So Proud

With Memorial Day still on my mind, I thought I would make a red, white and blue card for the Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge.

I used two of the Paper Smooches free digital images available here and added a cute little pin flag. 

 




Have a great weekend!
Kathy

Congratulations

May and June mean graduations.  So for this week's retro sketch challenge I thought I would make a graduation card.  This card was a lot of fun and easy to make cause the ideas just flowed and it all came together!

Ingredients:
square white card
a black square layer
a grey square with scalloped circle die cut
a white piece embossed with graduation caps and tassels
sentiment on white and black
small black square and brad with twine to make a graduation cap and tassel

Happy Hump Day!
Kathy

Two Christmas Card Challenges

A Christmas card for two challenges:  Festive Friday and Christmas Card Challenges

I love this red and gold ribbon.  When I saw the ribbons on the tree in the Festive Friday Challenge picture, I looked at my ribbons and selected this one immediately.  Some green leaves, gold string, embossed white card, designer paper and stamped sentiment add different textures and layers to the card.

Festive Friday Challenge #32





Christmas Card Challenges #26 Anything Goes 

I'm also posting this card to Christmas Card Challenges.  This is my first card in this challenge.  The theme was Anything Goes so....


Happy Memorial Day.
Kathy

Baby

A sweet card for a new baby. Lots of pink and green. 

Lots of little steps for this card:

sponged the white card base with green ink;
added a rectangle of pretty pink and green striped paper;
cut a tag with another really pretty pink and green paper (little pink ladybugs);
cut another tag and added a little sponging, flowers and BABY sentiment (Paper Smooches);
inked white card stock with the green ink again to cut out the butterflies and added a little bling;
and finished with a couple bows made of green string and pink gauzy ribbon.


I'll be posting this card to Paper Smooches Sparks Anything Goes Challenge




Have a great holiday weekend!
Kathy

Happy Birthday

Butterflies, bling and Washi tape to say Happy Birthday to a dear friend.

Don't you love the grunge or splatter stamp?  Fills all those blank spaces so perfectly.



Take care,
Kathy

Festive Stripes

Candy canes covered with white frosting, red frosting, stripes, squiggles, dots and more make up the photo for the Festive Friday Challenge. 

So, I found this stunning red and white striped paper that I placed on a white card and punched a bottom piece of the same paper -- sort of reminds me of the squiggles and dots on the candy canes in the picture. 

Then I stamped three candy canes with Versa Mark and embossed with glittery powder, dried the images and fussy cut.  Oh, forgot, I added the pinky red lines on the candy canes using red ink and my water pen.  I love how the red color just wipes off the embossed areas.  I think I will use this technique more often.

Gauzy ribbon, button and twine atop the candy canes finish the card.

Interesting how the different backgrounds give the card a slightly different appearance.  The man in my house likes the black background better. 


Festive Friday #31



Happy Tuesday,
Kathy

Watercolor Flower

The flower on this card remind me of the sun -- bright and cheerful.  The sun is shining this morning after torrential rains yesterday and last night.  The rain was pretty steady and I slept very well! 

Following the sketch on the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge,  I made this card with a brown base and golden yellow variants.  I stamped the flower in two colors on a piece of watercolor paper and used my waterpen to till in the petals.  And the final touch was the cute little cupcake flag.

Have a great weekend!
Kathy

Feel Better Soon

Seems like I have been needing get well cards rather frequently lately.  Nothing serious, but enough to warrant a card.  Since I needed to make a get well card, I thought I would make the card to fit the Paper Smooches Picture Perfect Challenge.

Here is the challenge photo:



Great colors.  And here is my card:

Take care,
Kathy

World's Best Dad

Rain, rain, rain.  But I am not complaining -- at least it is not snow!  Rainy days are perfect card making days so I spent a couple hours in my woman's cave and absolutely loved it!

The first card I made was a Father's Day card.  Found the paper this afternoon in a stack of paper I totally forgot I had.  Guess I should look more often or maybe clean up my cave....

I love the calm and peaceful blue colors and sayings.   I added a little bling for Dad and a little flag.   These flags are so cute.

This card will be posted to the retro sketches # 114  challenge





Happy Hump Day!
Kathy

Congrats!

Graduation time is here.  Wasn't it just Christmas?

Here's a cute graduation card -- clean and simple  -- perfect for any gal or guy graduating from high school or college.

Basic white, red and black card stock with the hat stamped in black and a red tassel. 



I'll be posting this card to CAS on Sunday - Challenge #33



Have a great week!
Kathy

Teepee Christmas Card

Love folded cards.  This is a teepee or pyramid card for the Festive Friday Challenge.  There are all kinds of tutorials online and the card is really pretty easy to make.  The challenge as with most cards is the design, colors, papers and embellishments. 

Isn't that little reindeer the cutest thing! 

Festive Friday #30