Mother of Pearl

Morning All,
I wanted to share a quick card I made last night before I run off to work. I have wanted to try the mother of pearl technique for a while and finally sat down last night and did so. I chose to use the soon to retire "Elements of Style" stamp set, perfect for this and paired it with a few retiring colors. Here is the end result:

I haven't quite mastered the new pc so I wasn't able to get a close up but I hope you can see the shine on the card! Love it!! After running the Butterflies Dies through the Big Shot, you stamp in Staz On black ink and color the image. Then, using Saran wrap you dab some frost white shimmer paint, heat set and then sponge with your desired color, wiping off the excess. Super Easy!!! You also have to love River Rock paired with Early Espresso with Pretty in Pink. Hope you have a great Friday!
Karin

Triple Stamping

Hi All,
Took a few minutes from my cleaning time and attempted a cool technique that I had seen on Dawn Olchefske's blog that I have fallen in love with. It is called "Triple Stamping". You basically layer three pieces of cardstock, stamp them and then mat them individually lining them up at the end to look like this:

I am thrilled with my first "try"! Its so much easier with the new ink pads!! They are super easy to get good coverage with! I used Elements of Style, Pursuit of Happiness and am giving you a "sneak peek" of a Reason to Smile!!! Love love LOVE the daisy from that set! Can't wait to tell you all about it on July 1st!! I am now planning on making this card for my stamp club in July. Hope they love the technique as much as I do!!
Later Karin

Another "two for one"!

Happy Easter Everyone!
Decided to relax a bit this morning instead of running to the gym and complete at least one card. My sister's birthday is mid April and I am meeting up with her at my fathers place in Florida and thought I would replenish her "card box". I need to add some birthday cards to the mix and I had gone on over to Pals Paper Arts and they had a beautiful color challenge:

Perfect colors for Spring! Now that I had my color palette I needed a sketch so I went on over to Stamping 411 and this was their Saturday Sketch Challenge for the week:

So I combined the two and here is what I came up with:

Here is what I used:

Stamps: Well Scripted (sadly retired) and Elements of Style (hope it never retires!)

Ink: Chocolate Chip Craft ink, Certainly Celery and Pretty in Pink

Punches: Decorative Label and 2 1/2 Circle punch

Embellishments Clear Embossing Powder, Beautiful Wings Emosslits, Vintage Wall paper folder, Pretty In Pink Satin Ribbon and Pearls

Tools: Blender Pen, Big Shot and Heat Tool

I had actually heat embossed the flowers with the chocolate chip craft ink so I could color the flowers with the blender pen and give it different tones.

Have a great Easter!

Karin

Saturday Sketch Challenge

 

Hi All,
Gave myself a good amount of time to craft this weekend, as I was trying to get a few Easter cards done and make plans for an upcoming stamp club. I wanted to complete at least one of the cards that I will present to the ladies and was fresh out of ideas, I knew the DP I wanted to use and had an idea for a technique to showcase, just needed a layout. I happened on over to the Saturday Sketch Challenge at Stamping411 Blogspot and this was their great sketch:

And here is what I came up with:

I took a little bit of liberty on the center panel and really liked how it came out. Here is what I used:
Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Very Vanilla, Early Espresso and First Edition DP (great stuff!)
Ink: Early Espresso
Stamp Set: Elements of Style
Punches: Small Oval, 1" circle and Modern Label
Other: Victorian Lace, Large sticky back pearls, brights brads, Big Shot and Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, water color pencils and blender pens
Thanks for stopping by!
Karin



Stampin Success Contest Cards

Hi All,
Been a busy morning! Happy to report the "storm" was a bust so I got to spend time raking in front of the barn!! Can't imagine that in any past February I would be able to do that!! Anyway I wanted to share three cards I sent into Stampin Up's Demonstrator Magazine's contest in January. They have three categories and I chose to enter two cards that I would "Demo" at a workshop. Here they are:

I also entered one card that I would offer as a "Make and Take" which means you get to make and take at a workshop. Here is that entry:

Sorry the pictures are a little tilted!! Not much of a photographer!! Well off to go ride my horse! Enjoy the day!!
Karin

Freshly Made Sketches #18

Evening All,
Dinner is taking to long to cook so I decided to make a card. Sadly I am in need of a few sympathy cards and I always seem to have a hard time starting those. For inspiration I headed on over to Freshly Made Blogspot and they did not disappoint. Linda Callahan designed a great sketch:

Here is what I came up with:

Here is what I used:

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black and DP that retired ages ago and I did not keep the title!!

Ink: Basic Black

Stamp Sets: Loving Thoughts and Elements of Style

Embellishments: Basic Black Satin Ribbon, Heat Tool and Black Embossing Powder

Happy Friday and GO PATS!

Karin

Inkspriation Challenge #98

Evening All,
Well I was in the mood to stamp "something" before I worked out so I searched for a challenge that would inspire me. I happened upon Inkspiration's Color Challenge. Their challenge was to use the following colors:

I was ready for a little "non" Christmas creativity and here is what I came up with:

I love the stained glass technique! Such a great, soft look! To do this technique you emboss the image on Vellum Cardstock, turn it over and color in the image, which gives it the stained glass appearance. My recipe is as follows:

Paper: So Saffron, Whisper White and Vellum Cardstock

Stamps: Elements of Style

Markers: Rose Red and Wild Wasabi

Embellishments: White embossing powder, heat tool, Big Shot, Lattice embossing folder, white organza ribbon and sticky back pearls.

I love the end result and hope you do to!

Karin