Best Witches

Hello my friends,  I can't believe it's Monday again.  I seem to be a broken record but I made a card today using another retired Pure Innocence stamp set from MFT Stamps.  This time is is the Litte Witch set which I coloured with Copics and paper pieced.  My ScanNCut is great for cutting out my stamp, especially the ones that came out before matching dies were a thing.

I actually used a black card base for a change and finished the inside of the card by adding some cream cardstock, that I stamped in orange with the same witch, so that you can use any pen to add a message.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Pure Innocence-Little Witch
Dies: MFT Stamps - Mini Tab Quartet
Inks: MFT Stamps : Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Versafine - Onyx Black,  Distress Ink - Black Soot, Hero Arts - Orange Soda Shadow Ink
Copic Markers: Skin - E11, E33, V15, R20  Broom - YR20, YR24, E23, E27  Hair - E35, E37  Orange - YR15, YR18  Black - C5, C7, C9  Yellow - Y21, Y35
Design Paper: My Mind's Eye - Haunted 6x6 paper pad
Other: Recollections - Card Stock,  Foam Tape

Thank you so much for dropping by and I hope you come back soon.  Have a great day! kathy

Owl Always Love You

Hello again my friends.  I am back with another card using one more retired Pure Innocence stamp set.  I used a Halloween paper pad from My Mind's Eye and used very versatile paper that was not Halloween themed at all.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Pure Innocence-Owl Costume
Dies: MFT Stamps - Open Bracket,  Spellbinders - Floral Ovals and Classic Ovals Large
Inks: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Memento Ink - Rich Cocoa
Copic Markers: Skin - E11, E33, V15, R20  Hair - YR20, YR24, E35, E37  Costume - E41, E42, E43, E44
Design Paper: My Mind's Eye - Lost & Found Halloween 6x6 paper pad
Other: Recollections - Card Stock,   Foam Tape

Thank you so much for dropping by.  I hope you drop by soon.  Have a great day! Kathy

Viciously Cute - MFTWSC299

Hello my friends and welcome to another Sunday.

Today I made a card for the current sketch challenge at MFT Card Challenges.

For my card I used another retired Pure Innocence stamp set, this time it was the Kitty Costume set.  I coloured the cute little girl's kitty costume in warm grass and while I like how it turned out I think I need to order one more darker gray Copic.  Currently the darkest gray I own is W7.

Below is a list of the supplies I used to make my card.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Pure Innocence-Kitty Costume
Dies: MFT Stamps - Stitched Cirle Stax and Stitched Basic Edges,  Lifestyle Crafts - Nesting Circles
Inks: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Versamark
Copic Markers: Skin - E11, E33, V15, R20  Hair - YR20, YR24, E35, E37  Costume - W3, W5, W7
Design Paper: Echo Park - Chillingsworth 6x6 paper pad
Other: Recollections - Card Stock,  Foam Tape,  Snow Detail Embossing Powder

Thank you so much for dropping by and have a great day! Kathy

Sweet Friend

Hello my fired, I hope your having a good weekend so far.

Today I made a non fall card for a bit of a change. I took an older Pure Innocence stamp set from MFT Stamps and did some Copic colouring and paper piecing and a sentiment from another Pure Innocence set and lots of different papers from a My Mind's Eye 6x6 paper pad and made a sweet card.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Pure Innocence-Pretty Pumpkin and Calendula for the sentiment
Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13 & 20,  Stitched Circle Stax,  Lifestyle Crafts - Nesting Circles
Inks: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink and Paver Red Dye Ink
Copic Markers: Skin - E11, E33, V15, R20  Hair - E23, E25, E27  Shoes, Bow and Dress Accents - R29, R39, RV69
Design Paper: My Mind's Eye - The Sweetest Thing-Honey 6x6 paper pad
Other: Recollections - Card Stock,  Foam Tape

Thank you so much for dropping by and have a great rest of the day! Kathy

Coffee Bear

Hello my friends and Happy Friday!  Today I decided to make a card for the Fall theme at the Coffee Loving Cardmarkers.

