Just a quick card with my favourite stamp set - Fifth Avenue Floral :)
Thanks for peeking,
Kate
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Fifth Avenue Floral - A Simple Card
Hi all,
Just a quick card with my favourite stamp set - Fifth Avenue Floral :)
Thanks for peeking,
Kate
Just a quick card with my favourite stamp set - Fifth Avenue Floral :)
Thanks for peeking,
Kate
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Hero Arts Background Love
Good morning everyone,
A quick card with a hero arts background stamp.I stamped with vintage photo and then coloured in the butterflies with the lightest shade of copics I own in pink and yellow. I then cut apart the hexagon paper and popped one up. I then stuck the last one in a Tim Holtz pin. All my edges are distressed with vintage photo and there we go.
Thanks for stoppin',
K
A quick card with a hero arts background stamp.I stamped with vintage photo and then coloured in the butterflies with the lightest shade of copics I own in pink and yellow. I then cut apart the hexagon paper and popped one up. I then stuck the last one in a Tim Holtz pin. All my edges are distressed with vintage photo and there we go.
Thanks for stoppin',
K
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Monday, May 28, 2012
Flower Card
Heya everyone,
This is a flower card I made with my new set from Pink Paislee. It belongs to the Nantucket line.
I first inked up the flower with Bamboo ink from CTMH. I then coloured the image in with copics.
Next I stamped the flower around the border of the paper and distressed it with Vintage Photo.
I then layered up another stamp from the set and stamped it using the second generation technique. I added the "beauty" for a sentiment.
Lastly, while I like the look of copics over a very light ink colour my copic skills just aren't up to par so I re-inked the flower image with Memento Tuxedo ink and stamped right over top. Easy peasy with a set of clear stamps. I really like how crisp the image is when the black is stamped last!
A doily, a pearl pin and some black music paper from the new Simon Says Stamp June card kit that came in the mail today and some brown Martha Stewart seam binding to finish it off.
What do you think?
I'm entering this in the YCU Challenge # 10
YCU
This is a flower card I made with my new set from Pink Paislee. It belongs to the Nantucket line.
I first inked up the flower with Bamboo ink from CTMH. I then coloured the image in with copics.
Next I stamped the flower around the border of the paper and distressed it with Vintage Photo.
I then layered up another stamp from the set and stamped it using the second generation technique. I added the "beauty" for a sentiment.
Lastly, while I like the look of copics over a very light ink colour my copic skills just aren't up to par so I re-inked the flower image with Memento Tuxedo ink and stamped right over top. Easy peasy with a set of clear stamps. I really like how crisp the image is when the black is stamped last!
A doily, a pearl pin and some black music paper from the new Simon Says Stamp June card kit that came in the mail today and some brown Martha Stewart seam binding to finish it off.
I'm entering this in the YCU Challenge # 10
YCU
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I wish it was sunny
Man,
If the sun could just stick it out for more than a day or two I would really appreciate it!
We've had mostly bad weather around here since November (I know this because that's when my son was born and the weather has hardly picked up since then). It was absolutely stunning all weekend and now Monday morning it is gloomy and awful outside. So I whipped up a little card to commiserate the rain.
A little masking and some misting. I paper pieced the umbrellas so as to protect the little sentiment (that was fussy cut and popped up) from getting "wet" and I also popped up one of the umbrellas for a teensy bit-o-dimension. A strip of my favourite washi, a little faux stitching through the "rain" and I called it a day.
Here's wishing for sunnier days!
Happy crafting!
K
If the sun could just stick it out for more than a day or two I would really appreciate it!
We've had mostly bad weather around here since November (I know this because that's when my son was born and the weather has hardly picked up since then). It was absolutely stunning all weekend and now Monday morning it is gloomy and awful outside. So I whipped up a little card to commiserate the rain.
A little masking and some misting. I paper pieced the umbrellas so as to protect the little sentiment (that was fussy cut and popped up) from getting "wet" and I also popped up one of the umbrellas for a teensy bit-o-dimension. A strip of my favourite washi, a little faux stitching through the "rain" and I called it a day.
Here's wishing for sunnier days!
Happy crafting!
K
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Sunday, May 27, 2012
Lawn Fawn Challenge - "Love Mail"
Hey all,
Another submission for the Lawn Fawn challenge.
I made the base for my card with purple paper from the Bright Side Collection. I then cut out my postcard layering up the images from the stamp set "You've Got Mail". I then fussy cut the mailbox and the little letters popping up the orange letter for some dimension. I then adhered the postcard down with purple washi that I received in a SSS card kit. As usual I distressed my paper edge with vintage photo.
Another submission for the Lawn Fawn challenge.
I made the base for my card with purple paper from the Bright Side Collection. I then cut out my postcard layering up the images from the stamp set "You've Got Mail". I then fussy cut the mailbox and the little letters popping up the orange letter for some dimension. I then adhered the postcard down with purple washi that I received in a SSS card kit. As usual I distressed my paper edge with vintage photo.
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Hero Arts Large Flower Background (again :)
Hello crafty peeps,
I am always looking to make background stamps appear different - and when I saw this on pinterest I knew I had to try it.
It took a couple of tries - the first time I did it I did it on Neenah cardstock and then just pulled the Chipped Sapphire distress ink with with a paintbrush and some water. That did not work. At all.
Second time I embossed the the chipped sapphire on watercolour paper and then watercoloured in just a small bit of the chipped sapphire. I think it looks like old china.
I then distressed the edges with stormy sky.
A quick sentiment in white pigment in ink and done.
Thanks for peeking in on my little world,
K
It took a couple of tries - the first time I did it I did it on Neenah cardstock and then just pulled the Chipped Sapphire distress ink with with a paintbrush and some water. That did not work. At all.
