Colours make a difference

Hello my blogging friends, so glad you took the time to check out what I did today.

I just saw this new sketch and just had to give it a try. I played around with two colours and ended up making two cards from them...... so you can see what a difference colour can make.

I made the first one using SU Daffodil Delight as I was thinking Easter card and I think it looks very cheerful and spring like..... and my friends up north sure want spring to come soon. LOL

The second one I did in SU Rose Red .....just because I have been using a soft pink too much lately and I need a change.

I think this makes a clean and simple card too.

Now take a look at both and let me know which one you like the best. I always love the input.

OK here are the cards. Hope you like them....I love this sketch and will use it again for sure.

Yellow first....just because I did this one first.

And now the Rose one.

I hope you are finding something on my little blog to inspire you ...even if it is just a small thing you see that you can use.

Have a happy carding day.

Carolyn

Challenge

Mark's Finest Papers Sketch with a Twist #38

Make My Monday  Monochromatic

Make it Monday Anything goes

My Graficocrafts Oldie but Goodie Any thing goes

Pause Dream Enjoy Anything goes

Stamp With Fun Anything goes

Tammy's Scrapin Corner Easter

The Pink Elephant  TPE191 Easter

The Shabby Tea Room #158 Anything goes

There She Goes Again Anything goes

Victorine Originals #55 Any thing Easter

4Crafty Chicks Clean & Simple

Card A Day Easter

A Different Card With A Built In Gift

Hello again and thanks for stoping in for a peek at my creations.....I hope you try this new type of card with a bookmark built right into it, that I did for a challenge over at Mark's Finest Papers. This is such a novel idea and I hope you will try one for yourself.

I used a Goldfinch (canary) stamp that I purchased a few weeks ago. Then 2 weeks ago I found the companion stamp and I almost didn't buy it but now I'm glad I did as it worked out perfectly for the bookmark portion of this card.

I see now that I forgot to put a ribbon at the top for the bookmark but I promise I will...... I noticed it when looking at the photo's that I placed here. I'll just punch a hole at the top and add some nice yellow ribbon to match the Goldfinch.

Here are three photos of the card that I came up with. The side on the right has been perforated so the recipient can tear the bookmark off to use.

Card standing showing front and bookmark.

This photo is showing the card laying open looking at the back.

This one shows the front.

To make one of these you will need an 8 1/2  by 11 piece of card stock.  Measure in along the  8 1/2 in (at the top) and cut at 5 1/2" to form the card base. This will give you a cut piece which is 5 1/2 by 11.

Now place the 11" at the top of your score board and score at 4 1/4" and 8 1/2.

Now you will pierce down the 8 1/2" scored line which will form the 2" bookmark portion. You can place a ruler and pierce or use a piercing pack for accurate measurements.

Now simply decorate.

You can see step by step with photo instruction's here  by Jane, at Mark's Finest Paper's Challenge.

I hope you like what you see here and will come back again for a visit.

Carolyn

Challenges

Mark's Finest Papers

Make it Monday

Simply A Tea Pot

First, I want to extend a huge WELCOME to the newest gals that have become followers....thank you for joining in to see what I am doing. I love it when you leave me some comments so I know you have visited.

OK on to the card.......I made this card for a shaped card challenge over at Mark's Finest Paper.

I struggled with what to do for a shaped card....then I went to the net and found a piece of clip art in the shape of a tea pot and I thought piece of cake.

Great....I thought, until I realized that I don't have a printer here that will work with my new computer....sooo I got the image up on my screen then I placed a piece of paper over my screen and traced it out and laid it on my folded piece of card stock and cut the two layers out together. I even added a little drip thing on the end of the tea pot to prevent any little drips when you pour the tea as I hate when it drips. LOL

I had to make a tea pot so I could use that cute little verse....I just love it. Hope you like what I ended up with.

Click to enlarge

I have entered this at

Mark's Finest Paper

Have a great card making evening.

Carolyn

A Quick Pretty in Pink Card

Hello again.....so glad you came for a visit. I hope you will stay for awhile and browse a little to see if there is anything here to inspire you in a small way.

I got a parcel in my mail this afternoon and I just had to get right down to it making a card with the new  die that I got.

I decided that I would make it with some Pretty in Pink card stock that I have on hand then I just used white to keep it simple. It was a quick card to do..... might have taken 45 minutes, because of the colouring.

Here is what I came up with..... for a very quick and simple card.

