Wish Big

Hi Everyone!  
     I don't know about you but Fall is just the busiest time for me!  Ack!  Really dislike when reality and responsibilities get in the way of my creativity!  LOL!  Oh well what can you do...oh I know start crafting at midnight!   :)   Well enough of my tired ramblings!

This week at Through The Craftroom Door we are sponsored by Eureka Stamps.  I thought this little dragon was so cute!  I made a little birthday gift bag.

Hope you can stop by and check out the wonderful creations by my teammates!  Remember the challenges at TTCRD are always Anything Goes!

Hugs,

Kathi

Supplies:

stamps/digi stamps:  Eureka, MFT sentiment

papers:  scraps, Staples 110 lb white

dies:  MFT ticket stub, hand cut flag

ink:  Colorbox black

coloring medium:  Copics  YG93,95,97,99/YR07,11,13/V22,28/B000,00,52/BG01/C5/  

                                                 G24/blender

embellishments: Glossy Accents, clothespin

tools:  Cuttlebug

techniques:  fussy cutting

Ladybug Hugs!

Hi again!  
     Our challenge this week at 613 Avenue Create is Anything Goes but the twist is to create a card, gift, etc. for a grandparent or grandchild.  Sunday the 8th was Grandparents Day!  I made a little hanger for my mom to send to my daughter at school.  

We have two sponsors this week:  The Paper Shelter and Shelly's Images.  The sentiment I've used is from Shelly's.

I used Glossy Accents on the word Ladybug and the ladybug wings.  I used Crystal Stickles on the hand drawn trail.  Stop by our "neighborhood" at 613 Avenue Create and see what we've been up to!
Hugs!
Kathi

Supplies:

stamps/digi stamps: sentiment Shelly's Images
 

papers: Staples 110 lb white, Core'dinations red, MFT black licorice, MME Meadow Lark

dies:  MFT, Memory Box, Cheery Lynn Designs

ink:  Memento

coloring medium: Copic

embellishments: Glossy Accents, Stickles

tools:  Cuttelbug

other:  black hemp

You're how old?

Hi again!
     I'm here today with my DT card for the Through The Craftroom Door Anything Goes Challenge.  Our sponsor this week is SK Digi's and I've used the Mouse image.  When I first saw the image all I could think of was "You're how old?" because of the expression on his face.  So I created a thought bubble in Word and made him a her. 

I used Glossy Accents on the eyes, nose and mouth

Stop by the TTCRD challenge blog to see what the other talented ladies have come up with or even join our Anything Goes challenge!

Until next time!
Hugs,
Kathi

You & Me...meant to be

Hi everyone!
     Whew time is flying!  Busy, busy here.  It's time for another 613 Avenue Create challenge. Our challenges are always Anything Goes but the optional twist this time is Create Your Own Challenge!  
 

 And we have two sponsors this week  The Paper Shelter and Shelly's Images.  I've used the How Ya Doin'  pre colored image.  I've printed the image on vellum and it printed beautifully!

From the chart I've used:  
Column 1 ALL of them: image, sentiment, patterned paper, solid paper, vellum
Column 2 die cut,  Column 3 Glossy Accents (eyes),  Column 4 pearls, Column 5 twine

 I think this would be cute with one of those electric tea light candles behind the image.  I used the flashlight on my phone to try to show the vellum.

 Come check us out at 613 Avenue Create and see what the design team and Guest Designers have created.  Or join us the challenges are always Anything Goes!
Hugs,
Kathi

Dainty butterfly

Hi again!  I'm here with my DT card for Through The Craftroom Door challenge blog.  Our sponsor this week is Oozak who sells tons of supplies and stamps.  He sells the Memory Box butterfly die which I've used on my card.  The paper looks black but it's really a pretty deep purple.  The patterned paper is by Maja Design which I won in that huge blog candy  :)

close up

 I used some old beads and Swarovski Crystals for the body and added Jolee's Hotfix Crystals to the wings.  I always use Glossy Accents to adhere the crystals.

Hope you can join us this week at TTCRD where the challenges are always Anything Goes!
Hugs,
Kathi 

Other Supplies:
dies:  MFT - hello, QuicKutz - scalloped rectangle
other: corner rounder, Cuttlebug

Be unique...

Hi everyone  :)

Time for our challenge at 613 Avenue Create!   As usual it's Anything Goes but this week the optional twist is to use a school supply in your creation!  I had this awesome project all planned out in my head but as it often happens...life got in the way of my "therapy" time.  So I whipped this up instead.  I'll have to save the other idea for another time.  

Our sponsor this week is Lacy Sunshine Stamps

                           

I've used the In the Garden digi bits  which comes with butterflies, dragonflies and snail images.  Here is what I came up with

Hope you can stop by and see what the other talented ladies have come up with and maybe enter your project!    Til next time!         