I looked through my stamp sets and decided that one of the bears from the Birthday Bears stamp set from MFT Stamps would be perfect holding a cup of coffee.  I did not have a coffee cup stamp the right size so I drew my own and cut it out to put it in the bear's hand.

I also changed the sentiment to fit the image better and used fall colours to pull it all together.

Here is the card I came up with.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Birdie Brown-Birthday Bears,  TPC Studio - Coffee Cafe ( Coffee sentiment )
Dies:  MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13 & 20 and Stitched Oval Stax,  Simon Says Stamp - Stitched Rectangles, Ribbon Banner,  Spellbinders - Classic Ovals Large
Inks: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink and Kraft Dye Ink
Copic Markers: E40, E41, E42, E43, E44, E47, E49, R00, R02, C00, C1, YR12, YR15
Design Paper: My Mind's Eye - Collectable-Notable 6x6 paper pad
Other: Recollections - Card Stock,  Sakura - Black Glaze Pen

Thank you so much for dropping by and I hope you check out the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop going on now.  Have a great day! Kathy

Thankful For You

Hello again friends, I have one more card to share with you today.  It's another fall themed card, this time using an older stamp set from MFT Stamps.  Colouring hair is not my forte but I'm really happy with how it turned out on this girl.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Doodle Garden-Happy Harvest,  Harvest Mouse (Pumpkins)
Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13,  Rolling Hills,  Trees In The Forest
Inks: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass
Copic Markers: Skin-E11, E33, V15, R20  Hair-YR20, YR24, E35, E37  Pants-B93, B95, B99  Shirt-G82, G99  Shoes-E23, E27  Basket-E34, E35, E37  Pumpkins-YR15, YR18, YG63, YG67
Other: Recollections - Card Stock,  Spectrum Noir - 100 lb. Ultra Smooth Premium White Card Stock,  Foam Tape

Thank you again for dropping by and have a great day! Kathy

I Love You This Much

Hello again my friends.  I had so much fun making this card.  I used the cute little girl from the new Jumping With Joy stamp set from MFT Stamps.  The sentiment is from the Happy Hedgehogs stamp set.  I thought the sentiment was perfect for her because she looks like she holding her arms wide open for the "this" in the sentiment.

I am also really enjoying the Trees In the Forest dies that I recently bought, also from MFT Stamps.  The trees go so well with the Rolling Hills dies.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Pure Innocence-Jumping With Joy,  Happy Hedgehogs
Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13, Rolling Hills, Trees In The Forest,  Thankful Friend
Inks: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Versafine - Onyx Black,  Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass and Salty Ocean
Copic Markers: Skin-E11, E33, V15, R20  Sweater-G82, G99  Top-YR12, YR18  Pants-B93, B95, B99  Shoes-E53, E55  Hat & Scarf-YR20, YR21, YR24
Other: Recollections - Card Stock,  Spectrum Noir - 100 lb. Ultra Smooth Premium White Card Stock,  Foam Tape

Thank you so much for dropping by and I hope you have a great day! Kathy

I Love You This Much

Hello again my friends.  I had so much fun making this card.  I used the cute little girl from the new Jumping For Joy stamp set from MFT Stamps.  The sentiment is from the Happy Hedgehogs stamp set.  I thought the sentiment was perfect for her because she looks like she holding her arms wide open for the "this" in the sentiment.

I am also really enjoying the Trees In the Forest dies that I recently bought, also from MFT Stamps.  The trees go so well with the Rolling Hills dies.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Pure Innocence-Jumping For Joy,  Happy Hedgehogs
Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13, Rolling Hills, Trees In The Forest,  Thankful Friend
Inks: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Versafine - Onyx Black,  Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass and Salty Ocean
Copic Markers: Skin-E11, E33, V15, R20  Sweater-G82, G99  Top-YR12, YR18  Pants-B93, B95, B99  Shoes-E53, E55  Hat & Scarf-YR20, YR21, YR24
Other: Recollections - Card Stock,  Spectrum Noir - 100 lb. Ultra Smooth Premium White Card Stock,  Foam Tape

Thank you so much for dropping by and I hope you have a great day! Kathy

Warmest Thanks

Hello my friends, I hope you are having a good day.  I am really enjoying fall colours right now and have made a couple of fall themed cards.  I used the Hot Cocoa Cups dies from MFT Stamps to make some lattes. The cups and background were cut from some American Crafts' patterned paper.

Below is a list of the supplies I used for this card.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Hug In A Mug
Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13 & 20,  Hot Cocoa Cups,  Stitched Circle Stax,  Homespun Stitch Lines
Ink: Distress Ink - Vintage Photo,  Memento Ink - Rich Cocoa
Design Paper: American Crafts -Night Fall 12 x 12 paper pad
Other: Recollections - Card Stock

I will post the second card in my next post.  Thanks so much for dropping by and I hope you drop by again soon, Kathy

Pumpkin Spice - PP313

Hello my friends and welcome to my blog.  It's a lovely sunny day day today, which is quite lovely after a mostly raining day yesterday.

I made a card today for the Clean-and-Simple challenge at The Paper Players.

I decided to make a "pumpkin latte" using dies from MFT Stamps and the Fall Fox stamp set from SugarPea Designs.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: SugarPea Designs - Fall Fox,  MFT Stamps - Scattered Surface Background Stamp

Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13 & 20,  Coffee Cup Die, and Cool Cup Die

Inks: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink and Kraft Dye Ink,  Hero Arts - Just Rust Shadow Ink,  Distress Ink - Vintage Photo

Copic Markers: Fox - E50, E53, E11, E13, E15  Scarf - YR21, YR24  Sweater - G82, G99    Pants - B95, B99  Boots - E23, E27  Cup - C00, C1

Other: Recollections - Card Stock,  Foam Tape

Thanks so much for dropping by and have a great day! Kathy

Sending Hedgehugs - MFTWSC298

Hello friends, I hope you're having a good weekend so far.  In between loads of laundry, I had a chance to make a card using the super cute Happy Hedgehogs stamp set from MFT Stamps.

I made my card for the current sketch challenge at MFT Card Challenges.

I also got a chance to use my new Stitched Square Stax dies for my layout.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Birdie Brown-Happy Hedgehogs and Scattered Surface Background
Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13 & 20,  Stitched Square Stax and Stitched Scallop Edges
Inks: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink and Kraft Premium Dye Ink,  Distress Ink - Vintage Photo
Copic Markers: Hedgehog - E40, E42, E43, E44, E47, R00  Acorn - E25, E29, YR21, YR24
Design Paper: My Mind's Eye - Lost & Found Two-Blush 6x6 paper pad
Other: Recollections - Card Stock,   Foam Tape

Thank so much for dropping.  All comments are appreciated.  Have a great night! Kathy

Hello Fall - SPDMIX15

Hello friends and happy Friday!  I was lucky enough to receive several orders of new craft supplies this week and finally I got a chance to play just a little bit.

Ever since I saw the new SugarPea Designs new Fall Fox stamp set I have wanted to get my hands on it and yesterday is happened.  Yeah!!

I decided to use it right away and make a card for the current Mix It Up Challenge at Sugar Pea Designs Blog.

I decided to use the sketch for my card.  I stamped and masked off a couple of pumpkins in front of the fox with a fence, onto a pice of white card stock cut with a circle die. I then coloured the images with Copic markers.

Here is a couple of pictures of my finished card.

I am just in love with these the foxes in this stamp set.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: SugarPea Designs - Fall Fox
Dies: MFT Stamps - Stitched Circle Stax,  Lifestyle Crafts - Nesting Circles
Ink: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Memento Ink - Rich Cocoa,  Distress Ink - Vintage Photo
Copic Markers: Fox - E50, E53, E11, E13, E15, G82, G99, B95, B97, B99, Y35  Fence - E43, E44, E47  Pumpkins - YR15, YR18, E08, YG63, YG67
Design Paper; My Mind's Eye - Stella and Rose - Mabel 6x6 paper pad
Other: Recollections - Card Stock,  Foam Tape

Thank you so much for dropping by and I hope you have a great evening! Kathy

Absolutely Fabulous - RS#231

Hello friends, I hope you are having a good weekend!

Today I made a card for the sketch challenge at Retro Sketches, this time I used no stamps just dies and design paper.

