Zentangle Birthday

Posted on September 8, 2013 by kth

For my birthday a couple months ago my mom paid for a local Zentangle instructor to come to my house and teach me and my two kids how to Zentangle. I was quite surprised at how much the kids enjoyed it!

My oldest kiddo turned 13 today! They love tangling and even makes up their own patterns. Heck, they even tangled their birthday cake:

So of course, for their card, I had to Zentangle!

I didn’t have a good outline stamp suited for tangling, but I did have this large solid stamp. I used the lightest grey ink that I had and stamped it onto the card. Then I used Micron pens to outline and fill-in the flower. I haven’t practiced since the training, so this is a bit rough, but I know they’ll love it all the same.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Happy 13th Birthday

Stamps: Big Blossom (SU); Stylish Sentiments: Birthday (PTI);
Ink/Card Stock: White, Razzberry Fizz (PTI); Bermuda Bay (SU);
Other: By the Numbers die, Suffix Style die (PTI); pens (Micron);

Poppies Caught in Crystal

Posted on September 7, 2013 by kth

Last month I hosted a newsletter for my mom’s StampinUp blog. I did a theme – messy techniques. Here is one of the cards I created for the newsletter.

The technique I used is called Acetate & Tissue, but I’ve also seen it called Caught in Crystal. Basically, you stamp your image on acetate using permanent ink. Then you put Crystal Effects (or the like) on the backside, drop re-inker dots, smoosh around, sprinkle glitter, and finally layer with tissue paper.

One thing I really wanted to show in my newsletter was that you don’t have to make the card all about the technique – a technique can be a great touch without being overwhelming.

For this card, I trimmed the acetate piece to be narrow and ran it down the middle of my card. I trimmed it up with a lacey border and plopped my sentiment panel over the “boring” bit.

I think all the additional white-space on the card helps make the technique really pop (hmmm, did I just contradict myself??).

Thanks for taking a peek!

Thank You

All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: Pleasant Poppies, Four Frames, Four You;
Ink/Card Stock: Soft Sky, Daffodil Delight, White; Stazon Black;
Other: Window Sheet, Crystal Effects, Dazzling Diamonds, Decorative Label punch, Finishing Touches edgelit;
Technique: acetate and tissue;

Birthday Flowers

Posted on September 6, 2013 by kth

This card is for the Paper Smooches Sparks challenge – this week is a trend challenge: flowers. I love flowers so I knew I had to participate in this challenge.

This is another card I made this past Monday (when I did 7 in 1 day!) and it was done right before bedtime….I’m surprise my brain lasted, but I love how the card turned out!

The flowers and leaves are from Reflections. I did a bunch of stamping on scrap paper before deciding how exactly I would stamp the leaves. I wanted a mod feel to them.

I kept the layout simple (mostly because at the time I had run out of sketch challenges, lol) and it was late. The flowers are hand-cut and adhered with just a dot of glue in the center, so the petals can be fluffed for dimension.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Happy Birthday

Stamps: Reflections, Salutations (Paper Smooches);
Ink/Card Stock: White, Black, Limeade Ice, Melon Berry (PTI);
Other: rhinestones (Hero Arts);

Rainbow Birthday Wishes

Posted on September 5, 2013 by kth

It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. And, I have to admit, I’m a little nervous: I’m hostessing this month! I hope you like the challenges! Check out the latest challenge: #41 – colors (of course it would be rainbow 😉 ).

And here is my (first) take:

I used a baby wipe to make a custom rainbow ink pad. To make sure I had ink in just the right amount of space, I first stamped my image on the baby wipe using a pale grey color. Then it was easy to put the refill ink exactly where I wanted it.

Here’s a photo of that:

I didn’t want to waste my baby wipe (though you can save the custom ink pads in a ziploc for a bit), so I decided to make another card.

This time I dragged the inked baby wipe down my card stock.

One thing I did on both cards was to die-cut the word birthday from white and use the “inside” pieces to help block out the background and make the text stand out more.

Make sure you check out the other design team members:
Jacqueline
Louise – taking a break this month
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).

Happy Birthday

All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: Wonderful Words: Birthday;
Ink/Card Stock: White, Pure Poppy, Orange Zest, Harvest Gold, New Leaf, Blueberry Sky, Royal Velvet, Winter Wisteria;
Other: Wonderful Worrds: Birthday die;
Technique: baby wipe;

New Digs

Posted on September 4, 2013 by kth

This card is for a couple challenges also.

First up, a theme challenge from CAS on Sunday – welcome home. Another of my nieces moved into a new place recently.

I used a sketch from Dalhouse Designs – Wanna Sketch?.

This card is two (of the many) reasons I prefer photopolymer stamps: it was so easy to stamp that sentiment! All I had to do was to bend the sentiment strand to fit the curve of the hill and then I could see through everything to make sure I stamped it right where I wanted it.

I did have to write the “welcome” on the sign as there is no such stamp in the set (what??).

Thanks for taking a peek!

Enjoy Getting Settled

All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: Wonderfully Whimsical, Celebrations;
Ink/Card Stock: White (GinaK); Black (Memento);
Other: markers (Copic);

Hello

Posted on September 4, 2013 by kth

One of my nieces started at college this past week – away from family. I thought I’d send her a card to let her know we’re thinking of her.

I picked up the latest Addicted to CAS challenge, whose theme is music. My niece is attending an arts college on a piano scholarship, so this challenge totally fit!

For the layout, I found a great sketch at Retro Sketches. I will say that I started off with loads of layers and pattern paper, and while it did look good, I was travelling far from my CAS comfort zone. I backed off and I’m really happy with how this turned out – all with stamping!

