Karen Day Cards

Saturday, November 8, 2014

The Challenge #17

Just a quick card to share today... when I first saw the sketch & colours on The Challenge post this week, I immediately thought of a coffee card (probably the colour Espresso that led me there...) but I ended up making a simple Christmas card, using some Waltzingmouse stamps and Echo Park papers that I had sitting around:

Patterned papers are A Very Merry Christmas, Echo Park; Cardstock is Kraft, Cocoa & White Daisy, CTMH; Inks are Ruby & Cocoa, CTMH; Stamp set is Vintage Ornaments, Waltzingmouse Stamps.

Friday, November 7, 2014

Artfully Sent Christmas Card

My first ever design team gig was with the Heart 2 Heart Challenge blog - and I haven't played along in a while, so I'm happy to be joining their first November challenge, especially since my niece Allie is the hostess! This month is all about "NO" on H2H, and this week is "NO stamping". Lucky for me, I've purchased the newest CTMH Cricut cartridge, Artfully Sent which has about a zillion die cuts especially for card making. Here's what I came up with:

I used some older CTMH Christmas paper from the Believe pack, along with Grey Wool & Sky cardstock. I cut the Noel pocket card at 3", popped it up on some pop dots, and put a piece of silver glitter paper under it. I die cut a few white and glitter snowflakes, and glued them on with a bunch of sparkles. So there you have my NO stamping card!

Thursday, November 6, 2014

New Art Impressions Zoo Babies Hop!

The Art Impressions design team is hopping today to help launch the new line of Ai Zoo Babies now available on the Art Impressions website. And OMG are you going to LOVE these little guys - there are four different animals, each with a sentiment. They would be awesome for a baby or child's card, and would make amazing baby shower items... which is kind of what I was aiming for. I've done a baby card, with a matching tag and gift bag using Wildly Cute Set (Sku #4534):

You should've come here from Cheri's blog... and your next stop along the way is Kerry. For a complete list of hoppers today - head back to the Art Impressions blog, which is the first stop on our hop. While you're there, you can read about the new challenge starting today on the Ai blog, which is Zoo or Animal themed - we hope you'll play along!

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Holiday Wishes

I have a 5 1/2" square card to share today, using the Art Impressions Christmas 2014 stamp set: Holiday Wishes Set (Sku #4516):

I did some stitching with my sewing machine...added a few sequins...popped up the sentiment, and we're done!

Copics used: Reds - E09, E07, E13, E02

Greens - G67, G65, G63

Browns - E57, E55, E53, E51, E50

Greys - C7, C5, C3, C1, C00

Golds - Y26, Y23, Y21

Monday, November 3, 2014

Snowman card

Hello everyone! I am sharing one of the 2014 holiday stamp sets from Art Impressions on the One Crazy Stamper store blog today: Season's Greetings Set. I went with a fairly muted colour scheme to go with the teals/taupes/rusty reds in my patterned papers.

I stitched all of my panels with my sewing machine (my favourite thing to do on a card!) and added a few die cut snowflakes in coordinating papers as an embellishment. Fairly simple layout, and it is nice and flat for mailing! We hope you'll join in our November challenge on the One Crazy Stamper blog - it's anything goes, just no digi stamps, please! You can link up your creation here.

One Crazy Stamper products used: Art Impressions Season's Greetings Set (Sku#4518)

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Copics - Blues: B05, B02, B01, B000, B0000

Reds - R59, R27, R24, R22

Yellows - Y26, Y23, Y21

Browns - E57, E55, E53, E51, E50

Greys - C1, C00 Oranges - YR12, YR00

Greens - YG95, YG93, YG91

Saturday, November 1, 2014

Deconstructed Sketch #175

My wonderful brother-in-law has a great appreciation for my handmade cards... so he has requested that I send him a small 'stash' so he has cards to give to my sister on her birthday, Mother's Day, Valentine's etc. So today I whipped up a couple of cards to add to his supply. I've used the current Deconstructed Sketch, and a few of the newer Verve stamp sets:

Patterned papers are October Afternoon; Stamp sets are Cupcakes & Coffee, Verve; Coffee die, Verve; Inks are Chocolate, Blush & Champagne, Close To My Heart;

Snowman Shaker card for November Challenge

We are launching a new challenge on the One Crazy Stamper store blog today - it's Anything Goes for the month of November - any stamps or products are fine, just no digi stamps! I am sharing one of the new Art Impressions Shakers called Snowman Shaker (Sku #4514):

Each of the Ai Shakers come with the main image, a stamp of just the torso, a sentiment and an Action Wobble. Here's a close up of the snowman so that you can see how the torso image is popped up on the Wobble so that it shakes when you flick it, or shake the card: