Once I found it, I stamped the background stamp multiple times on a panel of X-Press It cardstock using London Fog Memento ink (Copic-friendly).  I then stamped the bucket of tulips over the top and coloured with my Copics.

The final stamp was the Penny Black sentiment.  I die-cut the panel with a postage frame die and foam-mounted it onto a Fog cardbase that I'd run through my die-cutting machine with the Subtle embossing folder.  I finished with some soft gray enamel dots.

Thanks so much for visiting and a huge thanks to Michele for inviting me to play cards with her.  I'm heading over to her blog now to check out her card.  And you never know, Michele, one day we might be able to play cards in person!

Products used:

Stamps:  Bucket of Tulips K-1695 (PSX from 2001), Manuscript Background H2141 (Hero Arts from 2001), Thank You 2421F (Penny Black from 2002)

Ink:  London Fog (Memento), Amalgam (Gina K), Versafine Onyx Black

Cardstock:  Fog (SSS), X-Press It

Dies:  Postal Frames (The Greetery)

Accessories:  Copics, Enamel Dots, Subtle EF (SU)

Cheers

Karren

 

Jukebox

 Welcome!  Today's card is for the latest challenge at Freshly Made Sketches where it is my turn to host.  As usual, I came up with a simple sketch and used the wide open space in the middle to create a small scene for this cute jukebox stamp.

After stamping and Copic-colouring the jukebox, I fussy-cut it out and set it to one side while I created the background.  I stamped one of the images from the On The Ground set and coloured the black squares with Copics.  I then masked off that area and lightly sponged mint ink above that, fading into white.

I then gold-embossed the sentiment and bordered the long edges with gold foil cardstock.  The card base is white, but I added two black strips I'd embossed with the Window Slats embossing folder.  There are no embellishments because I made this for a male.

Thanks so much for visiting.  I hope you'll play along this week after checking out the fabulous cards made by the design team.

I'm entering this card into Time Out Challenges 8th Birthday challenge as well as Addicted to Stamps and More All Occasions challenge.

Products used:

Stamps:  Jukebox Jive (SugarPea Designs), On the Ground (SSS)

Ink:  Amalgam (Gina K.), Versamark, Versafine Onyx Black, 

Cardstock:  White, Black, Gold, X-Press It

Accessories:  Copics, Gold EP, Window Slats Embossing Folder (Altenew)

Holly Coffee

 Hi and welcome!  I'm thrilled to be guest-designing with the Caffeinated Christmas Challenge team this month.  And our theme this month is Coffee and Green.

My card evolved over several hours.  I knew I wanted to use the leaves from the Seasonal Sketch die set and this coffee cup I coloured with Copics, but I couldn't figure out how to tie it together and add the Christmas theme.  But as I was trawling through my Christmas dies, I came across this frame and knew I could make it work.

Once I had all the components, it didn't take much to pull together.  The card base is Whip Cream and I dry embossed it with the Subtle EF.  I adhered the coffee cup and the leaves directly to the frame then popped them all up on foam tape, which looks great in real life but gave some horrible shadows in the photos!

Thanks so much for visiting.  This challenge is being sponsored by Newton's Nook and while I didn't use their products for this card, watch this space...  Just sayin'...

Products used:

Stamps:  Thanks a Latte (Lawn Fawn)

Ink:  Amalgam (Gina K Designs)

Cardstock:  Whip Cream, Black Licorice, Prickly Pear, Jelly Bean (MFT), X-Press It

Dies:  Seasonal Sketch (Tim Holtz), Holiday Frames (SSS)

Accessories:  Copics, Subtle EF (SU)

Cheers

Karren

Blue and Yellow

 I made this card as my small way to show support for Ukraine and what they are having to endure at present.  Ukraine's colours are blue and yellow so I coloured up some yellow poppies and popped them onto a blue ink-blended background.

My heart breaks for all the heartache and fear in the world and in particular in Ukraine.  I don't begin to understand what drives these actions, and am grateful I don't, because understanding would bring me one step closer to condoning, which I absolutely can't.  

So I turned to making cards.  These flowers were coloured with Copics and die-cut with the matching die.  I also coloured the centre poppy again and fussy-cut it out before popping it up with foam tape for added dimension.

For the background, I used a rectangle masking stencil and ink-blended Speckled Egg Distress Ink, fading off in the top right corner.  Before removing the stencil, I spritzed on some mica spray and flicked on some Faded Jeans Distress ink.  The sentiment was white-embossed onto black and added directly to the card base.

Thanks so much for visiting.  Please keep the people of Ukraine in your thoughts as they journey through this time of fear and loss.

Products used:

Stamps:  Poppy Arrangement (Altenew), Essential Sentiments (MFT)

Ink:  Amalgam (Gina K), Versamark, Faded Jeans, Speckled Egg Distress Ink

Cardstock:  White, Black, X-Press It

Dies:  Poppy Arrangement (Altenew)

Accessories:  Copics, Tarnished Brass Distress Mica Spray, Making Rectangle Stencil (Taylored Expressions), White EP, Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Pen

Cheers

Karren