Hello, today I have a couple cards to share with you 

that came from 2 different sheets of 

K & Company paper from the Floral Dreams stack.  This is one

of my favorite K&Company stacks. 

Here is the first of the two cards.

 I made this card following a sketch, so when I cut the two pieces

of background paper on an angle, I thought well I may as

well, make another card right way with the other 2 pieces.

This one I used a couple Gina K stamps, for the flowers and the sentiment.

I colored the flowers with my Copic markers and die cut them out

using a Spellbinder die.

And here is the second one using those leftover papers.

I stamped the flower using a Stampin Up stamp and

then colored it using my Zig Clean Color pens.  The flower and the

circle sentiment was cut using a Gina Marie die.

I really like the way both of these turned out.  I am thinking this may be a great

idea to mass produce some Christmas cards this year.  I think I may

have to make a couple soon so I don't forget.

Thanks for stopping to take a peak.

Sunflowers by Bugaboo

Hi, sorry kind of running behind a week or so with

my monthly Bugaboo Crafty Challenge card

over at the Crafting Circle. 

I chose this simple Sunflower image from Bugaboo digis 

to use for this months card. 

I watercolored the image using my Distress Oxide inks and kept it

simple.  Found some paper in one of my K&Company stacks that

picked up the colors in the image perfectly.

I used a Gina Marie die to cut the scalloped frame to go around

the image.

Thanks for stopping by have a great week.

A Couple of Christmas Cards

Hi, I have two Christmas cards to share with you.

Well, they are pretty much both the same just in different colors.

I created the card following the sketch this week over at

Retro Rubber Challenges.

I was looking at the sketch trying to figure out what I was going to do, I actually set up a cut file in Cricut Design space.  Then I was looking through my Christmas stamps when I ran across this Unity Stamps Christmas tree
stamp from last year, so I thought well I will just flip this sketch on its side.
I rarely do this, normally I follow the sketch to a "T" but I thought
this was the perfect stamp. 
So here is what I came up with.

Red version, trees are stamped using the trees that were in
the Joyous Season set from October of 2016.  This one was stamped
using Catherine Pooler ink "Rockin Red" and heat embossed with clear.
The Merry Christmas is from a Hero Arts set from 2014, that I heat embossed with gold.

And the green version, I stamped using Distress Ink "Mowed Lawn" and
heat embossed with clear.  The Merry Christmas on this one I cut from gold
foil paper using a Gina Marie die.

The background paper on both cards is from a paper stack
from K&Company named Yuletide.  I have had this paper for several years.

This card was easy to create and I can see mass producing these to get
ahead on my Christmas cards for this year. 

Challenges entered:

A Snowflakes Promise - anything goes - ends - 11/13

Creates and Makes - anything goes - ends 11/27

Lemon Shortbread - anything goes - ends 11/6

Get Well Wishes - Mojo Monday

Hi, I got to play along this week at Mojo Monday, one of my

favorite places to play.  I love making cards following sketches and

they always have great sketches.

Here is this weeks sketch, plus since it is the first Monday of

the month it is also prize week.

I made my card using some papers from one of my older 

K&Company paper stack.  It is two sided paper so it was easy to 

match up what papers I wanted to use.  The back pink panel

I die cut using a Gina Marie die.  The piece where the sentiment

is stamped is a stitched edge die cut.

I embossed some of the pieces to add some texture.  The

sentiment I stamped using a Verve stamp from the 

"Treasured Words" set.  The prize for this week's 

challenge is a set of Verve stamps of your choice.  Not a bad deal, 

their stamps are great.  So make sure you head on over and

play along at Mojo Monday, the more entries the more winners.

Challenges entered:

Mojo Monday - sketch - ends 4/9

The House that Stamps Built - add a die cut - ends 4/11

Addicted to Stamps - anything goes - ends 4/10

Crafty Creations - anything goes - ends 4/11

Bathing Beauty

Hi, I am here to share a card with you that I 

made using the Bathing Beauty image

from KennyK.  It is the freebie for the month of June, so

if you hurry you have a couple days left. 

So here is what I created with her.

I had my Cricut Explore cut her out and then I colored using my Copic markers. 

My intent was to add some polka-a-dots to her swim suit but I could not lift enough yellow off for them to show up.  I should have just left it white and add

yellow dots, oh well.

I made the background on watercolor paper using my Zig Clean Color 

markers.  The dots in the "sand" are a Stampin Up stamp.

I stamped the sentiment but unfortunately I do not know whose stamp it

was, may have been Stampendous.  I added a couple 

K&Company stickers and that finished it off. 

