Art Soul

Welcome back!  This is my second post today and I've had the idea for this card in my head since I saw the cue word at CASology this week.  I had to get it out of my head and onto a card so I could actually concentrate on making DT cards today :)

As soon as I saw the cue word of Art, I thought of this wood-mounted stamp I have that is one of my oldest stamps.  I love this saying and knew I had to make a card using it.  I used the Color Throwdown colors and some ink blending to put together this card.

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."  What a wonderful and true saying.

I used the Tim Holtz splatter stencil and sponged Wilted Violet, Festive Berries, Picked Raspberry and Scattered Straw ink over it.  NB:  When I saw the colors, I thought the peach color was a yellow, so apologies to the CTD team, but with the ink blending, it sort of came out peachy anyway!  I went back and forth several times to get a good blend of colors.  Once I was happy with that, I stamped the sentiment.  And, being a wood-mounted stamp, I couldn't use my Misti :(  I hadn't realised how much I relied on that tool for my sentiment stamping.  In the end, I didn't want to ruin the sponging, so I dug out my Stampamajig and used that.  I wasn't game to ink and re-stamp though, so it only got one stamping.

I finished the card with some rainstones which add a bit of dimension but don't detract from the image and sentiment.

Because I just love these colors so much, I'm also entering this in Virginia's View challenge.

Thanks for visiting.

Products used:

Stamps:  Art Soul (Hampton Arts)

Ink:  Archival Black, Scattered Straw, Picked Raspberry, Festive Berries, Wilted Violet

Cardstock:  White

Accessories:  Splatters Stencil (Tim Holtz), Rainstones (PTI)

Cheers

Karren

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

Hello Splat

Welcome to another fabulous sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.  This week our hostess is our very own Artisan, Amy O'Neill.  Check out her sketch:

I've taken all the elements of the sketch and made a very CAS card:

It's hard to see in the photo, but I've scored double lines to represent the horizontal panel on the sketch.  The die-cut sentiment is the rectangular panel and the die-cut splat is the half-circle.  I started my card by sponging various distress inks onto a scrap of cardstock, before die-cutting it with the splat die.  I also die-cut the sentiment in black cardstock, colored it with clear Wink of Stella, inked it up with Versamark and clear-embossed it several times.  I stamped the "friend" in black ink onto the card base then adhered the die-cut pieces.

Thanks for visiting.  My team-mates have some fabulous cards using this sketch, so be sure to check them out.  I'm entering this card into Virginia's friendship card Link-Up Party as well as Card Concept, where I used the colors to make a Clean and Graphic card.

Products used:

Stamps:  Fanciful Feathers (WP9)

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Twisted Citron, Worn Lipstick, Picket Raspberry, Peacock Feathers Distress Inks, Versamark

Cardstock:  White, black

Dies:  Scribbles & Splats (Tim Holtz), Simply Said Hello (Avery Elle)

Accessories:  Scoreboard, Clear EP, Wink of Stella

Cheers

Karren

Edited to add:  This card got a shout out at Card Concept.

Merry and Bright

Hi!  This is the first card I've made for fun in two weeks :(  But I finally got some time to myself in the craft room and after I'd made my cards for DT commitments for the week, I got to play.  And I made a card for a few challenges out there:  CAS(E) This Sketch, Just Add Ink, CASology and Virginia's View.

I started with a white card base and out of that I die-cut the Frames die and then inlaid the thin frame which I'd cut from Audrey Blue cardstock.  Unfortunately, that plan went out the window when I accidentally ripped the blue frame - after it was stuck down in parts!  So I had to lay another frame over the top and it worked - thank goodness.  The tree was stamped and colored with aqua colored Copic markers and I tried for a silver-colored base and star using Copics.  It was then coated in clear Wink of Stella.

I stamped the sentiment onto the cardbase and over the blue frame using my Misti and then when I was about to stick the tree down, I thought something was missing, so I die-cut some Circle Loops out of silver glimmer paper to put behind the tree.  It almost looks like a silver thread nest :)

Thanks for visiting.  I'm hoping to get some more time to stamp tomorrow!

Products used:

Stamps:  Jingle All the Way, Hand Lettered Holiday (MFT)

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Onyx Black

Cardstock:  White, Silver Glimmer, Audrey Blue

Dies:  Circle Loops, Frames (SSS)

Accessories:  Copics, Wink of Stella

Cheers

Karren

Edited to Add:  This card got a shout out at Just Add Ink, CAS(E) This Sketch and CASology.

Grid Thanks

Today's card was one I came up with and executed quickly (for me!)  I wanted to play along with the challenge at Less is More which is "Fire" and the Thanks challenge at Simon Says Stamp.  As well, I'm entering for the first time into Virginia's View Challenge which has a theme of texture this month.

I took a piece of watercolor paper and white-embossed Hero Arts' Graph Background stamp.  Once that was done, I used the ink smooshing technique to smoosh different yellow and orange inks in the bottom right corner.  I then dripped a solution of  Perfect Pearls and water to give a subtle shimmer.

The panel was then die-cut with a pierced rectangle die.  The sentiment is white-embossed and comes from a brand-new-to-me set  by CTMH called A Thousand Thanks.  I can see I'm going to get a lot of use out of this set!

Thanks for visiting!

Products used:

Stamps:  Graph Background (Hero Arts), A Thousand Thanks (CTMH)
Ink:  Squeezed Lemonade, Wild Honey, Scattered Straw, Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber, Ripe Persimmon (Distress), Versamark
Cardstock:  White, Black, Watercolor
Dies:  Pierced Rectangle Stax (MFT)
Accessories:  White EP, Perfect Pearls

Cheers
Karren

Edited to Add:  This card was in Virginia's wrap up post.