Make a Wish

I've been wanting to play along with the new Dynamic Duo Challenge.  It looks so fun to design around two colors.  This week it's Mambo Melon and Basic Black with the option of ribbon.

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The girl was fussy cut, colored with Copics and paper pieced a bit.  The gems were colored with Copic RV25.  The glitter glue is from Crayola and it's PINK, but looks a bit orange-ish on the photo.  I sewed the candles on with some craft thread.  I had to draw in the flames.  The ribbon and papers are from my stash.  My white cardstock is from Wal-mart.  I really should get some of that great Neenah cardstock every one is talking about as I live just minutes from the Neenah paper mill!

This card is entered in the following challenge:
Dynamic Duos #7

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you're having a great day!

Kara Lynne

Blossom in the Garden

We took our girls camping this past weekend in Door County.  It's about 1 1/2 hours away from the house, so it's perfect for a weekend get-away.  So glad the majority of the rain held off because now we're having severe thunderstorms.  Does anyone else camp?  We have a pop up, also known as a tent camper.  I have found that people have distinct ideas about what is camping, but if you want this Mamma to come along, best to give me a bed and a roof!  It was Father's Day weekend, of course, and the girls and I pampered my wonderful husband as much as we could, but so much of the manly camping duties do fall to him.  Thankfully, he loves it, and he finds these times with the family priceless. 

I made this card for the Lili's Little Fairies challenge.  The theme this week is "In the Garden."  This image from LOTV, Blossom, reminds me of my favorite garden activity as a girl: climbing trees! 

The image was colored with Copics.  I tied a bit of craft thread in her hair, and raised the lower parts of the image with foam.  All of the papers are from the Prima Madeline Collection 6"X6" paper stack.  I cut out the "frame" from one of the papers, and made a hill out of the inside of it.  I used three other papers to create the sky, grass, and path.  The fence is a Sihouette cut from their online store, and the little pink circle flowers are from an EK Success punch I can't seem to find online.  I thought the card was getting too cluttered for a sentiment, so that will go inside depending on the situation.  I will also probably write the person's name in the little sentiment area you see in the lower left, it is part of the paper design.   

You were all so busy!  I hope I've caught up with following your wonderful blogs, but if I've missed coming over, please forgive me.  I'm meeting so many beautiful, talented ladies through blogging, and there seems to be new faces and exciting new blogs to discover every day!  I got home to find a lovely surprise on Virginia L's blog!  She randomly selected my comment from her spotlight as Moxie Fabber of the Week on Moxie Fab World.  Thank you, Virginia!  Look at what she so generously gave me:

 

Thank you for coming over, and for your encouraging comments!  I hope you have a great day.
Kara Lynne

Spot On

Today I made a fun card using my Silhouette machine.  I've had that wonderful machine since they first came out here in the U.S.  I can't remember what year it was, but I can probably look back at my girls' scrapbooks to see when the titles stopped looking hand cut.  That little machine was one of the best craft purchases I ever made!   

A fairly simple card.  The sentiment on the background was computer generated.  I cut the circles and letters with my Silhouette.  The circles with the words are raised with foam and the other dots went through the Xyron before I placed them on the white background.  The background was then raised with foam and adhered to the card base.  All of the papers were scraps from my stash.

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This card is entered in CAS-ual Fridays CFC56

Thanks so much for visiting, I hope you have a great day!
Kara Lynne

Runway Inspired "Thanks"

This card is my third attempt at the latest Runway Inspired "House of Holland" Challenge.  I have a new hounds-tooth embossing plate that I was sure I would use for it, but after two design misses, I ended up stamping the hounds-tooth.  So glad there are options!  I'll probably save the other two for future cards, but never use them - ha!

This was a tough one to photograph.  Now this is a glossy card, but my first picture (below) in direct sunlight made it look ULTRA glossy rather than show the nice true blend.  There is a glare on the blue, so it looks like I didn't stamp it very well even though it came out great.

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I can't find the name of the hounds tooth stamp I used.  I know it's from Hobby Lobby, but it's not online. I will update this when I find it.  The thank you stamp and hounds-tooth on blue are heat embossed with black powder.  The thank you was stamped on the three colors and paper pieced.  The paper on the buttons were stamped black.  The buttons and frame were covered with Glossy Accents.  The background black paper came with that glossy texture.  I had it in my stash for years as well as the other papers, sorry, I can't identify them.

This card is entered in the Runway Inspired Challenge #13 - House of Holland

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

Ahoy Matey...

I have to share some exciting news I received yesterday!  As anyone one who stops by my blog knows,  I am a HUGE Lili of the Valley stamp fan.  If I'm going to color up an image, it's usually from LOTV.  Now in honor of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, LOTV's Ideas to Inspire blog had a candy drawing for a goodie bag worth 60 pounds (sorry, I can't find the sign for pounds)!  701 of us put our names into the pool and guess who won!  I was shocked, and so grateful!!!  I just stared at my name in disbelief.  Coming to, I decided to celebrate, and how does one celebrate such an occasion?  By making a card!



Another new image from LOTV with the boy and his dog called, Walk the Plank.  They are colored with Copics.  That poor dog!  Well, he loves that little boy and will put up with a lot.  I made the background map by getting some white cardstock wet, scrunching it, and rubbing it over some Ranger Distress Ink.  I singed the edges with a kitchen lighter (outside, phew!  Smelled like a campfire).  It didn't get brown like I thought it would, probably because it was still damp, but for the best, because it makes the paper too brittle.  So, Ranger to the rescue!  I just blended ink around the edges to distress it more.  I drew a couple of green blobs with a blue line around them with Copics.  I used a Zig Writer for the black dotted lines and sentiment.  The ship's wheel, skull, ship, and compass were cut using my Silhouette and distressed.  The ship's wheel was sprayed with Glimmer Mist.  I wet and rolled the paper sentiment and distressed that too.  I usually use a light box and copy a computer font when I have to write a sentiment, but I thought free hand would look more authentic, meh.  Now I'm looking at the right lower corner and wonder if it needs something to better ground the image, but I was afraid the card was getting too busy.

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This card is entered in the following challenges:
Lili's Little Fairies: One for the Boys

Our Creative Corner: Embellished Frame

Thanks so much for coming over today.  May you have a wonderful weekend my friends!  I'll post a pic when I get my goodie bag!

Kara Lynne