Hello!

Hello!  Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

Today I want to share a card that I made for a color/photo challenge from Craftin Desert Divas.  This was my first ever color challenge and I felt the challenge for sure.   If you have never tried one, I challenge you!   Here is the color pallet to work with!

 

 

 

The card itself holds TONS of layers.  The Fancy Frames from Craftin Desert Divas is probably one of my most favorite purchases.  I use these dies non stop.

 

I picked up some Bristol watercoloring paper from Michaels this past week.. There was a wicked sale so I decided to get out my Zig Markers for this project.  While I still need practice, I do love these markers. 

 

 

 

 

Craftin Desert Divas products used:...
Fancy Frames : http://craftindesertdivas.com/fancy-frame-dies/
Pocket Pieces Hello: http://craftindesertdivas.com/pocket-pieces-hello-dies/
Chickie: http://craftindesertdivas.com/chickie/
Sequins: http://craftindesertdivas.com/pastel-paradise-sequins/

 

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Happy Crafting

 

This card is entered into the linky challenge at Craftin Desert Divas

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

 



Thank you

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I was raised to send thank you notes and still do to this day.  I try to send as many as possible and this one hits it out of the park.

 

My favorite thing to look at is the sky so a thank you note with the sky background is ME!

 

I started out using the Brutus Monroe cardstock (I'm obsessed with his cardstock).  I then took Brutus Monroe ink (Zest, Locomotive and Aubergine and the detail ink for the tree line)  These are chalk inks and are phenomenal.  They are permanent and you can water color with them if you wish.. I took my blending tool and created a beautiful sky.  I am all about sunsets, so to see the ending of the sunset on this card made me smile from ear to ear.

 

I then took my MISTI (by the way goes beyond it's name) and lined up the tree line stamp (from Concord & 9th - written in stars.  and stamped 2.5 times to make my tree line.

 

I stamped Thank you (from Honey Bee Stamps) and embossed with Lindy's Stamp Gang embossing powder.  Lindy's embossing powder is out of this world amazing.. it has a shimmer to it and it just adds a beautiful touch.

 

I then took the star stamp from the written in stars set and stamped several and embossed with again Lindy's Stamp Gang embossing powder.  I had to include the shooting star from the same set.  I just recently got the Sparkle pens from Spectrum Noir and so I tried to use the yellow and fairly certain I may not use it again over embossing powder.. It kinds just ran off.. Lesson learned!

 

I hope this sparked a creativeness in our mind to craft. 

Happy Crafting

~Kara

 



Holiday Bows

Hello!  Thanks for stopping by today!  Can I just say, there is never too much PURPLE in the world!!  I am obsessed with anything purple and had the bright idea to try a purple Christmas card.

 

I used The Holiday Bow stamp set from The Ton.  This is a layering stamp set and the outcome is just so gorgeousness.  The look of a real bow is just amazing.

 

The cardstock base is Kraft, then a layer of white, purple and back to Kraft for the main part of the card.

 

I took some twine and made it look as if they were hanging.  One can never have enough sequins, so I dressed it up a bit with shiny beautiful sequins.  I used Momento purple Ink and Hero Arts Unicorn white.  Merry Christmas I embossed with Hero Arts white fine powder.

 

The sentiment came from My Style stamps.  It may be a little too large on the page.  I am undecided about that.  I am happy to say that I will be making these as my cards this year.  So I will play around with maybe a smaller sentiment or even rearranging how the page looks.

 

I am extremely happy with how it came out.  It looks stunning in person.