Sending

I've had some time to play this weekend and have made a couple of cards for challenges.  This is the second one I made.

This was made using the colors at Color Throwdown and the sketch at CAS(E) This Sketch.

I started with a card base of Tip Top Taupe which is a really nice neutral.  On top of that I layered on foam tape a sheet of white cut with a pierced die.  Out of that I'd cut a curvy panel using Blueprints 25.

I then adhered a Sea Glass pierced circle die and a flower that I'd colored with Copics.  The sentiment was die-cut from a piece of X-Press It I'd colored with the same peachy Copic markers, but this time in an ombre fashion. That was adhered to the white panel at the top and bottom and some teeny tiny bits of foam tape through the center.

The rest of the sentiment was stamped and my card was finished.

Thanks for visiting.

Products used:

Stamps:  Sending and Wishing (SSS), Fresh Flowers (Clearly Besotted)
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
Cardstock:  Tip Top Taupe (SU), white, Sea Glass (SSS), X-Press It
Accessories:  Copics, Sending die (SSS), Pierced Circle Stax (MFT), Blueprints 25 (MFT), Blueprints 21 (MFT)

Cheers
Karren

Edited to Add:  This card got a shout out at CAS(E) This Sketch and Color Throwdown.

Neutral Roses

Today's card was made for the inspiration challenge at Just Add Ink, the challenge at Seize the Birthday and Mojo Monday.

For my card, I started with a white card base.  What you can't see in the photo is that I then adhered some woodgrain cardstock onto the top of the card base.  The bottom is Smoky Slate with a strip of black.

I looked all through my collection to find a large stamp with a diagonal stripe and didn't have anything suitable (time to shop!) so I went with a piece of emboss resist card from a long-ago pack of patterned paper by SU called Presto Patterns.  I lightly sponged Smoky Slate ink onto the panel and the embossing in the paper resisted the ink.  

The circles were cut with my pierced circle stax dies.  The rolled roses I've had made and sitting waiting to be used for months, along with the saffron leaf spray.  It was good to finally put them to use!  I stamped the sentiment from Label Love and cut it out and my card was finished.

Thanks for visiting.

Products used:

Stamps:  Label Love (Altenew)

Ink:  Smoky Slate (SU)

Cardstock:  White, Black, So Saffron (SU), Smoky Slate (SU), Presto Patterns (SU), Slate (SSS), Woodgrain (SSS)

Accessories:  Pierced Circle Stax (MFT), Rolled Roses die (MFT), Curvy Leaves die (Elizabeth Designs)

Cheers

Karren

Doodlebuds

Hi and welcome and Freshly Made Sketch Challenge Day!  This week our hostess is the fabulous and oh-so-talented Cindy Lovell.  

I used the wonderful card at Tag You're It and was inspired by the image covering two tags, the stenciling as well as the colors on the tags.  This is what I came up with:

I stenciled the Desert Storm card base using Crumb Cake ink and Latticework stencil.  I used my Misti to stamp the flowers on the tags with black ink before clear embossing the images.  I then colored using Prismacolors and Gamsol.  I used foam tape to adhere the tags together.

I white embossed the "hello" onto the bottom of the card.  The Midnight Muse strip was made using a die from one of MFT's Tag Builder sets.  The striped twine finished off the card.

Thanks for visiting.  Here's the inspiration from Tag You're It:

Products used:

Stamps:  Doodlebuds (WP9)

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Versamark, Crumb Cake

Cardstock:  Desert Storm, white, Midnight Muse

Accessories:  Prismacolor pencils, Gamsol, clear EP, Blue Jay twine (Lawn Fawn), Blueprints Tag Builder 1 and 2 (MFT)

Cheers

Karren

Edited to Add:  This card was challenge winner at Tag You're It.

