It's Merry Monday Challenge time and this week we are challenged to use Aqua and White with a touch of color.
I decided to go CAS again this week and came up with this card:
I found an older snowman stamp from Inkadinkado and embossed it using Tempting Turquoise embossing powder. I then spent even more time looking for an appropriate sentiment! I finally found this one from Snow Much Fun and decided it fit well enough! For the pop of color, I cut a little red heart using the Owl Punch and colored it with Wink of Stella.
Thanks for looking. Check out the rest of the DT cards and have a go yourself at this fun color challenge.
Products used:
Stamps: Holiday Sentiments (Inkadinkado), Snow Much Fun (SU)
Ink: Versamark, Memento Tuxedo Black
Cardstock: Whisper White, Real Red
Accessories: Tempting Turquoise EP, Owl Punch, Wink of Stella
Cheers
Karren
I made this card yesterday, but I'm just not sure about it so I pondered whether to post it or not. I decided in the end to put it out there because people like different things :)
I used the colors from ColourQ and the sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch to come up with this.
I used my Verve Starry Die to cut several times into a Whisper White card base, then used the same die to cut into Celery, Tangerine, Bermuda and Orchid cardstock. I inlaid the colored dies into the negative die cuts.
The sentiment is also an inlaid die cut but I left the white die cut in the card base (much easier to see IRL). I stamped the "happy" in Orchid Opulence ink.
Thanks for looking.
Products used:
Stamps: Shenanigans (CAS-ual Fridays)
Ink: Orchid Opulence
Cardstock: Whisper White, Orchid Opulence, Certainly Celery, Bermuda Bay, Tangerine Tango
Accessories: Starry Die (Verve), Birthday die (PTI)
Cheers
Karren
I had the chance to do a bit of stamping today, so I decided to make a card for a few challenges. This is for Friday Mashup's challenge to use stripes, the watercolor challenge at Just Add Ink and uses the colors from ColourMe.
To make my main panel, I took the Wide Stripes Background stamp and colored each strip in different colors (Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Baked Brown Sugar). Before I stamped them, I spritzed the stamp with water and stamped onto watercolor paper. Once the panel was dry, I stamped the sentiment in Wild Wasabi.
I layered the panel onto a 5" square Baked Brown Sugar base and adhered tiny strips of Wild Wasabi down each side of the watercolored panel.
I cut some stars out of Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry and Baked Brown Sugar and placed them at the top right and bottom left of the center panel. The inside matches the front.
Thanks for visiting.
Products used:
Stamps: Handwritten Borders, Wide Stripes Background (SSS)
Ink: Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Baked Brown Sugar, Wild Wasabi
Cardstock: Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Baked Brown Sugar, Wild Wasabi, Tim Holtz Watercolor Paper
Accessories: Verve Starry Die
Cheers
Karren
Hi and welcome back for another Freshly Made Sketch Challenge. This week the fabulous and talented Jennifer Timko has given us this fantastic sketch.
How versatile is this sketch???
I decided to do a bit of watercoloring with my card this week and came up with this (I flipped the sketch):
The card base is stenciled with translucent embossing paste to add a bit of interest. To color the tag, I smeared some Crisp Cantaloupe and Summer Starfruit on my craft mat then spritzed with water. I laid the die-cut watercolor paper into the inky mess and pressed down. Once the tag dried, I embossed the word "happy" using Pool Party EP then stamped "birthday" using Memento Tuxedo Black.
I cut the little tag hole using Coastal Cabana and tied some Pool Party seam binding ribbon around it.
This card uses the colors from Fab Friday and the tag theme from Seize the Birthday.
If you haven't checked out the divine inspiration from the FMS design team, head on over there now!
Thanks for looking.
Products used:
Stamps: The Big, the Bold and the Happy (W&W)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Crisp Cantaloupe, Summer Starfruit, Versamark
Cardstock: Coastal Cabana, Watercolor
Accessories: Pool Party EP, Pool Party Seam Binding Ribbon, Tim Holtz Bubble Stencil, Wendy Vecchi Translucent Embossing Paste, Lil Inkers Tag Die
Edited to Add: This card was one of the Fab Five.
Welcome to another Merry Monday challenge! This week, Debbie has challenged us to use Christmas inspired food on our cards.
I had bought a cute digital cupcake image some months ago and knew it would be perfect for this challenge.
I used the print and cut feature on my Silhouette to cut out the image then I colored it using Copics. The red berries were given a coating of Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details to give them a bit of sparkle. I kept the layout very simple, using a strip of Daffodile Delight DSP and a sentiment from Verve. The inside mimics the card front.
Thanks for visiting. Head on over to Merry Monday to check out the inspiration from the rest of the Design Team.
Products used:
Stamps: Christmas Joy (Verve)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Cardstock: Whisper White, Daffodil Delight DSP, Xpress-it
Accessories: Cupcake image (Bugaboo), Copics, Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details
Cheers
Karren
I had some time to get inky today - after doing the never-ending laundry and housework, of course! I decided to combine the challenges at ColourQ and CAS(E) This Sketch.
I used the challenge colors to stamp random circles from Lots of Dots in the top right and bottom left of a Whisper White card base. I used the solid circles in various sizes as well as a few outline circles. Once I was happy with the look, I dug around for a sentiment for the middle. I found this old Penny Black sentiment and thought it went well with the happy and bright circles.
I placed a few Candy Dots around the card and called it done.
Thanks for looking.
Products used:
Stamps: Lots of Dots (SSS), Live Laugh Love (Penny Black)
Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Kiwi Kiss, Memento Tuxedo Black
Cardstock: Whisper White
Accessories: Brights Candy Dots
Cheers
Karren
Edited to Add: This card got a shout out at ColourQ.
And here we are on Freshly Made Sketch Challenge Day! This week we have the privilege of having Jen Mitchell as our hostess. Jen, who is smart and funny, also makes the most fabulous cards!
Her sketch this week is open to all sorts of interpretation as you can see by the design team cards.
I took a fairly liberal approach with my card this week and also chose my color combo from the Color Coach - Soft Suede, Old Olive and Crushed Curry.
I used a die cut from Simon Says Stamp for the bottom panel and a Paper Smooches die cut for the top panel. The 'hello' is triple stacked and painted with Wink of Stella. I stamped a leaf stamp from PTI's Harvest Berries set to add some more interest. A few black sequins finished off the card.
You can go in many directions with this sketch - so give it a go! We'd love to see your card in the gallery.
Thanks for visiting.
Products used:
Stamps: Harvest Berries (PTI)
Ink: Old Olive
Cardstock: Soft Suede, Crushed Curry, Whisper White, Basic Black
Accessories: Avery Elle Simply Said Hello die, SSS Mod Window die, Harvest Berries die, black sequins, Wink of Stella
Cheers
Karren
