The Twelve Kits of Occasions: September Edition

It's the final day of September which means it's time to share our cards from Kim's wonderful kit "Food and Friends" over at the Twelve Kits of Occasions!

This little Pop Tart by Lawn Fawn is so cute!  I added a face, arms and legs from LF's Sweet Friends stamp set, and clear Nuvo Drops to make her shine.

This toast and avocado were another fun twosome!

I love this sentiment that Kim included in the kit:

Okay, strange photo of my shaker, I know, but I added a lot of sequins so the recipient would have to shake it around to read the important sentiment.  I did not create that inky paper, that is from Brutus Monroe.

Thank you, Kim, for this kit full of food and fun!  I enjoyed every bit of it!  Please stop by the Twelve Kits of Occasions blog to see the wonderful card creations designed by the talented team!

Kim's supply list can be found over at the Twelve Kits of Occasions blog.
Extra Products I used:
Stamps:  LF Sweet Friends (pop tart face, arms, and legs)
Dies:  LF Speech Bubbles MFT Stitched Rectangle Scalloped Edge Frames,  Spellbinders unlabeled nesting dies
Copics:  RV000,00,10,11,13,14,25,52, C0,1,2,3,4, BG0000,000,01, E31,33,42,43,44,50,51,53,55, N0,2,4,6, G94, YG21,23
Paper:  LF Noble Fir, Brutus Monroe Abstract Elements
Other:  Sequins of unknown origin, Fun foam, Nuvo Crystal Drops - Morning Dew

Thanks for coming over to visit!  May the Lord bless you today!
Kara

Tag, You're It! #97 Fun With Flags

Today starts a new challenge at Tag, You're It!, and we're having "Fun With Flags"!  Flags come in all shapes, sizes, and colors.  Your flag tag can represent your country or an important cause, or just be whimsical - your choice!  I went celebratory whimsical with my flags:

Supplies:
Dies:  Lawn Fawn Tag, You're It (I know, same name!), Happy Birthday Line Border, Flags from Scallop Box Card Pop-up, Berries from Mini Wreath
Paper:  LF Really Rainbow 6x6
Other:  Wink of Stella, The Paper Studio Bright Twine

I hope you will head over to the Tag, You're It! blog where there is lots of inspiration, and the gallery is waiting for you to have "Fun With Flags"!

Thanks for coming over to visit!  May the Lord bless you today!
Kara

I'm Just a Phone Call Away - Video

These two are an ocean away...

but a telephone call can make them feel this close:

I created this one-layer, clean and simple card using a Z fold technique.  The images were stamped with Archival Jet Black ink, colored with Inktense pencils, and then brushed with a damp round water color brush (sizes 2 and 4).  You can see the process I used to fold, stamp and color the images on the video.  You can watch it here, on SugarPea Designs' YouTube channel, or my YouTube Channel:

SugarPea Supplies:

Tin Can Chat Stamp Set

Thanks for coming over to visit!  May the Lord bless you today!

Kara

Stamptember with SugarPea Designs

Today, Simon Says Stamp is collaborating with SugarPea Designs by introducing Nordic Village and coordinating dies.  There are so many possibilities with this set!  I chose to create a bright, snowy little village in hopes for a bright and happy winter to come:

The background was ink blended with Distress Inks and splattered with white acrylic paint.  The village houses were stamped in VersaMark and heat embossed in white.  Once they were die cut and assembled together, I used Zig Markers to color them in, and then lightly splattered over them with the same Zig colors.  Once they were dry, I colored the trees with a BG72 Copic Marker.  The sentiment is from the same set, stamped in Distress Ink Picked Raspberry.  A white panel and the ink blended panel were die cut with Zig Zag Stitched rectangles.  The snowy hill was created with a die from the Card Front Element Builder, and then cut with the Zig Zag Stitched Rectangle.

SugarPea Designs/SSS Supplies:
Nordic Village and Coordinating Dies, Zig Zag Stitched Rectangles, Card Front Element Builder
Other Supplies:
Ink:  Distress Ink Picked Raspberry, Ripe Persimmon, Carved Pumpkin, Mustard Seed, VersaMark
Zigs: Pink, Dark Pink, Orange, Yellow, Copic BG72
Ranger Adirondack Snow Cap acrylic paint, Simon Says Stamp fine detail white embossing powder

Please head on over to Simon Says Stamp's blog for more inspiration and prizes!
Thanks for coming over to visit!  May the Lord bless you today!
Kara

Lawn Fawn Flippin' Awesome Die and the Peanut Gang with Video!

