Ice Cream Sundae

Welcome to another challenge from the team at Freshly Made Sketches.  Our hostess this week is Judy Rozema and her sketch is so versatile!

I had just received this new stamp set from Altenew and wanted to try it out, so I created an ice cream sundae using various Altenew inks and then decided it was close enough to fit the sketch components.  

I wanted to make my sundae with mint choc chip and chocolate flavours so went looking for a chocolate chip stamp rather than try and create these tiny little chips with a Copic marker.  I found a stamp in the Sprinkled with Joy set and used that.  To finish the image, I went over the chocolate sauce and cherry with Glossy Accents.

To add a bit of interest, I used a dotted coverplate on the card vase after I stamped the sentiment.  

Thanks for visiting!  I hope you'll check out the wonderful cards made by the rest of the DT.

Products used:

Stamps:  All Things Sweet (Altenew), Lots to Say (Reverse Confetti), Sprinkled with Joy (Lawn Fawn)

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Coffee Break Set, Delectable Delights set, Mint Chocolate, Mountain Mist, Crimson, Velvet (Altenew)

Cardstock:  White

Dies:  All Things Sweet, Dotted Starburst (Altenew)

Accessories:  Glossy Accents, Bubble Blow Out Dots (Trinity Stamps)

Cheers

Karren

 

HB2U

Hi and welcome.  We're back over at the Fusion blog with another great challenge.  I went with the sketch this time, but did bring in some summery colors.

I had these flowers already stamped and cut so this card was fairly quick to put together.  I arranged the Boysenberry strip onto a white card base and then adhered the yellow flowers directly on top.  The purple flowers are popped up on foam tape and the sentiment was stamped and die-cut and adhered in the centre.

When I'd finished, the card looked a bit bottom-heavy so I added some Nuvo drops to try and adjust the balance a bit.

The design team have some wonderful cards to show you so I hope you'll check them out.

Products used:

Stamps:  Blossoms (Scrapbook.com), Roundabout Additions (Reverse Confetti)

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Enchanted Garden, Pocketful of Sunshine, Green Fields sets (Altenew)

Cardstock:  White, Boysenberry, Black Licorice (MFT)

Dies:  Infinity Circle Dies (Hero Arts)

Accessories:  Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Pen, Dandelion Yellow, Crushed Grape Nuvo Drops

Dragonfly Thanks

Hi, I'm back with a card for the latest Fusion challenge.  Check out the graphic below:



I decided to play along with both the sketch and the photo this time and came up with this very simple, CAS card.

I used the Linen cover plate from PTI to add some texture to my Sno Cone card base before adhering a stamped and die-cut white circle using foam tape.  For the dragonfly, I cut the solid image from Summer Splash cardstock and the outline image from silver sparkle paper and only adhered it through the centre so the wings are lifted up from the base.

And that's it.  Pretty simple!  Thanks for visiting.  The DT have some gorgeous cards so I hope you'll check them out.

Products used:

Stamps:  Lots to Say (Reverse Confetti)
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black
Cardstock:  White, Sno Cone, Summer Splash, Silver Sparkle (MFT)
Dies:  Inside/Out Stitched Circles (MFT), Dragonfly (Clearly Besotted), Canvas/Linen Cover Plate (PTI)
Accessories:  Clear EP

Karren

Lined Up Thanks

Welcome to the latest Fusion challenge, called Family.

I chose to play only with the sketch this time and came up with this card:

I kept to neutral tones and white-embossed the All Lined Up Background onto a Desert Storm card base.  I then die-cut a white panel with a scallop edges die before stamping the sentiment on an angle and clear-embossing it.

The white panel was adhered to the card base with foam tape.  

