Thinking of You

Hello!  Just a short post to show a card I made over the weekend.  It's a Wee Stamps digital image called Flower Fairies.  Isn't she adorable?  I know the colouring isn't the best, must be the hot weather :) and it's hard to sit for long.

I'm submitting this to the Simon Says Stamp challenge - Things with Wings.

Thanks for stopping by. Hope you are having a lovely day!
Kary

Tulips

Hello! It's been a hectic week, but I managed some time for stamping.  How fun!  One of the things I miss most about living in Amsterdam is seeing the beautiful tulip fields, and the many colours of tulips sold in the flower markets.  Tulips are such happy and cheerful flowers.

The tulip fields - a view from the train in Amsterdam

One of my favourite tulips - the "Moulin Rouge", at a flower show

Here's my card :

This beautiful tulips image is from the Unity set Tulips and Daisies and I used Copics to colour the image :

Watering can - C00, C1, C3
Tulips - Y11, Y13, Y17
Leaves - YG61, YG63, YG67

Once again, I'm linking this to the Unity Friends with Flair post as well as Simon Says Stamp Happy Mail challenge for this week.

Have a wonderful weekend!
Kary

Winner from GIU week & Never Will His Love Forget

Hello Friends!  Thank you SO much for your support during my Unity GIU week.  I am truly appreciative of every comment you've left me, and a big Thank you and Welcome to some of you who signed up to follow my blog.  I am just so humbled and encouraged at the same time that you enjoy my work. 

And... the winner from the comments of my GIU week goes to Lindsey!!  I had random.org pick out a winning entry.  Congrats, Lindsey!!!  Please let me know which Itty Bitty sets you'd like so I can organise it for you.

Just a short post today, to share a card I made sometime back.  I used the beautiful Memory Box Catalina Wreath die, where I cut it off from the cardbase, coloured it with Copic Markers and then placed it back on the card.  The die-cut was adhered to another white cardstock just behind the cardfront using foam adhesive.  A few tiny gems were adhered to the flower centres.  The sentiment is a quote from Amy Carmichael taken from the Layers of Colors stamp set by Nina Brackett, which is now retired.

I just love these intricate dies and it looks pretty amazing when you add a little bit of colour and shading.  I hope you like the card.



Thank you for stopping by today.

Have a great day!
Kary

Inspired Stamps - Character and Scripture

Hello Friends!  Today's Inspired Stamps DT assignment is to use Character and Scripture on a project.

On a white cardstock (I used the textured side) I stamped the Scripture sentiment from "Guard Your Heart" stamp set, with Distress Marker Shabby Shutters.  Then I stamped His Little Ones : Thankful Boy with Memento Rich Cocoa just above the Scripture sentiment, and coloured the image with some soft colours with Copic Markers.

Make sure you click over to the Inspired Stamps Blog to see the Gorgeous artwork from the Design Team. Enjoy!

A short update - I'm starting to find my way around Perth, and found a place where I could get some patterned papers, buttons and ribbon ;)  I'm making some progress, I guess.

Have a great day! 
Kary

Inspired Stamps - Summer card

Hello!  It's a Summer Inspired Stamps project this week, and I hope the weather is beautiful where you are ;)  It's getting a little cold downunder but it's ok, at least the sun is shining.

On this card, I used the Inspired Stamps sets Flower buds and sentiment from Butterflies and Blooms.  The flowers are coloured using Copic Markers - Flowers (R21, R43, R46), Leaves (G40, G43, G46) and Background (BG0000).  Two of the flowers were popped up for some interest.  The clouds were created using a scallop border and sponging.

I hope you like the card.  Please check out the Inspired Stamps blog for all the fabulous creations and ideas from the Design Team.

Thank you for stopping by.
Kary

Products used : Inspired Stamps Flower Buds & Butterflies and Blooms, Memento Rich Cocoa, Olive Grove and Summer Sky, Hero Arts Layering Paper Grass, Aqua satin ribbon, BasicGrey Capella cardstock.

A New Adventure

Happy Day!  Today I'm making my way to Perth, Australia and it's always exciting to travel to a place I've never been before, kinda like a new adventure in life.

