Three in One!

I wanted to share some of the fun cards we've made at the Thursday Make 'n Take with Scrapendipity the last couple weeks!

We used Gellatos for the first card - so much fun!  We blended with a baby wipe and stamped on top of the background and then stamped and heat embossed a large flower stamp on the centre piece.

I added a sparkly brad and some pink Stickles to the centre of my flower.

I used the Simon Says Stamp set included with the January card kit for the sentiment on the inside.

We die cut the butterflies from foil paper and then used a coordinating embossing folder to add embossed highlights to the large butterfly. The background is stamped with a script stamp and the flowers are stamped with Versamark and then we applied Perfect Pearls - so pretty!

Of course after Make 'n Take I had to do a bit of shopping in the Scrapmobile - parked right on site!! I picked up this cute Magenta girl stencil and the Tim Holtz clockwork stencil and decided to make a tag.

I used Gesso to stencil through a Heidi Swapp heart stencil and used Distress Paint to stencil through a Crafters Workshop arrow stencil. Then I sponged on Distress Ink and stencilled on the clockwork, girl, circles and honeycomb stencils with Distress Inks. After, I stamped on some 7 Gypsies stamps with Archival Ink and added a gem and clip.

 I love how the Gesso and Paint resists the inks! 

Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Anything Goes
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Emboss It

Happy Crafting!

Karla

FCCB Challenge #193 Winter Fun

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

Challenge #193

Winter Fun
 Create a winter inspired project

This Weeks Sponsor

Winner will receive a stamp set of their choice.

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used.

 Please visit the FCCB blog to see the other DT member projects and join in the challenge.

Here is my project - I used the Believe paper from Heidi Swapp for the background snowflake and black script and brightened the layout up with a Cosmo Cricket collection. I used Create A Critter, Art Philosophy and Gypsy Wanderings Cricut cartridge cuts for the title, trees, snowflakes and snowman.

The trees are edged in Distress Ink and 2 are
popped up with foam dots.

Stickles give this guy sparkle!

I welded the snowflake from the Joy cut
with the Fun cut on the Gypsy.

More Stickles and gems
for bling!

And now for the winner of the Valentine Card kit from last Monday:

Congrats to Mayra from Mayrasdesigns.blogspot.com!

Hope you are having a crafty week!

Karla :)

Friends Forever

I just love the pics I take of my girls having fun together! Amie loves helping her little sis, Erica, and I know they are going to be forever friends as well as sisters.

The main theme this month at Scrapping Everyday Miracles is Friends Forever and they have an awesome layout sketch as well! This layout fits into both those categories.

I used some patterned paper by Recollections from Michaels and stickers from a CTMH pack.  The stamps are also from CTMH, and I added some paper flowers with sparkly brads in the centre.

I sponged some Distress Ink on the punched border edge of my paper strips and added some Stickled dots.

Of course I had to add some Stickles to the butterfly and flowers for some sparkle as well as a few gems!

Hope you are having a crafty weekend!

Karla :)

Valentine Aliens

The Simon Says January card kit this month is so cute!  I just love the stamp set included, and there are so many fantastic goodies to make lots of super cute valentines!

I used the adorable alien, stamped twice, for this card.  I made one alien a girl by adding eyelashes and a sparkly bow (using the December card kit) with a gem in the center.  I stamped on watercolour paper and used Tim Holtz Distress markers to watercolour the image and then used Stickles to add sparkly polkadots.

I stamped sentiments directly on the heart patterned paper and used the balloon string included in the stamp set to make 3 balloons. I really like the stitching stamp and used it around the border of the card.

I hope you are getting some cute valentine crafting in! Don't forget to check out my first post as a Design Team member for Fantabulous Cricut here and enter your name to win some fun blog candy!

Happy crafting,

Karla

FCCB Challenge #192- Use a Sentiment Blog Hop

I am sooooo very excited to join the Design Team for the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog!!!

It's a new year and to start it off we have an amazing blog hop planned for you!

 

The challenge this week is to use a sentiment, and as always, use a Cricut cut. 

Our sponsor this week is Scrappy-Moms Stamps. Link up your project at FCCB and you will have a chance to win an awesome stamp set!!

For my project this week I used the Wall Décor and More Cricut Cartridge to create a birthday card for my little girl who will be 7 at the end of the month!

I started with Distress Paints on my craft mat, which I spritzed with water and pressed watercolour paper into.  After drying my background I went over it with Distress Inks to create a beautifully blended background.  This is my favourite way to make a background - so easy, but looks so detailed!

 

I cut the sentiment, shadow, and two layers of the castle with the Wall Décor and More cartridge and slightly offset the castle to create a bit of a shadow. Of course, I had to use glittery cardstock for a princess card!

Inside

Envelope

 I am giving away some blog candy to one lucky winner! Leave a comment and become a follower and I'll choose a winner next Monday, January 13th  to win a Valentine Card Kit, which includes 8 card bases, 8 coordinating patterned papers, a tiny envelope, a Bee Mine stamp set from CTMH, 4 lengths of twine, 8 paper banners, 4 chipboard tags, and 8 stamped Valentine images to colour (4 on watercolour paper and 4 on cardstock)!

 Next stop on the hop is Cool Beans by LB! Be sure to check out her project.

Thanks for joining me and have a Fantabulous week!!

Karla :)

Fire and Ice Tags

The swap last month with Lefty Productions was to create and swap Fire and Ice tags.  I used the Prima Paper Doll stamps by Julie Nutting, which totally remind me of my Nanny who used to draw paper dolls for us.

Fire

 

Ice



 I used Distress Paints to sponge through a stencil onto the background of a vanilla cardstock tag (above), and then I sponged Distress Inks over the background and the paint acts as a resist (below).  Next I sponged Distress Ink on top through another stencil and then added some stamping with black ink and used Brilliance ink in blue and pink to stamp a scroll stamp on each stamp.  I love this ink, it's so shiny!

 For the dolls, I stamped them with brown waterproof ink onto watercolour paper and then water-coloured the skin and hair with Distress Markers.  I paper pieced the dresses and added glitter to the headbands. After gluing down the dolls to the tags I added some embellishments and a piece of yarn to the top.

 

 

 Hope you all have a chance to get some crafting done this weekend!

Karla

Challenges:
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Bling it on!

Christmas Penguin

I wanted to share an adorable little penguin card I made for the playgroup teacher and her little daughter where Erica and I go.  The little girl who's about 18 months absolutely loves penguins so I thought this would be perfect!

 I used the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge for the ornament card, which I cut in a pool colour and heat embossed white snowflakes on, using 3 different stamp sizes.  I added some Snowcap paint dauber to the bottom for snow and cut the cute penguin and the string of lights using the Create A Critter cartridge.  I added a holly sticker to the scarf and some sparkly Stickles on the scarf and lights.

 

 

I used the Martha Stewart Scoring Board to create a square envelope, which I created from patterned paper with a white back side and stamped snowflakes on the front.





 

The inside envelope view showing the patterned paper. 

 



Challenges:
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Bling it on!
Die Cuttin' Divas - Happy Holidays

I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and are enjoying a very pleasant holiday after!

Karla