Yet again, another thank you card, but I have need of several to thank people for all the wonderful support our family has received over the last weeks since we lost our son.  As an aside, I create the graphics for the Fusion challenges months in advance.  Little did I know that this photo would evoke such a feeling of loss, which is why I only used the sketch for this challenge.  I have a photo, taken at Matthew's viewing, of Pete, myself and William all with our hands over Matthew's hand.  Our last family photo, such as it is 😢

Products used:

Stamps:  All Lined Up Background (MFT), Lots to Say (Reverse Confetti)
Ink:  Versamark, Versafine Onyx Black
Cardstock:  Desert Storm, White
Dies:  Stitched Scallop Basic Edges (MFT)
Accessories:  White EP, Clear EP

Karren

Circular Birthday

Hi!  I'm here with a card using the latest sketch from the team at Freshly Made Sketches.  This week our hostess is Jen Brum and I love her sketch!

The only thing I changed in the sketch was moving the circular element from the right hand side to the left - and that was because that's the way my edge die worked.

I used Platinum Embossing Powder and the Leaf Canopy set to cover a panel of After Midnight cardstock.  Once it was all embossed, I went back in with the solid leaf image and Versamark ink for a watermark effect.  I adhered the panel to a white top-folding card base and then die-cut another white panel for the angled piece.

The sentiment was also embossed using Platinum Embossing Powder and then die-cut with a circle die.  It and the white panel were popped up on foam tape.

And that's it!  Pretty simple!  Thanks for visiting.  The DT have some gorgeous cards so I hope you'll check them out.

I'm linking this up to a couple of challenges:  Addicted to CAS have a contrast challenge and Seize the Birthday have a texture challenge.

Products used:

Stamps:  Leaf Canopy (Altenew), Roundabout Additions (Reverse Confetti)

Ink:  Versamark

Cardstock:  White, After Midnight (MFT)

Dies:  Stitched Scallop Basic Edges (MFT),  Infinity Circle Dies (Hero Arts)

Accessories:  Platinum EP (Ranger)

Cheers

Karren

Edited to Add:  This card got a shout out at Seize the Birthday.

Layered Roses

Hi and welcome to the latest sketch from the team at Freshly Made Sketches where our hostess is our resident Artisan, Narelle Farrugia. 

For my card, I decided to layer up some flowers and stamp the sentiment onto all the layers.  This is where my Misti comes in very, very handy. 

I stamped and die-cut all the roses using orange inks then added some foliage to the mix.  After arranging the images to most closely resemble the sketch, I used Press n Seal to hold the arrangement in place and set it aside.

Onto my white top-folding card base, I stamped the sentiment in black ink and left the stamp in my Misti.  I then added liquid glue to the bottom-most layer of flowers and foliage.  I adhered those on top of the stamped sentiment and put the rest - still stuck to the Press n Seal - to one side.  I re-stamped the sentiment - this time onto the bottom layer of flowers which are stuck to the card base.  Because of the Misti it stamped in exactly the same position as earlier - score!

I then adhered my second layer of flowers and foliage and re-stamped like before.  Finally I added the smallest rose with foam tape and very carefully re-stamped the sentiment.  To finish the card, I added some Jewel Drops.

Thanks for visiting.  Please head over and check out the gorgeous cards made by the rest of the design team.

Products used:

Stamps:  Vintage Roses (Altenew), Lots to Say (Reverse Confetti)

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Sunkissed Orange Cream, Autumn Blaze, Firebrick, Frayed Leaf, Forest Glades, Evergreen (Altenew)

Cardstock:  White

Dies:  Vintage Roses

Accessories:  Nuvo Jewel Drops

Cheers

Karren

Always and Forever

Hi all!  This week it's my turn to host over at Freshly Made Sketches and here is my sketch.

It's a bit different but I just love color-blocked cards and this layout is perfect for that!  Having said that, I ended up not doing a color-blocked card, but rather an ombre card instead.

To create my frame, I took one of the dies from Blueprints 27 and did some partial die-cutting to get the look I wanted.  Here's what the die looked like originally (the window die):

So instead of the 3 squares, I only wanted one rectangle.  It didn't matter too much about the top square because I knew the sentiment would cover it up, but I carefully die-cut around the bottom two squares.  I did end up with a couple of horizontal stitch lines, but I couldn't avoid that.

