Country Tea

Posted on October 26, 2013 by kth

This card is for a couple challenges.

First, the layout is from the Dahlhouse Wanna Sketch challenge #10.

The theme is from the CASology – Country challenge.

There are so many ways you can go “country”. Since I haven’t done an SU only card in awhile, I limited myself to StampinUp sets. Immediately I thought of the Gingham wheel and the wonderful circle frame in Kind & Cozy.

I stamped the frame on cardstock and cut it out by hand on the outside and with a circle die on the inside. I die-cut another, slightly larger than the center, circle to act as the frame base/background. The cup and steam are fussy cut by hand.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Wishing You a Wonderful Day

All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: Kind & Cozy, Bring on the Cake;
Ink/Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Marina Mist, Strawberry Slush, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso, Naturals White;
Other: Linen Thread; circle dies (Spellbinders);

Gettin Sketchy

Posted on October 24, 2013 by kth

It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge: #48 sketch.

I’ll admit, when I first saw this sketch, I thought it would be hard; but when I sat down to craft I very quickly had quite a few ideas. I’m sharing two of them today.

This is the first idea that came to mind. I bought this protractor stamp awhile ago because my kiddo is a math geek and I thought I might be able to make some cards for them (and their teacher).

I don’t know if it is obvious, but the arrow is pointing 90° in the protractor – a right angle…hence the pun. My kiddo “got it” so that is all that really matters 🙂 Of course I had to tease them that they’d have to give the card to me and not the other way ’round!

The sentiment was done with a font and a word processing program.

My next card uses a new set I recently acquired.

I think this was an impulse buy (mostly because the Lil Inker DT is so convincing), but I love this witch!

I have a hard time using colors differently than I see in nature. I truly wanted to use purple as the card base because at least it was close to a black night sky. When I was messing with colors the orange looked too good – and everything popped with it. So while I’ve never seen an orange night sky (not counting thin strips of sky at sunset), I went with it…and I’m glad I did!

I still have a couple ideas floating around my head for this sketch – so you’ll probably see it again soon!

Make sure you check out the other design team members:
Jacqueline
Lizy
Louise
Patricia

I hope you join us at CAS Colours & Sketches!

Thanks for stopping by!

A Little About the Challenge: Posted every Thursday, the challenges alternate between color and sketch (if there is a 5th week in the month you get the double dose of color & sketch).

You Were Right

Stamps: Protractor (Jenni Bowlin);
Ink/Card Stock: Limeade Ice, Simply Chartreuse, Aqua Mist, White (PTI);
Other: Font CityDBol Regular; Circle die (Spellbinders); Get to the Point arrow die (PTI);

Scary On

Stamps: Bat & Broomstick (Lil Inkers);
Ink/Card Stock: Orange Zest, Harvest Gold, White (PTI); Black (Versafine);
Other: Circle die (Spellbinders); Witch die (Lil Inkers);

Have a Spooky Day

Posted on October 20, 2013 by kth

I’m squeezing in a card for the latest Paper Smooches Sparks challenge – a designer draft sketch.

I seriously considered having the sentiment say “Have a Spoopy Day” – but I wasn’t sure if anyone would get it (I think I spend too much time on Fail Blog 🙂

Thanks for taking a peek!

Have a Spooky Day

Stamps: Spookalicious, Alphadot, Wake Up (Paper Smooches);
Ink/Card Stock: Kraft (PTI); Plum Pudding, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie (SU); Black (VersaFine);
Other: Flourishes die, Duo Die 2 die (Paper Smooches);

Bokeh Smiles

Posted on October 17, 2013 by kth

It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge: #47 – colors.

And here is my take:

These colors are Valentine to me, but I haven’t even made Halloween cards, let alone Christmas – or Valentine’s Day!

I’m always in need of birthday cards, so I wanted a design that would work with these colors but be birthday.