Berry Florals

Hi!  Today's card uses the colours from Less is More, the masked panel theme from One-Layer Simplicity Challenge and I'm also entering it in Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge, which is featuring Penny Black, and I happened to use a Penny Black image on my card :)

My card is one-layer and I masked off a panel on the left hand side before ink blending with Worn Lipstick, Festive Berries and Barn Door ink in an ombre fashion - lightest to darkest.  Once I was happy with the ink blending, I flicked water droplets onto the card and then blotted with a paper towel.

The beautiful floral stamp was inked with Archival Black ink and stamped across both the inked panel and the white card base.  I finished off with a sentiment from Label Love which I inked up and stamped several times using my Misti for a good image.

Thanks for visiting.

Products used:

Stamps:  Delicate Florals (Penny Black), Label Love (Altenew)
Ink:  Worn Lipstick, Festive Berries, Barn Door, Archival Black
Cardstock:  White

Cheers
Karren

Fairy Snowman

Hi and welcome to Merry Monday.  This is our summer schedule so our challenges run for two weeks during July and August.  Today's challenge comes to us from Deanne and she is asking for pastels in our Christmas cards.

I combined my card with the Wings challenge at CASology and the sketch and color challenge at Friday Mashup.

I printed out this adorable Mo Manning image onto X-Press It cardstock and at the same time I added one of Hannelie's wonderful sentiments.  I then colored the image with Copics and die-cut it with a Stitched Square die.

I layered the card onto a Smoke card base using foam tape.  The wings were colored with Dazzling Details and have a lovely sparkle in real life.

Thanks for visiting.  Be sure to check out the pastel creations from the rest of the design team.  We'd love to see your pastel creations in our gallery.

Products used:

Stamps:  Fairy Snowman digi (Mo Manning)

Cardstock:  X-Press It, Smoke

Accessories:  Copics, Dazzling Details (SU), Moonshine sequins (SSS), Stitched Square dies (Lil' Inkers)

Cheers

Karren

Edited to Add:  This card got a shout out at Friday Mashup.

Brusho Celebration

Hi and welcome!  My card today uses the colors from this week's Color Throwdown challenge and is also for Seize the Birthday whose challenge is embossing.

I got some Brushos from the UK last week and decided to take them for a spin on this card!  I started by masking a circle them spritzing water inside the mask.  I then sprinkled on some purple, yellow and green Brushos and spritzed again with water.  It was fun seeing them come to life!  Once I was happy with the result, I used my heat tool to dry the watercolor panel.

I then inked the sentiment and stars with black ink and clear-embossed over the top.  I stuck the watercolor panel onto a white card base and added some sequins and my card was done.

Thanks for visiting.

Products used:

Stamps:  Make a Wish (Mama Elephant)

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black

Cardstock:  White, watercolor

Accessories:  Circle Nestabilities, Brushos, Clear EP, sequins

Cheers

Karren

Have a Drink

Hi!  I found some time today to play along with the latest Muse challenge.  This is my first time playing along at Muse and as soon as I saw Tracey's adorable card, I decided to join in.  Ironically, that fabulous penguin set is on its way to me at the moment :)  

I took my inspiration from the stenciled background, background colors, layered die cuts, layout and the drink the penguin is holding.  Here's my card:

I started with a white card base and used a stencil cut with my Cameo ages ago.  I sponged Tumbled Glass and Crumb Cake ink in a similar way to Tracey.  The sentiment was stamped onto the card base using Versafine Onyx Black ink.  I then stamped and colored the drink and accessories from Paper Smooches Free Spirits set.  I adhered the glass directly to the card base then layered the umbrella and straw.  I put the flower on last then covered it with Glossy Accents.  

Thanks for visiting.  Here's Tracey's Muse card.

Products used:

Stamps:  Free Spirits (Paper Smooches)

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Onyx Black, Tumbled Glass, Crumb Cake

Cardstock:  White, X-Press It

Accessories:  Free Spirits dies, Copics, Silhouette-cut stencil, Glossy Accents

Cheers

Karren

Edited to Add:  This card was Top Three at Muse.