Honey Bee Note Card Set with Blockheads Stamps

Hello Everyone,
Today, I have a mini note card set made with the set ATC-Honey Bee from Blockheads Stamps.

I found that this is a really versatile set.  I just wanted to keep stamping and stamping.  You know how I get carried away!!  I completed three cards with some of my stamped pieces.    Here is the first card.           Size: 3 1/2" x 51/2"

Materials List:

ATC Set -Honey Bee from Blockheads

Inks:

   Oregano Adirondack from Ranger

   Butterscotch Adirondack from Ranger

   Raisin Adirondack from Ranger

   Tea Dye Distress Ink from Ranger

   Victorian Velvet Distress Ink from Ranger

Butterscotch Adirondack Marker 

Cardstock: yellow, brown, olive green, white, wine, and peach

The clover flower is stamped by inking the flower with Butterscotch, the stem and leaves with Oregano, and the tips of the petals with Raisin.  It is stamped on a pale yellow CS.  I added  Tea Dye distress ink around the bottom of the flowers.  Add some layers and the same yellow CS for the  card's base.  Here is a detail

And, take a peek at the inside.  The sentiment is from the Verses-Feel Better Set.

Card number two uses the bee and honey comb image.  Wouldn't this be a cute Valentine's Day Card???!!!!   I inked the honey comb with Raisin ink and the Bee with  a Butterscotch Adirondack Marker.  I stamped on White CS.  Size: 5" x 3 3/4".

The sentiment is stamped with Raisin and Butterscotch.  "Bee" is cut out added to the card top.   Again, I added Tea Dye DI.    The last card uses the honey comb image.  But this time I stamped the large flower with Raisin ink; cut it out and added it to the card front.  Size: 4 1/2" x 3 1/4".   This Sentiment is from the Verses-Feel Better Set.

Here is a close up.  The shading is added with Victorian Velvet Distress ink.

Challenges:
City Crafter: Decorate the inside too.
Creative Card Crew: Red
Sparkles Forum: use your new stuff-The stamp sets and the Adirondack  inks are all new.
Shelly's Images: Anything goes
4 Crafty Chicks: Summer in January

Whoa!  The power went out in the middle of writing this post.  Of course it was the coldest day of the year.  Got pretty cold in the house without any heat.  We got a big fire going in the fireplace and that took the edge off the chill.  The power came back  on around 1am.  So, I am up and running again!! Yea!  Finally took down the Christmas decorations yesterday.  I still have to pack up a few things, but other than that I am all done with that job.  I put out all Spring colors (pillows, table lines, etc....)  I am ready for Spring already.  LOL  Well, guess that's all for now.  Love ya.
Karen

Valentine's Day Cards for St. Judes

Hi Everyone!
Winter over at Winter Wonderland Crafter is hosting a card drive for St Judes and other Children's Hospitals.  Checkout all the details on Winter's Post.  Winter is asking for Valentine's Day cards for children of all ages.  I have 27 cards made so far.  I will be posting them in small groups.  Today's cards were made using digis from Meljen's Designs.

I used the Out of the Box Technique (Blockheads Technique Challenge open for a few more days!)  The dandelion peeks out over the Spellbinders die.  I colored the image with watercolor pencils.  Here is a detail photo.

I made several cards with this image.  Here is another!

And the last card for today also uses a Meljen digi that was colored with markers.  The sentiment is from a retired Stampin' Up set.

This is what the inside looks like.  The sentiments are from My Sentiments Exactly and Hero Arts.

My Valentine's Day cards are entered in the following fun Challenges:
Meljen's: Anything goes
Incy Wincy: Bold and Bright
Lexi's Creations: Anything goes
The Pink Elephant: Favorite color-RED
Pile it On: fuzzy friends


Stayed turned for more Valentine's Day cards!!  I have some bunnies for the next post.  Have a great day!  Love ya.
Karen

Mini Cards for Any Occasion

Hello, hello,
Hope you are having a great day!  We are having strange weather here in Michigan: rain and 40 degrees.  Better than snow!  You don't have  to shovel rain.  LOL  Today I would like to share a couple of mini cards.  Wee Memories is hosting their last challenge-boo.  So, I wanted to participate.  The theme is Mini cards.

This card was made with My Favorite Things stamps and Cosmo Cricket paper.  Mini cards are a great way to use your scraps too.  And, they are so fun.  Here is the inside of the card.  This card is 3 1/2 " square.

 Card number two also uses My Favorite Things stamps and Cosmo Cricket paper.  The Doggy Card is only  3 1/2 " by 2 5/8".

 Isn't that a cute little Doggy?!!   Here is a close up of him.  I added three buttons and a narrow ribbon.  The card base is made of Old Olive from Stampin' Up.

Some other Super Fun Challenges for my Mini All Occasion Cards:
4 Crafty Chicks: Recipe-Two buttons, one ribbon, and 3 layers.  My doggy card has all these elements.
Simon Says Stamp: Strips and Spots- Card 1 has stripes and Card two has dots and a dog named Spot.
Do You Stack Up: Pink

Well, happy crafting!  Have a super day!  Love ya.
Karen

Vintage Portrait Card with Blockhead Stamps

Hi Everyone,
I am finally getting back in to the swing of things after the Holidays.   My studio is all re-organized and haven't tripped over anything yet!!  My Christmas card burn-out is over and I am looking forward to another year of fun-tastic crafting!!  Today I have a bright card that I made using   a sketch (see sketch below) from Totally Paper Crafts.   The stamps are all from Blockheads Stamps.  The main image is from the Vintage Portraits set.

