Word Art Wednesday Challenge #77 - Psalm 103:2

Happy Wednesday everyone!

This is my last post as a Guest Designer for Word Art Wednesday!  It's been a fun month of creating with the beautiful word art they provide to us!  I really love the font on this Psalm 103:2 verse for this week!

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I made this card with a rich brown monotone.  The ribbon looks a little red in the picture, but it's actually a gorgeous brown color.  The flowers are from an older JustRite Stamp called Plant a Little Love that I colored with pencils and mineral spirits.  The image was then fussy cut, shaped and "popped" on the die cut with the verse.  The background is a piece of tan cardstock that I embossed with the Paper Lace II Embossing Folder and inked with Mocha Mama Ink.

Card recipe:

Stamps: Plant a Little Love (JustRite)
Paper: Very Vanilla, Early Espresso (SU), tan (stash)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine)
Accessories: Brown Sheer Organza with Satin Center (Really Reasonable Ribbon), Paper Lace II Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), charm, brad, adhesive pearls (Recollections), Bow-Easy, Brown Gala Glitz (Art Glitter), Decorative Labels 8 (Spellbinders), mineral spirits, Prismacolor Pencils: Peachy Beige, Light Umber, Dark Brown, Espresso, Black

If you would like to join in the challenge this week you can use the word art they provide on their Blog or anything uplifting/encouraging.  You can read more about it here on their Blog and also see all the beautiful creations from the talented design team!

I'm joining in on the following challenges:

Allsorts Challenge #203 - A Passion for Flowers
Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #144 - Make Your Own Background

Blessings!

Kathy

JustRite Challenge JR094 - Sketch

Hi there!

I'm back with another card today!  This time I have a card I made for the latest challenge at JustRite Stamps which is a sketch.



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I love this rose image from the With Sympathy Set!  I decided to make the flowers in a teal color to make them vibrant and added a pretty golden yellow to go with it.  The image in colored with Prismacolor Pencils and mineral spirits.

Card recipe:

Stamp: With Sympathy (JustRite)
Paper: Whisper White, Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper (SU), teal (Recollections)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine)
Accessories: Buttercup Liquid Pearls (Ranger), Silk Ribbon (May Arts), Labels 8, Decorative Labels 8 Dies (Spellbinders), adhesive pearls, Paper Lace II Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), Bow-Easy, flower (Prima), mineral spirits, Prismacolor Pencils: Muted Turquoise, Cobalt Turquoise, Kelp Green

I'm submitting this to the following challenges:

JustRite #94 - Sketch
All Sorts Challange #202 - Letter of Your Name - roses for Roney
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - April Showers and/or Spring Flowers
Addicted to Stamps and More - #41 - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today!

Blessings!

Kathy

 

JustRite - Thinking of You

Hi there!

I made this card for the latest challenge at JustRite, Challenge #093 - Suddenly Spring! 

This is my first time using the Violette Vintage Labels Stamps, they are so pretty and fun to color!  I decide on purples and yellows for colors and colored them with pencils and mineral spirits.   I also added some Buttercup Liquid Pearls to the flower centers and the strips in the background of the stamp.  The sentiment is cut and popped on the main image.

The dies behind the image are from brand new toys I just got in the mail Saturday called Timeless Rectangles from Spellbinders.  I LOVE the lacy look of the outside edges...just gorgeous and fun to layer with!

Card Recipe:

Stamp: Violette Vintage Labels (JustRite)
Paper: Solar White, Natural Whtie (Neenah), So Saffron (SU), The Chateau Lavender Stack (DCWV)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine)
Accessories: Buttercup Liquid Pearls (Ranger), White Silk Ribbon (May Arts), adhesive pearls, Bow-Easy, mineral spirits, Vintage Label & Banner Dies (JustRite), Timeless Rectangles (Spellbinders), Prismacolor Pencils: Olive Green, Kelp Green, Eggshell, Yellow Ochre, Parma Violet, Violet, Dioxazine Purple Hue, Lavender

Along with our spring inspired creation, we are to say what spring means to us. For me, now living is Southern California, it's almost hard to tell when it's spring! After growing up in Boston and living in New Hampshire for many years, I'm still in awe of how beautiful the weather is here. We do have some trees that kind of went dormant for the "winter" and are now full bloom. I love the yellowy green of when they are first blooming! Other than that though, it's hard to tell!

