Easter Banner

Hello my friends and welcome back to another week.  Today I decided to make an Easter banner to hang from my mantle.

I created my banner using the Nested Lacey Pennants die from Spellbindershas the base, which I cut from two different colours of card stock.  The next layer I measured and cut using my paper trimmer, which I cut from the Carta Bella "Spring" 6x6 design paper.  The circeles and letters were cut from two different colours of card stock with the Stitched Circle Stax and High-Rise Alpha Upp[ercase die-namics from MFT Stamps.  I stacked and glued three of each letter to give them a bit more dimension.

To complete the banner, I strung each pennant onto some pink polka dot ribbon from American Crafts, through the loops on the pennants.

Below are close up pictures so you can see the design paper better.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Dies: Spellbinders - Nested Lacey Pennants,  MFT Stamps - Stitched Circle Stax and High-Rise Alpha Uppercase
Other: Recollections - 65lb Pink and Blue card stock,  Carta Bella - Spring 6x6 design paper,  American Crafts - Pink Polka Dot Premium Ribbon

Thank you so much for taking the time to drop by.  I hope you have a wonderful day! Kathy

A Big Cup Of Thank You

Hello my friends and welcome back to another weekend and another card.  I decided to make another card for the Spring 2017 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.

The first thing I did was cut a tea cup from white card stock using the Tea Part die-namics from MFT Stamps.  I decided to decorate the cup with the Fresh Cut Florals stamp set from Wplus9 and Hero Arts shadow inks.  I coloured the base and handle of the cup with a couple of Copic markers to match the flowers.

I filled the tea cup with flowers for the Fresh Cut Florals and Freehand Florals stamp set from Wplus9.

The pink card panel was cute using the largest die from MFT Stamps' Blueprints 27 die-namics and the white panel was cut using the Simon Says Stamp's Stitched Rectangles dies.

The sentiment is from the Cup of Tea stamp set from MFT Stamps and stamped in Bubble Gum ink from Hero Arts to go with the cup and flowers.

I popped up the tea cup bouquet with foam tape and the last finishing touch was to sprinkle around some Pink Lemonade sequins from Neat and Tangled.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: Wplus9 - Fresh Cut Florals and Freehand Florals,  MFT Stamps - Cup of Tea
Dies: Wplus9 - Fresh Cut Florals and Freehand Florals,  MFT Stamps - Tea Party and Blueprints 27,  Simon Says Stamp - Stitched Rectangles
Inks: Hero Arts - Soft Pink, Bubble Gum, Ultra Pink, Raspberry Jam, Passion Flower, Grape Juice, Lime Green and Field Greens  Memento Ink - Lulu Lavender and Sweet Plum
Copic Markers - R81, R83
Other: Recollections - 110lb White card stock and 65lb Pink card stock,  Foam Tape,  Neat and Tangled - Pink Lemonade Sequin Mix

Thank you so much for taking the time to drop by.  Have a great day! Kathy

Tea Anyone?

Hello and hopefully welcome back.

I decided to make another card today.  This time for the Spring-Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog Hop.  The goal to make a Spring themed card which includes coffee, tea or hot chocolate as well.

I made a larger card then normal and made a 5.5 inch square card, using the Steeped In Love stamp set from MFT Stamps.  I also made a little matching tea cup using the Always Time For Tea die set from MFT Stamps.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Pure Innocence - Steeped In Love
Dies: MFT Stamps - Always Time For Tea,  Spellbinders - Floral Ovals
Inks: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink
Copic Markers: Skin - E000, E00, E11, R20  Hair - E21, E25, E27  Dress - BG10, BG11, BG13 Shoes - C5, C7, C9  Apron & Shadow - C00, C1, C3  Tea Pot and Tea Cup - R81, R83, R85
Design Paper: Crate Paper - Pretty Party 6x6 paper pad
Other: Recollections - 110lb White card card and 65lb Light Pink, Light Aqua and Gray card stock,  Craft Foam,  Foam Tape

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

Congrats

Hello my friends and Happy Friday!  I hope your work day goes quick and you can start enjoying your weekend.

Today, I made a card using the Freehand Florals stamp set and matching dies from Wplus9 and lots of different coloured inks.

This card is for a girl that works at my local Starbucks and who just got a great new job with the government,  I thought I would make her a congratulations card and give it to her on her Sunday, which is her last day.

This particular card was inspired by the one Dawn Woleslage, the owner of Wplus9 made in a video introducing the Freehand Florals stamp set.