As kids, my brother and I loved to watch any cartoon holiday special on TV, and that included, "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown".  Lawn Fawn's new Spooky Village reminded me of that show, so I thought I'd recreate the scenes in Lawn Fawn style:

I made a video showing how the scenes came together, and how to create it using the LF Flippin' Awesome die.  You can watch it here or on my YouTube channel, or on the Lawn Fawn YouTube channel:

Supplies:

Stamps: Spooky Village, Tiny Christmas, Pick of the Patch, How You Bean Christmas Cookie Add-on, Be Hap-pea, Fortune Teller Tabby, Harold’s ABCs

Dies:  Flippin’ Awesome, Flippin’ Awesome Add-on, Diagonal Gift Card Pocket, Outside In Stitched Rectangle Stackables, Tiny Christmas coordinating dies, Party Balloons

Paper:  Rainforest, Fake Tan, Fall Fling 6x6, Raspberry, Black Licorice, White

Ink:  Jet Black, Clear

Other:  Glue Tube, Post-it full stick back, ¼” double sided tape, white embossing powder, MISTI, Bone Folder, Score-board, Stamp Shammy, Copics, Cutter Bee Scissors

Copics:  B23,91, BG10, Y08,11, E21,33,39, YR68, R27, G46, YG05,17, C2,4, 100, Multi-liner .3 

Thanks for coming over to visit!  May the Lord bless you today!
Kara

May Your Christmas Be Merry

It's Lawn Fawn's September Inspiration Week, and I'm excited to play with all the new products!  I love the papers from the Snow Day Remix, and thought they would be a great way to set this scene:

Do you see Santa's feet sticking out there in the fireplace?  Good thing I fussy cut out the fire first!

When the tab is pulled, Santa heads back up the chimney to reveal the rest of the sentiment.

Lawn Fawn Supplies:
Stamps:  Offset Sayings: Christmas, Ho-ho-holidays, Christmas Dreams
Dies: Mini String of Lights, Rooftop Border (Chimney), Flippin' Awesome (straight banner), Flippin' Awesome Add-on (stitched rectangle), Let's Toast Pull Tab Add-on, Ho-ho-holidays coordinating dies
Paper:  Snow Day Remix 6x6 pad, Chili Pepper, Noble Fir
Ink: Clear, Jet Black, Distress Oxide Black Soot
Other: White embossing powder, embossing ink pen, glitter pen, Glue Tube, 3M foam tape
Copics: E00,21,23,25, R22,24,27,29,32,35,37,N0,2,4,6

Thanks for coming over to visit!  May the Lord bless you today!
Kara

SugarPea Designs September Mix It Up Challenge

We're playing with a beautiful color palette and sketch this month over at SugarPea Designs' Mix It up Challenge #59!  I chose to use both options:

The flowers were stamped around the center of a white card stock panel.  I cut a practice heart out of printer paper to make sure the flowers stamped in a pleasing position all around.  The bottom portion of the card stock was fussy cut away in order to add the striped paper.  The navy heart, word die cut, and banner were layered on top.  The second part of the sentiment was heat embossed in white.  The flowers and part of the word die were colored with Copic markers.

I hope you will play along with us this month!  For more inspiration and all the details, please head on over to the SugarPea Designs blog.

Supplies:
SugarPea Stamps:  Meadow Motifs, Sending Sentiments
SugarCuts:  Postage Stamp (heart and "sending"), Card Front Element Builder, Enjoy Tag Set
SugarPea Paper:  Spots and Stripes Brights
Copics:  W0,2,5, R81,89, RV32,34, YG17,21,23,25, B60,63,66

Thanks for coming over to visit!  May the Lord bless you today!
Kara

Who Lives There?

What little family lives in this tiny dwelling?  More to the point, how do they have electricity?  Do they have plumbing?  How about cable?

I was going for a blended color scheme.  These are the colors in my living room, but we also have orange as an accent color, which is replaced with red at Christmas time.

Supplies:

Stamps:  Purple Onion Designs Tiny Dwelling, Floral Spray

Dies:  MFT Stitched Rectangle STAX

Copics:  YG61,63,67, G20,21, YG01, Y00,21, BG70,72,75, B91

Ink:  Memento New Sprout

Thanks for coming over to visit!  May the Lord bless you today!