Hugs,

Kathi 

Supplies:

papers:  Worldwin - terrific teal, Pebbles - Family Ties (gingham), bingo card from Simple Stories Sn@p 6x6 pad, pink + white scraps

dies: MFT Blueprints #3, Lawn Fawn hearts, Memory Box clouds

other: beads, crinkle ribbon, felt, Stickles,staples, Sizzix heart embossing folder

medium: Copics E11,21,33/ B000,00/ BG002/RV93,   pink pigment ink

tool:  Cuttlebug

Challenges:
All That Stickles - Anything Goes 
One Stop Craft Challenge - Pastels  

Fly Away...

Hi all!  Ready for this weeks Through The Craftroom Door DT project?  No...oh well I'm going to show you anyway!  :)  This week our sponsor is A Day For Daisies.  As usual I couldn't just leave the image alone.  I had gotten an alphabet set as a freebie a while back and I really liked the fairies on the letter Z so I enlarged and cropped them.  I only used one of them on this project.  I really like this alphabet it has some great images and is very pretty!

The sentiment is by Create With TLC and was a freebie as well.

I wish I could have kept her little antennas.  I colored with Copics, used a 

Uniball gold pen to add the dots.  I bought a new set of Twinkling H2O's at 

a sale for $3...score!  I've never used them and I think I definitely applied

a coat to the wings that was too thick.  Ahh a learning experience.

I curved her wings a little. 
 I colored the back of the digi black.

I spoke with Tammy, A Day For Daisies owner, because I couldn't find the alphabet on the website to provide a link for to follow but it is not currently available.  That could change you never know so you should check often.  She has many wonderful images to purchase as well.  I also asked if it was ok to crop the fairy away from the letter and she told me that she likes to see how people use the images in different ways.  I love when an owner is so accommodating and open to the creative process  :)  Enough babble from me!  LOL!  Thanks for stopping by!!

Hugs,

Kathi

Supplies:

papers:  MFT - licorice, Staples - white

dies:  Spellbinders - Labels Eighteen

ink:  Brilliance Galaxy Gold

coloring medium:  Copics, Twinkling H2O's

misc:  stick pin - Little Yellow Bicycle, beads, ribbon, black lace

tools:  Cuttlebug

Challenges:
Sentimal Sundays - Anything with Wings 
Color Me Creative - Anything Goes 
Paper Crafting Journey - Punches or dies 
Die Cuttin Divas - Anything Goes 
Scrap-Creations - Anything Goes 
Use it Tuesday - What was I thinking? (I've had the beads and ribbon for many years!) 

Beaded pen

Hi everyone a quick post with my project for this weeks challenge at 613 Avenue Create!  Our optional twist this week is to make a card or gift for a friends since August 3rd is National Friendship Day.  Our sponsor this week is Kenny K and I've used the image Troublemaker which is just so appropriate and she's eating ice cream!  Couldn't be a more appropriate image!  LOL!  Ahh the good 'ol days of getting into mischief with my BFF Kim!  And Kim's favorite color is pink  :)

The skin color was so difficult to color!  Even after 

spraying the image (before shrinking) with a sealant

the Copics would still make the ink run.  I tried chalks but 

couldn't get a good color...ugh.  So this is a combination of 

chalks and Prismacolor pencils.  Then I cut the image out,

 punched a hole and shrunk it with my heat gun.  I held

the hole with my pin tool  ;)  I always feel like such a little kid 

when I work with this stuff!  I have such fond memories of 

childhood playing with it.

Ok enough pictures! LOL!
Hugs,
Kathi

Challenges:
Eclectic Ellapu - Anything Goes 
A.R.T. #7 - Anything Goes 
Chalk N Stock - Anything Goes 
Hanna and Friends - Pimp Something  
Use it Tuesday - What was I thinking? (I've had these beads for years!) 

Look what I won!!

Hey everyone!

     Just popping in to show you all the blog candy that I won!  This was no little "penny" candy!  Us older folks will remember what that was  ;)   This was the King Size Hershey bar kind of blog candy!!  Thank you to Jenn from Crafted My Fancy for this awesome prize! Jenn is a very talented artist and she said she'll be doing another blog candy soon so check out her blog for that and some beautiful inspiration too!

Echo Park Bundle of Joy Boy Double sided sheets, 6x6 pad
Echo Park Bundle of Joy Boy Dots and Stripes, 6x6 pad
Ranger Stickles - baby blue
Ranger Liquid Pearls - baby blue
Stampendous! aged teal embossing enamel
Want 2 Scrap - baby blue self-adhesive rhinestones
Tim Holtz idea-ology adage tickets
Magnolia - Baby Edwin stamp (Princes and Princesses collection)
Pack of baby blue buttons, 30g
Pack of 100 medium baby blue bows with pearl beads
Pack of 100 small baby blue satin butterfly embellishments
Pack of flatback ivory hearts
Pack of 5 blue hat pins
Spiders web mesh - turquoise
1 meter teeny tiny pom pom trim - pale blue
Pack of 5 rolled roses by Kort and Godt - aqua
Pack of 6 chrysanthemums by Kort and Godt - Ivory
Pack of beaded berries from The Ribbon Girl - blue
Pack of beaded stamens from The Ribbon Girl - blue
Pack of white beaded sprigs from The Ribbon Girl
Pack of white flower sprays from Live and Love Crafts
Pack of 6 beaded stamens by Kort and Godt- ivory
10 classic sweet roses 1.5" (40mm) from WOC - baby blue
10 pretty blossoms - blue
10 2-tone curly wild roses from WOC - antique blue
20 cottage roses 1.25" (30mm) from WOC - turquoise blue
40 mixed blue tone lily flowers from WOC
10 2-tone fabric daisies from WOC - turquoise blue
20 mixed blue tone trellis roses 1.5" (40mm) from WOC
100 green skeleton leaves from WOC
Flower soft - baby blue
Lace Corner Deco set A dies from Cheery Lynn  

So now I'm off to go play!!!

