White Snowflakes

Hi and welcome to another Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge!  This week, Kristie has challenged us to make a white on white card.  So elegant!

And here's my card:

I'm very nearly SUO with this card!  The snowflake stamps and dies are from Festive Flurries and the sentiment is from Wishing You.

I white-embossed the snowflakes then, after die-cutting them, I painted them with Perfect Pearls to give a lovely shimmer.  The circle is die-cut from the card base then I layered the lattice die-cut behind it.  The sentiment is embossed with Pewter EP and cut out with a flag die.  You can get some idea of the shimmer in this next photo.

Thanks for visiting.  Be sure to check out my team-mates' white-on-white creations and we hope you have a go at this challenge.

Products used:

Stamps:  Festive Flurries, Wishing You (SU)
Ink:  Versamark
Cardstock:  Whisper White
Accessories:  White EP, Pewter EP, Lattice die, Festive Flurries dies, Stitched Mats Circle die, Spellbinders circle die, Banner die (SU), Perfect Pearls, Basic Pearls

Cheers
Karren

Circle Hello

Thanks for visiting me today.  This is my second "meh" card (refer to yesterday's post for my first one).  I made this card to cover three challenges - The Friday Mashup to use sequins and/or make a hello card; Stampin' Royalty who have a gorgeous inspiration photo and a new-to-me challenge called Keep it Simple who have challenged us to use turquoise.  I hope Bermuda Bay is turquoise-y enough.

For my card I cut the Circle Parade die out of both Bermuda Bay and Daffodil Delight cardstock.  I then adhered the Bermuda Bay negative die to a Whisper White card base and very carefully stuck the Daffodil Delight outline into the negative space.  That bit was messy - it's very hard to glue those tiny little pieces :)

The hello die was cut from Whisper White cardstock then I used some silver sequins to finish off the card.

Thanks for looking.

Products used:

Cardstock:  Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight
Accessories:  Circle Parade die (SSS), Hello die (Paper Smooches), silver sequins

Cheers
Karren

HB2U

Hi and welcome!  Ever have one of those crafting days where everything you produce is just "meh"?  Well, I had one of those days today.  I made four cards and two of them will never see the light of day and the other two are just okay.  I'm posting one here now and I'll put the other one up tomorrow.

So, after that auspicious introduction, I suppose I'd better post the picture of my card!

For this card, I used the sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch (flipped) and the colors from ColourQ.  It's my son's 12th birthday next week and he is obsessed with his iPhone, so I couldn't resist this new set from Clearly Besotted.  Unfortunately the matching dies are out of stock so I had to cut the iPhone by hand and didn't even attempt to cut the earbuds!  The iPhone is popped up on dimensionals.

The Blush Blossom color is so pale, it's really hard to see but I stamped three smiley faces above the HB2U - two in Blush Blossom and one in Bashful Blue.  The iPhone and earbuds were stamped in Versafine Onyx Black because it gives such beautiful ink coverage.

I feel there's something missing from this card, but I don't know what.  As it's for a boy, I can't bling it up, so it'll stay plain.

Thanks for visiting.

Products used:

Stamps:  Text Me (Clearly Besotted)
Ink:  Bashful Blue, Blush Blossom, Island Indigo, Real Red, Versafine Onyx Black
Cardstock:  Whisper White

Cheers
Karren

Edited to Add:  This card got a shout-out at ColourQ!

April Showers

The challenge at Fab Friday this week is to use all five of the new In Colors.  Now this IS a challenge, because (a) I've only just got the new in-colors and (b) I only like one of them yet.  So I decided to make myself use them in the hopes I would like more than just Lost Lagoon!

This card was originally going to be my Freshly Made Sketches DT card until I realised I hadn't followed the sketch.  Doh!

I used a new-to-me set called April Showers from Clearly Besotted.  I've been wanting this set ever since it came out and I love it!

I die cut the umbrella then stamped it with Tangelo Twist, Hello Honey and Mossy Meadow.  I colored the handle with a blender pen and some Mossy Meadow ink.  The sentiment was stamped using Blackberry Bliss ink.  The raindrops use Lost Lagoon as does the die cut tile pattern.  I finished the card with some orange twine.

Thanks for looking.

