Tags in Triplicate

I had a bit of a struggle finding a small enough image for the challenge this week at Create with Connie & Mary.  Of course I had to make it harder on myself by combining with the color challenge at Dynamic Duos which steered me towards a Christmas card.  But I ended up finding this gorgeous little image in the Tags Till Christmas set.  I have to confess I'd never even noticed this little stamp before (hangs head in shame...).

Anyway, onto the card:

I colored the image using Early Espresso; Gumball Green and Raspberry Ripple markers then stamped onto Very Vanilla cardstock before punching out with the Small Oval punch.

It wasn't until I was putting the card together that I realized I didn't have any Christmass-y DSP in either Raspberry Ripple or Gumball Green, so I used the Big Shot to add some texture to the Raspberry Ripple panel.  I also centered the largest snowflake on the EF onto the Gumball Green framelit piece.  Considering I'm still on the fence about Gumball Green, I'm quite happy with how this card turned out.

Thanks for looking.

Products used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamps:  Tags till Christmas; More Merry Messages
Cardstock:  Very Vanilla; Gumball Green; Raspberry Ripple
Ink:  Early Espresso
Accessories:  Labels Collection Framelits; Northern Flurry EF; Small Oval Punch; Early Espresso, Gumball Green, Raspberry Ripple markers; Gumball Green ribbon

Cheers
Karren

By the Seashore in Neutrals

This card is for the sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches and the color challenge at Colour Me Beautiful.  Combining these challenges immediately sent me down the path of a masculine card.  I pulled out the By the Seashore set and went to work.  The only color I didn't use from the challenge was Basic Gray.

After I stamped the various images, I ran over the top of the images with my Aqua Painter, which blended the ink color.  The fourth image was cut out and popped up on dimensionals.  (Can you tell by my vague descriptions I don't know the names of shells and sealife-y things?  I am so not a nature person LOL).

I finished off the card with linen thread, one of the gorgeous bronze buttons and a couple of little tags.

Thanks for looking.

Products used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamps:  By the Seashore; Tiny Tags

Cardstock:  Sahara Sand; Early Espresso; River Rock; Neutrals DSP

Ink:  Soft Suede

Accessories:  Linen Thread; Bronze Button; Jewellery Tag Punch

Cheers

Karren

Indigo Thanks

I had a bit of spare time this evening so I decided to make a card for this week's color challange at Create with Connie & Mary.  I really like these colors together and decided to go clean and graphic for this card.

For this card, I used the Timeless Type Sizzlets to die cut the word "Thanks".  This took a slightly larger than usual card base to fit on.  I cut an inch off the bottom of the card front and positioned the letters across the top.  I then lined up the top of the letters and adhered to the shortened card base.  A few rolled flowers in Daffodil Delight and a couple of leaves and the card is finished.

Thanks for looking.

Before I sign off, my 10-year old son William made a card and has asked me (several times!) to post it on my blog.  The flower is something I had made and put in my "To Use Someday" box.  William made the rest and has plans to give it to his girlfriend.  So without further ado:

Products used (all Stampin' Up!):

Cardstock:  Whisper White; Island Indigo; Lucky Limeade; Daffodil Delight

Accessories:  Timeless Type Sizzlets; Little Leaves Sizzlet; 1 3/8" circle punch

Cheers

Karren

Edited to add:  This card was chosen as a Top 3 pick at Create with Connie & Mary.

Raspberry Mixed Bunch Part Deux

While I had the Raspberry Ripple cardstock and Mixed Bunch stamp set out for my last card, I couldn't resist using it all again for the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch.

For this flower, I used a whole heap of pearls in three different sizes for the center.  Again I curled the edges of the petals to give it a bit more dimension.  The sentiment is white embossed, with the bonus being that the Raspberry Ripple ink stayed wet long enough to emboss.  I have very little luck using Versamark with small images as the stickiness of the ink generally causes the stamp to fall off the block.

Thanks for looking.

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

Stamps:  Mixed Bunch; Made for You

Cardstock:  Raspberry Ripple; Whisper White

Ink:  Raspberry Ripple

Accessories:  Bouquet Punch; White EP; circle nestie; Basic Pearls

Cheers

Karren

Raspberry Ripple Bouquet

I used this gorgeous card on Beth Beard's blog as inspiration for my challenge card for Freshly Made Sketches.

Raspberry Ripple is such a lovely, rich color and pairing it with Whisper White  really shows off its lushness.

I stamped and punched the flower then curled the petals down.  For the center I used a retired 5/8" white brad.  The flower is popped up on two layers of dimensionals.  The DSP layer is the retired Presto Patterns sponged in Raspberry Ripple.

I don't have any Raspberry Ripple embellishments so I punched two tiny circles and positioned them either side of the sentiment.

Thanks for looking.

Products used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamps:  Mixed Bunch; Sweet Essentials

Cardstock:  Raspberry Ripple; Whisper White; Presto Patterns DSP

Ink:  Raspberry Ripple

Accessories:  5/8" Neutrals Brad; retired tiny little double circle punch whose name escapes me; circle nesties; Bouquet Punch

Cheers

Karren

Watercolor Winter

This week's challenge at Paper Players is a CAS card featuring frames.  I went the obvious route and used the Designer Frames Embossing Folder.

I used a new-to-me set called Watercolor Winter and stamped that onto a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock cut to fit inside the Designer Frames EF.  The sentiment comes from More Merry Messages and was colored with Early Espresso and Cherry Cobbler markers.  Some gorgeous Lucky Limeade paper from the Candlelight Christmas DSP, along with some Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding ribbon finished off the card.

Thanks for looking.

Products used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamps:  Watercolor Winter; More Merry Messages

Cardstock:  Very Vanilla; Candlelight Christmas DSP

Ink:  Early Espresso

Accessories:  Lucky Limeade, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso markers; Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon; Designer Frames EF

Cheers

Karren

Edited to Add:  This card was chosen as a Cut Above card over at Paper Players this week.

CAS Seashore

There's a new sketch challenge called CAS(E) this Sketch.  I created a card for their first challenge last week but was too late uploading it (doh!).  So here's my card for their second challenge:

This card was quite quick to come together.  I stamped one of the images from Clockworks twice in the upper left of the Basic Gray card base.  I then stamped the sentiment from Sweet Essentials.    The spritzer tool was put to good use spritzing some Basic Gray ink in a diagonal from top left to bottom right.  I then stamped the shell onto Whisper White cardstock using Marina Mist ink, cut it out and popped it up on dimensionals.

Thanks for looking.

Products used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamps:  Sweet Essentials, Clockworks; By the Seashore

Cardstock:  Basic Gray; Whisper White

Ink:  Basic Gray; Marina Mist

Accessories:  Color Spritzer; Basic Gray marker

Cheers

Karren