The last item I made for this month's Creative Crew challenge was for the DSP/color focus.
CCREW0813DF - DSP/Color Focus: Let's get in one last afternoon picnic! Use the Afternoon Picnic DSP or just work with the colors of it: Basic Gray, Coastal Cabana, Crushed Curry, Pear Pizzazz, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Wisteria Wonder
As I don't have the Afternoon Picnic DSP, I worked with the colors. I managed to get all the colors except Soft Suede into my card:
I took the Pennant Parade set and my stamp-a-ma-jig and made a triangle pattern across part of the Very Vanilla card base. I then white-embossed the birthday greeting from Delightful Dozen onto a Wisteria Wonder circle. A couple of flags in Coastal Cabana and Crushed Curry were placed behind the greeting and a wee Coastal Cabana flower finished off the card.
Thanks for looking.
Products used:
Stamps: Pennant Parade; Delightful Dozen
Cardstock: Very Vanilla; Coastal Cabana; Crushed Curry; Wisteria Wonder
Ink: Coastal Cabana; Crushed Curry; Wisteria Wonder; Pear Pizzazz; Versamark
Accessories: White EP; Itty Bitty Punch; Subtles Candy Dots
Cheers
Karren
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Tuesday, 13 August 2013
Friday, 9 August 2013
Life & Moments
As I said in a previous post, I love the Amped Up Ampersands MDS kit and bought it especially for this piece for this month's Creative Crew Challenges.
The challenge is:
CCREW0813SF - Scrapbook & More Focus: Make a scrapbook page, a T&T journal entry or a piece of framed art inspired by the project on p120 of the catalog.
I went with a piece of framed art, which if I ever get it printed, might even end up framed LOL. Instead of the quatrefoil shape in the catalog piece, I went with hexagons and most of the patterns in the DSP that comes in the Ampersand kit.
Thanks for looking.
Products used:
Background
Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255
Stamps
_Designer Kits\Number One\Number One - life & moments, Color = 0,0,0
_Designer Kits\Number One\Number One - life & moments, Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255
Punches
Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Amped Up Ampersands - designer series paper\Amped Up Ampersands - 6
1.25 Square Punch, Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Amped Up Ampersands - designer series paper\Amped Up Ampersands - 11
Basics\Hexagon Punch, Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Amped Up Ampersands - designer series paper\Amped Up Ampersands - 4
Basics\Hexagon Punch, Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Amped Up Ampersands - designer series paper\Amped Up Ampersands - 5
Basics\Hexagon Punch, Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Amped Up Ampersands - designer series paper\Amped Up Ampersands - 8
Basics\Hexagon Punch, Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Amped Up Ampersands - designer series paper\Amped Up Ampersands - 6
Basics\Hexagon Punch, Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Amped Up Ampersands - designer series paper\Amped Up Ampersands - 4
Basics\Hexagon Punch, Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Amped Up Ampersands - designer series paper\Amped Up Ampersands - 3
Basics\Hexagon Punch, Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Amped Up Ampersands - designer series paper\Amped Up Ampersands - 7
Basics\Hexagon Punch, Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Amped Up Ampersands - designer series paper\Amped Up Ampersands - 8
Basics\Hexagon Punch, Fill Color = BASIC BLACK 19,27,29
Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255
Stamps
_Designer Kits\Number One\Number One - life & moments, Color = 0,0,0
_Designer Kits\Number One\Number One - life & moments, Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255
Punches
Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Amped Up Ampersands - designer series paper\Amped Up Ampersands - 6
1.25 Square Punch, Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Amped Up Ampersands - designer series paper\Amped Up Ampersands - 11
Basics\Hexagon Punch, Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Amped Up Ampersands - designer series paper\Amped Up Ampersands - 4
Basics\Hexagon Punch, Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Amped Up Ampersands - designer series paper\Amped Up Ampersands - 5
Basics\Hexagon Punch, Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Amped Up Ampersands - designer series paper\Amped Up Ampersands - 8
Basics\Hexagon Punch, Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Amped Up Ampersands - designer series paper\Amped Up Ampersands - 6
Basics\Hexagon Punch, Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Amped Up Ampersands - designer series paper\Amped Up Ampersands - 4
Basics\Hexagon Punch, Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Amped Up Ampersands - designer series paper\Amped Up Ampersands - 3
Basics\Hexagon Punch, Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Amped Up Ampersands - designer series paper\Amped Up Ampersands - 7
Basics\Hexagon Punch, Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Amped Up Ampersands - designer series paper\Amped Up Ampersands - 8
Basics\Hexagon Punch, Fill Color = BASIC BLACK 19,27,29
Wednesday, 7 August 2013
Hello Blossom
This card is for the Holiday Focus challenge for this month's Creative Crew.
CCREW0813HF - Holiday Focus: August is one of the few months that we don't have any holidays, however, August does begin the garden "harvest" time, so this month your "holiday" is to celebrate anything garden related. Take a look at the Gingham & Garden/Garden Delight suite (p80-95). Re-create or case one of the projects on these pages, however, you must change at least two/three things to make the project more your own. Tell us which project you cased and what changes you made.