I’ve been wanting to try the Bokeh technique for a while and decided this was the perfect opportunity. There are only the two pinks – but lots of generational stamping, getting lighter as you move out.

Make sure you check out the other design team members:
Jacqueline
Lizy
Louise
Patricia

I hope you join us at CAS Colours & Sketches!

Thanks for stopping by!

A Little About the Challenge: Posted every Thursday, the challenges alternate between color and sketch (if there is a 5th week in the month you get the double dose of color & sketch).

Smiles

All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: Stylish Sentiments: Birthday, Dot Spot;
Ink/Card Stock: White; Early Espresso, Rose Red, Pink Pirouette (SU);
Other: Mat Stack 4 die; dimensional adhesive (SU);

Autumn Flowers

Posted on October 10, 2013 by kth

It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge: #46 – sketch.

And here is my take:

I have misplaced my Stamp-a-ma-Jig. I know I’ll find it eventually, but I have no clue where it has gotten to. Thankfully since I unmount (foam too) my rubber stamps, and trim close, I was able to fake it pretty well! I can’t be the only person desperately waiting for the time StampinUp puts out a pretty flower PHOTOPOLYMER set!!

Anyway….I’m not sure how CAS this card is, but it is what popped into my head when I saw the sketch. The vanilla is actually the card base peeking through the frame I created with the browns.

I was going to pop the frame, but I thought, with the flowers popped too, that might be too much.

Make sure you check out the other design team members:
Jacqueline
Lizy
Louise
Patricia

I hope you join us at CAS Colours & Sketches!

Thanks for stopping by!

A Little About the Challenge: Posted every Thursday, the challenges alternate between color and sketch (if there is a 5th week in the month you get the double dose of color & sketch).

Birthday Wishes

All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: Field Flowers, Bring on the Cake;
Ink/Card Stock: Naturals Ivory, Crumb Cake, Baked Brown Sugar, Tangerine Tango, Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip;
Other: Woodgrain embossing folder;

Party Poppers

Posted on October 9, 2013 by kth

CAS(e) This Sketch is another challenge I enjoy playing so I pulled up the current sketch to make another needed birthday card.

I seem to use this color scheme a lot for birthdays.

I trimmed the card to be 4 x 5.5 inches.

Since this is a fairly simple card, I added some Spica glitter pen accents to the poppers and confetti. You can’t see it in the photo, but in person it does add a nice touch.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Celebrate

All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: Party Poppers;
Ink/Card Stock: White, Hibiscus Burst, Summer Sunrise, Hawaiian Shores, Smokey Shadow;
Other: Party Popper dies; Glitter Pen (Spica);

Sorbet Chevrons

Posted on October 9, 2013 by kth

I need a couple birthday cards for a RAK group I am part of – and this is probably my last chance to stamp until the weekend.

Since the CAS-ual Friday challenge will be over before the weekend, I thought I’d play in that challenge today. The challenge was to use chevrons and sequins.

I bought this cool chevron stencil ages ago and haven’t used it yet, so I thought I should get it out. I have a few mists – this one is an old one from Tattered Angels. The color is called Coral, but it is a perfect match for PTI’s Berry Sorbet!

I really don’t understand why I always pick to work with pink….you’ll never see me wear or decorate with that color, but it does seem to be a go-to when I’m card making.

I wanted the misting to be darker at one end and lighter at the top (actually I hardly wanted any at the top, but I don’t mist often, so no practice means less ability). I cut a paper mask to make sure no mist got onto the bottom of the card base. This is practically a one layer card!

I did chose to use GinaK white cardstock because it is so thick and I didn’t want any bleed through.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Happy Birthday

Stamps: Bigger Blooms (PTI);
Ink/Card Stock: Smokey Shadow (PTI); White (GinaK);
Other: Coral Glimmer Mist (Tattered Angels); Chevron Stencil (Studio Calico/Mister Huey); Silver Sequins (Neat & Tangled); Berry Sorbet Satin Ribbon (PTI); Fancy Flourishes die (PTI);
Technique: stencil, masking, misting;

Mosaic Christmas

Posted on October 9, 2013 by kth

Mom needed a Christmas card for an upcoming stamp camp. I thought it would be fun to show how to use a non-Christmas stamp set to create a holiday card.

