craftykarendesigns: April 2021

Friday 30 April 2021

In Colour Pansy Thank You Cards

Hi Everybody,

Today I have been making Customer Thank You cards showcasing the lovely new In Colours and the Pansy Dies. The only stamping is the sentiment, everything else is die cut as I wanted to play with all the dies and I've teamed them with my favourite Stitched So Sweetly dies too. Let me show you how I made them.

Materials

(for each card)

1 piece of thick basic white 5 7/8" x 8 1/4"

Scraps of the in colour card stock for the flowers, leaves and the smallest of the rectangles

Scraps of basic white card stock for the flowers and the larger rectangle

Basic rhinestone jewels

Stampin Cut and Emboss machine

Stitched So Sweetly dies

Pansy dies

Pansy Patch

In Colour ink pads

In Colour ribbon

Trimmer

Simply scored

Bone folder

Multipurpose adhesive

Dimensionals

Mini glue dots

Instructions

On the long side, score the thick basic white at 4 1/8" and fold and burnish to make the card base.

Die cut the two rectangles, the white one is the largest in the set and the coloured one is the next one down so they nest together really nicely. Adhere them together.

Die cut a selection of the flowers and leaves, I have mixed it up so that I have some with white edges and some with coloured. These dies also emboss the card stock. There are other dies which will cut out the stamped images. I played about with the different combinations just to see what they all looked like. You can see from the picture below, how I have put them together. I have seen some Demonstrators use just one of the single petals but the images in the catalogue show two so that's what I went with, but it will be up to you, do whatever you like best, they are your flowers.

I added the flower on dimensionals and tucked the leaves underneath.

Add a large rhinestone to the centre of the flower and a smaller one to the corner of the coloured card.

Tie a small bow and add to the rectangle above the rhinestone.

Stamp the sentiment in one of the In-Colours at the bottom right of the card front and then add the decorated piece at an angle across the card.

As you can see from the picture, I've made a few different ones and mixed up the colour combinations, I hope that you, and my customers, will like them.

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Happy crafting,

Karen X

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Wednesday 28 April 2021

Pretty Perennials Love You Always - Crafty Collaborations Sketch Challenge

Hi Everyone,

Today I have made a card following a sketch challenge for the Crafty Collaborations Blog Hop. I'm still on a mission to use up my designer series papers and give retiring stamp sets as many airings as I can. With that in mind, I have used the Love You Always dsp and foil and the Pretty Perennials bundle. I wanted to use the Sahara Sand dsp and foil but didn't want to use a shade of brown to go with it, so I had a look at the Colour Coach to see what colours it recommended to go with Sahara Sand, and Merry Merlot was one of them, so that's what I have used. Let me show you what I did:

Materials

1 piece of merry merlot card stock 5 7/8" x 8 1/4"

1 piece of basic white 3 7/8" x 5 5/8" for the inside and scraps for the stamping

1 piece of All My Love dsp 2 1/2" x 5 3/4"

Scraps of sahara sand foil paper

Merry Merlot ink

2 1/4" circle punch

Stampin Cut and Emboss machine

Pretty Perennial stamp set

Perennial Petals dies

Memento Black ink

Basic pearls

Multipurpose adhesive

Dimensionals

Trimmer

Simply Scored

Bone folder

Paper snips

Instructions

This is the sketch challenge I am following.

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

Add the dsp strip to the left hand side of the card front leaving a small border on three sides.

Punch out a 2 1/4" circle of the foil and adhere over the edge of the dsp towards the top (see picture).

Stamp the large and medium flower and the words in merry merlot ink.

Die cut the stamped flowers.

Die cut some of the leaves in sahara sand foil and then snip them away from the stems to leave just the leaves.

Fussy cut the words using the paper snips. Add dimensionals to the back and adhere the large word at an angle across the foil circle.

Add the flowers on dimensionals beneath the start of the word as shown and tuck in a couple of the leaves underneath them.

Add the word birthday towards the bottom of the circle and then add 3 pearls under the circle.

Stamp a design and a sentiment on the remaining basic white if required and adhere to the inside of the card.

Please hop along and see what my crafty colleagues have made, you are sure to find lots of inspiration.

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Happy Crafting,

Karen X

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Sunday 25 April 2021

Floral Essence Anniversary Card - CASE a Demo - Share it on a Sunday

Hi Everyone,

For this week's Share it on a Sunday, we are CASEing a Favourite Demonstrator which basically means copying a project that we like that someone else has made. You can copy it exactly or you can use it to inspire your project, either way you should always give credit to the original project maker. My inspiration this week comes from Gez Carpenter who is a Team Mate from the Pootlers Team aka Nigezza Creates and there is a link below to her original project. I needed an anniversary card for a very special couple and her project was ideal. I have changed the colours and some of the products because I don't have everything that Gez used but the inspiration is hers.

www.nigezza.co.uk

Materials

1 piece of misty moonlight card stock 5 7/8" x 8 1/4"

1 piece of seaside spray card stock 4" x 5 3/4"

2 pieces of basic white card stock 3 3/4" x 5 1/2"

Scraps of seaside spray and silver foil

Basic pearls

Stitched So Sweetly dies

Floral Essence stamp set

Many Mates stamp set

Versamark ink

Heat tool

Holographic embossing powder (my stash - I thought it was white!!)

Sprig Punch

Perennial Flower Punch

Stampin Cut and Emboss machine

Old World Paper 3D embossing folder

Multipurpose adhesive

Dimensionals

Trimmer

Simply scored

Bone folder

Instructions

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

Adhere the seaside spray mat to the card front.

Run one of the basic white layers through the machine in the embossing folder and then adhere to the card front leaving an equal border all the way around the edges.

Stamp four of the three petal flowers and the sentiment using Versamark on a scrap of seaside spray card, then sprinkle with embossing powder and set with the Heat Tool - I thought I had picked up white but it was holographic and I didn't realise until it was too late.

Die cut the sentiment layers using the Stitched So Sweetly dies and layer them together and add to the centre of the card front using dimensionals (I have used dimensionals between the layers too.)

Punch out eight sprigs with the punch, four in seaside spray and four in silver foil.

Bend the petals on the flowers around the bone folder and then stick them together in twos, offsetting the petals to make a fuller flower. Arrange them at either side of the sentiment on dimensionals and then add the sprigs around them tucking them in underneath the petals.

Add some pearls and the card if finished. I hope that you like my interpretation of Gez's project. Don't forget to click on the links below and see what Donna and Victoria have also made this week.

Donna Lester

https://taffycrafting.blogspot.com/2021/04/case-my-favourite-demo-leann-greff-pop.html

Victoria Littlewood

vickieloudesigns.blogspot.com

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