From the Heart

Hi, hope you had a wonderful weekend! It feels like the days are flying by so quickly and I'm falling behind with my list of to-dos. But, well, I really can't complain as I got some new goodies to play with over the weekend.  And, I did ink up some stamps that are in a box just waiting to be used.

Here's my card:

from this  TCM's May Sketch

This time I stayed true to the sketch pretty much, it's fun just to do so.  No fancy colouring, just a few Copics on that beautiful dress (V000, V01, V04 and RV10, RV13, RV14 for the sash).  The dress was cut out and adhered with pop dots onto the card, where I've also stamped the dress form image with Memento Rich Cocoa.  I added a piece of sheer gathered trim at the bottom of the dress.  The dress form and the sentiment are from TCM's Sew Lovely and the flowers from Simply Delightful stamp set.

Here's another closer look at the card..

There's plenty of time still to play along this challenge if you'd like to.

Since this is a CAS card, I'm submitting it for the Simon Says Stamp challenge as well.

Have a Fabulous week!
Kary

Products used : The Craft's Meow stamps sets Sew Lovely & Simply Delightful, Memento Rich Cocoa & Sweet Plum, Copic Markers, Viva Decor Pearl Pen - Lilac, i-rock crystals, sheer gathered trim, Stampin' Up Embossing folder Square Lattice, Hero Arts Layering paper Lilac.

Friends Forever

A little cutie monster card for you!  I know monsters may not appeal to some but I adore this cute set, Love Monsters from Taylored Expressions.

The little hearts monster is coloured with Copic Markers BV00, BV02, BV04, R32, R35, R39, and the double hearts image with R32, R35, R39, BV00, RV00, RV02.  The sentiment is from the set Branching Out.  The patterned papers are from Echo Park and Lily Bee Design and the card follows the sketch TESC155.

Have a fabulous day!
Kary

Little Magician

Happy Tuesday!  Sharing a little Magician girl today and playing along with MFT Sketch challenge #65.  This little Magician brought to mind so many fun memories of magic shows in my childhood years.  I had a blast colouring her.

I used the following Copic markers - Skin (E000, E01, E11), Hair (E21, E23, E25), Top (RV00, RV02), Belt, Hair Pin & Shoes (R20, R21), Skirt (BV00, BV02, BV04), Tights (B60, B63, B66), Cape (C1, C3, C5, C9), Hat (E01, R20, E000, R21, C9, C5, C3).  Then I added some sparkle to her outfit using Atyou Spica Clear pen. The die-namics I've used are Oval Open Scallop Doily Duo (the larger doily), Chevrons Stripes and the Butterflies.  The papers are from Fancy Pants - Childish Things 6x6 pad.

On the front of the card, I masked off part of the sentiment, and stamped the other half on the inside... I know, it's pretty rare that I actually decorate the inside of a card. {grin}

And, here's the sketch :

This is such a fun and easy sketch to interpret.  Perhaps you can play along too ;)

Have a great day!

Kary

Bonjour - A CAS card

The Matterhorn

A few weeks ago, I was in Switzerland for a 2 week vacation.  I had a wonderful time with my friends and we had so much fun together.  One of the places we visited was Gruyeres, and I saw a shop display that really captured my attention - see the pic below:

In that same week, Waltzing Mouse had their new stamps release and I found an amazing set called French Country.  I think it's obvious, isn't it, that it reminded me so much of the shop display above.

I just love the way Claire's sets are always so unique and fun.  Here's a card with the chicken and sentiment from French Country set, and the frame and flourishes from Florentine Frippery set.  Just a simple card ;)

I'm playing along the Waltzing Mouse sketch challenge #90 this week.  I was going to link this to the CAS-ual Fridays CFC45 challenge as well, but I'm lost track of time ;)

Have a great day!
Kary

Sunflowers

Sunflowers are such happy flowers, aren't they?  Just looking at them brings a smile always.  Today's card is in response to the Sketch challenge at The Craft's Meow.  It's part of their birthday celebration bash and I just love ALL of their new releases.  Can't wait for them to arrive.  The card above is based on this sketch, and I flipped it around for my card.