Here is the card I made.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: Wplus9 - Freehand Florals
Dies: Wplus9 - Freehand Florals,  MFT Stamps - Blueprints 27,  Lawn Fawn - Scripty Congrats
Inks: Hero Arts - Soft Pink, Bubble Gum, Ultra Pink, Soft Vanilla, Butter Bar, Pumpkin Pie, Lime Green, Field Greens, Soft Pool and Tide Pool
Other: Recollections - 110lb White card stock and 65lb Pink card stock,  Pretty Pink Posh - 4mm Sparkling Clear Sequins,  Foam Tape

Thank you for dropping by and have a wonderful day! Kathy

Nuts For You

We are half way through another week and it's finally Spring.  Now if only the weather would warm up, so that we can spend some time outside.

Yesterday I coloured up with awesome image from the Neat and Tangled - My Favorite Nut stamp set, using Copic markers and adding a bit of detail with Prismacolor pencils.

Today I made that image into a clean and simple card.  Even though it hurt a lit, I finally cut into the Perfectly Plaid Fall 6x6 paper pad from Lawn Fawn.  I thought the colours would work perfectly with the acorn and squirrels.

I cut two pieces of card stock with edge dies from MFT Stamps and popped up the panel on the card front with foam tape to add some dimension to the finished card.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: Neat and Tangled - My Favorite Nut

Dies: MFT Stamps - Stitched Basic Edges and Stitched Scallop Basic Edges

Inks: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Versafine - Onyx Black

Copic Markers: Acorn Bottom - E11, E13, E15, E17  Acorn Top- E37, E39, E29  Leaf - YG03, YG63  Squirrels - E40, E41, E42, E43, E44, E47, R20

Other: Recollections - 110lb White card stock and 65lb Aqua card stock,  Spectrum Noir - 100lb Ultra Smooth Premium White card stock,  Lawn Fawn - Perfectly Plaid Fall 6x6 paper pad,  Prismacolor Pencils - Burnt Ochre,  Foam Tape

Thank you so much for taking the time to drop by and I hope you have a wonderful day! Kathy

Gardening Bunnies

I'm back again with another card using the My Monthly Hero kit from Hero Arts.  This time I thought the bunnies should be doing some gardening.

The background for this scene was done with card stock and dies only.  I used the ground and fence dies that came it the kit along with a couple of dies from Lawn Fawn and MFT Stamps.

Here is a couple of pictures of the finished card.  I'm not quite sure if I will cut off the handle of the shovel that sticks over the edge of the card, or whether I will just put it into a bigger envelope.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: Hero Arts - My Monthly Hero kit - March 2017
Dies: Hero Arts - My Monthly Hero kit - March 2017,  Lawn Fawn - Stitched Hillside Borders,  MFT Stamps - Cloud 9
Inks: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink
Copic Markers: Bunnies - W00, W1, W3, R00, R20  Shovels - C1, C3, C5, E33, E39  Cabbages - YG03, YG63, G24, G28
Other: Recollections - 110lb White card stock and 65lb Brown, Green and Light Blue card stock,  Foam Tape,  Sakura - Black Glaze Pen

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

All Things Grow With Love

Hello my friends and welcome back.  I hope you are having a good day so far.

I am still playing with the March 2017 - My Monthly Hero kit from Hero Arts.  The first card I made today was inspired by a card I saw on Flickr by Marcia Harper.  I really liked her card layout, so I made something very similar.

I love how the bright colours pop off the black background.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: Hero Arts - My Monthly Hero kit - March 2017,  MFT Stamps - Birdie Brown-Sunflower Sweetheart (Sentiment)
Dies: Hero Arts - My Monthly Hero kit - March 2017,  Mama Elephant - Peek A Frame,  Simon Says Stamp - Wavy Scallop Stitches
Inks: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Versafine - Onyx Black
Copic Markers:  Basket - E33, E37, E39  Watering Can - R24, R29, R39  Beets - RV66, R89, G24, G28  Carrots - YR15, YR18, G24  Green Onion - YG03, YG63
Other: Recollections - 110lb White and Black card stock

Thank you so much for taking the time to drop by and I hope you come back again.  I will be posting another card, very shortly.  Kathy

I'm Rooting For You

I am back again with another card using the March 2017 - My Monthly Hero kit from Hero Arts.  I combined the images from that kit with the sentiment from the Rooting For You stamp set from Lawn Fawn.  I also used the Gingham background stamp and a couple of different edges dies from MFT Stamps.

