Chevron Birthday

It's Sunday evening here and I had a wee bit of time today to make a card for a few challenges.  This card uses the sketch from Hand Stamped Sentiments, the colors from Fab Friday and the chevron theme from Seize the Birthday.

I dry embossed part of the card base using the Chevron EF then white embossed pieces of Real Red and Coastal Cabana cardstock using Positively Chevron and white EP.  I cut a panel of Whisper White and rounded opposite corners.  I then stamped the sentiment using Real Red.  I already had the "birthday" die cut on my table so decided to put that to good use.

I tied some red twine around the card but it still looked like it was missing something so I randomly placed some Candy Dots on the card.

Thanks for looking.

Products used:

Stamps:  Birthday Bash Sentiments (PTI), Shenanigans (CASual Fridays), Positively Chevron (SU)
Ink:  Real Red, Versamark
Cardstock:  Crumb Cake, Coastal Cabana, Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White
Accessories:  Brights Candy Dots, White EP, Circle Nesties, American Crafts Twine, birthday die (PTI), Chevron EF (SU)

Cheers
Karren

Strawberries

This is my second post today.  Scroll down for my hedgie card.  

I have several of these old style PSX stamps and I thought it would be fun to color one using Copics.  I used this week's sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch.

The stamp has words around the outside, but I cut them off, leaving a frame with some of the elements outside the frame.  I stuck the image onto Whisper White cardstock, stamped a simple greeting and called it done.

Here's a close-up of the image.

This card is destined for a friend who is going through a tough time at the moment.  

Thanks for looking.

Edited for Cindi, who left a comment querying the colors used:  Below is a photo of the Copics I used for coloring. Hope this helps.

Products used:

Stamps:  PSX Strawberry stamp; A Dozen Thoughts
Ink:  Brilliance Graphite Black
Cardstock:  Whisper White
Accessories:  Copic Markers

Cheers
Karren

Hedgie Birthday

Hi everyone.  Today's card was really fun to make and used a new-to-me technique as well as a technique I haven't used for some years.  The new-to-me technique was Inked Die Cuts for the Just Us Girls Challenge.  The technique I haven't used for years was 3D paper piecing (aka paper tole) for Friday Mashup.  I combined these two challenges with the sketch from Deconstructed Sketches and the colors from Just Add Ink.

I stamped my hedgehog onto Express-it cardstock four times.  I colored the base image, then on the other three images I colored the gift box, the gift bow and the hedgehog's hands and feet.  I cut out the colored pieces and glued them to my base image using glue dots to give some dimension.  Here's a close-up of hedgie:

And a side view so you can see the different levels:

The hedgehog was cut using the Inked Die Cut technique and some Colorbox Warm Red chalk ink.  The smaller circle was stamped and the die inked with Aquamarine chalk ink before being cut.

Thanks for looking.

Products used:

Stamps:  Penny Black Critter Party, PTI Birthday Bash Sentiments
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Colorbox Chalk inks Warm Red, Aquamarine, 
Cardstock:  Island Indigo, Sahara Sand, Real Red, In Color DSP
Accessories:  Island Indigo Baker's Twine, circle nesties, MFT Banner dies, copics, sequins

Edited to Add:  This card got an Honorable Mention at Friday Mashup and Chic of the Week at Just Us Girls.

Cheers
Karren

Rosy Celebration

Today's card uses a set I haven't used for quite some time - Kitchen Sink Stamps 3 Step Roses & Hearts.  I love the realistic images these stamps create.

For this card, I used the colors from Color Throwdown and the sketch from Seize the Sketch.

I scored the Pink Pirouette card base and used some retired In Color DSP layered onto Crumb Cake.  The sentiment from CASual Fridays Shenanigans set was stamped in Real Red onto the DSP.  The rose and leaves were stamped onto Whisper White cardstock using Real Red and Pistachio Pudding inks.  

I paper pierced the top right corner of the card base to add a bit of interest and threw a couple of sequins on as well :)

Thanks for looking.

