Pink Dahlias

Hi!  I've had some fun just playing in my craft room today and made a card using the sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch, the pink and green theme at CAS Watercolour and the inlaid die-cutting theme from CAS Mix Up, where I used stamping, inlaid die-cutting and watercoloring.

To make this card, I stamped the WP9 dahlia stamp in the bottom right of a panel of Bristol Smooth cardstock, added a mask then turned it around and stamped again in the opposite corner.  After removing the mask, I colored the images with Zig markers, using 3 different pink shades and 3 different green shades.

Once it was dry, I die-cut the panel with a stitched edge rectangle die and die-cut the congrats word from right through the center of the floral image.  I set aside all the pieces and die-cut the word another 4 times from black cardstock, stacking each one on top of the other using spray adhesive.  I then popped the stacked dies back into the gap left and then put back all the little center pieces of the letters.

Finally, I adhered the floral die-cut word to the top, colored it with clear sparkle pen, added some clear droplets and called it done!  You can see the camouflaged die-cut word better in the next photo.

Thanks for visiting!

Products used:

Stamps:  Beautiful Bouquet:  Dahlia (WPlus9)
Ink:  Black Licorice Hybrid
Cardstock:  White, Black, Bristol Smooth
Dies:  Stitched Rectangles (Lil Inkers), Congrats (Mama Elephant)
Accessories:  Clear Sparkle Pen, Zig markers, Clear Droplets

Cheers
Karren

Edited to Add:  This card got a shout out at CAS(E) This Sketch.

Elephant Shaker

Hi!  I'm popping in really quickly with a card I made using the soon-to-close Retro Sketch as well as the Spectacular Shakers challenge at MFT Stamps Camp Create.   I'm hoping by the end of the weekend to have completed all the Camp Create challenges.  Wish me luck!  As Seize the Birthday have an Anything Goes challenge, I'll link up there too.  This card also meets the challenge at CAS Mix Up and this is my second entry there (stamps, die-cuts and acetate/shaker)

I used the vertical panel in the sketch to make a fun shaker card for a little girl.  I die-cut the white panels and adhered acetate between them  I then white-embossed the sentiment and adhered that behind the acetate and that's where the foam tape sits to stop the sequins falling out the bottom of the card as the acetate goes right to the bottom.

Once I'd completed the shaker component, I worked on the embellishments.  Some of the gorgeous Homespun Gingham paper was used along the top along with some pink striped baker's twine.  The aptly-named adorable elephant and two butterflies were stamped, colored with Copics and die-cut.

Thanks for visiting!

Products used:

Stamps:  Adorable Elephants (MFT)
Ink:  Black Licorice Hybrid, Versamark
Cardstock:  White, Acetate, X-Press It, Cotton Candy (SSS)
Dies:  Adorable Elephants, Basic Stitch Lines (MFT), Stitched Scalloped Border (Lawn Fawn)
Accessories:  Sequins, Copics, White EP, twine

Cheers
Karren

Edited to Add:  This card got a shout out at Seize the Birthday.

Santa's Little Helper

And here's another post from me today!  I really need to get moving on making some Christmas cards.  We're nearly halfway through the year and I have a total of two - including the one you're about to see :)

I made this card for the current Merry Monday challenge to create a Christmas card for a child and I used the sketch at CAS(E) This Sketch (sort of).  I'm also entering this into CAS Mix Up's current challenge of stamping, die cuts and one other, which in my case is fussy cutting and acetate.

I stamped and colored this adorable little reindeer from Verve then I fussy cut him out.  I then used the Pierced Rectangle Frame die to create a shaker card.  Finally, I stamped the sentiment directly onto the acetate using Stazon ink.  I was going to use a banner as per the sketch, but I didn't want to cover up the sequins.

Thanks for visiting.

Edited to Add:  This card got a shout out at Merry Monday.

Make Today Amazing

Hi and welcome!  Today's card uses both the colors and sketch from MFT Challenges and I've joined in the fun at CAS Mix Up Challenge as well.  I've used stenciling, stamping and for my third element I've used Gesso to splatter over the stenciled panel.

I don't have the MFT ink colors, but I do have a couple of the sample packs of cardstock, although I don't have Daffodil so I used Pineapple instead as it looked reasonably close.

To start my card, I masked off a panel in the bottom third of a card base and sponged over the Geometric Grid stencil using Tumbled Glass and Shabby Shutters distress inks.  Before removing the stencil and masks I splattered some watered-down Gesso onto the panel.

To highlight the stenciled panel, I cut slivers of Berrylicious cardstock and adhered it above and below the stenciling.  The sentiment was stamped with black ink and then I stacked three layers of Pineapple cardstock, cut with the Doubly Amazing die.

Thanks for visiting.

Products used:

Stamps:  Amazing
Ink:  Black Licorice Hybrid, Tumbled Glass, Shabby Shutters
Cardstock:  White, Berrylicious, Pineapple
Dies:  Doubly Amazing
Accessories:  Gesso, Geometric Grid Stencil (MFT)

Cheers
Karren