Wishing You

Happy Saturday everyone, today I am sharing a floral card with an old fashioned vibe to it. The old fashioned look was not part of my original plan, but how it turned out and I really like it.

This card was pretty easy to stamp and complete. I mixed and matched inks from various companies to stamp the roses and leaves from True Beauty on white cardstock and hand trimmed out. I used Background Builders: Stripes to stamp the lines on the white (pale pink ink) and pink (versamark) cardstock. I like to use VersaMark when I want a more subtle tone on tone effect. I die cut those panels with scallop and stitched edge dies. I stamped the sentiment from So Happy with Versamark and embossed with white embossing powder. I assembled as seen popping the white panel up with foam tape.

 

 

My card also fits the February VIP Challenge over in the Sweet 'n Sassy Facebook Group. We would love to have you join us!
 

 

The So Happy set is part of the Overstock Sale going on during the month of February at Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps.

 

 

I hope you enjoyed today's card and have a wonderful day!

Karen

You are Simply Amazing

Happy weekend everyone! I hope you all have a chance to get crafty today for World Cardmaking Day. Today's card features the October Stamp of the Month, My Thoughts of You. This sentiment kit is perfect for sending an encouragement card to someone you love! You will want to add this one to your collection.

This card is clean and simple and I love how the pink and green pop against the gray background.

 

 

I started by die cutting the background and sentiment panels (dies from GMD & MFT) from basic gray  and white cardstock. I stamped the sentiment with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink. Next, I embossed the roses and leaves from True Beauty in white onto Canson mixed media paper. I colored the roses and leaves with watercolor brush markers (Altenew, lime & rubellite). Once dry, I hand trimmed the leaves and flowers out. I assembled the card as seen, popping up the sentiment panel and parts of the leaves and flowers with foam tape. 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic day,

Karen

 

Stand Tall

Sunflowers are my favorite flower! Love them so much! I am super excited for the release of the new Like a Sunflower set this month. Beautiful images with lots of ways to mix and match the sentiments!

When I first saw the half sunflower image, I immediately knew I wanted to try to make it into a full sunflower. It worked just like I imagined! I originally thought it wouldn't fit on an A2 card and was pleasantly surprised that it did.

I stamped the images on Canson mixed media paper with VersaFine Clair nocturne ink. I stamped the first half of the sunflower head, then cleaned off the stamp repositioning on the other side (lining up as close as I could) and stamped again. I did have some very minor gaps, so I used a permanent black marker and filled them in and you can't even tell.

I colored the flower and leaves with a combination of Arteza and Altenew watercolor brush markers and fussy cut out. I dry embossed a piece of Kraft cardstock with a honeycomb folder and then die cut with a stitched edge die. I stamped the sentiment with the same ink as the images and hand trimmed the banner ends. I assembled the card as seen popping up the sunflower with foam tape.

I am linking this card up to the Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenge , anything goes.

I hope you enjoyed today's card and thanks for stopping by!

Karen

True Beauty

The new True Beauty set is gorgeous and I love the fonts! It's one of those sets that you don't truly appreciate the beauty of it until you start to create with it. I had an idea for a card and it turned out exactly as I envisioned it! Don't you just love when that happens?

For today's card, I chose to use just one of the floral outline images and leaves. I decided to heat emboss it with VersaMark and Sterling Silver embossing powder onto Canson mixed media paper.

I colored the images with Spring Garden watercolor brush markers (midnight violet, rubellite and moss) and hand trimmed. I die cut the white layering panel with a lattice panel die and attached with glue to my bashful blue card base. I die cut a stitched scallop oval from white and stamped the sentiment with VersaFine Clair nocturne ink. I popped up the oval with foam tape and attached the images as seen using foam tape under sections as needed.

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day,

Karen

By the Sea

I know I can't be the only one who has stamp sets that have never seen ink. So, I decided to mix in one set each month that has never received any inky love. I bought By the Sea last summer and never got around to using it. Then, it was the wrong time of year to be making summer cards. This set was first on my list to ink up before it's too late to make beach themed cards again.

This card has me longing to be at the beach soaking in the sun while listening to the sweet sounds of summer. I stamped the images and sentiment with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink onto canson xl mixed media paper and kraft. I colored the sun (fresh lemon), sky (sea breeze) and water (sea breeze, dusk) with Altenew's watercolor brush markers sets Tropical Fiesta and Spring Garden.

I used Arteza real brush pens to color the sand (ginger), chair (chocolate) and grass (olive green). For the beach umbrella, I used SU! cameo coral ink pad and watercolor brush. Finally, I die cut the center panel and sentiment with the stitched rectangle and sentiment strips dies from MFT, fussy cut the sun and assembled as seen.

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps is having a summer kick-off sale. Check it out!

Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!

Karen

Birthday Love

I recently made my first purchases from Altenew. I started with some stencils and then went back for a couple of stamp sets. This is my first card made with Altenew products! I knew the new Mini Delight: Birthday Love set would make some fun and quick birthday cards.

I started by stenciling a piece of SU! basic gray cardstock with Altenew's liquid marble stencil and hickory smoke distress oxide ink. Once dry, I die cut the panel with a stitched rectangle from My Favorite Things. I stamped the balloon image onto white cardstock with SU! only orange, green galore and tempting turquoise inks. I stamped each image multiple times until I had the depth of color I wanted and cut out with the coordinating die.

I stamped the sentiment on white with VersaFine Clair nocturne ink and cut with the stitched sentiment strips from MFT. I taped a piece of white string to the back of each balloon. I attached foam tape to the back of the ballons and sentiment strip (leaving room in the center for the strings to go through). I figured out placement, secured images as seen and added some black enamel dots. I wanted to create a birthday card that was gender neutral that I could send to anyone, I think I succeeded. 

Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!

Karen

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