Cherry Shores

Hi!  Our sketch hostess this week over at Freshly Made Sketches is Jen Mitchell and she has a square sketch for us.  Here's what I did with it:

I have had these flowers from Dainty Bouquet stamped out for months (using the colours from the stamping guide) so I thought it was time to put them onto a card.  I matched the red colour to some cardstock, which I die-cut with a circle die and matted onto a gold foil cardstock circle.  The cardbase is Grout Gray and both the red circle and card base are embossed with the Subtle embossing folder.

The aqua strip is washi tape adhered to a cardstock stirp and the card was finished with a white-embossed sentiment.

Thanks for visiting!  The DT have some gorgeous cards so I hope you'll check them out.

Products used:

Stamps:  Dainty Bouquet (Altenew), KIS:  Just for You (PTI)

Ink:  Versamark, Morning Frost, Coral Berry, Ruby Red, Volcano Lake, Emerald (Altenew)

Cardstock:  Grout Gray, Amarena Cherry (MFT), White, Gold Foil

Dies:  Dainty Bouquet (Altenew), Infinity Circles (Hero Arts)

Accessories:  Sea Shore Wash Tape, White EP, Subtle EF

Cheers

Karren

 

Coffee Time

 

It's time for another challenge from the Fusion team and I took inspiration from both the sketch and photo this time to create a chalkboard-themed card.

The sentiments and images for the background came from multiple stamp sets and after I laid them out in my Misti, I white-embossed them onto black cardstock.  I rubbed on a bit of white pigment ink to give the impression of a chalkbaord and then went to work on the rest of the card.

The cup was already coloured and tucked into my stamp pocket, so that made the job quicker!  I stamped the sentiment with black ink onto a white strip and tucked a piece of vellum behind in line with the sketch.

Thanks for visiting.  I hope you'll check out the rest of the DT cards and play along with us.

I'm playing along with the coffee/tea theme at Cupcake Inspirations Challenge

Products used:

Stamps:  Espresso Yourself, Caffeine Addict (SugarPea Designs), Oh Frappe (Essentials By Ellen), Perfect Blend (Gina K.) Newton Loves Coffee (Newton's Nook), Coffee, Better With You (Verve) Coffee Hour (SSS), Coffee Break (MFT)

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Versamark, Unicorn White (Hero Arts), Brown Sugar (Mama Elephant)

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

Accessories:  White EP, Copics (RV66, R59, R56)

Cheers

Karren

Edited to Add:  This card got a shout out at Cupcake Inspiration

Tulip Window

 Hi!  I'm here with my card for the latest Freshly Made Sketch Challenge where our hostess this week is Jennifer Timko.  I sort of went a touch rogue with the sketch but I hope you can see the intent!

I had just received this stamp and die set and wanted to do some Copic colouring.  Once I was finished I figured I could use it for the sketch and so went about making my card.  The bricks were stamped directly onto the card base as was the sentiment.  The window and window box were die-cut and I added some patterned paper behind the window for interest.  The whole image was popped up on foam tape and adhered to the card base.

Finally, I coloured the tulips with clear sparkle pen.

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

I'm linking this up to a new-to-me challenge called Perfectly CAS who are looking for flowers.  Hopefully I've squeaked in with the 1/3 requirement.  I'm also joining in at Happy Little Stampers CAS challenge who have an Anything Goes theme this month.

Products used:

Stamps:  Window Box Blooms (SSS), Fresh Air (The Greetery)

Ink:  Amalgam (Gina K.), Obsidian (Altnew), Almond Butter, Milk Chocolate (Altenew)

Cardstock:  White, X-Press It, Ink Drops - Earth (Craft Consortium)

Dies:  Window Box Blooms (SSS)

Accessories:  Copics, Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Pen

Cheers

Karren

Sweater Scene

Hi and welcome!  I made this card while I was off work over the Christmas break and it is inspired by the adorable critter scene cards made by Nichol Spohr.  

I coloured the critters in browns and their clothing in blues and greens before fussy cutting out.  For the background, I took a panel of Brisol Smooth cardstock and ink-blended various shades, finishing with a bit of black on the edges.  Once it was dry, I white-embossed the Snowfall BG stamp.  I gave a touch of colour to the tree die-cuts before arranging them behind the "snow bank".  Once the background was completed I added the critters - each holding a to-go coffee cup.

I went hunting for a smallish Christmas sentiment that mentioned warmth and found this in a Your Next Stamp set, which worked perfectly!

I'm entering this in a few challenges - the brand new Caffeinated Christmas Card challenge (I hope these snowflakes are defined enough), Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge and Tic Tac Toe, where I went with Blue, Animal and Free.

Thanks so much for visiting!