I like how you can make different types of cards with the same kit.

Here is the finished clean and simple card I ended up making.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: Hero Arts - My Monthly Hero kit - March 2017,  MFT Stamps - Gingham Background,  Lawn Fawn - Rooting For You

Dies: Hero Arts - My Monthly Hero kit - March 2017,  MFT Stamps - Stitched Basic Edges and Stitched Scallop Basic Edges

Inks: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Versafine - Onyx Black,  Hero Arts - Red Royal Shadow Ink

Copic Markers: Watering Can - C00, C1, C3, C5  Hand Rake - E33, E39, C1, C3  Flower Pots - E11, E13, E15, E17  Flowers - BG11, BG13, YG03 & YG63

Other: Recollections - 110lb White card stock and 65lb Red card stock,  Foam Tape

Thank you again for dropping by and I hope you have a great rest of your day! Kathy

Your Garden

Hello my friends and welcome back.  I am having so much fun colouring the images from the My Monthly Hero kit this month, I made another card and I'm sure there will be a few more coming up soon.

I extended the die cut using the ground die that came in the kit, so that it would cover the card length horizontally.  This time I cut it out of 110lb regular white card stock and inked it up using Gathered Twigs distress ink.  The green hillside was cut from the same card stock using the Stitched Hillside Border dies from Lawn fawn and then inked up with Mowed Lawn distress ink.  Both the ground and hillside were then sprayed with water and then blotted with paper towel to add some texture.

I cut the cloud sky out of the white card stock using the Puffy Cloud Borders from Lawn Fawn, with the edges inked with Tumbled Glass distress ink.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: Hero Arts - My Monthly Hero kit - March 2017
Dies: Hero Arts - My Monthly Hero kit - March 2017,  Lawn Fawn - Stitched Hillside Borders and Puffy Cloud Borders
Inks: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Distress Inks - Gathered Twigs, Mowed Lawn and Tumbled Glass, Versafine - Onyx Black
Copic Markers:  Bunny - W00, W1, W3, R00, R20, E33, E37, C1, C3  Beets - RV66, R89, G24, G28 Carrots - YR15, YR18, G24  Onions - E000, E00, G24, G28
Other: Recollections - 110lb White card stock,  Foam Tape

Thank you so much for taking the time to drop by.  I hope you have a wonderful day! Kathy

You're Somebunny Special

Hello my friends, I hope you are enjoying your day so far.

A few days ago, I received my order from Hero Arts of the March 2017 My Monthly Hero Kit.  It was such a great kit this month with lots of stamps and dies.

Yesterday I cut and coloured a bunch of images from the kit and I used some of them on the card I made today.

Include in the kit was a very cool die that cuts ground with little slits so that you can tuck in the vegetables.  I used the die to cut a piece of watercolor paper and inked it up with Gathered Twigs and Hickory Smoke distress inks.  Then to give it a bit more texture, I sprayed it with some water and blotted it with a paper towel.  The cloudy sky was created by using templates made with card stock cut using Lawn Fawn's Puffy Clouds Borders and Tumbled Glass Distress Ink.

Here are a couple of pictures of the finished card.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: Hero Arts - My Monthly Hero kit - March 2017
Dies: Hero Arts - My Monthly Hero kit - March 2017,  Lawn Fawn - Stitched Hillside Borders and Puffy Cloud Borders
Inks: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Distress Inks - Gathered Twigs, Hickory Smoke and Tumbled Glass,  Versafine - Onyx Black
Copic Markers: Bunny - W00, W1, W3, R00, R20  Carrots - YR15, YR18, G24, G28
Other: Recollections - 110lb White card stock and 65lb Green card stock,  Foam Tape

Thank you so much for taking the time to drop by.  I hope you have a wonderful day! Kathy

Over The Moon - MFTWSC324

Hello my friends and happy Friday!  The end of another week and finally a hint of Spring is in the air and garden.

Yesterday I made a galaxy background and a moon using distress inks.  To make the galaxy background, I took a panel of 110lb white card stock and blended Picked Raspberry, Blueprint Sketch, Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot distress ink.  The then sprayed it with water, using a distress sprayer, and blotted up the water.  The finishing touch was to splatter the background with Marshmallow glimmer mist from Tattered Angels.

I tried a couple of time to make the moon using the same white card stock but they were failures.  In the end I cut a circle from 140lb watercolor paper and using water and a brush, I painted it with Squeezed Lemonade and Iced Spruce distress inks.  I was much happier with how it turned out.

