Sassy Shaped card

Happy Friday!  Today is my day to post at Quietfire and I made a sassy, frilly, girly, fun card. It uses Quietfire's Sit by Me stamp which is also fun and full of sass.  :)

Here is a closeup of the card front:  

And a sneak peek of the card inside.

The stamp used is part of the Garden Bench Collection stamp set which contains all of these beautiful stamps:

For more details feel free visit the Quietfire post! Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,

Kathy Jo  

This card is entered into the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday, AG

613 Avenue Create, AG

Sister Act, AG

TTCRD, AG

Distressed Butterfly card

Hello!  How is your weekend thus far?  Are you enjoying the weather?  Getting some crafty time in?  Yesterday I went to Janice's house to see her newest family member: a super adorable wee kitten, Mushu.  In the afternoon our Saint Bernard's sister, Millie, came over.  The girls have "slumber parties" throughout the year and the girls love it...as do my hubby and I.

A few weekends ago I went to my favorite local crafty store, Carsand Mosher.  They have a discount card system and I was able to get 20% off an item. (Yes!!)  My item of choice was Sizzix' Butterfly Frenzy Decorative Die Strip.  (I know you are all shocked- I bought another die...and it had butterflies.)  For the card, I ran the die through my Calibur but not enough to cut entirely into the paper.  I raised some of the wings and added Walnut Stain ink along the edges.  I popped one butterfly out completely to make it look like it was flying into an open spot on the paper.

The "Butterfly" in the corner was from Quietfire's Butterflies/Dragonflies stamp set.  The stamp in the lower left corner was from Quietfire's Illuminations stamp set.  The butterfly scene was mounted on a scrap piece of woodgrain paper.  The card base was made using one of my favorite Spellbinders dies, Reflective Moment.   (Are you getting tired of seeing my cards using that die yet?  I hope not!)

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a good Sunday and stay crafty.  :)
Hugs,
Kathy Jo

This card is entered into the following challenges:
613 Avenue Create, Shaped AG
Word Art Wednesday, AG
DL Art, July AG
Wags 'n Whiskers, AG
Just For Fun, AG
Crafting by Designs, Use dies
Crafting from the Heart, AG
Crafty Girls, AG

Craftin Desert Divas Challenge- Shaped Card

Hello Crafteteers!

Today is the start of a new challenge at Craftin Desert Divas: Shaped cards.

For my card I went with a Valentine's Day theme and used some product that I recently purchased over or just before the holidays.  For example, the cupid is from Tim Holtz (Mini Love Struck Movers and Shapers die set)...and it was 50% off at Carsand Mosher!  Woot-woot!

Sure, I may have gone a little happy with the gold embossing but I think it adds some elegance to the card.  The double gold embossed lattice heart really accentuates the cupid.

The inside is simply made with no sentiment so that the giver can add whatever heartfelt sentiment they want.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Looking forward to seeing your shaped card at Craftin Desert Divas!
Have a great week.
Hugs,
Kathy Jo

This card is entered into the following challenges:
613 Avenue Create, AG
Word Art Wednesday, AG
Really Reasonable Ribbon, Valentine's Day
Simply Create Too, Valentine's Day
3 Girl Jam, AG with Ribbon
2 Creative Chicks, AG
Card Mania, AG

Products used:
Tim Holtz (Mini Love Struck Dies, Distress Ink in Tattered Rose, Distress Stains in Tattered Rose and Victorian Velvet), Spellbinders (Lace Hearts, Labels Twenty), JustRite (Filigree Leaves background stamp, Antique Valentine Tag One stamp set, Vintage Laebl and Banner Dies), Stampendous (Shabby Green Embossing Enamel), Gold Embossing Powder, Crafty Love  :)