Guest Designing at Time Out

Hello and Welcome!

Lately I had the honour to make the top at Time Out #48 where we might CASE very talented Marika's card. And I've got a chance to guest design at very special Challenge of the Time Out challenge blog.

Time Out turns TWO!!!

Happy 2nd Birthday :)!!! 

The ladies at Time Out want for us to make something about spring to celebrate this :).

The theme is 

Easter and/or Spring with the optional technique twist of masking.

I made two one layer cards to welcome spring.
My first card was made without the optional twist.

The flower bouquet is from Sweet Posies stamp by JustRite. Before I stamped the image slightly offset I blended Salty Ocean DI on the card base where I wanted to place the bouquet. The image was stamped in blue and colored using Copic markers and Prismacolor colored pencils. I added on the stamen some little dots using Pico Embellisher and coated the flowers with clear Wink of Stella. The sentiment from Penny Black was stamped with Grape Juice Ink. I then blended the right upper corner in green and yellow using Distress inks. The butterfly was punched out from a scrap CS which I sponged in green and yellow. For final touch I added some clear sequins along with some in spring colors.

For the second card I used the masking technique.

To start off I stamped the same sentiment as on the first card in purple. I then placed a butterfly above the sentiment. This beautiful butterfly is from a mini stamp set by Technique Tuesday. I stamped it in purple, colored using Prismacolor pencils, stamped again with embossing ink and clear heat embossed it.
For the window scene, I masked off the window, clouds and the butterfly and blended Salty Ocean and Twisted Citron Distress inks. The dots made using Wedding Dress Pico Embellischer represent some spring flowers :). I added some clear sequins to finish off my card.

I hope you could get some inspiration from my cards and join in the fun at Time Out. Please hop over there and let the awesome DT ladies inspire you!
The STAMPlorations is sponsoring this special challenge.
I'm looking forward to seeing your cards at the Time Out Gallery!

Thank you for visiting today!
Have a great Spring!!!

You are Amazing

Hello everyone:)!
Hope you are having a great weekend so far!

Today I have a card in neutral color to share with you.

Over at Time Out runs a photo inspiration challenge.
From the inspiration photo of a bedroom the black and white newsprint bedding set catched my eye and the sketch of the cities on it.

To start off I smudged white pigment ink on a black CS to make a chalkboard-like appearance. I then stamped the sketch of Shanghai from Altenew using white pigment ink and heat embossed it with silver and iridescent sparkle EP. I used two embossing powders here to give a little bit shade into the sketch. The fireworks from Pyrotechnics stamp set by The Ton were stamped in white and silver.
The sentiment is also from the same stamp set. I stamped the sentiment on a clear acetate sheet using white StazOn ink and placed it in the center of the front panel. I added silver glitter pattern paper on two diagonal corners for some more interest and mounted the panel on a A2 card base.

Challenges:

Time Out #50: Photo inspiration

SimonSaysStamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by!
Happy crafting!

Love

Hello and happy sunday!

Today I have ''LOVE" themed card to share with you.
The Valentine's day is right around the corner. I realized it while I was making 30 valentine's day cards for the classmates of my son yesterday:).

To start off I made a cutting file for the waterdroplets and the heart flower.  I blended Twisted Citron and Salty Ocean DIs on a White CS before I cut the image with my Cricut. I then adhered the panel with double sided tape on a card base and burnished the glitter into the positive space with my finger. I drew the watering can by hand using black glaze pen and filled it with water using Stardust Stickles. I added a thin strip of glitter on a side using thin double sided tape and glitter.
The sentiment 'Love' was written by hand and cut 4 times from a white CS with Cricut.
I colored the Love in green using DIs, stacked the cuts and adhered it beneath the watering can.
I wrote then 'with' by hand.
I think the Lyric of the "Mind Games" by John Lennon says very well what I intended to depict with this card. "Love is the flower you've got to let grow" is the quote given to us for inspiration at the latest Time Out Challenge.

Challenges: 

CASology #183: Glitter

Time Out #49: Inspired by Words -- Love is the flower you've got to let grow

AAA cards #57: Love Me Like You Do

Addicted to Stamps and More #179: CAS

SimonSaysStamp Wednesday Challenge: Have a Heart

Thank you for stopping by! 

Have a great start into the new week! 

CASEing Marika #2

Hello everyone!
As I said on the previous post, I've made a card with Marika's coloring technique, after I watched her video several times.
I only hope I did justice to Marika's card.