I will be adding it to the Club KennyK Facebook page for their June challenge.

Thanks for stopping by.

Challenges entered:

Cards and More - Fashion

Fairy Tale Challenge - Summer Summer

Lemon Shortbread Challenge - Anything goes

Soak up some Sun

Recently I have enjoyed working with water color paints

and Distress Inks.

Here is a card I created using water coloring.

 I cut an oval with my Explore from watercolor paper and then stamped the image on a piece of post-it-tape and then cut around the chair and umbrella.

I placed my mask chair/umbrella on the oval then watercolored the background.

Then using my MISTI I lined up my stamp to the masked area and then stamped

the image.  I then decided to stamp and color the chair image

 again and cut it out so it would add more dimension. 

  I colored the chair and umbrella with 

Distress Inks and a water brush, then pop dotted it on top.  

Then cut the stitched oval using one of my Die-Namics dies.  The top shell banner is cut from Life's a Beach cartridge and the I

added some K&Company die cuts.  

The stamps are from Sweet & Sassy stamps. I had been wanting to

use these stamps for a long time and finally had an opportunity to 

use them.  

Thanks for stopping to take a peak. 

Teal & Green Birthday

Hello, I back to post a birthday card, yes another birthday

card.  It seems like I make a lot of birthday cards, well I do because that is

what I use the most of.  

I love this color combination especially with the splash of purple

in there.  The paper is from K&Company Floral Dreams.

One of my favorite paper stacks, oh who am I kidding they are

all my favorites, I am a paper hoarder. 

 This is a half fold card, which I love making sometimes

to get more impact.

The happy birthday is a CTMH stamp and I added some lace

to give it a more elegant look.

Well that's it, would love to hear what you think of my card.

Flowers to brighten your day

Hello, hope everyone had a great weekend

and had a chance to do some crafting.

Today I made a card following the sketch this week over 

at Mojo Monday.

If you know me I can not create or make a 

card without following a sketch, at least rarely. 

The papers I used in the background are from K & Company's

Garden Cottage stack.

I cut the flower using one of my Heartfelt Creations dies.

The sentiment is a stamp from Rubbernecker stamps.

Since it is the 1st Monday of the month the challenge at

Mojo Monday is a prize challenge.  You could win your choice of a

set of Verve stamps, so go on over and join in.

I'll also this card over at:
Just Us Girls Challenge - Flowers
Crafty Friends Challenge - Floral

Few Birthday Cards

Hello, again it has been sometime since I have posted on my blog.  I have been busy making cards just have not got to sit down and post them.

So today I am going to share with you a few birthday cards I have made recently.

This made using papers from an old K&Company speciality paper pack that I have.  The white parts are the bottom on the card are raised up, almost like puffy.

The papers on this card are from the CTMH Sonoma paper pack.  I stamped the happy birthday using a Verve stamp.

This is a simple card, however the background paper I made using my water soluble crayons on water color paper, then spritzed it with some Tattered Angels, I love the way it came out. The happy birthday was cut using the CTMH Artbooking cartridge.  I also used a stick pin that I received in a swap a couple of years ago.

Well thanks for stopping by, I have some more cards to share you which I hope to post in the next week.

Thanks

Birthday card for Mom

Happy New Year!

WOW it has been a long time since I posted on my blog.  Things got really crazy around here for the holidays as I am sure it did for a lot of you. 

I was creating but just did not get time to sit down and type up a blog post.

Today I have a card to share with you that I made for my Mom's upcoming birthday in February.  She is here staying with us so I had to make it on the sneak, she pops in my room now and then during the day to see what I am up to so I always had to have something ready to show her, LOL.

I made this card following a sketch from The Sweet Stop from a past challenge.

The papers are from a K&Company paper pack Floral Dreams.

The flower are paper Recollections, I stamped the center label with a Verve stamp. 

I will enter this the challenge this week at Stampin Royalty where the challenge theme is Birthdays.

Well I hope you like my card and thanks for stopping by.

Easel Card

Hi I have a quick card to share with you today.

Although I do not make them often I do like the easel style card.  They are so versatile is the style that you can make them.

For this one I chose to have the top stick out and not be the same size as the bottom part.  Does that make any sense???? LOL

OK, now that you see it I guess you can figure out what I was talking about.  The top part with the flowers is a K&Company Tim Coffey die cut and so is the dragonfly.

The bottom where I stamped the sentiment using a Gina K stamp I cut out using a Spellbinder.  The check paper I printed using my Imagine.

Well I told you it was a quick post, that's it.

I am grateful that you stopped by today, have a great day.