Smiles and Wishes

Today I am joining City Crafter Challenge week 256 where they are celebrating their anniversary all month by each week allowing us to CASE one of the design team's card.  This week it's Samra's card.  If you've never visited Samra's blog, you really should, for your own sake.  It's a feast for the eyes!  She can do amazing things with paste, gesso, and her hand-made flowers that I cannot even dream of!

I did want to play along, however, and this is what I bring to the table:

Using water color paper, I heat embossed SSS Artful Flowers in white and then painted them with Twinkling H2Os.  I also painted the frame, cut using SSS Stitched Rectangles.  The inner frame is cut with a die from PTI's Shakers + Sprinkles on PTI cs.  The sentiment, from PTI's Stylish Sentiment: Birthday, was heat embossed in Zing Purple.  The frame and flowers behind the vellum were adhered with foam adhesive. 

 

Here's Samra's beautiful card:

Isn't it so soft and elegant!

 

 

My next card is for the wonderful challenge over at Simon Says Stamp Flickr group challenge #16: Watercolor

A little more CAS this time.  I again used SSS Artful Flowers and the same Twinkling H2Os on watercolor paper.  The back panel is also watercolor paper.  I cut out and inlaid SSS Wishing die, also painted with Twinkling H2Os.  The rest of the sentiment is from SSS Sending and Wishing stamp set and it was heat embossed in Zing purple.

I'm editing this post to include my second card over at CCCB.  It was my original CASE of Samra, but then I went with the other card.  Thank you, Samra, for encouraging me to include this one as well!

Thanks so much for coming over to visit!  I hope you have a wonderful day!

Kara Lynne

Welcome Baby!

I think this is the first time I've added more than one card on a post.  It's a bit picture laden today.  I've been working through a collection of Doodlebug papers that I just adore, and decided to post them all at once.  I think I will have baby cards to last through the next decade!  Thank you, Taunya from Daisies Girl for your Twelve Days of Doodlebug and inspiring me to pull out some of my own!

I used Doodlebug Baby Boy stamps and Sizzix matching dies.  The papers are from Doodlebug Sugar and Spice 6x6 pad.  The scalloped frame is from PTI's Shakers+Sprinkles, the card base and twine are Hobby Lobby and the tiny clothes pins are from Walmart.

 

This card is joining the fun over at:

AAA Cards #36:  Easter colors.     SSS Monday Challenge: A is for... Animals!   Virginia's View #14 Layers and Dimension

     

 

My next cards are CAS:

 

I used a Silhouette cut file for the onsie, the little buttons are from Joann's, the yellow cs is from PTI, and the banner die and sentiment are Simon Says Stamp's Tilted Banners

 

This duo is going over to wish CASology DT member, Gillian, and her family a huge CONGRATULATIONS on their new arrival!  CASology's week 141 cue word is: NEWS

I'm also linking these guys up to Addicted to CAS where the code word is: CUTE

The rest of my cards are just coming along for the ride!

 Thank you so much for coming over to visit, especially for such a long post.  I hope you are enjoying your day!

Kara Lynne

Time to Settle In

I had a sketch lying around on my desk for a while, and my daughter, Kate, saw it and thought I should make it into a card.  It's so sweet that she cares!   Monika, of Creative with Monika, sent me a wonderful sentiment that is just perfect for it:

I'm not sure who made the sentiment stamp.  The images are from Paper Smooches Bitty Bungalows, Hang Ups, and Spring Groves.  The papers were scraps I had from The Paper Studio's Khloe Lane, and other snips.  I played again with dimension by popping up the background with fun foam, then popped the various images up with foam adhesive.  The background was cut out using SSS Stitched Rectangles and Mama Elephant's Landscape Trio.  The mailboxes were covered with a silver Sharpie and the mushrooms were given white spots with a Gelly Roll pen.

After I photographed the card, I realized I should've created a frame with the background and put the sentiment one layer down to add even more dimension, but that will have to wait for another day.

This card is joining in the fun over at the following challenges:

Paper Smooches Sparks:  Anything Goes             Virginia's View #14: Layers and Dimension
            

Thank you so much for coming over to visit!  I hope you are settled in and living your life to the fullest!

Kara Lynne

What a Wonderful World

Spring break is over, and it's time for that last leg of school before summer vacation!  As a kid, school years lasted forever, but as a mom, they just whoosh on by so fast, I can't believe it!  My grandma was right when she said it feels like it takes eighteen years for them to turn five, and five years for them to turn eighteen!

I had a little time to color with Copics during the break, so I wanted to make a card using some of my new supplies.  The flowers and sentiment are from Serendipity Stamps, and the tag, some ribbon, and the enamel dots are from Michele of Crimson Owl Creations:



The flowers are Serendipity Stamps, Summer Flower Pops.  I wanted the flowers to look like Gerbera daisies.  I stamped them on the panel, and then stamped a second flower for each, and cut out just the top layer of petals, which is popped up with foam adhesive.  Next, I layered the tag partially up on foam tape, and the sentiment (Serendipity Stamps, And I Think to Myself) partially popped up with foam tape in the other direction.  Then I layered the ribbons together.  See a pattern here?  All my layers are intentional so I can play over at Virginia's View Challenge #14 which is all about layering and dimension!

