Carolyn's Card Creations

Hello Everyone, I'm trying to catch up on posts and I have another class happening tomorrow, so I wanted to show you this Easel card that I made for my launch before I shared any more class cards.  This card uses all five of our new "In Colours".  I used Dapper denim for the base of this card and combined with Botanical Builder framelits, Papillon Potpourri butterfly and greeting from Rose Wonder stamp set. Colours use were the whole In colour range and some Basic Black and Whisper White to line the inside of the card.  Here's a closer look at the front.  It was cut with Oval Accents Bigz and Oval framelits dies. This is the side view. Thanks so much for stopping by.  Hope you have a fabulous day.

Hi Everyone, Welcome, our regular Wednesday challenge will run for 2 weeks at the  Paper Craft Crew  this time. Here is our sketch for this week.   I've used a new stamp set here called One Wild Ride for this male card.  The cardstock here is Basic Black, Cajun Craze and Whisper White.  The paper on the background is from last year's specialty pack called Winter Wonderland and I've used some Washi  tape from my stash for the top border of the sketch. In hindsight, the bike would have been great if i'd embossed it withe black embossing powder, however, too late now.  :)  Here's a closer look. So glad you could join us this week a the Paper Craft Crew challenge.  We look forward o having you play along and seeing what you create with this sketch.

Hi Everyone, Welcome to our colours this week for the Tuesday Stamp Ink Paper challenge.  This  colour combination comes to us from Sandy and I know she envisaged Summer and tropical fruits, so please make sure you check out her fantastic card and all the cards this week from our talented design team. I liked the idea of a White card this week and incorporated Old Olive card and ribbon into my design combined with a SU Hostess stamp set called Fabulous Flora.  I did not have any Tangerine Tango, so I substituted Tangello Twist ink and you may also substitute with whatever is the closest colour that you have.   I love texture and used the Lovely Lace embossing folder on my background. I coloured my image with Blender pens and inks and used my Wink of Stella pen over it for a shimmery finish (closeup below) and cut it with lots of labels framelits.  Decorative label punch was used with some yellow card to create a fancy edge and I also used Thoughtful banners for my g

Hi Everyone, How are you today? When I pulled out my retired stamps last weekend for my launch I decided to use my Beautifully Baroque stamp set that I had in storage again combined with our new in colours.  I've stamped here in Dapper Denim and Flirty Flamingo for this card also using the Thoughtful Banners stamps and matching punch.  Cardstock used is Flirty Flamingo, Dapper Denim, Whisper White and some Dazzling Diamonds glimmer cut with Butterfly thinlits for my layered butterfly. I really quite like how this turned out, rather simple but quite striking.  Thanks for stopping by.  Enjoy your weekend.

Hello Everyone, We have reached a fabulous miles tone a t  the Paper Craf t Crew  team and  this is our 200 th challenge wi th our ske tch below. We hope you can join us as mos t of the team will have some blog candy on offer, bu t only if you par ticipa te and commen t on their blogs. Generally blog candy is available wi thin the same Coun try, so for Canadian team members, i ts available only to Canadians who commen t on their blog and in my case, I'm the only Aus tralian on the team, so my blog candy will go to ano ther Aussie who commen ts here, and so for th. Here's wha t i crea ted wi th our Ske tch. I've used Shel tering tree s tamp se t for this male bir thday card, which also would have made an excellen t Fa ther's day card, jus t by swi tching the sen timen t. Cards tock is Early Espresso, Pool Par ty and Whisper Whi te. Designer papers used are from English Garden pack,  the reverse side of some of those pre t ty florals in tha t re ti

Hi Everyone, Welcome  to our challenge  this week a t S tamp Ink Paper .    I love  this new designer paper I've jus t bough t called Bloom & Bliss and  though t  the floral background would be wonderful wi th one of my favouri te layered bu t terflies perched on  top.  Cards tock used is Dapper Denim, Whisper Whi te, Swee t Sugarplum and Dazzling Diamonds and Blushing Bride Glimmer.  I used Decora tive label punch wi th gree ting from Blooms & Wishes s tamp se t. I kep t  the design simple wi th such pre t ty elemen ts and everyone knows how I love bu t terflies. Qui te an in teres ting challenge seeing who you CASE.  :)   So glad you could join us a t    Stamp Ink Paper  

Hello Everyone, I have a card here  today tha t i mean t to show you las t mon t h and i ac tually forgo t all abou t i t. A Blackberry Bliss card (now re tired) base was used and I am in love wi th these Bo tanical Frameli ts. Mother's  Day gree ting is from a re tired se t called My Mo ther which was s tamped on the large Very Vanilla hear t and on the bo t tom edge of my card is a s trip of marbly paper tha t was crea ted wi th my reinkers and shaving foam. Some flowers I received. Have a grea t day.

