Rosalyn's 2nd Birthday

 Here's a fun and colourful birthday card I made for my 2 year grand niece. I  used  "cuppycake with a HUGGABUG ON TOP"(Stamping Bella); stamps and die cuts from Make It Market Kit:Shakers & Sprinkles (Papertrey Ink).

Card stock and Inks: Hibiscus Burst, Limeade Ice & Hawaiian Shores

 I had seen some shaker cards made with an acetate pouch and thought I would try that technique. However, the confetti sprinkles didn't really 'shake' inside the pouch, so I decided to glue the multicolour circles onto the background card. (Stitched Rectangles) which I had prepared with ink blending and stamped sentiment.  The top acetate layer was stitched to the card with white embroidery floss.

The cupcake image was stamped, coloured with copic markers and then fussy cut before attaching to the front of the 'shaker' panel.The word die was cut from Hibiscus Burst card stock. The card front was stamped with the confetti from Birthday Style, before adhering the shaker panel.

I repeated the confetti stamping on the inside of the card and then added a Stitched Rectangle with the sentiment. (Big Birthday Wishes)

Here's the finished card, envelope and gift ready for the birthday girl!!

Envelope|: Polka Dot Parade Alphabet; Heart-2-Heart #2

Thanks for visiting today.
Karen C.

Emily Happy 3rd Birthday

Things have been very quiet on my blog for the last few months. 

My son was married last October and I finally have a chance to 'catch up'!  

I have lots of cards to share, 

so let's get started with a birthday card for my grand niece.

 

I fussy cut the stamped and coloured AUGUST HONEY (C.C. Designs)

and then attached it to Fabulous Frames.

I stamped the floral scene and butterfly (Sweet Spring) onto white 

card stock and then sponged blue ink to create the skyline. 

For added interest, I die cut Stitched Lines across the 

lower edge of the frame and then added embroidery floss. 

A rectangluar sentiment panel was stamped with the frame 

from Luck of the Irish and a sentiment from It's a Jungle.

Supplies (Papertrey Ink, unless noted)
Stamps - C.C. Designs: AUGUST HONEY; Close To My Heart: March Word Puzzle
Luck of the Irish; It's a Jungle; Sweet Spring, Natural Beauties;
Inks - Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz, Autumn Rose, New Leaf, Summer Sunrise, Spring Rain. 
Close To My Heart: Blush, Grey Wool; Twilight; Memento Tuxedo Black 
Papers - Stamper's Select White; Recollections: Bold Basics Patterned Paper Pack 
Dies - Fabulous Frames dies; Stitched Lines
Other - copic markers; embroidery floss; 

Inside:

Big Birthday Wishes; Polka Dot Parade Alphabet stamps & dies; 

Autumn Rose ink and card stock; Nestabilities 

Finished Card & Envelope: 

 Heart-2-Heart #1 & #2; Garden Variety,  

Polka Dot Parade Alphabet

Thanks for visiting today.
Karen C.

Papertrey Ink November 2015 Blog Hop

 

I'm finally getting organized enough that I can participate in 

this month's  Blog Hop at Papertrey Ink.  

After we returned from my son's wedding in October, 

I spent time working on lots of projects around the house 

and let my crafting and blogging slide! 

This month's photo inspiration gave me the incentive 

to try a few ideas for Christmas cards and tags.

I tried a variety of techniques, stamps and dies to create 3 projects:

Shaker Tree Ornament: 

I liked all of the baubles in the inspiration photo, so I thought 

I would create a decoration using the Shaker Ornament Set of dies. 

I didn't have any "Simply Chartreuse" sequins in my stash, so I 

used a different green along with teal and silver star and circle sequins.

I smooshed Hawaiian Shores and Tropical Teal inks onto an 

acrylic block and then added water before applying it to 

the white die cut ornament. 

I dipped the die cut into Versamark and then added 

Clear Sparkle embossing powder.

The sentiment (Rustic Wreath),  the tip and upper hanger 

of the ornament were embossed with silver EP

Originally I was going to use this on a card, but decided to finish off 

the back and use it as a real Christmas Tree Ornament. I stamped the 

backing with Hawaiian Shores and Polka Dot Basics. 

The Oval Frame (Framed Out #8) was created using the same smooshing technique; stamped with a star (Framed Out #7) and Tropical Teal ink 

and then heat embossed with the same sparkle EP as I used on the front. 

The sentiment is from Rustic Wreath and the date from Tinsel and Tags.

Tag

My second project did not come together the way I wanted it to. 

The tag image (Tinsel and Tags) was embossed with silver EP 

but it wasn't as clear as I had hoped. I die cut and stamped 

the house to add to the top of the circle image.

I added a Tropical Teal Doily (Doily Details) 

and  tag (Tag Sale #4) stamped with Simply Chartreuse, 

Hawaiian Shores and Tropical Teal confetti (Birthday Style).

 This was my least favourite project, 

but I thought I would include it, 

since it gave me some ideas for my card. 

Since I had all of my supplies out from 

Tinsel and Tags Kit, I made one final project.

Card:  

This was my third project and the one that I like the best.

Ink and Paper: 

Simply Chartreuse, Tropical Teal, Hawaiian Shores

Additional Inks: 

 Soft Stone, Kraft

Stamps and Dies: 

Tinsel and Tags Kit; Square Shaker - Confetti Die;

Other Supplies: 

Stamper's Select White Card Stock; Striped Impression Plate;

 copic marker; Silver Glitter Gel pen

Thanks for staying with me until the end!! Enjoy the rest of the Blog Hop!!
Karen C.

Papertrey Ink August 2015 Blog Hop

 

It's time for this month's blog hop challenge at Papertrey Ink.

