Boo!

Halloween cards are so much fun to make.  Then again, I think almost every card is fun to make!  Fall colors are terrific and add such depth to cards.  The card below is full of colors and embellishments.

The basic card is kraft stock with a solid orange layer.  The printed paper was purchased last year, but I think it is Martha Stewart.    Burlap is so perfect for Halloween and other fall cards.  I remembered I had a ribbon that sort of looked like spider webbing and found this metallic webby type ribbon in my box. 

I love the splatter stamp and Copic colored pumpkins, too.

After making this card, I realized I needed to make another to send to my sister.   The card is pretty much the same except for the orange tag behind the 'boo!' stamp.

 

The orange tag does make a difference.  I can't decide which I like better.  What do you think?

I'm entering the second card in The Shabby Tea Room #186 Challenge.

The challenge was to create a card based on this picture and include burlap, twine and a pumpkin or two.  Fun!

Enjoy your week,
Kathy

Birthday Celebration

Good morning!

A month or so ago I won a door prize at card making class and these two cards were part of the prize.   I love the purple flowers and embossing on the first card - so pretty and feminine.

The second card is such a cute birthday card.   The colors are vibrant and the card would be perfect  for all ages (male or female).

Have a great day!
Kathy

Orange!

Hi everyone!

My stats indicate that my posts are getting lots of views, but rarely a comment.  ;'(

Please comment away!!!  Let me know what you think of the cards, how would  you do it differently or whatever!


The past couple weeks have been a little hectic with vacation and organizing my craft room.  Hopefully, I will be able to make a few cards this week.  So in the meantime, I will post cards made in 'class.' 

Isn't orange a pretty color.  So cheerful and clean looking.  I like all the white space on the first card.  This was super easy to make.

The green and orange on the next card go together beautifully.   This card was also fairly easy to make.  The most time consuming task was snipping the flower.  I have forgotten the correct term for cutting out images.   Some people really dislike snipping flowers and others love doing it.  I'm okay with it as long as I don't have too many to do.  But I'm not very good at it as I have irregular white borders.

Have a great week!
Kathy

Here are some cards I made in "class."  I don't have a lot of stamps, so I really enjoy her ideas and creativity!

These cards will be great to send to men.   The cards have lots of layers and stamping.  All Stampin Up products, too.


Take care,
Kathy

Baby cards are so much fun to create.  I love the cheerful and bright colors.  My neighbor is having twins in the near future so I'm preparing for their arrival!

 

A darling little teddy bear done in the iris folding method.  I don't know if my neighbor is having boys and/or girls or both so I think I will make a blue bear, too!

This card was fairly easy to make.  Cut two scalloped ovals in yellow card stock and one pretty pattern in an oval shape.   Adhere the patterned oval to one of the yellow cards.  Punch a hole on each side of the yellow cards and thread a ribbon through the holes.  Attach a ribbon and a button on the sides plus the sentiment and little rocking horse.  So cute!

Happy Babies!
Kathy 

Hope all is well with everyone.  I think our heat wave has lifted a bit today.  My poor flowers and vegetable garden.

One of the good results of this 90 degree weather is I stay indoors and make cards!  Yay!!

I found a similar card on Pinterest and cut out my own template and added the plaid scarf and eye.  Isn't he cute?  Perfect for the Scottie or dog lover!

This was a get well card I sent to a friend in the hospital.   I love this tulip stamp.  The stamp is part of the Greenhouse Society series at Technique Tuesday. 

Keep cool!
Kathy

Pet Sympathy Card #2

Below is the second pet sympathy card I made. 

 

Again, I used Publisher to print the sentiment and paw.  I added a few layers to this card keeping the message as the focal point.

Take care,

Kathy

 

Pet Sympathy Card

Sadly, a pet sympathy card was needed.  My friends' dog passed away a couple weeks ago and they were really depressed.  So I wanted them to know I was thinking of them. 