To start off I stamped the outline images of the orchids from Oriental Orchid stamp set by Altenew. Here I used third generation of the inking of London fog Memento ink. I colored them using cool grey Copic markers and added details using cool grey Polychromos colored pencils. I then cut the image completely with a craft knife. For the background I blended Crushed olive, Seedless preserves and Shaded lilac Distress inks on the left part of the card base.
And I blended Shaded lilac on a side edge of a white card stock masking a stripe, trimmed this panel and mounted it to the right of the card base. I then glued the stem of the orchid flat and the flowers using foam tape on the front panel. I made a horizontal stripe in lilac and stamped a sentiment from the same stamp set on it in black and clear heat embossed it. Of course I forgot to apply the anti-static powder, so the clear EP was all over the stripe. As the stripe was already glued on the card, I had to leave the clear dots...
To finish off the card I added some sequins.

Here is Marika's gorgeous creation.

Challenges:

Time Out #48: CASE with Your Own Twist (Marika Rahtu) 

Addicted to Stamps and More #177: Make Your Mark

Thank you all for stopping by! 

Have a good start into a new week! 

Purple roses

Hopefully you're having a great week so far.
In today's card I am CASEing two very talented card designers, Marika Rahtu from Me and Minime Crafting and Kelly Latevola from You and Your Big Dreams.

The theme of the latest Time Out challenge is CASEing Marika with your own twist.
I always adore Marika's amazing coloring. Especially when she uses Copics and colored pencils together, I fall in love with her card again and again.
But for this card I am not using Marika's coloring technique. (I will try it on my next project :). )
As I watched Kelly's video on her blog, where she was CASEing Anita (in France), I thought I should try that coloring technique soon. So I followed Kelly's tutorial to make this card.

I took a black CS and stamped the second layer of the rose and branch from Vintage Flowers stamp set by Altenew using white pigment ink. I then colored the images with my Prismacolor pencils. I chose purple for the roses like the background color of Marika's card.  I cut a vertical strip out from the left part to mimic Marika's card. The sentiment from Altenew was stamped and white heat embossed. I added a glitter pattern paper on the card base and mounted the black panel using 3D foam.
To finish off the card I added some sequins.

This is the beautiful card of Marika!

Challenges:

Time Out #48: CASE with Your Own Twist

Addicted to Stamps and More #177: Make your Mark

Inkspirational #100: Blast from the Past (I chose #83: Anything goes with Purple)

Seize the Birthday: Clean and Simple
Stempleküche #36: Geburtstagskarte

I want to say special THANK YOU! to Marika and Kelly for the inspiration :). 

Thank you for visiting today! 

Have a restful weekend! 

Birthday card with an adorable elephant

Happy friday!

Today I want to share a card with you which I've made using the Adorable Elephants stamp set from MFT.
To make this card I took the sketch from the latest MFT Sketch challenge #263, and used the color palette of the ColourQ #324 .

To start off I cut circles in various size from a scrap paper using my Cricut. I used it as a stencil to sponge some Distress inks (Mowed lawn, Twisted citron, Tumbled glass, Peacock feather) on the card base so that it can show the horizontal panel in the sketch. The elephant was stamped in black and colored with copics which I've got as a christmas gift :)!!! It was my first try with this marker. After I fussy cut the elephant, I cut a balloon from a silver glitter paper, tied some soft green twine on the balloon and gave it to the elephant. I mounted the elephant and the balloon using some foam tape.
The sentiment is also from the same stamp set. I stamped it on a vellum using StazOn black ink, cut to a banner and adhered it slightly curled on the card base and to the twine.
To finish off the card I added some clear sequins and colored a shadow of the floating elephant with copics.

When I was making this card, I had some other challenges in mind where I love to play along.

Challenges:

MFT Sketch Challenge #263

Colour Q #324

Time Out #47: Birthdays with the optional Technique Twist of adding sponging

Seize the Birthday: Clean and Simple

Addicted to Stamps and More #176: Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by!
Have a restful weekend!

Season's Greetings

I hope you are having a great weekend!
Today I have a holiday card to share with you which I've made with two challenges in mind.

The Addicted to CAS challenge celebrates the 3rd birthday with the cord word "Dimension". Congrats!!!

