More New Beautifully Imperfect Cards with Spellbinders

When shopping the new Beautifully Imperfect Collection from Spellbinders, I couldn't resist the amazing papers and rub-ons. Today's cards feature them and this is my favorite of the cards I made with them. See all that texture? The paper and rub-ons create that illusion, although I did add one Tangled Thread and the holes in the top were from another die in that set. 

More amazing paper, rub-ons and dies from this collection made this card so easy to create. And the same applies to the card below:

I love how all these cards turned out and will be reaching for this Beautifully Imperfect Collection again and again soon.

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen 

Peace, Love, Joy- Holiday Stenciled Eclpsed Wishes

 

I love to stencil and also to create the eclipse look and in my newest video here, I combine those two loves on one easy to make beautiful card. I am sharing the video on my YouTube channel and on CutCardStock's channel. As I show in the video, I used Neenah Classic Crest Solar White from CutCardStock for the stencil blending as it is the best for blending. The card base is Midnight Blue linen also from CCS. 

I created the same stenciled piece twice with blue ink and the Snowflake Net stencil from A Colorful Life Designs. Then I cut Hero Arts Looking Glass Peace, Love and Joy out of one of them before darkening the words. I raised the top one and the pattern continues from the background to the front for the eclipse look. 

You can see how quickly this card came together when watching this short video and maybe you will decide to try one yourself for your holiday card stash.

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen 

Beautifully Imperfect From Spellbinders

When I saw the new Beautifully Imperfect Collection from Spellbinders I wanted it all! The collection includes fantastic dies, embossing folders, rub-ons, papers and press plates and I got most of it except for the press plates for now. Another new purchase waiting to be played with in my craft room was the Lindy's Magical Shaker Set from Katie Pertiet called Laurel Garden, and I combined those on the cards I am sharing today. 

I had this idea to die cut and create a stencil with the Deckled Edge Script die from Spellbinders and sprinkle some of the new Lindy's Magicals onto it and get two for one backgrounds. My favorite of the new Beautifully Imperfect dies is the Tangled Threads die set. I am not a fan of taking thread and winding it up and attaching some how to a card. These dies make that look so easy and fun to do. The sentiments on all the cards I am sharing today came from the Beautifully Imperfect Rub-ons and I cut them out with a deckle scissors. 

This is  the card I created with a piece of embossed watercolor paper under the stencil from above. The amazing new 3D embossing folder is called Crackle Paint and is also part of the Beautifully Imperfect Collection. I added more Tangled Threads and a rub-on sentiment. 

This set wasn't as bright as the first but too good to throw away, so I combined the two pieces for more texture, and again added some Tangled Threads and a rub-on sentiment. 

Come back tomorrow for some more cards with this amazing collection.

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen 

New Waffle Flower Inspiration

I belong to the Waffle Flower Sneak Peak Club and each month I received a package full of products from the next month's release. Here is the card I made with new Snowcapped Pinecones stencils, stamps and dies:

This card is a gatefold with a floating surprise element inside. I learned how to make this fun fold recently from Jennifer McGuire. 

Another advantage to the Sneak Peak Club at Waffle Flower is that we can order early from each release and get them shipped for free with our Sneak Peak Package. I am from the turkey capital of the world and love turkey and pumpkin pie especially on Thanksgiving, so I couldn't resist the dies on this card:

Don't the roasted turkey and pies look good enough to eat? This card is another Floating Bridge Card and here is a look from the top so you can see how the bridge part "floats."

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen 

October Class Cards- Masculine Cards with Techniques

I had fun this month teaching masculine cards with various techniques and featuring dies from Dies...to Die For at ShopScrapbook.com. Here are the cards I taught:

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen 

Designs with Lucky Winnings

I have been blessed recently to receive two prizes from a couple of my favorite companies, and I had fun designing with what I won. I entered a contest at the Creek Bank Creations Creativity Facebook Page by posting a card inspired by one Creek Bank Creations taught in one of their weekly YouTube lives. Last week out of the blue I received their beautiful Bethlehem Nativity Die Set in the mail and found out I won! I made this 5 x 7 split easel card with those dies and the Merry Christmas circle die also from Creek Bank Creations.

Continuing my lucky streak, I received notice that I had won a gift certificate at Altenew after taking a class with them. I ordered the Zero Waste Ornamental Winter Pattern Die Set and created these two cards with it:

The backgrounds on both of these cards were created with new rub-ons from 49 & Market. I took the pieces I removed from the ornament ball and attached them onto the 2nd card. Behind the ornament in the first card is a piece of multi-colored glitter paper. 

I thank Altenew and Creek Bank Creations for my fun winnings!

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen 

Autumn Colors and Sweater Weather

Which season is your favorite? My favorite season is autumn with cooler sweater weather and beautiful fall colors. Texture and CutCardStock’s cardstocks combine to make this card easy to make and beautiful.

I recently took an online class with Altenew and one of the instructors taught a card with this sketch and products. We both used the gorgeous Cozy Sweater 3D embossing folder and Garden Friends leaf dies. I die cut my leaves out of CutCardStock's Stardream Antique Gold and Copper and then added in some red using Red Pepper cardstock. 

My added touch to this card that was taught was to attach leaves in the 3 x 4 1/4 piece of white cardstock before embossing so those leaves were embedded into the embossing. Then I added some gold ink around the edges so the piece stood out against the white background. This card could be used for many reasons, but I added the perfect touch of gold in a Taylored Expressions Foil It sympathy sentiment. Here is another picture of this lovely card:

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen