Distressed Field Flowers

When I saw the challenge at Friday Mashup, I couldn't wait to have a go.  Luckily, it's a 4-day weekend for me, so I have lots of stamping time!  The challenge is to used lined paper or make a distressed project or mash it up and do both.  I've mashed it up and came up with this:

The layout was inspired by last week's sketch challenge at Paper Players.  I used a retired DSP called Notebook and I'm ashamed to admit this was the first time I've used it! I stamped the flower from Field Flowers onto the DSP then overstamped with various images from French Foliage in Crumb Cake ink.   After distressing the edges, I sponged Crumb Cake ink around the edges to vintage it up a bit.

The left hand side of the card base was stamped using French Foliage images and crumb cake ink and all edged were sponged.  The banner was done in the same manner as the main image.  The old spiral punch created an office-y edge as did the paperclip from the Clips Assortment.

Thanks for looking.

Products used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamps:  Field Flowers; French Foliage; Memorable Moments
Cardstock:  Crumb Cake; Perfect Plum; Basic Black; Notebook DSP
Ink:  Crumb Cake; Perfect Plum; Old Olive
Accessories:  Lacy Brocade EF; Spiral Punch; sponge; Clips Assortment

Edited to Add:  This card was chosen for a Glamette award at Friday Mashup!

Cheers
Karren

Get Well Soon, Quin

My 6-year old niece Quin broke her arm on Thursday, so of course I had to make her a card.  This card is uses the sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches and the color challenge at Color Throwdown.

I had just received an order from SU which contained Delightful Dozen and as this is my favorite image in the set (love that font!), it was quite fortuitous that I had to made a Get Well card so soon.  Not so fortuitous for my wee niece though who now has several weeks of wearing a cast :(

I used one of the heart framelits to cut the heart then the scalloped heart from Hearts a Flutter framelits for the Chocolate Chip heart.  I deliberately set the sentiment off-center so the rolled rose and leaves would fit on the heart.

Thanks for looking.

Products used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamps:  Delightful Dozen
Cardstock:  Whisper White; Primrose Petals; Raspberry Ripple; Chocolate Chip; 2012-14 In Color DSP
Ink:  Chocolate Chip
Accessories:  Delicate Designs EF; Lacy Brocade EF; Little Leaves Sizzlet; Hearts a Flutter Framelits; Hearts Framelits; 1 1/4" circle punch; Basic Pearls

Cheers
Karren

Bunny Baskets

So it appears as if I haven't quite finished with the bunny images!  I made a couple of little baskets for my boys using this tutorial from Beth Rush.

I'm also using these baskets for the challenge this week at Just Add Ink, which is to Just Add Bunnies.

I started out with 6" x 6" pieces of Wild Wasabi and Pacific Point cardstock to make these little baskets.  I deliberately kept them plain because, well, they're for boys and they probably won't appreciate them anyway, let alone if I gussied them up any!

Thanks for looking.

Products used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamps:  Everybunny; Teeny Tiny Wishes
Cardstock:  Wild Wasabi; Pacific Point; Watercolor
Ink:  Black Stazon; Pool Party; Pacific Point; Sahara Sand; Wild Wasabi
Accessories:  Large Tag Punch; silver brads; Simply Scored

Edited to Add:  These little baskets received an Honorable Mention at Just Add Ink this week!

Cheers
Karren

CCMC245 Sketch Challenge

Well, I'm sad to say this is my last card as a member of the Thursday Challenge Team at Create with Connie & Mary.  I've had great fun and it was made easy knowing the challenges would always be high quality.  Thanks Connie and Mary for the opportunity!

So my last challenge is a sketch challenge.

For my card, I've used lots of goodies from the Spring Catalog to create a birthday card for my mother.  I have to say that this is my most favorite card I've ever made and it's fitting it's for my mother as she is the one who got me into stamping in the first place!  I always feel I have to do something a little bit special when I make cards for her and my dad.  I hope she'll like this card, cos I sure do!

I colored the flower trim by first smooching them in the inkpad, then painting the uncolored bits with ink and an aquapainter.  I deliberately left a few unpainted spots to add to the shabbiness of the card.  The base is Whisper White and on top of that is a piece of Pool Party Core'dinations cardstock run through the Honeycomb EF and lightly sanded.  The scalloped piece is also Core'dinations cardstock but left unsanded.  The love ticket comes from the Artisan Embellishment Kit and the new Designer Brads finish off the card.