Today I used those two items to make another card for the sketch challenge at MFT Card Challenges.

I used one of the astronauts and a planet image from the Space Explorer stamp set from MFT Stamps to make my card and I'm so happy with how it turned out.  I hope you like it too.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Birdie Brown-Space Explorer
Dies: MFT Stamps - Stitched Basic Edges,  Blueprints 20   Lifestyle Crafts - Nesting Circles
Inks:  Simon Says Stamp - Intense Black,  Distress Inks - Picked Raspberry, Blueprint Sketch, Chipped Sapphire,  Black Soot,  Squeezed Lemonade and Iced Spruce,  Versafine - Onyx Black
Copic Markers: Astronaut - E00, E53, R00, E21, E25, E27, C00, C1, C3, G12, G14, G24  Planet - YG03, YG25, G99, Y11, Y13, Y35
Other: Recollections - 110lb White card stock,  Spectrum Noir - 100lb Ultra Smooth Premium White card stock,  Strathmore - 140lb Cold Press Watercolor paper,  Tattered Angels - Marshmallow Glimmer Mist,  Foam Tape

Thank you so much for taking the time to drop by.  I hope you have a wonderful day! Kathy

Friends Furever - MFTWSC324

Hello my friends and welcome back.  The week is almost over and it's finally looking a little nice out.  No sun yet but as least no snow or rain.

Today I made a card for the current sketch challenge at MFT Card Challenges, using the Friends Furever stamp set from MFT Stamps.

I used quite a few dies from MFT Stamps to make this card.  Which is actually quite clean and simple.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Friends Forever and Birdie Brown - Lucky Dog (For the paw print)

Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13, Blueprints 27, Stitched Scallop Basic Edges and Stitched Circles Stax

Inks: Simon Says Stamp - Intense Black,  Versafine - Onyx Black

Copic Markers: Bear - E31, E33, E35, E37, E39, R00, R20  Dog - W00, W1, W3, W5, W7

Other: Recollections - 110lb White card stock and 65lb Teal card stock,  Foam Tape

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

Together

Hello my friends and welcome back.  I hope you are having a good week so far.

Today I made a card using the MFT Stamps, Pure Innocence - Happy Together girl that I coloured up a few days ago.  I also used the Gingham Background stamp from MFT Stamps to make the patterned paper at the bottom of the card.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Happy Together and Gingham Background
Dies: MFT Stamps - Stitched Scallop Basic Edges
Inks: Simon Says Stamp - Intense Black,  Versafine - Onyx Black,  Hero Arts - Red Royal
Copic Markers: Skin - E000, E53, BV00, R20  Hair - E21, E25, E27  Dress - C00, C1, R27, RV29, RV69  Shoes - C5, C7, C9  Bird - B21, B26, YR15
Other: Recollections - 110lb White card stock,  Foam Tape

Thank you so much for taking the time to drop by.  Have a great day! Kathy

Happy Easter Bunnies

Hello my friends and welcome to a new week.  We changed our clocks forward one hour this weekend, which seems to throw the body into a loop.  I think it will take a few days to readjust.

Today I made a card with a different layout for me and I love it.  I can see more cards similar this to this in my future.

I coloured up a couple of chocolate bunny and some jelly beans from the Eggstra Special Easter stamp set from Lawn Fawn.  I'm loving the bright Spring colours.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: Lawn Fawn - Eggstra Special Easter
Dies: MFT Stamps - Stitched Scallop Basic Edges
Inks: Simon Says Stamp - Intense Black,  Versafine - Onyx Black
Copic Markers: Bunnies - E23, E25, E27, R00, R20  Purple - V12, V15, V17  Aqua - BG10, BG11, BG13  Pink - RV10, RV13, RV14  Blue - B21, B24, B26  Inside of Egg - C00, C1, Colorless Blender
Design Paper: MFT Stamps - Plaid Patterns 6x6 paper pad
Other: Recollections - 110lb White card stock,  Foam Tape

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

Spring Fairies

Hello my friends and welcome back.

Today I made a Spring themed card using lots of products from Lawn Fawn.  I used the Leafy Tree Backdrop die and card stock to make the tree scene.  The purple flowers were added using the Martha Stewart - 3-in-1 Hydrangea punch and card stock.

The cute fairies and fairy house are from the Fairy Friends stamp set and matching dies, also from Lawn Fawn.