I'm submitting this to the following challenges:

JustRite Chalenge JRC093 - Suddenly Spring
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday Challenge #73 - Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by today!

Blessings!

Kathy
 

JustRite Rosey Birthday

Happy Monday!

Today I have a card I made for the latest JustRite Challenge #JRC092, to Make It Pop.  I have lots of "pop" on this one!

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I used a new set I recently won, Spring Rose Medallion, for the images, and Violette Vintage Labels for the sentiment "Birthday Wishes".   I stamped the frame image, die cut it with the matching die, and fussy cut the inside to show the sentiment.  I also fussy cut the bird image and added a leftover piece of a die cut from a Memory Box Die.   The "Birthday Wishes" sentiment was also cut with the same labels die in the tiny size.  I added a white mat embossed with Bird & Swirls Folder using pop dots.

Card recipe:

Stamps: Spring Rose Medallion, Violette Vintage Labels (JustRite)
Paper: Solar White (Neenah), Pink Pirouette (SU)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine)
Accessories: Nested Oval Medallion Labels (JustRite), Classic Ovals Large (Spellbinders), Birds & Swirls Embossing Folder (Cuttelbug), leftover die cut pieces, flower (Prima), Baby Pink Seam Binding (Really Reasonable Ribbon), adhesive pearls (Recollections), ribbon (Michaels)

I'm submitting this to the following challenges:

JustRite Challenge #JRC092 - Make it pop
Word Art Wednesday Challenge #71 - Anything Goes
Craft Card Makers Challenge #87 - Friendship
No Matter Which Challenge #7 - Anything Goes
The Shabby Tea Room Challenge #158 - Anything Goes


Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings!

Kathy
 

Yellow Roses - JustRite Color Challenge

Hi there!

I made this Yellow Roses card for the latest challenge at JustRite to use yellow, grey, charcoal and neutral.

I love yellow roses, but I find it hard to color them and have them look real.  This is what I came up with.  I'm not totally happy with it, but it's not too bad.  I colored this with pencils and mineral spirits and inked the edges a little with yellow chalk ink.

Card recipe:

Stamp: With Sympathy (JustRite)
Paper: Solar White (Neenah), Pollen (Bazzills), Neutral Cardstock Stack (DCWV)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine), Banana Bliss (Powder Puff)
Accessories: Nested Oval Medallion Labels (JustRite/Spellbinders), Bow-Easy, sponge, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder (Sizzix), Pewter Ribbon (Offray), flower (Recollections), silver brads, mineral spirits, Prismacolor Pencils: Olive Green, Black, Canary Yellow, Deco Yellow, Sunburst Yellow, Goldenrod

I'm submitting this to the following challenges:

JustRite Challenge #JR091 - Color Combo
Word Art Wednesday Challenge #69 - Anything Goes

Blessings!

Kathy
 

All My Love - JustRite

Hi there!

Today I have a card I made for the latest JustRite Challenge #JRC090 which is a sketch.  Here is what I came up with for the challenge.





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The colors in the photo look more blue than they really are, they are actually turquoise/green.  I used the Plant a Little Love Set for the flower image, which is an older set and I used the With Sympathy Set for the sentiment.  This is colored with my pencils and mineral spirits and I colored and fussy cut a couple of the flowers to give some depth.

