Old Man

 It's time fr a new challenge from the team at Fusion and this time I played with the sketch and took guidance from the colours in the photo.

As I mentioned a few weeks ago, my Dad's 89th birthday is coming up.  I made a card back then that I thought I would give him, but then was inspired to make this card which he'll get a laugh out of - especially because inside the card I've stamped the sentiment that says "For everyone's safety, please skip the candles this year" 😄

The navy blue half-circle is inlaid into the card base and then I added the strips of patterned paper, which I took from the patterns in the inspiration photo.  I stamped the sentiment vertically and then added the old man, which I'd stamped and coloured with Copics.

Thanks for visting!  Please head over and check out the wonderful cards made by the design tean.

Products used:

Stamps:  Festive Old Friends (MFT)

Ink:  Amalgam (Gina K.) Versafine Onyx Black

Cardstock:  Whp Cream (MFT), Dark Indigo (PTI), X-Press It, Homespun Gingham, B&W Stripes (MFT)

Dies:  Stitched Dome Stax (MFT)

Accessories:  Copics

Cheers

Karren

Gilded Hello

 Hi and welcome!  Today's Freshly Made Sketch was designed by one of our Camp Mothers, Jennifer Timko and it is really versatile.  I had so many ideas but ended up going with a no-stamping card which let patterned paper, 3D embossing and gilding flakes take centre stage.

The card base is black and onto that I embossed the Tim Holtz Doily 3D embossing folder.  It is really thick and I struggled to find a sandwich that worked to get the really striking 3D effect and I didn't want to risk damaging my Platinum so it's not as pronounced as it could be.  The patterned paper is from the Patina pack from Craft Consortium and I chose a blue-toned paper.  

Down one side of the patterned paper, I adhered some 1/2" score tape then added gilding flakes.  Those suckers fly everywhere, so I was careful to add it while it was all contained in a large container.  I then had the bright idea to gild the sentiment as well.  That was a bit trickier as the secret to gilding is burnishing and I didn't want to damage the delicate die-cut letters.  In hindsight, I should have gilded after I stacked the die-cuts together, but I didn't think of that at the time!  The end result is smoother than it looks in the photo but not as smooth as the strip but I still like the effect.  The important thing is nothing flakes off when you rub it.

I have had gilding flakes for years and never think to use them, so I was happy that a tiny fraction of them was put to use today.

Thanks for visiting.  I hope you'll check out the wonderful cards made by the rest of the design team.

Products used:

Cardstock:  White, Black, Patina (Craft Consortium)

Dies:  Hello Poe Script (Poppy Stamps)

Accessories:  Gilding Flakes, Doily 3D Embossing Folder (Tim Holtz), Warm Pearls (Honey Bee)

Cheers

Karren

Textured Birthday

 Hi!  It's Sunday afternoon here in New Zealand and I had some time today to just play in my craft room, so I made this card for three challenges:  Tic Tac Toe (Die-cut/Flowers/Stenciling); the sketch at Just Add Ink and the Anything Goes challenge at Seize the Birthday.

It was so hard getting a photo of the texture in this card without the glare from the hot foiling so apologies for the photos!  I started my card by stenciling through the English Brick Wall stencil with embossing paste and setting it aside to dry.  I then die-cut the shiplap out of white cardstock, also running it through with an embossing mat to increase the texture.

I then went hunting through my stamp sets for some flowers that were already stamped because I couldn't be bothered starting from scratch.  I found these partial wreath images that had been stamped in Altenew inks and die-cut and figured they would work.

The sentiment was hot-foiled with gold foil and die-cut with a sentiment strip die.  Everything is popped up on foam tape on the card base.  Apologies to the ladies at Just Add Ink that my vertical strips don't overlap but they were too narrow and it didn't look right, so I added a bit of space between them.  Hope this is okay.

Thanks so much for visiting.

Products used:

Stamps:  Charming Floral Wreath (Pink Fresh Studio)

Ink:  Various Altenew inks

Cardstock:  White

Dies:  Charming Floral Wreath (Pink Fresh Studio), Shiplap Builder (The Greetery), Essential Glimmer Sentiments (Spellbinders)

Accessories:  Gold Hot Foil, English Brick Wall Stencil (MFT), Embossing Paste

Cheers

Karren

Edited to Add:  This card got a shout-out at Seize the Birthday.

Kindness Bouquet

Hi and welcome to another challenge from the team at Freshly Made Sketches, where our host this week is Jacquie Southas.  Such a fun sketch with lots of room to play.

