FYI – Aspen Birthday

Posted on May 16, 2013 by kth

It is time for another For Your Inspiration challenge. Check out the latest challenge -> FYI46.

This photo makes me happy – I’m pretty sure it’s the yellow. I definitely wanted my card to feel happy too.

It was hard to get what was in my head onto paper. At first I tried embossing the trees with white powder onto colored cardstock, but that just wasn’t working. I decided to try stamping the trees with a pale grey – while not the normal color for an aspen, it allowed me to get the leaves to pop.

The card base is impressed with the woodgrain plate (hard to see in the photo).

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Make sure you check out the other design team members:
Debbie
Michelle
Mynnette
Rochelle
Rudlis
Sara
Steph
Vicki

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A Little About the Challenge: The For Your Inspiration challenge is posted the first and third Thursday of every month; each challenge is open for two weeks. To play, use the photo to inspire you and create a card – very simple! Make sure you tell us in your blog post how you were inspired!

Happy Birthday

All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: Through the Trees, sentiment from Enjoy the Ride, dot from Around About Sentiments;
Ink/Card Stock: White, Harvest Gold, Soft Stone, Smokey Shadow;
Other: Woodgrain impression plate;

FYI – Light in the Dark

Posted on May 2, 2013 by kth

It is time for another For Your Inspiration challenge. Check out the latest challenge -> FYI45.

This picture is so dramatic and, despite the dark tones, I’m drawn to the light spots.

I kept my card to shades of grey – even sponging around the edges for the clouds.

To keep those light spots, I used a white colored pencil to color in the lighthouse and added some clear crystal rhinestones.

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Make sure you check out the other design team members:
Debbie
Michelle
Mynnette
Rochelle
Rudlis
Sara
Steph
Vicki

I hope you join us at For Your Inspiration!

Thinking of You

Stamps: Light the Path (The Angel Company); For Every Occasion (Close to My Heart);
Ink/Card Stock: Smokey Shadow, Soft Stone (PTI);
Other: Rhinestones (Kaiser); white colored pencil (Prismacolor); Satin ribbon (PTI); sponge;

FYI – Brighten My World

Posted on April 18, 2013 by kth

It is time for another For Your Inspiration challenge. Check out the latest challenge -> FYI44.

I love the striking contrast of the sunset colors sandwiched between the silhouetted land and grey clouds. And here is how I used that:

The yellow panel is sponge-brayered with yellow and orange. I tried to brayer black triangles onto the panel, but it just didn’t look right and seemed too flat. To add depth, I made the triangles with paper and overlapped them – sorta like a curtain.

The lamp is heat embossed with silver and fussy-cut. I attached it with dimensionals – one under the bulb (tucked into the corner where the black triangles meet) and one at the tippy top attaching it to the card base.

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Make sure you check out the other design team members:
Debbie
Michelle
Mynnette
Rochelle
Rudlis
Sara
Steph
Vicki

I hope you join us at For Your Inspiration!

Brighten My World

Stamps: Bright Ideas (Technique Tuesday);
Ink/Card Stock: Summer Sunrise, Black (PTI); Daffodil Delight, White (SU);
Other: silver embossing (Filigree); sponge brayer;

FYI – Paint Stroke Sky

Posted on April 4, 2013 by kth

It is time for another For Your Inspiration challenge. Check out the latest challenge -> FYI43.

I was really drawn to the colors of the sunset.

After choosing my colors, I went back to the inspiration photo to help me figure out what stamp set to use. I loved how the clouds looked like paint strokes.

I used 3 different stroke images. The top one is inked with Wisteria and edged with Velvet. The middle stroke has Lavender and Melon Berry. The final stroke (really just a dot) is just Melon Berry. I stamped the sentiment with Velvet.

I finished the card off with a little rhinestone dotting the “i” in “big”.

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Make sure you check out the other design team members:
Debbie
Michelle
Mynnette
Rochelle
Rudlis
Sara
Steph
Vicki

I hope you join us at For Your Inspiration!

Wish Big

All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: Wonderful Watercolor, Stylish Sentiments: Birthday;
Ink/Card Stock: White, Royal Velvet, Winter Wisteria, Lavender Moon, Melon Berry;
Other: Rhinestone (Kaiser);

FYI – Desert Balloons

Posted on March 21, 2013 by kth

It is time for another For Your Inspiration challenge. Check out the latest challenge -> FYI42.

I really like the striking color combination in this photo!

Honestly, this is probably my 4th attempt at a card (but that is what I get for waiting til the last minute!) – so I went old school simple with this layout (and we won’t talk about how eerily similar it is to the card I post a bit ago).

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Make sure you check out the other design team members:
Debbie
Michelle
Mynnette
Rochelle
Rudlis
Sara
Steph
Vicki

I hope you join us at For Your Inspiration!

Birthday Wishes

All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: Up Up Away;
Ink/Card Stock: Pacific Point (SU); Blueberry Pie, White, Terracotta Tile, Canyon Clay, Summer Sunrise;
Other: Up Up Away dies, Linen/Canvas Impression plate;

FYI – Paint the Town

Posted on March 7, 2013 by kth

It is time for another For Your Inspiration challenge. Check out the latest challenge -> FYI41.

I love the perspective of this image – looking down the long line of buildings. And the reflection in the water is wonderful. The colors also captured me – browns and orange even in the sky.

Oh my – so many ways to interpret the inspiration photo. I finally landed on using a city scene and a “paint the town red” concept.