I chose the card on p82 and while I kept the layout the same I changed the colors; the background and the sentiment.
I inked up the flower from Gifts of Kindness using markers and stamped it onto Whisper White cardstock which I'd cut out earlier using my Silhouette Cameo. The card base was embossed using the Alphabet Press embossing folder and the sentiment from Four You was stamped in Elegant Eggplant ink. The color scheme came from the Color Coach - I've said it before but the color coach is an amazing tool and great when you're looking for new and fresh color combos.
Thanks for looking.
Products used:
Stamps: Gifts of Kindness; Four You
Cardstock: Old Olive; Whisper White; Melon Mambo; Elegant Eggplant
Ink: Elegant Eggplant
Accessories: Old Olive marker; Melon Mambo marker; Alphabet Press EF; Finishing Touches Edgelit; Melon Mambo ribbon
CCREW0813HF - Holiday Focus: August is one of the few months that we don't have any holidays, however, August does begin the garden "harvest" time, so this month your "holiday" is to celebrate anything garden related. Take a look at the Gingham & Garden/Garden Delight suite (p80-95). Re-create or case one of the projects on these pages, however, you must change at least two/three things to make the project more your own. Tell us which project you cased and what changes you made.
I chose the card on p82 and while I kept the layout the same I changed the colors; the background and the sentiment.
I inked up the flower from Gifts of Kindness using markers and stamped it onto Whisper White cardstock which I'd cut out earlier using my Silhouette Cameo. The card base was embossed using the Alphabet Press embossing folder and the sentiment from Four You was stamped in Elegant Eggplant ink. The color scheme came from the Color Coach - I've said it before but the color coach is an amazing tool and great when you're looking for new and fresh color combos.
Thanks for looking.
Products used:
Stamps: Gifts of Kindness; Four You
Cardstock: Old Olive; Whisper White; Melon Mambo; Elegant Eggplant
Ink: Elegant Eggplant
Accessories: Old Olive marker; Melon Mambo marker; Alphabet Press EF; Finishing Touches Edgelit; Melon Mambo ribbon
Friday, 2 August 2013
Create Canvas
This Creative Crew project took me way out of my comfort zone. One of the reasons I don't scrapbook traditionally is because a 12x12 page is just too daunting. I now do a bit of MDS scrapbooking, but that's easier because of the undo button! This challenge was to use one or more of the products on p156.
CCREW0813CF - Catalog Focus: Beyond the paper basics. Take a look at p156 of the main catty. Wow us with one of the following "beyond the basics" products: Canvas Creations; Vellum Cardstock; Window Sheets or Coaster Board Sheets. Challenge yourself to think outside your normal comfort zone - most of the things you can do with cardstock you can also do with these products - stamp on them; die cut them; turn them into boxes/bags etc. Look into mixed media art, try something different.
So I purchased 2 Canvas Creations sheets (an heir and a spare, so to speak!) and some coaster board. I also threw in some creped filter papers for good measure.
Here's the finished result (unframed at this stage):
I started by second-generation stamping En Francais in Smoky Slate across the whole sheet. I did some finger-walking across the stamp to leave some blank spots in the stamped image. I then used numerous images from Gorgeous Grunge as well as the Off the Grid stamp; Film Strip and the Music Notes wheel - all stamped in Smoky Slate - either first or second generation stamping. I did the same to a ripped piece of creped filter paper after scrunching it up and loosely flattening it out again.
I then gold-embossed Off the Grid randomly across the sheet and the filter paper.
The word "create" was cut using Typeset Alphabet in both cardstock and coaster board. The cardstock letters were sponged before being adhered to the coaster board. and stuck to the canvas using glue dots. The filter paper was adhered to the bottom right corner using Mono Multi glue a la Faux Silk technique.
Here are a couple of close-ups:
Thanks for looking.
Products used:
Stamps: Off the Grid; Filmstrip; Gorgeous Grunge; En Francais
Ink: Smoky Slate; Versamark
Accessories: Canvas Creations; Creped Filter Paper; Coaster Board; Typeset Alphabet Die; Music Notes Wheel
Cheers
Karren
CCREW0813CF - Catalog Focus: Beyond the paper basics. Take a look at p156 of the main catty. Wow us with one of the following "beyond the basics" products: Canvas Creations; Vellum Cardstock; Window Sheets or Coaster Board Sheets. Challenge yourself to think outside your normal comfort zone - most of the things you can do with cardstock you can also do with these products - stamp on them; die cut them; turn them into boxes/bags etc. Look into mixed media art, try something different.
So I purchased 2 Canvas Creations sheets (an heir and a spare, so to speak!) and some coaster board. I also threw in some creped filter papers for good measure.
Here's the finished result (unframed at this stage):
I started by second-generation stamping En Francais in Smoky Slate across the whole sheet. I did some finger-walking across the stamp to leave some blank spots in the stamped image. I then used numerous images from Gorgeous Grunge as well as the Off the Grid stamp; Film Strip and the Music Notes wheel - all stamped in Smoky Slate - either first or second generation stamping. I did the same to a ripped piece of creped filter paper after scrunching it up and loosely flattening it out again.