Card recipe:

Stamps: With Sympathy, Plant a Little Love (JustRite)
Paper: Rain (Bazzills), Solar White (Neenah), green (Recollections), The Guy Stack (DCWV)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine)
Accessories: Four Petal Flower (Sizzix), ribbon, lace, Champagne Microbeads (Recollections), Olive Wrinkled Ribbon (Really Reasonable Ribbon), Vintage Label & Banner Die, Nested Oval Medallion Labels Die (JustRite/Spellbinders), mineral spirits, Prismacolor Pencils: Kelp Green, Black, Muted Turquoise, Cobalt Turquoise, Cool Greys 10, 20, 30%

I'm submitting this to the following challenges:

JustRite #JRC090 - Sketch
Really Reasonable Ribbon #RRR66 - Spring Colors & Ribbon
Word Art Wednesday #WAW67 - Love/Anything Goes
Split Coast Stampers' F4A156 - Happy Colors

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings!

Kathy
 

JustRite Blue Roses

Hi there!


*****This is my second post for today, so if you are looking for my Our Daily Bread Design Post, please scroll down to the next post here!!*****


I made this card for the lastest JustRite Challenge, JR089 - Anything Goes, Use Your Favorite Stamp and Why. 

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This is a new set I bought called "With Sympathy".  I picked this image for this gorgeous rose.  I love roses and I love to color and with this I had both!  I colored this with my pencils and mineral spirits and used the Labels One and Decorative Labels One Dies to frame it.

Card recipe:

Stamps: With Sympathy (JustRite)
Paper: Solar White (Neenah), Blue Linen (Recollections), blue (stash)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine)
Accessories: Olive Wrinkled Ribbon (Really Reasonable Ribbon), brad, adhesive pearls, Labels One, Decorative Labels One (Spellbinders), Bow-Easy, mineral spirits, Prismacolor Pencils: Periwinkle, Indanthrone Blue, Kelp Green, Black

I'm also submitting this to the lastest Word Art Wednesday Challenge #65 - Anything Goes.

Thank you for stopping by!

Blessings!

Kathy
 

All My Love - JustRite Stamps

Hi there!





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Here is a card I made using a couple of new JustRite Stamps I bought, Seeds of Summer for the flower and With Sympathy for the frame, sentiment, and flourish.  What a beautiful flower image to color!  I used my Prismacolor Pencils and mineral spirits for the flower and inks for the shading around the image and on the frame.

The sketch I used is for the newest JustRite Challenge JR088 which I am submitting this to.  I'm also submitting this to the following:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #63 - Anything Goes
Really Reasonable Ribbon #64 - Vanentine's Day/Love & Ribbon

Card recipe:

Stamps: Seeds of Summer, With Sympathy (JustRite)
Paper: Solar White (Neenah), Eva (Basic Grey), Burgandy (Recollections)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine), Spanish Olive, Perfect Plumeria (VersaMagic)
Accessories: ribbon, adhesive pearls, spacer bead, sponge, square punch, Classic Ovals Large (Spellbinders), Nested Ovals Medallion Labels (JustRite/Spellbinders), mineral spirits, Prismacolor Pencils: Black Raspberry, Black, Kelp Green

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my project!

Blessings!

Kathy

Spellbinders Design Team - Round 2 Submission

Hi there,

Here is my Round 2 Submission for the Spellbinders Design Team Contest that I did the beginning of January.  This time I made a center-step card.

I made this using the center-step card instructions on Split Coast Stampers which you can find here.  The flower image is from the Plant a Little Love Set from JustRite.  I colored it with my Prismacolor Pencils and mineral spirits and accented it with Copper Microbeads from Martha Stewart.  The 2 die cuts on the front, as well as the one inside, are from Spellbinders' Fleur de Lis Squares.  The border on the inside is from their Parisian Accents Shapeabilities.

For all the ingredients:

Stamps: Plant a Little Love (JustRite)
Paper: Kraft (Papertry Ink), Mariposa Mat Stack (DCWV), gold (DCWV - Neutrals), Parisian Breeze DSP, Baja Breeze (SU), Solar White (Neenah)
Ink: Black Onyx (Versafine)
Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils - Bronze, Muted Turquoise, Light Umber, Tombow Marker - True Blue, mineral spirits, dazzling diamonds, adhesive pearls, monarch butterfly punch (MS), 2-step bird punch, beautiful wings embosslits (SU), ribbon, rhinestone, flower (Michaels), copper microbeads (Martha Stewart), Paper Lace II embossing folder (Cuttlebug), Fleur de Lis Squares, Parisian Accents Shapeabilities (Spellbinders).

