Happiness and Cheer

       

Sparkle and Shine Challenge has a great inspiration photo.  I stamped the tree onto a tag with Winnie and Walter (sponsor for this Challenge) It's a wonderful Pennant stamp set.  The sentiment is PTI.  The background is made using a stencil and Heidi Swapp Mist in Citron.   Adding to the shine are sequins, PPP sparkling clear 4 mm and a red dollar store sequin.  I added a scrap of green ribbon I had on my desk to balance out the green layer.

SSS Wednesday Challenge is no designer paper so it fits in with that as well.

The mist has a great shine to it. 

Thanks so Much for Looking!
Karen

Peace and Joy

       

Oh my, shiny cards are hard to photograph!

This week at CASology the cue card is Circles. 
Bokeh is popular again right now.  I love the look but wanted to put my own spin on it.  I've done it without color!  I randomly stamped 2 sizes from SSS Lots of Dots in VersaMark on white cardstock then brushed on Perfect Pearls. 
The PTI sentiment was stamped in black, then that panel was mounted onto silver shimmer cardstock and I was done.  So easy!  Depending how the light catches it you almost can't see any circles, or they look grey or they shine like crazy.
SSS Wednesday Blog is No Designer Paper - I'd say this qualifies since I basically made my own. 

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Karen

Happy Halloween

I have a Halloween card today.  I inked up the largest circle from SSS lots of dots in harvest gold then rolled the edge of the stamp around summer sunrise to get the two-toned effect for the moon.  The spider is from an older Inkadinkadoo set which I set hanging from a thread by simply drawing a line off the edge of the card.  Sentiment is SU and the orange line is from PTI plaid builders set.  I covered the moon in Wink of Stella so it has a nice shimmer in real life.  Here's a confession - this is the very first time I have ever used washi tape on a card!  The black chevron balances out the card perfectly.

Challenges I'm entering this card in:
CASology - cue card moon
City Crafters - feeling flat - the only dimension on this is the washi.
Time Out - make your mark with a twist of monochromatic (my one little pen line may be a stretch, but I'm throwing it in anyway!)


                                                      

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Karen

Merry

This week Make it Monday at Papertrey Ink was about die cut kissing.  I came up with a Christmas card using Freshly Fallen die and stamp set.  I used a stamp from SSS One with Nature stamp set to ink up (spring rain) and stamp onto a Freshly Fallen die cut, then stamped on my card stock. I did this three times to make the pattern I wanted.  Then, I stamped the coordinating image from the stamp set into the spaces and used matte multi medium to add glass glitter to the centers of some of the images.  The merry die cut is from WPlus9.
I'm also putting this in to Addicted to CAS where the code word is BLUE, and SSS Wednesday Challenge where it's Anything Goes.

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Karen

Let Hope

Time Out has a great photo inspiration for challenge #38.   My blue tones are different, but I used the silver (embossed) anchor, the stripes and a pop of red. The middle stripe looks grey but it's stamped with an old, quite dry silver pigment ink pad so IRL it has flashes of silver on the edges of the image.  I stamped around the edge of the card base with the same stamp and pale ink as the top stripe to tie the layers together.  I'll also put this into SSS Wednesday Challenge. 

     

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Karen

Grateful Me

I love the sketch this week over at CAS Colours & Sketches.   As much as I want it to still be summer, there is no denying the leaves are already starting to turn colour (plus our Canadian Thanksgiving is only about 7 weeks away!) so a fall themed card it is.  I'll also link up to SSS Wednesday Challenge for Anything Goes.

ETA: I'm very happy my card was chosen as a winner at CAS Colours & Sketches!

 

 

The smallest leaf of the SSS One with Nature set is the perfect size for this layout.  I stamped the solid image in Scarlet Jewel, Canyon Clay, Ripe Avocado and Butter Bar (the photos show the colors a bit more vibrant than IRL), once dry, I stamped the leaf outline in the same colour.  The grateful me sentiment is from Fancy Thanks  (Essentials by Ellen) Fancy.  A bit of gold splatter finishes it off. I really love how it turned out!

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Karen

CASology Plaid

It's a joy that I get to be (my first time ever!) Guest Designer for CASology this week!  I'm so excited to do this.

 

The cue card this week is Plaid and plaid makes me think of two things, blankets and Christmas.  I decided to go the Christmas direction.  What do you think of when you think of plaid?

I used Papertrey Ink Plaid Builders stamp set to Silver Emboss a plaid design on three Lawn Fawn stitched rectangles.  The rule of three's works great with CAS cards, as long as you leave lots of that nice open white space.  I added a little pop of color with the sentiment (PTI) and three small gems. I love the shine of the embossing.

Thanks to Hazel, Melissa and the rest of the CASology design team for having me as Guest Designer this week. It was a great experience.

Thanks so Much for Looking and commenting!
Karen