I then gold-embossed Off the Grid randomly across the sheet and the filter paper.
The word "create" was cut using Typeset Alphabet in both cardstock and coaster board. The cardstock letters were sponged before being adhered to the coaster board. and stuck to the canvas using glue dots. The filter paper was adhered to the bottom right corner using Mono Multi glue a la Faux Silk technique.
Here are a couple of close-ups:
Thanks for looking.
Products used:
Stamps: Off the Grid; Filmstrip; Gorgeous Grunge; En Francais
Ink: Smoky Slate; Versamark
Accessories: Canvas Creations; Creped Filter Paper; Coaster Board; Typeset Alphabet Die; Music Notes Wheel
Cheers
Karren
Wednesday, 10 July 2013
Cantaloupe Thanks
This card is for the DSP/Color Focus challenge at Creative Crew this month.
CCREW0713DF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM -- DSP/Color Focus:
Birthday Basics. If you don't have this DSP, use the colors: Basic Gray, Bermuda Bay, Crisp Cantaloupe, Gumball Green, Raspberry Ripple, Summer Starfruit, Very Vanilla.
As the new catty doesn't go live here in New Zealand until 1 July, I had to go with the color option rather than the DSP option.
I used a new hostess set called Simply Sketched and colored it with Crisp Cantaloupe and Gumball Green markers. I cut it out using an oval framelit. The background piece is emboss resist, sponged with Crisp Cantaloupe and layered onto a Basic Gray layer. A button made with the new clay and molds plus a double bow finishes the card.
Thanks for looking.
Products used (all Stampin' Up!):
Stamps: Simply Sketched; En Francais
Cardstock: Crisp Cantaloupe; Very Vanilla; Basic Gray; Watercolor Paper
Ink: Black Stazon; Basic Gray; Versamark; Crisp Cantaloupe
Accessories: Gumball Green marker; clay and molds; oval framelits; clear EP; sponge; Very Vanilla Seam Binding Ribbon
Cheers
Karren
CCREW0713DF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM -- DSP/Color Focus:
Birthday Basics. If you don't have this DSP, use the colors: Basic Gray, Bermuda Bay, Crisp Cantaloupe, Gumball Green, Raspberry Ripple, Summer Starfruit, Very Vanilla.
As the new catty doesn't go live here in New Zealand until 1 July, I had to go with the color option rather than the DSP option.
I used a new hostess set called Simply Sketched and colored it with Crisp Cantaloupe and Gumball Green markers. I cut it out using an oval framelit. The background piece is emboss resist, sponged with Crisp Cantaloupe and layered onto a Basic Gray layer. A button made with the new clay and molds plus a double bow finishes the card.
Thanks for looking.
Products used (all Stampin' Up!):
Stamps: Simply Sketched; En Francais
Cardstock: Crisp Cantaloupe; Very Vanilla; Basic Gray; Watercolor Paper
Ink: Black Stazon; Basic Gray; Versamark; Crisp Cantaloupe
Accessories: Gumball Green marker; clay and molds; oval framelits; clear EP; sponge; Very Vanilla Seam Binding Ribbon
Cheers
Karren
Wednesday, 3 July 2013
#Merry
I ended up making two different cards, both using the same two challenges this month for Creative Crew.
I liked my first card enough to try again with another non-Christmas stamp set and this is what I came up with:
Here are the challenge details for both challenges:
CCREW0713CF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM -- Catalog Focus: Washi tape! I love the new washi tape on P171 of the catalog. Make a holiday card or gift that shows off washi tape!
CCREW0713HF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM -- Holiday Focus: Obviously, it's Christmas! Show your holiday creativity by making a Christmas card using non-Christmas stamps. Use the card sketch on P23 of Celebrando Creatividad.
I'm not as fussed with this one as the last one, but it's okay. I used the photopolymer set Typeset Alphabet that someone very kindly sent me. My teenage son was in the room while I was stamping the letters and suggested I go all modern and social-media-like and use a hashtag in front of the Merry LOL.
Anyway, seeing as I did that, I thought that using the washi tape again would suit the look I was going for. I had to search hard to find a "Christmas" stamp that wasn't too small - wish I could have found a bigger one, but the challenge was to use non-Christmas sets and to me that includes Christmas sentiment sets.
The apothecary accents framelits were used to create the little side pieces to match the sketch.
Thanks for looking.
Products used (all Stampin' Up!):
Stamps: Typset Alphabet; Sweet Essentials
Cardstock: Whisper White; Calypso Coral; Baked Brown Sugar
Ink: Calypso Coral; Baked Brown Sugar; Basic Gray
Accessories: Apothecary Accents Framelits; Basic Rhinestones; Epic Day Washi Tape; Calypso Coral Baker's Twine
Cheers
Karren
I liked my first card enough to try again with another non-Christmas stamp set and this is what I came up with:
Here are the challenge details for both challenges:
CCREW0713CF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM -- Catalog Focus: Washi tape! I love the new washi tape on P171 of the catalog. Make a holiday card or gift that shows off washi tape!