Here is the card I came up with.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Dies: MFT Stamps - Absolutely Fabulous,  Lawn Fawn - Small Stitched Leaves
Design Paper: American Crafts - Night Fall 12 x 12 Paper Pad
Other: Recollections - Card Stock,  Craft Medley - Dazzling Metallics Cup Sequins

Thank you so much for dropping by and have a great evening.  I hope you drop by soon, Kathy

Happy Harvest - Addicted To CAS Challenge #96-Harvest

Hello again, I had enough time today to make another card.

This time is for the current challenge at Addicted to CAS, which is the code word Harvest.  Although clean and simple is not my general style, I thought I would try to make a simple but cute card.

For my card, I cut out an oval from a rectangle of masking paper, attached it to my card front panel and then inked the oval with distress inks.

I used the scarecrow image along with a crow and some pumpkins from the Happy Harvest stamp set from Lawn Fawn.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: Lawn Fawn - Happy Harvest
Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13 & 20,  Spellbinders - Classic Ovals Large
Inks: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink, Versafine - Onyx Black,  Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass and Twisted Citron
Copic Markers: Scarecrow - E00, E53, R00, Y21, E23, B95, B97, B99, R24, R39,  G82, G99, YR23, YR24, E25, E29  Pumpkins - YR15, YR18, E19, YG63, YG67 Crow - W3, W5, W7, YR04
Other: Spectrum Noir - Ultra Smooth 100 lb. Premium White Cardstock,  Recollections - Card Stock,  Foam Tape

Thank you so much for dropping by and have a great weekend! Kathy

One Sip - MFTWSC297

Hello friends, I hope your having a good day so far.  It's been so quiet in the street with the little neighbourhood children at school this week. I'm hoping that the weather will be nice this weekend so I can see my little friends.

I made a card for the current sketch challenge at MFT Card Challenges. I thought I was actually making a card that would work for their current color challenge as well but when I went to take pictures of the card I realized I forgot to add grey, darn it. Oh well it still works for the sketch challenge.

I used a stamp and die set I haven't used for while as well as a background stamp I have never used before.

I cut the cup out of some smooth card stock, inked it up with Vintage Photo distress ink and then sprayed it with water and dabbed it with a paper towel.  I then put some vintage photo ink onto a acrylic block, added some water and then splattered the "Whip Cream" with a small paint brush dipped into the ink.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Stay Cool and Scattered Surface background stamp

Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 20, Cool Cup, Stitched Circle Stax and Mini Tab Quartet

Inks: Distress Ink - Vintage Photo, Versafine - Onyx Black,  Hero Arts - Fresh Peach Shadow Ink

Other: Recollections - Card Stock,  Foam Tape,  Transparency 

Thank you so much for dropping by, I hope you come back soon because I should be posting another card very soon.  Have a great day! Kathy

Fall Shadow Box

Hello my friends.  It's only just the beginning of September but the weather has definitely gotten a little cooler already.

I made a new insert for a shadow box I originally altered for Valentine's Day, a link to the original post follows.  Altered Valentine Shadow Box The insert I made is for Fall and I had so much fun making this. I would like to try a bigger shadow box, maybe a 12 x 12 instead of this 5 x 7 frame.

Here is a picture of just the insert.

All the card stock is Recollections form Michaels. Below is a list of the supplies I used other then the card stock.

Top Left: MFT Stamps - Gerbera Daisy
Top Right: Spellbinders - Classic Ovals Small (3rd smallest oval), MFT Stamps - Leafy Florish
Middle Left: MFT Stamps - Stitched Circle Stax,  Lawn Fawn - Thanks A Bushel & Cutie Pie stamp sets,  Copic Markers: E31, E34, BG10, BG11, Y21, YR21, YR24, YG63, YG67
Middle Right: Clearly Besotted - Apple A Day stamp set and matching die,  Hero Arts - Lime Green, Butter Bar, Pumpkin Pie, Just Rust shadow inks
Bottom Left: Lawn Fawn - Small Stitched Leaves,  Hemptique - Natural 20lb Hemp Cord
Bottom Right:  MFT Stamps - Stitched Circle Stax,  Lawn Fawn - Thankful Mice stamp set and matching dies,  Copic Markers: W00, W1, W3, R00, BG10, BG11, E25, E29, YR21, YR24

Here is a couple of pictures of the insert inside the frame.