Recently, I bought some stamps from There She Goes, and I love this sentiment on the set "Dream A New Dream"  - that one is never too old to seek a new goal in life.  It's a perfect reminder and encouragement for me as I move to a new place.

Just a CAS card.  The image of the girl on ice, from Claire Keay is not new,  I coloured it a long time ago when I was learning how to colour reflection on ice using Copic Markers.  It certainly was a treasure found when I was packing up my craft supplies ;)

Hope you like it!

Have a fabulous day!
Kary

Unity Friends with Flair (22.06.2012)

Hello Friends!  Happy Friday, and I'm so glad you stopped by today.  My card uses the Unity Phyllis Harris stamp set Lean On Me.

I stamped the image on white cardstock and coloured just the girl and her cat, and fussy cut it.  Then I stamped the same image again on patterned paper and adhered the girl and cat image, and cut out the chair. To add a little interest, I did some shading on the chair, using some gray markers. Here's the card:

I hope you like the simple layout of this card.  If you are a fan of Phyllis Harris, you can check out all her Awesome Unity stamps here, and her Etsy shop as well.  She has some Awesome prints at her Etsy shop for sale, and one of my favourites is this - http://www.etsy.com/listing/102646447/childrens-wall-art-prints-set-of-three.

Thank you for stopping by.  Be sure to check out the Unity blog for all the Fabulous Friends with Flair projects today.

Have a Wonderful day!
Kary

Products used : Unity Phyllis Harris stamp Lean On Me, Memento Espresso Truffle, Copic Markers, Echo Park Victoria Gardens 6x6 pad, Neenah Solar White cardstock, Hero Arts Layering Paper Lilac.

L'il Space Cadet

Hello Friends!  Welcome to the Waltzing Mouse Stamps Blog Party for June!  I hope you'll join us, as there's always great projects and awesome inspiration from everyone participating.

This month, the Blog Party theme is "Inspire Me".  We were given this Beautiful Inspirational photo and colour combo to work with.

I love the colours, and the panels on the wall.  I was wishing I had some cherry blossoms and vases ;-) to replicate the gorgeous image on a card.  My end result was nothing like the photo but I hope you can see the inspiration I drew from it.

The focal image was from Half-Pint Heroes and I also used the grid pattern from Off Beat Backgrounds on the embossed background.  The little Space scene was coloured with Copic Markers - Spaceship (BG11, BG53, BG57, BG07, C1, C3, C5, C7), Space Cadet (E000,E02, E11 & Y11, Y00), Moon & Stars (Y11, Y08, Y35, Y38).  

For the background piece, I stamped the grid pattern using Versamark Dazzle Champagne, dusted some Perfect Pearls and misted some water to set it.  When dry, I embossed it with the Dot Matrix texture fades folder for some texture and interest.

Here's another look at the card:

When this blog post goes live, I'm officially on a creative break until I settle in in my new home in Australia.  It's going to feel really odd as I've been stamping and colouring almost daily for so long, even if I don't produce any cards.  I don't know how I'm going to cope with a withdrawal... LOL! 

Thank you for visiting me, and till the next time...

Wishing you a Fabulous day and Party!

Kary

Products used : Waltzing Mouse Stamps Half-Pint Heroes and Off Beat Backgrounds,  Memento Espresso Truffle, Versamark Dazzle Champagne, Copic Markers, Hero Arts Layering papers Pool set, May Arts Twill Chevron ribbons, Tim Holtz Texture Fades Dot Matrix, Perfect Pearls, buttons.

My Little Lady

Wow, my third post for today!  It's like a mad dash to make all the cards before packing up the craft supplies happens.  I just can't miss my favourite Waltzing Mouse sketch challenge, and use my favourite set once again - Half-Pint Heroines.

I gave Little Lady a pink dress with matching shoes, complete with pearls and the Eiffel tower of course.  She was coloured with Copic Markers - Face E000, E02, E11, R20; Dress & Shoes R20, RV00, RV21, RV23, RV25; Hair E21, E25, E99; Bunny R20, E02, E000.  The Labels Twenty Five was stamped using Memento Love Letter (love this gorgeous red) and cut and embossed with the matching Spellbinders' die. The round image from Florentine Frippery was a second generation stamping using Memento Rose Bud and cut out.

