Happy Birthday

 

 Here is the start of a birthday card for the holiday season.  I wish I had time to finish  it before the 2022 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop ends today, but time is really short today.  I took this picture days ago.   I like to look at a photo to get ideas for embellishments.

So, on this card I would add a couple smaller gold thingies at the top (those gold plops at the bottom of the card are the center pieces for paper poinsettias).  And I think I would remove the large cup and add several small pretty cups instead.  On the inside I'd add a couple more gold thingies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When I finish the card, I'll post a picture of it.   Have a great weekend!

 

Kathy

 

 

 

Merry Christmas

 2022 has been an interesting year for me.  I thought the Covid years were different, but 2022 was really something else, but good!   I have been crocheting since I was a child, making scarves, hats, home items, etc.  But in the last two years I've gone crazy with crocheting bags and especially designing my own pattern in the last year.  I love making bags of all shapes and sizes!

So, that is why I haven't been posting new cards. I've been making cards for birthday for friends and family, but not posting them online.  I'm not sure I even took pictures of them.  

I have continued to folllow different card making blogs and Fcebook pages and when I saw the 2022 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop, I decided to make a few basic cards.

 

 

 

and here are a few pics of my bag designs.

   

 

 

 

Have a great day!

 

Smile

 Here's a really simple, yet elegant, card that could be sent to a man or woman for any occasion -- Smile!

The basic card is white with black and gold stripes layers.  The two part tag is white and velum with embossed gold lettering and dots.  I added a gold bow to the tag.

 The weekend is coming.  Enjoy!

 Entered in the Cardz for Guys challenge:

 Cardz for Guys  #294 Tag You're I

 

Guy Birthday Card

 Birthday cards for guys are somewhat of a challenge.  You don't want something too flowery or pinkish, but not too dark and moody either.

So I just go with bright cheery colors!  Here's a colorful fancy fold Happy Birthday card that could be given to anyone of any age.  I may make several of these.

The Happy Birthday flap flips to the right and the green panel opens to the left.  A message can be left inside.  A cute card that is easy to make.

 

 

 

Here is another version of this card where you can see the folds.

 

Happy Tuesday!

 

Fancy Fold #290 Cardz 4 Guyz

 

Mother's Day Circle Card

 I saw a circle card on Pinterest the other day and this type of folded card was new to me. Guess circle cards have been around for a while, but I have not seen them and I really like the idea.

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, I thought I would make one for Mother's Day.  The directions I found called for a full circle to be folded and then decorated.  My full circle die didn't seem big enough, so I made my 'circle' card a little bit bigger by moving the fold when I used the circle die.  Then I added a white paper doily, an embossed white circle, and then a couple paper flowers and leaves with bling.

 

Hope you are having a great day!

Kathy

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day!   Here is a card that shouldn't have taken any time at all.  but...finding matching papers and the proper sentiment can take time!  One of the papers I wanted to use was the polka dot vellum.  This piece was a gift from a friend.  Vellum and I are not friends.  sigh.

 The vellum was attached to an ivory patterned base card. The same ivory pattern was cut for the corner to corner piece.  I stamped the sunflower (an old Technique Tuesday Greenhouse Society stamp) on a plain ivory card stock and stamped the sentiment on kraft card stock.

Try Stamping on Tuesday

 

Have a great day!

Kathy

Need a Hug Pug

 Need a Hug Pug?   Isn't this little dog a cutie!

I made this card with navy blue and tan card stock with a band of designer stripe paper and twine.  The pug is a stamp set from Pink and Main - love him.

A kind of plain and simple card, but absolutely perfect for a man!

 

 

 

 

Try Stamping on Tuesday:  Challenge 498

 

 

Have a great week!

Kathy

Happy 17th Birthday

Happy Birthday to a 17 year old boy!  Cards for men and teenagers cause me a bit of stress.  This is my second try on this card.  The first went in the trash.  sad.

This is a simple card with a brown base card and beige frame.  The light blue card stock is covered with embossed happy birthday sentiments.  The number 17 was die cut and adhered to two oval cut outs.  A brown ribbon with blue stitching and brown and white twine were added for depth.

The coloring in the second photo is more accurate. 

 

 

 

Cards 4 Guyz  Challenge #266

 

 

 

Have a great Sunday!

 Kathy

Blessed are the Hairstylists

 A few months ago I created a similar card with a Christmas flair.  Someone suggested Spring colors for the new season.  Great idea!

Happy Spring!!

Kathy

Happy Retirement to Librarians

 Happy retirement to librarians!!

For some reason, I remembered making word clouds when I was working.  So, I thought I would create a retirement card for librarians.  Cute and fun to make.

 

 

 

Maybe I'll make more since our roads and sidewalks are pure ice right now!

