JB: Christmas "tweet"

My cyber friend Amy created a sketch for the 

Jingle Belle challenge and I wanted to play along.  

I flipped Amy's sketch to put the sentiment up and the main image low, but then the card took its own direction.  The little birdie was getting lost on the black paper so I used the stitched journaling die to give it a place and just kept going.... 

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn "Chit Chat" stamps and dies, "Stitched Journaling" die, papers

Hero Arts: sentiment

Stampendous: Frontage stuff (first time using it)

Thanks for stopping by,

Kelly

CTS91: Baby Cards w/ Echo Park

Needed to make a bunch of baby cards for church. 

I saw the CAS(E) this Sketch challenge and used it to jump start the process.

 The patterned papers and cardstock stickers are all by Echo Park.

Some cards have Stickles, Glossy Accents, gems and/or homemade enamel dots.  
and LOTS and LOTS of dimensional foam!!

 

 Here are some others I made while I had the papers out:

Thanks for visiting,

Kelly

Poppy Sketch #12: gift bag

Back again with the latest challenge from Poppy Sketches.  

This challenge was sponsored by  iralamijashop which features handmade digital images. 

As I looked at the sketch my eye was drawn toward the top of the sketch and

I visualized a fold.  So, I decided to decorate a plain bag.  Got it all girlie 

to use as a gift bag down the road.
I used the sponsor's digital image and created a tag. 

 The rectangular shape is represented in the back die cut.

The line is shown in washi tape.

 

The lighter flowers were embossed in white and then I painted them with a barn door distress ink/water/perfect pearl mixture.  

The top flower was colored with Copics for more pop.

Supplies:

Dies: Lawn Fawn's "Tag, You're It", "Scallop Circles"and "Stitched Journaling Card"

Stamps: Hero Arts

Misc: wood veneer, pearls, sequins, rhinestones 

Can't wait to see how you were inspired by the sketch!

-Kelly

SSS: House Mouse card

Made another card using my new House Mouse stamp image from Stampendous.

This time I went with a monochromatic color scheme.

I am entering this card into Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes Challenge. 

Supplies:

Stamp: House Mouse

Star die: Lawn Fawn

Top panel die: Nestabilities

Thanks for stopping by,

Kelly

CTS#89: Wishing You Comfort

Howdy.

 Had some time yesterday to play along with the new CAS(E) this Sketch.

I decided to use my CAS-ual Fridays Fri-dies "Casual Comfort" as 

well as the coordinating stamp sentiment.

The background is punchinella by Neat and Tangled.

I put a few swipes of Wink of Stella glitter pen to the tips of the yellow die cut.

 

Thanks for stopping by,

Kelly

Poppy Sketch #11: House Mouse

Welcome to Poppy Sketch #11 sponsored by Stampendous.

Laura gave us a great color combo to work with on this one.

I chose a House Mouse stamp called "Gifts to Tie".

I love the potential versatility of this stamp.

Many gift-giving occasions to ink/color it up:

Masculine colors, girl colors, Christmas colors or Valentine's Day.

It is a really versatile image!

I added glitter by Stampendous on the ribbon

 from the Frantage Encrusted Jewel Technique set.

 Thanks for stopping by.

Can't wait to see how the sketch inspires you!

-Kelly

Poppy Sketch #10

SO excited today to share my FIRST EVER card as a design team member!

I am proud to announce that I am part of the incredible team at 

Poppy Sketches for the next 6 months!

Here's the wonderful sketch:

Inspired by the 3 triangles, I decided to use a trio of pumpkins/gourds by Starving Artists

They were stamped, colored and cut out. 

The fence was cut on my Cameo on the white Silhouette adhesive cardstock and inked with Distress inks.  The grass was cut with the Lawn Fawn grass die twice, layered and raised. 

The background was stamped with a wee star stamp in my collection and embossed.

 Then the panel was covered with a variety of blue Distress inks.
The embossed stars resisted the Distress ink.

  

 The pumpkins are nestled behind the grasses.

That top layer of grass is raised with dimensional foam.

Thank you so much for stopping by.
So excited to be a part of this talented team. 
I hope you will play along!
~Kelly