Pink Makup Bag

Hi and welcome.  I took some time today to make a card for the latest challenge at Seize the Birthday which is Primarily Pink, as well as the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge which is Make it Feminine featuring Paper Rose Studio products.  I made this card below and the patterned paper strip along the bottom is from Paper Rose Studio's One of a Kind paper pack.  I spritzed it with Distress Spritz and changed it from white to pink to match the rest of the card.

I assembled all the die cut elements using a mix of ink-blending and coloured cardstock.  I then arranged them and adhered them together.  The card base was embossed with the Plaster embossing folder which is a tongue-in-cheek nod to those who plaster on their make-up 😉

While assembling the various elements I added a thin strip of gold foil cardstock to tie everything together.

Thanks for visiting.

Products used:

Stamps: Essential Sentiments (MFT)

Ink: Versafine Clair Nocturne, Antique linen, Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry Distress Inks

Cardstock: White, Black, Gold Matte Foil, Vellum, Blush (Lawn Fawn), Bubblegum (MFT), Warm Sunshine (Altenew), Tutu, Fruit Punch, Alabaster (Spellbinders), One of a Kind patterned paper (Paper Rose Studio

Dies: Lovely Layers: Makeup Add-On, Lovely Layers: Zipper Bag (Honey Bee Stamps)

Accessories: Plaster embossing folder (Spellbinders), Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry Distress Spritz

Cheers

Karren

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Mother's Day Roses

Hi and welcome to the new challenge over at Tic Tac Toe Challenge. This time I worked with the right column - floral/Mother's Day/Red.

This card involved hot foiling, stenciling and dry embossing and is lovely and shiny in real life.The sentiment stamp comes from a Honey Bee Stamps set and the florals are from Pink Fresh Studio.  I used Altenew cardstock and inks and dry-embossed the red panel with the Subtle EF.

Thanks for visiting.  I hope you'll check out the challenge blog and have a go!

Products used:

Stamps: Layering Wisteria (Honey Bee Stamps)

Ink: Versamark, Heartbeat, Misty Sage (Altenew)

Cardstock: White, Heartbeat (Altenew), Gold matte foil

Dies: Delicate Rosebuds Hot Foil and Die (Pink Fresh), Nesting Rectangle Frames (Waffle Flower), Layering Wisteria (Honey Bee Stamps)

Accessories: Gold hot foil, Gilded Embossing Powder, Subtle EF (SU)

Cheers

Karren

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Woven Congrats

It's Freshly Made Sketches day and this week our hostess is camp mum Jennifer Timko.  I had just received this floral die set so had to use it for my card.

I die-cut the floral image from Peach Bellini and Sage cardstock then added some light ink-blending for interest.  Once assembled, I adhered it to a vellum stitched flag and set it aside.  The embossed panel was lightly swiped with white ink to provide more dimension.

I finished the card with a pre-foiled sentiment.

Thanks for visiting!  The design team have some gorgeous creations, so please check them out.

Products used:

Ink:  Peachy Keen, Eucalyptus (Altenew), Unicorn White (Hero Arts)

Cardstock: White, Black, Peach Bellini (MFT), Sage (SSS), Vellum

Dies: Lovely Layers: Dianthus (Honey Bee Stamps), Hexi-Gem Sentiments (Spellbinders)

Accessories: Woven Embossing Folder (Spellbinders), gold hot foil

Cheers

Karren

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Typed Birthday

Hi and welcome!  Today's card uses the sketch over at Card Challenges as well as the colours from Just Add Ink and the diecuts/stencils theme at Addicted to Stamps and More.

I started out by stenciling an arch onto a white card base using Lost Shadow Distress Ink.  I then set about building the typewriter using the challenge colours from Just Add Ink.  I stamped a sentiment onto the sheet of "paper" with Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide Ink and then adhered it to the card base with foam tape.

The sentiment was white heat-embossed onto a strip of Dahlia cardstock and adhered to the card base.  I finished with some die-cut hearts which I covered with clear sparkle pen.

