Indie Chic "Citron"

I have just recently discovered Kristie Marcotte of The Best Things In Life Are Pink (her blog)  and YouTube.

She takes one 6x6 paper pad and using sketches, creates as many cards as she can until she is only left with a few scraps.  Since I have so many 6x6 paper pad, I thought this sounded like such a great idea, so I gave it a try.

For my first try I used the My Mind's Eye - Indie Chic "Citron" paper pad, Recollections card stock from Michaels, some dies from MFT Stamps and sentiments from lots of different stamp sets I already had in my stash.  The paper pad had been used slightly before I started this project and I really didn't plan ahead.  I looked for a sketch I liked and then created a few cards and then went and searched for another sketch for the next few cards. I managed to make a total of 33 cards over two days.

The remaining six cards I made with the design paper scraps and did not use a sketch.

I hope you like what I have done and give it a try.  Also check out Kristie's videos, they're awesome.

I hope you have a wonderful day! Kathy

Fall

Hello my friends and welcome back.  I haven't been doing any crafting for the past week and a half because we have been redoing and organizing my craft room.  I hope to be back with some pictures of the transformation.

The first crafty thing I have done in the revamped space, was to alter the Standing Wood Fall word that I bought from Hobby Lobby for 40% off.  Each letter is approximately 7 inches high and 5 inches wide.  I love how the "A" in fall was real,aced with a leaf.

The first thing I did is go through my 12 x 12 design paper and decide which paper I would use for which letter.

I painted the three letters with some Vanilla acrylic paint and the leaf with Metallic Bronze acrylic paint.  I then added glue to the front of each letter and paid it down onto the design paper.  Once the glue had dried, I used a Fiskars fingertip craft knife to cut around the letters.  I then had to touch up the paint.  I decided that the leaf was going to be too hard to cut around so I just painted it with three coats of paint.  To finish off the three letters, I sponged on some Vintage Photo Distress Ink, to the edges of the design paper.

Here is the finished word, which I will be putting on my mantle, once I start decorating for fall.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Standing Wood Fall - Brother Sister Design Studio from Hobby Lobby
Acrylic Paint - Craft smart- Vanilla and Metallic Bronze from Michaels
Design Paper: American Crafts - Night Fall 12 x 12 paper pad
Ink: Vintage Photo Distress Ink

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

Loads of Thanks

Welcome back my friends!

Today I have another fall card to share with you.  This time I used the P.I. Thankful Friends stamp set and matching die along with the Landscape Leafy Backdrop die from Lawn Fawn.

I used the Backdrop die to cut a piece of kraft card stock and flipped the die over so that the tree was on the right hand side of the card front, in order for it to fit better with the girl image.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - P.I. Thankful Friend and P.I. Loads of Thanks (Sentiment)
Dies: MFT Stamps - Thankful Friend and Grassy Fields,  Lawn Fawn - Leafy Backdrop-Landscape
Inks: MFT Stamps - Black Licoirce Hybrid Ink,  Versafine - Onyx Black,  Distress Inks - Tumbled Glass
Copic Markers: Skin & Hair - E00, E11, BV00, R20, E27  Pants - B93, B95, B97  Sweater - V12, V15, V17  Hat & Gloves - G82, G99  Shoes - E70, E74, E79  Rake - E25, E27
Other: Recollections 100lb White card stock and 65lb Orange, Yellow, Green and Kraft card stock,  MFT Stamps - Mini Cloud Edges stencil,  Sakura - Black gel pen

Thank you so much for taking the drop by.  I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend! Kathy

Harvest Mice

Welcome back,  I have two more fall themed cards to share using the Harvest Mouse stamp set from MFT Stamps.  On both of them I used the new Mini Cloud Edges stencil from MFT Stamps and Tumbled Glass Distress Ink to create the cloudy skies.

I must say, I just love the fall colours!

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Birdie Brown-Harvest Mouse
Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13, Stitched Circle Stax, Farm Fence, Grassy Fields
Inks: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Versafine - Onyx Black,  Distress Inks - Tumbled Glass
Copic Markers: E41, E43, E44, R20, G21, G24, G99, R24, R27, R39, YR16, YR18, Y15, YG03, E31, E35, E37
Other: Recollections - 110lb White card stock and 65lb Kraft, Green and Rust coloured card stock,  MFT Stamps - Mini Cloud Edges Stencil,  Sakura - Black gel pen,  My Mind's Eye - Collectable-Notable 6x6 paper pad, Foam Tape

Thank you again for dropping by.  Have a wonderful day! Kathy

Harvest of Blessings - MFTWSC345

Hello my friends and welcome back. Today I have a card to share with you that I created for the current sketch challenge at MFT Card Challenges.