The card follows the fabulous sketch by Edna Morissedie:

Thanks for visiting me.  

Have a wonderful weekend & Take care!

Kary

Products used : Waltzing Mouse stamps Half-Pint Heroines, Vintage Labels 25 & Florentine Frippery, Memento Love Letter, Rich Cocoa, Rose Bud & Espresso Truffle, PTI cardstock Pure Poppy & Berry Sorbet, Neenah Solar White cardstock, My Mind's Eye Love Me 6x6 pad, Spellbinders M-bossabilities Mystic, Labels 25 die, MFT Eiffel Tower Die-namics, Zva Creative pearls.

Home...

I'm loving the new Flourishes stamps release, and I couldn't wait to play along in the Noon Time challenge.  This challenge is "Pop It", simple, just pop up any section you like on your creation.

I used the image from On The Porch stamp set, and I popped up a few items.  It's really hard to photograph the popped up sections but hopefully you can see it. Just click on the image for a better view.

I popped up the cushion, the book and some of the leaves of the pot plant.  I added thicker foam adhesive in the centre of the cushion so it has bit more dimension.  This was a really lovely image to colour, and I used the following Copic Markers - Chair E11, E13, E15; Throw B41, B32, B34, B37; Cushion YR00, YR12, YR15, YR18; Book B32, B34, B37, E13, E11; Pot E93, E95, E97 and Leaves G20, G21, G24.

And, here's the card:

Thank you for visiting me.

Wishing you a wonderful Friday!

Kary

Products used : Flourishes Stamp set On the Porch, Memento Espresso Truffle & Nautical Blue, Copic Markers, Hero Arts Layering papers Poppy & Powder,  Echo Park Times & Seasons 6x6 pad

Poppies

Just recently, I ordered some stamps from There She Goes simply because they have the most gorgeous Poppies stamp set.  So, happy mail arrived and I just had to ink the poppies, and was quite happy with the result.  Here's my card, with a simple layout:

I used Copic Markers to colour all the images - Poppies (R20, R22, R24, R39), Flower centre (YR18, YR00, E79), Stems and Seeds (YG93, G94, G99, G20, YG01Colourless blender), Butterflies (BG32, YG93) and Outline (BG10).

I'm playing along in the Crafty Friends Challenge #5, and the theme for this challenge is Flowers.  An easy challenge to play along, isn't it?

Thanks for visiting me.

Have a Beautiful day!
Kary

Products used : There She Goes "Poppies" stamp set, Neenah Solar white cardstock, PTI Pure Poppy cardstock, Copic markers, Memento Espresso Truffle.

Unity Friends with Flair (08.06.2012)

Happy Friday!!  So glad to be sharing another Unity project with all the Friends with Flair today.  Just a simple card, using the Unity Jillibean Neopolitan Bisque Soup set.  Love everything telephone, and this is a really cute set.

Here's my card:

I decided to make a little collage of patterned papers and did some sewing.  The telephone image and the sentiment "Got time to chat?" were stamped with the new Memento Morocco - love this colour, it goes so well with the patterned papers.  The word Hello was stamped using Memento Espresso Truffle.  A really quick card to put together.

Be sure to check out all the wonderful projects and ideas from the Unity peeps participating today.

Thanks for visiting me.

Take care!

Kary

Products used : Unity Jillibean Stamp set " Neopolitan Bisque Soup", Memento Morocco and Espresso Truffle, Cosmo Cricket 2wenty Thr3e 6x6 pad, Hero Arts Layering paper Carnation, Whimsy Stamps Notables 2  Die.

  

Just Breathe

This is a card I made sometime ago just for fun, because I needed to take a break.  I just want to be this girl embracing the world with happy thoughts, gazing at the sky and not worrying about getting dirt on her dress.

It's not the best of designs, after a tiring day... and all I could think of was pink!  Haa....  I'm sorry I can't recall the Copics I've used on this card as I didn't note it down.  The girl image is from Just Breathe set, and the patterned papers from Authentique's 6x6 pad, Uncommon.

Please visit the Unity blog for some Wonderful inspiration and eye candy from all the Friends with Flair participants today.

Thanks for visiting me, and for taking the time to leave me a comment - they always make me smile.
Kary

Products used : Unity stamp Just Breathe by Phyllis Harris, Memento Rich Cocoa & Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers, Distress Ink Tumbled Glass, Neenah Solar White cardstock, Hero Arts Layering Paper Carnation, Authentique Uncommon 6x6 pad, MFT Die-namics Upsy Daisy, Spellbinders Classic Edges Two and Classic Decorative Inserts Six, Pearl from Zva Creative.

Have A Blast!

I am loving the little peeps of Waltzing Mouse Stamps!  For my card today, I used the sets Half-Pint Heroes and the background set Off Beat Backgrounds.  What a fun sketch once again from Lynn M!

First, I stamped the checkered background with Memento Gray Flannel on white cardstock.  Then I stamped the rest of the images.  The little guy's head was stamped on another white cardstock and cut out and adhered using pop dot.  All the images were coloured with Copic Markers : Skin (E000, E01, E11, R20) Hair (E13, E11), Car (R30, R32, R35, R37, R39, C1, C3, C5, E31, E33, E34, BG000, BG0000), Sun (Y13, Y15, Y17).  The sentiment was stamped with Versamark and white embossed and adhered with pop dots.

Here's Lynn's sketch for this week:

Hope you like the card ;-).


Kary


Products used : Waltzing Mouse Stamps Half-Pint Heroes & Off Beat Backgrounds, Memento Espresso Truffle, Gray Flannel and Peanut Brittle, Versamark, Stampendous White Embossing powder, Copic Markers, Neenah Solar White cardstock, Hero Arts Layering Paper Grenadine, Gina K PLC Cranberry Tart, MFT Die-namics Sunshine & Paper Doll border, Gray gemstones, Studio Calico Abroad 6x6 pad, American Crafts Dear Lizzy Neapolitan 6x6 pad.

Jet Setter

Guess you can tell my weekend was taken up with colouring PI cuties!  There's a sketch contest at My Favorite Things this month and the winner gets to be the MFT Guest Designer for June.  MFT is definitely a favourite stamp company and I absolutely LOVE their stamps and Die-namics.

Here's the lovely card sketch.  I decided to pull out an older Pure Innocence set for my card.  One of my great 'loves' is to travel and I love that there is a perfect MFT stamp set for me to showcase, Pure Innocence "Are We There Yet?".

The PI girl was coloured with Copic Markers - Hair (E21, E23, E29), Skin (E50, E01, E11, E13, R21), Top (B21, B41, B445), Shorts (B60, B63), Bags (R20, R22, R24, R29, C1, C5), Slippers (R20, R22, R24, E01, E13), Outline (B000 & Colourless Blender).

I used quite a number of Die-namics on the card - Loopy Bloom (the gorgeous white felt bloom), Eiffel Tower (cut from patterned paper), Textile Rectangle (the PI girl image), Mini Tabs Foursome (sentiment - Jet setter), Perfect Bracket Edge (to cut the bottom edge of the white felt), Little Open Scallop Strip border (the borders along the white felt), Skyline Border (the skyline strip behind the image) and the Solid Bracket Border (cut from red patterned paper just underneath the skyline strip).  Wow, I didn't realise till I started listing, this must be my record use of Die-namics on a single card!

Another MFT product I really love (and can't find any that match the quality) is the MFT Felt.  There's a host of colours and they are the BEST felt to use with the Die-namics.  It cuts perfectly everytime! On my card, I've used the Puff Cloud White felt for the Loopy Bloom and the background behind the PI girl.  Something I've not tried before, I embossed the white felt using an embossing folder for added texture to the background.  It's really hard to photograph to show the texture but hopefully you can see it..