The image is from TCM's set Lovely Birds.  I coloured it with Copic Markers - Sunflowers (YR23, Y08, YR23, YR20), Leaves (YG21, YG23, YG25), Fence (E23, E25, E29), Birdhouse (E31, E33, E35, E37, E95, E97), Background (BG0000).  The patterned paper is from Pink Paislee Nantucket.

There's still time to join the challenge, if you'd like to, just check out the details at TCM's blog.

Thanks for stopping by today.
Take care!
Kary

Simple Things (MFTWSC59)

Sometimes it's the simple things in life that make us happiest.  Some years ago, I went on a trip staying with the natives in the most remote parts of my homeland.  Some of the places we visited were without electricity and running water, and without a school nor medical supplies.  I learnt that life can be so full and happy without the sophisticated gadgets and abundance which sometimes clutter our lives.  The smiles on the children's faces and how their eyes lit up receiving the simplest gifts we brought really touched my heart.  Of all the places I have travelled to, this experience was most unforgettable.

I guess the sentiment on this card says it all.  I kept the card really simple and with minimal colouring - that's some restraint on my part {grin}.  The stamp set is from MFT Pure Innocence Feeling Froggy, and the papers are from Studio Calico's Autumn Press.

The card follows this sketch:

Have a "Simple" and Lovely day!
Kary

WMS Sketch #85 - Celebrate

Recognise the rose?  I was on a roll stamping the roses from WMS Roses In Bloom set and colouring them in different colours.  Sure is fun to be able to create your own shade of rose.  This rose is the larger flower in the stamp set, and I coloured it with Copic Markers (YR23, E00, E000, E02, E15)

Here's the completed card:

I used the paper from Webster's Pages Hollywood Vogue and I love that it came with the beautiful flowers and the phrase Live Your Dreams.  I added the sentiment from Say It Loud which goes pretty well with the phrase.  At the bottom of the sentiment is a strip of lace.  I punched two tiny butterflies from white cardstock coloured with Copic marker E00 to match the rose.

My card follows the sketch (flipped anti-clockwise) this week on WMS (a little loosely, I think):

Thanks for visiting me.  Have a great week!
Kary

Let's Dance

I recently made this card for a friend who enjoys dancing with her husband.  I thought it would be a nice Valentine's card.  The dancing couple's image is from MFT stamp set May I Have This Dance and the Eiffel Tower from the set Who's That Parisian Girl. I paper pieced her dress with My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Madison Aveneue paper and coloured the rest of the image with Copic Markers (Skin - E000, E01, E13, E31; Man's attire - C01, R85, R89, E43, E74, E77, E49; Background - E00, E93).  I added the Skyline border in background just off to the side (but..did you notice my paper was cut upside down? {lol})

I just had to decorate the inside as well, because May I Have This Dance set comes with so many gorgeous sentiments.

I stamped the sentiment with Versamark and heat embossed it with detail white embossing powder, on a dark chocolate cardstock.  The hearts were cut with Hearts a Plenty Die-namics, the larger heart with patterned paper & the smaller heart from with glittered red felt.

This card follows the sketch this week at MFT, I flipped the sketch sideways:

Have a happy, happy Valentine's day!!
Kary

You're in my Thoughts

Hello Friends!  Today I have a card for the Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge #151.  I love this sketch and I felt all it needed was a pretty patterned paper and a simple image and sentiment.

I used the flower image from Your Ways, and the sentiment from Labels of Love. The flower was coloured with Copics R32, R35, R37, R29 and G000 for the outline.  The pretty patterned paper is from Webster's Pages Country Estate 6x6 and dies from Spellbinders Floral Doily Motifs and Classic Circles.