Challenges I am entering this in,
Make it Monday
A Lotta Rubber ALOTA 102  I am wearing pink & white today
Card Crafter's Circle
Stampin Royalty
Make My Monday
4 Crafty Chicks
Crafting For All Seasons

More bright colours

So glad you came back for another visit. Please be sure to take a minute to leave a comment so I know you have popped in for a visit.

Well the card I did in my last post was a real challenge for me. I had a hard time putting those three colours together but once done I got some good reviews from anyone I showed it to soooo I thought I would give it another try.

Just to refresh you....I had to use fushia, yellow and black on a card. This one I will use for a birthday card this summer for one of my grandchildren.

I am entering this one at Mark's Finest Papers too.

Carolyn

Wild colours for me

Hi fellow bloggers. Hope you are having a fantastic day. Thanks for dropping in to see what I am up to.

Yesterday I was visiting with a couple of friends and we were putting our heads together about blogging. While chatting I was told about this challenge for a card using yellow, fuschia and black.

I came home and started a card....then tried another one....well you know how it goes. LOL This was a real challenge out of my comfort zone but I was not going to give up.

This is what I came up with.....

Challenges

Mark's Finest Papers FOSTV 61

Make it Monday
Crafting For All Seasons

My Red Card

Hello and thank you......to all of you that have dropped in for a peek into my stamping room..... I love to know when you have come for a visit so please leave me a comment if you can.

Why don't you click on the "join this site" button so you will always know what I am up to.

Now, todays card is one that I am going to use to start back into the challenges. One challenge wants us to use something at least 6 months old soooo I used my poppy background stamp from Stampin Up and my dies must be a few years old and my background stamp is 2 years old......boy I think this card has everything old except the verse which is only a couple of months old.

 

The layout for this card is one that was provided by a friend of mine at home for our own friendly challenge.

I used Real Red, Basic Black and white card stock. I don't have many embellishments down here with me sooo I used a punch to make the little dots in the upper left corner instead of buttons. 

Thanks again for peeking in and I hope you like my little creation and will come back soon.

I am entering this card into these challenges:

Stampinroyalty

Cardcrafterscircle

Oldiebutgoodie
Makeitmonday
Alota Rubber Stamps
Stamp n Doodle
Crafting by Designs

Just a cute card

Here I am again...... it is a dull day down here in Florida and looks like it might rain today soooo I will try to get some more cards done before my company arrives this afternoon from Canada.

I belong to a couple of groups down here and of couse they have challenges too BUT the last few months I have not participated very much so this month I went gung hoe and did 2 out of 3 of them. This one was a sketch and here is what I did for it.

I followed the layout exactly as it was shown.... I used a srcap of green paper on the left side then I stamped a background using SU's French Script with a grey ink. I started with dark green for the card base but then changed it to black because I used the solid stamp from Fabulous Flowers with black ink.

Ok I am off to the craft table to see what I can come up with for my next post. I hope to become a little more organized and get a few cards ahead but life does seem to get in the way most times.

Thanks for taking a look at what I am doing. It feels good to be back.
Carolyn

Challenge SQSC26

Good morning again all my blogging friends.

I have been very lax with my posting lately but yesterday my friend Barb came over and we spent the afternoon working on cards and I think it got my mojo started again. I managed to get a challenge card finished for one of the card groups that I belong to..... which I will post tomorrow.

Today I came across this challenge and decided to play along......it always seems to get my mojo going too.....give me a sketch and I am off to try it.  Well this is the card I have done for it....I hope you like it.

I used Early Expresso for the card base, mat and the thin strip. The stamp is from Stampin Up set called Watercolor Trio.
I inked  the embossing folder using Crumb Cake to show a little demension.

Let me know what you think of this.
Carolyn

Another clean and simple card

Thanks so much for dropping in..... tonight I have another simple card that I did with the little SU stamp set called Happiness Shared. I just love this set and have done a lot of different cards with it.

For this one I coloured the rose but others I have just left it as the stamped image for an elegant black and white.
I embossed about 2/3rds of the white mat using the SU latice embossing folder. The black mat is cut 3 X 3 and the white piece to stamp is cut 2&1/2 X 2&1/2. I did a little piercing in the upper right corner to balance it off.
I am going to use this card for a challenge at Less is More this week. They are asking for a ribbon or a button and this one has a ribbon.
I hope you like it and will come back for a visit again some thime soon.

Carolyn 

Less is More challenge

Well it's time for another challenge over at Less is More and for this one the theme is "legs".... so here are 8 of them running across the card.

I have had this set for awhile and had never mounted it so I thought I would give it a try. This was another very quick card to do. I sponged some grass with Certainly Celery then stamped the little quails that are from a set called Happy Together.

Here is what I came up with.

Carolyn

Elegant Black & White

Hi there. So glad you were able to stop in again to see what I am up to. I do love sharing my ideas with you so please feel free to browse through my older posts too.

I couldn't sleep tonight as I was out for dinner with a couple of ladies and we just had to stop in at Tim Hortons for a coffee on the way home and I forgot to get a decafe so I am really wired on caffeine right now. LOL It did work to my advantage though as I wanted to make a card for Sketch Frenzy Friday and therefore I did manage to get that done. LOL

I decided to do a simple black and white card using my new SU set called Happiness Shared. Here is what I came up with.

This card is sooo simple. I just used the embossing folder called Lattice to emboss the top part that is above the ribbon so I could stamp the sentiment on a flat area. I could have used a butterfly beside the square as they did on the sketch but I thought the long stem rose was different. I stamped it then glued it to the black and cut around it for some shadowing.

I think I like it.... LOL I will look at my site tomorrow morning and see if anyone else does.

Well I think I will be able to sleep now sooo off to bed I go.

Carolyn

Easy Stamped Background

Well I'm back finally after almost a month of MIA.  I see a few of you have been faithfully checking in to see if there is anything new..... thanks for peeking in.

Sorry I haven't been posting for awhile but there were just so many things that had to be done around the property that I just didn't have the time for my favorite thing, which of course is sharing my ideas here with you.

I see that my posting called Clean and Simple-Acrylic block Stamping has had 214 page views since June 9th and I now see people are sharing this on their blogs too. That was one of my favorites and I have done some other things like that too, which I will show in another posting.

When I checked out the challenge at Color Throwdown #149 I saw that they wanted us to use Apricot Appeal, Red Ridinghood Red and Wild Wasabi and while thinking about what I would do it dawned on me that I could use the card that I taught in class last night but just change the colours soooo without saying too much more I will show you the card that I did using the required colours PLUS the card that I taught the night before.... so be sure to scroll down to the second one.

I used an old SU set called Bud Basics and stamped the black outline of the large flowers all over the piece then I used the solid stamp loaded with Apricot Appeal and stamped in the outline.
Then I used the leaf outline with black and stamped leaves close to the flowers, then loaded the solid leaf with Wild Wasabi and stamped in each leaf outline.
It is hard to see but I used the Red Ridinghood Red to fill in the rest of the background with the small outline flower.

Now here is the one I taught last night using  Really Rust,  Apricot Appeal, Cameo Coral, Old Olive and Garden Green. This one seems a little softer as I used the Cameo Coral for the background outline flowers.

Well I hope you like them and will come back for another visit soon.
I have entered this card at Color Throwdown #149

Framed Sunflowers

Thanks to all of you over at Less is More that commented on my mistake with last posting. I have to tell you that each comment  brought a bigger smile as I was reading each and every one..... and no I didn't hit my head on the wall because as you said it would just make something else for me to fix. LOL  You gals are the greatest.

OK I tried another card as I said I would. All I did was sponge a circle over each flower with So Saffron chalk then darkened the center with some brown. I used a green pencil crayon on the stems. The hardest part was getting the stams lined up so I could do the lines around to frame the whole thing in.

Here's the 2nd card.
Hugs
Carolyn

Less is More- Boxed Image

Again I would like to REALLY thank all of you that have taken a moment to leave me a comment on my cards. One day I had 60 views from another challenge site and not one person made a comment of any kind.  You gals at "Less is More" are really great about spreading some encourgement with your comments.

I had every intention of getting this challenge posted first thing this morning BUT since my hubby passed I have become the Mr Fix It of this house and last summer a squirrel had ripped my kitchen window screen soooo I figured I would give it a try at replacing it. Well I wnt to tell you gals out there on your own..... there was nothing to it so don't be afraid of at least trying to fix things yourself.

Ok enough of that .... on to my card.

I have tried a couple of times to enter my cards at Less is More only to get a note saying I didn't do it right. I did manage to enter another one but I found it very hard to leave a lot of the space empty. You would think this would be easy to do but I guess we are used to layers and more layers and I kept thinking it needs just a little more. Well this week I just did as requested and this one is a very simple understated card but I am thinking that less is starting to be refreshing now. I will try more of these.


