Air Mail

Today's sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches was designed by the one-and-only Linda Callahan and leaves a wide open space for all sorts of different interpretations.  I went through my NBUS box and decided it was time I used some of the Spellbinders club kits from April this year.  I chose to work with the hot foil plate and co-ordinating stencils for the centre panel in my card.

After stenciling, I adhered the panel to a white card base and worked on the other sketch elements.  I cut two strips of white cardstock and adhered them with foam tape to the card base after stamping a sentiment on the top panel.  I then used Altenew inks in darker shades to the stenciled panel to create the airmail strip and the heart border, which are from SugarPea Designs.

Thanks for visiting!  Head over and check out the fabulous cards made by the rest of the design team.

Products used:

Stamps: Send & Seal (Spellbinders)

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Pink Pearl, Coral Bliss, Heartbeat, Dew Drops, Aqualicious, Teal Cave (Altenew)

Cardstock: White

Dies: Airmail Set, Heart Border (SugarPea Designs, Scattered Letters Hot Foil (Spellbinders)

Accessories: Scattered Letters Stencils (Spellbinders), Black hot foil

Cheers

Karren

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Baby

Hi all and welcome!  Before I get to this week's card for Freshly Made Sketches I wanted to let my (previous) email subscribers know that my account was closed by MailChimp because I hadn't logged into it for 24 months.  Silly me ignored the emails thinking they related to the long-closed Fusion Card Challenge because emails for this blog were going to subscribers every time I posted, so of course my account was active 😒.  But no, because I hadn't logged into my MailChimp account, it was closed and there is no way to get it back.  So none of my subscribers have been receiving emails since May.  

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Now onto this week's card. Jen Mitchell came up with a fabulous sketch and I used some NBUS dies from Scrapbook.com to make a baby card - for who I have no idea 😁  

I die-cut everything from white cardstock and ink-blended using some soft pastel colours.  I arranged the images onto a vellum stitched tag and then onto a strip of gingham patterned paper.  The sentiment die is from SugarPea Designs and stacked three high for dimension.

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

Products used:

Ink: Minty Mint, Sweet Leaf, Rose Quartz, Puffy Heart, Peachy Glow, Peach Perfect, Vanilla Cream, Hazelnut, Rocky Shore, Mocha (Altenew)

Cardstock: White, Vellum, Homespun Gingham patterned paper (MFT)

Dies: Welcome Baby (Scrapbook.com), Baby Diaper Pin (SugarPea Designs), Anytime Tags (Lil Inkers), Stitched Scalloped Borders (Lawn Fawn)

Accessories:  White twine

Cheers

Karren

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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