On the Time Out blog runs a 'inspired by word' challenge. And the phrase is "Snowflakes are Winter's Butterflies".
I took the word "snowflakes" from that phrase and made a holiday card.

I started off by stamping the snowflakes using embossing ink on my card base. After clear heat embossing it I blended various Distress inks in blue and purple over the images.
I then cut the front panel with a circle window from a silver shimmer CS and mounted it raised on the card base using foam tape for some dimension. The sentiment from JustRite was stamped and silver heat embossed on the front panel.  The die cut snowflake is from Cricut online store and was cut with my Cricut.
I colored the snowflake using a silver pen and ink it up with embossing ink to heat emboss with glitter EP.
The final touch were the tiny stars between the snowflakes in the window and a rhinestone on the center of the die cut snowflake.

Challenges: 

Time Out #45: Snowflakes are Winter's Butterflies

Addicted to CAS #77: Dimension

AAA Cards #53: Anything Goes

SimonSaysStamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Thank you so much for visiting my blog! 

Have a great day! 

Jingle All the Way

Today I have a christmas card featuring santa in pink!

For this card I used the Jingle all the way stamp set from My favorite things, which has been on my wishlist for a long time.
I stamped santa, christmas tree and the presents on a white CS using Memento black ink. After I colored the images with Prismacolor colored pencils, I stamped the images once again with black pigment ink and clear heat embossed. A load of wink of stella was added and some silver accents using silver gel pen.

A subtle circle was blended in Hickory smoke and brushed with silver pearl on the card base as my platform to mount the elements.
I made wobbling santa with a small piece of wire!  (Youtube tutorial here)

I scattered some mini pink stars to connect santa with the sentiment.
The sentiment is also from the same stamp set, was stamped on a pink colored scrap paper using embossing ink , silver heat embossed and adhered on a glitter pattern paper strip with foam tape.

Challenges:

Time Out #43: Christmas with the optional twist of "use pink and/or purple" 

Merry Monday #179: Pink, Green and White (I hope a little bit yellow and black pieces are forgivable) 

Thank you for stopping by! 

Christmas in pink

Current Time Out Challenge wants us to make some Christmas cards with the optional twist of "use pink and/or purple". As I saw the theme I thought it could be interesting to try it.
I have a big delicate snowflake stamp from Hero Arts, which I haven't used yet.
I wanted to make a christmas card in pink using this beautiful snowflake. But It became two out of the idea.

This is my first card.

I started off by stamping the snowflake using embossing ink on a watercolor paper and then heat embossed it in silver. I then colored the snowflake using Distress inks in pink and purple shade. The fussy cut snowflake was glued slightly offset on the card base on which I placed a silver shimmer CS which was cut using Distressed edges die from Spellbinders. I die cut the sentiment from Hero Arts from a foiled silver CS. It was stacked and glued on the card.

I was not happy with the color of the snowflake on the first card. So I tried again and this time I colored certain areas of the snowflake using Akashiya sai brush pens. I think in that way you can see the detail of the stamped image better.
I trimmed the edges of the panel and mounted it popped up on the card base on which I glued a panel out of a striped silver glitter CS.
The Sentiment from Hero Arts was stamped and silver heat embossed on a vellum.

Challenges:

Time Out #43: Christmas with the optional twist of "use pink and/or purple"

Addicted to Stamps and More #168: Holiday

SimonSaysStamps Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting today! 

Happy Halloween at TIME OUT

Today I have the third halloween card for the TIME OUT Challenge #42 as guest designer.
The Challenge is still going on for about a week.

Here is the inspiration photo for the current challenge.

This time I picked the black and white striped pumpkin and made a shaker card.
It is a black and white card with lots of sparkles.

For the top panel I dry embossed a white CS using wave embossing folder from We R Memory Keepers. I then cut the shaker window in shape of a Pumpkin with my Cricut. The stripe pattern was also cut with Cricut from a black glitter CS. I then heat embossed the background of the window using Iridescent sparkle EP. Iridescent white sequins were used as shaker elements.
After I mounted the shaker card together, I adhered the sentiment popped up on the card. The sentiment was computer generated using a font called Rebel Heart. After printing it I die cut the sentiment with a banner die from Spellbinders. I scattered some clear and black rhinestones to finish off.

Hope you are enjoying the photo inspiration challenge at TIME OUT!

I'm entering this card also into Addicted to CAS #74: Sparkle

Thank you for visiting!
Happy crafting!
TaeEun