Sweet Wishes

I have had this pineapple die for some time now and wonder if I have used it correctly?  The die does not cut the pineapple shape as I had to fussy cut around the edges.  This is a cute pineapple as the leaves and pineapple pop out.   I will have to play with it some more and search for examples on Pinterest.

Speaking of Pinterest -- is anyone having issues with it?   I have created quite a few boards and arranged them mostly in alphabetical order.  Sometime in the last week, my boards were all mixed up with the latest viewed or saved to boards coming up first.  And I'm not able to rearrange the boards.  The top 'line' of the Pinterest page seems to be different, too.  I have messaged Pinterest, but have not heard back yet.

Anyhow, here is my pineapple card:

Posting to
CASology #260 Juicy
Less Is More #340 Tropical Fruits



Have a great weekend,
Kathy

Happy Birthday in Pink

Pink is such a lovely color.  I must like it cause when I look at my t-shirts and sleeveless shirts, I seem to have quite a few....

So here is a happy birthday card in all pinks and white pearls.  Simple, pretty and feminine and I have someone in mind for it.

pink card just for the challenge at  Cards in Envy

and

Tuesday Morning Sketches #414









  

Have a great weekend!
Kathy

Papertrey July Blog Hop Challenge

When I looked for paper and card stock to make this card for the July Blog Hop at Papertrey Ink, I realized I do not have any light blue paper!  If you could see my paper collection, you would be surprised, too.  Blue paper is now on my shopping list.

So...I found a set of pretty note cards that someone gave me years ago and used the Papertrey Cutaway die to cut the circle from the front of a note card.  And then I cut the blue envelope for the background.  I added lovely white filmy flower petals, raffia, bling and strip of the same note card on the bottom.  You can't see it, but the circle is on several dimensions to give it a little boost.  A simple, but pretty card. 

Love this die and stamp set.  I've used it for a couple birthdays, Mother's Day, and for a get well card.    

Papertrey Ink July Blog Hop

    

Have a great day!
Kathy

Best Wishes

Best Wishes and a coffee cup (Tim Holtz) - what could be better?!

for the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Sip and Share

Take care,
Kathy

Butterfly Happy Birthday

Well, the outside temperature is above 90 degrees so I am staying in!  Staying in my cave, too!  After making coffee related cards for the 2017 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop, I am definitely in the mood to make more cards. 

CAS-ual Fridays had an interesting challenge:  TIC TAC TOE



I decided on the diagonal - butterflies, add a tag and add texture.  What a great challenge!

Here is my card.  I love blue and green together. 

Happy 4th of July!!
Kathy

Sunflower - Gold Emboss Resist

Here is a fun little card.  I haven't made a black and white card for some time and I love the gold emboss resist sunflower.  This technique is so easy and so pretty.  Wish I used it more often.

The first card is not really the embossed resist technique as I did not add ink or color to the image. 

 

This second image has the embossed area covered in orange ink.  I like them both. 

No sentiment.  I thought this card could be a 'just because' or birthday card. 

Posting this cute card to:

Simply Irresistible Challenge    (embossed resist technique)
4 Crafty Chicks   (sunflower)
Tuesday Morning Sketches


Time to get the grill going while the sun shines!
Kathy

2017 Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Challenge

Not only is summer here, but the 2017 Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Challenge is too!  What a great challenge to look forward to each season.  Love it.

In anticipation, I made a couple cards last week.  Judging by the number of cards that have been  uploaded already, I'm guessing lots and lots of others make cards ahead as well. 

I will have a couple more cards in a few days.  Today I went to a Stamp and Scrapbook Expo.  OMG!!!  It's like being in a candy shop --  hundreds, no thousands of stamps, dies, papers, and ideas.  I planned to look around for just a couple hours and not spend as much money as last year.  Yea, well, nice thought, but it didn't happen.  Nearly three hours and lots and lots of money spent later, I left the expo.  More on this later.

Here is my first card for the 2017 Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Challenge -

Happy Friday!
Kathy

Happy Birthday

Another Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge.  I love the colors of this card -- so calm and soothing.

Pretty flowers stamped in black and colored with Copic pens with a little ribbon and bow.  I found the cute little yellow flower in my flower box so I added it with a few pearls.

Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge #406


Take care,
Kathy

Birthday Balloons

This month I have made several cards, but have not posted them.  The cards went into the US mail immediately so I would not be late.  So far, I have mailed the cards on time - give or take a day or two.  😊

I did take a few pictures of my latest cards -- balloons -- lots of balloons! 

Love that dog!

