More Blessed to Give...

Hello Friends!  As we celebrate Good Friday today, I'm reminded of the wondrous love of God.  It seems appropriate to share this card in the Unity Friends with Flair hop:

The image is from Unity's Phyllis Harris More Blessed to Give set.  The Copic markers I used for the image are:

Dog - E21, E23, E01, E02
Teddy - E31, E33, E35, R32
Girl's hair - YR23, YR27, Y11
Girl's skin - E50, E01, E13, R20
Girl's outfit - R30, R32, R35, B91, B93, B95
Ground - C00

Today, the weather was beautiful.  After church, we went to South Perth for a barbeque picnic to celebrate my girlfriend's birthday.  Here is the beautiful view of the city seen from the park:

Thank you for visiting me.

Have a wonderful weekend!
Kary

Thinking Of You

Hi Everyone!  Time for another One Stamp 3-ways card idea from Inspired Stamps!  Today, I'm using the set "Thinking of You" - I think this is one of my favourite sets.  I took a different approach for the 3-ways.  Using the same layout, I rotated the image when placing them to the cards, and had slight variations to the way the card was embellished.  I was thinking, this would be perfect for a gift set.

Here are the individual cards:

Note the way the flowers are positioned and the sentiment was stamped on patterned paper

The image was rotated slightly, and the sentiment was stamped directly onto the cardbase

The sentiment was stamped on white strip and adhered to the card with foam adhesive for some dimension

The flower image was stamped on patterned paper (with a soft background image) and coloured with Copic markers in soft shades.

I hope you like this idea.  Be sure to stop by the Inspired Stamps blog for more ideas from the Design Team!

Have a fabulous day!

Kary

Even though We're Apart...

Hi Friends!  Hope all is well with you.  I had a relaxing day at home the past weekend, just making cards.  I also realised I've not played the Unity challenge for a long, long time. 

I'm playing along with the sketch found here:

 

Here's my card:

I kept pretty much to the sketch, as it gave me a chance to take out my tag die to use.  I'm a dies hoarder - I buy a few every month and I think I should stop buying and start using them!  I used my favourite Phyllis Harris set "Present in my Heart" and stamped it on kraft cardstock. 

The Copics I used are:

Skin - E30, E31, E33, R20

Hair - E11, E23, E25, YR23

Sun - Y35, YR04

T-shirt - R81, R83, R85, C1

Shorts - R32, R35, R37, R39

Starfish - R39, R32

Sea - BG000

Sky - BG0000

Sand - E11, E31, Y35

The background was created using the lovely "Poppy Chevron" stamp inked with Memento Desert Sand.

I thought it would be fun to add a little interactive piece to the card.  There's a little pull-out on the right of the image, and there you'll see the other half of the sentiment.

All of you know I'm a fan of Phyllis Harris - I'm so excited my cards using her stamps are published in this week's Australian Cardmaking, Stamping & Papercraft magazine.

Time to check out the beautiful projects at the Unity blog from all my Friends with Flair!

Thank you for visiting me. 

Have a fabulous day!

Kary

A Little Hello

Welcome back to another Thursday project with Inspired Stamps.  This week we are challenged to do a Colouring project. I decided to use the Christmas Poinsettia set for a non-Christmas card.  The sentiment is from the set Thinking of You - it's two separate stamps and I just love how they look together.

As you probably can guess, I used Copic Markers to colour the Poinsettia.  The colours I used are:

Petals - R32, R35, R37, R39
Leaves & stem - YG23, YG61, YG63
Flower centre - Y17
Outline - BG0000

Hope you like the card.  To view more inspiration, please visit the Inspired Stamps blog - the Design Team has some fabulous work to share.

Thanks for stopping by.
Kary

Birthday card

Hello Everyone! It's been so long since I last played with Flourishes Timeless Tuesday.  I have a stack of Flourishes stamps which have not seen ink, and it felt so good to start playing with them. The theme for this week is to create a Spring inspired card.

This card is for a friend of mine who celebrated her birthday this week.  She loves everything purple.  I'm not sure if these blossoms do come in purple, but I guess it's ok to have them in any colour I like ;)  The set I used is Bloomin' Aussie Florals, and the sentiment is from Botanical Bookplates vol 1.

I apologise for the photo as I had to take it at night.  I love how pretty the Flourishes die is, and I think it adds such interest to the card.  The set I used is Perfectly Pierced Classic Frames.

The Copic markers I used for this card are:

Petals - V000, V12 V15, V17
Flower centre - Y21, Y23, Y26
Leaves - G20, G21, G94
Outline - BG0000

Thanks for visiting today.
Kary

A Birthday card

Hi There!  Looks like I'm on the roll with the Angie Girls :)  Today, I'm sharing Maggie Girl - February and March are busy birthday months.  I'm constantly in need of birthday cards.  This will be going out to a dear friend of mine.

I have been so busy at work - it's good to unwind with some colouring. When it comes to assembling the card, I seem to run out of ideas.  So, these larger stamps are great, they fill the card front such that I don't need to think about design..lol!

Here are the Copics used:
Skin - E50, E01, R20, E13
Hat, ribbon - RV00, RV02, RV23
Top - V20, V22, V25
Hair - E21, E17, E19
Skirt & Shoes - BG000, BG01, BG02, YG23, YG13, RV00, RV23
Wine glass - R39, R22

Now, head over to the Unity blog to play along with Unity Friends with Flair!

Thank you for visiting me.

Have a great weekend!
Kary  

Hello There..

Hi Everyone!  Hope your week is going well.  Today, we are sharing Spring cards with Inspired Stamps.  It feels odd to be thinking of Spring when the weather in Australia is heading into Autumn, although the days are still sunny, they are getting shorter.

I made a CAS card, using two different Stamp sets - the butterfly from "Butterflies and Blooms" set, and the sentiment from "Thinking of You" set.

The sentiment was heat embossed with white embossing powder, and the butterflies were coloured with Copic Markers. The card measures 4 x 4".

Thank you for stopping by.  Be sure to head over to the Inspired Stamps blog to see the rest of the wonderful Spring cards by the Design Team.

Kary