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

 

Thinking of You

Here is a quick card I made this morning.  A few years back I made several of these cards.  The card is so perfect for a birthday, get well or just to say hello.  A good card for what is going on in the world these days!

Thinking of You Daisies

Hope all is well with you and yours,

Kathy

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October is always a special month for me.  Besides being my birth month and seven other family members and friends, it is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  Too many of my friends have gone through this battle.  When my sister suffered as well, October became even more special.

Many, many years ago,  eight of us women formed a bridge group playing once a month.  Of those eight, three have had breast cancer.  Statistics state that one in eight women will get breast cancer.  We have three in eight. What are the odds!!!!  We have talked about this quite a bit and wondered if our environment, job location, water or what was the reason.   Probably we will never know.

So, for those women, my sister and all others, here is my latest card.

For the CAS-ual Fridays CFC158 Challenge 
- special challenges for Breast Cancer Awareness Month








              

and Always Playing with Paper challenge  The Challenge #80


The weekend is here.  Hope the hurricane has passed by.
Kathy

Best Wishes

One of my Christmas gifts was an egift card to Paper Smooches -- yay!   I picked out a couple die sets:  Poinsettias and the Big Bloom die set.   I've been anxious to get up to my cave and try the dies.

The lacy circle in this card is the Sizzix Scallop Circle.  The center flower and the little tag were made with the Big Bloom set.  The sentiment (best Wishes) is from Stampin Up's Petite Pairs. 

 

 I will be entering this card in two challenges:  Sweet Sunday and Paper Smooches SPARKS

  

We received a bit of snow yesterday, so I'll be in my cave today.  Sad, I know....   ;')

Kathy

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 203

Paper Smooches Anything Goes Challenge

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

Thinking of You

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

Happy Sunday,
Kathy

Hydrangea Notecard Set

Hydrangeas are one of my favorite flowers (geraniums are number one) so I really enjoyed making these simple yet so pretty notecards.

The hydrangea stamp is from the Stampin Up  'Just Because' set.

Have a great week,
Kathy

Cats in the Window

There are a few stamps and dies that I really love and these two are on the top of my list.  I love these cats with their quizzical looks and the window, as I've mentioned before, is a favorite.

Otto Cat and Sadie Bell look like they are 'thinking of you!'  

Supplies 

Stamp:  Otto Cat and Sadie Bell from Stamps by Judith

Die:  Small Madison Window from Memory Box

Paper:  kraft card, white card stock and odd pieces from my scrap box

One More Easel Card

While making this easel card, I found a ribbon from a birthday present that I have been saving -- for something!  I'm not very good at making bows but this ribbon has a wire edging which really helps to shape the bow.    So I added it to this card.  Pretty and feminine.

The cardstock is double sided and I used both sides for the card.  The bow is glued on a doily which adds a pretty background and blends in with the cardstock patterns. 

Mailing the card could get tricky.  But the card folds down nicely and mailing in a bubble envelope will protect the ribbon.  Since the edges are wire, the bow can be puffed up easily. 

Easel Card

While browsing through Pinterest a few weeks ago, I came across an easel card.  An easel card?  After a couple clicks, I found the original post which was a tutorial on making easel cards.  I love them and made several. 

So I looked for other tutorials and here are two that I really like:

Easel card tutorial at Stamping Moments

This card starts with a 12" x 12" piece of cardstock cut into three  4" x 12" pieces (you  have pieces for three cards).

Easel card tutorial at Splitcoast Stampers

These directions are a little different -- same result but different approach.  You start with one 4 1/4" x 8 1/2" piece of cardstock and one 4 1/4" piece of cardstock.

Below are a few of my easel cards:

Thinking of You

One of the first cards I made was a card for my sister.  I try to send her a card each week — I told her I needed to practice making cards and would send her the samples.  Actually, the cards she receives are one-of-a-kind as I haven’t duplicated a one yet.  That may be because I usually forget to take a picture of the card before I mail it.  ;’)

 

When I made this card, my supplies were quite limited with very few stamps, a pack of card stock (various colors) and a box white cards and a box of textured cards and envelopes.  All purchased at AC Moore or Michaels.  At the time, I was unaware that I was making a CAS (Clean and Simple) card.  

I like the contrast in the green and orange colors.  The ribbon was added when I thought the card was just a little too clean and simple.  My sister and the other residents in her retirement home liked the card and now look forward to the weekly greeting.

Supplies:
Card stock:  White card base, orange and teal (teal is embossed with small dots).   Ribbon:  orange open weave – haven’t a clue where I purchased this ribbon.    Die:  Spellbinders.      Stamp:  Inkadinkado Garden Greetings     Ink:  Memories Hunter Green