Caring Hearts Card Drive Take 2

These Penny Black birds from Winter Wonderland seem to make their way onto my Christmas projects at least once a year.

This year they're stacking up for the Caring Hearts Card Drive!

A simple stitched snow hill embossed with snowflakes grounds the grouping of birds.  Patterned paper backgrounds determine the colors of Copics and card stock.  I produced ten cards of this design to send to the Caring Hearts Card Drive.  Please click on the link to read all about the drive and how you can get involved.
 

Supplies:
Stamps:  Penny Black Winter Wonderland, PTI O Holy Night
Dies:  PTI Make It Market Kit: Shakers and Sprinkles (rectangle frame), ME Landscape Trio
Paper:  BoBunny Altitude Collection, Paper Studio Holiday Cheer, DCWV the Winter Basics, MFT Pure Plum
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaMark
Copics: 0, C0,1,3, E11,13,15,18,50,51, R00, 27,29,56,59, RV63,66,69, B12,21,32
Other: Paper Studios snowflake embossing folder, SSS fine detail white embossing powder

Thanks for coming over to visit.  I hope you are having a wonderful day!
Kara Lynne

Caring Hearts Card Drive

I'm happy to participate in the Caring Hearts Card Drive this year.  There's still plenty of time to join in on the fun!  I made each of the cards below with a tag as the focal point.  I made 20 cards, 3-5 tags of each of the designs and added them to a simple dry embossed snowflake background.  Each of the cards has a message stamped inside.  I kept the inside message simple and bold so it would be easy to read.

The three designs above were cut using the Silhouette and embellished with some of my favorite Christmas images (supplies listed below).  The top two are shaker tags.

The two tags above feature PTI stamps and dies.

This little guy is a retired image from LOTV called Puppy Post.

The Caring Hearts Card Drive is a great way to reach out to our lonely elders living in nursing homes.  I hope to make more cards for this fantastic cause.  Click on the link to get all the details.

 

Supplies:

Stamps:  MFT Jingle All the Way, ME Reindeer Games, ME Believe in Magic, PTI Nativity Mini Stamp Set, PTI Oh Holy Night, LOTV Puppy Post

Dies:  PTI Scene It: Bethlehem, Scene It: Basic Backer Die, Petite Places Nativity Die, Silhouette Oh Come Let Us Adore Him, Silhouette Christmas tags

Other: Copics, Paper Studios Snowflake embossing folder, twine and ribbon scraps, Paper Studio Holiday Cheer paper pack,  Imagine Crafts Shimmer Spritz - Sparkle

Thanks for coming over to visit.  I hope you are having a wonderful day!

Kara Lynne

Tag, You're It! #75 with Marcia Hill

Today we kick off a new challenge over at Tag, You're It! with a wonderful fall scene by my dear blogging friend, Marcia Hill!  Marcia is my special guest for this challenge.  Marcia is a beautiful, talented, and encouraging card maker and blogger.  She has a "clean and layered" style which I LOVE, and she's not afraid to try new techniques.

Here's how I was inspired by Marcia:

Here's Marcia's delightful tag:

When I saw Marcia's tag, I was so excited to recreate the fall theme, but as you can see, my tag decided to take another route.

I received a gift certificate in a release blog hop from Studio Katia.  Thank you, Studio Katia!  I chose this adorable stamp set and tag die.  Although it's fall, and this bear is getting ready to go into hibernation, just now he's ready for a party!  The tag shape is similar to Marcia's and her fall sky turned into a blue glittery background for my bear.  The floating orange balloon is reflective of Maria's little orange leaf.

Supplies:

Stamps: Studio Katia Kobi the Birthday Bear

Dies:  Studio Katia dotted Shaker Tag 2

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Copics:  E23,25,27,30,31,35,37,50,51,53, YR00,61,65,68

Other:  glitter paper by Recollections, floss - Hobby Lobby brand

I hope you will join us over at Tag, You're It! for this new challenge.  Take a look there and see the many ways our design team was inspired by Marcia.

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

Kara Lynne

A Bookworm Birthday

I'm sharing a card today that I made for a voracious reader (I just liked using the word voracious).  Anyway, I haven't inked up the Our Story MFT stamp set yet, and I was inspired by the many great cards that used it in the MFT Superstar challenge.  This is the inside of the card and the chair and table are popped up.

This is how I imagine my dear aunt enjoying her birthday - curled up with her yellow lab and kitty.  A banner in the back says it's her birthday, but she enjoys quiet time alone.  You may recognize the images in the picture on the wall behind the girl.  They are from the MFT stamp set Up in the Air.

 Here's the front of the card:

Supplies:
Stamps:  MFT Our Story, Up in the Air, Happy Hippos (balloons)
Dies:  MFT Celebrate, Fringed Scalloped Borders, Stitched Scallop Basic Edge, Inside and Out Stitched Rounded Rectangle Stax, Pop Up Elements Narrow
Copics:  E000, 00, 11,31,33,35,37,39,50, C00,0,2,7,8, BG70,72,75,78, YG00, 03,06, Y21,23,26, R00, 12,14, YR00,20 BV00
Patterned Paper:  MFT Dots and Stripes Confection, Plaid Patterns
Other:  Woodgrain embossing folder, DI Tea Dye, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

This card is going over to play in the following challenges:

Yay!  It's Darnell's 12th NBUS Challenge!  All three stamp sets I mentioned are NBUS!

