Craftily Yours: October 2016

Thursday, October 27, 2016

Christmas Artzy Penguins

My favorite time of year is coming. Time to craft with my favorite animal for one of my favorite craft shop - Dare 2B Artzy!

I used the Dare 2B Artzy Holly Days Collection Paper Pack. I love the collection of patterns! The background paper is so fun. No need to add a sentiment (unless you want to!). The adorable penguin and tree are from the Dare 2B Artzy Penguin Fun stamps.

Here's a close-up where you can see that I added some Frosted Lace Stickles to make that hat's fur a little more fluffy!

So, before you leave, be sure to "like" the Dare 2B Artzy Facebook Page! Also, JOIN our Dare 2B Artzy Fall Challenge! I dare you to be ARTZY!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Saturday, October 22, 2016

Birthday Rose

I never have enough birthday cards, so I decided to take a break from Christmas card making to make this fun birthday card!

I'd never done a red-head before. I think she turned out pretty cute. :) The stamp is from Paper Nest dolls, and the paper is Heartfelt Creations Classic Rose. I forgot to write down the Copics I used. (Sorry!) I'm entering this card into the Paper Nest Dolls Challenge #10. Thank you for stopping by today!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Gerda Steiner Designs - Guest Designer

I'm so stoked today to be a guest designer at Gerda Steiner Designs! Hope you stop by their shop to check out their CuTe stamps??! They have digital and clear stamps available! I used the Puppy Kisses for Christmas stamp to create a couple cards.

For this first card, I used the stamp paired with Kaisercraft Home for Christmas paper. I embellished the card with some lace, a doily and some pearls.

For this next card, I used a scrap of Dare 2B Artzy paper along with some white paper that I ran through an embossing folder. I embellished it with a sentiment from Tim Holtz dies, some sequins and silver twine. I colored in the fur with diamond Stickles.

Copics used for both cards:
Santa Skin: E000, E00, E11, R20
Santa Suit: R35, R37, R59, Y26, Y28

Top card:
Santa Shoes/Belt: E35, E37, E39
Pup: W0, W2, W3
Santa Beard: C1, C3

Bottom Card:
Santa Shoes/Belt: C1, C3, C5
Pup: E21, E23, E25
Santa Beard: W0, W2

Thanks for stopping by today!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Sunday, October 16, 2016

Joyeux Noel

Only 2 months and 9 days until Christmas! Whoop! I found a new-to-me stamp company, Gerda Steiner Designs and am entering their linking for "Share Your Design" Challenge.

I used Gerda Steiner Design's All Tangled Up along with some Heartfelt Creations Celebrate the Season paper. Love that sweet kitty with his mess of lights! I colored him up with the following Copic Markers

C1, C3, C4, C7, E31, E33, V15, V17, W2, B93, B95, BG49, BG49

Fun image to color with all kinds of cute details. I love his little brown paws! :)

Thanks for stopping by today!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Thursday, October 13, 2016

Dare 2B Artzy Thank you

It's my day to post over at Dare 2B Artzy! Whoop.

I made this card for a co-worker who helped me out of a jam.

I used the beautiful Dare 2B Artzy Modern Bliss paper along with the Tangle Jumpstart Stamps. I love these stamps. They can be used either as they come, or you can use a thin marker to add some fun detail, like the line and dots I added on the petals. I also used the Dare 2B Artzy Thanks Die for the sentiment. I cut it three times and glued it together to add some dimension.

The Copics I used were Y21, Y23, BG72, BG73, YG03, YG06. After I colored the YGs, I added some colorless blender by spraying it on a washcloth. Here's a close-up: