Older cards update...

Okay, I don't know what's happening...the pictures aren't quite lining up with the description, but you get the idea...

Older Cards

These are some cards I made a while back that I never posted.

This one has a pretty combination of pink, black & white!

Another one with pink and baja breeze...

I love this one! I got the idea from a card on SCS somewhere...

I had the image for this one done a while ago, but didn't like the mat color I had with it. Last night I redid the mat colors and finished it up.

This is another card I did, but never posted. I love this image from Serendipity.

This is an old one I did for Christmas a couple of years...this was one of the "rejects" that didn't get sent, but I fiqured I might as well post it anyway!

Hope you enjoy!

Kathy

You're a Blast

I wanted to do something fun and colorful, so created this cheery little card using the "You're a blast" stamp set. I bought the Bold Brights cardstock last Spring and this is the first time I've used it...about time!

Poppies for Mom

Here is another card I made using the Plant a Little Love stamp set from JustRite. 

I'm not used to working with large round images, so I took a bit for me to balance things out.  This is the first time I used my circle nestibilities and the first time doing the stenciling around the image the "right" way.  I found instructions for this technique on Paula Williamson's website found here.  The key is using the wheat chalk ink that she recommends.  It came out pretty good I think. 

I also used a Sizzix embossing folder called "Ornate Flower and Frame".  I loved the way the middle of it had an embossed circle to go with the circle image - hopefully you can see that.  Then I didn't want too much white, so I decided to emboss a smaller strip to match down the middle in the salmon color, I sanded it a little, then added a mat of guacamole behind it.  I love this guacamole color and have used it for a while.  I think the new green (can't remember the name) that Stampin Up has out is pretty similar.

I couldn't think of accents to use on this, then I thought, 'butterflies in quacamole'!  I actually had some of these already made up from another project that I ended up not using.

The coloring is my FAVORITE thing to do.  Makes me almost feel artistic.  I love matching colors to the paper colors.  I'm still working on doing the shading better, it just takes time to get it right.  I used my Prismacolor pencils and oderless mineral spirits (aka gamsol) with stumps.  I left tiny bits of white here and there to brighten it and also a few dabs of white gel pen.

When it got down to the wording for the front, I was stumped.  I didn't like any of the shapes I had to go with this.  Finally, I decided to just cut around the words and pop it out a little.

The supplies I used are:

Stamps: Plant a Little Love (JustRite), Well Scripted (Stampin Up)
Paper: Guacamole (Bazzills), Salmon (Coredinations), Whisper White (SU)
Ink: Black (Momento), Wheat chalk ink (Versamagic), Old Olive (SU)
Accessories: white gel pen, Nestibilities' Standard Circles Small #6 & Large #5, sponge, Sizzix Ornate Flower and Frame, Embosslits Beautiful Wings (SU), oderless mineral spirits, stumps
Prismacolor pencils: Pale Vermillion, Poppy Red, Pale Sage, Olive Green, & Dark Green.

Hope you enjoy this!

Kathy

Vintage Flowers Challenge SC323

Here is a card I made for SCS sketch challenge.  I used a new stamp set I got from JustRite called "Plant a Little Love" and new DSP Springtime Vintage from Stampin Up.  Feels good to do something feminine again!

Masculine Card Challenge

These are the cards I've made so far for my challenge to make "masculine" cards.  This was really hard at first, but once I got the hang of it it was kind of fun!  Using a scrapbook set of papers, made it easier.

 

Lighthouse

This is a new stamp set I got from Our Daily Bread Designs called "Light of the World".  I've been looking for stamps to use to make masculine birthday cards to donate to my church.  This is the first one I came up with.  Love that I have a chance to color with my pencils!

Reflecting on You

This is a card I did to try out my new Fleur De Lis die-cut from Spellbinders.  I love the contrast of yellow and black together and decided to use the die as a frame around the image.  This is one of my favorite stamps called "Reflective" by Sugar Nellie.

Baby Boy Card

Here is a card I made for my friend Krista who had a baby boy recently...he is SO cute!  Krista is also my Stampin Up lady!

Matching Card

Here is the matching card...