There is nothing to tell you about this card other than I used SU Black card stock and ink.

Here is my attempt for this week.
You should try one too.  LOL I bet you will find it hard not to think .... but it just needs a little something. LOL

OK Chrissie.....  did I do any better????  LOL I hope 3 is a charm....  as they say and I am on the right track now. 
I have to edit this post....
I just can't believe this!!!!! I messed up again!!!! This week is supposed to be as follows....

OLC One Layer CardOne piece of card folded in half with no additional layers and minimal embellishments, where the image is stamped or printed directly onto the cardstock.

 

and I just had to put it on BLACK CARDSTOCK!!!!!OK Chrissie I will do another one and I am going to go and bang my head against the wall. I will get it right...I will get it right... I will get it right.

Carolyn

Challenge
Less is More

Clean and Simple-Acrylic Block Stamping

A few days ago I was playing around and tried using my acrylic block to stamp a shadowy looking section on a card. I really liked the effect it gives so I decided to do it agin for this challenge too at Clean & Simple.

I used SU Mellow Moss for a card base. I stamped my inked up acrylic block with SU River Rock on to a white piece that I had punched the border with my SU Scallop Trim Border punch.

I then stamped a stamp from the Watercolor Trio set using SU Mellow Moss ink. The sentiment is from the set called Blossoms Abound which is an old SU set.

The butterflies are from an SU die cut called Beautiful Wings then I just sponged a little SU Mellow Moss on the edges.

Here is what I ended up with to post. Now JUST BELOW this one is another one I did using different colours so scroll down to see it too.

 

I think this one is more vibrant but I still like the softness of the one above.

 

 The colours I used for this one are Rich Razzelberry and Pretty in Pink. Let me know which one you like best.

Thanks for stopping by. Hope you come back again soon for another visit.

Carolyn

Monochromatic-Another try

Boy no posts for a few days and now you are going to get 2 in one day! LOL

I am trying for a VERY clean card with lots of white space for the Less is More challenge.

I did this up in 5 minutes so it is one that you could use as a last minute card as you are going out the door.

The card stock is SU River Rock. The stamp set is one from SU Watercolor Trio and the only ink used is SU River Rock. This is truly a monochromatic card.

I used my little acrylic block to stamp the 2 rectangles then stamped the sprig on top of these.
I hope this one will be ok for  Less is More

Simple Monochromatic For Any Occassion

Good morning all my blogging friends. It sure is going to be a hot humid day today so I think I will be staying inside and making a few cards. LOL The gardening can wait a few more days until this humidity goes away a little.

I love monochromatic cards as they just seem so elegant and this is one that I think could be used for many occassions.

I used Sahara Sand and white.....that's all. I embossed the center panel with the SU Petals-A-Plenty embossing folder. The stamp I used is from the SU set called Watercolor Trio.

Thanks so much for stopping in to have a peek at what I am doing. I hope you liked what you found on my site and will returm again soon.

Challenges
Less is More
Make it Monday #40

Man Card

 Thank you for stopping in.

Hope you like what you find and will come back again soon.

I see that Blogger is really having problems. I am very sorry but I cannot seem to post a comment on any other blogs and I cannot see any of my very important to me followers of my blog. I hope this gets resolved soon.

The card I did this morning is for a challenge layout at The Sweetest Thing. When I studied the layout I thought ok Fathers Day is coming soon soooo I better try something for that... BUT this could be used for a birthday or other occasion for a guy too. I will also add this to Make It Monday and see how they like it.

It ended up being monochromatic as I went along. I used SU Always Artichoke and River Rock card stock and Always Artichoke ink. The mat was embossed with my SU Lattice embossing folder. The old fashion car is one I love from SU Thoughts of Father that I borrowed from my granddaughters stash she keeps here. I wish I had of bought it as it is great for man cards.

Well on to my card..... let me know what you think. I love to see your comments.

Challenge:
The Sweetest Thing
Make It Monday

Really clean and simple!

So glad you stopped in to see what I am doing.

I hope you like what you see and will come back again. 

Well last night I posted a card that I called "How Simple Can it Get" into a challenge but found out it wasn't following the guidelines. I felt bad about it so I did this one that is following the rules.

This really is a simple card and took under 5 minutes to do.

The stamp set is an old SU called Garden Collage. I coloured the flowers BUT I just swished some chalk onto the bird....simple, simple, simple.

Here it is ....hope you like it. If not have a look around my blog, I am sure there will be some you do like.

Challenge:
Simply Less is More