You're Da Bomb!

This one knocks off two challenges with one card. Kristina's Colour Inspiration and Karen Giron's Sunday Sketch. The colours are absolutely perfect for continuing my Valentine's cards, so that's the direction I took. My original thought with the sketch was to use the SU set 'A Happy Heart' but the tic-tac-toe image was too small for my vision.

Then I remembered I picked up these two great AMuse stamps at my LSS, Right at Home Scrapbooking, last week and the card evolved from there. 

The base is Gina K's super sturdy 120lb pure luxury cardstock, and let me tell you, this card is heavy with two big silver brads and a heart gemstone, but it stands up beautifully because of the cardstock base. Next I added a layer of SU Riding Hood Red designer paper then a square of black. The circles are punched from Basic Grey cardstock with my 1 1/4" punch and I pierced around the edges using the circle template from this handy little package. 

Then I played around with different embellishments for while, trying other combinations until I landed on this design. The red flowers are Primas with a 5mm Platinum Glitter Bella Dot in the center (LOVE the dots, baubles and bonbons from Stamping Bella...there's just SO many uses for them!). The big silver brads are from SU. The image and sentiment are from AMuse, stamped with Memento black onto Gina K pure luxury then punched with a 1 1/8" circle. The X and O are Maya Road chipboard letters (from my LSS) which I inked with Brilliance Moonlight White then embossed with Iridescent Ice powder. And finally, the heart gemstone is from my stash. 

This card came together quite quickly and I'm really pleased about that! I love both the colour combo and the sketch. Thanks ladies for the challenges!  :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Karen

Whoo Loves You?

Oh, what a super fun colour combo to work with from Kristina Werner's Colour Inspiration #38. I decided to use my new An Owl for all Seasons from MFT. 

I stamped the owls with Memento black onto Gina K pure luxury and coloured them with copics. I had originally cut out a rectangle with nesties, but while I was mid-design I changed my mind and cut out the owls instead. I also stamped the owls once on the pink base layer so their legs would show. 

The entire is actually a very simple layout. White base (Gina K 120lb white) followed by a layer of Pretty in Pink. Then a scallop of Ruby Red and a strip of retired SU Pumpkin Pie designer paper. I finished it off with some black & white polkadot May Arts ribbon and a flower embellishment consisting of a pumpkin Prima, a pink SU felt fusion then a Ruby Red button, all kept together with a black brad. 

When the card was all done I was looking at it and it seemed to be missing something...nothing big, just a little something. I was thinking for about 10 minutes (while writing this post) then it hit me...the sentiment looked like it was just floating there so I lifted the layers an added a row of paper piercing just below to anchor it.  Of course that was after I had already photographed it so my card got re-takes! LOL! Oh, and about that sentiment, in the set the sentiment reads 'whoo loves you baby?', but I omitted the baby part then stamped the question mark...that's what I love most about clear sets...you can see where you're stamping to line things up.  :)

This one's already going in the mail as a thank you to someone...can't say "Whoo" just in case they're reading (slim chance of that, but you never know...I want them to be surprised).  :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Karen

One Chick to Another

Wow, I can't believe this is my third post today. Don't get too used to it though! LOL! Taking yesterday off seems to have kicked me into high gear today.

I made this card for a combination of two challenges: Kristina Werner's Colour Inspiration Challenge #37 and Taylor's Cupcake Challenge #50.

The stamps are brand new...picked them up yesterday at Ink About It (told you there were lots of things jumping into my basket). Really...how could I resist these little birds! They're a set of four, Decorative Birds, from Hero Arts. The sentiment is by A Muse. I stamped the birds with Memento black onto Gina K pure luxury and coloured them with copics. I popped the wings on the top and bottom birds. Then I punched each bird with a circle punch, 1 1/4" for the largest, then 1 1/8", then 1" for the smallest. I layered them onto circles of chocolate chip that were punched just 1/8" larger the the image. I had them lined up and was about to adhere them when I touched one and it moved so it was offset on the chocolate circle...hmmm...that seemed to work nicely with these quirky birds so I offset them all. I love it when there's a happy accident in stamping.  :)

I attached an SU mini library clip to each one and tied a piece of olive ribbon (it's a retired SU ribbon). The card base is Gina K 120 lb pure luxury, followed by a layer of chocolate and a layer of baja breeze. I rounded the bottom corners of each layer. Once my chicks were attached with dimensionals, I stamped the sentiment and pierced the 'hangers' for each one. My last step was attaching a piece of chocolate felt ribbon (again, SU from this past Holiday Mini). 

