Christmas Wreath

Welcome to another challenge from the team at Freshly Made Sketches.  This week, our hostess is the lovely and talented Jen Brum and here is her fabulous sketch.


I made this card on the weekend and my mojo took off on a holiday on its own, so this card was a struggle - even though I love the sketch.

I stamped and die-cut the wreath and bow and mounted it onto a Simply Chartreuse circle.  The sentiment panel was stamped with Versamark and embossed with a new-to-me glitter embossing powder (which of course, you can't see in the photos!)  The whole panel is popped up on foam tape.  I colored the bow with a clear glitter pen and it completely smudged all the lines :(  

Thanks for visiting!  Be sure to check out the fabulous creations made by the rest of the DT.  They're sure to inspire you.

Products used:

Stamps:  Deck the Halls (PTI), Merry Little Christmas (WP9)

Ink:  Simply Chartreuse, Dark Chocolate, Pure Poppy (PTI), Versamark

Cardstock:  Desert Storm, Black, White, Simply Chartreuse

Dies:  Deck the Halls (PTI), Blueprints 24, Stitched Fishtail Flag Stax (MFT)

Accessories:  Wink of Stella, Diamond White Embossing glitter (Wow)

Cheers

Karren

Dragon Baby

Hi and welcome!  Today's card was made using the Welcome cue word at CASology as well as the sketch at The Heart Desires.

This Magical Dragons set is another NBUS set.  MFT sets don't normally sit in my NBUS box for long which is why I haven't been making much with MFT sets lately :)  However, I bought this set and the dies were out of stock so I had to set up my Silhouette to cut the images and that was just too much like hard work until this weekend!

I colored the wee dragons and then embossed the sentiment onto a strip of vellum using Rose Gold EP.  That was adhered under a tiny strip of black, giving the dragons something to ground them

And that's about all there is to it!  Thanks for visiting.

Products used:

Stamps:  Magical Dragons (MFT), Bundle of Joy (SPD)

Ink:  Black Licorice Hybrid, Versamark

Cardstock:  White, Black, Vellum, X-Press It

Accessories:  Rose Gold EP (SSS), Copics

Cheers

Karren

Edited to Add:  This card got a shout out at CASology

Color on Kraft

Hi and welcome back to the second Flower Challenge challenge.  This month we're looking for a floral card for an occasion.

I am in need of a birthday card so I came up with this card, which features Prismacolor coloring on Kraft.

I used my favorite Delicate Pretty Poppies set by MFT and white embossed onto a kraft panel before coloring with my Prismacolor pencils.  The sentiment was die-cut from white and kraft and layered together.

Thanks for visiting.  The DT have some gorgeous floral beauties to inspire you so be sure to check them out.

I'm linking this up to the CAS challenge at Little Tangles as well.

Products used:

Stamps:  Delicate Pretty Poppies (MFT), Celebrate (Neat & Tangled)

Ink:  Versamark, Versafine Onyx Black

Cardstock:  White, Black, Desert Storm

Dies:  Celebrate (N&T)

Accessories:  Prismacolor Pencils, Stitched Rectangles (Lil Inkers)

Cheers

Karren

Christmas Greenery

Hi and welcome to another fabulous Fusion Challenge.

I stuck with the sketch this time and made a Christmas card to add to my scarily small stash :)

I stamped, die-cut and arranged the foliage, flowers and pinecones onto a white panel.  Behind that I angled a panel cut from Scarlet Jewel cardstock.  On a larger white panel, I stenciled over a brick stencil with some embossing paste I'd colored with Scarlet Jewel ink.

Once that was dry, I put the card together.  The die-cut sentiment is stacked three high.

Thanks for visiting.  The rest of the design team have created some wonderful cards so please check them out.

Products used:

Stamps:  Holiday Greens (PTI)

Ink:  Scarlet Jewel, Ripe Avocade, Simply Chartreuse (PTI)

Cardstock:  White, black, Scarlet Jewel, Dark Chocolate (PTI)

Dies:  Holiday Greens (PTI), Blueprints 15 (MFT)

Accessories:  English Brick Wall Stencil, Embossing Paste

Cheers

Karren

Thankful Leaves

Hi and welcome!  I'm thrilled to be back as GD with the Time Out Challenge team for our mid-challenge reminder post.