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for coming over for a visit.  I hope you are having a wonderful day!
Kara Lynne

There's A Mermaid in the Lake

Imagine this surprise whist taking a walk through the woods one crisp autumn day!  I think the mermaid looks a bit more surprised than the curious little girl.

The card is a vertical tri-fold which splits where the water and land meet.  As a tri-fold, the card opens twice.  Here's the middle when the bottom flap is opened:

A close-up of this little lady in the lake:

Supplies:
Stamps:  MFT Jingle All the Way, Mermazing, Magical Unicorns (sentiment)
Copics: Y13,15,17, B000,00,12,14,21,91, RV000,00,21,23,29, R20,YR00, 14,15,18,65, YG000,00,03,11,61,63,67, G13,17,40,43 E000,00,11,13,15,30,31,33,35,37,39,40,49,50,51
Ink:  Memento Desert Sand, Archival Coffee (sentiment)
Other:  Signo white gel pen

This card is for the coloring virtuoso category in MFT's Card Design Supertar Contest.  I sure have enjoyed seeing all the entries linked up.  I hope you are having a chance to play along too!

Thanks for coming by to visit!  I hope you're having a wonderful day!
Kara Lynne

Let's Do the Conga with MFT Princesses!

I have a pop-up card to share today that I made with the MFT Card Design Superstar Contest in mind.  This is the inside of the card, and these princesses are on their way to the castle via conga line!

Here's a close-up of the princesses.  They are a nod to Sandy Allnock and her human rainbow.  It is the same stamp image used for each girl, and I give details about the Copic colors I used on each girl below.

Here is a little more detail on the bridge dimension:

The card, of course, closes flat, and here is the front design:

It was so much fun playing with different skin color and hair styles!  Here's a close up of each girl:

   

If you're interested in the process, I took several photos along the way:

First, the pop-up elements were die cut and the water, sky, and bridge support were inked.

Second, I added the cobble walkway (Copic free form rock shapes), the back of the bridge, and the clouds.

Next came the back towers and the front wall.  The arches were die cut using the castle door die.

Finally, I attached the front towers, and voila!  We have a bridge!  The girls were adhered together to form their conga line, and attached with a scored piece of cardstock to the bridge.  Sort of like a long L bracket.

I felt like a civil engineer designing my little paper pop-up!  It was so much fun, and a great way to display that rainbow of princesses.  I will enter the card into the Innovation Master category of the MFT Card Design Superstar Contest.

Supplies:
Stamps:  MFT Once Upon A Time, Polar Bear Pals (sentiment)
Dies:  MFT Celebrate, Friend, Castle, Pop-up Elements Narrow, Stitched Cloud Edges
Stencils:  MFT English Brick, Radiating Rays, Mini Cloud Edges
Ink:  DI Iced Spruce, Weathered Wood, Squeezed Lemonade, Mowed Lawn, Archival Jet Black, Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper:  MFT Berrylicious, Neenah Solar White
Other:  Wink of Stella Clear, Clarity Stencil Brush, ink blenders, MISTI
Copics:  C0, 1,2,3, W00, 1, G12, RV66, Y19 (cobblestones and outer castle)

Copic List for Princesses:
Girl in Yellow Dress - skin: E000,53, BV000, R00, hair: E30,31,33,35,37, dress: Y11,13,15,19
Girl in Red Dress - skin: E13,57,49, hair: 100, E18,23,27,79, dress: R00, 32,35,37
Girl in Green Dress - skin: E000,00,93, V12, R20, hair: E13,15,18,97 dress:  YG0000,21, 23, 25
Girl in Aqua Dress - skin: E50,51,53, B91, hair: 100, C3,7,BV04,13,23, dress: BG10,11,13,15
Girl in Blue Dress - skin: E23,25,27 hair: 100, C6, B21,24 dress: B000, 00, 12,14,16
Girl in Orange Dress - skin: E000,00,11, R20, hair: E51,53,Y23,26,32, dress: YR61,65,68
Girl in Purple Dress - skin: E11,33, V15, hair: E35,37,39,49,79, dress: V01,04,09,15

Thanks for coming over to visit!  I hope you are having a wonderful day.  If not, maybe try the conga!
Kara Lynne

Back from a Summer Break and TYI Challenge #73

Hello!  It's so good to be back to blogging.  I hope you had a great summer (or winter, depending on your hemisphere).  The time seemed to whiz by, but it was a much needed break with my family and all the activities of summer.  Our girls are turning 14 and 16, and will be out the door before I realize what's happening!

I'm starting out fall with a thank you tag for Tag, You're It! inspired by my talented friend, Tracey:

Here's Tracey's beautiful tag:

Who can resist the resist!  That was the first thing that caught me eye with Tracey's beautiful medallion and water droplets.  Secondly, I wanted to reflect the tag's bottom edge with the picket fence.  Fall, apples, and picket fences - so much for which to be thankful!

Supplies:

Stamps:  PTI What the Doodle Apple

Dies:  Lawn Fawn Little Picket Fence Border

Ink:  DI Candied Apple, Picked Raspberry, Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaMark

Other:  SSS White Fine Detail embossing powder, spray bottle, water, thread from Hobby Lobby, finger daubers, Making Memories eyelet tool (to make the hole on the top of the tag).

Check out how others were inspired and join us in CASEing Tracey's tag over at Tag, You're It!  Thanks so much for coming over to visit!  I hope you have a wonderful day, and I will be around to catch up in blogland soon!

Kara Lynne