I'm not big on buying embellishments, but I buy lots of Die-namics as I feel they are great investment for adding interest to my projects.  I have a scary list of them ;)

Thanks for taking to visit me today.

Have a "Die-namic" day!
Kary

Products used : My Favorite Things stamp set Pure Innocence "Are We There Yet?", MFT Die-namics Loopy Bloom, Eiffel Tower, Textile Rectangle, Foursome Mini Tabs, Perfect Bracket Edge, Little Open Scallop Strip border, Skyline Border and Solid Bracket Border, MFT Puff Cloud White Felt, Copic Markers, Memento Rich Cocoa, Red Cardstock, Neenah Solar White Cardstock, Studio Calico Abroad 6x6 pad, Cuttlebug Embossing folder, Trim - Webster's Pages. 

A Card and A Tag

Don't you just love the sweet PI girls?  Here's another one which has not seen ink.  She is just the sweetest Scientist!

I coloured her with the following Copic markers : Skin (E50, E01, E11, R20), Hair (E11, E13, E15), Blouse & Shoes (R20, R21, R22), Pants (BG53, BG45, BG49, BG10), Beaker (R20, R00), Background (B0000).  The Die-namics used are Prima Donna Petals for the flowers, Ticket Mini Tabs Foursome and Chevron Stripes (love this!).  The background is a kraft cardstock embossed using Tim Holtz's Texture Fades embossing folder inked with Memento Rose Bud before running it through my Big Shot.  The patterned papers are from Simple Stories Fab{U}lous 6x6 pad.  By the way, there are so many perfect sentiments in this Pure Innocence Scientist set to go with the card for the inside.

The card follows this MFT Wednesday Stamp Club sketch:

I also made a tag from the same image for the Crafty Friends Challenge #4 - Anything but a Card.

The Copic Markers I used here are: Skin (E50, E01, E11, R21), Hair (E21, E23, E27), Blouse (YR04, YR07, YR09), Pants (E30, E31, E34).

Thanks for visiting me.

Enjoy your day!
Kary

Products used : My Favorite Things Pure Innocence Scientist, Die-namics Prima Donna Petals, Mini Tabs Foursome, Chevron Stripes and Scalloped Ribbon edge, Copic Markers, Memento Rich Cocoa & Rose Bud, Tim Holtz Collage Texture Fades, Neenah Solar White & Desert Storm cardstock, Hero Arts Layering paper Shallows, Silver brads, Orange Chevron twill ribbon, mini roses, pink pearls, Spellbinders Large Scalloped Circles, Simple Stories Fab{U}lous 6x6 pad.

Orchids

Can you tell how much I love flowers? {smiles} This month, the Flourishes Challenge, Bring Back Beautiful is all about Mother Nature.  When I was young, my aunt and uncle lived in a huge estate with the most beautiful flower garden.  My uncle loved orchids and I believe he had every species of orchids existing in the country at the time! 

So, no surprise here, that I'm using the Flourishes Orchids set for my card...

This was surely the most challenging floral image for me to colour.  I struggled trying to make it look right but I think it worked out ok ;-)  I was watching the TV and trying to colour at the same time.

The Copic markers I used are: Orchids (RV11, R81, R83, R85, YR21), Stem (YG21, YR21, G40, G43, G46), Background (BG10 & Colourless Blender).  The orchids image was cut using Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Rectangles and sponged with Memento Summer Sky around the edges.  The sentiment was stamped and cut with MFT Oval Stax 2 and sponged with Memento New Sprout.  The patterned paper and the blue cardstock were cut using the Spellbinders Grand Labels Twenty Three.  The patterned paper and trim are from Webster's Pages.

I'm also submitting this to the Stamping Sisters in Christ challenge #140 (just made it!).

Have a beautiful Sunday!
Kary

Products used : Flourishes Stamp set Orchids, Memento Rich Cocoa, Summer Sky and New Sprout, Webster's Pages All About Me 6x6 pad, Neenah Solar White Cardstock, Blue cardstock, Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Rectangles & Grand Labels 23, MFT Oval Stax 2, Webster's Pages Everyday Poetry trim, Pearls.