Hugs,

Kathi 

Watercolor flowers

It's time for another Through The Craftroom Door challenge!  

This week we are sponsored by

Here is my DT card

I water colored two pieces of paper (blue/purples and green) then printed the digi.  I "fussy cut" the flowers and leaves out and glued the pieces on top of an image printed on white CS.  Just like a puzzle!  LOL!  The plum paper is from DCWV Shimmer Stack, the white with glitter design CS was a scrap I bought from a stamp store.  I used the Sizzix scalloped die and the Dainty Bow die by MFT.

The centers of the flowers are micro beads by Martha Stuart.  I put some Glossy Accents then poured the beads over it.  I did three layers this way so it is raised up.  I wrapped some cloth floral wire around the end of my pin tool and tucked them under the flowers secured with a little Glossy Accents (I love that stuff!!).  The crystals are Jolee's Hotfix Crystals.

I really like how this came out.  Let me tell you it's not easy fussy cutting water color paper!  LOL!  I hope you can stop by and see what my talented DT members have created or maybe you could join us at TTCRD for our Anything Goes Challenge!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Kathi

Challenges I would like to enter:
Tuesday Throwdown - Anything Goes 
Craft-Dee Bowz - Must have a bow 

Japanese Cute Doll

Hi all!  It's time for another 613 Avenue Create challenge!  It's Anything Goes and our optional theme is Birthday.  Everyone can use extra birthday cards and gifts right?  And our sponsor this week is The Paper Shelter.  Their digi's are black outline or pre-colored images with coordinating backgrounds.  I used the Japanese Cute Doll pre-colored image to make a tag for a mini gift box.  

Hope you can stop by and see what our talented design team has come up with or maybe even join us with your creation!

Hugs!
Kathi

Challenges I would like to enter:
Crafty Sentiments - Female Birthday 
Ladybug Crafts Ink - Birthday 
Tuesday Throwdown - Anything Goes 
Craft-Dee Bowz - Must have a bow 
Sparkle and Sprinkle - Anything but a Card 
The Pink Elephant - Feminine Birthday 

Happy Summer Wishes

Hi Everyone!
     I hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday here and my friends in Canada on July 1st!  I just could not get this card completed before now!  But here it is just in time to join the Sassy Cheryl's Red White & Blue Challenge this week!  This is definitely different from what I usually do!  Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by!!
Hugs,
Kathi

 Supplies:
digi - Sassy Cheryl's 
papers - Bella Blvd "All American", Bella Blvd hearts, navy/teal CS by Bazzil 
dies - MFT Blueprints #3 (circle/tickets/scalloped edge) , Lawn Fawn hearts, La-La Land 
          hearts banner
coloring - Copics E01/11, Y21/26, R32/37, B01/02/34/37
misc - Recollections lace, photo corners, Stickles Stardust, Cuttlebug

Challenges:
Gingerloft Challenges - Red, White & Blue
No Matter Which - Anything Goes
2 Sisters Challenges - Red, White & Blue
A Gem of a Challenge - Lots of Layers
Sugar Creek Hollow - Your Flag Colors
Time 4 Scrap - Red, White & Blue
Digi Haven - Red, White & Blue
Clearly iStamp - Summer Time
Jellypark Friends - Celebrate Summer
Sister Act Challenges - Anything Goes
MilkCoffee Challenge - Use Your Flags Colors

Woo's Birthday

Hi again!
I'm here today with my DT card for the Through The Craftroom Door (TTCRD) challenge.  Our challenges are always Anything Goes and our sponsor this week is  
Paper Nest Dolls.  I've used a freebie called Oliver Birthday.  

I hope you can stop by and check out the other super talented ladies on the TTCRD design team!  Thanks for stopping by!
Hugs,
Kathi

Supplies:
papers - Jillibean Soup (birthday), American Crafts (banner), MFT (black), teal from stash
dies - MFT (banner), Lawn Fawn (pic frame), Memory Box (clouds)
coloring medium - Copics
misc - Glossy Accents (adhere button), Stickles (Star Dust), felt, button, ribbon, photo    
            corners, dollar stamp (b day)
tools - Cuttlebug, exacto knife

Challenges I would like to enter:
Fashionista Challenge - Wedding or Birthday
ABC Challenges - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes
House of Gilli - Bright Colors or Anything Goes
Make It Monday - Anything Goes
The Paper Nest Dolls - Animals