Rainbow of Happiness

 Today’s card uses Cecile’s sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches and I was stumped at first then thought of a deconstructed rainbow so that’s what I went with.

To avoid too many clashing colours, I kept the other elements neutral. The sentiment comes from an old SugarPea Designs stamp set.

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

Products used:

Stamps:  Whatever the Weather (SugarPea Designs)

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Lost Shadow Distress Ink

Cardstock:  White, Grout Gray, Wild Cherry, Coral Crush, Banana Split, Limelight, Blueberry, Lavender Fields (MFT), Paradise (Hero Arts)

Dies:  Lovely Layers: April Showers (Honey Bee Designs)

Accessories:  Subtle Embossing Folder (SU)

Cheers

Karren

Willow Wishes

 Hi and welcome to a new sketch from the team at Freshly Made Sketches, where our hostess this week is Jen Brum.  I am still not feeling very creative after my break from card-making so this is a pretty simple card - that still took forever to pull together!

I'll just say upfront that I completely missed where the sentiment should go, so just ignore that little error, please.

The background is the result of a foiling mistake where I placed the plate upside down on my Glimmer.  This is the negative and I like the soft, abstract look of this.  But I can't remember what plate I used so I'll never be able to recreate this!  The pussy willows were ink-blended when I was away from home recently and I decided instead of a circle, to use two tags.

Thanks for visiting.  The design team have some gorgeous samples to inspire you to play along.

Products used:

Stamps:  Envelope of Wonder Sentiments (Spellbinders

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, various Altenew inks

Cardstock:  White

Dies:  Botanicuts: Pussy Willow (The Greetery), Tags (Spellbinders Advent Calendar 2023)

Accessories:  Baker's Twine, Pacific Northwest Pearls (Honey Bee Stamps)

Cheers

Karren

Floral Wishes

Hi, I’m back after a break of a few weeks. My daughter had major surgery in another city and I went with her as her support.  I took some white die-cuts with me and some ink cubes and spent a little time ink-blending. The flowers used in this card are some of those die-cuts.

This card uses the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches where this week our sketch hostess is Kim Singdahlsen. I wasn’t feeling very crafty after a busy and stressful few weeks so this card isn’t my best but it’ll do. 

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

Products used:

Stamps:  Sentiment Strips (Altenew)

Ink:  Versamark, various Altenew and Pink Fresh inks

Cardstock:  White, Fog (SSS), Cement Gray (MFT)

Dies:  Garden Wreath Add Ons (Spellbinders), Anytime Tags, Stitched Mats Rectangle (Lil Inkers

Accessories:  White EP, Grand Stream Washi (Altenew), Autumn Pearl Stickers (Honey Bee Stamps)

Cheers

Karren