Thanks for stopping by.
Kary

Bonjour!

Doesn't everybody love Paris?  It's certainly a charming city to visit, and unforgettable.  Today, I'm playing along a sketch challenge, at SFYTT, for the first time.  I think it's a good incentive to help me ink up my much neglected stamps.  

Here's the card:

All images and sentiment are from MFT's Who's That Parisian Girl set.  The main image is coloured using Copic markers ( Skin - E000, E11, E01, E21; Dress, Shoes & Bag - C1, C3, C5, R01, R02; Background BG0000, E43, E42, E41) with some paper piecing.  All patterned papers are from My Mind's Eye Lost & Found II Sunshine 6x6 pad.  The sentiment was stamped on Spellbinders Floral Doily Motif die, and stacked on top of 2 Perfect Petal Trio Die-namics.

I'm also submitting this to the Simon Says Stamp challenge, Anything Goes.

Have a great day!
Kary

Just a little Note...

Happy Sunday! I hope your weekend is going great. I received the new MFT January VIP kit yesterday, and I just had to ink up this Pure Innocence Violin Girl. She is so adorable! 

The PI girl was stamped on the larger doily of the Open Scallop Doily Duo Die-namics, and coloured with Copic markers - Skin (E50, E01, E13), Dress (R81, R83, R85, R89), Violin (E44, E43, E42) & Hair (E18, E99, E21).  I didn't have the right cardstock colour for matting, so I coloured the edges of a white cardstock with Copic marker B97.  I used the same effect with  for the two border strips cut with the Little Open Scallop Strip Die-namics as well. The patterned papers are from Echo Park's Times & Seasons.  The felt flower and leaves are created using MFT's felt Strawberry Ice Cream and Sour Apple with the Rolled Scallop Flower Die-namics and the leaves from Upsy Daisy Die-namics. 

The card was made following this MFT sketch:

Here's a fun trivia - according to the Chinese calendar, the seventh day of the Chinese New Year is Everyone's birthday!! I don't know much about the history of it, but, here's wishing all of you a Blessed Birthday, and a year filled with much joy and happiness!!

Enjoy!

Kary

Unity Friends with Flair (27.1.2012)

Wow, it's Friday again. Yay! I have 2 cards to share today for the Unity Friends with Flair post.  I've not played the Unity challenges for sometime, so I'm doing both this week :-)

The first card follows the Unity KOM Jan challenge sketch.  I just couldn't find good lighting for the photo somehow.  I used the image and sentiment from Dec 2011 KOM.  Added lots of pop dots behind the centre of the sentiment and the patterned paper for some dimension ;)

The second card is for Unity's New Beginnings challenge.  I inked up my Itty Bittys, Authentique On {This} Journey Together and Simple Stories Life Bingo.

Keeping this post short, so you can check out all the other wonderful creations from all the Friends with Flair participants.

Happy Birthday

It was my brother's birthday yesterday... I can't believe how time has flown.  It seems just like yesterday when he was only a kid, and now he's not so young anymore. ;)  For his birthday card, I pulled out another stamp which I've had for awhile, which has not seen ink.  I reckon this Fred Bear stamp is really him - he has some serious travel bug in him.

The card was rather loosely based on the MFT sketch MFTWSC55.  I used papers from Echo Park's A Boy's Life.  The Fred Bear image (from Fred Bear takes a Hike set) was coloured with Copic Markers E31, E33, E35, E37 and to create a little texture I poured some Colourless Blender on a terry towel and dabbed it onto the image.  I kinda like this effect!  To add some interest I added a wooden button with the Game Spinner from Tim Holtz at the bottom of the card.  I think my brother was quite happy with the card.

The card was based on this MFT sketch:

It's almost Chinese New Year, where I am.  Tomorrow night, it's a reunion dinner night and we will be cooking almost the whole day ;)  I'll be back on Monday (Chinese New Year) with a bit of exciting news.