I loved seeing all the great ideas pour forth when the Mosaic Madness set was first released. I pulled my inspiration from those cards.

To do the border around the Vanilla panel, I used a border stamp from the same stamp set. I stamped it half-on and half-off the panel. It was actually quite easy to line up (I unmount my stamps – even the foam – and cut close) to do the long edges.

The hanging lines were drawn with a marker and ruler.

I finished off the ornaments with a little pearl in the centers.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Merry Christmas

All supplies Stampin’Up! unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: Mosaic Madness, Delightful Dozen;
Ink/Card Stock: Always Artichoke, Raspberry Ripple, Very Vanilla;
Other: Pearls, Petals-a-Plenty embossing folder;

Halloween Wishes

Posted on October 5, 2013 by kth

Today is World Cardmaking Day. I’m ignoring the fact that I’m sick and I’m playing along anyway. (Thankfully I do feel a bit better than yesterday.)

I pulled up all my favorite challenges (why are there too many to actually play all of them???) and I found this cool sketch from Freshly Made Sketches.

I don’t do circles easily, but this sketch seemed doable as the circle was a background element.

I browsed my supply index looking for something that would spark an idea. The first thing that brought forth an idea was a stamp set with a filigree circle and Halloween theme. Once I got to the Halloween theme my brain started churning and I thought about the web dies I recently purchases. Thus my card was born 🙂

I embossed the spider with black embossing powder – because I wanted it to be shiny…because I knew I wanted to use either bling or sequins to accent the sentiment. And here I am breaking one of my rules for masculine cards: no bling. But every rule has an exception (hmmmm…does that rule have one too??), so I didn’t mind adding the bling.

I haven’t created enough Halloween cards to send to all my family (which is sad since that only numbers 10), but I have a couple folks I *must* send to. So I’m glad I’ve got one done with time to mail!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Happy Halloween

All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: Trick or Treat, Spooky Sweets II;
Ink/Card Stock: Smokey Shadow, Canyon Clay, True Black; Vellum (stash);
Other: Spooky Sweets II die, Spider Webs die; sequins (Neat & Tangled); Black embossing powder (Filigree);

Grateful Greetings

Posted on September 29, 2013 by kth

Tis the season to be creating fall cards!

Addicted to CAS just posted their new challenge: Autumn/Fall.

On my last card my kiddo really wanted me to use burlap instead of raffia (or as they called it, hay). So I told them they could chose the elements for this card. Burlap and pumpkins with a thanksgiving greeting – those were their choices.

I pulled out the Ocean tides again because it is such a great compliment to orange.

I used a retired StampinUp set. My kiddo also chose to have me color with Copics instead of watercoloring.

To adhere the burlap pieces I first held them to the back of the Ocean Tides panel with some tape; then I machine stitched them down. I covered the stitching with the linen thread.

The whole bunch is adhered to a Rustic Cream card base. I like that you see it through the edge of the burlap – it helps bring in the sentiment banner.

The pumpkins are popped with foam tape at different heights.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Grateful Greetings

Stamps: Autumn Harvest, Grateful Greetings (SU);
Ink/Card Stock: Rustic Cream, Ocean Tides (PTI); Rich Cocoa (Memento);
Other: markers (Copic); burlap (stash); linen thread (SU); Sketched Shapes die, Woodgrain impression plate (PTI);
Technique: machine stitching

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Tag Archives: mailable

Country Tea

Gettin Sketchy

Have a Spooky Day

Bokeh Smiles

Autumn Flowers

Party Poppers

Sorbet Chevrons

Mosaic Christmas

Halloween Wishes

Grateful Greetings