Thanks for visiting!

Products used:

Stamps:  Itty Birthday Wishes, Mini Messages & More (MFT)

Ink: Versamark, Lost Shadow Distress Ink, Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide Ink

Cardstock: White, Cream, Dove (C&9), Caramel (SSS), Acorn, Dahlia (Spellbinders)

Dies: Typewriter, Coffee Cup (for the hearts) (MFT)

Accessories: Black and grey Copic, White embossing powder, Clear sparkle pen, A2 Arches stencil (The Greetery)

Cheers

Karren

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Edited to Add:  This card got a shout-out at Card Challenges and Just Add Ink.

Sympathy Butterflies

Hi, I'm thrilled today to be the CAS on Friday Guest Designer.  This challenge is Sympathy - and I like to have sympathy cards ready because I often don't feel like making a sympathy card at the time.  

I kept this card as CAS as possible with a sentiment stamped onto the card base then embossed with the Subtle embossing folder.  I then added three hot foiled and stenciled butterflies that I had from a previous project.  These were added with foam tape to give a bit of lift.

And that is it.  I didn't add any bling because sympathy cards are not really the place for too much bling and the hot foiling adds some shine.

Thanks for visiting!  Please head over and check out the fabulous cards made by the CAS on Friday design team.  Thanks to the team for choosing my card a couple of challenges ago which gave me the chance to guest for this challenge.

Products used:

Stamps: Brushstroke Expressions (MFT)

Ink:Versafine Clair Nocturne, Blue Suede Shoes, Dress Blues, Sea Glass, Utown, All that Jazz, Daydream Black Jack (Catherine Pooler)

Cardstock: White

Dies: Small Butterflies Hot Foil and Die (Pink Fresh)

Accessories: Silver Hot Foil, Subtle EF (SU)

Cheers

Karren

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Postage Birthday

Hi, it's time for another challenge from the team at Freshly Made Sketches and this week our sketch hostess is Michelle Langley.  I took the general layout of her sketch to make this card using postage collage products.

After stenciling the images and die-cutting, I arranged them to as closely match the sketch as I could.  I then worked on the vertical panels.  Firstly I sprayed two panels with Distress Spray Stain then I went over both panels with Distress Spritz.  This card is so sparkly in real life.

I finished with a bold birthday sentiment.

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

Products used:

Stamps: Mixed Sentiments (Waffle Flower)

Ink: Versafine Clair Nocturne, Salvaged Patina, Chipped Sapphire, Saltwater Taffy, Fossilized Amber, Ground Espresso, Cracked Pistachio Distress Inks

Cardstock: White

Dies: Postage Collage Cupcake Die, Postage Collage Die

Accessories:  Postage Collage Blocks Stencil, Cupcake Stencil, Cupcake Die and Stencil, Spun Sugar, Chipped Sapphire Distress Spray Stain, Saltwater Taffy, Uncharted Mariner Distress Spritz

Cheers

Karren

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Envelopes

Hi!  It's Freshly Made Sketches day and our hostess this week is Donna Mikasa.  She has a fun grid design for us and here's what I made:

Okay, so I didn't remember the sketch properly and put my sentiment in the wrong place, but hopefully that's okay!  I was too lazy to do any maths to make all the images fit perfectly in a grid pattern, so deliberately went a bit haphazard.  I die-cut the envelopes from various cardstocks to match some of the colours in a Colour Cube card.  

I added some mini seals and enamel hearts then stamped, die-cut and stacked the sentiment.  The envelopes are popped up on foam tape.  And that's it!  A pretty simple card.

Thanks for visiting.  Please head over and check out the wonderful cards made by the design team.

Products used:

Stamps:  Elegant Sentiments (Waffle Flower)

Ink: Versafine Clair Nocturne

Cardstock: White, Blush (Lawn Fawn), Stone Grey (MFT), Misty Morning (Altenew)

Dies: Postage Collage Envelopes, Postage Collage Mini Seals (Waffle Flower

Accessories: Enamel hearts

Cheers

Karren

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