 

Have a great day!

Kathy

Winter Happy Birthday Card

Here is a snowy birthday card for someone with a winter birthday.  This card seems fitting for this time of year especially since our outside temps have been really low and the sun is hiding!

For this card I embossed snowflakes on a piece of white card stock and framed it with dark blue card stock and a white base card.  I added a few silver drops in the center of the snowflakes.  The Happy Birthday sentiment was embossed with silver powder and framed with the same dark blue card stock.  An easy card to make but filled with different elements.

Cards for Guyz  #264 CAS Clean and Simple 

Festive Friday Challenge #FF0077

 

Have a great week!!

Kathy

 

May Your Holidays Sparkle

 Love this card.  I just may make several more to send out to friends and family.  It also was a fun card to make.  Not to mention, it was kind of easy, too!

I used a basic green, red and vanilla card stock plus a pretty plaid designer card stock.  I die cut poinsettia leaves with gold paper and delicate pine branches in green.  The little circle of bling in the middle of the poinsettia is a little cutie that I picked up at a scrapbooking show years ago.

 I think I may add some more sparkle inside the card.  Have to think about this.

Tuesday Morning Sketches #583

The Library Challenge 73 - The Night Before Christmas

 

Hope you have a great week!

Kathy

 

Merry Christmas

Here is a sparkling Christmas card.  This card was fun to make and a little challenging.  The metallic glitter paper is kind of thick so cutting with the snowflake die took quite a few runs through my Big Shot.  After I finished the card, a little bell went off in my head - I think the last time I used this glitter paper, I turned the paper upside down so the backing was on top and would cut first.  duh??

Anyhow, I saw this sketch last week on Pinterest and thought I would try a couple different cards.  A solid blue basic card folded a couple times with a lovely delicate snowflake on the front and one on the inside along with a die cut Merry Christmas sentiment.

 A simple yet elegant Christmas card.  Great to send to a man or minimalist friend.

My second card for this sketch will be in another post.

Cards for Guyz #259 Traditional Christmas

MLCCB #29 - December Anything Christmas Goes

Festive Friday #FF0073  (blue, snowflakes, metallics, fun fold)

    

 

Hope you have a great Sunday!

Kathy

Simple Happy Birthday Card

 Here is an easy to make birthday card.  Of course, the terrific paper covered with coffee cups adds a whole new element to this card.  The little sayings on the cups are so cute, too!

2020 Fall Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Have a great weekend!

Kathy

Books and Coffee

 A few months ago I picked up this digi and absolutely love it!  Each card I have made looks different due to the change in colors and shading.  This card is edged in gold and many of the books have gold trimmings.

 I took a card making class a couple years ago and one of the featured ideas was to use a gold ink pen to edge the cards and images.  The gold certainly adds quite a bit to the card.  Love the gold edging against the black frame.

2020 Fall Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

 

          

Have a great day!

Kathy

Happy Birthday

 A card full of coffee cups, Happy Birthday and a gift card.  I found this great designer paper online which has wonderful happy sayings on the coffee cups.  Inside is a spot to add a gift card - for a coffee shop, of course!

 

 

 

 

 2020 Fall Winter Coffee Lovers Blog 

 

Have a great day!!

Kathy

2020 Fall Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

 Well, I almost missed the 2020 Fall Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!  We've been busy doing next to nothing, too!  Time and days just got away from us and before we knew it, November 10th was here.  OMG!!

So, I quickly ran to my cave and made a card:  I added some lovely watercolor to a digital cup and picked out cheerful paper and cardstock.

Hope you have a great day!

Kathy

May all your wishes come true

 Happy Fall!   We have a beautiful maple tree in our front yard which I love looking at all summer.  Usually the leaves slowly turn orange and yellow in the fall.  But not this year.  It seems like half the leaves fell off the tree today - leaves were raining down!

So in honor of my tree, I made this card using fall colors (orange, gold, brown, green) in the paper, foil leaves and twine.

 

 

Challenges:

Cards 4 Guyz Challenge #256  Colours of Autumn/Fall

Tuesday Morning Sketches #577 

 

Festive Friday Challenge #FF0070    (brown, gold, twine)

 

 

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Kathy

Friends

Such a sweet card.  Since I have not seen my friends in months (!!), I made a few friendship cards to send to them to let them know I was thinking of them.  I miss my bridge partners and the ladies in the woman's club.  😘

 

 

 

 

 

Have a great weekend!

Kathy
 

For all Librarians and Book Lovers

Love this die!  I've made several cards with this die and love the results.  The cards can be a birthday card, a card with retirement wishes or just to say hello.  I like the different look of the books with the  printed paper and the plain white cardstock.

 

 

 

Have a great day!

Kathy