CCREW0713HF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM -- Holiday Focus: Obviously, it's Christmas! Show your holiday creativity by making a Christmas card using non-Christmas stamps. Use the card sketch on P23 of Celebrando Creatividad.
I'm not as fussed with this one as the last one, but it's okay. I used the photopolymer set Typeset Alphabet that someone very kindly sent me. My teenage son was in the room while I was stamping the letters and suggested I go all modern and social-media-like and use a hashtag in front of the Merry LOL.
Anyway, seeing as I did that, I thought that using the washi tape again would suit the look I was going for. I had to search hard to find a "Christmas" stamp that wasn't too small - wish I could have found a bigger one, but the challenge was to use non-Christmas sets and to me that includes Christmas sentiment sets.
The apothecary accents framelits were used to create the little side pieces to match the sketch.
Thanks for looking.
Products used (all Stampin' Up!):
Stamps: Typset Alphabet; Sweet Essentials
Cardstock: Whisper White; Calypso Coral; Baked Brown Sugar
Ink: Calypso Coral; Baked Brown Sugar; Basic Gray
Accessories: Apothecary Accents Framelits; Basic Rhinestones; Epic Day Washi Tape; Calypso Coral Baker's Twine
Cheers
Karren
Monday, 1 July 2013
Washi Joy
My first card for this month's Creative Crew challenges combines two of the challenges:
CCREW0713CF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM -- Catalog Focus: Washi tape! I love the new washi tape on P171 of the catalog. Make a holiday card or gift that shows off washi tape!
CCREW0713HF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM -- Holiday Focus: Obviously, it's Christmas! Show your holiday creativity by making a Christmas card using non-Christmas stamps. Use the card sketch on P23 of Celebrando Creatividad.
CCREW0713HF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM -- Holiday Focus: Obviously, it's Christmas! Show your holiday creativity by making a Christmas card using non-Christmas stamps. Use the card sketch on P23 of Celebrando Creatividad.
I used the sentiment from the just-retired Word Play set and colored it with Basic Gray and Calypso Coral markers. I then cut it out using a 1 3/4" circle punch. The Window Framelits piece is Whisper White cardstock covered in washi tape then cut with the framelit. The sentiment is popped up on dimensionals.
A strip of the striped washi tape is run down the card base and then the smaller Whisper White piece is raised up on dimensionals. A Calypso Coral Baker's Twine bow finishes this CAS card.
Thanks for looking.
Products used (all Stampin' Up!):
Stamps: Word Play
Cardstock: Whisper White
Accessories: Basic Gray, Calypso Coral markers; Epic Day Washi Tape; Calypso Coral Baker's Twine; Window Framelits
Cheers
Karren
Tuesday, 11 June 2013
Creative Crew Jun 2013 Scrapbook Focus
This month's scrapbook focus challenge at Creative Crew over at Splitcoaststampers is on the dads in our lives.
CCREW0613SF - Scrapbook & More Focus: June is best know for Father's Day (3rd Sunday). Celebrate Dad with a scrapbook page featuring Dad or dad-like qualities.
And here's my MDS page:
I had to dig deep to find some photos of my DH. He's not too keen on getting his photo taken, but I did find some photos from Christmas 2005, where Pete is teaching William how to pedal. William was only 3 back then and Matthew was 8 - how time flies - William is nearly 11 and Matthew is 15 1/2.
Anyway, for this page, I took the blues and greens from the photos and used them for my background. I kept this page simple as I'm still learning MDS, but thanks to a tip from TrishG on SCS, I managed to color my bicycles to match the background.
Thanks for looking.
Products used (MDS):
Background
Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Number One - designer series paper\Number One - 7
Embellishments
Designer Kits\Number One - embellishments\Number One - tape 1 (re-colored)
Designer Kits\Number One - embellishments\Number One - border 1 (re-colored)
Staple & Stitching\Chocolate - Simple Stitches line 5 (re-colored)
Staple & Stitching\Staple
Stamps
Postage Due\Postage Due - bike & flower
Cheers
Karren
CCREW0613SF - Scrapbook & More Focus: June is best know for Father's Day (3rd Sunday). Celebrate Dad with a scrapbook page featuring Dad or dad-like qualities.
And here's my MDS page:
I had to dig deep to find some photos of my DH. He's not too keen on getting his photo taken, but I did find some photos from Christmas 2005, where Pete is teaching William how to pedal. William was only 3 back then and Matthew was 8 - how time flies - William is nearly 11 and Matthew is 15 1/2.
Anyway, for this page, I took the blues and greens from the photos and used them for my background. I kept this page simple as I'm still learning MDS, but thanks to a tip from TrishG on SCS, I managed to color my bicycles to match the background.
Thanks for looking.
