Beach Dub

 Hi and welcome!  I designed the board over at Tic-Tac-Toe this week and for my card, I went through the centre with Beach-Blue-Ink Blending.  

I didn't have the challenge in mind when I made this card last weekend, but I was messaging with my daughter while I was making another card and she asked me to make her a card with a car.  I don't have many non-classic car stamps or dies so I found this VW and thought she'd like it.  I stenciled the background using a Hero Art stencil set and then put the van together, pretty much copying the Honey Bee Stamps example.  I personalised the plate by writing my daughter's name and adding a wee heart.

She's been going through a tough time lately, settling into a new town and new job teaching high-school age boys, so I wanted her to know I was thinking of her, hence the sentiment.

Thanks for visiting!

Products used:

Stamps:  Bloom with Grace (Honey Bee Stamps)

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Dew Drops, Aqualicious, Starlight, Almond Butter, Sand Dunes (Altenew)

Cardstock:  White, Fog, Alabaster, Dahlia (Spellbinders), Silver Matte Foil

Dies:  Lovely Layers: Beach Bound (Honey Bee Stamps), Stitched Rectangle Stax (MFT)

Accessories:  Beach Floor Stencils (Hero Arts), Copic Markers (for tyre shadow)

Cheers

Karren

Pizza

 Hi and welcome!  Today's sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches was designed by Jennifer Timko and I used some more MFT products to make my card.

I have had the sentiment stamp set for a year or two but the dies had been out of stock forever, so when it was announced that MFT was closing, I went on the hunt and found them at Frantic Stamper, along with a couple of other MFT products I wanted.  They arrived last week so I had to use them for this card!  I cut everything from white cardstock and ink-blended all the elements.  I then adhered it all together, deliberately being a bit haphazard with the toppings.  To make it look more pizza-ish I used a gingham stencil and red ink to create a "tablecloth".

The sentiment was stamped onto a rectangle panel and adhered with foam tape, as was the pizza.  I've added the Perfect Picker and reverse tweezers to the photos because they were definitely needed in the making of this card!

I've listed out in the products below which colours I used for which elements, if you are interested. And also, future me will thank past me for doing this next time I want to use these dies 😁

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

Products used:

Stamps:  Pizza My Heart (MFT)

Ink:  Obsidian (Altenew)

  Pizza Base:  Vanilla Cream, Hazelnut, Almond Butter (Altenew)

  Sauce:  Heartbeat, Vineyard Berry (Altenew)

  Cheese:  Butternut, Golden Honeycomb (Altenew)

  Salami:  Mahogany Bark (Altenew), Pumice Stone Distress Ink

  Capsicum:  Reindeer Moss, Crimson (Altenew)

  Mushroom:  Pumice Stone Distress Ink, Vanilla Cream (Altenew

  Pineapple:  Warm Sunshine (Altenew

  Olives:  Pure Graphite (Altenew)

  Onion:  Purple Wine (Altenew)

Cardstock:  White

Dies:  Pizza Maker (MFT), Stitched Rectangle Stax (MFT)

Accessories:  Gingham Stencil (SSS)

Cheers

Karren

Balloons

Hi and welcome!  Today's sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches was designed by Judy Rozema.  I originally was going to put flowers in the corners but then I remembered this hot foil plate, die and stencil set and decided to use it for my card.

The hot foiled images were stenciled using Distress Inks and then die-cut.  It's hard to see in the photos, but there is a larger bunch of balloons in each corner and a smaller bunch popped up with foam tape closest to the centre circle.

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

Products used:

Ink:  Saltwater Taffy, Abandoned Coral, Spiced Marmalade, Ripe Persimmon, Scattered Straw, Fossilized Amber Distress Inks

Cardstock:  White

Dies:  Balloon Arch Hot Foil and Dies (Honey Bee Stamps) Stylish Script Thank You and Happy Birthday (Spellbinders)

Accessories:  Balloon Arch Stencils (Honey Bee Stamps) Copper hot foil

Cheers

Karren

 

Mermazing

Hi and welcome.  Today's sketch artist over at Freshly Made Sketches is Amy O'Neill and this card was made as a tribute to MFT Stamps who announced last week they are closing down after almost 20 years in business.  

My stock of MFT stamps, dies, cardstock, stencils and patterned papers is more than any other single company.  Back when I was doing a lot more card-making and Copic colouring, I couldn't get enough of MFT - especially Birdie Brown images.  It also helped that their international shipping was probably the cheapest and the fastest, so it was a given that every new release and new kit, I was there waiting with bated breath to place an order.  I am sorry that MFT is closing its doors, but I can understand the reasons and wish nothing but the best for Kim - the owner.

