Hey baby...what's your sign?

LOL...what a cheezy line huh?  Well, my husband got a kick out of it.  Which is good because it was his birthday card...my little crab!  LOL!  I love this set from Mama Elephant.  It has all of the zodiac signs called Cosmic Stars.  I also used the coordinating set Starry Night which has the sentiments.  I used Versamark ink to stamp the crab background.  The t-shirt and tag dies are by My Favorite Things.  The tag was embossed with a folder from The Paper Studio.  And the little crab was colored with Copics.

Come join us this week at 613 Avenue Create, we're Anything Goes but this weeks twist is Shabby Chic.  We have 3 sponsors this week which means 3 chances to win!  Even if you just stop by to check out our amazing Design Team samples.  Hope to see you there!
Hugs,
Kathi

Happy Birthday ADFD style

Surprise it's me again!  I love being productive  :)  Here's a birthday card I made for the A Day For Daisies Challenge this week.  This is the cute freebie this week too!  I also used this sketch from Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.

 

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inside

matching envelope

coloring supplies

Details:  papers - MME 6x6 pad "Bright"

               dies - hearts by Lawn Fawn, fishtail flag by MFT

               stamp (sentiment) by Verve

               Tim Holtz distressing tool, 

               ancient brads

Til next time!
Hugs,
Kathi

Additional Challenges:

Dream Valley Challenges - Happy Birthday
2 Sisters Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

Card Mania - Punches or Dies
Forever Friends - Punches or Dies 
Lexi's Creations - Punches or Dies 
Mema's Crafts - Anything Goes 
Squigglefly - Recipe=2 brads, tag, printed paper 
City Crafter Challenge Blog - Happy Birthday 
Paperminutes - Chevrons 
Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes 
Sassy Cheryl's - Show Me Thursday 

You Are My Sunshine

Today I discovered Sassy Cheryl's Stamps.   OMGoodness can you say cute??  I love them and of course had to get a few  :)  There is also a sketch challenge at her blog and I was actually able to complete a card in one sitting!  Not always possible...you know what it's like to have a 3 year "help" you?  LOL ok then, now you get it.  So here is a card I made for my 18 year old, Shianne.  I always used to sing You Are My Sunshine when she was little and this little girl reminds me of her too!  Not to mention the whole ladybug thing.  

I cut the butterflies from the MME paper.  I stippled the clouds with a handmade stencil.

Copics, Prismacolor pencils and ink used

The papers I used are from MME Miss Carolina 6x6 pad.  Pink dot DT by BoBunny.  Pennant by MFT, Charming Oval by Verve and the heart die by Memory Box. 

Til next time...

Kathi

Challenges:

Sassy Cheryl's Challenge Blog #160 A Sketch 

Artistic Inspiration - Anything Goes 

Card Mania Challenges - Die Cuts 

The Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything Goes 

Forever Friend Challenges - Dies Cuts 

Lexie's Creations - Punches/Dies 

Make It Monday - Anything Goes 

Mema's Crafts - Anything Goes 

My Grafico - Anything Goes 

Sparkle And Sprinkle - Use a Digital Image 

The Pink Elephant - Spring Colors 

Robyn's fetish - Anything Goes 

Scrappy Frogs - Think Spring 

Birthday Girl

Hi all,

What a week it's been!  My poor son was sick on Easter and then it hit me hard!  Seems like I get sick every year in April...I don't get it.  But I'm back and I was finally able to finish a birthday card for a friend at work.  

The image is from MFT's Pure Innocence line called Cute-a-tude.  The papers are from Doodlebug Designs and the coral paper is by BoBunny.  Circle doily by QuicKutz.

I used an alphabet stamp set for the name which is on a Pennant Trim die by MFT.  The bling is by Darice and called Bling on a roll...so cool...and cheap!

 

I cut a single stone, what is it called?  a single "bling" from the roll?  LOL..the things I worry about  :)  Anyway I cut a single one of those off and used Glossy Accents to attach to her hair flower.  I inked the circle with VersaMark Key Lime and added Crystal Stickles accents on the flowers on her dress and background.  I colored her with Copics, she looks blotchy in the pic...don't know why.

Well that's it for now...I have to go back to work tomorrow...nothing worse than being home from work and you can't craft!  Ugh...bummer!  Well at least it's Friday  :)

Hugs,

Kathi

Challenges:

Seize the Birthday - Feminine Birthday/sketch (I'm just realizing my sentiment is inside!)

Happy Campers - Flower Power
Crafts And Me Challenges - Spring Flowers 
Crafting for All Seasons - Floral Delight 
Crafty Creations - Flowers or Fairies 
Divas by Design - Spring Colours 
Paper Pretties - April Showers Bring May Flowers 
Sassy Cheryl's - Show Me Thursday 

KEEP CALM and......

