Hello Crafty Peeps! Today is my day to post at Quietfire Creations and I decided to make a Mother's Day card...perfect card for my mother-in-law! The card used the Mom rose stamp from Quietfire's Keep Calm & Call Mom stamp set:
Here is a closer look at the stamped image:
Have a great day!
Hugs,
Hello All! Today is a special day as I am honored to be a guest Step Sister at the Sisterhood of Crafters. It is a start of a new challenge at the Sisterhood: use something new. Luckily Santa was very good to me last month and I received some sweet crafty supplies.
For the card I started with one of my favorite stamps from Quietfire, "Believe in Yourself", from the If You Don't Believe in Miracles stamp set:
The card required die cuts and playing with ink...which are two of my favorite things to do! White card stock was die cut using my new Spellbinders background die French Harmony. Tim Holtz Distress inks in Tumbled Glass and Antique Linen were applied on white card stock. Both the background die cut and the distress papers were cut using Spellbinders Matting Basics A and B. Small corners from Spellbinders Moroccan Accents die cut the distressed paper.
Kraft paper was die cut using Spellbinders Majestic Circles and Picket Fence Distress Stain applied. Believe in Yourself was heat embossed on white paper, die cut using Spellbinders Standard Circles, and distress ink applied. Distress ink was used to dye seam binding, too.
The flowers were from my stash. Someday, I will take a picture of the flowers stash...I will be able to make many cards before running out! I think the flowers are reseeding and multiplying. :)
Thanks so much for stopping by! A big Thank You to the Sisterhood of Crafters for the Step Sister spot! I hope to see your creation in the challenge.
Have a good day.
Hugs,
Kathy Jo
This card is entered into the following challenges:
613 Avenue Create, AG
Word Art Wednesday, AG
Sister Act, AG
DL Art, January Linky
Die Cutting Divas, AG
Really Reasonable Ribbon, New (background die) + ribbon
TTCRD, AG
Crafting from the Heart, AG
Simon Says Stamp Monday, Ink background (distress inked background under die)
Hello All!
Today is my day to post at Quietfire Creations. For the post, I made a shaped card using Quietfire's new stamp from the Keep Calm & Call Mom stamp set. Love this stamp! It is one of three stamps in the set. Here is an image of the set below:
Isn't it a sweet set? I enjoyed coloring in the rose and petals in the stamped image. Want more details on the card? Hop on over to the Quietfire Creations blog. Also, new stamps are on sale at 20% off and there is a Spellbinders special, too! Yay! :)
Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
Hugs,
Kathy Jo
This card is entered into the following challenges:
613 Avenue Create, AG
Word Art Wednesday, AG
Happy Sunday, All!
The challenge this fortnight at Craft Hoarders Anonymous is a sketch. In celebration of the National Scrapbooking Day, I decided to use the sketch for a scrapbook page. I usually only make cards and I am not used to photographing 12x12 paper so please pardon the photos! I took some outside and inside to try to get the best photos possible. :)
First of all, the two adorable young ladies in the photo are my nieces. The pictures were taken when they visited us over Canada Day. I love this photo of them...every time I see it I cannot help but smile. They are beautiful girls inside and out!
The paper is mostly from Graphic 45's Mother Goose collection except the green diagonal striped paper which is from the Magic of Oz. The photo is on two Cheery Lynn doilies (French Pastry) and on red patterned die cut from Spellbinders Heirloom Legacy. My old stamp is BIG HUG from Hampton Art- made in 2011...and never used until this layout. I added swirl bling and flowers as shown.
In the top left corner I used my new stamp "You make me happy" from Pink Paislee's Hello Sunshine set. It was die cut with Spellbinders Matting Basics and adhered to yellow die cut paper from Spellbinders Pearl Effects. The pennants were scrap Mother Goose paper.
It was fun to do a scrapbook layout again. It has been too long and I have so many photos that should be in a scrapbook...perhaps I shall make a point to do one more often than once a year!
Thanks for stopping by! Have a great Sunday and a wonderful week!
Hugs,
Kathy Jo
Happy Sunday All!
Last night I played with a new JustRite background stamp- Rose Postcard. I stamped the background using Memento's Rich Cocoa ink. The roses and butterfly were colored using TH distress markers. The background was painted using watered down TH Tumbled Glass stain. Antique Linen was applied to the entire image and was die cut using Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics. Glossy Accents was applied to the roses. The butterfly was stamped and colored again on another sheet of paper, fussy cut, then applied to the image. Stickles applied for fun. :)
Graphic 45 paper (Sweet Sentiments) was cut using Spellbinders 5x7 Detailed Scallops. Ivory paper was also cut using the smallest die from the set and "Cherish" from JR set Botanical Medallions and Banners was stamped in Rich Cocoa. TH ink Tattered Rose was applied. TH distress ink Vintage Photo was applied at will. The lovely corners? Spellbinders Gold Corner Sets One with Tattered Rose applied. The middle of the bow is an antique button my mom gave me a while ago...just had to be used on this card. (Thanks, Mom!)
The inside is more Graphic 45 cut to size and another ivory die cut from Detailed Scallops. The sentiment is also from JR set Botanical Medallions and Banners.
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Hugs,
Kathy Jo
This card is entered into the following challenges:
Die Cut Divas, Emboss It
Craftin Desert Divas, Ribbon and button
Shabby Tea Room, AG
Shopping Our Stash, Button and Bow
Fussy and Fancy, Shabby Chic
Cut It Up, AG
Crafting by Design, March AG
Word Art Wednesday, AG
613 Avenue, AG
Sister Act, AG
Don't you just love the weekend? There are so many great things about weekends: sleeping in a bit, no rushing to get out the door, to get home, to get stuff done. Another thing I like about weekends is that a new challenge is introduced at Totally Gorjuss. This week's new challenge is Wings and Things.
For the challenge card I used a LaBlanche stamp that I have owned for over a year now and never used. (That is one of many things about challenges that I enjoy: excuses to use my crafty items.) I wanted the card to look like an old print from the 50s/60s so I chose colors accordingly. The image I colored to look like the simple one color printing style from that time. (I am not sure of the name of this style but I love seeing old cookbooks that use it! If you know the name, feel free to tell me.) The paper is from Graphic 45 collections French Country and Bird Song. The paper matched the image perfectly. The black ornate border on the bottom of the image is die cut from Spellbinders Ironworks. Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics die cut the image.
The inside is a continuation from the front. More G45 paper and a die cut doily (Sizzix 657996).
I did not add sentiment to the card. I plan on using this card as a just because or an emergency card for an unknown or last minute occasion.
Thanks so much for stopping by! Enjoy your weekend and I hope to see your wing project at Totally Gorjuss!
Hugs,
Kathy Jo