Products used (MDS):
Background
Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Number One - designer series paper\Number One - 7
Embellishments
Designer Kits\Number One - embellishments\Number One - tape 1 (re-colored)
Designer Kits\Number One - embellishments\Number One - border 1 (re-colored)
Staple & Stitching\Chocolate - Simple Stitches line 5 (re-colored)
Staple & Stitching\Staple
Stamps
Postage Due\Postage Due - bike & flower
Cheers
Karren
Friday, 7 June 2013
Creative Crew Jun 2013 - Holiday Focus
The Creative Crew challenges really challenged me this month - and this card was no exception.
I very rarely do anything other than the standard rectangle or square card, so when this challenge called for an accordion fold, I had to take a deep breath.
CCREW0613HF - Holiday Focus: June is National Accordion Awareness Month. How interesting! Let's celebrate June by making an accordion project. It must have at least 3 folds, preferably 5 folds. Use any colors you wish to use in your accordion fold project, but you must use at least one embellishment.
I went with a tri-shutter card and tried for a collage-look. The First Edition DSP is over-stamped using many images from Artistic Etchings; Established Elegance and French Foliage. I used So Saffron; Crumb Cake; Baja Breeze and Soft Suede ink. The So Saffron flowers were made using two different sized scallop circle punches (the original punch and the 7/8" punch). I used the faux suede technique to make my flowers all soft and textured.
The leaves were made using Baja Breeze cardstock which had been stamped with the Old World Map then cut out using the Secret Garden Framelits.
Here's a photo of the card closed so you can see how the flowers line up:
Thanks for looking.
Products used (all Stampin' Up!):
Stamps: Artistic Etchings; Established Elegance; French Foliage; Old World Map
Cardstock: Soft Suede; So Saffron; Baja Breeze; First Edition DSP
Ink: So Saffron; Baja Breeze; Soft Suede; Crumb Cake
Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch; 7/8" Scallop Circle Punch; silver brads; Secret Garden Framelit
Cheers
Karren
I very rarely do anything other than the standard rectangle or square card, so when this challenge called for an accordion fold, I had to take a deep breath.
CCREW0613HF - Holiday Focus: June is National Accordion Awareness Month. How interesting! Let's celebrate June by making an accordion project. It must have at least 3 folds, preferably 5 folds. Use any colors you wish to use in your accordion fold project, but you must use at least one embellishment.
I went with a tri-shutter card and tried for a collage-look. The First Edition DSP is over-stamped using many images from Artistic Etchings; Established Elegance and French Foliage. I used So Saffron; Crumb Cake; Baja Breeze and Soft Suede ink. The So Saffron flowers were made using two different sized scallop circle punches (the original punch and the 7/8" punch). I used the faux suede technique to make my flowers all soft and textured.
The leaves were made using Baja Breeze cardstock which had been stamped with the Old World Map then cut out using the Secret Garden Framelits.
Here's a photo of the card closed so you can see how the flowers line up:
Thanks for looking.
Products used (all Stampin' Up!):
Stamps: Artistic Etchings; Established Elegance; French Foliage; Old World Map
Cardstock: Soft Suede; So Saffron; Baja Breeze; First Edition DSP
Ink: So Saffron; Baja Breeze; Soft Suede; Crumb Cake
Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch; 7/8" Scallop Circle Punch; silver brads; Secret Garden Framelit
Cheers
Karren
Wednesday, 5 June 2013
Creative Crew Jun 2013 - Catalog Focus
Here is my second project for this month's Creative Crew challenges at Splitcoaststampers.
The challenge this time is:
CCREW0613CF - Catalog Focus: Our new catalog is beautifully done with gorgeous, colorful projects, making sure we remember all our color names by naming the color backgrounds.
Name Your Poison Day - June 8th will allow us to practice our colors by using many colors in a color blocking technique card. Make a card with at least 3 colors.
I love color blocked cards, so once I chose the colors I wanted to use, this card came together fairly easily.
I chose vintage-y colors of Crumb Cake, Always Artichoke and Perfect Plum, then threw in a pop of color with Raspberry Ripple. Each panel was stamped and sponged before being adhered to the card base which is Crumb Cake. The soda pop-top embellishment was one I had already prepared and not used on another card. The sentiment is stamped in vellum.
Thanks for looking.
Products used (all Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted):
Stamps: Established Elegance; Artistic Etchings; French Foliage; Memorable Moments
Cardstock: Crumb Cake; Perfect Plum; Always Artichoke; Raspberry Ripple; Vellum Cardstock
Ink: Perfect Plum; Always Artichoke; Raspberry Ripple; Basic Black
Accessories: Soda Pop Tops; Crystal Effects; Itty Bitty Punch; Basic Pearl
The challenge this time is:
CCREW0613CF - Catalog Focus: Our new catalog is beautifully done with gorgeous, colorful projects, making sure we remember all our color names by naming the color backgrounds.
Name Your Poison Day - June 8th will allow us to practice our colors by using many colors in a color blocking technique card. Make a card with at least 3 colors.
I love color blocked cards, so once I chose the colors I wanted to use, this card came together fairly easily.
I chose vintage-y colors of Crumb Cake, Always Artichoke and Perfect Plum, then threw in a pop of color with Raspberry Ripple. Each panel was stamped and sponged before being adhered to the card base which is Crumb Cake. The soda pop-top embellishment was one I had already prepared and not used on another card. The sentiment is stamped in vellum.
