Horse Punch Art

One of my many nieces, Leah, celebrated her 10th birthday last week. Leah is a beautiful girl, inside and out. She has a big heart and a love for her family and for animals. One animal she absolutely adores right now is her horse. So I knew I had to incorporate this in her birthday card this year! I found this adorable horse punch art card on Pinterest and decided to CASE it, changing the colours a bit to resemble her horse.

I used Stampin Up's core'dinations cardstock in Early Espresso and the woodgrain embossing folder to create the background. Using an xacto knife, I cut out a square piece from the center. To create the horse, I used the Owl Builder punch for the head and eyes, the wings from the Bird Builder punch for the ears, the Boho Blossoms punch for the tuft of hair on the head, and the Small Oval punch for the hooves. I love how cute this character is! 

Here's wishing Leah a very Happy (belated) Birthday!

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Fabulous Phrases

Paper: Pink Pirouette, Early Espresso Core'dinations Cardstock, Sahara Sand, Baked Brown Sugar, Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Certainly Celery

Ink: Rose Red

Tools: Owl Builder punch, Bird Builder punch, Boho Blossoms punch, Small Oval punch, Itty Bitty punch, Woodgrain embossing folder

Accessories: Rhinestones (Michael's)

Inspired By... David's Tea!

I have always been a tea drinker, and recently this past year I was introduced to David's Tea. If you are not familiar with it, they have so many wonderful flavours of loose tea - anything you can think of! Some of my favourites are Forever Nuts, The Glow, and most recently Pumpkin Spice! So delicious!

For this week's "Inspired By..." challenge, it was my turn to choose the inspirational photo. David's Tea posted a fabulous picture for their fall collection and I thought it would be perfect for the Autumn season!

 

I love the colour combo in this photo! I chose to use Midnight Muse, Pumpkin Pie, Early Espresso, Daffodil Delight and Smokey Slate. I also like the pattern of leaves on one of the mugs and decided to incorporate that in my card. Here's what I came up with:

 

In addition to using the colours and leaves from the photo, I also added some texture -- woodgrain and chevron embossed patterns. I then embellished the card with Daffodil Delight stitched ribbon. 

 

 

Thanks for looking! Drop by Karly's Creations to see how this photo inspired her!

Card Ingredients:
Stamps: French Foliage, Short & Sweet (ret.)
Paper: Smokey Slate, Early Espresso, Whisper White, Midnight Muse, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Midnight Muse, Smokey Slate, Daffodil Delight
Tools: Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Chevron Embossing Folder, Scallop Border Punch
Accessories: Daffodil Delight stitched ribbon

KCRR: An Autumn Thank You Card

Can't believe it's already October! As much as I love Summer, the Autumn season is one of my favourite times of the year. I love the leaves changing colour, pumpkin-flavoured teas and desserts, thanksgiving dinners and cozy fall sweaters. Not to mention, my birthday happens to fall in the month of October! I celebrated it a couple days ago - I was spoiled! Lots of thoughtful birthday wishes, surprises and a delicious dinner out. I feel so blessed to have so many wonderful people in my life! I do feel just a tad bit older this year, though, as I am entering the last year of my twenties - yikes! But, I look forward to a great year ahead and can't wait to see what God has in store for us!

After a long break, we are back with a new KCRR challenge!

We randomly chose three items for this week's challenge:

 



Pacific Point

Leaves

Cute Clips

 

This was a good challenge, as Pacific Point is not a colour I use very often. It is a bright, vibrant colour and can sometimes be hard to coordinate with other elements/colours in a card. I had a look through my stacks of designer paper that has Pacific Point in it and came across "International Bazaar" DSP. I used the designer paper as a layer on the card front and then layered pieces of cardstock designer paper on top. I softened the brightness of the card by adding a neutral (Early Espresso) and a subtle (So Saffron). Here's how it turned out:

 

 

I never thought blue and green would really pair up that nicely together, but I love the addition of Lucky Limeade in this colour combo! I added some texture by embossing the Early Espresso cardstock with woodgrain design, as well as the leaves, to go with the autumn theme. At first I wasn't too sure where to place the cute clip arrow, but it worked out quite well in my design! I placed it so that the arrow pointed towards the sentiment which is the central focus of the card. Candy dots and a button with twine embellish the card.

 

I love the layout of this card. I used last week's Deconstructed Sketch as the base of my design:

Thanks for stopping by! Make sure to hop on over to Karly's Creations to see what she has created with this week's elements!

Join us tomorrow for a new inspirational challenge!

Card Ingredients:
Stamps: Made for You, Wonderfall
Paper: Lucky Limeade, Whisper White, So Saffron, Early Espresso, Pacific Point, International Bazaar DSP, Subtles DSP
Ink: Early Espresso
Tools: Autumn Accents Bigz Die, Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder
Accessories: So Saffron Candy Dots, Cute Clip arrow, Tempting Turquoise button, Linen Thread





A Belated Father's Day Card

I wanted to share with you a father's day card I made for my father-in-law. (I would have also liked to share the card I made for my dad, but unfortunately, I forgot to take a picture of it before I sent it to him!). Ok, so I'm a couple weeks late, but better late than never, right? :)

This card is probably one of my favourites. I'm starting to use the collage technique in a lot of my card designs. As you already know I love lots of layers and embellishments. Just add some distressing, embossing and stamped images and you have a collage card!

I used a new Stampin Up hostess set that I was able to pre-order and I absolutely love it! It's called Simply Sketched. My father-in-law loves nature, wildlife and bird watching so I thought this card would be perfect for him! I created a birds nest from hemp twine and used pearls for the eggs. The edges of the card front are distressed and sponged with Crumb Cake ink. The burlap ribbon and the wood-embossed cardstock add to the collage design. I stamped "happy father's day" and popped them up to give the card some dimension.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Simply Sketched, Teeny Tiny Wishes, French Foliage

Paper: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Soft Suede

Ink: Soft Suede

Tools: Frame Embossing Folder, Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Distress Tool

Accessories: Burlap Ribbon (CTMH), hemp twine, pearls (Michael's), Linen Thread 



KCRR #9 {Peek-a-Boo Owl}

Happy Friday!

There may be another dump of snow on the ground this morning, but I'm not going to let that bring me down! Fridays are good days. It's the end of a long week and the beginning of the weekend! And... I get to see my hubby tonight! Hopefully this time he'll stick around for a while :)

It's time for a new card challenge!

We decided to randomly choose 3 items (instead of the usual 2) from our list to make it a little more interesting:

Woodgrain Embossing Folder

Large Oval Punch

2 Colours Only (*neutrals are also welcome)

 

I found these elements to be quite easy to work with! I decided to incorporate the Dynamic Duos colour combo in this card as well (even though the challenge is closed).

 

 

Love these two colours together! What a great reminder that spring is on the way :)

I used Crumb Cake and Chocolate Chip as the neutrals along with these two colours. When I see woodgrain, I think of nature, trees, etc. So I used the woodgrain embossed cardstock as a tree trunk. I punched a large hole in it and used the Owl Builder punch to create a cute little owl peeking out of the tree - love it! I simply added a birthday sentiment with Pool Party bakers twine to complete the card.

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by! Visit Karly's Creations to see how she incorporated these three elements in her card :)

 

Also, make sure to stop by tomorrow for a new 'Inspired By...' challenge - it's going to be a good one!

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Made For You

Paper: Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, Whisper White, Basic Black, In-Colour 2011-2013 DSP, Neutrals DSP

Ink: Pool Party

Tools: Owl Builder Punch, Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval punch, Scallop Border punch, 1-3/4" Circle punch

Accessories: Pool Party bakers twine