Eiffel Tower

Hi!  It's Fusion time again and here is the new challenge:

I stuck with the photo inspiration for my card and actually made two cards!  I made the card at the bottom of this post first, but then a stamp order arrived that included the background stamp called Waterfall from a company called Katzelkraft and I thought that would work perfectly with the photo, so I made a second card.  Here it is:

I stamped the background in black and clear-embossed it.  I then adhered some fun foam to some Soft Stone cardstock and ran it through the Big Shot with my Eiffel Tower die.  I also used the same die with a panel of black cardstock which I offset slight to create a shadow.  The sentiment is embossed with Crushed Curry EP.

For my next card, which is actually my first card 😃, I used silver metallic embossing paste over a stars stencil on a panel of Slate cardstock.  The rest of the card was made the same, except the EP on this card is Buttercup which I then outlined with a gray Copic marker.

Thanks for visiting.  Take a minute to check out the rest of the design team's cards - they are awesome!

Products used:

Stamps:  Shenanigans (CASual Fridays), Waterfall (Katzelkraft)
Ink:  Versamark, Intense Black
Cardstock:  Soft Stone, Slate, Black, White
Dies:  Eiffel Tower (MFT)
Accessories:  Crushed Curry EP (SU), Buttercup EP (Wendy Vecchi), fun foam, Silver Metallic EP (Wendy Vecchi) Stars stencil (MFT), clear EP

Cheers
Karren

Purple Hydrangea

I'm back with another card for the reminder post at The Flower Challenge where this month, we have an Anything Goes theme.

I must have been in a purple mood because my last card was also purple and I rarely use purples!

I was going for a quick and simple card, and I usually head down the ink-blended/silhouette stamp road when that happens.  I blended various purple distress inks onto a masked panel and then spritzed with Perfect Pearls mist.  After removing the masks, I stamped the hydrangea image from Penny Black and the sentiment from Simon Says Stamp.

I made a quick video showing how I made my card, which you can watch here or over on YouTube.

Thanks for visiting!  Please head on over to The Flower Challenge blog and see what my talented teamies have come up with.

All Star Birthday

It's time for another sketch from the team at Freshly Made Sketches and this week our hostess is the fabulously talented Rita Wright.  Check out her multi-layered sketch:

At the time I was making my card using this sketch, I needed a card for my niece's 10th birthday.  I was looking for something a 'tween would like and found my All-Star die and decided to make a purple and black card featuring this trendy shoe.

I sponged some Lavender ink around the shoe to give it a bit of dimension and also sponged some Fog ink onto the white parts to make them look a bit "worn".  The "birthday" die comes from Stamplorations and matches the trendy look I was going for.

Thanks so much for visiting!  As always, the rest of the design team have come up with some fabulous cards using the sketch, so I hope you'll head on over and check them out.

Cheers

Karren

Get Well Flowers

Hi and welcome!  For the first time in two weeks, I finally had some time to sit down and make a card purely for the fun of it and to meet a few challenges.  I used the sketch from MFT, the colors from Color Throwdown, the "For a Special Lady/Girl" challenge at Simon Says Stamp and the March Anything Goes With Dies challenge at HLS.

As you can see, I flipped the sketch onto its side and used a top-folding Soft Stone card base. I added a rounded panel that I'd smooshed green distress ink onto and to add a bit of extra interest, I also flicked some Black Soot ink onto the panel as well.  The flowers and leaves were cut from Cornflower and Sour Apple cardstock, with the center flower cut from Cornflower sparkle cardstock.  

The sentiment was die-cut from white cardstock and adhered onto the fishtail flag.  I finished the card with some Nuvo drops in white and green.

Thanks for visiting!

Cheers

Karren

Rainbow Score

It's my turn to host over at Inspired By All The Little Things and this month, I chose a rainbow-themed inspiration photo.

Isn't this fabulous?  As for choosing my guest, well, that was easy.  Someone who loves rainbows and music?  None other than the fabulous Michelle Lupton.  And I really urge you to head on over to her blog and check out the card she made for the challenge - it is stunning!

For my card, I wanted to keep with the rainbow and music theme, so dug around my dies until I found this one from Memory Box:

I die-cut it out of the card base then again from a panel of Bristol Smooth that I'd inked up in rainbow colors.  I then used the Inlaid Die-cutting technique and popped the colored die back into the negative space on the card base.  In keeping with the music theme, I created my own sentiment using an alphabet stamp set.

Thanks for visiting.  The design team have some gorgeous cards for you to check out and I hope you'll be inspired by either the colors or the image or something else that sparks your creativity.  I'd love to see you in the gallery.

Cheers

Karren

Teddy Christmas

Hi and welcome to another challenge from the team at Just Add Ink!  Today's challenge is a fabulous sketch by teamie Chantell.

I decided to make a Christmas card using this sketch and was inspired by the Muse Christmas Visions challenge.

For my wall, I colored some white embossing paste with Stone ink and applied it over a brick wall stencil, before setting it aside to dry.  I then set to work on my teddy bear and the stack of gifts, coloring both with Copics.  To give the bear some added texture, I used a scrap of towel and some colorless blender over his "fur".

The banners were die-cut and stacked and to ground the teddy, I used a strip of black cardstock for him to sit on.

Thanks for visiting!  Be sure to check out what the rest of the design team have done.  You'll be impressed, for sure!

And here is Cornelia's Muse card:

Cheers
Karren

One Martini, Two Martini

It's time for another sketch from the fabulous team at Freshly Made Sketches and this week our hostess is the super-talented Jen Mitchell.

For some bizarre reason, as soon as I saw Jen's sketch, I wanted the back layer to be vellum.  I don't know why but the thought just wouldn't budge, so I had to work with it!

I took a few liberties with the sketch with the top layer being die-cuts but I made sure it was slightly longer then the bottom panel and not as wide, so I'm calling it as having met the brief 😉

I made a shaker card of the martini glass and for the sentiment, I embossed black cardstock several times with clear embossing powder to give it a raised and shiny surface.

Thanks so much for visiting - I do appreciate you taking the time.  My fellow teamies have some gorgeous cards using the sketch, so please check them out.

I'm linking my card to The Paper Players and Cardz for Guyz

Cheers

Karren

Edited to Add:  This card got a shout out at Paper Players.