That's it for the 2nd Round, hope this gives you a little inspiration!

Blessings!

Kathy

Christmas Ornaments

Hi there!

Hope everyone had a good Christmas Day! I enjoyed the slower pace from before Christmas! It was nice to have the four of us here together and catching up with all our family members on the phone that are far away.

These are a couple of ornaments I made for Christmas, but didn't have time to post.

These are slightly different from eachother, but pretty much the same. Here is a close up of one of them.

These are ornaments I bought at Michaels, just like the rectangle frame one with the Cardinal in it from a few days ago. I stamped and colored the candle images which are from JustRite, and cut out and placed in the frames. I replaced the ribbon it came with and added a button. Very easy to do, and makes a nice little gift!

Ingredients:

Stamps: A Merrry Little Christmas Set (JustRite)
Paper: Solar White, Natural White (Neenah)
Ink: Black (VersaFine)
Accessories: Ornament frame (Michaels), Prismacolor Pencils, mineral spirits, and Diamond Stickles (Ranger).

Thanks for looking! I appreciate the comments you leave me, it's so nice to have feedback on your work! Blessings!

Kathy

Cardinal Card - Flourishes FTTC148

Hi there!

Well, I finally finished the cardinal card that I was making to go with the cardinal ornament for the Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge this week...Opposites Attract! Yikes, I didn't think I would ever be happy with how the card was coming out! It took forever!!! Here's the card:

Here is the card and ornament together:

You can see my post yesterday for the ornament ingredients, and here are the ingredients for the card:

Stamps: Christmas Classics (Flourishes), A Merry Little Christmas Set (JustRite)
Paper: Solar White (Neenah), Black (SU).
Ink: Black (VersaFine)
Accessories: Triad Leaves EF (Sizzix), ribbon, bell, gold thread, adhesive pearls, Lacy Square die (Spellbinders), corner rounder, 1 1/4" & 1 3/8" circle punches (SU), piercer, Prismacolor pencils, mineral spirits.

That's it for now!

Blessings!

Kathy

Christmas Cards with Eskimo Kisses

Hi there!

I made these cards a couple of weeks ago using "Eskimo Kisses" paper from Basic Grey and the "Joys of the Season" Cricut cartridge. I love these papers for Christmas. The cartridge is one I bought a couple of years ago, but hadn't used yet. So I sat down (to play) one day and just started making trees, ornaments, fireplaces, and stockings. I still have things left over to use another time, but these are the cards I came up with. I used the same basic sketch on 5 of them to make things more simple.

I actually submitted 4 of these to a magazine, my very first time doing a submission, but none were accepted. :-( I was hoping at least one would make it, but it wasn't to be! At least now I have more Christmas cards to send out!

Here is the first one called "Houses & Trees".

I think these trees are really cute. I made the base at the bottom of the trees using a tag punch.

The next card is called "Green Trees". Pretty similar to the first one.

This one is called "Kissing Ornaments". I really like the way this one came out. I will probably make a few of these up to send out for Christmas. Very easy to make.

This is called "Kissing Tree".

This is "Eskimo Tree". I love these little eskimos on the paper. I don't like how the tree base came out on this one and would do it differently next time. It's actually covering something else I did underneath that I didn't like, lol.

This last one is the called "Fireplace & Stockings". This is the one with the different sketch, actually there really isn't a sketch to this one.