Thanks for looking.
Products used (all Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted):
Stamps: Established Elegance; Artistic Etchings; French Foliage; Memorable Moments
Cardstock: Crumb Cake; Perfect Plum; Always Artichoke; Raspberry Ripple; Vellum Cardstock
Ink: Perfect Plum; Always Artichoke; Raspberry Ripple; Basic Black
Accessories: Soda Pop Tops; Crystal Effects; Itty Bitty Punch; Basic Pearl
Monday, 3 June 2013
Creative Crew Jun 2013 - Color Focus
My first card I'm showing on my blog for this month's Creative Crew challenge at Splitcoaststampers is the color focus card.
Here's the guidelines from our hostess:
CCREW0613DF - DSP/Color Focus: To celebrate Candy Month (June), let's concentrate on the new In Colors: Baked Brown Sugar; Strawberry Slush; Crisp Cantaloupe; Pistachio Pudding and Coastal Cabana. These colors all look good enough to eat!
Use one or most colors in a happy, sparkly way.
(If the new In Colors are not part of your stash yet, use Soft Suede; Melon Mambo; Wild Wasabi; Marina Mist and Daffodil Delight.)
Any neutral is welcome in the candy store.
CCREW0613DF - DSP/Color Focus: To celebrate Candy Month (June), let's concentrate on the new In Colors: Baked Brown Sugar; Strawberry Slush; Crisp Cantaloupe; Pistachio Pudding and Coastal Cabana. These colors all look good enough to eat!
Use one or most colors in a happy, sparkly way.
(If the new In Colors are not part of your stash yet, use Soft Suede; Melon Mambo; Wild Wasabi; Marina Mist and Daffodil Delight.)
Any neutral is welcome in the candy store.
As we in New Zealand can't pre-order the new In Colors until now, I worked with the alternate colors. I was quite pleased that I managed to get all the colors into my card, except Soft Suede.
I used the trendy set Oh Hello for this CAS card. I stamped the chevron pattern in both Daffodil Delight and Melon Mambo. The Daffodil Delight piece I cut out with my oval framelits and the Melon Mambo piece I punched out using my Itty Bitty Punch and adhered it to a Designer Builder Brad. The flowers were colored using markers and then fussy-cut. The white organdy ribbon was dyed using Daffodil Delight ink and then because I'm impatient, it was dried in the microwave! The "Hello" was stamped using Marina Mist ink.
Thanks for looking. Head on over to Splitcoaststampers and check out the gallery by using the search term CCREW0613DF.
Thanks for looking.
Products used (all Stampin' Up!):
Stamps: Oh Hello
Cardstock: Whisper White
Ink: Melon Mambo; Daffodil Delight; Marina Mist
Accessories: Wild Wasabi, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight markers; Designer Builder Brad; oval framelits, white organdy ribbon, Daffodil Delight re-inker
Cheers
Karren
Thursday, 2 May 2013
Creative Crew May 2013
Hi all. Well the time has come to reveal my May 2013 Creative Crew projects. First, here's the lowdown on this month's challenges:
From this photo, I took the chalkboard and soft colors and applied those across all my projects. Here is each challenge and how I interpreted it:
CCREW0513DF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM -- DSP/Color Focus: All of our DSP is likely to be leaving us after this month, so use whatever DSP or color combo that includes brights & pastels to go with the party you've picked.
This card again uses Fan Fair DSP plus the Owl Punch. This saying from Word Play is so appropriate for a new graduate and the wee tag hanging off the bow again uses Go Graduate stamp set.
CCREW0513SF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM -- Scrapbook focus: Let's get into the SCS time machine and go back to a sketch from 2011 - SBSC283 5.20.11
I need to start by saying that I'm not a scrapbooker! Having said that, I used MDS and it was much better than the painful attempts I've had scrapbooking with cardstock LOL. Here is the sketch I worked from:
Again I used Fan Fair DSP and embellishments. I tried to create a chalkboard effect for the title and journalling, and used some free Chalkboard fonts to aid in that attempt.
Spring it up - May 2013
Flowers are blooming, birds are chirping, tired bears are coming out of hibernation it’s time to party!!! Errrrr, I mean…time for spring!
So much begins to happen right now graduations, showers, weddings, birthdays, reunions, and probably a lot more than I've mentioned! With that in mind I'd like you to check out this site:
25 Parties to Ring in Spring | The New Home Ec
Pick a party, any party, be inspired by the colors, the decorations, the foodie stuff, the patterns, the prints, oh my there are so many ideas here!
This is the party I chose as my inspiration:
So much begins to happen right now graduations, showers, weddings, birthdays, reunions, and probably a lot more than I've mentioned! With that in mind I'd like you to check out this site:
25 Parties to Ring in Spring | The New Home Ec
Pick a party, any party, be inspired by the colors, the decorations, the foodie stuff, the patterns, the prints, oh my there are so many ideas here!