Thanks so much for joining me on my journey with Create with Connie & Mary.  I'll now go back to playing along with the challenges as often as I can.  Head on over there and check out the other fantastic cards from the Challenge Team.

Products used (all Stampin' Up!):

Cardstock:  Whisper White; Pool Party Core'dinations; Primrose Petals Co-ordinations; Old Olive; 2012-14 In Color DSP
Ink:  Primrose Petals
Accessories:  Basic Pearls; Honeycomb EF; Delicate Designs EF; Large Scallops Edgelits; Big Designer Brads; Little Leaves Sizzlet; Itty Bitty Circle Punch; Artisan Embellishment Kit; Paper Doily; Pool Party Seam Binding Ribbon; Flower Trim

Cheers
Karren

Bunny Baby

As you can tell from my blog post title, I'm still on the bunny cards!  As a concession though, this time the card is not an Easter card, but a baby card.  I'm using it for the challenge at CAS(E) This Sketch which is a pocket card.  My "pocket" is the eggshell that the baby bunny is sitting in.  Cunning ploy, no?

I used a technique that has been floating around the internet lately.  I don't know what it's called and I don't really know how to use it but I white-embossed my image, then colored it in using Whisper White ink.  After that dried, I colored the image using a blender pen and inkpads.

I tossed up whether to white emboss the sentiment or stamp it in Chocolate Chip and I was too scared to ruin the card by embossing it, so Chocolate Chip it is.

Thanks for looking.

Products used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamps:  Everybunny; Sweet Essentials
Cardstock:  Crumb Cake
Ink:  Versamark; Whisper White; Baja Breeze; Pink Pirouette; Chocolate Chip; Riding Hood Red
Accessories:  White EP; Blender Pen

Cheers
Karren

Another Bunny Card!

I really think I'm going to have to start sending Easter cards as this is about the third one I've made this year!  I just can't keep away from Everybunny - such a cute, cute set and I don't normally do cute.

Anyway, this card covers the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, the color challenge at Still AddINKtive and the inspiration photo at Stampin' Royalty.  I used the color part of the challenge at Still AddINKtive but I do hope to try my hand at my first round card using this sketch at some stage.

I stamped the girl bunny onto Shimmery White paper and colored her in using blender pen and inkpads.  If you look closely, you can see the Rich Razzleberry eggs and the scalloped hem on her dress.  Apologies to all Rich Razzleberry fans, but it would have to be my most disliked color - my eye twitches when I see it LOL.  The sentiment is from the Easter Blossoms set which retired a while ago.  I used the Elegant Bouquet folder on the Whisper White panel to break up the expanse of white.  The flower trim (love that stuff!) was dyed using Pretty in Pink re-inker and water in a mister.

Here are the challenge graphics:

Thanks for looking.

Products used (all Stampin' Up unless otherwise noted):

Stamps:  Everybunny; Easter Blossoms
Cardstock:  Old Olive; Whisper White
Ink:  Pretty in Pink; Rich Razzleberry; Basic Black; Old Olive
Accessories:  Going Grey marker; Soft Suede marker; flower trim; oval nesties; Elegant Bouquet EF

Cheers
Karren

Edited to Add:  This card was a Top Pick at Still AddINKtive this week!  Thanks guys!

CCMC244 Color Challenge

Hi all.  Today is color challenge time at Create with Connie & Mary.  The colors we have for your viewing pleasure today are:

And my card using these colors:

You just have to take my word for it that there is some Marina Mist on this card!  I sponged Marina Mist down the bottom and Not Quite Navy on the top of the panel, after masking the moon with a circle punch-out.  When I finished with the blues, I carefully sponged in some Daffodil Delight for the moon.  Then I stamped the image from Serene Silhouettes using Black Stazon.  The sentiment comes from the Bring on the Cake set.

Head on over to see what the rest of the Challenge Team have done with these colors.

Thanks for looking.

Products used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamps:  Serene Silhouettes; Bring on the Cake
Cardstock:  Whisper White
Ink:  Marina Mist; Not Quite Navy; Daffodil Delight
Accessories:  Sponges

Cheers
Karren