Products used:

Stamps:  Sweater Weather in the Woods (MFT), Merry Mouse Eve (Your Next Stamp), Snowfall Background (MFT)

Ink:  Versamark, Amalgam (Gina K), Obsidian (Altenew), Tumbled Glass, Faded Jeans, Chipped Sapphire, Wilted Violet, Black Soot Distress Oxide

Cardstock:  Bristol Smooth, White, X-Press It

Dies:  Birch Trees (MFT), Snow Drifts (Paper Smooches)

Accessories:  Copics, White EP

Cheers

Karren

Edited to Add:  This card got a shout-out at Tic-Tac-Toe and Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge

Ice Cream Sundae

Welcome to another challenge from the team at Freshly Made Sketches.  Our hostess this week is Judy Rozema and her sketch is so versatile!

I had just received this new stamp set from Altenew and wanted to try it out, so I created an ice cream sundae using various Altenew inks and then decided it was close enough to fit the sketch components.  

I wanted to make my sundae with mint choc chip and chocolate flavours so went looking for a chocolate chip stamp rather than try and create these tiny little chips with a Copic marker.  I found a stamp in the Sprinkled with Joy set and used that.  To finish the image, I went over the chocolate sauce and cherry with Glossy Accents.

To add a bit of interest, I used a dotted coverplate on the card vase after I stamped the sentiment.  

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

Products used:

Stamps:  All Things Sweet (Altenew), Lots to Say (Reverse Confetti), Sprinkled with Joy (Lawn Fawn)

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Coffee Break Set, Delectable Delights set, Mint Chocolate, Mountain Mist, Crimson, Velvet (Altenew)

Cardstock:  White

Dies:  All Things Sweet, Dotted Starburst (Altenew)

Accessories:  Glossy Accents, Bubble Blow Out Dots (Trinity Stamps)

Cheers

Karren

 

Butterfly Birthday

Hi and welcome.  Today's card is one I put together for a few challenges.  The blue and gray theme at Seize the Birthday, the "New" theme at both Simon Says Stamp and Time Out and the Stamp Act challenge at Krafty Chicks.

My "new" is crafty goodies (of course!).  On this card the NBUS is the Brilliant Butterflies set and the Splatter hot foil plate.  Funny story about the hot foiling.  I put my plate upside down on my Foil Press in error with the result that it debossed the cardstock as well as putting foil where it wasn't meant to go.  I was using an almost transparent gray foil so the effect was really pretty, in my opinion.  Here's the piece before I adhered it to the card base.

I decided it would make a cool background for these fun butterflies that I stamped in blue/teal inks and then coloured the blue parts with a clear sparkle pen.

I finished the card with some strips of patterned paper and solid-colour cardstock down the left hand side and some sentiment strips white-embossed onto gray cardstock.

Thanks for visiting!

Products used:

Stamps:  Brilliant Butterflies, Itty Bitty Birthday Wishes (MFT)

Ink:  Dew Drops, Aqualicious (Altenew), Versafine Onyx Black, Versamark

Cardstock:  White, Gravel Gray, Black Licorice (MFT), Adriatic (Hero Arts), Modern Neutrals (Waffle Flower), Gray Foil

Dies:  Brilliant Butterflies (MFT), Splatter Hot Foil Plate (Altenew)

Accessories:  Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Pen, White EP

Cheers

Karren

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

 

Bubbles

 Welcome back to a new year of challenges at Fusion Card Challenge.  We're starting off with a festive photo inspiration, which is what I focused on for my card.

I wanted to try and recreate the gold background in the inspiration photo, so I took a piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock and blended Antique Linen Distress Oxide ink all over it.  Around the edges I inked Tea Dye.  I then took the Bokeh stencil set from Taylored Expressions and went over it with Scattered Straw Distress Oxide, Enchanted Gold ink and Unicorn White.  It's a shame you can't see how the gold ink looks from the photo, but it adds a lovely shine.

The champagne glass was a die-cut which I coloured with my Copics.  I then added some "bubbles" with a white gel pen and covered the "liquid" with clear sparkle pen.  The sentiment is stacked three high for dimension.

After all that, there was something missing, so I added a black frame to draw the eye and break up the background a bit.

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 Beverages theme at Just Us Girls, the colour challenge at Colour Throwdown and the Make 2022 Sparkle theme at Paper Players challenge 

Products used:

Ink:  Antique Linen, Tea Dye, Scattered Straw Distress Oxide, Enchanted Gold (Altenew), Unicorn White (Hero Arts)

Cardstock:  White, Black, Bristol Smooth

Dies:  A2 Thin Frames (SSS), Celebrate (SugarPea Designs) Layered Champagne Glass (MFT)

Accessories:  Bokeh Stencil (Taylored Expressions), Copics, Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Pen

Cheers

Karren

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