This is the party I chose as my inspiration:
From this photo, I took the chalkboard and soft colors and applied those across all my projects. Here is each challenge and how I interpreted it:
CCREW0513DF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM -- DSP/Color Focus: All of our DSP is likely to be leaving us after this month, so use whatever DSP or color combo that includes brights & pastels to go with the party you've picked.
For this card, I chose my favorite DSP which is Fan Fair. I also just bought the Postage Due set and wanted to take it for a test drive. I white-embossed the main image plus two of the postage stamp images onto Basic Black cardstock and gently sponged Whisper White ink over the images. The main image is mounted on dimensionals onto a slightly bigger Basic Black layer and the postage stamp images are punched with the Postage Stamp punch. The ribbon is gathered onto Sticky Strip with a Soda Pop Top embellishment.
CCREW0513CF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM -- Catalog focus: Die Cuts! When you look through the parties you're likely to see banners, boxes, rosettes, and more - create a project using your Big Shot and favorite die.
I don't do 3D very often and I'm ashamed to admit that this is the first time I've used the Fancy Favor Box Die - and I've had it for a good couple years! Keeping with the chalkboard theme, I white embossed the feet image from Go Graduate and sponged Whisper White ink. A pretty pink bow finishes off this easy-to-mass-produce treat box.
CCREW0513HF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM -- Holiday focus: Hmmm, isn't a party good enough? It's creative choice this month, you pick from graduation, wedding, or birthday.
This card again uses Fan Fair DSP plus the Owl Punch. This saying from Word Play is so appropriate for a new graduate and the wee tag hanging off the bow again uses Go Graduate stamp set.
CCREW0513SF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM -- Scrapbook focus: Let's get into the SCS time machine and go back to a sketch from 2011 - SBSC283 5.20.11
I need to start by saying that I'm not a scrapbooker! Having said that, I used MDS and it was much better than the painful attempts I've had scrapbooking with cardstock LOL. Here is the sketch I worked from:
Again I used Fan Fair DSP and embellishments. I tried to create a chalkboard effect for the title and journalling, and used some free Chalkboard fonts to aid in that attempt.
So there are my first month's projects. It was fun tying all four projects together with a similar theme.
Thanks for looking. It'd be great if you had a go at these challenges yourself. There are plenty of party themes to choose from at the link at the top of this post.
Thanks for looking.
Products used (all Stampin' Up!):
Postage Due Card:
Stamps: Postage Due; Collage Curios
Cardstock: Basic Black; Fan Fair DSP
Ink: Versamark
Accessories: White EP, sponge; Pink Pirouette Two Tone Ribbon; Soda Pop Tops; Crystal Effects; Postage Stamp Punch
Treat Box:
Stamps: Go Graduate (r)
Cardstock: Basic Black
Ink: Versamark
Accessories: Fancy Favor Big Shot Die; White EP; sponge; Pink Pirouette Two Tone Ribbon
Graduation Card:
Stamps: Word Play; Go Graduate (r)
Cardstock: Basic Black; Basic Gray; Whisper White; Fan Fair DSP
Ink: Versamark
Accessories: White EP; sponge; owl punch; Basic Gray Two Tone Ribbon; Linen Thread; Large Tag Punch (r)
Scrapbook Page
Background
Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Fan Fair - designer series paper\Fan Fair - 5
Embellishments
Designer Kits\Fan Fair - embellishments\Fan Fair - banner
Designer Kits\Fan Fair - embellishments\Fan Fair - frame 4
Stamps
Designer Kits\Fan Fair\Fan Fair - lace doily, Color = PINK PIROUETTE 255,216,209
Splatters\Ink Splatters\Ink Splatter 6, Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Designer Kits\Fan Fair\Fan Fair - ruler, Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Punches
1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = BASIC BLACK 19,27,29
Extras\Flag Punch, Fill Color = BASIC BLACK 19,27,29
Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Fan Fair - designer series paper\Fan Fair - 5
Embellishments
Designer Kits\Fan Fair - embellishments\Fan Fair - banner
Designer Kits\Fan Fair - embellishments\Fan Fair - frame 4
Stamps
Designer Kits\Fan Fair\Fan Fair - lace doily, Color = PINK PIROUETTE 255,216,209
Splatters\Ink Splatters\Ink Splatter 6, Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Designer Kits\Fan Fair\Fan Fair - ruler, Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Punches
1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = BASIC BLACK 19,27,29
Extras\Flag Punch, Fill Color = BASIC BLACK 19,27,29
Saturday, 6 April 2013
80th Birthday Card
This is my second post today. Scroll down to see the birthday card I made for my little niece.
My dad is turning 80 next week - and a young-looking 80 he is! Many years ago he came to pick me up after school one day and one of my friends asked if he was my brother! At that time, I would have been about 12 and he would have been in his 40's! I can only hope I age as well as my parents!
The card I made for him uses The Open Sea and I've used a few challenges - the sketch challenge at Paper Craft Crew Challenges; the inspiration photo at Just Add Ink, which I interpreted as neutrals with a little pop of color; and the Creative Crew challenge to make a masculine card - preferably using a non-masculine set. Well, I made the masculine card, but I used a pretty masculine set to make it, so maybe I only get half a point for this one LOL.