Have a Happy Weekend!!
Kary



(Products used : Stamps - MFT Fred Bear Takes a Hike, First Class Friend (sentiment), Die-namics - Tag, You're It, Oval Tab, Inks - Memento Rich Cocoa, Copic markers, Papers - Echo Park A Boy's Life & Dots & Stripes Candy shoppe, PTI cardstock, X-press It Paper, Woodend Button (Prima), Tim Holtz Game Spinner)

Jump for Joy

I adore this MFT Pure Innocence set Jump For Joy. It transported me back to the days when I had so much fun skipping with my friends.  I can't do those tricks anymore these days.. ;-)

The little girl is coloured with Copic Markers (Skin - E000, E01, E11, E13, R21; Hair - E21, E35, E57; Dress & Shoes - YR02, YR04, YR07, YR09; Rope handle - R29; Shadow - C1) and the patterned papers are from Crate Paper Farmhouse 6x6 pad.  I split up the sentiments and stamped the first three words on the Mini Pennant diecuts (coloured with Copic Markers E57, YR00 & BG11), and the rest on the Ticket Tab diecut.  In between the two patterned papers I added a strip cut with the Crown Border die-namics.

Here's the card:

It was based on the MFT Sketch :

Hope your weekend is going great!!  Have a good one!
Kary

Thank You card (MFTWSC53)

Last year, I did 25 out of the 52 sketches posted by My Favorite Things.  It was fun, and I know the number because we were asked to count on this post at Splitcoaststampers.

Hoping to do better this year, and so, here's the first MFT challenge card for this year:

based on this sketch:

I used the MFT Stamps & Die-namics set Always Time for Tea, and and the die-namics set Dainty Doily Duo for the card.  I added some Viva Decor Pearl Pen Lilac to the flower centres on the tea pot and some Sakura clear glitter pen to give it some sparkle.  The papers are from Lily Bee Design Head over Heels - love this line!

If you are playing along with this challenge, I'd LOVE to see your card.

Have a great day!
Kary

Thinking of You

An item on my "wishlist" (or you could say resolution) for 2012, is to be more diligent in using up my craft supplies as well as to ink every stamp I have in my stash.  I reckon it's a little ambitious but guess I have to try.  One great way is to make more effort to participate in challenges ;-)

So, here's the card:

based on this WMS Sketch :

I used papers from Webster's Pages 6x6 pad and stamps from Waltzing Mouse "Roses in Bloom", "Very Vintage Labels 18" and sentiment from "Say It Loud".  The rose is coloured with copic markers R21, R22, R24, YR20 & R30 and adhered with pop dots onto the the Vintage Label.  The label was inked with Memento Angel Pink and rocked with Memento Rhubarb Stalk on the edges.  I added some fancy strings of pearls for some added interest.

Here's a close up of the rose:

Hope you're having a great day!
Kary

Sunflower Girl

Hello!  After some tidying up my craft cabinet yesterday, I sat down and looked at all the supplies I've splurged on the past two months.  I think I should seriously spend time to use and play with what's in the stash {LOL}.  And so, here's a card for the MFT Sketch Challenge.

Introducing Sunflower Girl - this is one PI girl that has not seen ink till now.  I love the sentiments on this set, they are perfect for a happy card.  Somehow the photo doesn't capture the true colours of the card today. Well, I guess I need to figure it out {grin}.  The patterned papers are all from My Mind's Eye Love Me collection - LOVE this 6x6!  And, here's the sketch:

Hope you like the card, and hope your day is Beautiful!

Stamps : MFT Pure Innocence Sunflower Girl
Paper : My Mind's Eye Love Me 6x6 pad, Hero Arts Layering paper Grenadine & Blue cardstock
Die-namics : Open Bracket border & Sweet Stack
Copics : E000, E01, E13, B000, B00, BG0000, Y13, Y15, Y17, R32, R35, R39, YG61, YG67, YG01