To fill in the panels, I blended some distress inks onto some Strathmore Bristol Smooth cardstock and spritzed a Perfect Pearls/water mist over the top before cutting the panel down the middle .  I turned one strip upside down so the red tones were at the top and adhered them behind the window frame.  I then added some foam tape behind the frame and adhered it to a white top-folding card base.  The sentiment was white embossed and die-cut with a Stitched Fishtail Flag die.  I die-cut a heart from some leftover sponging and added that to the banner before covering it with Nuvo Crystal Glaze.

Thanks for visiting!  I hope you'll head on over to the FMS blog and see how the rest of the DT interpreted my sketch - they are amazing!

I'm linking this up to AAA Cards, Paper Players and Just Us Girls, who all have Love/Valentine themed challenges running and Sunday Stamps who have a color challenge.

Products used:

Stamps:  Lots to Say (Reverse Confetti)

Ink:  Worn Lipstick, Spiced Marmalade, Picked Raspberry, Abandoned Coral, Candied Apple Distress Inks, Versamark

Cardstock:  White, Black, Bristol Smooth

Dies:  Blueprints 27, Stitched Fishtail Flag Stax (MFT)

Accessories:  White EP, Perfect Pearls, Nuvo Crystal Glaze

Cheers

Karren

Edited to Add:  This card got a shout out at Just Us Girls

Falling Leaves

Hi and welcome!  I'm thrilled to be Guest Designer at Addicted to CAS today.  The team have chosen a fabulous code word, which opens up so many opportunities:

For my card, I wanted to use a panel of alcohol inked Yupo paper from my play session last week.  For this panel, I used oranges and yellows along with some gold mixative.

I die-cut the panel with several leaves dies and set them aside while I worked on the rest of my card.  I die-cut a white panel with the Striped Sentiment Strip die and then gold-embossed this gorgeous sentiment onto the wide panel.  This panel was added to a Hot Fudge card base with foam tape. Then I spent an age arranging the leaves!  I finished the card with some clear Nuvo Crystal Drops.  Here are a couple of different views of the leaves:

Thanks so much for visiting and thanks to the Addicted to CAS team for inviting me to join them!  Head on over and check out their challenge.

I'm linking this up to a few challenges:

Inskpirational have a gorgeous autumn photo inspiration, as do The Card Concept where I'm entering in the Clean and Layered category and Muse card challenge, where I was inspired by Stephanie's leaves, colors and gold embossing.

Products used:

Stamps:  Lots to Say (Reverse Confetti)
Ink:  Versamark, various Alcohol Inks
Cardstock:  Hot Fudge (MFT), White, Yupo
Dies:  Leaves (Impression Obsession), Striped Sentiment Strip (MFT)
Accessories:  Gold EP, Nuvo Crystal Drops

Cheers
Karren

Edited to Add:  This card got a shout out at Card Concept, Muse and Inkspirational.

Mouse Thanks

Hi and welcome to another fabulous sketch at Freshly Made Sketches!  Today, our hostess is the amazing Amy O'Neil and she has a wonderful sketch that I'm sure to use again and again.

I wanted to make a thank you card as a new blogging friend, Barb Ghigliotty, had very kindly sent me some die-cuts after I admired a card on her blog.  Hopefully, she will have received the card in the mail by now :)

I started with a white card base (shocker!) and then layered two smaller white panels together.  Onto the smaller panel, I adhered the stacked die-cut "thanks" word from Reverse Confetti cut in white and stacked two high to stand out more from the base.  One was die-cut in gold foil cardstock as well.  The little mouse comes from Harvest Mouse and I colored her with Copics and added a touch of Wink of Stella to the flowers.

Thanks for visiting.  The rest of the design team have some wonderful inspiration, so be sure to check them out.


Products used:

Stamps:  Harvest Mouse (MFT)
Ink:  Black Licorice Hyrid (MFT)
Cardstock:  White, gold, X-Press It
Dies:  Harvest Mouse (MFT), Fancy Words (Reverse Confetti)
Accessories:  Copics, Wink of Stella

Cheers
Karren

Tag For You

I'm so excited to be a guest designer at Tag You're It this week, due to my card winning a recent challenge.  Here is the beautiful inspiration tag made by Carol Mayne.

