Best Wishes

Best wishes in blue and yellow.  The Simon Says Monday Challenge - Use Your Favorite Tool seemed like a good time to make a card with an embossing folder and watercolors.  Not sure how others do this, but I stamped one side of the embossing folder (covered with various shapes of gears) with dark blue ink around the outer edges and yellow ink in the center area.  Then I spritzed water on the inked folder.  I had too much water in a couple spots so I dabbed these spots with a tissue to pick up some of the water.  Then I placed a piece of white card stock in the folder and ran it through my Big Shot.

Then I repeated the process so I could cut the smaller panel.  I edged the yellow panel and smaller gear panel with yellow ink before I wrapped them with blue twine and added the 'best wishes' tag. 

I really enjoy using embossing folders with my Big Shot. The Big Shot is my favorite tool as I can emboss plus make die cuts. 

 

I like how this card turned out and will make a couple more in other colors.  We have a few birthdays coming up in March and I think the men will enjoy these cards.

Have a great weekend,

Kathy

Relax. Drink coffee....

Sometimes when I get a new stamp set, I place it in a cute little box with the other new stamps that I have not used yet - I think they are called NUBS (not used before stamps).  (I need a larger box, too.)  But this time, I used the stamp almost right away cause I love coffee and reading!

 

So, this card is for Coffee Loving Cardmakers CASE-ing DT Link Up Party #10
and Stamplorations  Never-ending Anything Goes Challenge

The stamp is from Stamplorations and the paper is My Mind's Eye.



Have a great week,
Kathy

Watercolor Tag

This week I wanted to make cards for a couple challenges so I thought I would play around with watercolors - which I'd like to more often.

Here is a tag I made with purple, green and blue and a tad of yellow.  I swished the colors all around on paper and then cut out hearts.  Then I dotted another piece of white card stock with the same colors for the background using the top of the water brush.    I die cut the two little tags from the watercolor paper, stamped the little tags with 'friend' and 'love' and tied them to the white bow and purple string at the top of the tag.   The final step was placing little dots of glue on the backs of the hearts and attaching them to the larger tag.

I may attach this tag to a gift for a friend who feeling a little low right now.  

Made with:
Sentiments - 'love' from Technique Tuesday Hello set and 'friend' from a retired SU set
Small tags from Sizzix Framelits Tags & Words
Hearts from Tim Holtz Scribble & Splat die set

Challenges:
Time Out - Challenge #76 Inspired by Words
Stamplorations TAGplorations
Simon Says Young at Heart

  

Happy Sunday!
Kathy

Hugs & Kisses Dangles

Isn't this cute!  Fun to make but I had to think about it for a bit.  When I first read the challenge, I thought the task would be easy.  Well, maybe for some, but not for me.  Though once I got going, I finished the card quickly.

Anyhow, the challenge was to use one Papertrey Ink product and stamped dangles.  The Papertrey Ink sentiment, Hugs & Kisses, was perfect for this challenge and just in time for Valentine's Day.  Then I looked through my stamps for little itty bitty stamps and found a heart, bird and butterfly.  The XOs are also Papertrey Ink.

Make It Monday #275: Stamped Dangles

Hugs & Kisses and XO from Papertrey Ink Think Big #11
Heart and bird from Hero Arts
Butterfly from SU Sweet Herbs set



Have a great day!
Kathy

Feel Better Soon

Thought I would send a get well card to a friend and also thought I would make a card for a challenge.  Well, I did make this card, but I missed the challenge closing date.  oops.

I love this little window and the 'feel better soon' sentiment on a pretty yellow background.  I added a real lace curtain and stamped herb pots in the window.  Hopefully, it will cheer up my friend!  😉

Window die from Memory Box
sentiment from Paper Smooches
herb pots from Stampin' Up set

Happy Monday!!
Kathy