The card I created for the challenge is a shaker card.  I used some leaf dies from the P.I. Thankful Friends die set from MFT Stamps, to make the shaker material.

The cute little mouse is from the Birdie Brown - Harvest Mouse stamp set from MFT Stamps.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps:  MFT Stamps - Birdie Brown-Harvest Mouse
Dies: MFT Stamps - Stitched Circle Stax and P.I. Thankful Friend
Inks: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Memento - Sweet Plum
Copic Markers:  E40, E43, E44, R20, YR21, YR23, YR24, V93, V95, V99
Other:  My Mind's Eye - Collectable-Notable 6x6 paper pad,  Transparency, Foam Tape,  Recollections - 110lb White card stock and 65lb Purple & Yellow card stock, Sakura - Black gel pen

Thank you so much for taking the time to drop by.  I hope you will drop by again as I have a few more fall themed cards to share.

Kathy

Happy Cake Day - The Challenge #94

Hello and welcome back my friends.  Today I have a card to share with you that I created for The Challenge #94, inspiration photo from Always Playing with Paper.

Here is the inspiration photo the this week's challenge.

For my card I used the Pure Innocence - Happy Cake Day stamp set from MFT Stamps for the main image.  I created my own version of the signage using a sentiment from the stamp set and a small arrow die.  I'm so please with how my card turned out.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps:  MFT Stamps - Pure Innocence-Happy Cake Day,  All Night Media - Woodgrain background
Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13, Blueprints 20 and Party Banners
Inks: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Versafine - Onyx Black,  Hero Arts - Cup O'Joe
Copic Markers: Skin - E00, E11, BV00, R20  Hair - E21, E25, E27  Dress - BV09, RV10  Shoes - C5, C7, C9  Cake - E50, E53, E35, E37, B00, B02, B05
Other: Recollections - 110lb White card stock and 65lb Blue, Pink and Kraft card stock,  Spectrum Noir - 100lb Ultra Smooth Premium White card stock,  Foam Tape

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

You're A Treasure - MFTWSC344

Hello and welcome back my friends. This time I have a card to share with you that I created for the current sketch challenge at MFT Card Challenges.

For the card I created, I used the Birdie Brown-Party Like A Pirate stamp set from MFT Stamps and made a little scene.  I created the sand and sky with distress inks and the Mini Cloud Edges stencil and used a couple of different edge dies from MFT Stamps to create the decorative edge to the scene panel.

It was hard to get a good photo of the card, since our air quality has been so poor due to lots of forest fires in our Province.  Thankfully nothing really close to us.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps: MFT Stamps - Birdie Brown-Party Like A Pirate
Dies: MFT Stamps - Stitched Basic Edges and Stitched Scallop Basic Edges
Inks: MFT Stamps - Black Licorice Hybrid Ink,  Versafine - Onyx Black,  Distress Inks - Tumbled Glass, Antique Linen and Gathered Twigs
Copic Markers: Skin - E00, E11, BV00, R20  Red - R24, R29, R39  Blue - B93, B97, B99  Black - C5, C7, C9  Chest - Y00, Y35, YR24, E31, E35, E37
Other: Recollections - 110lb White card stock and 65lb Red card stock,  Spectrum Noir - 100lb Ultra Smooth Premium White card stock,  MFT Stamps - Mini Cloud Edges stencil,  Sakura - Black Glaze Pen,  Craft Medley - Dazzling Metallics sequins,  Twine from my stash and Foam Tape

Thank you for dropping by and have a great night! Kathy

Lemonade

Hello my friends, I hope you are having a great start to your weekend.

I saw the "Juicy" prompt at CASolgy and broke out an older stamp set to make a card for the challenge.

I decided to use the lemonade2drink stamp set from The Stamps of Life to create my card.  I stamped the images and sentiment with Jet Black Archival Ink on Tim Holtz, Distress Watercolor card stock.  I used just a few Crayola washable markers and a water brush to colour the images and I'm very happy with how they worked.

I cut the watercolor panel with the largest die in the Blueprints 13 die-namics and backed it with some yellow card stock.  I added a couple of water droplets to the glass with Morning Dew - Nuvo Crystal Drops.  I then popped up the finished panel with foam tape onto the card front to finish it off.

Below is a list of the supplies I used.

Stamps:  The Stamps of Life - lemonade2drink
Dies: MFT Stamps - Blueprints 13
Inks:  Ranger - Jet Black Archival Ink
Crayola Markers:  Pastel Blue, Yellow, Lemon Yellow and Mango
Other: Ranger - Tim Holtz-Distress Watercolor card stock,  Recollections - 65lb Yellow card stock,  Nuvo - Morning Dew Crystal Drops,  Foam Tape

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