Bermuda Tango

When I saw this week's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, for some reason my mind went immediately to Bermuda Bay - for me a very bright (but lovely) color.  I used the new Color Coach to see what went with Bermuda Bay and Tangerine Tango and Smoky Slate were the choices.  I had to keep lots of white space to satisfy my non-bright-loving eyes and this is the result:

I used my stamp-a-ma-jig to line up the images from Modern Mosaics and then stamped the sentiment in Smoky Slate.  The DSP comes from some old packs called Thoroughly Modern (Bermuda Bay) and Haiku (Tangerine Tango).

Thanks for looking.

Products used:

Stamps:  Mosaic Madness; Made for You
Cardstock:  Whisper White; Thoroughly Modern DSP; Haiku DSP
Ink:  Smoky Slate; Bermuda Bay; Tangerine Tango
Accessories:  1/2" circle punch; Crop-a-dile; White Baker's Twine; Large Scallops Edgelit
  

With a Side of Butterflies...

This is my second post today.  Scroll down for my nautical card.  It's also my second card for this week's color challenge at Dynamic Duos, which is Calypso Coral and Basic Black, with a dessert option of butterflies.  When I thought of butterflies as a dessert option, the phrase "with a side of butterflies" popped into my head and now I can't get it out - hence the title of this post!

I used the sketch at Paper Players which is a lovely CAS sketch, using one of my favorite card elements - a circle.

I again used the delicious Modern Medley DSP and this time used it with a new-to-me stamp from Papertrey Ink.  I have to say, though, that it really, really bugs me that the panels on the newsprint DSP are not printed straight.  I checked both sheets in the pack and they are both the same. 

Thanks for looking.

Products used:

Stamps:  Thing Big Favorites (PTI)

Cardstock:  Calypso Coral; Modern Medley DSP; Very Vanilla

Ink:  Calypso Coral

Accessories:  Calypso Coral Baker's Twine; Beautiful Wings Embosslit; Basic Rhinestones

Cheers

Karren

 

Near the Sea

As part of my organisation of my stamp room the other day, I also made some space to bring my non-SU stamps out of storage.  It was fun to take a glance through the drawers and when it came to the nautical theme at Curtain Call, I went to my "marine" drawer first and found a really old PSX stamp that I've probably had for 10 years and it's never seen ink! So I suppose this card qualifies for Darnell's NBUS (Never Before Used Schtuff) ha ha.

I used the sketch from Friday Mashup but flipped it 90 degrees.  

I kept the beautiful stamp as the main feature of this card, stamping it on watercolor paper and then wetting the paper quite a bit before coloring with Crumb Cake and Pool Party ink.  The DSP is from Epic Day and the charm is another something I've had for at least 10 years.

Thanks for looking.

Products used:

Stamps:  PSX
Cardstock:  Crumb Cake; Epic Day DSP; Watercolor Paper
Ink:  Black Stazon; Crumb Cake; Pool Party
Accessories:  Linen Thread; Lighthouse charm from stash

Cheers
Karren

Modern Birthday

This card is very similar to my last card in terms of layout and "CAS-ness".  I followed the sketch at Hand Stamped Sentiments, used new stamps and new DSP and came up with this card.

I just received the gorgeous Modern Medley DSP and wanted to showcase the beautiful graphic patterns.  I also used a new-to-me Papertrey Ink set called Wonderful Words: Birthday with matching die.  My new Big Shot magnetic platform arrived last week and today was my first chance to use it.  Can I just say - wow!  So worth the $NZ84!  

The "birthday" is popped up on tiny little slivers of dimensionals, as is the "happy" circle.  I quite like the simplicity of this card - it would make a great masculine card.

Thanks for looking.

Products used:

Stamps:  Wonderful Words:  Birthday
Cardstock:  Very Vanilla; Modern Medley DSP
Ink:  Basic Black; Coastal Cabana

Cheers
Karren

White on White Butterflies

Today is the first day of a week off work - yay!  I spent the morning doing a bit of re-organising in my stamp room and this afternoon I stamped a couple of cards.

Here's the first one, which uses the sketch from CAS(e) This Sketch, the theme challenge of Get Well from SUO Challenges and the color challenge at Dynamic Duos.

It's quite hard to see in the photo, but I punched 4 white butterflies, curled their wings and adhered them to a white card base using a glue dot in the center.  I then stamped another butterfly in Calypso Coral and punched that out for the focal point.  Three pearls down the body of the stamped butterfly, a stamped sentiment and this very CAS card was done.

Thanks for looking.

Products used:

Stamps:  Papillon Potpourri; Delightful Dozen
Cardstock:  Whisper White
Ink:  Calypso Coral; Basic Black
Accessories:  Butterfly Punch; Basic Pearls

Edited to Add:  This card was a Top 3 pick at SUO Challenges.

Cheers
Karren

Ampersand Day

Today's card is a hybrid card, using elements from MDS as well as traditional card-making and my Silhouette.

As soon as the Ampersand kit was released in MDS, I had to have it.  I love ampersands and the patterns and colors in the kit are gorgeous.

I combined the sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches with the color challenge at Just Add Ink to come up with this card:

I used the technique Pam Morgan showed on the live streaming of the opening session at Convention to use my Alphabet Press EF as a stamp and I really like the effect.  Of course I had to watch it well after the fact as it was live right in the middle of my work day.

The Coastal Cabana layer is DSP printed from MDS.  The main layer is a combination of MDS and text cut out on my Silhouette.  The flag was also printed from MDS and it's hard to see in the photo but the background of the flag is another ampersand DSP.

Thanks for looking.

Products used:

Cardstock:  Very Vanilla; Coastal Cabana; Baked Brown Sugar
Ink:  Baked Brown Sugar
Accessories:  MDS; Silhouette Cameo; Corner Rounder; Alphabet Press EF; Neutrals Button; Baker's Twine

Edited to Add:  This card was chosen for the Queen of Clean Award at Freshly Made Sketches and the winner at Just Add Ink this week.

Cheers
Karren 

Coast to Coast

The challenge at Just Add Ink this week is Just Add Water.  I combined that with the sketch at Paper Craft Crew Challenges to come up with this card:

The main image was stamped onto watercolor paper and very loosely colored.  I then cut a window out of a Sahara Sand card base and framed it in black.  I stamped the row of birds from Wetlands onto Sahara Sand and cut it out with the Designer Label Punch, the layered that onto a Cameo-cut frame.

I flipped the sketch so as not to cover too much of the image and I also didn't put the three embellishments on, letting the baker's twine act as the embellishment.

Thanks for looking.

Products used:

Stamps:  Coast to Coast; Wetlands
Cardstock:  Sahara Sand; Basic Black; Watercolor
Ink:  Black Stazon; Basic Black; Sahara Sand; Soft Suede; Soft Sky
Accessories:  Island Indigo Baker's Twine; Designer Label Punch; Rectangle Nesties

Edited to Add:  This card received an Honorable Mention at Just Add Ink.

Cheers
Karren