Watercolored Poppy

Welcome!  I'm trying to complete all the challenges at Camp Create, so I'll apologise in advance because there are going to be a few posts from me over the next couple of days :)

This card is for the first day - Wonderful Watercolor.

Watercolor is not my forte, so I did as little actual watercoloring as possible, instead creating a smooshed background, with a small watercolored image.

I smooshed some Broken China Distress Ink onto a panel of white cardstock and set it aside to dry.  I then "tried" to watercolor a poppy and leaves.  Once the smooshed panel was dry, I stamped the sentiment and added some craft foam behind it before adhering it to a white card base.  The poppy and leaves were added last and I very carefully added some Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle pen to the centre of the poppy, but a tiny little bit escaped and made the black ink run :(

I'm also adding this card to Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge and their Watercolour Challenge.

Products used:

Stamps:  Delicate Pretty Poppies (MFT)

Ink:  Black Licorice Hybrid (MFT), Broken China Distress Ink

Cardtock:  White, Bristol Smooth

Dies:  Delicate Pretty Poppies (MFT)

Accessories:  Akashiya Sai Watercolor Brush Pens, Zigs

Cheers

Karren

Copper Jug

Hi!  This week at Just Add Ink we have a photo inspiration for you and fair to say, I did a literal translation for my card:

The jug was embossed with Rose Gold EP and then die-cut.  The flowers were all stamped in grays with a touch of yellow and the brick wall behind the jug was sponged in gray inks as well.  The brick wall panel was cut narrower than a card front and then popped up on foam tape onto a Soft Stone top folding card.  I then added a white embossed sentiment on Slate cardstock before adding the jug and flowers.

And here is the inspiration photo for you.  Is it not gorgeous?

Thanks for visiting!  The design team have some gorgeous inspiration for you so head on over and check them out.

I'm going to link this up to the Anything Goes theme at The Flower Challenge.

Products used:

Stamps:  Sweet Havana (Mama Elephant), KIS: Just Because (PTI)

Ink:  Smoke, Fog, Dusty Sage, Evergreeen, Stone, Lemon Zing (SSS), Versamark

Cardstock:  White, Slate (SSS)

Dies:  Sweet Havana (Mama Elephant)

Accessories:  Rose Gold EP (SSS), White EP, English Brick Wall Stencil (MFT)

Cheers

Karren

Blue Stars

Hi all and welcome!  Our fabulous French team member, Cecile Ribon is our hostess at Freshly Made Sketches and she has a wonderful and unique sketch for us.

I saw the shapes inside each other and decided to use layered negative die-cuts to achieve the same look.  

I die-cut the stitched stars from three blue shades of MFT cardstock and layered the negative shapes one on top of the other.  On the top Tropical Teal layer, I ran it through a stitched frame die to match the stars.  After adhering the three layers together, I added foam tape to the bottom and attached them to a white top-folding card base.  I white-embossed the second part of the sentiment and added a black die-cut word and called it done.

Thanks so much for visiting!  Head on over and check out the fabulous cards made by the rest of the design team.  I'm going to link this up to the Anything Goes challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More and the Anything Goes with Dies challenge at Happy Little Stampers.

Products used:

Stamps:  You Matter (SSS)
Ink:  Versamark
Cardstock:  Summer Splash, Blu Raspberry, Tropical Teal (MFT), White, Black
Dies:  Stitched Stars, Stitched Rectangle Mats (Lil' Inkers), You (SSS)
Accessories:  White EP

Cheers
Karren

Green Heart

Welcome!  I made this card on the weekend and thought I'd better get it on my blog before the various challenges closed :)  Lately, the blogging part of this hobby has been left until the last minute - must be a bit more disciplined!

Anyways, I made this card using the sketch at MFT, the colors from The Heart Desires and the masculine theme at Simon Says Stamp.

From the latest MFT release, the things I fell in love with most were the Color Drop stamps and dies.  So, when I got the chance to buy these, I jumped on them and had to use them as soon as they arrived.  I decided to make two hearts from two different green cardstocks, layering one on top of the other.  I also popped the right hand side up on foam to add some interest.  The card base is a soft gray color and then I added a black fishtail flag frame.  The sentiment and word die are from Mama Elephant and I just love the white embossing on the red strip - such a bright pop of color!

I think this card would be suitable for a teenage boy (or girl, for that matter) - the colors are young and fun.

Thanks so much for visiting.