I had just gotten this set of dies to make this cute bouquet and wanted to test them out, so I created a bouquet using coral tones and assembled it.  I then took a Ripe Persimmon cardbase, added a smaller white panel and three strips of cardstock in Coral Crush and Ripe Persimmon.  On the middle strip, I white-embossed a sentiment,  (In hindsight, I wish I'd moved the sentiment over to the right, but I'm not changing it now!)

Thanks for visiting.  I hope you'll check out the fabulous cards made by the rest of the design team.

I'm linking this up to the CAS Blooms challenge at The Paper Players and the Flowers theme at CAS On Friday.

Products used:

Stamps:  Sentiment Strips (Altenew)

Ink:  Versamark

Cardstock:  White, Ripe Persimmon, Coral Crush, Hot Fudge, Jelly Bean (MFT), Simply Chartreuse (PTI), Desert Storm (Neenah)

Dies:  Slanted Sentiment Strips (MFT), Bouquet of Flowers (Spellbinders)

Accessories:  White EP

Cheers

Karren

Edited to Add:  This card got a shout out at The Paper Players and CAS on Friday

 

Tree Gnome

Edited to add:  This post is a day late due to me not being able to work out time zones correctly!  Apologies to the team at Tic Tac Toe! 

Hi and welcome. I am thrilled to be guesting with the team at Tic Tac Toe this week after winning a challenge there a wee while ago.

 

I chose trees, colouring and faux stitching to come up with this card using an adorable image from Stamping Bella.

I coloured the image then masked around it to create the sky and grass.  I then cut it down leaving the leaves sticking out the side.  I carefully die-cut the edges with a stitching die and mounted it onto a green panel die-cut with the same stitching die.

I then added a sentiment and called it done.  

Thanks so much to the team at Tic Tac Toe for inviting me.

Products used:

Stamps:  Gnome in a Tree (Stamping Bella), Elegant Sentiments (Waffle Flower)

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Amalgam (Gina K), Forest Glades (Altenew), Tumbled Glass Distress Ink

Cardstock:  White, X-Press It, Lush Green Collection (Memory Box)

Dies:  Basic Stitch Lines (MFT)

Accessories:  Copics, White Gel Pen, Micro Cloud Edges Stencil (MFT)

Cheers

Karren

Get Well

   I'm here with my card for the latest challenge at Fusion where I created a fusion of both photo and sketch to come up with this card:

 

I focused on the bookshelf theme and the colours in the photo and coloured up these images from a Birdie Brown set.  Once coloured, I die-cut them with the co-ordinating dies and arranged them on a strip of woodgrain patterned paper.

On the white card base, I dry-embssed a text embossing folder for added interest and finished with a Get Well Soon sentiment, which was white-embssed ont black and die-cut.

Thanks so much for visiting.  I hope you'll check out the fabulous cards made by the DT and play along.

I'm also playing along with the CAS challenge at Krafty Chicks and the Cute challenge at Time Out.

Products used:

Stamps:  Our Story (MFT), Elegant Sentiments (Waffle Flower)

Ink:  Versamark, Amalgam (Gina K)

Cardstock:  White, Black, X-Press It, Wood & Notebook Basics (Snap Basics)

Dies:  Our Story (MFT), Elegant Sentiments (Waffle Flower)

Accessories:  Copics, White EP, Timeless Type EF (SU)

Cheers

Karren

Edited to Add:  This card got a shout out at Krafty Chicks.

Dad's Birthday

 Hi and welcome!  I'm here today with a card for the latest sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, where our hostess is Judy Rozema.  I flipped Judy's sketch to come up with this card for my Dad who will be 89 next month.

I had just got some new hot foil plates and couldn't wait to try them out.  So I took a panel of white cardstock and using Platinum foil, I foiled the frame and the splatters.  I then stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment with black ink.

The word "Dad" was die-cut three times from black cardstock and once from some alcohol-inked Yupo paper I had in my stash.  I stacked them together and adhered them to mimic the sketch.

Thanks so much for visiting.  I hope you'll head over and check out the wonderful cards made by the rest of the design team.

Products used:

Stamps:  Many Everyday Messages (Hero Arts)

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, various Alcohol Inks

Cardstock:  White, Black, Yupo, Pewter Hot Foil (Spellbinders)

Dies:  Splatter Sentiments (Spellbinders), Dad (MFT)

Cheers

Karren