Hi Everyone, Welcome  to the Wednesday card ske tch challenge here wi th the Paper Craf t Crew . Here is our ske tch for the week. I've used some brand new dsp called Blooms and Bliss.   I would have  to say i ts my curren t favouri te from our selec tion in the new ca talogue. Gree ting used on the banner is from Blooms and Wishes S tamp se t and cards tock is Swee t Sugarplum, Min t Macaron and Blushing Bride. I've used my bu t terfly dies to crea te a layered bu t terfly on the lower corner combined wi th Bu t terfly basics s tamp se t. I also pulled my Blossom punch ou t of re tiremen t for my punched flower. Here's a closeup. So glad you could drop by my blog t his week and t hanks for joining us a t he Paper Craf t Crew

Hello and welcome to the one year anniversary of the Stamp, Ink, Paper Challenge !  Can you believe that it has already been a year?! We have had so much fun creating the challenges and seeing all of your beautiful work that you share with us in the gall ery each week! To thank you we are going to have three giveaways! All you have to do is enter a card in this week's challenge! We hope to have some participants from Australia where I will be suppling some blog candy! And the other  t wo winners from this week's challenge will get some goodies from   t he   US! Everyone has something to add to the prize pack! You can find out what each person is giving by checking out their blog and to make that easier we have a Hop for you! If you click on the NEXT button and the very bottom of this post you. My blog candy will be some sample cards tock from S tampin' Up! la tes t In Colours wi th a li t tle ribbon, bu t you need  to en ter a card  to be eligible  to win and preferab

Hi Everyone, I wan ted  to share a card wi th you  tha t was made as one of my Cards  to launch  the new ca talogue on  the weekend and specifically  to showcase  the new In Colours.  Come and have a look. My cards tock for  this card is Flir ty Flamingo, Emerald Envy and Whisper Whi te.  Affec tiona tely yours designer paper has been used as a panel and Whisper Whi te background was embossed wi th Lovely lace embossing folder.  i used my firs t new s tamp  though tful Banners  on  this card which was purchased as a bundle wi th ma tching punch Banner punch and combined i t wi th one of my curren t s tamps called Flower Pa tch cu t wi th ma tching Flower Fair frameli ts.   Here is a closer look. I s tamped  the flower 3  times and fussy cu t  the middle and  top layers for a 3D effec t.  Below is a pho to showing some more of  the cards I had on display. Have a grea t day.  

Hi everyone, Here's is an Easel card made for a friend of my daughter, who has turned 15 last weekend.  It was my 3rd card in a row made in this style.  My brief given was she likes orange, no butterflies and no flowers Mum.  Here's what I finally came up with. Cardstock was Peekaboo peach, Whisper White and tangerine tango with inks of Flirty Flamingo, Crumb Cake and tangerine tango. Stamps here were Gorgeous Grunge, Work of Art and Birthday Balloons and framelits were large Numbers and Star framelits.   Here's a pic of the side view so you can see how card sits. this is a closer look at the front of my card. Holly loved it and thanked me, so the effort was well worth it. Enjoy the rest of your weekend. :)

Hi everyone, I wanted to share some photos of our event from last weekend including the lovely ladies present and the projects we made on the day. My event was all about raising some money for Cancer, but we also had a lot of fun, some yummy food and some craft time.  Here's the cards we made. Same card in a choice of colours with Mint Macaron and either Wisteria Wonder or Calypso Coral.   I used Cup and Kettle framelits and Washi tape & Scallop Circle punch for these cards. and here is the second card we made, which was a male birthday card. I've combined a few stamps for this card, Gorgeous Grunge with Sky is the limit.  Cardstock for this card is Crumb Cake, Night of Navy and Very Vanilla.  I used Decorative label punch for the greeting.  Inks used were Night of Navy, Lost Lagoon, Soft Sky and Crumb Cake. And last but not least, some pics of the yummy food.  :) So glad you could stop by my blog.  I hope you enj