Festively Beautiful "Peace" ornament card

Hello Crafty Friends!

It has been a couple of weeks since my last post- my computer decided to not work.  (Perhaps it decided to go on a much needed vacation?)  In that time off I upgraded some areas of my crafty room.  For years I have been working on a desk that allowed about 14 square inches of workspace.  I have had a lot of good memories working on that desk but the lack of space was put constrictions on my crafty mojo.  My eyes were set on a couple of worksurfaces from Ikea so I picked them up and put them in the room last weekend.  Oh!  I so love my crafty space now!  Every day I have been in the room crafting away.  There are still some more upgrades needed and when I am done I will share a video.  Enough about the time away, let's talk about a new card!

It was my turn to share at Elizabeth Craft Designs and I created a festive "Peace" ornament card using the lovely new Love Joy Peace Christmas Ornament die set:

My last post used the same ornament die with "love" in the center.  Such a great die set!

For more details on the card and instructions, hop on over to the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog.

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Thanks for stopping by!  Have a happy, crafty day.
Big Hugs,
Kathy Jo

"Love" Christmas Ornament card

Hello Crafty Friends!

It is my turn to share a project at Quietfire Creations and I created a cheerful holiday ornament card using the newly released die set, Love Joy & Peace Ornament:

This happy card was a joy to make.  The die set is so pretty that I kept die cutting more card stock after the card was complete and made more cards using the set.  (It looks gorgeous with the ornament die cut in foil or glitter paper!)

For instructions, hop on over to Quietfire Creations ...and feel free to leave some love.  :)

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Thanks for stopping by!
Have a happy, crafty day!
Big hugs,
Kathy Jo

Quietfire Design and Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Blog Hop and GIVEAWAY!

Hello Crafty Friends.

Exciting news:  Quietfire Design has teamed up with Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L for a Blog Hop and giveaway!  The giveaway is three prizes worth $25 each!  Woo-who!

For my project, I used Quietfire Design's Good Friends are Like Snowflakes stamp and several Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L products.  For more information on the card (and of course the giveaway!), hop on over to the Quietfire Creations Blog post.

Thanks for stopping by and good luck on the giveaway!
Have a happy, crafty day.
Big Hugs,
Kathy Jo

In the "happy" dog house

Hello Crafty Friends!

My hubby celebrated his birthday recently and our Saint Bernard, Teddy, asked if I could make a card for him.  (big smile)  The card had to be cute and sweet- just like their friendship.  Yes, they are BFFs through and through:  wherever Greg goes, Teddy follows.  It warms the heart seeing those two together.  Their BFF relationship was the inspiration for this happy card.

The card's focal point is the cute dog house stamped image from Penny Black.  My Prismacolor pencils and gamsol were used to color the sweet scene.

The image was die cut using stitched square dies and mounted onto a tent fold card.  The patterned papers are old and from my crafty stash (Basic Grey papers, perhaps).  After all of the layers were adhered, clear Glossy Accents was applied to the dog bowl.

Greg really liked the card and thanked Teddy for the thoughtfulness.  (That is what BFFs do.)

Thanks for stopping by!  I do hope you enjoyed "Teddy's" card.
Have a happy, crafty day.
Big hugs,
Kathy Jo

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"The best thing I ever did"...

Hello Crafty Friends!

It was my turn to share a project at Quietfire Creations and I created a card using the newly released "The best thing" stamp:

As I was stamping the quote, I thought of the many people and projects that could use the quote: a graduation card, a card for a student heading off to school, a person starting a new endeavor, an inspirational plaque, a journal, and, of course, a scrapbook page celebrating a milestone completed.  (I am working on a journal now and this quote may be on the front cover.)

Instructions: please visit the blog post on Quietfire Creations.  Listed below are the products used- just click on the image and the links will take you to the product.

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Thanks so much for stopping by!
Have a happy, crafty day!
Big hugs,
Kathy Jo

"Soar" Butterfly Flourish card

Hello Crafty Friends.

How is your day?  Have you crafted or plan on crafting?  Or are you looking for crafty inspiration?  Hopefully you think you have come to the right spot.  :)

Elizabeth Craft Design is celebrating their new releases and the design teams are sharing projects.  One of my projects used two newly released dies, Soar and Butterfly Flourish.
 