Second time I embossed the the chipped sapphire on watercolour paper and then watercoloured in just a small bit of the chipped sapphire. I think it looks like old china.
I then distressed the edges with stormy sky.
A quick sentiment in white pigment in ink and done.
Thanks for peeking in on my little world,
K
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Bowties are Cool
Bow-ties are Cool
This is my take on the CAS-ual Fridays: CFC54 - masculine cards using designer paper .
I used my silhouette to cut out the potty man with a bow-tie. I really wanted to use my new Heidi Swapp bow-ties as well so I stuck one on to make my bow-tie sentiment plural.
Anybody whose man watches Doctor Who or appreciates Alton Brown from the Food network will like this card :)
Anywho, I adhered my man to my stripe-y paper. In the negative space left by the bow-tie I placed the bow-tie from another man I cut out at the same time. I only adhered the middle of the bow-tie and then fluffed it up so it gave some dimension.
I used a notebook punch on the graph-y lookin' paper. I then stuck that to my dude and then popped up the whole package on to the wood lookin' paper. I slid on the awesome blue sparkly bow-tie and then stamped the cool (which comes from an AE technique tuesday set). All the edges of the paper are distressed with vintage photo.
The wood paper is actually adhered at a slight angle but my photography skills just make it look crooked. So to be clear the crooked was intentional - whether it works or not is debatable.
Thanks for checkin' out my dude.
K :)
This is my first time linking up to this challenge so hopefully I get it right! My apologies if I didn't though!
This is my take on the CAS-ual Fridays: CFC54 - masculine cards using designer paper .
I used my silhouette to cut out the potty man with a bow-tie. I really wanted to use my new Heidi Swapp bow-ties as well so I stuck one on to make my bow-tie sentiment plural.
Anywho, I adhered my man to my stripe-y paper. In the negative space left by the bow-tie I placed the bow-tie from another man I cut out at the same time. I only adhered the middle of the bow-tie and then fluffed it up so it gave some dimension.
I used a notebook punch on the graph-y lookin' paper. I then stuck that to my dude and then popped up the whole package on to the wood lookin' paper. I slid on the awesome blue sparkly bow-tie and then stamped the cool (which comes from an AE technique tuesday set). All the edges of the paper are distressed with vintage photo.
The wood paper is actually adhered at a slight angle but my photography skills just make it look crooked. So to be clear the crooked was intentional - whether it works or not is debatable.
Thanks for checkin' out my dude.
K :)
This is my first time linking up to this challenge so hopefully I get it right! My apologies if I didn't though!
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Hero Arts Background Stamp Cards
Hey lovelies!
Today I am going to share a couple of quick cards. They are super simple but combine my two favourite things - inky fingers and my distress inks. I generally don't put sentiments on my cards until I actually decide who its going to - this is because I don't generally have time to complete a whole card in one go. So, I often stamp out a background and then colour it up. Adhere it to a card base and then let it sit until I need it. Then maybe the next time I get a few minutes to myself I grab my copics and colour in a butterfly and fussy cut it.
Leaf and Floral Background
Ranger UltraFine embossing powder is my favourite. I prefer to use it and emboss on white paper then to use white embossing powder. If anyone has a white embossing powder they use that is as awesome let me know 'cause I just haven't found anything to compare to this one!
So - I emboss up my background and then pull three colours to blend with - my fav bit about my distress inks is even though I don't have every colour is that most every colour looks good with one another (the exception to this is Victorian Velvet for some reason). So I pulled three inks and blended 'em up.
Ignore the fingerprints in the ink - mistakes are the mother of invention ;)
My sentiment will go over that when I need to send a card to someone who needs a sweet little butterfly in their mailbox :)
Large Flower Background
I love to colour this stamp. Especially with my finger. I consider my art more successful the bigger the mess. (Incidentally I also consider a meal tastier the bigger the mess in the kitchen. Good thing that's usually true otherwise I doubt I could convince my hubby to keep doing dishes. Ha!)
Anyhow - here is the card.
The thing I discovered while doing this card is that Wild Honey distress ink is absolutely stunning when 'watercoloured'. Do yourself a favour and pick up this colour. I was surprised at how much I love it. It makes it onto almost everything I do now.
Thanks for stopping by,
K
Today I am going to share a couple of quick cards. They are super simple but combine my two favourite things - inky fingers and my distress inks. I generally don't put sentiments on my cards until I actually decide who its going to - this is because I don't generally have time to complete a whole card in one go. So, I often stamp out a background and then colour it up. Adhere it to a card base and then let it sit until I need it. Then maybe the next time I get a few minutes to myself I grab my copics and colour in a butterfly and fussy cut it.
Leaf and Floral Background
Ranger UltraFine embossing powder is my favourite. I prefer to use it and emboss on white paper then to use white embossing powder. If anyone has a white embossing powder they use that is as awesome let me know 'cause I just haven't found anything to compare to this one!
So - I emboss up my background and then pull three colours to blend with - my fav bit about my distress inks is even though I don't have every colour is that most every colour looks good with one another (the exception to this is Victorian Velvet for some reason). So I pulled three inks and blended 'em up.
My sentiment will go over that when I need to send a card to someone who needs a sweet little butterfly in their mailbox :)
Large Flower Background
I love to colour this stamp. Especially with my finger. I consider my art more successful the bigger the mess. (Incidentally I also consider a meal tastier the bigger the mess in the kitchen. Good thing that's usually true otherwise I doubt I could convince my hubby to keep doing dishes. Ha!)
The thing I discovered while doing this card is that Wild Honey distress ink is absolutely stunning when 'watercoloured'. Do yourself a favour and pick up this colour. I was surprised at how much I love it. It makes it onto almost everything I do now.
Thanks for stopping by,
K
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