Hello Florals

Hi!  Today's card uses Cecile's sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches and I decided to play with some NBUS for my card.  (Apologies that the photos look a bit garish - I think the camera settings on my phone have changed.)  And, by the way, the price stickers on the ink cubes are in New Zealand dollars not US 😄

The NBUS products I used for this card are the floral dies and the sentiment - both of which come from Pinkfresh Studio.  I stenciled and die-cut the flowers and heat-embossed the sentiment.  For the background, I veered away from the rectangle and went with an oval shape which was embossed with the Brickwork folder from Tim Holtz.  I mounted that onto some matte gold foil and adhered it to a Coral Crush card base.

I then arranged the florals and the sentiment and called it done!  Thanks for visiting.  Please head over and check out the wonderful cards made by the rest of the design team.

Products used:

Stamps:  Here For You Sentiments (Pink Fresh Studio)

Ink:  Versamark, Chasing Sunsets, Indian Summer sets (Pink Fresh Studio), Shadow Creek, Mountain Pine (Altenew)

Cardstock:  White, Coral Crush (MFT), Fold Matte Foil

Dies:  Here For You Sentiments, Garden Party (Pink Fresh Studio)

Accessories:  Garden Party Stencils (Pink Fresh Studio), Brickwork EF (Tim Holtz), Antique Gold EP (SSS)

Cheers

Karren

Ring Thanks

 Hi all, I'm here with my card for the latest Tic-Tac-Toe challenge.  This time, I went down the right hand column with Die-Cut/Thank You/Metallic to come up with this card.

I hot-foiled, stenciled and die-cut the floral image and set it aside while I worked on the other elements.  The card base was enhanced with a corner die placed in the top left and right corners, giving a tone-on-tone effect.  For the sentiment, I die-cut from NBUS Pastel Sunrise cardstock to match the flowers, stacking it three deep before adding it to a matte silver foil shadow.

And that's it.  Thanks for visiting.  I hope you'll check out the fabulous cards made by the design team and have a go yourself.

Products used:

Stamps:  Delighted For You (Pink Fresh)

Ink:  Tropical Forest and Martian Terrain sets (Altenew)

Cardstock:  White, Matte Silver Foil, Pastel Sunrise (Altenew)

Dies:  Delighted For You press plate and die (Pink Fresh) Ring a Ding Corner (Poppy Stamps), Fancy Thanks (SSS)

Accessories:  Silver hot foil, Delighted For You stencils

Cheers

Karren

Rainbow Circles

 Hi and welcome!  It's time for another sketch from the Freshly Made Sketches team and this week our hostess is Jen Brum - who has a dislike of circles.  Check out her sketch... 😮

For my card, I went pretty literal again and found the perfect die for the job.  I chose a selection of rainbow coloured cardstock and die-cut the inners and then die-cut the outer three times and stacked them together.

I finished with a simple birthday sentiment and a white enamel heart.  TBH the enamel heart is to cover up a little blob of glue that I tried to rub away and made worse!

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

Products Used:

Stamps:  Bewitching Rose (Altenew)

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black

Cardstock:  White, Ballet Slipper, Sweet Pea, Poppy, Sorbet, Sunflower, Lemongrass, Tidepool, Peacock, Grape Soda, Lilac (Concord & 9th)

Dies:  Bubble Parade (SSS)

Accessories:  White enamel heart

Cheers

Karren

Diamond Triangles

 Hi. A quick post from me today. I’ve been out of town for the last few weeks as my daughter needed follow-up surgery so I was with her during her surgery and recovery. 

Today’s card uses the latest sketch from Freshly Made Sketches where our hostess this week is Jen Mitchell. I didn’t want to go the obvious route yet here we are 😀

Geometric hot foil plates and an embossing folder pulled this more-masculine Christmas card together. It’s pretty self-explanatory so I won’t go into any more detail. But feel free to ask any questions.

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

Products used:

Cardstock:  Fog (SSS), White, Dune (Spellbinders), Cranberry Cocktail, Hot Fudge (MFT)

Dies:  Diamonetta Background, Mini Christmas Sentiment Strips (Spellbinders)

Accessories:  Tufted EF (Spellbinders), Pewter Hot Foil

Cheers

Karren

Rectangles and Leaves

Hi and welcome!  It's my turn to design the board over at Tic-Tac-Toe and I chose something that should be easy to work with - hopefully!  I ended up incorporating every element in my card today. 

The rectangle panels were ink-blended then embossed with a leafy embossing folder before being arranged onto a white card base.  The leaves were assembled using black and gold foil cardstock.  Finally the sentiment was heat-embossed and die-cut.

I finished with some shiny drops.

Thanks for visiting.  I hope you'll play along.

Products used:

Stamps:  Elegant Sentiments (Waffle Flower)

Ink:  Versamark, Mountain Mist, Volcano Lake, Lagoon, Emerald (Altenew)

Cardstock:  White, Black, Rose Gold Foil

Dies:  Fall Leaves, Elegant Sentiments (Waffle Flower), Double Stitched Rectangle Stax (MFT)

Accessories:  Leafy EF (Spellbinders, Champagne Clear Drops (Pink Fresh)

Cheers

Karren

Treasured Flowers

Hi, just a quick post from me today, using the latest sketch from the team at Freshly Made Sketches where our hostess this week is Jennifer Timko.

I used new-to-me products from Pink Fresh to make this soft-looking card. Hot-foiling and layering stencils made this come together pretty easily.

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

Products used:

Ink:  Buttercream, Honey Drizzle, Olive, Moss (Altenew

Cardstock:  White, Lemon Chiffon, Watercolor Wash Brights (MFT), Spooktacular (Honey Bee)

Dies:  Delighted For You Hot Foil (Pink Fresh), Essential Modern Ovals (Spellbinders)

Accessories:  Gold Hot Foil

Cheers

Karren

 

Ombre Roses

Hi and welcome!  Judy Rozema is our sketch hostess this week over at Freshly Made Sketches and she has a sketch just perfect for ombre panels, which is exactly what I did!

I white heat-embossed the Roses All Over background stamp onto a white panel and then cut it into three equal strips.  On each strip, I ink-blended some distress ink and then arranged the panels evenly onto a Jalapeno Popper card base.

Both the hot-foiled sentiment and the floral dies were already made so I just arranged them and adhered them to the card base.

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

 

Products used:

Stamps:  Roses All Over (MFT), Elegant Sentiments (Waffle Flower)

Ink:  Tattered Rose, Saltwater Taffy, Worn Lipstick Distress Inks, Versamark

Cardstock:  White, Black, Jalapeno Popper, Coral Crush, In the Buff, Peach Bellini (MFT), Cream (SSS), Sage (Spellbinders)

Dies:  Be Bold Blooms, Hexi Gem Sentiments (Spellbinders

Accessories:  White EP, Gold Hot Foil

Cheers

Karren