Card patterns sketch 23

this week is sponsored by Shortcuts- and let me tell you- these frosted and clear card bases are fun to play with! I got out my scraps of Dream Street papers, adding in some kraft paper scraps which I punched with my martha punch. I added a MM monkey rubon to some cardstock and fussy cut it out- then popdotted it onto a handcut oval. I also added rubon flower to cs and cut them out as well. I finished it off with gems and buttons. The tiny type letters are MM.
have a great day!
kris

Caardvarks

This Caardvarks challenge is by Sheetload of Cards- they made the sketch for the challenge this week. I really liked the scallops on there- I'm a scallop lovin' girl lately- so last night when I was watching some of the new episodes of Weeds - I created this card.



btw- did you know you can watch episodes online? I use Yidio or Netflix
and search for the shows I want to watch-

back to my card- again- I am loving my Dream Street papers- I have several favorite papers and these from Forever Family work sooo well with these AWESOME CTMH butterfly stamps I have on long term loan from my sis Kelly. I stamped them onto the patterned paper and glitter them with Stickles. I cut out this medallion from the background of a sheet and cut the scallops around it with scissors.


the cream sheet behind that circle is actually a recycling bit, I used the backing sheet from some Prima flowers, it was too pretty to trash. I used my cloud scissors for the scalloped mat, then added on a few buttons, and handwrote my greeting on a handcut tag. Adding in some plain satin ribbon finished this off.

Thanks for dropping by!
kris

Unscripted Sketches- sketch 13

I found this sketch blog by way of my sister Kelly-

Unscripted Sketches

they have some great sketches and the design team does fabulous work! I wanted to play along, so I got out more scraps of my Dream Street papers, and made a card base with Bobunny Dot Cardstock. I bought these fabulous little girlie stickers by K&CO a few weeks ago and plan to use the whole sheet. I am a sucker for glittered 3d stickers- and these are super cute!

I used my scallop scissors around the base mat, then added my accent box with foam tape.

BTW- I buy the industrial sized roll at the hardware store- $10 for a 5.5 inch circumference roll is one of the best deals I've found for it. And this is what I'm talking about most of the time when I say popdots as well.

anyway- SO I took some AC ribbon for my little accents to the side, added the cute fairy sticker and put on some pink gingham ribbon with button. Then I handwrote my greeting.

Thanks for coming by!
kris

Trying some new challenges

I've been feeling like I needed to step out of my box lately- so I have gone looking for some new challenge blogs. I just found CardaLicious and they have some incredible talent there.
This weeks challenge is to make a baby card with ribbon and sewing. My sewing is faux, hope it counts! :)
I used some Dream Street papers- the colors are so soft and pretty- perfect for a baby card! I also added in an older Anna Griffin rubon, and some blue patterned paper from K&CO- it has touches of soft pearl in the design- oh soo gorgeous!! I handcut my scalloped oval, and popdotted it, putting on just the barest touches of ink. I dug out my gingham ribbon from bobunny, love tan or kraft with baby stuff! I also added in a sewing pattern flower- have to give credit to Annabelle O'Malley as she did one that I just adored! You just take and cut circles smaller and smaller, layer them then put them together with a brad and scrunch! I added some machine sewing without the thread, then used a colored pencil to draw in my lines- yeah- the hard way- but my machine is dying and asking for straight stitches with a thread is too much on the poor old thing!


thanks for looking!
kris

Rest of my Dream Street Cards

Here are two more of the cards I made for my guest designer spot at Dream Street. I love this first card, the colors of the Forever Family collection are so pretty! My favorite this is this butterfly, but a close second is the stamp frame from Bobunny I embossed. Did you know you can emboss light chipboard? really is a neat and fun thing to do. I added my papers to a kraft base, then added a second mat that I popdotted up for dimension. The rubon bfly and phrase are also Dream Street and I added in some Bobunny gingham ribbon. I also added a couple of sewn on buttons, and MM tiny type letters.

Next is this fun card with the Heartsong Collection. I fussy cut a heart of of the paper, then added it onto some kraft cardstock, adding on MM felt letters and a DS rubon. I also folded a flower in half for the edge of the 'tag' adding on a button and finishing with several gems. A bit of bobunny ribbon, my trusty Martha eyelet punch and a few scraps of paper finish the card off.

Bye for now!
kris

Slipping in a quick challenge

Over at the CuttleBug Challenge Blog they are doing a red white and blue challenge with buttons and the swiss dots folder. So I thought I'd take a little bit and make a card to play along.
This card came together so quickly for me today! I used Dream Street papers- some of the MJ collection. I love that it has touches of brown in it to allow me to use some of the kraft cardstock as well. I used my swiss dots folder on the pinwheel and the lace punched borders at the top and bottom of the white strip, as well as on the banner itself. I used some old MM glittered letters- they are more shimmer then glitter for the greeting. You can see more detail in my close up- love how much dimension this card has! I also used a bit of bobunny gingham ribbon- am loving gingham lately! and some craft buttons and floss. I used a jumbo toothpick for the stick on the pinwheel as well.




Thanks for dropping in!
kris

Precious Treasures

This is another altered item I made while making up my Dream Street designership items. I took their Forever Family collection to make this box. I love the soft colors in this collection- soo pretty and elegant! The box I used lifts up in the front, I bought it from the dollar store. I added in a bit of kraft cardstock as a background and added lots of patterns to the box iteself with the various papers. I also cut out the roses- using 4 roses for each finished rose- with each one- I cut around the petals in a smaller and smaller size, then popdotted and curled the edges. This is how I got the layered look that is so much more then a flat single piece. I fussy cut a butterfly and leaf stem from the green paper, and added them to my roses. The butterfly got a coating of glitter, then I added some pearl head pins, and a button with a pearl. I added more pearls to the leaf stem, and a single row along the edge of the kraft paper. Under the bfly is a green gingham ribbon that I have tied into a bow. I used some K&CO type letters to spell out Precious Treasures, but the S is covered by the leaf in the photos.

Have a fabulous day!
kris