Materials List:

Stamps: Silhouette Portrait; Small Flower, Dots, and Thinking of You all from Blockhead Stamps

Ink: Adirondack Stream and Pesto Dye Ink from Ranger

CS: Vanilla, Mint and Cream

Stickles: Aqua

Rhinestones

Lace, ribbon, and pearl cotton

Labels Eight Die cut from Spellbinders

The main image is stamped on cream CS with Stream dye ink and then cut out.  Stamp the same image again with Stream ink on cream CS and once more with Pesto ink on cream CS.  Cut out the lady from the image stamped with Pesto and just the hat decoration from the second image stamped with Stream ink.  Layer the cut pieces on top of the original stamped image (paper piecing).   Make card base from Vanilla CS.  Die cut a piece from the mint CS.  Stamp the dots on die cut with Stream ink.

Stamp nine of the small flowers with Stream ink on the mint CS; cut out.  Glue lace a piece of lace and tow strands of the pearl cotton across the bottom on the card and add the flowers.

I stamped the flowers again on the inside and added a sentiment.

Fun Challenges for my Vintage Lady Portrait:
Totally Paper Crafts: Sketch
Simon Says stamp: Spots and/or stripes
Reasonable Ribbon; Sparkle and Ribbon
Sweet Stampin; Spots and dots
Allsorts: Paper piecing
One Stop Craft: Bingo-I used lace/ribbon, die cut, and paper piecing




Okay, I guess that is all for me today.  My to-do list is a mile long.  I better get to it!  I hope you have a great day.  Love ya.
Karen

Tag Art Challenge with The Stampsmith

Hello Everyone!
Well, the Design Team took a couple weeks off over the Holidays and now we are back with a new Challenge with The Stampsmith.  This months theme is:

Tag Art

Make a tag or use a tag on your project.  Please use at least one stamp from The Stampsmith   The challenges is open until end of January.  Three top picks will be selected and one random winner will take home a full sheet of rubber!!
I used a stamp from the "Shall We Dance" Full Sheet. (please email Estelle if you would like to order this sheet.) I made three tags.  Two are on the card and one is separate and will be used for a gift tag.

Here are the card and gift tag.  I stamped the image of the dancers on glossy white CS with black dye ink.  The corners were rounded on the stamped image and on the brown and black layers.  I punched a hole with a hole punch and added some ribbons and fabric tape.

 The card base is made from cream CS (Staples).  I added a layer of brown CS (TPC) and some DP that looks like sheet music (Hobby Lobby).   The ballet slippers (from Serendipity Stamps) were stamped on Kraft CS and layered with Graphic 45 paper and brown CS.   This piece is added to the right side of the card.  Then I added the large tag.  The word "Dance" (Serendipity Stamps) is stamped on a small die cut tag (Szzix) and added to the top of the card.

 I added lots more ribbons and some die cut paper flowers from Graphic 45.

And here is a close up of the tag.

A few fun Challenges for my Dancers card tag.
Sparkles Forum:Anything BUT a Christmas card
Fashionable Stampers: New stash-first time I have used the Graphic 45 items
Simon Says Stamp and Show: A red letter day.  To me, a red letter day is an exceptional day that becomes a  great memory.  The dancers image evokes to me a performance that would be very memorable.

Well, that's it for now.  Have a great Monday.  Love ya.
Karen

Fun Birthday Card with The Stampsmith

Hi Everyone!
Today I have a fun birthday to share with you.  I used an image from the"Those Were The Days" full sheet by The Stampsmith.  I just love this stamped image for belated birthday cards.  I think it is funny.  LOL.

I stamped the image on a glossy white pre-cut piece of CS.  I am not sure where I got this cs.  It was either at Michaels or a garage sale.  But, you could use a plain piece of glossy CS and die cut it.    I used black dye ink to stamp.

The purple ink was added with a distressing tool (Ranger).  The card base is made from dark Purple CS from Stampin' Up.  I added some funky ribbon (Michaels), brads, and die cut paper flowers (Hero Arts).  The Yikes sentiment is included with the "Those Were the Days" full sheet.

I added a belated birthday (My Sentiments Exactly) sentiment on the inside.  So, a very fun card.

Some Super Fun Challenges for my Fun Belated Birthday Card
Frosted Designs: No patterned paper
Forever Night: Framed
Samuel Taylor: Distress
Simon Says stamp: New Something- this is the first time I used the die cut Hero Arts Flowers. They were in  a blog candy from SSS. thank you
Mark's Finest: use brads or eyelets


Glad you stopped by today.  Have a great weekend!  Love ya,
Karen

New Technique Challenge with Blockheads Stamps

Hello Everyone!
It is time for a new Technique Challenge over on the Blockheads Design Blog.  This is a good one and if you are a Spellbinders addict, like me, you will love this technique. It is called "Out of  the Box".   I used one of the Naughty Pets for my Technique Challenge project.

Materials List:

Stamps: Naughty Pet Half Sheet

Inks: Tuxedo Black - Memento

Copic Markers

Cardstock: Solar White - Neenah

                  Pink, Purple, and Lavender

Spellbinders: Classic Ovals Large -S4-110

Lace

Pink ribbon

Pearls

Dimensional Pop Dots

The image is stamped with Tuxedo Black and colored with Copic Markers.   I used the "Out of the Box" tech to cut out the image.  I added another layer of the oval die cut in dark purple CS and some pretty fibers.   finished the card off with some pearls.  Check out the inside too.   The sentiment is also in the Naughty Pets Set.

Have fun!  Love ya.
Karen