Have a great weekend!
Kathy

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

Happy Birthday Balloons

Lots of birthdays coming up - so here is the start for the new year!

Cute balloons and Simon from SimonSaysStamp.com.  

This card is for the Monday challenge (Pet's Corner) at SimonSaysStamp.com and the Less is More challenge #313 Balloons  

Have a great week!
Kathy

Happy Birthday

Again, one of my New Year Resolutions is to make and mail birthday cards to family members and friends - hopefully, on time, too!

So, this first card is for the Tuesday Morning Sketches #384

A cheery and bright card with the birthday girl already in mind!

Happy New Year to all!
Kathy

Have a Fabulous Birthday!

Where has September gone?  Despite my good intentions and organized list, I have missed a couple birthdays.  Drat!  I'll post my favorite belated card soon, but in the meantime, here is a card that I made for a few challenges.

This card was fun to make and a little challenging.  I'm posting it to four challenges and each has a unique feature.

The first is AAA Cards Game #74 Masking -- I masked the colored circles .  I don't use masking often so I'm glad this turned out okay.

Second is Penny Black and More  - Add a Sentiment.  The stamp and balloons are from the "Sweet Wishes" set.

Third is Can You Case It?  #39 - lovely colors to use as inspiration (see pic below)

And the fourth is The Card Concept #58 Sweet and Sour -- more lovely colors and shapes for my inspiration.  These colors are summer to me and I'm sad to see them go.

The last couple weeks have been a bit hectic so I hope to spend more days just relaxing in my cave.  love it!

Take care,
Kathy  
       

Book Lover

Being a retired high school librarian,  many of my friends are librarians so I need a few 'bookish' birthday cards.  I love the simplicity of this card and so will my friends.

The stack of books stamp is In Other Words - read by Taylored Expressions.  I haven't used this stamp set before, but I think I will quite a bit in the future.  The sentiments are from two other stamp sets and, I'm sorry, but I'm too lazy to go upstairs to the cave to get the info.  ;'(

Take care,
Kathy

Library Card Catalog

Remember the card catalog?  Oh my, the hours I spent trying to clean it up so my students could find the information they needed.  Truly one of the best advances in technology was the online catalog which makes some of my fondest memories in the library using and filing in the awkward and most frustrating card catalog.

In memory of those old memories  --

The catalog paper is from October Afternoon's Public Library series.   Another memory -- I waited months, literally months, for that paper set to be released and have been hoarding it ever since.  I'm sure some of you will understand that.

Take care,
Kathy

Happy 7th Birthday!

One of our nieces is turning seven this month so when I saw a similar card on Pinterest -- one of the best places for inspiration -- I cased it.  Seven little balloons and smiley faces.  Cute.  I hope she likes it.

I purchased the balloons online a couple years ago and the paper is from Hobby Lobby (?).  The smiley faces are from Technique Tuesday and the Happy Birthday sentiment from Papertrey Ink.

Have a great week!
Kathy

Celebrate You Today

Celebrate You Today - what a great greeting for birthday, 4th of July or just to wish someone a wonderful day. 

The base card is red with a dark blue mat.  I masked the white card piece and sponged red and blue stripes (rays?).  Then I die cut three circle scribbles (Papertrey Ink) and tacked them to the white piece.    I love these little scribbles - they add a lot of fun and dimension to a card and they can be made from scrap paper pieces!

I'm posting this card to Less is More Challenge, Seize the Birthday and
Papertrey Ink Make It Monday #250: Masked Backgrounds


                 



Take care,
Kathy

Watercolor Happy Birthday

Watercolors are really interesting - the finished item is usually not what I intended at all.  I saw a card on Pinterest that I liked and tried to copy the watercolor design.  I don't think this result is even close, but I like it anyway. 

Happy Birthday with flying butterflies on a sheet of watercolor paper with little pearls.

Posting to two challenges:   Pinterest Inspired Challenge   and Seize the Birthday Dimensions



Have a great weekend!!
Kathy

Sorry I'm overdue

Here is another in my new series of library and/or reading cards.  I love the colors of this card.  The paper is from Stampin Up.  I don't know if the paper was meant to look like books, but I bought with that in mind.  Then I matched the colors of the paper with some rafia I had in my ribbon box.

"Sorry I'm overdue" -- ha ha ha.  Librarians will crack up!  We love a little inside joke now and then....

Take care,
Kathy

Book Lover Birthday

hi - I realized the other day I have several stamps dealing with books and/or reading that I haven't used.  So I started making 'library' cards for my friends (most of them are retired librarians like me!).

Here's a nice simple birthday card that my friends will love.

Take care,
Kathy