I hope to decorate my mantle for fall this weekend.

Thanks so much for dropping by and hope you'll come back soon.  Have a great day! Kathy

Friendship - Inspired By Challenge #22

Hello friends, I hope you are enjoying your labour day.

I wanted to make a card for challenge at Inspired by All the Little Things challenge #22.

I decide to break out an older stamp set from Lawn Fawn and do some distress ink watercolouring. My first panel was a failure so I started again.  I am quite happy with my final card.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: Lawn Fawn - Our Friendship Grows
Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13 & 20
Inks: Archival Ink - Jet Black,  Distress Ink - Squeezed Lemonade, Fossilized Amber, Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Gathered Twigs, Vintage Photo, Tumbled Glass
Other: Recollections - Card Stock,  Strathmore - 300 Series 140 lb cold press watercolor paper,  Craft Medley - Dazzling Metallics Cup Sequins

Thanks so much for dropping by. Have a great day! Kathy

Happy Howl-O-Ween

Hello my friend, I hope you are having a good long weekend. It's been pretty busy, Saturday we went to a wedding and then today, it was pretty much laundry all day but I did sneak in a bit of time to make another Halloween card.

I used the Happy Howloween stamp set from Lawn Fawn to make another card. I like how I coloured these doggies much better.  I am also really enjoying how distress ink looks on smooth white card stock after it's been blended, sprayed with water and blotted.

Here is the finished card.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: Lawn Fawn - Happy Howloween
Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13,  Lawn Fawn = Stitched Hillside borders, Stitched Tree Borders
Ink: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,   Versafine - Onyx Black,  Distress Ink - Picked Raspberry,  Wilted Violet and Black Soot
Copic Markers:  E35, E37, YR15, YR18, YG63, YG67, R24, R29, B24, B26, W00
Other: Recollections - Card Stock,  Sakura - Black Glaze Pen

Thank you so much for dropping by and I hope you have a good holiday Monday! Kathy

A Treat Filled Day

Hello my friends, I hope your having a good day so far.

I had a chance to make another card, this time using the Happy Howloween stamp set from Lawn Fawn.

I made the sky background by blending Carved Pumpkin and Wilted Violet distress ink onto white card stock and then I sprayed it with water from the Distress Sprayer and then dabbed it with paper towel.

I used the new Stitched Tree Borders dies from Lawn Fawn to make the black hills/trees.  I did try to colour the dogs in two tones with Copic markers like Nichol Spohr did in a recent card but didn't mage to pull it off as well.

Overall, I'm still happy with how the card turned out.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: Lawn Fawn - Howloween
Dies: Lawn Fawn - Stitched Tree Borders,  MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13
Ink: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Versafine - Onyx Black,  Distress Ink - Carved Pumpkin and Wilted Violet
Copic Markers: E53, E55, W5, W7, V12, V15, YG03, YG25, E31, E35, E57, E59, R24, R29, YR15, YR18
Other: Recollections - Card Stock,  Foam Tape, Sakura - Black Gel Pen

Thanks so much for dropping by, Hope you have a great day! Kathy

Thanks

Hello my friends and welcome to another September.

I made another card using the Thanks A Bushel stamp set from Lawn Fawn.  This time I used coloured pencils to colour the images this time.  I am still debating whether to buy the cheaper Prsimacolor pencils or whether to buy the more expensive smaller set of Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils, so for now I used my Crayola coloured pencils.  I think the images came out quite well considering the pencils are not artist grade.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: Lawn Fawn - Thanks A Bushel
Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13 & Stitched Circle Stax,  Lawn Fawn - Scripty Thanks
Ink: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink
Crayola Colored Pencils: Red Orange, Red, Mahogany, Yellow, Golden Yellow, Mango, Lime Green, Yellow Green, Green, Pine Green, Sand, Tan, Light Brown, Brown
Other: Recollections - Card Stock,  Foam Tape,  DCWV - The Burlap Paper Stack 6 x 6

Thanks so much for dropping by and have a great night! Kathy