Doggy Gallery

Hi and welcome! I am the sketch hostess over at Freshly Made Sketches and I came up with a grid pattern with six elements.  It doesn't have to be squares - any six elements in a grid pattern would work.  

When I designed the sketch, I was certain I had a coverplate that cut out six squares like the sketch, but no - I have four squares and I have 12 squares but not six, so to quote Ross, I had to pivot.  Polaroids to the rescue!

I had decided early on I was going to feature dogs - either stamped for die-cut.  These cute dogs fit the polaroid frame best so I stamped and Copic coloured them.  My Copic colouring skills are so rusty - after not colouring for several months and having shoulder problems, I feel more amateurish than usual.  But it is what it is.

A few of the dogs had elements cut out to sit on top of the frame rather than within - I particularly love that big tongue!  When thinking of a sentiment, I figured hashtags would fit the polaroid theme so found some that fit within the available space and added various sentiments.   Most of the sentiments are how I feel about dogs, but I do love the #selfie with the dog who's looking surprised as if he accidentally took a selfie!

Thanks for visiting! Please head over to the blog and check out how the rest of the team interpreted my sketch - they are sure to be fabulous as always!

Products used:

Stamps: Mini Cats & Dogs, #Hashtags (Tim Holtz)

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

Cardstock: White, X-Press It, Desert Night (Altenew)

Dies: Precious Polaroids (MFT)

Accessories: Copics, Paw Prints Embossing Folder (Honey Bee Stamps), black enamel heart

Cheers

Karren

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Snowman Gift

Welcome to a new challenge from the Tic Tac Toe team.  This time I chose the right diagonal column:  Snow/Snowman-Free-Christmas Sentiment to come up with this Christmas card.

I bought this snowman die set earlier this year and decided it was perfect for the challenge.  I made it up using coloured cardstock and a bit of ink-blending then added the gift from another die set.  I also made a snow drift with white cardstock and on both pieces, plus the mitten cuffs, I added some Heat n Fluff.

The background was kept plain with some pale blue cardstock and the sentiment was chosen from a very old Your Next Stamp set.

Thanks for visiting!

Products used:

Stamps: Merry Mouse Eve (Your Next Stamp)

Ink: Versafine Clair Nocturne, Carved Pumpkin, Walnut Stain, Hickory Smoke, Forest Moss, Tumbled Glass Distress Inks

Cardstock: White, Mist (Lawn Fawn), Heart Beat, Caramel Toffee, Mocha, Volcano Lake (Altenew), Steel Gray, Black Licorice, Jalapeno Popper, Daffodil (MFT), Pomegranate (Spellbinders)

Dies: Vintage Snowman, Lovely Layers: Fireplace Holiday Add-On (Honey Bee Stamps)

Accessories: Heat n Fluff (SSS), white gel pen, R20 Copic marker

Cheers

Karren

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Mistletoe

Today's sketch designer over at Freshly Made Sketches is Cecile Ribon and she has given us a wonderful sketch.  I was really pressed for time this week so quickly pulled together this Christmas card.

It's hard to see in the photo, but I used white pigment ink on the embossing folder before running it through the die-cutting machine with some Desert Storm cardstock.  I then cut out the oval and ran it through again to re-define the embossing. 

The foliage was die-cut and lightly ink-blended before assembly.  I arranged two at the bottom right and one at the top left as per the sketch.  What I didn't get right was the sentiment placement, instead putting it in the centre of the oval.

Thanks for visiting. The design team have some wonderful cards so please go and check them out.

Products used:

Stamps: Big Dots Holiday (Waffle Flower)

Ink: Versamark, Unicorn White (Hero Arts), Shattered Shell (Altenew), Forest Moss Distress Ink

Cardstock: White, Black, Desert Storm, Jelly Bean (MFT)

Dies: Bigger Holiday Botanicals: Mistletoe (The Greetery), Essential Stylist Ovals (Spellbinders) 

Accessories: Gold EP, Holly & Foliage Embossing Folder (Spellbinders)

Cheers

Karren

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Cork Leaves

Hi! Today's sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches was designed by Jen Brum and as often happens, I saw the diagonal panel as negative space and had to go with that!

