Thinking of You

Hello Crafteteers!

FINALLY...the weekend has arrived!  Not sure of your plans but I hope whatever you do will be filled with friends, family and fun.  :)

I finished a card last night that was supposed to be CAS.  It is not complicated but I am not sure if I would call it the "poster card" of CAS cards.  Crafting evolution can be wonderful!

The chickadee digital image I won recently at Stamp n Doodle.  Isn't that chickadee just the cutest?  The image was colored with distress inks, the blue sky with chalk and Stickles glitter was applied to the tree's needles.  Die cuts in white (Spellbinders' Marvelous Squares), baby blue (Captivating Squares) and white (Cheery Lynn French Pastry doily) were stacked as shown.

The card base is Recollections' corrugated base with TH white distress paint applied.  I really like the look of the base and will definitely use this technique on future cards.

The double bow (my first using this technique from Inspired by Stamping!) has Recollections' bling adhered to the top. The sentiment is from JustRite set Enjoy The Day stamp set and die cut using JR die set Vintage Labels and Banners.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Hugs,
Kathy Jo

This card is entered into the following challenges:
Inspired by Stamping, WHW122
Stamp n Doodle, Remembrance
Craftin Desert Divas, AG
Totally Paper Crafts, Use Glitter
Word Art Wednesday, AG
TTCRD, AG
Sister Act Challenges, AG
613 Avenue Create, AG

Kraft JustRite Autumn Splendor Card

Hello Crafters.

I do hope you all are having a good weekend.

Today I am sharing a card made combining the Kraft Journal Challenge Sketch and JustRite's Autumn Splendor Challenge.  

The ivory card base was made using the Kraft Journal's think ivory linen paper.  The paper is wonderful to work with and is perfect for a card base.  The ivory paper was cut using Spellbinders Timeless Rectangle.  The Kraft sketch shows a small square over a vertical band.  Well, I decided to change the sketch a bit by making it larger and putting it under the band...this change really accentuated the JR Lace Background stamp (stamped with ColorBox's MicaMagic in green and then embossed).  TH distress inks in Scattered Straw, Spiced Marmalade and Red Barn was applied as shown.  The circular die cut stack is as follows: textured gold linen paper die cut using Memory Box's Quinn Flourish, Kraft paper die cut using Spellbinders Stately Circles, ivory paper die cut using Spellbinders Big Scalloped Circles.  JR stamp set Kindness provided the "You mean the world to me" sentiment.  The leaves are Spellbinders Little Leaf Sets and the ivory twigs were cut using Martha Stewart's twig punch.  Red gems were applied in the areas shown.

Thank you so much for stopping by and have a great week.

Hugs,

Kathy Jo