Happy Halloween Card with Character Construction

Hi Dreamers!
Having a great weekend here.  Spent all day yesterday at a card making event with my stamping buddy, Sharon.  The event was hosted by Suzanne Everett and was great fun.  We made 14 super fun all occasion cards.
We are getting closer to Halloween, but there is still plenty of time to make a few cards.  I have made quite a few Halloween cards that I will be sending out to friends and family.   I wanted to share one of those cards with you today.  This super cute card is made with stamps from Character Construction's Bird & Bee Paperie #16 set.

• The cat costume was stamped with Black Soot Distress ink on white CS and several Halloween decorative papers. 
•  I cut out the images from the DP and paper pieced onto the White CS.  I love the effect of the paper piecing   Reminds me of vintage 1940's clothing.  
• I die cut (Spellbinders) two labels, one in velum and one in orange CS.  I stamped on the velum label with Stazon ink and layered the labels slightly off setting them.  

• I added orange and purple ribbons, rhinestones and a cat wand (also in the Bird & Bee Paperie set) for accents. 

Isn't this an adorable image??!!  I am just loving it for Halloween.  Check out my other projects made with this stamp set here and here.  

Some fun challenges for my Cat Costume Happy Halloween Card:
Simon Says Stamp: punches or die cuts
Cute Card Thursday: paper piecing
Stampin for the Weekend: spooky
Allsorts: too cute to spook
Fat pages with attitude: yellow, red, orange
Third Coast: Halloween
Art With No Boundaries: Halloween

Great weather here today.  I have to get outside and put away all my little garden ornaments.  Well, some of them are not so little and are made of cement--quite heavy. I also have to cut back all the peonies.   But, it is a nice day and I could use some fresh air.  I hope you are having a enjoyable  weekend!  Love ya.
Karen

Guest Designing at Fussy and Fancy - Easel Card

Hi Dreamers,
The lovely Designers over at Fussy Fancy Challenge Blog invited me to Guest Design for their Easel Card challenge!!!  Isn't that great!!??  I made an Easel card that uses a 4 1/4 x 11' piece of card stock.  This size base makes a nice sized card that will still fit into a regular A2 size envelope.

This is a large stamp (3 1/2 x 4 1/2") called Rebecca's Rose from Stampland.  I added a little bit of watercolored ink to the stamped image.  Here the side view.

I added a wide wired green ribbon bow with a paper flower glued to the knot of the bow.  

 

The sentiment stamped on the flat area is from Sweet N' Sassy stamps.  I used a brush loaded with ink to make the border around the sentiment.

Pop over and say hi to everyone over at Fussy and Fancy.  Make your own easel card and link it up while you are there!!


How about a few fun challenges for my Easel card!!
Fab and Funky: vintage
Craft room door: anything goes
Pile it on: vintage/shabby chic
Tuesday Alchemy: anything goes
Crafty Catz Weekly: Easel card

Glad you stopped by!!  Hope you are having a great day!! Love ya.
Karen

WOYWW 175 With Snowman Cards

Hi Dreamers,
Here it is Wednesday and time for a trip around blog land to check out all the fun and interesting work spaces around the world.  How can this be, you say.  Well, all through the magic of Julie and her blog The Stamping Ground.  Take a look at my work space in my little corner of the world.  I am working on some snowman cards.

Close up views.

Trying to decide on sentiments and ribbons here.

Glad you stopped by to check out my work space.  Hope you are having a great day!
Karen

Regal Stamping with Metallic Stains

Hi Dreamers!
As promised, I am posting two cards that I made that are accented with Metallic Distress stains.  The stains are are more on the matte side, but add a lustrous hue.  On today's cards, I used the Metallic stains to add a shimmery border.

Materials List:

Stamps

Large Damask from Feeling Regal-Blockheads Stamps

Inks

Tuxedo black dye ink - Memento

Cornflower and Walnut Antiquing Solution 

Orange, Peach spray inks

Brushed Pewter and Antiqued Bronze Metallic Distress Stain - Ranger

Craft sheet- Ranger

Cardstock: White, black, blue and taupe

Pearls

Instructions for card #1:

• The background is made by spraying inks (Cornflower and Walnut) onto a craft sheet and pressing white CS into the ink.  
• Dry with  a heat tool.  
• Stamp with Tuxedo Black dye ink
• Add the Metallic Stain to the edges (Brushed Pewter)
• Layer the card onto a blue card base
• Add pearls

You can see the shimmer of the stain on this view below.  Just a nice soft sheen and a great touch on vintage and shabby chic cards.  

Card # 2 is made in the same way.  The Spray inks used in this card are the Orange, Peach, and Walnut Antiquing.   I used Antiqued Bronze on this card for a rusty look.

Close up

Notice the soft rusty sheen created by the Bronze stain in this view of the card.

How about a few fun challenges for my Shabby Chic regal cards??!!

