Altenew Monstera in Vase Stamp and Die
Hello and welcome. I just popped in for a quick post about Altenew\’s new mini stamp \”Monstera in Vase\”. This set is perfect for quick CAS cards.
Thanks for stopping by!
Karen
Altenew Monstera In Vase
Tag: CAS
WWC281 – Heidi\’s Challenge: All About Occasions
Hello and welcome! This is my design team card for Watercooler Wednesday\’s All About Occasions Challenge and Heidi is our hostess.
I\’ve created a birthday card using a faux watercoloring technique. I used bright summer colors and added a bold birthday sentiment die-cut using navy cardstock.
Supplies Used:
Altenew Inked Lotus stamp and die bundle
Altenew Inked Lotus stamp and die bundle
Altenew Golden Peach Embossing Powder
Distress Inks: Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Carved Pumpkin, Pickled Raspberry, Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn
Simon Says Stamp Happy Birthday die cut
Picket Fences Blending Brushes
Watercolor Paper
Navy Cardstock (for sentiment die cut)
Cream A2 card base
I am also playing along at:
The Flower Challenge: Summer or Fall I love summer and used bright, happy colors that I associate with summer.
The Paper Players #500 \”Clean and Simple Celebrate\” Challenge Congratulations on 500!
Inspired By \”Pretty Blossoms\” I was inspired by the floral theme and the colors in the bouquet.
I am so pleased you stopped by and hope to see your card in our challenge gallery.
Karen
WWC258 – Marsha\’s Challenge: All About Occasions
Hello and welcome! This week is all about occasions at the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge Website and Marsha is our hostess.
I wanted to make a CAS watercolor valentine for my husband this year. With pencil, I drew a heart shape in the bottom right corner of a Brutus Monroe Aqua Pigment panel. Next, with a brush, I filled the heart in with clean water and then dropped Kuretake watercolors into the heart. I wanted the pinks and purples to blend. After the panel was dry, I heat embossed the sentiment (My Monthly Hero, January 2019). I erased the pencil lines, trimmed with a stitched rectangle die and mounted onto a top folding A2 card that I had made.
I am very pleased with the valentine and hope Mark likes it too!
I am entering this valentine in:
Clean and Simple on Friday: #173 Love I made this card for my husband.
Casology #361: Sweetheart I made this card for my sweetheart…my husband.
AAA Cards #158: Up to 1/3 + Optional Hearts I added the optional twist of a heart.
The Card Concept: Be Mine Valentine My card is a CAS/Clean and Graphic valentine. I was inspired by the heart theme and the large \”love\” sign.
A Place to Start – Masculine Card I made this valentine for my husband
Allsorts – Add a Heart A heart plus a simple sentiment
Thanks for stopping by!
Karen
WWC245 – Anything Goes Challenge
Hello and welcome! October has five Wednesdays and that means it is \”Anything Goes\” at the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge. We would love for you to submit your creation!
I came up with the idea for creating a fall birthday card with dark cardstock for a seasonal look. Prior to die cutting, I backed the patterned card stock with adhesive paper then I die cut the three blooms and sentiment which made constructing the layout very easy. I like the clean autumn look of this card.
Supplies Used:
Simon Says Stamp Stitched Daisies dies
Memory Box Perky Happy Birthday sentiment die
Bohemia Barefoot Beautiful Card Stock #BH1062
Hershey Brown textured cardstock
Sizzix adhesive sheets
The Card Concept: Bountiful Blessings Challenge I was inspired (by the beautiful brown door, fall flowers and autumnal color palette in the inspiration photo) to make a clean and layered card.
Die Cuttin\’ Divas Anything Goes Challenge My card includes lots of die cuts…the flowers, the sentiment and the stitched card base.
Tuesday Taggers Colors of Autumn Challenge I chose browns, yellows and oranges for my colors of autumn.
Simon Says Stamp – Anything Goes Wednesday Challenge
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Karen
One Image for a CAS Masculine Card
Several of my nephews have birthdays coming up so it was time to make some masculine cards. I really like the simplicity of this CAS card.
I started by stamping and coloring the bike from the January 2019 My Monthly Hero kit. I then glued craft foam to the back and then die cut. I positioned the sentiment to \”ground\” the bike. Quick and easy but eye catching as well.
I am entering this card in:
The Paper Players Clean and Simple Masculine Challenge
UPDATE: I was very pleased to learn that my card was selected as a \”Cut Above\” winner at The Paper Players.
