Guesting over on the BRI Blog with some Lawn Fawn Goodness

Hello everyone!

Its been a while!  I'm guesting over at Butterfly Reflections Ink today and wanted to share my card with you.

So head on over the the BRI Blog for more details on how I made my card.

Also Vanessa has a new Storefront with even more goodies!  

Guesting over at BRI!

Hello everyone,

I am over on the BRI blog today with a wedding card.  Hope you'll head over and have a look

Where in the world is she?

Hello everyone,

I thought I'd drop in and let you all know where I've been lately.

I am in search of my mojo.  I lost it sometime around Christmas 2017 and I have been struggling to get back into card making.  I walk by my craft room everyday and just look and dream about all the wonderful goodies I have and want so desperately to play with. But every time I put my butt in the chair and get all set up, I just sit there and stare at the paper or stamp set that's on my desk.

I have to say that it is frustrating and scary to just go blank.  I do sometimes force myself to place with some ink and do a background in hopes of it jogging my creative juices but again, I just sit there staring at it.

I have still been creative though. When I was younger, my mom taught me how to knit and crochet, so that's what I've been doing to keep my hands happy.  If I can and you want me to, I can share what I'm working here on my blog.  I know this is all cards so I wasn't sure if you'd like something a bit different.

So that's it for why I've been MIA.  I know I'll be back, but for now I'm just taking it one day at a time and spending time with my family.

Thank you for sticking around and being patient with me as I try and figure things out.

Thanks for stopping by, see you again soon!

Coralynn :)

Two Designers - One Stamp Set for CAS-ual Friday Stamps

Hello everyone,

I am super excited to be joining amazing talented design team member Kimberly (you can see her post here) for a fun collaboration.  Two designers, one stamp set.

We chose the Shenanigans stamp set, which has the best sayings. We chose to do rainbow colours with sequins and I was having so much fun that I made three cards.

So for my first card added a bit of Spun Sugar to the background and then stamped the sentiment with Versafine Onix Black ink.

I used a background die that cut out vertical strips and I used the negative pieces to make the candle sticks.  I then did some ink blending with a combination of Distress Oxide and regular Distress ink to create the rainbow and then did some water splatters for texture.  I used a leaf die to create the fire on top and ink blended those as well with distress ink. I popped them up with foam tape and added the sequins.  I always have the hardest time adding those.  You'd think I was performing surgery.  LoL!!!

For my second, there were leftovers from the candles and they were just too pretty to through out so I added them to a black background.  I stamped the sentiment with Versamark ink and heat embossed it with white embossing powder.  Then again, did surgery with the sequins.

And for my last card, I had this background sitting on my desk and thought that a more masculine card would work so I stamped the sentiment with Versafine ink and heat embossed it with a black sparkly powder from Ranger. Just because it's a masculine card doesn't mean it can't have a little sparkle so I added a few silver and black gems.

I can't thank Kim enough for thinking of me for this collaboration and to Michelle for being fabulous!

Thanks for stopping by, see you again soon!

Coralynn :)

A Blog Named Hero - Mid-month Inspiration

Hello everyone,

I'm back with our mid-month inspiration with A Blog Named Hero and Simon Says Stamp.

It's a bitter sweet post for me as this is the last for the 2017 term.  Be sure to head over to our blog for the design team post for all the details.

Now, for my card I used the Felicity Snowflake die again because it's awesome.  I used the Simon Says Stamp glitter paper and adhered it to an A2 size card base.

I then stamped and heat embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder on to black card stock. I then cut it out with my trimmer and adhered it with foam tape to the card. And that is my card.

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Simon Says Stamp

Ellen Hutson

Hero Arts

AAA Cards Challenge #105 - Sparkle

Hello everyone,

We are back with a new challenge over at AAA Cards and this is a favourite - SPARKLE!!!!  