That's it...pretty quick and simple, as seems to be the theme of my day. When my card was all done I wanted to show someone...Shadow (our mini schnauzer) just happen to come into my stamp room (probably cause it was feeding time) so I put the card down at his level and said "Shadow, come see what I made". He actually sauntered over, stood real close looking at the card then looked up at me and grunted. Too funny!!! I swear he understands everything I say.

Tonight is movie night so I'll be colouring images. {wink!}  :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Karen

Hey Tweetie

This card is completely different from my usual stuff. I needed to get a bunch of things done today and I wanted to participate in Kristina Werner's colour challenge, so I opted for super simple and quick.

The colour challenge is to use Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Baja Blue, So Saffron and Vanilla. 

I decided to use Kim Hughes' Pretty Birds set. I like that the images are simple and not too detailed...seemed to tie in with my theme for this card. 

I stamped the branch on retired SU Close to Cocoa designer paper so it would have a bit of detail from the pattern on the paper, then cut it out. I stamped the bird on plain old So Saffron and cut it out. The felt flowers are SU's Flower Fusion Too. 

For the bottom of the card, I used my scallop border punch on a piece of Close to Cocoa cardstock. The sentiment is stamped on So Saffron. I added a styled vanilla Hodgepodge frame and finished it off with a Baja Blue bow. There's no bling or glitter anywhere on this card...gasp! 

I like how the scallop edge reminds me of a fence, and it looks like the bird is peering into his neighbours yard.  :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Karen

Colour Inspired Pocket Silhouettes

As soon as I saw Kristina's colour inspiration I thought of my Pocket Silhouettes stamp set from SU. Aren't the colours this week so warm and cozy - Perfect Plum, Pale Plum, Bordering Blue, Sage Shadow, Certainly Celery. I went more with the plums than the greens, so I didn't end up using any Sage Shadow...I hope that's ok.  

I wanted to do a simple card for a change. 

I started by stamping the flower image first with Perfect Plum, then with Pale Plum, then with white ink. I rounded the corners and layered it onto some Perfect Plum CS, then I tied the Celery ribbon. 

For the rest of the card, the base is Perfect Plum and I rounded the top corners. The white layer is sponged with Perfect Plum ink. The strip at the bottom is Bordering Blue, which I ran through the Floral Screen Cuttlebug folder. Then I sponged it with Perfect plum ink. 

There's a lot less to this design than I usually do, but I like the simplicity of it. And I really like that it came together quickly.  :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Karen

Sassy Celery Shopabella

I combined two challenges for this card. It's a product of the Bella Sketch Challenge on Splitcoast and Kristina Werner's colour inspiration challenge on her blog. These are great colours to work with, Taken with Teal, Certainly Celery, Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip, and White. Notice the chocolate's in there again!  :)

I just had to use a Bella for the Bella Sketch Challenge, so I chose another one that hadn't been inked yet...sigh...Savvy Shopabella. I stamped her with Memento Black onto Gina K. Pure Luxury white (love, love, love that paper for copics!). 

She's coloured with Copics, cut out with an oval nestie and layered onto two more oval nesties. 

Funny...when I layered the pieces the first thing that popped into my head was "mirror mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all". LOL! I think it's cause the chocolate piece looks a bit like a frame, or, it could be my conscience wishing that was a refection of me. Doesn't she have the cutest little tooshie though!

The card base is chocolate chip, then I ran a piece of celery through the Big Shot (aka: Mr. Big) with the Houndstooth embossing folder from Cuttlebug. To accentuate the houndstooth pattern I sponged white ink onto the raised parts. She's such a stylish Bella...I thought the houndstooth tied in nicely with the whole fashion theme. 

The card's finished off with some layered Primas and Bella Bonbons (in pumpkin of course) as the centres. I also added a bit of shimmer with my Stardust pen and one small Hero Arts gemstone on the shopping bag. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Karen