Tropical Pineapple Thank You Card

July 20, 2019 Karen Brown4 Comments

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!

Less is More \”Small Images\” Challenge

Thanks for stopping by!

Karen

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Bright Tropical Celebration Card

July 6, 2019 Karen Brown8 Comments

Hello and welcome! Sunny Studio Tropical Paradise is a well loved stamp and die set that makes great tropical summery cards.

Sunny Studio Tropical Paradise stamp and die set.

For this card, I stamped my images on Bristol card stock, colored with Zig markers and then die-cut. I also die cut a stitched circle for a backdrop and a celebrate sentiment. This card was easy to make and put together but still very fun and festive.

I am entering this card in:

Dar and Diane\’s Tropical challenge – I got inspiration from both the colors and the images on their mood board.

Cardz for Galz is celebrating their 100th challenge and I am submitting my card to celebrate along with them!

Simply Less is More \”Celebrations\” Challenge

Update: My card was selected Top Three at Dar and Diane\’s Tropical Challenge!

Thanks for stopping by!

Karen

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WWC227 – Michelle\’s "All About Occasions" Challenge

June 26, 2019 Karen Brown3 Comments

Welcome and hello! It is all about occasions this week at Watercooler Wednesday and Michelle is our hostess.

It is summer so I wanted to make a fun bright tropical card.

$Pattern stamping using Sunny Studio\'s Tropical Paradise stamp set.$

I did a bit of pattern stamping with Sunny Studio\’s Tropical Paradise set. I think these images are so fun to color! I used Copic markers and put in some white gel pen accents. I also added tiny little jewels to the flower center.

I am entering this card in:
SSS Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge

I am so glad you stopped by!

Karen

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Summertime Beverages

May 24, 2019 Karen Brown8 Comments

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.

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

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WWC207 – Helen\’s Feminine "Anything Goes" Challenge

February 6, 2019 Karen Brown4 Comments

I wanted to try a girly card in slightly non-traditional colors, in this case, oranges and lime greens. I came up with the idea of a confetti background forming a square with some pattern stamping for the focal point. I used WPlus9 Doodle Buds, Sunny Studio Tropical Paradise and SSS Beautiful Ride floral stamps. The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn Year 2 Birthday Turtle.

I colored the images in with Copics and then used the markers to make the confetti background. I then embellished with tiny gem stones on four of the flowers.

I hope you will stop by Watercooler Wednesdays Challenge to see what the other artists have created. This week is Feminine Anything Goes which is such a fun prompt. We would love to see your creation!

I entered this card in the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge \”Add Some Red\”. I used Copic R20 and several shades of yellow-red.

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen

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Cheers!

April 21, 2018 Karen Brown2 Comments

This is my first blog post….EVER! I am featuring a card that I really enjoyed creating for The Stamp Ink Paper Challenge #146 – Food and Drink. I used the fun citrus drink from Sunny Studio Tropical Paradise Stamp Set.

I used copic markers to color the bright beverages and then topped with Wink of Stella.

SIP Challenge

Thanks for stopping by.
Karen