My card was made using mostly MFT products.  I started by ink-blending some Distress Inks onto a panel of white cardstock, then using the Ray of Light stencil to create the ocean light effect.  Over top of the ink, I added some Sparkle Texture Paste to give a shimmery finish.  While that was drying, I stamped and Copic coloured the mermaid and fish.  

 

The porthole was die-cut and stacked three high.  I also added some acetate to the back to give the impression of a window.  I added the fish and mermaid and set it aside to work on the card base.  

As soon as the stenciling was dry, I die-cut with a rectangle die to allow room to stamp the sentiment on the bottom right of a white card base.  After adhering the stenciled panel, I added the porthole and mermaid and called it done.  

It's not totally in keeping with the sketch, but I sort of figure the "rays" can be the cardstock strips on the sketch - maybe, perhaps....

Thanks for visiting.  The design team have some fabulous cards so I hope you'll check them out.

Products used:

Stamps:  Mermazing, Gill Friends (MFT)

Ink:  Amalgam (Gina K), Versafine Onyx Black, Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Stormy Sky, Chipped Sapphire, Black Soot Distress Inks

Cardstock:  White, X-Press It

Dies:  Mermazing, Ocean View Porthole (MFT)

Accessories:  Copics, Sparkle Texture Paste, Ray of Light Stencil (MFT), white gel pen, Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Pen

Cheers

Karren

Letters

Hi and welcome!  Today's sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches was designed by Narelle Farrugia and I went with a postage theme.

I die-cut some envelopes and ink-blended with distress inks.  On the background panel I did some partial die-cutting to get the shape I wanted and then stamped various postage images with pale gray ink.  I finished with a stamped and die-cut sentiment and a wee faux wax seal.

Thanks for visiting!  The design team have some fabulous cards so I hope you'l check them out.

 

Products used:

Stamps:  Sealed Sentiments, Postage Collage, Postage Collage Royal Mail (Waffle Flower)

Ink:  Morning Frost (Altenew), Saltwater Taffy, Salvaged Patina, Shaded Lilac Distress Inks

Cardstock:  White, Bellini (Spellbinders), Fog (SSS)

Dies:  Postage Collage Envelopes Die, Sealed Sentiments (Waffle Flower), Postage Edge Rectangles (Spellbinders)

Accessories:  Clay heart

Cheers

Karren

Charcuterie

Hi all.  It's been a long time since I've made a card just for fun, but we had a long weekend here in New Zealand and rather than do boring stuff like doing some winter gardening,  I decided to spend a whole day in my craft room.  That turned into a day and a half, but it was good to just play with no design team commitments.  I decided to play along in a couple of challenges with my card today.  The Honey Bee Stamps Buzzworthy Challenges FB group has a monthly card contest and this month's challenge is Father's Day.  Father's Day isn't until September here but I bought this set specifically for my DH so I thought it was time to put it to use and get ahead of the game!

I'm also playing along with Addicted to Stamps and More who are looking for die-cuts this challenge.  Everything apart from the patterned paper was cut with dies.

I hadn't done any Copic colouring for a long time so that was my plan this weekend.  I coloured up a sunflower which will be in an upcoming DT post and then had fun colouring all these images, using about a million different Copic markers.  Once coloured, I worked on the cutting board which was die-cut and then ink-blended with Distress inks.  I arranged the food onto the cutting board and adhered it all with liquid glue then used foam tape to add the board to the card base.  I tucked in a few pieces to the side of the cutting board and added the sentiment.

Thanks for visiting!

 Products used:

Stamps:  So Char-CUTE-rie, To The Wise One (Honey Bee Stamps)

Ink:  Amalgam (Gina K), Versafine Onyx Black, Brushed Corduroy, Gathered Twigs, Ground Espresso Distress Inks

Cardstock:  White, X-Press It, Gingham (Echo Park)

Dies:  So Char-CUTE-rie, Cutting Board, To The Wise One (Honey Bee Stamps)

Accessories:  Copics

Love Hearts

Hi, I'm here with my card for the latest challenge at Tic Tac Toe where this time I went through the centre with CAS, hearts and stripes for this almost white-on-white card (which is notoriously difficult to photograph!)

I die-cut and stacked different sized hearts and adhered them to a white panel.  Onto the card base I added strips of black and white striped paper then popped up the heart panel with foam tape.  I found a pre-foiled sentiment which worked perfectly so added that to the centre.

Finally, I finished with some clear sparkle pen on the hearts and a mini clay heart.

Thanks for visiting!

 

Products used:

Cardstock:  White, Black & White Stripes (MFT)

Dies:  Blueprints 32 (MFT), Fall Foliage Sentiments (Honey Bee Stamps)

Accessories:  Copper hot foil, Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Pen

Cheers

Karren