I inked up the cloudy sky by using Tumbled Glass Distress Ink and a mask that I made using the Puffy Cloud Borders dies.

I am so happy with how the card turned out.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: Lawn Fawn - Fairy Friends
Dies: Lawn Fawn - Fairy Friends,  Leafy Tree Backdrop-Landscape,  Stitched Hillside Borders,  Puffy Cloud Borders
Inks: Simon Says Stamp - Intense Black Ink,  Distress Inks - Tumbled Glass
Copic Markers: Fairy House - G82, G99, V12, V15, V17, E44, E43, E42, E41, Y11, E27, E23, W00, W1, W3  Fairy - Skin - E00, E11, R20  Hair - E21, E23, E27  Wings - BG11, BG70  Dresses - B21, B24, B26, RV10, RV13, RV14
Other: Recollections - 110lb White card stock and 65lb Brown, Green and Purple card stock,  Martha Stewart - 3-in-1 Hydrangea punch

Thank you so much for taking the time to drop by.  I hope you have a wonderful day! Kathy

Over The Moon

Hello again and happy Friday!!

I made another card using one of the astronauts I coloured the other day.

This time I used the Starry Circle die from MFT Stamps to make the background for the astronaut.  I cut out some 110lb white card stock with the starry circle die and then inked it up with several distress inks.  The finishing touch was splattering the die cut with some Marshmallow Glimmer Mist from Tattered Angels.

It's a clean and simple card and I love how it turned out.

Below is  list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Birdie Brown-Space Explorer
Dies: MFT Stamps - Starry Circle
Inks: Simon Says Stamp - Intense Black,  Memento - Paris Dusk, Distress Inks - Blueprint Sketch, Chipped Sapphire,  Black Soot
Copic Markers: Skin - E00, E53, BV00, R00  Hair - E21, E25  Space Suit - C00, C1, C3, R24, R29, R39
Other: Recollections - 110lb White card stock,  Spectrum Noir - 100lb Ultra Smooth Premium White card stock,  Tattered Angels - Marshmallow Glimmer Mist,  Sakura - White Gel Pen, Foam Tape

Thank you again for dropping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! Kathy

The Salt To My Pepper - MFTWSC323

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

Today I made a card for the current sketch challenge at MFT Card Challenges, using the Recipe For Happiness stamp set from MFT Stamps.

I coloured up one of the Chefs from the stamp set and used the salt and pepper shaker images to stamp the blue flagged end paper to go with the sentiment I chose.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Birdie Brown-Recipe For Happiness,  Scattered Surface Background stamp
Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13 and Blueprints 20
Inks: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink ,  Hero Arts - Navy Shadow Ink
Copic Markers: E11, E33, V15, R20, C00, C1, C3, C5, C9, B21, B24, B26, YG03, YG25
Other: Recollections - 110lb White card stock and 65lb Navy card stock,  Foam Tape

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

Mission Control

Hello my friends and welcome back.  I hope you are having a good day so far.

On Monday I received my latest order from MFT Stamps and the next day started colouring up a bunch of images from the Space Explorer stamp set.

The images is this set are so adorable, I had so much fun colouring them.

After I coloured the astronauts, I made two Galaxy backgrounds with distress inks, in order to make a couple of cards. To make the galaxy background, I first blended several different colours of distress inks onto the card stock.  I then used a distress sprayer to spray some water, left it for a minute and blotted up the excess water.  Then I sprinkled the panels with some Marshmallow glimmer mist from Tattered Angels, mixed some white acrylic paint with water and flicked some dots of that on the panels too.  In person the galaxies are much darker then they photographed.

I cut both galaxy panels using the largest die in the Blueprints 13 die-namics from MFT Stamps, so there would be a white border of the card base showing.

I am inserting a picture of the Copic markers I used, since there is just too many to list.

Here are the two finished cards.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Birdie Brown- Space Explorer
Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13 and Blueprints 20
Inks: Simon Says Stamp - Intense Black,  Distress Inks: Picked Raspberry,  Mustard Seed,  Blueprint Sketch, Wilted Violet,  Chipped Sapphire,  Black Soot  Versafine - Onyx Black
Copic Markers: See Photo Above
Other: Recollections - 110lb White card stock,  Sakura - White Gel Pen,  Tattered Angels - Marshmallow Glimmer Mist,  White Acrylic Paint and Foam Tape

Thank you so much for taking the time  to drop by and I hope you like my cards.  Have a wonderful day! Kathy