Twofer Card Challenge #33: Stars

Yay!  It's November 10th, and that means it's time for a new Twofer!  This month we're looking up to the sky and we're seeing stars!  My star of choice is a stamp from Lawn Fawn's Super Star stamp set.

I turned him into a star fish on this birthday card. He's the smaller of the two.  I used a Copic Multi-liner to add a few dots to match his starfish friend from Lawn Fawn's So Jelly stamp set.  The shells and sentiments come from several Lawn Fawn sets and are all listed in the supplies below.  The sand and water were created with LF stencils and Distress ink.  I added Copics to shade in the sand.

We move from the water into the sky and now my little muse has become a shooting star!  I heat embossed him and the sentiment in white.  The galaxy was created with distress inks, water, and white acrylic paint for the little stars.

Supplies:
Stamps: LF Upon A Star, Super Star, So Smooth, So Jelly, Life is Good, On the Beach
Dies:  MFT In and Out Stitched Rounded Rectangles
Stencils: LF Hillside
Ink: LF Clear, Jet Black, DI Salty Ocean, Tea Dye, Picked Raspberry, Blueprint Sketch, Chipped Sapphire
Copics:  E31,33,35, RV00,21,23, BV00,01,02,20, B21, Y11,13,17,21,23, multi-liner .03
Other:  LF White embossing powder, white acrylic paint

Two big announcements: 
1.  For this month only, there are prizes for this challenge!
2. Also for this month only, cards can be for the same occasion (Christmas is just around the corner).

I hope you will join us this star-studded month over in the Twofer gallery!  Please head over to the Twofer Card Challenge blog for all the details and much more inspiration from our guest designers, Pia and Liz, and the rest of the team!

Thanks for coming over to visit!

May the Lord bless you today!

Kara

Twofer Card Challenge #32: Silhouettes

It's time for a new Twofer Card Challenge!  This month is all about silhouettes.  My silhouette of choice is Frederick the Fox and also Cocoa the Bunny, illustrated by Julian Charlton for Purple Onion Designs:

Cocoa is quite the character!  I'm not sure how he got up there, but I was told by my daughter that it's not that uncommon for bunnies to be up on the moon, and referred me to the legend of "Conejo en la Luna" which is like the man in the moon, only in some cultures, it's a rabbit instead.  Cocoa liked the idea. 

I masked off the moon and ink blended around it.  Once the lighter colors were blended, I put a LF hillside stencil on the bottom, and then blended with the darker colors.  I then stamped the images with Archival Jet Black ink.

Tux the Penguin is about to take a topple here.  Cocoa used Frederick as a distraction.  I'm not sure if Cocoa is prepared for the repercussions of his actions. 

All of the images were either stamped with clear ink and white heat embossed, or stamped with Archival Jet Black ink.

I hope you will join us this month over at the Twofer Card Challenge!  

Please stop by to see the amazing twofers by our guest designers Carol, and Shawna and the rest of the team!

Supplies:
Purple Onion Designs Stamps:  Julian Charlton's Cocoa, Frederick, Tux, Twin Trees, Igloo and Snowballs, Happy Skies, Happy Winter Forest Friends, 4x6 Clear Mounting Stamp
Ink:  Archival Ink Jet Black, Lawn Fawn Clear, Distress Ink Stormy Sky, Faded Jeans, Dusty Concord, Chipped Sapphire, Black Soot
Other: Lawn Fawn Hillside Stencil, Lawn Fawn white embossing powder, Gelly Roll white gel pen

Thanks for coming over to visit!

May the Lord bless you today!

Kara

Twofer Card Challenge #31: Trees

Festive Fall or Winter Wonderland?  How about both!  It's time for a new challenge over at the Twofer Card Challenge blog, and the prompt this month is trees.  My tree of choice is actually a die cut row of trees and houses called Forest Village by Poppystamps (retired).

I die cut the trees twice from sparkly blue cs and cut them away from the houses to create a longer row of trees.  I glued the trees onto white cs and added Nuvo Moonstone Glimmer Paste with a Nuvo spatula.  The hills were created with Lawn Fawn Hillside stencils and ink blended with LF Kiddie Pool ink.  The sentiment also comes from LF, Offset Sayings: Christmas, stamped in both Kiddie Pool ink and clear embossing powder. 

Here I kept the die cut in its original form, paper piecing the insides with fall colors and white for the windows.  I then ink blended over it with DI Gathered Twigs.  The background is chipboard embossed with Taylored Expressions Chevron cover die, also blended with Distress ink.  The hugs die cut is an older one from PTI.

What type of trees will you choose to use for your twofer?  Check out the wonderful inspiration from our guest designers, Helen and Lisa, and the rest of the team over at the Twofer Card Challenge blog!

Thanks for coming over to visit!

May the Lord bless you today!

Kara

Reminder - Twofer Card Challenge #30: Sun/Moon

I hope you can join us this month for our Sun/Moon Twofer Card Challenge!  I chose to use a sun die cut from W+9's Sunshine Layers as my common element on both cards:

The first card is a non-traditional use of the sun die.  I layered two together to create flowers for an over all background design.  There are also raindrops in the set, so I used those for leaves.  The additional polka dots are also the sun's center.