Pile it On: Vintage/shabby chic

Simon Says Stamp and Show: rustification

Simon Says Stamp: Glimmer and sparkle

So, what do you think?  Do you like the Metallic stains?  I am liking them and they are really easy to use.  They dry really quickly too.  Lots of things to post this week.  Friday I am Guest Designing On the Fussy and Fancy Challenge Blog.   I have made an Easel card with a lovely lady stamped on it.  Stay tuned for that.  More Halloween fun to come on Sunday and so much more.  LOL  Oh, I have been is such a card making mood.  I hope you are having a great day, and get a chance to be creative!!  I made snowman cards over the weekend that will go in the box to sell.  I will give you a peek of those tomorrow.  See you then.  Love ya.

Karen

Guest Designing at Love to Create Challenge Blog!!

Hi Dreamers!

How fun is this:  I am Guest Designing over on the Love to Create Challenge blog!!  They are having a super fun challenge this week-----Fall Fun!!!  

 The sponsor for the challenge is Eureka Stamps.  I have used two digital Eureka Stamps on my Fall Fun card: Pumpkin Mouse and Smell the Pumpkins.

I printed the digi's onto white cardstock.  The Pumpkin Mouse is colored with Copic Markers.  I added some Spiced  Marmalade Distress ink to the sentiment.   Isn't this just too cute??!!

I added a frame cut from K & Company DP, a layer of fall DP from Karen Foster, some buttons, and two fall colored ribbons.

Inside

A Few Fun Challenges for my Smell The Pumpkins Mouse Card!!
Sentimental Sundays: anything goes
Scrap Bitz Copics: birght colors
My Sheri Crafts: apples or pumpkins

Join in the fun and Create a Fall fun project and link up on the Love to Create Challenge Blog!!  Thanks to the Lovely Ladies at Love to Create for inviting my to guest design!!  Love ya!
Karen

Happy Halloween Treat Bag with Character Construction

Hi Dreamers,
I hope you are having a great weekend.  How about a sweet treat bag today?!!  I turned a plain Jane brown lunch sack into a fun and whimsical Halloween Treat Bag.  I used stamps from Character Construction's Bird & Bee Paperie #16.  

In this pic, you can see the lunch bag.  I glued the Halloween DP to the front of the bad and then  edge punched the top edge.  

The Cute Cat Costume is paper pieced ---stamp the image on white CS (cut out) and again on the Halloween DP's.  Cut out the shirt, skirt, legs, and bow tie.  Glue all the pieces to the image stamped on white CS.

Layer on more Halloween DP and add the Cat Costume to the bag.  Punch a hole in the side of the bag.  Thread the ribbons through the hole and tie ribbon in a big bow.  The sentiments were all cut from the Halloween DP.

I also made two cards that coordinate with my Treat bag.  I have posted one of the cards here.  I will post the other card next Sunday.  So, check back for that.  

A Few fun challenges for my Happy Halloween Treat Bag:

Art with No Boundaries: Halloween and October

ATC's and Cards with Attitude: Anything goes with yellow, orange, red colors

Card Crafters Circle: Autumn colors

Craft Us Crazy: Halloween

Ribbon Carousel: Halloween

Crafting for All Seasons: costumes/dressing up

Tuesday Alchemy: anything but a card or tag

Crafty Calendar challenge: Spooky plus recycling

Have a great day!!  Love ya.

Karen

Felling Regal Tags with Metallic Stains

Hi Dreamers!
Happy Friday!  Let the weekend begin.  I think I will take a few hours this weekend and finish up some Halloween cards.  But, today, I have two tags that I made while experimenting with my new Metallic Distress Stains.  Very fun!  The stains are very shimmery and lustrous.  I paired them with metallic ribbons, glitter glue, and stamping.

Tag # one - Royal Damask :

Materials List:

Stamps

Feeling Regal from Blockheads Stamps

Flowers-Daisy (For You sentiment)

Inks 

Black Pigment Colorbox

Tuxedo Black Dye Memento

Metallic Distress Stains

Tarnished Brass

Antiqued Bronze

Black Embossing Powder

Cream and Wine  CS

Glitter glue

Ribbons

Apply the Metallic stain to a tag cut from cream CS. Dry the stain.  Stamp the large Damask stamp with Black Pigment ink and heat emboss with black powder.

Add ribbons to the side and through the hole of the tag.  Add some gold pearls.  Stamp the sentiment on wine cs.  Cut out and tie to ribbon.

Tag # Two - Crown Border

Make tag in same manner as above.  Stamp with Tuxedo dye ink.  

 Add metallic ribbons and glitter glue.

Of course I went crazy stamping with my new "Feeling Regal" stamp set and have several more projects to share with you.  I will post more over the next few days.  I also have lots of Halloween fun that I will post on Sundays through out October.  So, stayed tuned for all that fun stuff!

A Few fun Challenges for my Regal Tags:
365 Cards: some kind of container---a crown contains a head.
Charisma Cards: bling
Crafty Ribbons: anything but square
Through the Craft room door: anything goes #38
Simon Says stamp: glimmer and sparkle

Hope you have a great weekend!   Love ya.
Karen