Products used:

Stamps:  April Showers (Clearly Besotted)
Ink:  Lost Lagoon, Mossy Meadow, Hello Honey, Tangelo Twist, Blackberry Bliss, Memento Tuxedo Black
Cardstock:  Basic Black, Whisper White, Lost Lagoon
Accessories:  April Showers die, American Crafts twine, Piestra Tile Die (Memory Box)

Edited to Add:  This card was a Fab Fave at Fab Friday.

Cheers
Karren

Leafy Accents

It's Freshly Made Sketches day and today our hostess is the gorgeous and funny and talented Jen Brum.  Jen's sketch allows for a lot of creativity so I can't wait to see what you all come up with!

I decided to go with a masculine card this week.

My main panel used the Whitewashed Woodgrain Technique which I saw on Stamp TV.  I'm not sure I did it properly because I watched the video a few days ago and worked from memory - and at my age, my memory isn't to be trusted!  Anyway, I think it turned out okay.  I used the new Lost Lagoon color - love that color!

I die cut a leaf then stamped it with Mossy Meadow, which is quite a nice dark green shade.  The die-cut 'happy' was cut in Lost Lagoon and Black and then slightly offset to give a shadow effect.

Thanks for visiting.  I'm also linking this up to Seize the Birthday who have an Anything Goes challenge this week.

The rest of the Freshly Made Sketches Design Team have some fabulous cards for you this week, so go check them out.

Products used:

Stamps:  Leafy Accents (Clearly Besotted), The Big the Bold and the Happy (Winnie & Walter)
Ink:  Lost Lagoon, Whisper White Craft Ink, Memento Tuxedo Black
Cardstock:  Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Lost Lagoon
Accessories:  Happy die, Leafy Accents die (Clearly Besotted), Oval Stitched Mats (Lil Inkers), Burlap Ribbon, Enamel Dots

Cheers
Karren

Orange Flowers

I had some unexpected stamping time today as I had to take the day off to look after a sick boy.

I chose to make a card using the colors from Just Us Girls and the sketch from Viva la Verve.

This card uses the new In Color Tangelo Twist.  I sponged some ink over a stencil cut using my Silhouette, focusing on the bottom left and lightening it up as I moved across the card.  The flowers are from Lean on Me and colored with Copics.  I colored the centers with Wink of Stella for a little bit of shimmer.  The white panel is raised up on dimensionals.  Some enamel dots from Freckled Fawn finish the card.

Thanks for visiting.

Products used:

Stamps:  Lean on Me, A Happy Hello (Verve)
Ink:  Tangelo Twist, Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark
Cardstock:  Tangelo Twist, Whisper White, Xpress-it
Accessories:  White EP, Pointed Flowers Dies (Verve), MFT Fishtail Flags die, SSS A2 Curved Die, Copics, Wink of Stella, Freckled Fawn Enamel Dots

Edited to Add:  This card got a mention on Viva la Verve

Cheers
Karren

Winter Cabin

Here we are again with another Merry Monday challenge.  I hope you're building up your Christmas card stash with our challenges.

Today's challenge from Katie is to add sparkle, shimmer or shine on your card.

Being someone who doesn't reach for the glitter, this was a hard challenge for me!  I ended up with this card which is about as glittery and shimmery as I get :)

It's always hard to see glitter in photos, so I'll explain what I've done with this card.  The card base was spritzed with Frost White Shimmer spray and the bottom was cut with a curved die so some silver glimmer paper could show through.  After the scene was die cut, I colored the roof of the house and the branches of the trees with a Versamarker, then heat embossed with Irridescent Ice embossing powder.

The sentiment was white embossed.

Here's a close-up from another angle so you can see a bit of the shimmer.

Thanks for visiting.  Be sure to head on over to Merry Monday to check out the glittery and shimmery creations from the rest of the design team, who obviously don't have the same glitter issues that I have LOL.

Products used:

Stamps:  Mini Holidays (Stampers Anonymous)

Ink:  Versamark

Cardstock:  Midnight Muse, Silver Glimmer Paper, Whisper White

Accessories:  Winter Cabin Landscape die (Memory Box), Irridescent Ice EP, Versamarker, Frost White Shimmer Spray, Spellbinders A2 Curved Die, silver ribbon

Cheers

Karren