Thanks for looking.

Products used:

Stamps:  Kitchen Sink Stamps, CASual Fridays
Ink:  Real Red, Pistachio Pudding
Cardstock:  Pink Pirouette, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, In Color DSP
Accessories:  Simply Scored, sequins, paper piercing kit

Cheers
Karren

Toadily

Today's sketch for Freshly Made Sketch challenges comes from Cindy and can go in so many different directions.

I decided to make a slightly non-traditional Valentine's card for one of my boys.

I used an image from Penny Black's transparent set called Toadily.  I stamped my toad onto Xpress-it cardstock and colored with Copics.  I mounted every layer onto Basic Black to keep to a green color scheme.  The DSP is from Epic Day and the sentiment is from Avery Elle's Oh Happy Day set - love that calligraphy font!

The inside is finished very simply.

Thanks for visiting.  Check out the awesome inspiration from the rest of the design team.

Products used:

Stamps:  Toadily (Penny Black), Oh Happy Day (Avery Elle)
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
Cardstock:  Gumball Green, Basic Black, Xpress-it, Whisper White, Epic Day DSP
Accessories:  Copic markers, sequins

Cheers
Karren

The Stockings Were Hung...

This week's  Merry Monday challenge is very traditional - use a stocking or stockings on your card.

I went with a stamp I've had in my stash for years.  It came from a company in the UK called Imagina Clarity and it is part of a series on The Night Before Christmas.

I stamped the image onto Watercolor Paper with Black Stazon ink and colored it using inkpads and an aqua painter.  I went for non-traditional colors, using Island Indigo, Pool Party and Daffodil Delight, with a touch on Old Olive on the mouse's cap.  Staying with the non-traditional theme, I used some DSP from World Spectacular.  Some Candy Dots in opposite corners finished off the card.

I'm linking this card up to Friday Mashup as I've used their sketch, but turned 90 degrees.

Thanks for looking.  Head on over to the Merry Monday blog to see what delicious inspiration the rest of the DT have come up with.  

Products used:

Stamps:  Imagina Clarity
Cardstock:  Island Indigo; Pool Party; Watercolor Paper; World Spectacular DSP
Ink:  Black Stazon; Island Indigo; Pool Party; Daffodil Delight; Old Olive; Smoky Slate
Accessories:  Candy Dots; Square Nesties; Northern Flurry EF.

Cheers
Karren

Cross Stitch Love

I got the January Stamp of the Month from CTMH yesterday.  It's called Cross Stitch Wishes and while it's not my usual style, it's perfect for a Valentine's card.  Coincidentally, the challenge at ATCAS is Love and the color challenge at ColourQ is pink tones, so I decided to take the new set for a test drive.

This is a very, very simple card, but I quite like it.  I stamped the string in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored the hearts with Pink Pirouette, Blushing Bride and Primrose Petals markers before stamping onto the string.  The "Love" had a heart above and below it, but I cut those off the stamp and inked up the word in Crumb Cake.  

A Pink Pirouette heart punched from the Owl Punch and stuck it over the center heart.  Some pearls were placed on the card, either plain or colored with a copic marker.

I kept the inside simple to match the outside.

I think I'll give this card to my 11-year old son.  Even though it's a bit of a girly card, William is a very sweet and loving boy (when he's not being a drama queen!).  Last night I was feeling unwell with an upset stomach and went upstairs to lie down for a while.  William comes up with the thermometer, a glass of water and some cold medication (hey, it's medicine!).  Such a sweet boy.

Thanks for looking.

Products used:

Stamps:  Cross Stitch Wishes (CTMH)
Ink:  Pink Pirouette, Crumb Cake, Memento Tuxedo Black
Cardstock:  Primrose Petals, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Pink Pirouette
Accessories:  Basic Pearls, Copic marker, Pink Pirouette, Primrose Petals, Blushing Bride markers

Cheers
Karren