A blog about cardmaking and papercrafting.
Cheers to each of you! We are changing things up at Watercooler Wednesday and are having a three week \”Anything Goes\” end of year challenge. I created a card I thought would be fun and festive for New Years.
I just finished this card for Altenew Academy\’s Color Your Day and I wanted to share it. This is the second class I\’ve taken with Therese Calvird, and she is an excellent instructor! She is creative, calm and explains her lessons well.
I Copic colored all the stamped images, added gel pen accents and used Nuvo Crystal glaze on the cake frosting and balloons. I fussy cut most of the images but did die cut the pop up. The tone on tone details didn\’t photograph well, but the background was made using an embossing folder.
Supplies:
Stamps of Life: Friends 4 Cookie stamp
Janes Doodles: Party Time stamps (cake and gifts)
Mama Elephant: Playful Pups (pop-up)
Sunny Studio Quilted Hearts Embossing Folder (background)
SSS Birthday Word Mix 1 sentiment
I am entering this card in:
Time Out\’s 6th Birthday Challenge Happy Birthday Time Out! I \”twisted\” and did both fussy cutting and die-cutting. 🙂
Allsorts \”Animal Kingdom\” Challenge
Always Fun \”Birthday Wishes\” Challenge
Shopping our Stash #216 \”Happy Birthday!\”
Simon Says Stamp\’s Wednesday \”Anything Goes\” Challenge
Day of the Month Card Club \”National Puppy Day\” Happy First Birthday! I entered that inaugural challenge last March. 🙂
I am so pleased that you stopped by!
Karen
I started by stamping the image and sentiment from Stamping Bella\’s \”Sage the Scientist\” onto XPress It paper. I then selected fun bright Copic colors and colored away. I wanted the test tubes to stand out so I added a coating of Nuvo Crystal Glaze to each of them. I used MFT\’s Die-namics stitched die and then popped it on a bright green note card.
Head over to the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge website for all the details.
I am entering this card in Simon Says Stamp Animal AnticsChallenge. Aren\’t those little lab assistants adorable?
Thanks for stopping by!
Karen
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| V04, B00 & YG01 |
I stamped three beverages from \”Raise a Glass\” by Clearly Besotted, then colored with Copic markers. I really like the color combination of V04, B00 and YG01. I fussy cut the images, added a bit of gloss using Nuvo Tonic Clear Glaze and put them away to dry. I then took an A2 card and scored two lines above and below where I wanted to attach the cut-outs. I thought this would frame my focal point. Next, I heat embossed a sentiment and adhered all 4 pieces with 3D foam squares. Last, I stamped Happy Birthday inside the card.
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| Closeup to show the glaze shine and scored border
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I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Seize The Birthday #154 – I went all the way and used the CAS \”Topping\”.
UPDATE: I was very excited to learn that my CAS card was selected as the Challenge Winner for Seize the Birthday!
…and as a CAS on Friday Favorite!
Thanks for stopping by,
Karen
Its time to replenish my stash of homemade get well cards.
I started by making a background with a stencil and Distress Ink and then stamped the Feel Better sentiment. Next, I stamped and colored four images from Lawn Fawn\’s Get Well Soon set. I fussy cut the images, topped the red lids with Nuvo Crystal Glaze for some shine and used foam squares to adhere them to the card base.
My color inspiration came from the current Color Throw Down #509 challenge, which uses vibrant red, orange and blue.
Update: I was pleased to see this card featured on the Color Throwdown site!
I think the result is a cheery little card.
Thanks for stopping by!
Karen
I wanted to do a birthday card featuring this cute whimsical bird and decided a bold background would be fun. Since it is The 4th of July, I used Red, White and Blue as my color inspiration. I started by stamping the Hero Arts Tribal Stripes Bold Print Background Stamp with Ranger Denim ink. Next I stamped the bird from one of my favorite stamp sets, Simon Says Stamp Stacking Animals.
I used the same denim ink for the bird and sentiment to tie the card together. I colored the bird with Copic markers and then added Tonic Nuvo Glaze to the birds beak. I trimmed the smaller panel down and mounted (with foam tape) on the blue background,. I then mounted the background on a white card and stamped a birthday sentiment inside the card.
Who doesn\’t want to receive an encouraging card? My daughter opened her own marketing firm a year ago and I wanted to send her a card for her first anniversary. Giraffes are her favorite animal so I went with Simon Says Stamp\’s Stacking Animals. I am entering this card in the Time Out Challenge #108 WILD
I think pattern stamping is fun and festive so I went with that technique. I colored the animals with Copic markers and then added Nuvo Crystal Glaze to the hearts and beaks to make them pop.
Thanks for stopping by.
Karen Brown
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