I made three different cards and will post each over the next few days.  Here is the first:

 

I used Publisher to make this card as I did not have a paw stamp and I printed the sentiment, too.

sigh,

Kathy

Sunflowers

I love sunflowers and geraniums.  Though I read a recent newspaper article that quoted someone saying geraniums were mundane and one should never line a sidewalk with geraniums.  Well......  we have geraniums in our front garden and several pots on the back deck. 

Anyhow, below is a set of notecards with bright and cheerful sunflowers.   I also made a cute little folder for the cards.

Thanks for stopping by,
Kathy

Just a Note

Just a Note -  clever isn't it?  I saw this card on Pinterest and was reminded of a friend who loves playing the piano so I decided to make her a set of cards as a gift.  She loved it!

 

Materials:

Spellbinder Dies

Music was printed from a free printable website

Just a Note stamp by Judith

 

Happy Father's Day!

Kathy

Father's Day

Last year I bought this stamp and forgot I  had it till last week.  I love the boat and the picture makes a perfect Father's Day card.

Have a great week,
Kathy

Welcome Baby

Well, I took a little vacation at the beach!  Just love watching the ocean waves.  The weather was perfect, too!

Here's a sweet little baby card.  The cute sneaker is trimmed with embossed toes and sides, a star and ribbon laces.

This would be a great card for a baby shower or baby gift.    Wish I knew a little baby to give this card to!

Have a great week,
Kathy

Shabby Happy Birthday

Here's a pretty little card  --  I love the pinks and greens.   The card could be sent to someone as a birthday, engagement or wedding card.

Thanks for stopping by,
Kathy

Graduation

What a great card for a high school or college graduate!  The folded card opens to hold a gift card or cash. 

Happy day to you,
Kathy

Feel Better Soon!

I love these tulips!   The stamp is part of the Greenhouse Society from Technique Tuesday.  Sadly, I needed a get well card, but was really happy to use this stamp.   ;')

Hope you are all well,
Kathy

Don't you just love these little ol' ladies!!  Made this card in card class so I have no details on who makes the stamps.  I loved coloring their clothing and accessories and especially the hair.  What a fun card!   ;')









Have a great week,
Kathy

Happy Birthday Card Challenge

There are so many card challenges available -- which one to chose!  I really like the Seize the Birthday challenges as the sketches are unique and I love making birthday cards.   I need to find another birthday card challenge.

Well, here is my entry.  I very lightly sponged a white card with green ink to add a little depth to the base card and cut down on the sharp contrast.  Then I sponged the edges of a rectangle with the same green ink.  The smaller rectangle is also lightly sponged and stamped with small leaves and a pretty little flower. 

Materials:
Stamps:  SU Pocket Silhouettes, Stacy Stamps Floral Minis
Ink:  Memories Hunter Green, Memento Potter's Clay


Seize the Birthday Challenge #16

Anything But a Card Challenge

The Allsorts Challenge this week was to create anything but a card which is perfect cause I love making these altered notebooks.    You might see a few spots or shadows -- I've just starting using ModPodge and need lots of practice.

Materials:
composition notebook
jeans paper from October Afternoon
green paper from Mambi (I think...)
flower by Ashland
daisy ribbon by ribbon sense

 all sorts challenge:  Week 204 - Anything but a card

Thanks with a Gift Card

Sunday I was thinking about a thank you for a teacher and decided the ol' gift card was probably the best and easiest route.  At the same time I was thinking about a new challenge -- CAS(E) this Sketch.  Below is the result of all that thought.  It was a slow process for some reason.  Must be the pollen!

 

Materials:

The cardboard is a recycled coffee cup cuff.  

Sentiment is Paper Smooches

Coffee cup die and stamp from My Creative Time

CAS(E) this Sketch #24






Have a great week,
Kathy

Feminine Happy Birthday Card

Birthday cards are wonderful -- I love making them.   This card is an entry in another challenge.

 

 

Seize the Birthday #14

Have a great day!

Kathy

Happy Birthday Card

Trying to keep up with my New Year's goal of entering challenges at least once a week has become quite a challenge!

But we finally finished our taxes yesterday -- on the 14th this year instead of the 15th -- and I decided a different challenge was in order.    So when I came across the "Seize the Birthday" challenge, I thought this is the one for this week.