I used Nautical Expedition DSP, distressed and sponged with Crumb Cake ink then layered onto Early Espresso cardstock, which was also distressed and sponged.
I inked up the ship using markers, then after stamping, I masked the ship and stamped the globe in Crumb Cake ink. I also distressed and sponged this layer. The "80" was die cut and sponged with Cherry Cobbler ink. Linen thread; neutrals brads and a Naturals Designer Button finish of the card.
Thanks for looking.
Products used (all Stampin' Up!):
Stamps: The Open Sea
Cardstock: Early Espresso; Very Vanilla; Cherry Cobbler; Nautical Expedition DSP
Ink: Crumb Cake; Early Espresso; Cherry Cobbler
Accessories: Linen Thread; Naturals Designer Button; Neutrals Brads; Timeless Type Sizzlets; Sponge; Distressing Tool
Edited to Add: This card was chosen as a Featured Artisan card at Paper Craft Crew this week.
Cheers
Karren
My dad is turning 80 next week - and a young-looking 80 he is! Many years ago he came to pick me up after school one day and one of my friends asked if he was my brother! At that time, I would have been about 12 and he would have been in his 40's! I can only hope I age as well as my parents!
The card I made for him uses The Open Sea and I've used a few challenges - the sketch challenge at Paper Craft Crew Challenges; the inspiration photo at Just Add Ink, which I interpreted as neutrals with a little pop of color; and the Creative Crew challenge to make a masculine card - preferably using a non-masculine set. Well, I made the masculine card, but I used a pretty masculine set to make it, so maybe I only get half a point for this one LOL.
I used Nautical Expedition DSP, distressed and sponged with Crumb Cake ink then layered onto Early Espresso cardstock, which was also distressed and sponged.
I inked up the ship using markers, then after stamping, I masked the ship and stamped the globe in Crumb Cake ink. I also distressed and sponged this layer. The "80" was die cut and sponged with Cherry Cobbler ink. Linen thread; neutrals brads and a Naturals Designer Button finish of the card.
Thanks for looking.
Products used (all Stampin' Up!):
Stamps: The Open Sea
Cardstock: Early Espresso; Very Vanilla; Cherry Cobbler; Nautical Expedition DSP
Ink: Crumb Cake; Early Espresso; Cherry Cobbler
Accessories: Linen Thread; Naturals Designer Button; Neutrals Brads; Timeless Type Sizzlets; Sponge; Distressing Tool
Edited to Add: This card was chosen as a Featured Artisan card at Paper Craft Crew this week.
Cheers
Karren
Little Girl's Birthday Card
It's my niece's third birthday party tomorrow so I thought I'd better get a card made for her. Roisin (pronounced Ro-sheen) is a wee character and the youngest of my nieces and nephews. I used the colors from this week's challenge at Create with Connie & Mary and the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches. I'm also going to use this for this month's Creative Crew challenge to use the 2011-13 In Colors with the challenge being to use our least favorite. My least favorite is hands-down Wisteria Wonder, but Calypso Coral is a color I like but struggle to make work, so I'm choosing that.
Speaking of the Creative Crew at Splitcoaststampers, I've been invited to join the Crew for the May-August period, which is pretty awesome! Keep an eye out on 1st May for my first challenge cards.
And after all that waffle, here's my card:
This card is pretty self-explanatory. It's 5" square. I punched three circles out of the challenge colors and stuck them together. On top of the Island Indigo circle, I adhered a die-cut "3" which I then colored used Dazzling Details. As a rare treat, I even decorated the inside of the card as well using stamps from Create a Cupcake!
Thanks for looking.
Products used (all Stampin' Up!):
Stamps: Create a Cupcake
Cardstock: Whisper White; Island Indigo; Calypso Coral; Real Red
Ink: Island Indigo; Calypso Coral; Real Red
Accessories: 1 3/8" circle punch; Timeless Type Sizzlets; Calypso Coral Bakers Twine; Dazzling Details; Create a Cupcake Punch
Cheers
Karren
Speaking of the Creative Crew at Splitcoaststampers, I've been invited to join the Crew for the May-August period, which is pretty awesome! Keep an eye out on 1st May for my first challenge cards.
And after all that waffle, here's my card:
This card is pretty self-explanatory. It's 5" square. I punched three circles out of the challenge colors and stuck them together. On top of the Island Indigo circle, I adhered a die-cut "3" which I then colored used Dazzling Details. As a rare treat, I even decorated the inside of the card as well using stamps from Create a Cupcake!
Thanks for looking.
Products used (all Stampin' Up!):
Stamps: Create a Cupcake
Cardstock: Whisper White; Island Indigo; Calypso Coral; Real Red
Ink: Island Indigo; Calypso Coral; Real Red
Accessories: 1 3/8" circle punch; Timeless Type Sizzlets; Calypso Coral Bakers Twine; Dazzling Details; Create a Cupcake Punch
Cheers
Karren
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