Bunny Selfies

Hi and welcome!  It is so nice to have time to make a card for a couple of challenges!  The last few weeks have been hectic and once I get my DT commitments out of the way, actually sitting down to make a card for fun has seemed too much like hard work!  But this weekend I got a few hours to just play and I put together this card using the latest sketch at MFT Stamps as well as the colors from Color Throwdown.

When I saw the sketch, I immediately thought of a window, but discovered I don't have any window dies!  Shock, horror!  So I then thought of polaroids and fortunately I do have the Precious Polaroids set so I put it to work, along with my NBUS set Somebunny.  I colored the little rabbits in the challenge colors and white-embossed part of the sentiment onto black and the rest was stamped onto the polaroid frame.

To keep the polaroids from looking too messy with them being angled, I backed them with some Soft Stone cardstock cut slightly larger that the cut-out.

The three frames with the bunnies in are adhered directly to the grey panel and the sentiment frame is popped up on foam tape.

The card was finished with a few clear sequins.

Thanks for visiting!

Products used:

Stamps:  Somebunny (MFT)

Ink:  Black Licorice Hybrid, Versafine Onyx Black, Versamark

Cardstock:  White, Black, Soft Stone (PTI)

Dies:  Somebunny, Precious Polaroids, Wonky Stitched Rectangles (MFT)

Accessories:  Copics, White, EP, Sequins

Cheers

Karren

Edited to add:  This card got a shout out at Color Throwdown.

Geometric Birthday

Hi and welcome!  Today's card is for the new challenge at Just Add Ink which is a color challenge:

For my card, I decided to use some NBUS I've just received from MFT Stamps latest release.

There is no stamping on this card, just dies so it was quick and easy.  The gray panel was die-cut and adhered to an Old Olive card base.  I then cut the white panel and popped it up on foam tape.  The sentiment was die cut from gray and double-embossed with clear EP.

Thanks for visiting!  The rest of the design team have created some fabulous cards with these colors so check them out!

Products used:

Ink:  Versamark
Cardstock:  White, Basic Gray, Old Olive
Dies:  Stitched Tri Peek a Boo Window, Star Grid Cover Plate (MFT), Celebrate (Neat & Tangled)
Accessories:  Clear EP

Warm Moose

Hi!  Today's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches comes to us by the talented Jennifer Timko and she has created a fabulous one to inspire us to create.

Even though I don't need any more Christmas cards, I couldn't help bringing out this adorable moose one last time for the season.

I masked him and the rug and sponged some yellow and orange distress inks onto the panel.  Then I colored him using Copics.  I actually stamped the sentiment directly onto the white panel, but the stamp must have had some fluff on it and the image came out all jagged so I had to cover it up with the white-embossed panel, which I matched to his sweater.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  The DT have created some gorgeous card to inspire you, so please check them out.

Products Used:

Stamps:  Merry Christmoose (MFT)

Ink:  Black Licorice Hybrid, Versamark, Scattered Straw, Spiced Marmalade Distress Inks

Cardstock:  Desert Storm, White, Green Room (MFT)

Accessories:  Falling Snow Stencil (SSS), White Embossing Paste, White EP, Copics

Cheers

Karren

Mouse Wreath

Hi!  I made this card on the weekend for the Wreath challenge at HLS Christmas Challenge, the sketch at CAS(E) This Sketch and the Holiday Challenge at Addicted to Stamps & More

This is a NBUS stamp from Your Next Stamp and I stamped and colored it using Copics.  Stupidly, I then got a black glaze pen to highlight the eyes and it splodged!  To fix it, I re-stamped the image, colored the mice heads and fussy-cut them out and adhered them over the splodgy ones.  Problem solved!  

The sentiment was stamped in black and clear embossed and I went around the image with blue Copics to make it stand out.  The poinsettias, berries and bow were all colored with clear Wink of Stella and the center of the poinsettias were colored with Stickles.

Thanks for visiting.

Products used:

Stamps:  Sending Joy (Your Next Stamp), Layered Wreath (Clearly Besotted)

Ink:  Black Licorice Hybrid, Versafine Onyx Black

Cardstock:  White

Dies:  Blueprints 15 (MFT)

Accessories:  Copics, Clear EP, Stickles, Wink of Stella

Cheers

Karren

Edited to Add:  This card got a shout out at Happy Little Stampers.

Happy New Year

Hi!  I'm thrilled to be Guest Designer over at CAS On Sunday where the theme for this challenge is Happy New Year!  I don't have any stamps specific to New Year (I know, right!) so I had to mix and match what I did have to come up with this card:

I have a new, replacement Mini Minc machine after my last one died in a smoky mess, so I foiled the die-cut word "happy" with silver foil and set it to one side.  I white embossed the words "new" and "year onto a strip of Audrey Blue cardstock and die-cut one end with the same scallop die I used for the white layer.  Onto that scalloped white layer, I spritzed some gold Color Shine.

I assembled the card, hooking the blue strip through the loop on the "y" and then placed some sequins and Nuvo Crystal Drops.

Thanks for visiting.  And thanks to Janneke and the team at CAS on Sunday for choosing my card in their "Pets" challenge that lead to this GD spot.

Products used:

Stamps:  The Big, the Bold & the Happy (Winnie & Walter)

Ink:  Versamark

Cardstock:  White, Audrey Blue (SSS), Silver Foil, Toner Paper

Dies:  Happy Script (Mama Elephant), Scalloped Rectangles (Couture Creations)

Accessories:  Heidi Swapp Gold Color Shine, sequins, Stickles

Cheers

Karren

Truck Tidings

It's my turn to host over at Inspired By All The Little Things and I've chosen a classic Christmas inspiration pic and a wonderfully talented guest to join me - Anita Madden.

There is so much to be inspired by in this photo - the plaid, the tree, the colors, the truck...  As you will see, I went pretty literal with my card!

The truck and tree were stamped and colored with Copics before being die-cut with the matching dies.  Onto a white card base, I adhered a black panel, then some plaid paper.  I stamped the sentiment under where the front wheel would go and then adhered the truck and tree.  On the tree's baubles I added some Stickles to give them a glittery, raised look.

Thanks for visiting!  I hope you'll have time to play along and check out Anita's gorgeous card, as well as the design team's wonderful cards.

Products used:

Stamps:  Truck Tidings (Stampendous), MMH Oct 16 (Hero Arts)

Ink:  Black Licorice Hybrid, Black Soot Archival

Cardstock:  White, X-Press It, Black, Perfectly Plaid (Lawn Fawn)

Dies:  Truck Tidings

Accessories:  Copics, Stickles

Cheers

Karren

Ancient Poinsettia

Welcome to the reminder post at The Flower Challenge where this month we're looking for you to use your older floral stamps, dies or stencils.

Once again I went back into my wood-mounted stamps drawers and came up with another really old PSX stamp.

I stamped the poinsettia in Versamark ink and gold-embossed it before coloring it with my Zigs.  I lightly stenciled onto a white card base with Antique Linen ink and then chose another really old Penny Black stamp for the sentiment.  Once the flower was dry, I fussy-cut it and adhered it to the card base.

Thanks for visiting!  The Design Team have some more gorgeous floral cards to inspire you and I hope you get time to play.

Products used:

Stamps:  G3341 Poinsettia (PSX),Celebrate the Season (Penny Black)

Ink:  Antique Linen Distress, Black Licorice Hybrid, Versamark

Cardstock:  White, watercolor

Accessories:  Scribble Script stencil (Donna Downey) Gold EP, Zig markers

Cheers

Karren