Daisy Border

Hi and welcome!  Today's card was made using the sketch over at Card Challenges, the colours at Color Hues of blue and yellow and the birthday theme at Addicted to CAS.

I started with a Lemon Tart card base and added a white frame cut from the Gift Box Cover-Up die which I adhered using foam tape.  I used the same die to cut another panel from Lemon Tart, stamped the sentiment on one of them and then adhered the stitched panels inside the popped-up frame.

The flowers were cut from Desert Night cardstock to which I added a bit of ink-blending in the centre using the same ink.  The flower centres were cut from some lemon polka-dot patterned paper.  The leaves were die-cut from some Dew Drops cardstock which is a pale blue/pool colour and again I added some shading with the same colour ink.

I arranged the flowers down the left hand side of the card and called it done.

Thanks for visiting!

Products used:

Stamps: Mini Messages & More (MFT)

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Desert Night, Dew Drops (Altenew)

Cardstock: White, Lemon Tart (PTI), Desert Night, Dew Drops (Altenew), Itsy Bitsy Polka Dots Pastels patterned paper (MFT)

Dies: Gift Box Cover-Up, Upsy Daisy (MFT)

Cheers

Karren

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Coffee and Reality

Hi and welcome!  Today's sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches was designed by our other Camp Mum Jen Mitchell.  I decided to use a NBUS coffee die set for my card.

I die-cut and assembled the coffee maker and the cup and set it aside.  For the background, I embossed a dark brown square panel and onto that I adhered some patterned paper with coffee splats on it and then a stenciled newspaper panel.

The sentiment comes from a sticker set by Tim Holtz that has some fantastically snarky sentiments.  I don't know when I would use most of these but, boy they make me smile - I love me some snark!

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

Products used:

Ink: Gathered Twigs Distress Oxide, Scorched Timber, Aged Mahogany, Frayed Burlap Distress Ink

Cardstock: White, Dark Chocolate, Heartbeat (Altenew), Black, Hot Fudge (MFT), Silver Mirror Foil, Vellum, Graph Paper Garden patterned paper (Aall & Create)

Dies: Lovely Layers: French Press (Honey Bee Stamps), Rounded Rectangles (Hero Arts)

Accessories: Distress Mix Embossing Folder (Spellbinders), Small Talk Snarky stickers (Tim Holtz), Daily News stencil (Stamperia)

Cheers

Karren

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Explore Tag

Hi, it's a holiday here in NZ today (Monday), so I spent some time in my craft room, getting messy and inky venturing into the mixed media space, where I don't go very often.  I based my card on the sketch at The Paper Players and the masculine theme at Krafty Chicks.

While I love clean cards, I really enjoyed putting this together.  I started with the tag using a piece of Aall & Create patterned paper to cut the tag from.  Once the tag was cut I added stamping, ink-blending, splatter, rub-ons and stenciling to the tag.  The rub-ons ended up getting covered up by the layers on top, but they're there.

I went to a craft show here in Christchurch, New Zealand last weekend and bought some supplies I normally wouldn't.  But seeing things in real life makes all the difference.  Of the things I bought was some patterned paper by 3Quarter Designs - a NZ-based company.  The papers are gorgeous (the strip down the left hand side and the fussy-cut elements on top of the tag come from the same paper pack).  

To add more interest to the left-hand strip, I scrunched up some collage tissue paper, lightly rubbed Vintage Photo ink over it then flattened it out a bit before adhering it behind the patterned paper strip.  The original tissue paper strip was longer than the card base so rather than cutting off the excess, I gathered it while the glue was wet to give some extra texture and dimension.  The Desert Storm panel was dry embossed with the Airmail Vault embossing folder and then I lightly rubbed some white ink over the top, before blending some Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain ink around the edges.

Once the stenciling on the tag was dry, I assembled all the pieces, adding a die-cut leaf sprig and some corrugated cardboard.  I adhered it to the kraft panel and then stapled a word I cut with a sentiment strip die from the tag's patterned paper using a Tiny Attacher.  Finally I adhered it all to a white card base.

Thanks for visiting.  This was a fun project and I can see more of this in my future...