This is a one layer card. I used a Versamark pen and I heat embossed the Dahlia background stamp from The Ton with Ranger gold tinsel embossing powder.  Which is absolutely fabulous!  It sparkles so much.

 

I then die cut the Joy sentiment from Studio Katia out of red card stock and adhered it to the card.  And that was it!  This would work well to mass produce. 

Our wonderful sponsor for this challenge is Happy Little Stamper with a $20 gift certificate.

I hope you'll head over to our blog and play along.

Thanks for stopping by, see you again soon!!

Coralynn :)

AAA Cards Challenge #104 - Christmas

Hello everyone,

We are back with a new challenge over at AAA Card and it's looking a lot like Christmas!  And it's a good thing because that's what our challenge theme is.



For my card, I used a set from Lawn Fawn with a light grey ink I stamped a little pattern from the bottom left corner to the top right. I stamped and coloured the adorable puppy, hat and bone and coloured him in with my copics.  I added some applique to the hat to give it interest.

I cut out a banner from red cardstock and stamped the sentiment in white ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder.  I popped the images and banner on foam tape and called it done. 

Uniko is our wonderful sponsor this challenge and the winner has a choice of an in-stock stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by, see you again soon!

Coralynn  :)

A Blog Named Hero - Mid month inspiration

 Hello everyone

We are halfway through our Copy a Designer challenge with Neat & Tangled over on A Blog Named Hero.

I copied Jessica's card from her July 19 post and you can see it here.

I too a piece of bristol cardstock and stamped the images from the Get Yeti stamp set and heat set it with white embossing powder.  Then I coloured in the images with my zig clean colour brush markers.

I cut out the panel with the Hero Arts postage stamp nesting die set and added some white spots with a gel pen and added a few black gems. I stamped the sentiment with white embossing powder and cut in the flag ends and popped it up with foam tape.  

I then took some white fun foam and added it to a blue piece of cardstock and then added it to an A2 sized card base and this card is done.  

I hope you'll join us for our challenge!  We love seeing what you created!

Please help support A Blog Named Hero by shopping through our links. These are affiliate links,
at no additional cost to you. We appreciate your support.

Simon Says Stamp

Ellen Hutson

Hero Arts


Thanks for stopping by, see you again soon!

AAA Cards Challenge #103 - Celebrate

Hello everyone,

We are back again with a new challenge - Challenge 103 - CELEBRATION.  It's all about celebration, so get out those stamps and dies and let's see what you're celebrating.

Can you guess what I'm celebrating?  Yes, that's right, Christmas!!!  I always say that I'm going to get a head start on my Christmas cards and every year I bearly get any done at all.  

So this year I made sure that I did and I started with this guy.  Isn't he just the cutest? 

I stamped and coloured him with my copics and die cut him out.  I had added black gel pen to his eyes but I messed one of them up so I had to add little googly eyes to cover it up so I wouldn't have to start over.  I added sparkle and some Novo crystal glaze to the little lights.  Before popping him up on foam tape I added a few trees to the background with green ink. I then stamped the sentiment with black ink and called it done. 

Our wonderful sponsor is Happy Little Stamper and one lucky person will win a $20 gift certificate

Thanks for stopping by, see you again soon.

Coralynn :)

The Male Room Guest Designer - Challenge #8 - Paper Piecing

Hello everyone,

I'm excited to be joining The Male Room as their guest for Challenge#8 - Paper Piecing. 

On to my card. I love Lawn Fawn and those who follow me, kind of get that feeling.  This card is no different.  I have waited a long time for the Happy Harvest set but I was finally able to have it in my collection.

I started out with the leafy tree backdrop an ink blended the leaves with red, green orange distress inks, brown distress ink for the tree and two different greens for the stitched hills. I cut out a piece of watercolour pattern paper and used it for the fall sky and added it to the card base. I took the corn stocks and stamped them in the background with a light yellow ink and stamped the sentiment from the same set with black ink.

