craftykarendesigns: January 2021

Sunday, 31 January 2021

Tasteful Touches Sand and Sea Just Saying Hello Card - Crafty Collaborations Share it Sunday

Hi Everyone,

Materials

1 piece of misty moonlight card stock 5 7/8" x 8 1/4" and a scrap for the die cut

1 piece of basic white 3 7/8" x 5 5/8" and a scrap for the sentiment and flowers

1 piece of Sand and Sea designer series paper 3 7/8" x 5 5/8"

Misty moonlight ink

Wink of Stella

Tasteful touches stamp set

Paper snips

Multipurpose adhesive

Dimensionals

Stitched So Sweetly dies

Stampin Cut and Emboss machine

Instructions

On the long side score the misty moonlight card at 4 1/8" and fold and burnish to make a landscape card.

On the scrap of card stamp two of the flowers from the Tasteful Touches stamp set in misty moonlight ink and then colour them with the Wink of Stella, this will give a lovely soft effect to the flowers. Fussy cut these two flowers.

Dry fit the flowers to the piece of designer series paper to see where you want them and then using a mask, stamp some leaves directly onto the dsp so they will look like they are coming from behind the flowers. Then adhere the flowers in place and attach this piece of dsp to the card front.

Stamp the sentiment on another scrap of white card and then die cut using the Stitched So Sweetly dies and cut a misty moonlight layer as a mat and layer the two up together and add to the centre of the card front using dimensionals.

On the remaining piece of white card, stamp some flowers or leaves and adhere to the inside of the card.

I hope that you like my card and will give it a try.

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Happy Crafting,

Karen XXX

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Well Suited Flip Front Masculine Birthday Card - Share it on a Sunday

Hi Everyone,

For this week's Share it on a Sunday, Donna, Victoria and myself are featuring a 'Masculine' theme. I always struggle with masculine cards so I am really pleased to see this great new designer series paper in the Mini Catalogue - Well Suited - it's ideal for masculine themes and projects. Let me show you how I made this card:

Materials

1 piece pf pacific point card stock 5 7/8" x 4 1/8",1 piece 8 1/4" x 3 1/8", 2 strips 1/2" x 4"

1 piece of dsp (Well Suited) 3" x 4", 1 piece of contrasting dsp 3 7/8" x 5 5/8"

1 piece of whisper white card stock 2 7/8" x 3 7/8" and a piece 1/2" x 2 5/8" for the sentiment

1 strip of gold foil 3/4" x 3" and 1 strip 1/2" x 3"

Happiest of Birthdays stamp set

Art Gallery stamp set

Pacific Point ink

Lovely Labels Pick a Punch

Multipurpose adhesive

Dimensionals

Trimmer

Simply scored

Bone folder

Instructions

Score the 8 1/4" x 3 1/8" piece of pacific point on the long side at 4 1/8", fold and burnish to make the small tent fold card.

Adhere the large piece of dsp to the large piece of pacific point (this represents the shirt).

Stamp a sentiment on the larger piece of whisper white and adhere to the inside of the small card.

Adhere the contrasting dsp to the front of the small card and then adhere the card in the centre of the back panel (this represents the tie).

Add the two 1/2" strips of pacific point at either side of the panel (to represent the braces).

Stamp the sentiment on the 1/2" strip of whisper white and adhere it to the 3/4" strip of gold foil, add this to the front panel of the small card (this is the tie pin).

With the other 1/2" strip of gold foil, punch both ends and then cut down to approx 1/2" (these are the fasteners on the braces),adhere these pieces on the pacific point strips towards the bottom and the small piece of scrap that comes out of the punch (the shaped end), can be used to look like another part of the fasteners of the braces, see the picture.

I hope that you like my card and will give it a try. Don't forget to pop over and see what Donna and Victoria have made:

Donne Lester

taffycrafting.blogspot.com

Victoria Littlewood

vickieloudesigns.blogspot.com

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Happy Crafting,

Karen XXX

Product List

Well Suited 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[154562]

Art Gallery Photopolymer Stamp Set

[154421]

Saturday, 30 January 2021

Stampin' Birds Showcase Blog Hop

Hi Everyone,

This is a card that I made for a colour challenge using old olive, petal pink and night of navy in the Pootlers Group. I have used my absolute favourite bundle from the new Mini Catalogue - the Art Gallery, I love everything about this suite, it is beautiful.

Materials

1 piece of petal pink card stock 5 7/8" x 8 1/4"

1 piece of night of navy card stock 3 7/8" x 5 5/8"

1 piece of basic white card stock 3 7/8" x 5 5/8" for the inside and 1 piece 3 5/8" x 5 3/8" for the stamping and a scrap to stamp and cut out a flower and set of leaves

Petal pink ink

Old olive ink

Night of navy ink

Art Gallery stamp set

Floral Gallery dies

Stampin Cut and Emboss machine

Multipurpose adhesive

Dimensionals

Trimmer

Simply scored

Bone folder

Paper snips

Instructions

On the long side score the petal pink card at 4 1/8" and fold and burnish to make a landscape card base.

Adhere the night of navy mat to the card front leaving an equal border all around it.

Stamp the flower and the leaf image on a post it note to make a mask and cut it out.

Stamp the petal pink flower in a set of three across the bottom of the basic white, starting from the left, masking the previous one each time. Stamp over the top using night of navy with the accent stamp, again masking the other images each time.

Stamp the leaves in the same way underneath the flowers, I have stamped off to make the colour lighter.

Stamp another flower and set of leaves on a scrap of basic white and die cut them.

Add dimensionals to the back of these die cuts and lay them over the centre flower on the stamping layer. Trim off any of the leaves that overhang the edge.

Stamp a sentiment at the top right of the stamping layer and then adhere to the card front leaving an equal border.

Stamp another flower on the basic white layer for the inside of the card and adhere in place.

Why don't you have a go at a card like this, overlaying a stamped image to give some definition to an image.

Please pop over and see what my crafty colleagues have made.

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Happy Crafting,

Karen XXX

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Friday, 29 January 2021

Scrappy Technique - Inspired By Socks!!

Hi Everyone,

Today I have made a card inspired by a pair of socks haha. I was putting some washing away and looked at these socks and thought - what a great colour combination - then I remembered a technique I had seen Bruno Bertucci do and this is the result. There is a video tutorial below, please click on the link

Video Tutorial

Materials

1 piece of coastal cabana card stock 5 7/8" x 8 1/4"

Scraps of coastal cabana, daffodil delight, melon mambo and gorgeous grape card stock

1 piece of basic black card stock 4" x 5 3/4"

1 piece of basic white card stock 3 7/8" x 5 5/8"

2" circle of basic white

2 1/4" circle of gorgeous grape

Gorgeous grape ink

2" circle punch

2 1/4" circle punch

Many Mates stamp set

Multipurpose adhesive

Dimensionals

Trimmer

Simply scored

Bone folder

Paper snips

Instructions

Chop up some strips of coloured card so that they are sort of long thin triangles and then lay them down on the basic black card in a pattern that you like. I have alternated the widths at the top and the bottom but you can do it however you like. Adhere them in place and don't worry about them over hanging the edge, you can trim those off later. When you have finished, turn it over and trim off the excess.

On the long side, score the coastal cabana card stock at 4 1/8" and fold and burnish to make the card base.

Adhere the black decorated layer to the card front.

Stamp a sentiment on the 2" white circle and another one on the piece of white for the inside of the card. Layer the two circles together and add to the card front with dimensionals.

I hope that you like my card and will give it a try. Inspiration can come from anywhere, give it a try.

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