Finally, choosing the colors I worked with the CAS-ual Friday challenge which is to use kraft and text/type.

Thanks for taking a peek!

hello

All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: Rosie Posie, Background Basics: Music, Background Basics: Text Type;
Ink/Card Stock: Kraft, Vintage Cream, Raspberry Fizz, Simply Chartreuse, Dark Chocolate, Fine Linen, Chamomile-Tea Dye Duo;
Other: Wonderful Words: Hello die, Rosie Posie die;

Life is a Journey

Posted on September 3, 2013 by kth

I started with a layout from Fab Friday (#25). That challenge is done by Stampin’Up Demos, so I wanted to use SU supplies.

When deciding what images to use, I pulled up another challenge: Cards in Envy. This is a new-to-me challenge. The purpose of the challenge overall is to create a card that fits in an A2 envelope and isn’t lumpy – well, that is right up my alley as I mail 90% of my cards. Their latest challenge is to create a masculine card. This worked out well as my father-in-law has a birthday later this month.

The final challenge I used was from another new-to-me blog: Shopping Our Stash. Their theme this week was also masculine, but I went for the “use what you have” aspect of the overall challenge-blog purpose. I did not have a good greeting for the card I envisioned, so I used a font. Years ago when I started crafting, I started as a scrapbooker and collected thousands of fonts. I’m kind of a lazy card maker and I try hard to find (or buy) stamps that say what I want, but really, I have such an eclectic collection of fonts that I should use them more.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Life is a Journey

All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: The Open Sea;
Ink/Card Stock: Soft Sky, Chocolate Chip, Island Indigo, Very Vanilla;
Other: font (butterbrotpapier);

Birthday Plaid

Posted on August 15, 2013 by kth

It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge: #38 – colors.

And here is my take:

Sorry, I’m running crazy this week. The only thing I wanted to mention on this card is that I chose a bold sentiment and stamped it in black because I saw a Jennifer McGuire card recently like that.

Sometimes I think black is just too stark, but I think when you have lots of busy-ness going on, black works great (especially since, for me, the greeting is the point and thus should be the focus).

I’m still not completely sure about this card, but I’m not sure any other color for the sentiment would have worked as well either.

Make sure you check out the other design team members:
Jacqueline
Kylie
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 Papertrey unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: Birthday Tags 2012, Background Basics – Super Stripes;
Ink/Card Stock: Spring Rain, Pure Poppy, Kraft, Vintage Cream;
Other: Limitless Layers Oval die; Stitched Rectangle die (Lil Inkers)

Color Opposites

Posted on August 2, 2013 by kth

The third VSN Mini challenge is a color wheel challenge – use colors that are opposite on the wheel!

I made two cards! Here is the first:

When you look at a color wheel, there are 3 basic opposite pairings: red/green, orange/blue, and yellow/purple. Anytime I pair red/green I think Christmas, so I went with it!

To create this (and the next) card, I drew a light line on the card and aligned the square blocks. I eyeballed the space between the blocks.

Here is the second card, using a yellow/purple combo:

I chose a few different stamps from the set, but tried for ones that all included thick lines. I knew I wanted the sentiment to be the purple color, so I stamped the images alternating colors, starting with yellow.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Merry Christmas

Stamps: Square Prints, Mega Mixed Messages (PTI);
Ink/Card Stock: White (PTI); Wild Wasabi, Real Red (SU);

Happy Birthday

Stamps: Square Prints, Paper Tray (PTI);
Ink/Card Stock: White (PTI); Rich Razzleberry, Summer Starfruit (SU);
Other: patience and a T-ruler!

Monster Cards

Posted on August 2, 2013 by kth

The second VSN Mini challenge of the evening is mine!! The idea is to use the same stamp set and create 2 cards – one masculine, one feminine. Here are my cards:

I actually had a lot of fun with these cards. I challenged myself even further by using the same image (not just set) and the same layout.

Here’s a closer look at the first card, the masculine birthday:

When I create masculine cards, I tend to use blues and greens. I also like to have texture. I don’t normally distress cards, but this one seemed to call for it.

I love the white image on the blue jean background, it really pops like that!

I’m also putting this card in for the Paper Smooches Sparks weekly challenge. This week is Anything Goes.

Here is the feminine version:

I don’t normally make girly girly cards, but when I do… 😉 Honestly, I think feminine cards are harder for me than masculine! I’m not much of a girly-girl myself – and pink is my least favorite color….but it does make a great girly card! I also used a lacey / filigree border die.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Monster Birthday

Stamps: Falling for You, Party Posse, Hullabaloo (Paper Smooches); Just Jeans background (SU); Farm & Barn background (PTI);
Ink/Card Stock: White, Kraft, Spring Rain, Enchanted Evening, Dark Chocolate (PTI);
Other: Orange Zest pattern (PTI);

Monster Hugs

Stamps: Falling for You (Paper Smooches);
Ink/Card Stock: White, Raspberry Fizz, Black (PTI);
Other: black gingham ribbon (SU); Alpha Whimsy dies (Paper Smooches); Filigree Border die (PTI); old pattern paper (SU); Black Rhinestones (Kaiser);

Carefree Creations

papercrafts by karen h

Tag Archives: mailable

Zentangle Birthday

Poppies Caught in Crystal

Birthday Flowers

Rainbow Birthday Wishes

New Digs

Hello

Life is a Journey

Birthday Plaid

Color Opposites

Monster Cards