The ingredients for all these are:

Stamps: A Merry Little Christmas Set (JustRite), Teeny Tiny Wishes (Stampin Up).
Paper: Eskimo Kisses (Basic Grey), pool party, real red, riding hood red, pear pizzazz, blushing bride, pretty in pink, certainly celery (all SU), solar white (Neenah).
Accessories: Adhesive pearls (Recollections), bakers twine (Marth Stewart), Joys of the Season (Cricut), 1 1/4 & 1 3/8 circle punches, word window, modern label, scalloped trim border punches (SU), deco fan punch (Martha Stewart), tag punches (Marvy), perfect polka dots embossing folder (SU), lace (JoAnns), diamond Stickles, petal pink liquid pearls, DMC floss.

Well, that's it for now! Hope these give you a little inspiraton if you still need to do Christmas cards like me!

Blessings!

Kathy

Daisy is Blue

Hi there!

It's time for another challenge at Elphine House Australia! This time it's a sketch challenge. You can see the sketch here on their blog. Remember you can use any Elisabeth Bell stamp or Digi, it doesn't have to be from EHA. If you win, you win get 2 stamps of your choice!

Here is my sample for the challenge...

I just love Daisy! She's SO sweet! I also love these shades of blue!

For ingredients:

Stamps: Daisy Sitting (EHA) and Just a Quick Note (JustRite).
Paper: solar white (Neenah), Watercolor Bouquet (K&Co).
Ink: black (VersaFine)
Accessories: Prismacolor pencils, mineral spirits, white gel pen, adhesive pearls, ribbon, lace, wood button, frond punch (Martha Stewart), piercer, SU punches: 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" circle, scalloped circle punch.

Hope to see you play along with us at Elphine House Australia for the challenge and win some Elisabeth Bell stamps!

Blessings!

Kathy

Christmas One Sheet Wonder 8 x 8

Hi there!

This is a project I've been wanting to do for a while, a Christmas OSW. I cut this out about a month ago, and finally got to it the past couple of days. I love doing these, and now I have 9 more Christmas cards to send out.

These K&Co Glad Tidings papers are so pretty. I love the bright white and red with them too. The thing I like the most about the OSW, is that it gets my create juices going. I usually end up discovering something new to do for future cards. For example, the card I posted earlier "Christmas Poinsettia" was a result of working on these.

Here are all the cards together, there are 9 of them.

Here are the individual cards, #6 is my favorite.

Card #1:

Card #2:

Card #3

Card #4

Card #5:

Card #6: ***This one is my favorite***

Card #7:

Card # 8:

Card #9:

Lots of ingredients for these!

Papers: White (Georgia Pacific), ruby slipper (Bazzills), old olive, always artichoke (SU), Glad Tidings matstack & 12 x 12 paper (K&Co).
Stamps: Warm words, short & sweet, teeny tiny wishes, vintage vogue (SU), spiritual sketches (Inkadinkado), "Merry Christmas" (PSX), a merry little christmas set (JustRite).
Punches: Snowflake (Marvy), scalloped circle, 1 3/8" circle, modern label, word window, large oval, scalloped oval, scalloped trim border (SU)
Embossing Folders: Perfect polka dots, petals-a-Plenty, framed tulips, square lattice (SU).
Accessories: Glad Tidings Adhesive Chipboard (K&Co), rhinestones, adhesive pearls and swirls, ribbon, buttons, flowers & berries (floral stash), liquid pearls, markers - real red & always artichoke (SU).

If you would like the layout and some measurements for the One Sheet Wonder 8 x 8, you can find it on previous posts here.

Thanks for looking!

Blessings!

Kathy

Pins & Needles - JustRite

Hi Everyone!

I made this card using an image I colored last year, but never finished.

It's just a quick and simple card, but it's okay to do one of those once in a while! The stamp is from JustRite's "Stitched with Love" stamp set. I won this last year from Becca Feeken's blog candy at Amazing Paper Grace. The swirls in the corners are from Stampin Up's "Yummy" stamp set.


The papers are bashful blue, certainly celery, and whisper white from Stampin Up. I used Spellbinder's dies of standard circle large, petite scallops small & large. I colored it with Prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits.

Thanks for looking!

Blessings!

Kathy