It's been a busy weekend and now we're back around to Monday and another Merry Monday challenge. This week Deanne has challenged us to use sequins on our cards.
I went very CAS and elegant this week, with a gold and black color scheme.
I gold-embossed the greeting and layered it onto some Brushed Gold cardstock which I'd cut from corner to corner to add a bit of interest. I then arranged some sequins and rhinestones and called the card done!
Thanks for visiting. The rest of the design team have some fabulous sequin-y cards for you this week so be sure to check them out.
Products used:
Stamps: Joy to the World (SU)
Ink: Versamark
Cardstock: Basic Black, Brushed Gold
Accessories: Gold EP, Lil Inkers Stitched Mats Rectangles, gold sequins, basic rhinestones
Cheers
Karren
It's my turn to host the challenge at Freshly Made Sketches and I came up with a fairly CAS-style sketch.
I hope you can play along. As you can see from my own card, I took a fairly liberal approach to the sketch!
The card base was stenciled with a Tim Holtz stencil and embossing paste, colored green. The filmstrip is stamped directly onto the card base. I tucked some thread behind the banner and the arranged some enamel dots, sequins and rhinestones.
The sentiment is die cut and clear embossed a couple of times before being adhered to another layer to give it some depth.
Thanks for visiting. The rest of the design team have produced amazing cards, as always, so be sure to check them out.
Products used:
Stamps: Grunge Rock, Gorgeous Grunge, Filmstrip, (SU), Rock On (PTI)
Ink: Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo, Versafine Onyx Black.Versamark
Cardstock: Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Island Indigo
Accessories: Happy die (Clearly Besotted), Birthday die (PTI), Clear EP, Basic Jewels, Freckled Fawn Enamel Dots, sequins, thread, Banner framelits (SU), Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste, Tim Holtz Bubble Stencil
Cheers
Karren
For this week's Merry Monday challenge, LeAnne has challenged us to use green and white on our Christmas cards.
Easy, right? I spent hours on my card trying to get it looking right - it took 8 attempts to get the tree. The first seven times I couldn't get good ink coverage and in the end I colored the stamp with a marker and spritzed with water to give it a deliberately mottled look.
I just received some PTI goodies in the mail on Friday and I was determined to use my new In the Meadow set. I used this week's sketch from Verve as my layout. The sentiment is embossed with Pewter EP, which is such a gorgeous color.
Thanks for visiting. If you haven't already checked out the rest of the design team's inspiration, make sure you do - they are awesome!
Products used:
Stamps: In the Meadow (PTI)
Ink: Versamark
Cardstock: Always Artichoke, Whisper White, Wintergreen DSP
Accessories: Regals Markers, In the Meadow dies, Pewter EP, Frosted Finishes Embellishments, Lil Inkers Stitched Mat Rectangle die, Spellbinders Labels Three die
Cheers
Karren
This is my second post today. Scroll down for my beachy card.
I spent some time today making a birthday card for Darnell. Darnell makes our little corner of the internet special with her generosity of time and the lovely comments she leaves so very often. And let's not forget her blog posts - so hilarious and she offers up the most gorgeous cards. So I made this card with Darnell in mind. I kept it CAS because that's how she rolls.
It's only fitting that I used NBUS for this card - a new PTI set called Bigger Blooms. I just love the font on the sentiments in this set.
I die cut and stamped various images using several different ink colors, then arranged them on the card base. Once they were all stuck down, I went around with the little dot stamp then finished off with some rhinestones.
Each of the flowers and leaves were colored with Wink of Stella. As always, it's hard to get a good photo so this is the best I could do.
I was inspired by the sketch at CAS(E) This Sketch.
Thanks for visiting and I hope you had a wonderful birthday, Darnell. Hugs!
Products used:
Stamps: Bigger Blooms (PTI)
Ink: Wisteria Wonder, Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Wild Wasabi, Lucky Limeade, Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride, Marina Mist, Versafine Onyx Black
Cardstock: Whisper White
Accessories: Bigger Blooms dies (PTI), Wink of Stella
Cheers
Karren
It's Monday morning here and I have two days off work - yahoo! It's the school holidays here in New Zealand and it's also my son's 12th birthday tomorrow, so I'm spending a couple of days with him. For his birthday dinner, he wants to cook a three course meal a la "My Kitchen Rules", so we're also getting ready for that.
Anyway, I took some time this morning to make a card which covers several challenges: Addicted to CAS, CASology and The Paper Players.
I created a beachy scene using an old PSX stamp as my focal point. After I stamped the image in Memento ink, I masked off all but the sand and sponged Crumb Cake and River Rock before using my Color Spritzer to spritz some Crumb Cake ink.
I then masked off and sponged Pool Party ink for the sea. I put some white gel pen dots in the "sea" to mimic waves. For the sky, I cut some cloud dies out of Eclipse paper and sponged Baja Breeze ink. The I used the reverse mask to lightly sponge some Soft Sky ink around the inside edges of the clouds. Lastly I stamped some birds (which I envisage are lazily floating in the sky - hence using the CASology key word).
Thanks for visiting. This was a fun and relaxing card to make.
Products used:
Stamps: Near the Sea (PSX), Up Up and Away (SU)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Baja Breeze, River Rock, Soft Sky
Cardstock: Whisper White
Accessories: Color Spritzer, Crumb Cake Marker, Flat Bottom Clouds (MFT), White Gel Pen, Eclipse Masking Paper
Cheers
Karren
Today is Freshly Made Sketch Challenge Day and that means another sketch for you to try! This week, Cindy Lovell has given us a gorgeous sketch. If you're not familiar with Cindy's work, you need to check out her blog - she has an amazing talent and style.
I think I'm actually missing a layer behind the circle but by the time I realised, my card was all stuck down and there was nothing I could do.
I cut an open circle using Coastal Cabana cardstock, then I stamped several images from a new-to-me set from SSS called Summer Garden. After coloring them with Copics, I cut them using the matching dies. The sentiment is from another new set called Friendship Messages and was stamped in CTMH Cotton Candy ink as that was the closest match to my clematis (at least I think that's a clematis!)
Thanks for visiting. Be sure to check out my talented team-mates and give this fun and trendy sketch a go yourself!
Products used:
Stamps: Friendship Messages, Summer Garden (SSS)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, CTMH Cotton Candy
Cardstock: Whisper White, Xpress-it, Coastal Cabana, Smoky Slate
Accessories: Summer Garden dies, Stitched Mats Circles (Lil Inkers), MFT Fishtail Flags dies, Corner Chomper, Kelly Purkey sequins, Basic Rhinestones
Cheers
Karren
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