Following a sketch is new for me so this card was definitely a challenge.

I wish my picture showed the softness of the card better.  Maybe I'll try again in brighter light.   The card is made with SU crumbcake paper and ink and the hydrangea from SU Because I Care.  I love that stamp.

   Seize the Day Challenge #12

Thanks!

Happy Monday!   Love the little squares on this card.   The idea came from a pin on Pinterest -- I spend way too much time looking at pins!!

 

Have a great week.

Kathy

Wedding Guests Book

Here's another altered notebook.  This book had to have a denim - jeans theme as all the guests at the wedding were to wear jeans. 

I used Mod Podge to adhere the designer paper to the composition notebook after practicing on another notebook.  Neat, I am not.  I kept a damp paper towel handy to wipe the stray and extra plops of Mod Podge as I was working on the book and my hands!   A little messier than using a glue stick, but I think I like the finished look better.  And lately I have been noticing that the paper on a book I made for myself seems to be 'unglued' so hopefully the Mod Podge will last a lot longer.

 

Materials:

Denim Paper:  October Afternoon

Green Paper:  MAMBI

Fiskars corner punch

Bling

Next week I will have another altered notebook.  This one has the same designer papers, but a much different look.  

Have a great week.  We are supposed to have temps in the 70's!  yea!!

 

Geometric Shapes

The OLW  Challenge (One Layer Wednesday) for this week is to use a geometric shape several times.  Sounds easy, but ...   A one layer card really requires a lot of thought since you cannot add another layer of paper and embellishments should kept to the minimum.

So, I came up with this card when I looked at a set of stamps devoted to books and reading (perfect for the retired librarian!).

One-Layer Wednesday 133: Shapes Galore

Altered Notebook

A couple weeks ago someone asked me to make an altered notebook for them.  The person was requesting a memorial book for her father's funeral as she didn't really care for the books offered by the funeral home.   

Changing a regular composition notebook (you know, the notebooks with the speckled black and white covers) with designer paper can be fun and also quite challenging.   Finding the right paper and designing a cover is the challenge and that can take a little bit of time.

Before I glued the paper to the notebook, I stamped a tree in green and brown (from SU Thoughts and Prayers) on the bottom and added a border line along the left side.    Then I attached a black ribbon (it has a light green line in the center) to run along the edge of the paper.   The printed paper has a light green cast so I sponged the date card a little with light green ink ( the white area is the spot for the name).

   The back of the notebook was also covered with a pretty designer paper.

 

I added a piece of white card stock to the inside of the front and back covers to give the notebook a nice clean finished look.  The card stock covers the outside paper edges that were folded inside. 

 

I used a glue stick to adhere the papers on this notebook.  Yesterday I made another altered notebook and used Mod Podge to glue the designer paper on the cover.  The paper did not stick well to the notebook, but I don't think the problem was the Mod Podge.  The problem may have been with the paper texture or the glossy finish on the inside of the composition notebook.   After a few coats of MP, the paper finally adhered to the notebook.    I'm going to try the Mod Podge with different paper and a different composition notebook and will post those results.

One of My Favorites -- Bicycle

This card is one of my favorites.  The stamps are from Stampin Up -- Feeling Sentimental set. 

The edges of the card are torn and inked for that old and rustic look.  The bicycle stamp is just too cute.  A little twine adds the final touch to this card.  This is the perfect card for a man to give or receive.  I love it.

Mr. Cupcake

Here is another card I made in class.  This man cracks me up!

I call him "Mr. Cupcake."

Take care,
Kathy

Not Your Usual Birthday Card

In the last card class I attended we made several different cards which I'll be posting in the coming days.  I'm not sure where the instructor gets her materials.   I think the stamps and paper are a mixture of several different companies.

Anyhow, she has really cute ideas as you will see and we had a lot of fun making them.

Isn't this one cute?  I really like the rectangular size.  Plus, the little ol' lady is sweet (?)!

Thinking of You

I love one layer cards.  The cards are so clean and simple as in CAS -- just love it!

Happy Sunday,
Kathy