Alternative Valentines Card - Kenny K

Hi everyone,

well you know how i am at being alternative when it comes to my cards and i do like making bright and funky ones. With this in mind a couple of the challenges which i wanted to enter all relate to love etc because of Valentines day, well i figured i would step completely away from tradition and really hope you like my final card.

I used a Kenny K image and coloured her with my Copics. I have to admit i initially coloured her when the power was off a few weekends ago and wasn't really sure what to use her for. I cut her out and left her on my craft table until inspiration hit me LOL

I loved the bright colours and thought they would make a great alternative to the normal reds and pinks, so i cut three panels in the same colour scheme used and embossed them so they had music notes on them. I love the look it gave. I wanted a little bit more texture so i used some black embossed paper i had to give it a bit more edge. I then adhered to my card, after much playing around to get the layout right. I tend to cut out all my different panels together and play around till i am happy as i have a tendency to change my mind.

I added black ribbon and bow (well ribbon i had, coloured with my Copic) and adhered these in the corner of the card and added heart gems in each of the corner. When it came to the sentiment i had an idea of what i wanted to say so typed this out using Word and the many free fonts i have downloaded over time and played around with it until i was happy and then printed this straight onto yellow card stock, cut it out with my small circle Spellbinders Die and adhered to the card. I used dimensionals to add lift to my image as i wanted her to be the focal point and i am really happy with the results.

Hope you like it? here it is...

For this card is used...

Kenny K Digital Image

Card stock was all from my stash

White Ribbon coloured with Copic

Couture creations embossing folder

Heart Gems from my stash

Copics (sorry didn't note these down at the time)

computer and free fonts for sentiment

Spellbinders Circle Die

i would like to enter my card in the following challenges...

The Paper Shelter

Divas By Design

Charisma Cardz

Thanks for visiting and happy Crafting 

Jox

Simple but effective Valentine

Hi everyone,

me again back with another card, this one came about as my mum gave me an embossing folder as she had managed to buy the same one twice...oops. It was certainly my gain and i really like it. As the embossing is really gorgeous on its own i did not want to do too much to the card in case it detracted from it.

Here is what i came up with...

I used the following to make this card

Couture Creations Happiness embossing folder

Flourishes sentiment stamp

Heart Punch

Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch

Mini Gems from stash

Clear star Gelly roll

I would very much like to enter my card in the following challenges

Charisma Cardz

Simon Says Stamp

Cute Card Thursday

Divas By Design

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week

Jox

My other chosen card

Me again.

This is the other card i have chosen to submit to my challenges. I just love the combination of red and black and i have had this digi in my collection for a little bit as i fell in love with it the minute i saw it but just haven't gotten around to using it.

I wanted to keep this one fairly simple too as she is such a gorgeous image i wanted her to be the focal point. I took a black pearlescent card blank for my base. I then cut a strip of red pearlscent paper and used a Martha Stewart bored punch. I cut another strip from the same black card stock and embossed it to give it a little additional details. I mounted the black onto the red and then mounted these straight to the card base. I coloured my image with my trusty Copics but wanted this to have a little more blink/shimmer so i added some clear star gelly roll to the rose in her hair to give it a little sparkle, i used black aqualip on her shoes so they look like they are patent. I coloured the lamp post using black metallic gelly roll and the light bulb using yellow glaze. I then coloured around the image in really light grey to make it pop out at you a little more. I then mounted the image on black card stock leaving a thin border and then mounted this on red paper leaving another narrow border and then finally again onto black card stock with another narrow border and then adhered it to the card at a slight angle. I then added clear and red gems to complete the card.

I used...

Digital Image from The Paper Shelter

Card Stock Kmart

Pearlescent Paper from local newsagent

Couture Creations embossing folder

Martha Stewart Border punch

Red gems from stash

clear gems Kaiser Craft

Copics R37, E50, C0, C7, C9

Sakura Gelly Rolls Clear Star, Black Metallic

Sakura Yellow Glaze

Sakura Black Aqualip

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges

Creative Inspirations

Cute Card Thursday

Thanks

Jox