For my scarecrow, I used patterned paper to piece his hat, overalls and shirt. To make the pieces look seamless I ran my Momento black marker around the edges to hide the white of the paper.  I then colouring in his face, hands and feet with my copics. I then popped him up with foam tape and added him to the card and called it done.

Thank you so much for stopping by.  We hope you'll join us for our paper piecing challenge.

Happy crafting!!

Coralynn  :)

AAA Cards Challenge #102 - Ink Blending

Hello everyone,

We are here with a new challenge over at AAA Cards and it's one of my favourites.  Wait, I think I say that about all of them!

I started with distress oxide inks as these are just fabulous. I used a stencil from Hero Arts and I blended in the worn lipstick and peacock feathers in the bottom corner of the card panel.  Then I stamped the sentiment with black ink and added a few Nuvo snow white drops to finish off the card.

Our wonderful sponsor Stamplorations is offering a $15 gift card!

Hope you'll join us!

Thanks for stopping by, see you again soon.

Coralynn  :)

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Jump Start the Holidays with Hero Arts

Hello everyone,

Today we are hopping to celebrate all things fall and winter - and to rev up your holiday cardmaking motors! We are also joining Lea Lawson during her month-long Crafty Comeback Party. Lea is an amazing designer, and we are thrilled to support her! Tune into her blog every day this month - she began the party on October 7, and there have been many beautiful cards and fabulous giveaways along the way!  To make this party extra fun, we invited along the fabulously talented team at A Blog Named Hero! Lots of inspiration on this hop today.

Prize: We will be giving away a $25 gift certificate, randomly chosen from all of the comments left at every stop along the blog hop. To enter, leave a comment on any of the blogs by Friday, November 10 at 11:59 pst, and the winner will be announced on Lea Lawson's blog the on Sunday, November 12. 


For my card I used the postage stamp nesting dies and cut out a piece of red card stock. I then stamped the tree with Versamark and heat embossed it with white embossing powder and I did the same with the sentiment. 

I then added a chibitronic light to the back and used foam tape to pop it up.  I took a white card base and added Versamark to the sides and heat embossed it with gold embossing powder to tie in the gold star at the top of the tree.  I then lined it up with the light and removed all the backing from the foam tape and added it to the card base.  To finish off my card I added red stickles to tree.  

Here is a list of the hop.  Hope you'll join us along the way!

Hero Arts

Lea Lawson

Ilina Crouse

Jana Millen

Jessica Frost-Ballas

Lisa Stein

Coralynn Murray You are here!

Donna Idlet

Emily Midgett

Kelly Szafron

Kimberly Rendino

Melissa Chipperfield

Michelle Lupton

Swapna Patil

Tracy Freeman

Libby Hickson

Thanks for stopping by, see you again soon!

Coralynn :) 

A Blog Named Hero Mid-month Inspiration

Hello everyone,

Again, another month half gone!  But this month is my favourite because of all the beautiful colours the trees turn.

We are at the midway point of our A Blog Named Hero Critters collaboration challenge with Hero Arts and Lawn Fawn.

I used the Leafy Tree backdrop (landscape) die and cut it out of white card stock and with the die that cuts out either the foliage for the tree or a hill, I cut out a piece of watercolour wishes paper. I added the foliage and tree die to an A2 size card base. There is a little snow cluster stamp in the Colour Layering Christmas Tree stamp set so I used that to stamp the snow in the background with soft pool ink.

I had this little penguin left over from another project and he looked so lonely on my desk I just had to add him to this card.  I coloured him in with my copics and added glossy accents to the ice and the strawberry snow cone and adhered it all with liquid glue.  To finish off the card I stamped the sentiment from the same layering stamp set with black dye ink. 

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Simon Says Stamp

Ellen Hutson

Hero Arts



Thanks for stopping by, see you again soon!

AAA Cards Challenge #101 - Inspired by Film

Hello everyone,

We are back with a fun challenge for you this week over at AAA Cards and it's cards created by film.   

