Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Happy Holidays






Here's another not great picture that I will change later when I figure out what is going on with my editing software/computer.

I have one more card to put in for the Sparkle and Shine Challenge.  I used a very old and much loved PSX holly image to stamp out all the dress colors.  Then I added a color matched sequin to each leaf to really bling out the card!




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Karen 


Holiday Cheer









Arghh, these are horrible pictures, the camera is dying, it's a gray, snowy day out, my photo editing software doesn't seem to be working and I'm in a rush to get this entered into the Time Out Challenge which....I just missed.  Good thing it was for the Sparkle & Shine Challenge too!  I'll also put it in for CASology where the cue word is Give.  I think this card will definitely give someone some holiday cheer!
ETA - I'll also put this in to Inkspirational - Anything goes with Silver.  

ETA - So happy to be chosen as an Honorable Mention at CASology this week! 


This card just popped into my head about 15 minutes ago!!!  I used a Penny Black Christmas tree from a stamp set that I got free with a magazine last year.  I inked up the colors for the Sparkle & Shine Challenge and stamped them sideways.  I used a simple vellum strip with Holiday Cheer embossed in silver for the sentiment then added just a couple of sparkling clear sequins for some classy bling.

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Karen

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Merry & Bright




Here is my fifth and final entry into the Hero Arts Holiday Cardmaking Challenge.  Sorry for the gray picture (it's ironic given the sentiment and how the card looks in real life!),  I seem to have a heck of a time taking photos with colored cardstock - the colors never seem to match the real life version. 
I inked up some cardstock with a nice bright red distress ink then added some water droplets to add some depth.  After I cut out the circle I white embossed the sentiment from Joy to the World.  It still didn't have the oomph I wanted, so I sprayed it with a shimmer mist (also hard to capture in a photo).  I foam mounted that onto a white panel which was layered on a matching red cardstock.  Added 3 shiny red sequins and a few smaller sparkling clear ones and called it done. 



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Karen

Noel


This is my fourth card for the Hero Arts Holiday Cardmaking Challenge.  I used the holly image from the Holiday Pine Branches set, stamped (in SSS beanstalk green) to radiate out from my gold embossed sentiment.  I filled in the gaps with great pops of red using one of the berry stamps.  I used my Versamark pen to ink up the open part of the berry and embossed that in gold to match the sentiment.  A strip of gold foil paper across the bottom adds to the shine.



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Karen

Friday, November 6, 2015

Peace Joy & Love



Today I have my third card I am entering in to the Hero Arts Holiday Cardmaking Challenge.  You can enter up to 5 cards for a chance to win a $50 Hero Arts shopping spree with free shipping.  Wouldn't that be nice to win!

After embossing some of the great images from the Holiday Pine Branches set, I watercolored the entire piece with peeled paint, shabby shutters and pine needles distress inks.  The sentiment (from Joy to the World) was stamped with aged mahogany distress ink.

I am so not a wonky panel person, but I thought it suited it to be layered with a rich burgundy cardstock set at a jaunty angle before being mounted on a cream card base.



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Karen











Fuzzy Peace





I have a card for Merry Monday today.  The theme is Red and Gold.  I made some Joy cards (pictured below) about a month ago but had never used them in a challenge so I figured I'd CASE myself and add some gold to suit the challenge.  The gold comes from some Heidi Swapp gold color shine flicked onto my cardstock and a strip of gold foil paper across the bottom.  The red swoop and die cut are from some beautiful bright red velvet paper so this card has some great texture to it.  The curve of the red reminds me of earth and the gold speckles, stars in the sky.






Making multiples of this card is super easy.  Just cut a rectangle of red  the width of your card base and about 2 inches tall (or however tall you want it).  I cut the swoop with a curved die but you can freehand cut the curve.  Use one side on one card and the other on a second.  On the Joy card I curved the sentiment on my block to match the curve of the red paper.
Unfortunately my photos don't do them justice.














Thanks so Much for Looking!
Karen