 

This card was inspired by the following challenges:

 

Serendipity Stamps Challenge Blog #42: Monograms and Verse.  My verse takes center stage on this card.  I love that sentiment!  I can hear Louis Armstrong singing it every time I see it, and it is so beautifully written!

 

Virginia's View Challenge #14:  Layers and Dimensions  I LOVE dimension, thanks for this challenge, Virginia!

 

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge:  A is for...  AND (the first word of my sentiment).

 

Before I go, I want to thank Jess from All the Sparkle for my wonderful prize gift.  Thank you, Jess!

 

Thank you for coming over to visit!  I hope you have a great day, and now that break is over, I hope to visit you all soon!

 

Kara Lynne

 

 

Double Partial Die Cutting and a Winner!

Thank you, everyone who participated in my give away drawing.  It was fun to see how you are all encouraged by our paper crafting community.  The winner is: Hazel of My Card Attic!  Congratulations, Hazel, I will contact you soon so I can get your gift to you. 

It's spring break this week for our family, and I am going to be off line for most of it.  Before I go, I have a card to share for PTI's Make It Monday #207 with Laura Bassen.  She showed us how to partial die cut double time!  I made a simple wedding card.  I love how the background comes through the church windows:

I used PTI's Petite Places: Church, and Mat Stack 3 dies to create the double cut.  Then I cut out the sentiment with PTI's Swoosh and heat embossed the coordinating stamp in white embossing powder.  The heart on the church is cut with a die from Shaker's + Sprinkles from Berry Sorbet cs.  The background was a combination of inks: Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise, Orange Zest, and Berry Sorbet.  The white panel is raised with foam adhesive.

Laura Bassen's card on the Make It Monday #207 video is a real treat!

 

Thanks for coming over to visit!  I will be away from blogland for most of spring break, so I want to wish everyone an early Happy Easter.  Have a wonderful day!

 

Kara Lynne

Ellie's Thank You

Please don't forget to comment on THIS post for your chance to win the give away!  You have until noon CST Monday, March 30th.

I am so exited to finally put ink to paper with W+9's Unforgettable, and Fresh Cut Florals!  I've had Fresh Cut Flowers for a while, but only played around with it; I never made a card.  Guess what came in the mail....The MISTI!  

The sun was going down, and the pink card base was glowing onto the white background, so pictures got a little strange.  Look at the difference in depth between these two!  I used a wide variety of W+9, SSS, and HA shadow inks.  I die cut Fresh Cut Florals first and then stamped them using the MISTI.  I put the little pieces on a sticky note so they wouldn't move, and then placed the stamp on them, shut the door, opened it, inked the stamp and closed the door.  It was a lot of fun!  I cut an oval out of a piece of white cs and embossed it with a -- folder.  The background was ink blended with Broken China and Mowed Lawn.  I cut out the little Ellie and cut further into her trunk in order for her to hold her little flower.  Ellie and her flower were colored with Copics.  I used the MISTI to stamp the sentiment which is also from Fresh Cut Flowers.  The card base is PTI's Raspberry Fizz.

This card was inspired by the following challenges:
W+9's Throwback Thursday #2 - Very Vintage Florals.  Fresh Cut Florals are my oldest W+9 stamps and I was inspired by the first and second card examples.

Fusion Card Challenge (Cupcake Inspiration).  My last two posts had cupcakes on them so today I just used the sketch.

Darnell's NBUS Challenge #4.  I love Darnell's challenge, it makes me so happy to use NBUS.  Today it is MISTI and W+9's Unforgettable.


Thanks for stopping by for a visit!  I hope you are having a wonderful day!

Kara Lynne

Guest Designer Over at Tag You're It! Challenge

It is my privilege and pleasure to be guest designing at Tag You're It! for challenge #18. Our inspiration comes from none other than Nancy Penir!  Nancy is an amazing card artist with a style I admire!  She's all into the details.  As I studied her card, I saw the double ribbon, the music, embossing, button...so much inspiration!

I kept the pink, green and white from her color scheme, copied her double ribbon, the script font "Joy", and the kraft tag complete with music notes on the bottom edge.  I also replicated the shape of her petals and made one flower larger than the others to add interest.

The leafy swirl was cut from PTI Simply Chartreuse and is a combination of three cut files from Silhouette: Holly Flourish, Holly, 8 Fall Leaves.  The tags were cut from white and kraft with the Silhouette cut file "3 Tags".  The flowers were cut on the Silhouette with the cut file "5-Petal Flowers".  They were then stamped using the W+9 Fresh Cut Florals stamp set in PTI Hibiscus Burst and Raspberry Fizz.  The music is a background stamp from Glitz it Now.  It was heat embossed in white.  The word "JOY" was cut on the Silhouette in a font called Exmouth.  The plaid ribbon was in the dollar section at Target and the white ribbon is from Hobby Lobby.  The pink background paper is The Paper Studio's Khole Lane , and the card base is Hobby Lobby.  The tags were distressed at the ends a bit with DI Brushed Corduroy.

Please check out the design team's incredible inspiration, and I hope you have a chance to join in the fun over at Tag You're It! for challenge #18.  You'll also want to visit Nancy Penir's delightful blog, you won't be disappointed!

I would also like to participate in Darnell's NBUS Challenge #4 with my debut of NBUS stamp set W+9 Fresh Cut Flowers.

Thanks for coming over to visit!  I hope you have a wonderful day!

Kara Lynne