EAT PEEPS!  Ok, so I think this is a little clever on my part  :) 

This is part of a stamp set from Technique Tuesday.  I inked all of the words except chocolate then added the peep die from the MFT Woven Basket set. The t-shirt and the scalloped edge border are both dies from MFT.  The dot embossing folder by Darice.  I inked the t-shirt and stippled the scalloped border with VersaMark Purple Hydrangea.  Patterned paper by Bo Bunny and the date on the paper is 2006!!  OMGoodness!  LOL!!  I used a tiny hole punch to make notches for the twine. 

Thanks for stopping by!  

Hugs,

Kathi

Challenges:

Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes
Dilly Beans Challenge - Easter
Pattie's Creations - Easter
Stamping With The Dragon - Easter
SweetPea Stampers - Spring Colors
Crafty Calendar Challenge - Easter Eggstravagansa!
My Sheri Crafts - Easter
Eclectic Ellapu - Whimsy or Funny
Hobby Cutz Challenges - Easter
The Squirrel and the Fox - Easter or Passover

All my peeps in a basket

Hi...just a quick post today with a card I made simultaneously with yesterdays Pure Innocence Peep card.  And I still have scraps left  :)  So I have a new die set from MFT called Woven Basket.  It is just too cute! 

I cut the basket from kraft CS then rubbed my VersaMark pad over it to bring out the basket weave design.  I also used the Pennant Trim die by MFT which I embossed with the Spellbinders M-Bossabilities folder and used the VersaMark on that.  I used a swirl stamp/VersaMark on the eggs.   I made the grass in the basket with the MFT Pinking Edge Border die and layered it with the eggs and peeps.  Finally the basket was raised up with pop dots.  

Til next time!
Hugs,
Kathi

Challenges I'll be entering:
Crafty Creations - Easter
Creative Belli Blog - Easter
The Sisterhood of Crafter - Easter/Spring
Cuttlebug Mania - Easter
Scrap-Creations - Easter
Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge - Anything Goes
Through the Craftroom Door Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

I Miss You Peep!

Hi Everyone...it's been a busy week here!  Nothing unusual I guess!  LOL!  Here's a card I made for my daughter away at school.  She used to just love peeps at Easter time and this Pure Innocence girl always reminds me of her  :) 

I'm using the MFT Wednesday Stamp Club sketch MFTWSC116.   The MFT set is called One of My Favorite Peeps.  I colored her with Copics, I still have a lot of practicing to do!!  I paper pieced her dress and I don't know who makes the papers I used...sorry.  I used Glossy Accents on her shoes, flowers centers on the dress and the peep.  She has a little pearl in her hair too.  I embossed the peach CS with Spellbinders M-Bossabilities EL-005 folder.  Then I rubbed my VersaMark pad on the raised design.  I love how it makes the flowers pop off of the paper.  The flower was the Michael's $1.50 bin.  And yes I'm still upset that they raised the prices of those bins from $1.00 like 2 years ago!  LOL! 

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Thanks for taking the time to stop by!  

Hugs,

Kathi

Challenges I'll be entering:

Lady Anne's Challenges - Must Use A Stamp
Crafty Creations - Embossing
Lil Red Wagon - Easter
Simon Says Stamp - Easter/Spring
Stampotique Designers Challenge - SDC92: Spring Theme  
Alota Rubber Stamps - #103 Springtime 
Creatalicious Challenges - Lovely Easter 
Forever Friends & Co. - Flowers 
Heck of a Challenge - Spring/Butterflies and Pearls 
Lia Stampz - Easter or Spring 
Oozak - Anything Goes with Spring 
The Stamping Shack - Easter 
Sassy Studio - Paper Piecing 
Under the Table and Dreaming - Linking Party

Birthday cards

Hi all!

Here's a few birthday cards I've thrown together.  Hope you like  :)

Ok I just LOVE this card!  Love the colors  :)  The paper is from We R Memory Keepers the stripes is called "Classy" and the heels/saying is from one sheet that I cut up called "Stiletto".  I used a MS border punch then inked all edges with black.  Then on each of the heels I heat set a Jolee's Swarovski element/crystal. 

close up...the sentiment inside reads: May all your birthday wishes come true!

This is one of those pre-made pack of 8 cards from Michael's for $1.50.   I added the scalloped oval (an SVG) with the Verve bday phrase.  I used VersaMark on the edges then "painted" #680 Duo Red-Blue Pearl Ex powder on it.  The pic doesn't show what a beautiful iridescent shine it has.   I used foam dots underneath for dimension and added 2 Jolee's crystals for the eyes.

And here's a card for my brother who loves the Greenbay Packers (don't know why...we live in New England!!)  This was a MTC file I found in the gallery and didn't write down who made it but there were a couple in there. 

That's it for today!  Thanks for stopping by!  :)      Kathi