UPDATE: I was very pleased to learn that my card was selected as a \”Cut Above\” winner at The Paper Players.
Thanks for stopping by!
Karen
WWC231 – Tristan\’s "All About Occasions" Challenge
Hello and welcome! This week it is all about occasion cards at the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge Website and Tristan is our hostess.
I go through a lot of Get Well cards and it was time to add some new cards to my inventory. Lawn Fawn\’s Get Well Soon stamp set has been a longtime favorite and I thought it would be cute as a CAS card with some off the edge die-cutting. I started with an A2 panel, did the off the edge die-cutting, then stamped and colored the images in with Copic markers. Next, I added Nuvo Crystal Glaze to the prescription bottle tops to make them shine.
I am entering this card in:
Lawn Fawnatics \”Little Things\” Challenge
I love the small little images in the Get Well Soon set. It is one of my most used stamp and die sets because it makes the cutest cards.
I am entering this card in:
Lawn Fawnatics \”Little Things\” Challenge
I love the small little images in the Get Well Soon set. It is one of my most used stamp and die sets because it makes the cutest cards.
Thanks for stopping by!
Karen
Tropical Pineapple Thank You Card
Hello and Welcome! I came up with the idea for a CAS framed thank you card. I love the pineapple form Sunny Studio Tropical Paradise and thought it would be cute in a tall skinny stitched frame. I added the small flower, leaf and lemon wedge as a cluster.
I used Bristol card stock, colored with Zig Markers and cut with coordinating dies. I die cut the sentiment to complete the card. I added some white gel pen accents. This card came together very quickly.
I am entering this card in:
Make My Monday 100th Challenge – Thank You
Congratulations on your 100th Challenge!
Congratulations on your 100th Challenge!
Less is More \”Small Images\” Challenge
Thanks for stopping by!
Karen
Summertime Beverages
Hello there! It\’s Memorial Day Weekend and time for parties and festive warm weather beverages. I combined the \”beverages\” theme from Shopping Our Stash \”Get Your Drink On\” Challenge with the color and tropical theme (lei in particular) for Time Out Challenges \”Home Sweet Home\” photo challenge.
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I LOVE Sunny Studio\’s Tropical Paradise set for fun summer cards. This is one of the first stamps sets I bought when I started cardmaking. I started by stamping the beverage images on Bristol card stock and then colored them with my new Zig Clean Watercolor markers.
I wanted to subtly frame the grouping so I die-cut a stitched rectangle as a backdrop. I die-cut Celebrate three times and glued them together for a substantial looking sentiment strip. I glued the rectangular panel and back 2 drinks directly to the A2 card with Gina K Connect Glue. The front two beverages are adhered with foam squares for a bit more dimension.
I am proud to enter this card in the Time Out and Shopping Our Stash Challenges (links in first paragraph).
Thank you so much for stopping by!
Karen
Impression Obsession Rainbow Giraffe
Hello and thank you for stopping by! I am very excited about this bright fun card!
One of my most used and loved stamps is Impression Obsession Baby Giraffe. I came up with the idea of watercoloring each \”spot\” with two colors and then letting them organically blend. I knew that giraffes spots are all unique like human fingerprints, so I thought a vibrant rainbow giraffe would be fun to create.
I started by embossing in brown on watercolor paper and then selected bright watercolor hues. I made four cards changing the look with gold and black embossing and whats fun is that it is impossible to create identical cards. It reminds me of working with alcohol inks. I wanted to keep the design clean and simple so that the focus was on the giraffe with rainbow colors. I matted on a neutral card base and it is ready to send.
Casology\’s Africa Challenge – Giraffes are definitely my favorite African animal and I have to say that I LOVE hand feeding giraffes lettuce leaves.+
Happy Little Stampers \”Bright\” Watercolor Challenge
Karen
UPDATE:My card was selected: 
Ombre with Alcohol Inks
I have been somewhat obsessed with alcohol inks for the last month or so. I used the \”side to side\” method where I put blending solution on yupo paper and then added three lines of alcohol ink and tilted side to side until the colors were blended. Lots of fun and very quick. You want to blend quickly so that the colors flow into one another.
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I set the yupo paper aside to dry and then die cut using Papertrey\’s Yellow Sunshine. I added a quick sentiment and the card was done.
I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Addicted to CAS \”Ombre\” Challenge
AAA \”Made in Minutes\” Challenge
Casology \”Burst\” Challenge – I was going for a sun\”burst\” look with my alcohol inks.
Thanks for stopping by!
Karen
Kenny's Cards 