Looking for instructions?  The instructions to make the card are located on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog.  Feel free to check out all of the other great projects on the blog.  The blog is jam packed with inspiration and tutorials.

Oh!  And if you were wondering about the pretty papers...they are from Graphic 45's Nature Sketchbook collection.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a happy, crafty day!
Big Hugs,
Kathy Jo

Simple "Wanderlust" card

Hello Crafty Friends.

Many thanks to everyone who left comments on the CardMaker magazine/Quietfire Design blog hop post this weekend.  The winner has not been announced yet but I wish you all the best of luck!

Today's project is very much so different than the last post with layering of die cuts.  This card took only a few minutes to make but I really like how it turned out.  It also used a stamp that I enjoy using on projects, Wanderlust, by Quietfire Design.

Instructions:

1. Create top fold 5.5" x 4.25" card using white card stock.
2. Cut patterned paper to 5.25" x 4". Die cut using mixed media die.
3. Stamp Wanderlust onto white card stock.  Die cut using pennant die.
4. Mount onto card using double sided adhesive tape.

Easy!  

(As an item of note, the package of stone paper is on sale right now at Elizabeth Craft designs for $1.95!  Sweet!)

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Thanks for stopping by.  I do hope you enjoyed the simple Wanderlust card.

Have a happy, crafty day!

Big Hugs,

Kathy Jo

CardMaker-Quietfire Blog Hop

Welcome to our blog hop with CardMaker magazine!  

Make sure you leave a comment on every blog because there will be a $50 Quietfire Gift Certificate awarded randomly to one lucky commenter!  All comments should be made by midnight PST on Sunday, September 24, 2017 and the lucky winner will be announced shortly afterwards!  Good luck!

Projects:
I created two Christmas/winter cards for the blog hop.  The first card used the newly released stamp set, A Whisper on my Nose:

The quote was stamped onto white card stock and die cut.  While the die cut remained in the die, I gently applied blue ink around the embossed rim.

Next, several layers of blue glimmer and white card stock were die cut and layered.

The snowflakes from the same stamp set were stamped using the blue ink and mounted as shown.  White seam binding was used to create a double bow and a snowflake adhered to the bow.  Wee gems were added to the snowflake centers.

The second project was the small "Merry Christmas" card.  The sentiment is from the newly released stamp set, Christmas Eve was a Night of Song:

This small card is perfect as a gift card holder.

Of course I had to add the sweet snowflakes to this card, too!

 

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Be sure to hop to everyone's blog to check out the amazing projects and enter for your chance to win!

CardMaker: http://www.cardmakermagazine.com/blog/

Robyn Josephs  http://rainbowweaves.blogspot.ca/

Clare Prezzia: http://bearydocardsinc.blogspot.com/

Teresa Horner   http://victorianpaperqueen.blogspot.ca/

Yogi Grunwald   http://yogiemp.blogspot.ca/

Diana Carr: http://www.secretlifeofpaper.com/

Wanda Hentges   https://artbywanda.blogspot.ca/

Gaylynn Martling: https://neatnook.blogspot.com/

Kathy Jo Wood http://daisysanddaffodils.blogspot.ca/  <You are here!>

Jen Shults: https://deconstructingjen.com/

Yvonne van de Grijp http://phoebeez.blogspot.ca/ 

Nicole Coursey: http://tealkatsblog.com/

Diana Nguyen    http://yourstrulybydiana.blogspot.ca/

Savannah O’Gwynn: http://savannahland2.blogspot.com/

Teresa Kline: http://paperieblooms.blogspot.com/

Suzanne Cannon http://quietfirecreations.blogspot.ca/

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a happy crafty day.  :)
Big Hugs,
Kathy Jo

This card is entered into the following challenges:
Scrapy Land, AG
Simon Says Stamp Monday, Shimmer and Shine
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, Pop up
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge, September
Craft-Dee Bowz, AG with handmade bow
D.L.Art, September Linky Challenge
Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge
Really Reasonable Ribbon, #172