For A Wonderful Baby Boy!

Hi friends!
Just a quick post from me, I'm off to work. I made this card to congratulate my colleague, she got a baby boy on 2nd of January. I'm very, very very happy for her! I was also happy when I saw this card by Tracy, what a perfect image! This Mo Manning image also has a cute little dog in it but I left it out from my card, my friend is more of a cat person! I've colored with Copics and Inktense pencils. Okey, got to run! :)

This card is for:
http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.fi/ Anything Goes

Sketch Challenge at STAMPlorations!

Hi guys!
At STAMPlorations we always have 3 challenges for you every month: a monthly challenge (this month's challenge Stamps and Feathers is here) and 2 fortnightly sketch challenges starting every 1st and 3rd Monday of the month. It's time for the first sketch challenge of the year  and isn't this sketch a fun one? Very simple sketch you can do a lot with. You have a chance to win 3 digital products from STAMPlorations sister store All About Scrapping so it's worth trying your luck in the challenge! :)

In my DT card I used a sentiment from VIGNETTE: Chevron and Arrows and swirls from Distressed Floral Swirls. I also added interest to the background by stamping a background pattern with an Impression Obsession stamp. I used some scraps for banners, added a flower and pearls as my focal point and voila, my card was done! I quite like this color combo of white, black and beige. I hope you'll now head on over to STAMPlorations challenge blog for the rest of th DT projects -you'll love them -and then start thinking what to do with the sketch! Happy crafting! :)

One Layer Birthday Flowers

Hi again, friends!
This is my second post for today but I couldn't resist sharing this little flower card with you already! If you missed my Inkspirational DT card from this morning, a fun CAS card for all Spring Chickens... Click here.

This card follows the latest sketch from Clean and Simple Stamping and I love it, I'm sure I'll use it again. I made the card One Layer Simplicity Challenge in mind -restock your shelves. I forget birthdays easily so it's good to have some of those cards ready... "Onnittelut" is Finnish for "Congratulations". I'd also like to enter the Anything Goes Challenge at Keep it simple.

I started making this card by masking the edges with washi tape -very handy by the way- and then stamped the flowers. It's not a flower stamp but a graphic stamp that looks like a set of leaves from a new STAMPlorations set called Retro Mod Shapes: this stamp set is coming out very soon but you can already see how it looks like from the front page of STAMPlorations Shop. If you have difficulties figuring out how to form the flower, just leave a comment and I'll demonstrate with photos but it's very easy, just start stamping and you'll surely get the hang of it! After stamping I removed the washi tapes, drew a border with white gel pen and added pearls for my embellishments. This was a very fun card to make, I'm sure I'll make more of similar cards for my stash! Have a very nice weekend everyone and thanks for popping by.

Color Challenge at Inkspirational!

Hi guys!
We had a fantastic amount of entries in our Anything Goes Challenge at Inkspirational and now we hope you to be inspired of the color combo of yellow and brown! You may use any hues of these colors -for example kraft and gold- and combine them with neutrals. Inkspirational is celebrating it's 1 year Anniversary, yay! Congratulations us! :)

I made a very simple card using a stamp set from Crafty Secrets. This was fast and easy to make -I stamped the border and the little chicken, colored her with my Copics and added twine. I then spent some time thinking if I'd frame my image panel or not -I tried some different brown and yellow cards behind it... But in the end I decided to be very CAS and leave the matting layer away. I can't decide if I like my decision or not! :)

I hope you'll now head on over to the challenge blog for the rest of the DT cards -they are fantastic! After that... Happy Crafting!

Stamps and Feathers at STAMPlorations!

Hi friends!
We are very excited about our January Challenge at STAMPlorations because this is the first time the DT -selected from the November DT call- has created cards for STAMPlorations challenges. If you haven't had a chance to visit these ladies yet I'd highly suggest it, they are all great! Here are links to the blogs of these talented women:

Debra

Kylie

Monika

Shirley

Vicki

Shery

There was another DT Call in the December Challenge -stay tuned for the results! :)

Anyways, to our currant challenge! I used two STAMPlorations sets for my card: VIGNETTE: Trendy Feathers and VIGNETTE: Chevron and Arrows. I started the card by adding Distress Inks to the background -I rubbed some ink colors to an ancrylic block, spritzed water to the block and then "stamped" the colors to my card. After this was dry, I used a stencil for sponging hexagons to opposite corners of the background... And then stamped some chevrons and arrows to other opposite corners. I like to be messy and inky but in a controlled manner! :) Then it was time for the stamped feathers and sentiment and after tying my ribbon and matting, the card was done! A fast, fun project.

Remember that you do not have to own a feather-stamp for participating -if you have some feather-embellies or dies, that will work great too! I can't wait to visit your blogs and see what you'll make. Happy crafting!

I'd like to enter:

http://www.trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.fi/ Anything Goes

Two Cards With Background Stamping!

Hi there!
Here's two cards that are both inspired by Darlene DeVries. If you don't know her, do check out her fabulous card video blog -she posts a new video every Wednesday. The video that inspired these cards is here. In both cards I've heat embossed an Impression Obsession background stamp with white embossing powder. In the first card I stamped on kraft and in the second card I stamped on grey card. The catch of these cards is that I've colored in some of the details -in the first card I used black marker and in the second card I used dark green marker + green pencil in the flowers. Both sentiments come from STAMPlorations.

My first card is for The Shabby Tea Room (white, kraft and black) and the second card uses a sketch from Try Stamping On Tuesday. Thanks for popping by!

Happy, Healthy and Crafty New Year To You All!

Hi friends!
I'm greeting 2014 with some simple Christmas cards I haven't blogged yet. I sent these around the world for blogging buddies... And one of them has traveled I don't know where but not where it should have -so Shery, the very first card was for you! :)

The stamps I've used are from STAMPlorations, the sets are called Holiday Hexagons and Oh Christmas Tree!. These cards are very basic... The tree stamp I inked with three different shades of green for a multicolored look and added some gold Stickles for shine. In the second card the bigger hexagons behind the stamped ones are inked through a stencil. This might look beautiful embossed with white I think -I'll have a go with that plan later! I've decided that this year I'll make Christmas cards all year round -there was too many wonderful persons that didn't receive a card from me 2013 since I run out of time.

Happy New Year to all of you around the world and here in Finland! Thank you for your continuous visits here at Korttikarkuri - Runaway Cards and all the lovely comments I so often get. You are great!