I stamped both the cityscapes from the stamp set (used masking). Then I used Cherry ink to “paint” the town. I tested a few colors to see how they would look when watercolored because so many will lighten up considerably – Cherry actually came out like a dark pink and that suited my needs.

To add the glitter to the painting, I used my craft mat to mix up a drop of Tombow glue with water and painted that onto the panel and then spooned on glitter. I did rub it in a bit and then let it set. Once it was dry I went over it with a dry brush to get rid of any stray pieces.

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Make sure you check out the other design team members:
Debbie
Michelle
Mynnette
Regina
Rochelle
Rudlis
Sara
Steph
Vicki

I hope you join us at For Your Inspiration!

Let’s Party

Stamps: Metropolis, Spring Fling, Word Salad (Paper Smooches);
Ink/Card Stock: Cherry ink, Melon Mambo (StampinUp); Black (Memento); White;
Other: markers (Copics); glitter;

FYI – Pink Leafy Layers

Posted on February 21, 2013 by kth

It is time for another For Your Inspiration challenge. Check out the latest challenge -> FYI40.

Isn’t this beautiful? All those pink leaves are breathtaking! I love the play of the dark wood against the pink as well.

I started my card by selecting my stamp set – I’ve seen a lot of beautiful cards made with this set recently and I decided to finally get mine inky. My layout comes from a Dawn McVey card (first one).

I did the layers in all pinks – how could I not? I added touches of brown to finish it off.

The card base is Rustic White…the photo is bad because I still haven’t replaced my lightbulb that is out 🙁

Thanks for stopping by!

Make sure you check out the other design team members:
Debbie
Michelle
Mynnette
Regina
Rochelle
Rudlis
Sara
Steph
Vicki

I hope you join us at For Your Inspiration!

Happy Birthday

All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: Lovely Layers, Communique Curves: Sentiments;
Ink/Card Stock: Rustic White; Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, Early Espresso (SU);
Other: Lovely Layers dies;

FYI – Neo Graphic

Posted on February 7, 2013 by kth

It is time for another For Your Inspiration challenge. Check out the latest challenge -> FYI39.

This photo is full of modern design. I pulled my inspiration from the window design and the bright colors.

The bright colors caught my eye first so I pulled out ink that I think represented them well. Next, I chose to work with Square Prints because it has a great triangle image that represented the window design to me.

Since the overall feel of the photo is modern, I kept my card simple and graphic.

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Make sure you check out the other design team members:
Debbie
Michelle
Mynnette
Regina
Rochelle
Rudlis
Sara
Steph
Vicki

I hope you join us at For Your Inspiration!

Happy Birthday

Stamps: Square Prints, Birthday Basics (PTI);
Ink/Card Stock: White (PTI); Pacific Point, Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie (SU);

FYI – Fall Tree

Posted on January 17, 2013 by kth

It is time for another For Your Inspiration challenge. Check out the latest challenge -> FYI38.

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This is such a beautiful picture. Orange/yellow trees are my favorite in the fall. I definitely wanted to recreate that!

I needed a sympathy card and feel the fall tree works well with that sentiment.

I embossed the card base with a woodgrain texture.

The tree image is stamped offset to leave room for the twine.

To ink up the leaves, I started with my lightest color then added the next shade and then the darkest. I went back over the lighter color (with the lightest ink) to help blend (then I just smooshed the pad onto scrap paper to get the darker color off the pad).

As a final touch I decided to add a tag with a little heart in it.

Thanks for stopping by!

Make sure you check out the other design team members:
Debbie
Michelle
Mynnette
Regina
Rochelle
Rudlis
Sara
Steph
Vicki

I hope you join us at For Your Inspiration!

With Heartfelt Sympathy

All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: Through the Trees;
Ink/Card Stock: Dark Chocolate, Rustic Cream, Summer Sunrise, Orange Zest, Terracotta Tile, Kraft;
Other: Tiny Tags die, Twine;

FYI – Birthday Shells

Posted on January 3, 2013 by kth

It is time for another For Your Inspiration challenge. Check out the latest challenge -> FYI37.

This is a cool photo. I loved the white clouds on the blue sky. And the photo theme allowed me to make a birthday card for my beach-loving mom.

I embossed the shells with white powder. Since the shells have a text background to them, I added a strip of text paper and wrapped it up with some string.

One note, my embossing has never been this good. I had been blaming old powder, but even after a fresh batch I had issues. Why it took me so long, I don’t know – but I finally re-inked my Versamark pad. And now I have perfect embossing! I need to get better at re-inking everything!

A final note, my card is a bit shorter than normal (5 1/4 x 4 1/4). The reason is that I did not stamp my sentiment straight. I straightened it up by trimming the panel, then just trimmed my card base to match. Just another way to save a card.

Thanks for stopping by!

Make sure you check out the other design team members:
Debbie
Michelle
Mynnette
Regina
Rochelle
Rudlis
Sara
Steph
Vicki

I hope you join us at For Your Inspiration!

Birthday Wishes

All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: By the Sea Shore, Bring on the Cake;
Colors: Marina Mist;
Other: White EP, First Edition DSP, Espresso twine; Versamark ink (Tsukineko);

Carefree Creations

papercrafts by karen h

Category Archives: FYI Design Team

FYI – Aspen Birthday

FYI – Light in the Dark

FYI – Brighten My World

FYI – Paint Stroke Sky

FYI – Desert Balloons

FYI – Paint the Town

FYI – Pink Leafy Layers

FYI – Neo Graphic

FYI – Fall Tree

FYI – Birthday Shells