I'm sure you've guessed by now that it's The Pirates of the Carribean.  It happened to be playing on TV back to back all weekend so I thought I'd do up a card.

I started out by adding some distress ink in Salty Ocean (which I thought was fitting) and scattered straw and then added some water droplets. I used the sweet images from Lawn Fawn that I coloured for the30-day colouring challenge an added them to the card. I popped up "Jake" with foam tape and added the rest with liquid adhesive.  I added the sentiment to the card with black in and then added happy birthday to the inside (not pictured).

Our amazing sponsor: Winnie & Walter is offering a $25 gift certificate so be sure to head over to our blog and link up your CAS cards inspired by your favourite film. 

Thanks for stopping by, see you again soon!

Coralynn :)

AAA Cards Challenge #100 - Sketch

Hello everyone,

We are back with a sketch challenge for you with AAA Cards.  This was so much fun to create.  I was also able to do up a video for you and you can scroll down to see it.  

I masked off the card base with post-it notes and stamped the sweet little otter up and down with Lawn Fawn jet black in.  I love this ink.  I then took off the masking and took a ruler and made lines above and below the stamped images so they looked finished.

I coloured them in with my copics and stamped the sentiment from the Celebration Countdown set with the same ink. I then added the panel to a card base so you don't see the ink through to the inside. Sometimes this doesn't bother me but I didn't want to waste a card base just in case I messed it up.  To finish off the card I added some black dots with some Nuvo drops.

My video on YouTube

Our fabulous sponsors over at Happy Little Stampers are offering a $20 gift certificate

Feel free to rotate the sketch or change the width of the strip.

I hope you'll have as much fun with this sketch as we did. I hope you'll join us with our challenge.  We can't wait to see what you create.

I'm also entering my card for the SSS Wednesday Challenge

Thanks for stopping by, see you again soon.

Coralynn 

A Blog Named Hero - Mid month inspiration

Hello everyone,

It's halfway through our A Blog Named Hero collaboration challenge with CAS-usal Fridays and Hero Arts.  I know I say this every time but it's hard to believe how fast the month has gone.


For my card, I decided to watercolour.  I took a 3/4 inch brush and some watercolour paint and painted stripes vertically across the card base.  I only used one colour to do this. I let the first set of stripes dry a bit before going over them again and only did every second one to give it a two-tone look.
I stamped the Full on Floral set from CAS-ual Fridays and heat embossed it with Hero Arts white embossing powder. I also did the same for the sentiment from the It's Your Day stamp set also from Hero Arts.

Thanks for stopping by!  I how you'll head over to the blog and see all the amazing cards from the team and link up your own cards.  We love seeing what you create!  Don't forget to use our hashtag #ablognamedhero so we can see you on social media. 

Please help support A Blog Named Hero by shopping through our links. These are affiliate links, at no additional cost to you. We appreciate your support.

Simon Says Stamp

Ellen Hutson

Hero Arts

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AAA Cards Challenge #99 - Autumn Colours

Hello everyone,

Our new AAA Cards challenge for the fortnight is Autumn Colours.  Fall is my most favourite time of year.  The leaves are changing and the air gets a little cooler and I get to wear my sweaters again!  

For my card, I started with the WPlus9 Autumn leaves stamps and dies along with the Big U set from Simon Says Stamp. I stamped the image on the kraft and white cardstock with distress oxide inks and Hero Art black dye ink.

I first stamped the leaves directly on the panel and added the outline with black dye ink. I took my MISTI and stamped the U and the sentiment a couple of time so that it would be nice and black. 

I then stamped and die cut another leaf and popped it up on foam tape and added it in the same place as the other one just to give it some interest.  To finish off the cards, I added them to the card base. 

We hope that you'll play along with us for a chance to win a stamp set (in stock) of your choice from our wonderful sponsor, Uniko.

Thanks for stopping by, see you again soon!

Coralynn  :)