A Camouflaged Die Cut

I love watching the talented team over at Papertrey Ink make so many gorgeous creations with brilliant techniques.  I'm finally taking the plunge!  Laura Bassen demonstrated a technique that gives that "Wow" factor to a card.  She calls it, "camouflaging die cuts".  My card did not stray very far from the inspiration, I just loved it so much!

Sorry about the lighting, we've had such dreary days here lately.  I masked off the bottom portion of a white piece of card stock.  I blended Summer Sunrise, Hibiscus Burst, and Raspberry Fizz together.  I then cut it out with a "Happy" from the One Liners: Happy Dies, and kept all the pieces.  I die cut four more "Happy"s in white, glued them all together, and glued them onto the card.  I waited to glue the top "Happy" on until after I replaced the tiny background pieces.  That way I could get things messy and it wouldn't ruin the top die cut.  I heat embossed the "Birthday" sentiment from Stylish Sentiments: Birthday Stamp Set and added a few sequins from the MakeIt Market Kit: Shakers and Sprinkles.

I hope you take the plunge too and give this technique a try, it's so much fun!
Papertrey Ink Make It Monday #193

Maybe you already know this, but before I go:

I've found a safe way to store my PTI inks.  The Tim Holtz Mini Distress Ink Storage Tin from Ranger holds the PTI Premium Die Cubes perfectly! 



Thanks for visiting today! 

Kara Lynne

Cups Full of Love

I was so happy to see Mama Elephant and ME's challenge.  I just got some of their stamps and dies and couldn't wait to start using them!  "NBUS", as Darnell would call it.  The bonus is that I also have my husband's Valentine card done:

Tea tags and whipped cream?  What kind of concoction is this anyway?  Cups full of love, sweetheart, cups full of love.  This was so fun to put together.  I used the reverse stamp technique and filled in with a Zig Writer marker for the cup on the left.  The whipped cream is a top of a cupcake from Carnival Cupcakes, and those lips received both Wink of Stella and Glossy Accents.  The hearts, whipped cream and tags also received a Wink from Stella.  The "Hello" is inlayed into the cup and pink cardstock.

This card was inspired by the following challenge:
Mama Elephant and ME December Challenge

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, Anything Goes!

Stamps:  ME Cup of Wishes, ME Carnival Cupcakes
Dies:  ME Cup of Wishes, ME Hello Script
Inks:  SSS Maliblue and Hotlips, HA Ultra Pink, Memento Angle Pink, PTI Smokey Shadow
Papers: Doodle Bug Love Birds, PTI Aqua Mist, pink and white from my stash
Tools:  Big Shot, Zig Writer Candy Pink, Wink of Stella Clear, Scotch Foam Tape, Glossy Accents, Xyron Sticker Maker, Scotch 2 sided tape

I hope you have a wonderful day, thanks for visiting!

Kara Lynne

Glittering Snowflakes

The glitter is glistening on my cheek, I can see it out of the corner of my eye as I write this.  Ah, glitter, we have a love/hate relationship you and I.  Anyway, after the glitter dust settled, here is the card that emerged:

 

I cut the shaker window from my Silhouette.  Do you know my Silhouette is now eight years old?!  I'm wondering if that large box wrapped under the tree happens to be a new Cameo, hmm...

The background is dry embossed with a folder from The Paper Studio.  I sprayed everything with Tsukineko Shimmer Spritz Frost, too bad that doesn't show up because it really makes the card.  The hills are cut from Mama Elephant's Landscape Trio.  I edged it with glue and sprinkled Michaels glitter on it.  The sequins and beads in the shaker are also from Michaels.  I used two layers of Fun Foam to support the shaker.  Next time I would only use one layer.  The sentiment is from a retired LOTV set, and the silver embossing powder is from PSX (about 20 years old, and still kicking).

This card was inspired by two wonderful card challenges:
Freshly Made Sketches #166

 

City Crafter Challenge Blog:  Week 241 - Glittering Snowflake

 

 

Virginia Lu Just showed me another appropriate challenge for this card (I love this sweet lady!):

The Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Bling It On!



 

I hope you are finding time to enjoy this wonderful season of the year.  Thanks for coming to visit!

 

Kara Lynne



It's Been Way Too Long!

Where have I been?  Long, long story short, I was working on a marketing project to help keep our daughters' Christian school open.  Sorry to say, it is now closed, but the Lord has provided, and He knows better than I.  Without any extra time, It was difficult not commenting on your boards so I just decided to stay away altogether.  I'm sorry that I did. I can't tell you how much I have missed you all!

Today I have a birthday card that I made for an amazing friend who is a big city explorer:



Paper Smooches Sparks is having an Anything Goes Challenge.  Whew!  Thankfully, because this is certainly not a Christmas card, ha!

Stamps:  Paper Smooches Get Outta Town, Sentiment Sampler
Dies:  Paper Smooches Super 2, Clouds
Paper:  Kaisercraft Lush Collection

Thanks for coming to visit.  I hope to catch up with you all very soon!
Kara Lynne

The Dawn Treader is Back at Port

I'm back from a fun 4th of July camping trip.  We camped at a state park across from Mackinac Island, Michigan.  We toured the island and went swimming in a cold Lake Michigan.  Now that I've returned, I started to look back at my blog feed to catch up.  Wow!  I couldn't even find where I left off!  I'm sorry not to comment on all of your beautiful creations.      

I want to share a Silhouette non-card creation.  When we bought our pop-up camper, I was reading C.S. Lewis' The Voyage of the Dawn Treader to the girls.  We all decided that that would be our vessel's name.  It took me over a year to get the courage to cut into the vinyl and adhere it to the camper.  Finally, I took the plunge and here are the results:

I got the Narnia font off the internet and cut it in black.  Then I cut an inside border version in gold.  I adhered the gold to the black using the transfer paper, and then adhered all the pieces onto the camper using transfer paper and a level.  The W was a little off, but otherwise it came out okay.  I was concerned that I would walk out the next day and see little pieces of vinyl shriveled up on the garage floor, but I'm happy to report that it's still sticking!

Thanks for coming to visit, hope you have a great start to your week!
Kara Lynne

More fun with Dynamic Duos

That gray plus one challenge over at Dynamic Duos kept me thinking...

The gray and pink cardstock are Bazzill.  That gray reminds me of wool cashmere!  The swirl and sentiment were cut on the Silhouette and adhered using the Xyron sticker maker.  I used ribbon from Hobby Lobby's Studio His and Hers.  The embossing folder was Tim Holtz Sizzix Damask.  I used glue dots to adhere the ribbon and papers to the card base.

 This card was inspired by Dynamic Duos #59

Thanks for coming over to visit.  Hope you're having a great day!
Kara Lynne

Only U

I combined two fun challenges together, can you guess what they are? 

I cut circles in three shades of gray card stock on my Silhouette.  These two aqua felt arrows are from Fancy Pants.  I ran everything through the Xyron Sticker Maker.  The tough part was positioning everything on my card!

Here are the challenges that inspired me:

Dynamic Duos #59

 CAS-ual Fridays:  CFC 107

Thanks so much for visiting!  I hope you're having a great start to your week!

Kara Lynne