Starry Card

I must be in the mood for stars lately, because this card, like my last one, also uses stars.  This time I'm using the colors from Dynamic Duos and the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches.  This also meets the criteria for this week's CAS Masculine challenge at The Paper Players.

I'd forgotten what a lovely color Pacific Point is - especially when paired with black.  And this sketch is a keeper!

This was one of those rare instances where I knew who I was making this card for and I knew I would be mailing it, so I tried to keep it flattish.  

I used the retired Seeing Stars set again and I also dug out some old rub-ons called Anchored.  Anybody remember rub-ons LOL?  I stamped the two large stars using a large and smaller outline stamp.  The small star is a rub-on which I then punched out with the retired small star punch.  The black panel has been embossed with a circle EF (hard to see in the photo).  Before I put the card together, I thought it would be fun to punch out part-star shapes from the black panel, so that the stamped and cut stars would be nicely framed.  I like the effect.

The sentiment is also a rub-on from Anchored.

Thanks for looking.

Products used (all Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated):

Stamps:  Seeing Stars
Cardstock:  Whisper White; Pacific Point; Basic Black
Ink:  Basic Black
Accessories:  Anchored Rub-Ons; small and large star punches; circle EF (Craft Creations)

Cheers
Karren

Starry, Starry Card

The title of this blog post has me singing Don McLean's "Vincent" in my head:

Starry, starry night

Paint your palette blue and grey

Look out on a summer's day...

Now you've got in your head, too?  You're welcome LOL.

Anyway, onto the card.  I made this card today for the color challenge at Just Add Ink and the sketch challenge at CAS(e) This Sketch.  I haven't been able to play along at CAS(e) for weeks and I'm glad I got a chance today.

I pulled out an old, retired Stampin' Up! set (that wasn't even mounted) called Seeing Stars.  I love the graphic look of the images and used pretty much all the images in the set.  I stamped using the color challenge colors of Midnight Muse; Lucky Limeade and Crumb Cake.  The image panel is mounted onto the card base using dimensionals.  The sentiment comes from a Penny Black set.

Thanks for looking.

Products used (all Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted):

Stamps:  Seeing Stars; Wow (Penny Black)

Cardstock:  Whisper White

Ink:  Midnight Muse; Lucky Limeade; Crumb Cake

Cheers

Karren

One and Only

I spent the whole afternoon stamping today and it was great.  Unfortunately, of the 4 items I made, 3 were for upcoming DT obligations so I can only share one card at this stage.

I made this card for the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches and the monochromatic/baker's twine challenge at Friday Mashup.

I went for a black and white color scheme and pulled out an old, retired set called Bronc Buster.  The main image is white-embossed on black and popped up on dimensionals.  I deliberately kept the card clean and simple, letting the starkness of the colors and single image stand out.  The two brads are also retired.

Thanks for looking.

Products used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamps:  Bronc Buster
Cardstock:  Basic Black; Whisper White
Ink:  Versamark
Accessories:  Chevron EF; Finishing Touches Edgelit; White Baker's Twine; Star Brads; White EP

Cheers
Karren

Lattice Roses

It's been a long week at work and I've had hardly any time to check my favorite blogs, so it was with relief that I finally made it into my craft room this afternoon.  I decided to combine the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches with the challenge at Just Add Ink, which is to Just Add Woodgrain.

I hope Narelle doesn't mind but I did substitute the leaves and bud for the banners at the bottom of the card.  In hindsight, I should have cut the circle higher up the card, and basically I was left with no room for banners, so I had to get creative!  

The card has a white base. I adhered the Lattice Die onto the base and then a woodgrain embossed layer using dimensionals.

The flowers and leaves all come from the Stippled Blossoms set.  I usually use the large roses, but today decided to go with the smaller roses and buds. Lots of fussy cutting here, let me tell you!

Thanks for looking.

Products used (all Stampin' Up!)

Stamps:  Stippled Blossoms
Cardstock:  Whisper White; Island Indigo
Ink:  So Saffron; Daffodil Delight; Lucky Limeade
Accessories:  Lucky Limeade and Raspberry Ripple markers; Island Indigo SAB 2013 ribbon; Woodgrain EF

Cheers
Karren

Oh Hello, Starfruit

This card was a real challenge for me - a card using Summer Starfruit as one of the main colors does not come naturally to me.  I know there are a lot of people out there that like it, but it just hurts my eyes LOL.

Anyway, a challenge isn't a challenge without doing something different, so I went with the colors from Pals Paper Arts, the sketch from Fab Friday and the Celebrating Mom theme from Stampin' Royalty and this is the result:

I kept a lot of white space on this card to try and tone down the starfruit - not sure if it worked.  I do like the pattern in the Sycamore Street DSP so I used that and then used markers to color the chevron image from Oh Hello.  Again I used a Designer Builder Brad for my embellishment.

Thanks for looking.

Products used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamps:  Oh Hello; Delightful Dozen
Cardstock:  Whisper White; Summer Starfruit; Lucky Limeade
Ink:  
Accessories:  Summer Starfruit; Lucky Limeade; Pool Party markers; Designer Builder Brads; SAB 2012 ribbon; Crop-a-dile; 1/2" circle punch


Edited to Add:  This card was chosen as a Fab Fave at Fab Friday and earned the PPA Pick Badge and was a Goddess Pick at Stampin' Royalty!  Woot, woot!

Cheers
Karren

Bella Toile Grid

I love the sketch at Just Add Ink this week and decided to go bright with one of my favorite color combos from the Color Coach - Daffodil Delight; Calypso Coral and Baja Breeze.  I teamed these up with black and white to make this card:

I also used the embossing part of the Friday Mashup challenge.  I've just made a few graduation items for my Creative Crew projects on SCS and have no need for any more but this card did have a lot of embossing.

I really like the way this card came out - the black background really make the emboss-resist squares pop.  I left quite a wide white frame around the main image to make it stand out more.  The gorgeous Designer Builder Brads add a bit of glam to the card.

1. Create a project for "Graduation".
2. Create a project with "any kind of Embossing".
3. Or Mash it Up and create a project with "Embossing for Graduation".

Thanks for looking.

Products used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamps:  Bella Toile; Sweet Essentials
Cardstock:  Whisper White; Basic Black
Ink:  Versamark; Calypso Coral; Daffodil Delight; Baja Breeze; Basic Black
Accessories:  Clear EP; Designer Builder Brads; 1 1/4" square punch; Itty Bitty Punch

Cheers
Karren

Because I Care

After a busy week back at work, it's now Saturday and I've had some time this morning to make a card.

This card uses the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches and the colors at Create with Connie & Mary.

I made Basic Gray my main color with Calypso Coral as my second color and the only Pool Party I used were two buttons from the SAB 2013 kit.  I turned the buttons upside down because I preferred the smoother side.

Thanks for looking.

Products used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamps:  Secret Garden; Because I Care
Cardstock:  Whisper White; Basic Gray
Ink:  Calypso Coral; Basic Gray
Accessories:  SAB 2013 buttons; Basic Pearls; Secret Garden Framelits; Basic Gray Two Tone Ribbon