Products used:

Stamps:  Congrats All Round (Mama Elephant)
Ink:  Versamark
Cardstock:  Soft Stone (PTI), Limelight, Poppy, Gumdrop Green (MFT), Black
Dies:  Stitched Fishtail Frames, Color Drop Stax (MFT), Congrats (Mama Elephant)
Accessories:  White EP

Cheers
Karren

Best Wishes

Hi and welcome to my blog!  Today's card is for the new challenge at Inspired By All The Little Things, where I'm the hostess this week.  Here's the photo I chose as inspiration:

I really liked the white-on-white text and the pretty flowers in diagonal corners so that's the direction I took with my card.

I was inspired by Therese Calvird who used these alpha dies with craft foam on a card, so went in the same direction.  After die-cutting in craft foam and white cardstock, I adhered the two together and set it aside while I worked on my card base.  I wanted to play along with the White-on-White Focal Point Altenew challenge, so I chose inks matching the challenge colors and starting stamping and masking with Vintage Roses stamp set.  I wanted to add some leaves but didn't want to add green, so I used a gray ink and I really like how it turned out.  

Once I'd finished stamping I die-cut the panel with a pierced frame die but didn't discard the outer edge, instead popping it onto the card base in an inlaid die-cut.  Then I realised I wanted some camouflaged die-cutting over the flowers, so I positioned my letters and then re-cut the letters that needed it from the card base.  I adhered the die-cut letters on top of the already-cut letters and you'd never know there are two layers of cardstock on some of them!

Finally, I finished the card with some clear sequins.  

Thanks so much for visiting.  The design team have some marvellous cards and be sure to check out my special guest, Jen Wills, who creates the most fabulous CAS cards.

Products used:

Stamps:  Vintage Roses (Altenew)
Ink:  Rose Quarts, Puffy Heart, Purple Wine, Cosmic Berry, Silver Stone (Altenew)
Cardstock:  White
Dies:  Inline Alpha Die (Altenew), Blueprints 21 (MFT)
Accessories:  Fun Foam, Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Pen, Clear Sequins

Cheers
Karren

Dear Friend

HI and welcome!  I made this card for a few challenges - Mojo Monday, The Card Concept and Seize the Birthday Anything Goes theme - definitely not playing with the One Layer Toppings Option here 😉

This card has more layers on it that anything I've made in a very long time, but I still quite like it.  I used lots of patterned paper and a NBUS set from Altenew.  I'm calling this Clean & Layered.

The images were stamped with Altenew inks and the sentiment embossed with gold embossing powder.  It's hard to see in the photo but the two vertical strips are gold - one plain gold and one gold dots on white.  I didn't want to cover up the scripty paper so for the rectangular panel, I used vellum.  I painted the flower with Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Pen and finished the card with some glitter drops.

Thanks for visiting.

Products used:

Stamps:  Best Buds, Budding Thanks (Altenew)
Ink:  Frosty Pink, Coral Berry, Ruby Red, Frayled Leaf, Forest Glades (Altenew), Versamark
Cardstock:  White, Black, Live Beautifully Patterned Paper (CTMH)
Dies:  Budding Thanks (Altenew), Inside/Out Stitched Rectangles (MFT)
Accessories:  Gold EP (SSS), Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Pen, Nuvo Glitter Drops

Cheers
Karren

Edited to Add:  This card got a shout out at Card Concept.

Blue Bike

Hi and welcome to another challenge from the team at Fusion.  Here is the new challenge:

I went rather literal with my card, fusing both the sketch and the photo into this card.

I stamped the bicycle, basket and dog onto X-Press It cardstock and colored the images with Copics before die-cutting them.

I then die-cut a panel of white with a curved scalloped die and adhered that with foam tape to a Hawaiian Shores card base.

I used liquid glue to adhere the bicycle, basket and dog and embossed the sentiment using Tempting Turquoise EP.

The card was finished with some Nuvo Crystal Drops.

Thanks for visiting!  Head on over and check out the fabulous creations made by the rest of the design team.

Products used:

Stamps:  Beautiful Ride (SSS)

Ink:  Intense Black, Versamark

Cardstock:  Hawaiian Shores (PTI), White, X-Press It

Dies:  Beautiful Ride (SSS), Stitched Scallop Basic Edges (MFT)

Accessories:  Copics, Nuvo Crystal Drops (Aquatic Mist), Tempting Turquoise EP (SU)

Cheers

Karren