Products used:

Stamps: Sign Here (Spellbinders), A Little Artsy (SSS)

Ink: Versafine Clair Nocturne, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain Distress Inks

Cardstock: White, Neenah Desert Storm, Eclectic Clockwork (3Quarter Designs), Graph Paper Garden (Aall & Create), Archives Collage Paper (Tim Holtz), corrugated cardboard

Dies: Stitched Traditional Tag Stax (MFT), Tags A Lot (Mama Elephant) [for the reinforcer], Bloom Colorize (Tim Holtz)

Accessories: Opaque Grit Paste (Tim Holtz), black splatter (SSS), White Gloss Acrylic Spray (Dina Wakely), Tiny Attacher (Tim Holtz), Vault Airmail Embossing Folder (Tim Holtz), 755 Street Stencil (13@rts)

Cheers

Karren

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Edited to Add: This card got a shout-out at Paper Players.

Handmade Hugs

Hi and welcome.  Today's card was made using the colours at Card Challenges as well as the sketch at Just Add Ink and the stencil challenge at Just Us Girls.

I started by stamping the flowers and leaves with various Distress Oxide Inks and then die-cut them all.  Onto a white card base, I stenciled the Chicken Wire stencil using Scattered Straw Distress Ink.  The Oceanside panel (which looks navy but is actually a dark, dark teal colour) was die-cut with the stitched border then an inside/out stitched circle to create an opening.

I added the Oceanside panel onto the card base then arranged the flowers, popping them up with foam tape.  The sentiment was white heat-embossed and tucked into the flower and stretched across to the outer edge of the card.

Thanks so much for visiting.

Products used:

Stamps: Painted Prints, Lots of Hugs (MFT)

Ink: Versamark, Scattered Straw Distress Ink, Mustard Seed, Fossilized Amber, Saltwater Taffy, Fired Brick, Lumberjack Plaid, Crushed Olive, Peeled Paint Distress Oxide Inks

Cardstock: White, Black, Oceanside (Spellbinders)

Dies: Painted Prints, Blueprints 25, Inside/Out Stitched Circle Stax

Accessories: White EP, Chicken Wire Stencil (MFT)

Cheers

Karren

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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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Magnolia Birthday

Hi and welcome!  It's Good Friday and a public holiday here in New Zealand, so what better than to get into the craft room?  I decided to make a card using the latest sketch over at Card Challenges, as well as the tic-tac-toe challenge at Paper Players and the birthday challenge at Krafty Chicks.  Because of time zones and full-time working, I don't often get to play with Paper Players so try and grab the opportunity when I can.  I went with the left diagonal with Die-cut/Flowers/Layers to come up with this card:

I coloured up the magnolia a few weeks ago when I was doing a bit of Copic-colouring so I don't know what colours I used, but I was pleasantly surprised when I found it already coloured and die-cut!  That formed the basis for my card, so I matched the flower colours with various cardstock colours and die-cut them from both a strips die and a stitched ric-rac die.  I layered the ric-rac over the strips and adhered them to a white card base that I'd embossed with the Subtle embossing folder.

I then adhered the white-embossed sentiment to the flower with liquid glue and added foam tape behind both before adding to the card.  Some clear shimmer pen to the centre of the flower added a bit of sparkle and I decided not to add any further embellishments.  

Thanks for visiting!

Products used:

Stamps: Magnolia Blossoms, Bitty Birthday Wishes (MFT)

Ink: Amalgam (Gina K.), Versamark

Cardstock: White, Black, X-Press It, Blush, Coral Bliss (Altenew), Bellini, Wildberry, Crimson (Spellbinders)

Dies:  Magnolia Blossoms, Stitched Ric Rac (MFT), Slim Stripes (Pink Fresh Studio)

Accessories: Copics, White EP, Subtle EF (SU)

Cheers

Karren

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Edited to Add: This card got a shout out at Paper Players and Krafty Chicks.

Sticky Note

Hi all and welcome to another sketch from the team at Freshly Made Sketches.  Our sketch hostess this week is Judy Rozema and here is the card I made.

As soon as I saw the torn edge, I thought stationery so that’s the route I took. I created two sticky notes and a torn edge and adhered them to an embossed background. I finished with some silver foil paper clips and a bold sentiment - albeit in the wrong place!

Thanks so much for visiting. The design team have some gorgeous cards so I hope you’ll check them out.

Products used:

Stamps: Take Note (SSS)

Ink: Versafine Clair Nocturne

Cardstock: White, Stone Gray (MFT), Misty Morning (Altenew), Peach Sorbet, Terracotta (Spellbinders) Mist (Lawn Fawn), Off The Grid patterned paper (MFT), Silver mirror foil

Dies: Push Pin Notes (Spellbinders), Notebook Edge (MFT), Notebook Journal Card (SugarPea Designs)

Accessories: Distress Mix Embossing Folder (Spellbinders)

Cheers

Karren

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