Kara

SugarPea Designs September Release Day 5

Today is the fifth and final day of SugarPea Designs' new release.  I hope you enjoyed the week and found some inspiration during the hop!  Today we are featuring the new Floral Pocket Tag and Christmas Character SugarCuts.  This little snowwoman, and all the Christmas characters are so fun to make:

I used Copic markers to shade the die cuts and give texture to her hat, carrot, sticks, and scarf.  I googled a cable knit pattern to see how to create the design.  I finished her up with Copic freckles and little white gel pen highlights.

 

 

 Be sure to leave a comment here and along the blog hop for a chance to win a product from the release!  To start at the beginning, hop on over to the SugarPea Designs blog!

 

Blog Hop List:

Adelle Emery 

Amy Kolling 

Jeanne Jachna
Kara Pogreba

Kelly Lunceford

Nicole Vögeli

Raluca Vezeteu

Simonne Clay 

Tatiana Trafimovich 

Tricia Barber
Vera Yates

Copics Used: RV000,00,52,55, BV000, E21,31,33,37, YG01,05,07,09 YR00,27, C00,0,1,3,8, 100

Thanks for coming over to visit!  May the Lord bless you today!
Kara

SugarPea Designs September Release Day 4

Day four of SugarPea Designs' release is here and we're dishing up some yummy pie!  There are both stand alone pie die cuts, which you can see on my first card, and a pie stamp set that is featured on my second card.  We are also highlighting this new Leaf Cover Plate die which is so pretty!

I shaded the die cut pieces with Copic markers, added a partial sentiment from the Sweet as Pie stamp set, and the whole card came together easily thanks to the Leaf Cover Plate background.

I stamped three images from the Sweet as Pie stamp set in a light tan ink to create a background, colored them with Copic markers, and added a white heat embossed sentiment from the same set.

 

Also Used:
Dies: Zig Zag Stitched Rectangles, Card Front Element Builder
Ink: Distress Ink Mowed Lawn, Memento Dessert Sand, VersaMark
Copics:  C00,2, YG21,61,63, R22,24,27,29,59, E00,21,23,25, Y32,35,38, YR14,15,23,27,68, G12,14,17
Other: SSS fine detail white embossing powder

 

 Be sure to leave a comment here and along the blog hop for a chance to win a product from the release! To start at the beginning, head on over to the SugarPea Designs blog!

Blog Hop List:

Adelle Emery 

Amy Kolling 

Jeanne Jachna
Kara Pogreba

Kelly Lunceford

Nicole Vögeli

Raluca Vezeteu

Simonne Clay 

Tatiana Trafimovich 

Tricia Barber
Vera Yates

Thanks for coming over to visit!  May the Lord bless you today!
Kara

SugarPea Designs September Release Day 3

Slug Bug Red (or punch buggie, if that's your thing)!  This retro VW die is so much fun!  There's even a score line so that the door can open!  It's day three of SugarPea Designs' sneak peek week and so many fun new products to share!

I cut the car out of both red and white card stock and colored the white pieces with Copic markers.  The tires were cut from black and it all came together like pieces of a puzzle.  The tree was shaded as well, and the background is stamped with the new Buffalo Check background stamp.  There are two new word dies with borders.  I used the word "merry", and there is also the word, "joy".

I love the white on red buffalo plaid I've been seeing on Pinterest, so that's where my inspiration came from for this card.  It includes the tree that comes with the Christmas Car die set, and the new Oh So Jolly Sentiments stamp set.

 

Also Used:
Dies:  Zig Zag Stitched Rectangles, Postage Stamp
Ink: VersaMark,
Copics:  BG000,01, C00,1,2,3, E23
Other:  SSS fine detail white embossing powder

Be sure to leave a comment here and along the blog hop for a chance to win a product from the release! To start at the beginning, head on over to the SugarPea Designs blog.

 

Blog Hop List:

Adelle Emery 

Amy Kolling 

Jeanne Jachna
Kara Pogreba

Kelly Lunceford

Nicole Vögeli

Raluca Vezeteu

Simonne Clay 

Tatiana Trafimovich 

Tricia Barber
Vera Yates

Thanks for coming over to visit!  May the Lord bless you today!
Kara