I was really drawn to the black, white and gold color scheme as well as the circle element on the tag.  I didn't have anything graphic for the background like Carol's card so I went for some stripes instead.

I die cut the sentiment from gold foil cardstock and layered it up about four deep with black cardstock.  On the card base I adhered some striped paper and a strip of gold foil.  The white layer is popped up on foam tape as is the tag.

I finished the card with some gold sequins to mimic the stars on Carol's card.  Thanks to the Tag You're It team for letting me "tag along" this week :)  Be sure to check out the beautiful and clever inspiration from the rest of the team.

Thanks for visiting.

Products used:

Cardstock:  White, Gold Foil, Black, Dots & Stripes Neutral Paper (MFT)
Accessories:  Tag Me, Tag Me Too (Reverse Confetti), Baker's Twine, sequins, Pierced Circle Stax (MFT)

Cheers
Karren

Vellum Leaves

Hi and welcome to The Paper Players challenge!  This week, Nance has challenged us to make a CAS card using watercolor.  

I went about as CAS as possible with my watercoloring - merely dropping some watercolor paints onto a white card base and letting them do their thing!

I went with blue and aqua paints and concentrated on one spot on the card base.  Once that dried, I adhered some vellum leaves, silver thread and a die-cut sentiment.  A few sequins and this CAS card was finished.

Thanks for visiting.  Be sure to check out the watercolored beauties created by the rest of the DT.

Thanks for visiting.

Products used:  

Stamps:  Roundabout Additions (Reverse Confetti)

Cardstock:  White, Vellum

Ink:  Island Blue (SSS)

Accessories:  Lil' Inkers Stitched Circles, silver thread, Clustered Leaves die (SSS), Kuretake Gambai paints, sequins

Cheers

Karren

82 Years Young

I had fun in my craft room today and after last week's struggles, the two cards I made today came together in a way that I'm happy with.  The first card I made is for the next Freshly Made Sketch Challenge, but this card is for my Dad's 82nd birthday next week and uses the colors from ColourQ and the sketch from Mojo Monday.

I really, really like this card and I hope my Dad will too.  I went a bit Tim Holtz on this card using lots of stencils and lots of sponging.  I'll try and remember how I made the center panel...  

I started with a strip of white cardstock and sponged over the Crocodile stencil with Pumice Stone ink.  I then sponged in the following order:  Cargo with Wild Honey ink; Measured with Dusty Durango ink; Splatter with Dusty Durango ink; Shatter with Pumice Stone; Lattice Work with Pumice Stone and Numbered with Peacock Feathers.  Phew!  I then sponged around the edges with Vintage Photo before stamping over the whole piece with the text stamp from Papillon painted with Antique Linen Distress Paint.  After heat-setting that, it created a resist and I sponged on more Vintage Photo ink.

The card base was also stamped with the same stamp and Antique Linen Distress Paint.  Here's a close-up so you can see some of the layers of sponging and stenciling.

The circular panel was first die-cut then stamped with Archival Black ink using my Misti - perfect coverage and placement!  I sponged a strip of white cardstock with Peacock Feathers ink and cut a couple of pieces of Wild Honey and Dusty Durango cardtock.  Some thread finished off the card.

Thanks for visiting.

Products used:

Stamps:  Roundabout Additions (Reverse Confetti), Papillon (Stampers Anonymous)

Ink:  Peacock Feathers, Pumice Stone, Wild Honey, Vintage Photo (Distress Inks), Dusty Durango (SU), Archival Black (Ranger), Antique Linen Distress Paint

Cardstock:  White, Neenah Desert Storm, Hello Honey, Dusty Durango (SU)

Accessories:  Lil' Inkers Stitched Circles dies, thread, Tim Holtz stencils:  Cargo, Splatter, Measured, Shatter, Lattice Work, Crocodile, Numbered

Cheers

Karren