I found an already embossed panel of Fog cardstock so that was cut to become my top layer.  When I went looking for some patterned paper for the leaves, I found this self-adhesive cork paper and decided that would work as something a bit different.  I splattered some Rusty Hinge Distress Spritz on the leaves before adding the copper foil stems.  

I then adhered the leaves with a combination of foam tape and liquid glue.  Finally a copper and black sentiment finished the card.

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

Products used:

Cardstock: White, Fog (SSS), Cork Paper, Copper Foil

Dies: Big Leaves & Stems (Kristina Werner), Bold Thanks (Altenew)

Accessories: Rusty Hinge Distress Spritz, Wood Planks Embossing Folder (Honey Bee Stamps)

Cheers

Karren

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Gingerbread

It's time for another sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches and this week our sketch hostess is Verena Shapiro.  I have to say I'm not in love with this card - I had the idea in my head but it didn't exactly come out as I envisaged.  But it is what it is.

I stenciled and die-cut the cookie images before white heat embossing the stamped elements.  Onto a red panel, I embossed the Confection Companions embossing folder and adhered it to a white car base.  I die-cut the cookie rack with grey cardstock and adhered that to the embossed panel.  After adding the gingerbread man with foam tape, I white embossed the sentiment onto red and added that and called it done!

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

Products used:

Stamps: Gingerbread Cookies (Kristina Werner)

Ink: Gathered Twigs, Walnut Stain, Scorched Timber Distress Inks, Versamark

Cardstock: Paperbag, Lobster (Lawn Fawn) Evening Gray (Altenew), white

Dies: Gingerbread Cookies (Kristina Werner), Cool It Cookie Rack (Spellbinders)

Accessories: White EP, Confection Companions embossing folder (Spellbinders)

Cheers

Karren

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Abstract Birthday

Hi, just a quick post from me as it's late and I need to get this published!  Today's sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches was designed by Jennifer Timko and it leaves pretty much everything up to the creator, which is fabulous!  I went with a cover plate foil plate and stencils to make this birthday card.

The cover plate was foiled in silver foil onto white and then I used various Distress Inks to colour through the stencils.  I cut it down and matted it onto a black panel.  The sentiment was also silver foiled - this time onto black and die-cut before being adhered with foam tape.

Here is the colour inspiration which came from the Colour Cubes.

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

Products used:

Ink: Tattered Rose, Dried Marigold, Saltwater Taffy, Worn Lipstick, Dusty Concord Distress Inks

Cardstock: White, Black

Dies: Abstract Background press plate (Alex Syberia Design), Modest Greetings 1 (Poppy Stamps)

Accessories: Silver hot foil, Abstract Background stencils

Cheers

Karren

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Leaf Fragments

Welcome to a new challenge over at Tic-Tac-Toe. I went with the left diagonal - fall colours - leaves - metallics to come up with this card using some NBUS dies and embossing folder.

I added Vintage Photo distress ink to the embossing folder before embossing to give it some added interest and then adhered the panel onto a card base.  The leaves were created using various distress inks and ink-smooshing before putting them through the Foliage embossing folder (saw this trick on a Tim live recently and loved it!).

The metallic component comes from the thin frame and the sentiment.

Thanks for visiting.

Products used:

Ink: Vintage Photo, Crackling Campfire, Fired Brick, Peeled Paint, Rustic Wilderness, Fossilized Amber Distress Inks

Cardstock: Truffle (Spellbinders), Copper Foil, Watercolour paper

Dies: Vault Leaves & Sticks (Tim Holtz), A2 Thin Frames (SSS), Hello Poe Script (Poppy Stamps)

Accessories: Cracked Leather Embossing Folder (Tim Holtz), Foliage Embossing Folder (Tim Holtz)

Cheers

Karren

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