Ombre with Alcohol Inks

April 3, 2019 Karen Brown12 Comments

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.

Sunshine Yellow, Sunset Orange, Flamingo

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.

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Karen

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Modern Christmas Thank You Note

November 17, 2018 Karen Brown8 Comments

I am trying to stay ahead so I began creating my holiday thank you notes. The idea for this card came to me over several days. I won a challenge this summer and the prize was a gift certificate to Visible Images. I selected several stamp sets and thought it would be fun to do a modern card using some of the circles and spheres that came in the sets. Aqua and red are perfect for this time of year.

I embossed all the images in silver on watercolor paper and used just two watercolor hues. I changed the shades by adding more water to the areas I wanted less intense, so while I had just two colors on my pallet, I had several pools of aqua and red in varying shades to work from. I added a strip of aqua to the edge to accent the colors. I love the shine and shimmer from the silver embossing powder.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Color Throwdown #519 Challenge I got my color inspirations from this challenge. I had been pondering aqua and apple green, but when I saw this challenge I knew I wanted to use red and aqua.

Simply Less is More #384 Metallics Challenge I love their metallic prompt!

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Karen

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CAS Floral Card

September 12, 2018 Karen Brown7 Comments

My daughter is getting married this month and my sister is hosting a Bridesmaid\’s luncheon for Kristen. I wanted to make a thank you card to go with the hostess gift. I had a Catherine Scanlon (Clara Paisley) stamp set that I hadn\’t used yet so I decided to play with it. I was VERY pleased with the clean and simple finished card.

I found a Copic color scheme that I really like: V04, B02 and YG01. Just three colors and very easy to stamp, color and duplicate.

I am looking forward to giving this card to my sister.

I am entering this card in:
CAS #141 Flowers Challenge

Addicted to Stamps Clean and Simple Challenge

Muse Card Challenge #282. I focused on:

The floral theme
Simple color palette
CAS design.

Pause Dream Enjoy Challenge

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Karen

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July 22, 2018 Karen Brown11 Comments

In June, I won the AAA 4th Birthday Challenge with my Yappy Birthday submission. I won a 30 pound gift card to Visible Images! AAA also asked me to be a guest designer for today\’s Challenge: AAA Cards Over The Rainbow Challenge. I was so excited that I created two different cards and liked this one the best, so I submitted it to the Challenge.

The Doodle Buds Stamp Set by WPlus9 is a favorite and I thought it would be fun to ink blend the Rainbow. I stamped the images and colored/blended with my Copic markers.

I also gave this card to my card making friend, Chris.

I am entering this card in two Birthday Challenges:

Seize The Birthday Challenge

Always Happy Birthday Challenge

Update: I was happy to learn I won \”Birthday Honours\” at Seize the Birthday!

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Karen

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Yappy Birthday

June 3, 2018 Karen Brown3 Comments

There\’s not much better than a card with puppies on it. I needed some more birthday cards and since I usually send the ones with puppies first, I thought I better come up with a new design. AAA cards is celebrating their 4th birthday so I an entering this card in their CAS Big Birthday Bash Challenge

I drew two pencil lines so that I could keep my stamped images aligned in a band. I used Mama Elephant\’s Playful Pups, which was one of the first stamp set I purchased, and is still a favorite. I colored with Copic markers and like the simple color scheme.

Happy Birthday AAA CAS Card Challenge!

UPDATE:
I am so excited to learn that my card won 1st place in the challenge!

AAA Cards Challenge Results

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Karen