The inspiration photo is all about colour and textiles:  

I was drawn to the row of yarn and a 
rainbow of colours to create this birthday card:

I started by die cutting rows of holes with the Stitching Lines die on Stamper's Select White card stock.
The sentiment (Purls of Wisdom) was stamped with Dark Chocolate Ink.
Extra texture was added with the Canvas Impression Plate.
Seven colours of embroidery floss were stitched in rainbow order along the stitching lines.

The needle and thread from Stitched with Love was stamped with Raspberry Fizz ink. The needle was stamped with Versamark onto a separate piece of card stock, then heat embossed with Silver Embossing powder, fussy cut and glued over the original stamped image. 
I die cut the spool and heart (Stitched with Love) and stamped them with Kraft and Raspberry Fizz inks. Before applying the heart to the spool, I covered it with Versamark and heat embossed it with Clear Embossing powder.
The front panel was adhered to a Classic Kraft card base.

Thanks for visiting today. Enjoy the Blog Hop!
Karen C.

Another Star Birthday

If you saw this post, you will recognize one of these cards!!

I made the motorcycle card for my brother's birthday using a water coloured panel cut with the Star Cover Plate (Papertrey Ink) After making this card, I had a leftover black panel and lots of aqua water coloured stars, so I used them to make birthday card for my son.

It came together quickly since most of the pieces were already cut!! 
The sentiment panel was made with a strip of Aqua Mist card stock cut with the Double-ended Banner die. The 'birthday' Swoosh die was also cut from Aqua Mist several times and stacked to create dimension.  The sentiments (Swoosh) were stamped with VersaFine Onyx Black ink. A variety of star sequins add some extra colour and shine!

The  sentiment was stamped with 
black ink using  Stylish Sentiments: Birthdays.

Colourful star sequins accent the sentiment.

Thanks for visiting today.

Karen C.

Motorcycle Birthday

My brother's birthday is coming up at the 

end of the month, so I pulled out Rev Up the Fun 

motorcycle stamp (Stampin'Up) to make his 

birthday card. I don't have a lot of 

"masculine" stamps, but this is often 
used for my motorcycle riding brother!! 

I started by creating a water coloured card front 

using Aqua Mist and Hawaiian Shores inks. 

I was going for a 'smooshed' look, but it really 

didn't turn out as I expected. 

I definitely need more practice!! 

I decided to cut the aqua panel using the  

Star Cover Plate and adding some black and 

red stars to make the card front.

After stamping and fussy cutting the motorcycle, 

I realized it needed a background panel before 

adding it to the (very busy) card front. 

I stamped the rectangle frame (Label Basics) 

with Aqua Mist ink, cut it out and then 

mounted the motorcycle with foam dots.

I didn't have a plan for this card when I started, 

so it took some trial and error to find a way 

to add the sentiment. Sketched Stars dies and 

Postmarks stamps came to the rescue!!

I cut one of the Sketched Stars twice  

(Smokey Shadow and Aqua Mist); then 
layered onto a piece of Linen Vellum 
card stock that I cut a little larger 
than the original star. These were added 
to the card front with two layers of fun 
foam to create dimension. 
A sentiment and star (Postmarks) were stamped 
onto white card stock; then cut with a circle punch 
and added to the center of the larger stars.

The inside sentiment (Stylish Sentiments: Birthdays) 

was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black.

A splotch of ink got onto the left side of the card, 

so I covered it up with a black die cut star and 

added the dotted image (Rev Up the Fun) with 

Aqua Mist ink. In order to make it look like I 

planned this "addition" two more stars were included!!

Supplies (PTI, unless noted)
Stamps - Postmarks, Label Basics, Stylish Sentiments: Birthdays; 
Stampin'Up: Rev Up the Fun
Inks - Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Pure Poppy; Versafine Onyx Black
Papers - watercolour paper; Stamper's Select White, Smokey Shadow, 
Pure Poppy Patterened Paper ( bitty dots), Linen Vellum card stock
Dies - Cover Plate: Stars; Sketched Stars
Other - fun foam sheets; foam dots; Sakura Gelly Roll clear glitter pen; circle punch; red marker

Thanks for visiting today.
Karen C.

Papertrey Ink July 2015 Blog Hop

I was able to finish and photograph a card for 

this month's blog hop at Papertrey Ink. 

I love the colours and designs from the inspiration photo: 

butterflies, browns and pinks and that create a vintage look.

 

I started by creating a mask so that I could stamp Text Style  

with Kraft ink onto the center of a white card base.  

In order to "frame" this circle, I cut a larger circle and 

used the negative on the outside and the circle mask 

over the text. Using Kraft ink, I sponged a 1/4"  frame.

The Canvas Impression Plate was used on the card front. 

Two corners were rounded and Vintage Tea Dye ink (Chamomile) 

was sponged around the edges. I wish I had used the Kraft ink 

along the edges instead, but I will know the next time I use this colour combo!!

The sentiment (Fillable Frames #4) was stamped in Dark Chocolate ink.

The butterfly (Butterfly Dreams) was stamped onto 

white card stock with Memento Rich Cocoa ink 

and then coloured with copics. I fussy cut the butterfly, 

covered it with Versa Mark ink and then clear embossed 

it twice to get a shiny effect. I then mounted it onto a 

Beautiful Dreams die cut from white card stock. 

Brown embroidery floss was added behind the butterfly 

to create the antennae. Three brass adhesive dots were 

added over the body of the butterfly. 

I cut the die 3 more times from Kraft card stock, 

coloured the edges with a copic marker and then 

layered them over the text circle. The coloured 

butterfly was added on top with a thin strip of 

foam tape so that the wings would curl out.

Thanks for visiting today. Enjoy the Blog Hop!
Karen C.