The next card is an encouragement card and uses the sun for its traditional purpose.  The rainbow, clouds, and word are all die cuts from the same set as the sun.  I ink blended the blue panel for an ombre effect.

I hope you are enjoying a little sunshine wherever you are today, but if not, this last card is for you! 

Supplies:

Stamps:  W+9 Sending Sunshine

Dies: W+9 Sunshine Layers, SugarPea Designs Thanks, MFT Stitched Square Frames

Ink:  Catherine Pooler Stone Blue, Juniper Mist

Other:

Thanks for coming over to visit!

May the Lord bless you today!

Kara

Twofer Card Challenge #30: Sun/Moon

It's the tenth of the month which means it's time to begin a new challenge over at Twofer Card Challenge!  This month our theme is sun/moon.  You may choose either one.  I chose a favorite W+9 sun image from A Pocketful.  It has retired from their collection, probably years ago, but it's still one of my go-to sets for spreading sunshine:

I masked and ink blended with Distress inks and then stamped the sun on top of that.  The pocket was stamped with blue ink onto blue cardstock.  I used a white gel pen to highlight the stitching on the pockets and also gold heat embossed the grommets.  The start of the sentiment was white heat embossed onto the pocket and the ink blended die cut word finishes the sentiment.

I stamped the sun in two different shades on this birthday card, turning the stamp to fill in more rays.  The flowers are from the same stamp set.  I added some shaded detail with Copic markers.  The panel was layered with a couple of cardstocks and a white diecut  lace border.  The sentiment, from the same stamp set, was white heat embossed.

Check out all of the inspiration from our guest designers and design team at the Twofer Card Challenge, and then come play along!

 

Supplies:

Stamps: W+9 A Pocketful

Dies:  W+9 Sunshine Layers, Lawn Fawn Lacy Borders

Ink: Distress Ink Carved Pumpkin, Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Faded Jeans, Catherine Pooler Lemoncello, Melon Ice, Be Mine, It's a Girl, Tiara, Lawn Fawn Clear

Other: Lawn Fawn Gold and White embossing powder, Jelly Roll white gel pen

Copics:  YG11, G12, RV52,55

Thanks for coming over to visit!

May the Lord bless you today!

Kara

Twofer Card Challenge #29: Butterflies

Time to Twofer!  We're all a-flutter over at the Twofer Card Challenge blog because our prompt is butterflies!  My butterfly of choice is a die cut from Lawn Fawn's Scalloped Treat Box Spring House Add-on:

This first card is a bit free form.  I had a large sheet of Yupo paper and just played around with different colors.   I cut the panel from an interesting area of the paper, added the sentiment and butterfly which was cut out of the same paper.

The inside completes the sentiment with a Lawn Fawn Hello Pop-up and LF's Oliver's Stitched ABCs.

This birthday card uses both sizes of butterflies from the die set.  I stamped the sentiment in dye ink and then in clear so I could heat emboss it with clear embossing powder.

 And here's the lovely couple together:

Please check out the Twofer Card Channel blog for fantastic inspiration from our amazing guest designers Barb and TK, and the team.  I hope to see you in the gallery!

 

Supplies (affiliate links):
Stamps:  Lawn Fawn (LF) Reveal Wheel Circle Sentiments, LF Wavy Sayings
Dies:  LF Scalloped Treat Box Spring House Add-on, LF Outside/In Stitched Circles, LF Pop-up Hello, LF Oliver's Stitched ABCs
Paper: LF Cilantro cardstock, LF Dandy Day 6x6, LF Perfectly Plaid Spring 6x6, Yupo
Ink: Archival Jet Black, LF Cilantro, LF Clear, Ranger Alcohol inks
Other:  LF clear embossing powder

Thanks for coming over to visit!

May the Lord bless you today!

Kara 

Twofer Card Challenge: #28 Circles/Bubbles

We're feeling bubbly over at the Twofer Card Challenge blog, because it's time to begin June's challenge!  My bubble or circle of choice is Purple Onion Designs' Jackson and Bubbles:

For this first card, "thinking of you" card, I just used the bubble portion of the stamp and paired it with the washing mashing from Paper Smooches Squeaky Clean.  I replaced the center of the machine with a circle stamp rather than the heart shape that comes in it.  I turned it into a shaker that also includes some clear drops, and put the whole thing on a wobbler.  The sentiment is from MFT's Bubble over with Joy (retired).  The die behind it is Simon Says Stamp's Bubble Breeze (retired).

This birthday card includes for full stamp of Jackson and Bubbles.  He's paired with two new friends and a background from Purple Onion Designs' summer release called Sunshine Lake.  Everything was colored using Copic markers.

I hope you'll join us this month with your favorite circle or bubble stamp, die or stencil!  Head on over to the Twofer Card Challenge blog for more inspiration from our talented guests, Jenny and Linda, and design team!

Supplies:
Stamps: POD Jackson and Bubbles, Sampson, August, River, PS Squeaky Clean, Sunny Side Up, MFT Bubble Over with Joy
Dies:  SSS Bubble Breeze

Thanks for coming over to visit!