And we are inspired with words for this challenge.

'Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart'

For my card, I used some more NBUS (the Calli Letters sets).  Although in 90% of cases, my NBUS becomes OBUS (Once Before Used Schtuff), these letter sets were so easy to use and I love the font, so I'm sure to use them again.

I masked off a panel across my card and sponged on Distress Inks.  After removing the masks, I stamped an image from the Penny Black Lush and Lavish set - overstamping several times to get a good, rich impression.  Then I stamped the letters and by the way, I only practiced once on a scrap of paper - these really are easy if you look straight down on them as you're stamping.

I finished off the panel with some rainstones and a die-cut frame before popping it up on a white card base with some foam tape.

Thanks for visiting and thanks also to the Time Out team who have made me feel so welcome.  Be sure to check out their cards.

Products used:

Stamps:  Lush and Lavish (Penny Black), Calli Letters, Calli Letters Upper (Mama Elephant)

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Mustard Seed, Fossilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade, Ripe Persimmon 

Cardstock:  White

Dies:  Wonky Stitched Rectangles (MFT)

Accessories:  Rainstones (PTI)

Cheers

Karren

Triangle Christmas

Hi!  Thanks for visiting and checking out the latest fabulous sketch from Freshly Made Sketches.  This week our hostess is Cindy Hall and she has come up with a sketch with so many possibilities.

I went with a Christmas card this week and some more NBUS.  This Hero Arts set was the oldest set in my NBUS box and I bought it just after last Christmas!  I'm so glad I have used it and it can now go live with its like-minded friends in my Christmas stamp boxes :)  

I have been inspired to pull out my Prismacolor pencils and do some coloring on kraft, so that's what I did with these fun triangle images.  I colored one in red and one in green, focusing the color in one corner of each triangle,  I cut out the triangles and adhered them to the kraft panel that I'd white embossed with the sentiment and the stars.  A Lipstick Red panel is behind the kraft and for the horizontal panel, I used a strip of green foil cardstock.

Thanks for dropping by!  If you haven't already, please go check out the fabulous creations made by the rest of the DT.  They're sure to inspire you!

Products used:

Stamps:  Joy to the World (Hero Arts)

Ink:  Versamark

Cardstock:  Desert Storm, White, Green Foil, Lipstick Red (SSS)

Accessories:  White EP, Prismacolor Pencils

Cheers

Karren

Silver Snowflakes

Hi and welcome!  Today's card is another Christmas card for the very small stash!  I used the sketch from MFT, the tic-tac-toe from Paper Players (washi, snowflakes, die-cuts), the Anything Goes challenge at Simon Says Stamp and the Anything Christmas Goes challenge at a new-to-me challenge called The Merry Christmas challenge.  And what is fantastic about this challenge is that they post the upcoming challenge schedule, which is perfect for me as I pretty much only have the weekends to stamp and miss so many challenges because I just can't get cards made in time.

I embossed the snowflakes and snow with Liquid Platinum EP onto a piece of Specialty Stamping Paper then sponged various distress inks over the panel.  For the top layer, I took a piece of Tropical Teal cardstock and die-cut the oval from the center, before sponging over the whole panel with Tropical Teal ink to darken and give a suede look. I splattered on some water and some shimmer mist.  I also die-cut an oval from some black cardstock and layered that underneath, offsetting it slightly.  The sentiment is embossed in the same EP and finally I adhered a strip of washi down the right hand side as per the sketch.

Thanks for visiting.

Products used:

Stamps:  Simply Snowflakes, Snowfall of Blessings (MFT)

Ink:  Versamark, Mermaid Lagoon, Cracked Pistachio. Peacock Feathers Distress Inks, Tropical Teal (MFT)

Cardstock:  Specialty Stamping Paper (Ranger), Tropical Teal (MFT), White, Black

Dies:  Pierced Oval Stax, Stitched Fishtail Flag Stax, Blueprints 25 (MFT)

Accessories:  Liquid Platinum EP (Ranger), Shimmer Mist

Cheers

Karren

Edited to Add:  This card got a shout out at Paper Players.