May the Lord bless you today!

Kara

Twofer Card Challenge #27: Flowers

Happy Twofer Day!  It's the 10th of the month and time for another Twofer Card Challenge.  This month our focus is flowers, so using a flower stamp, die, or stencil on two cards, for two different occasions, and two totally different designs.  My flower of choice are actually the second layer of three flowers from Altenew's Stunning Cosmos:

On a piece of shimmer pink cardstock, I heat embossed the second layer of the Cosmos flowers and their stems with silver embossing powder and fussy cut them out.  I added a gem to the two with centers and arranged the flowers vertically with the stems coming from the left side of the card.  The sentiment, from the same stamp set, was also heat embossed on a strip of the shimmer pink cs, and layered with two silver on silver papers from my scraps.

I used all the layers of the flowers and stems on this friendship/thank you card.  I stamped the layers with Catherine Pooler ink and arranged them in the middle of the card, over an ink blended center.

I hope you will join us this month over at the Twofer Card Challenge!  Please hop over there for much more inspiration from our guest designer, Cindy Beach, and from the team.

 

Supplies:

Stamps:  Altenew Stunning Cosmos, Lawn Fawn Life is Good

Dies:  SSS You

Ink:  CP Eucalyptus, Green Tea, Sauna, Shea Butter, Rockin' Red, Coral Cabana

Paper: Bristol Smooth, PTI Ripe Avocado, LF Guava

Other: LF silver and white embossing powder

Thanks for coming over to visit!

May the Lord bless you today!

Kara

Twofer Card Challenge #26: Rain/Umbrella

Are you ready for a new Twofer Challenge?!  Our theme this month is rain/umbrella.  My image of choice is this puppy, Buddy, from Penny Black's Buddy and Duck stamp set.

Buddy looked like he could walk a tight rope with the way he was holding that umbrella, so I let him try it out on this birthday card.  I was going to stamp water and a shark fin under him, but decided to give him a break since he's working without a net.

Buddy and Duck are fast friends in this next card.  I paper pieced their umbrellas and ink blended the sky with a cloud stencil.

I hope you will join us for this fun challenge!  Please head on over to the Twofer Card Challenge blog to get some wonderful inspiration from our guest designers, TK and Rosi, and the team!

 

Supplies:
Stamps:  Penny Black Buddy and Duck, LF You are Sublime, Coaster Critters, W+9 Sending Sunshine
Dies: LF Stitched Rectangle Frame Stackables, MFT Grassy Hills, Puffy Clouds
Paper:  Doodle Bug Love Birds (umbrellas)
Stencils:  MFT Mini Cloud Edges
Ink:  DI Stormy Sky, Memento Tuxedo Black, LF Clear
Copics: C00,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7, E31,33,35,37,49, YR14,16,68, Y13,15,17,35
Other: Black Twine, LF white embossing powder

Thanks for coming over to visit!

May the Lord bless you today!

Kara

Twofer Card Challenge #25: Spring Animals

Happy Twofer Day!  It's the tenth of the month, the day we begin a new challenge at the Twofer Challenge blog. Spring animals is our theme and I chose a rubber stamp from Lili of the Valley called Easter Sweeties (retired).

My first card is a birthday card.  I partially used this stamp by cutting and separating the ducks to arrange them around the sentiment.

My second card is an Easter card.  I stamped the image in its entirety.

I hope you will join us for this fun challenge!  Please head on over to the Twofer Card Challenge blog to get some wonderful inspiration from our two sweet and talented guest designers Bobby, and Brenda, and the team!

Supplies:
Stamps:  LOTV Easter Sweeties, MFT Birthday Greetings, POD Sweet Occasions Sentiment Set
Dies:  MFT Peek a Boo Wonky Window
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, LF Clear
Other:  LF white embossing powder, Copic markers

Thanks for coming over to visit!

May the Lord bless you today!

Kara

Twofer Card Challenge #24: Fruits

It's time for another Twofer and this time we're featuring fruits!  My fruit of choice is a duo strawberry stamp from Lawn Fawn's So Smooth stamp set:

 I partially inked the strawberry image and stamped it on the little onsie:

 I used the strawberry duo stamp as intended on this flip card:

 The smoothie changes from whole fruits to liquid as the flaps move:

 The card opens to reveal a gift card holder and the final smoothie in a glass:

 

What sort of fruit will you use for this Twofer Card Challenge?  Head on over to the Twofer blog for much more inspiration from our guest, Sonja, and the team, and link up your fruity concoction!

Supplies:
Stamps: Lawn Fawn (LF) So Smooth, Little Bundle
Dies: LF Flippin' Awesome, Flippin' Awesome Add-on, So Smooth, Little Bundle, Mini Pop-up box, Fancy Scallop Rectangle Stackables, Quilted Backdrop
Ink: LF Jet Black, Clear, Deep Sea
Copics:  V000,12,15, B000,01,32,34,37, C00,0,1,2,4,6, Y00,11,13,15, YG01,05,06,11,13, R30,32,35,37
Other:  LF Really Rainbow 6x6 paper pad, LF white embossing powder

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