Past Paper Pumpkin Alternates - May 2020 - A Kit in Color

I don't know about you, but sometimes I have stamps and such sitting on my desk for a long time, just waiting for some inspiration to hit. Currently, I have had the May 2020 Paper Pumpkin Kit (A Kit in Color) sitting there, just waiting for something to come to me and give me some inspiration. 

Well, my patience has paid off! I have 3 cards to show you that use the "A Kit in Color" May 2020 Paper Pumpkin Kit.

Let me show you:

Using a few supplies that were not included in the Paper Pumpkin kit itself, I made these three cards. The card bases were from my own personal supplies, plus the rhinestones, the flower punch and the small circle punch, the Misty Moonlight card stock, and the white embossing powder and Versamark Ink. Also the greeting on the Magenta Madness striped card is from the "Here's A Card" stamp set. I think everything else is from the original kit. I love how these three cards turned out!

I hope that you like these cards as much as I do. If you have this kit, maybe you can try CASE-ing one, two, or all three cards.

Thanks for stopping by,

Kathryn

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It's a Beautiful Rosy Day (#HSSIC322)

Hi everyone! I'm so happy you stopped by today to see my card submission for the Hand Stamped Sentiments Inspiration Challenge #322! (#HSSIC322)

The challenge this week is an image that is meant to inspire your creativity. Here is the image:

When I look at this image, I see, firstly, the beautiful muted colors, then I see branches and flowers. I looked at my stamp sets, accessories, and colors and got to work.

The Stampin' Up! Holiday catalog went live earlier this week and so I thought that I would use some of the new things that I got from it. (Anyway, it's always fun to play with new things!)

Here is my card for the challenge:

All supplies used are from Stampin' Up!:

Stamp set: Love What You Do

Inks: Sahara Sand, Memento Ink Tuxedo Black

Card stock: Rococo Rose, Merry Merlot, Sahara Sand, Blushing Bride,Whisper White

Accessories: Die Cutting Machine, Frosted Frames Stampin' Cut and Emboss Dies, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Wink of Stella, 2019-2021 In-Color 6"x6" Designer Series Paper, Dimensionals, Paper Snips

If you want to see the beautiful samples that Hand Stamped Sentiments' design team made, stop by their blog and check them out, and also the other projects made by everyone else who is participating in the challenge: http://handstampedsentiments.blogspot.com

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. I really appreciate your support. If you see anything you are interested in purchasing, just let me know, and I can help you place your order with Stampin' Up!

Thanks again,

Kathryn

A Jar of Love and Thanks

Don't you love it when someone does something nice for you? You just want to give them a great big hug and a sincere "Thank You!". Well, having some cute thank you cards on hand sure helps to convey your feelings of gratitude to that person. That is what this card is all about. We recently had some friends help us out with something, and this is the card that I gave them.

All supplies from Stampin' Up!:

Stamp set: Jar of Love

Ink pads: Basic Gray, Bermuda Bay, Pool Party, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry

Card stock: Whisper White Thick, Whisper White (regular), Daffodil Delight

Accessories: Big Shot, Everyday Jars Framelits, Classic Label Punch, (Retired DSP), Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Dimensionals

 Here is a close up of the flowers, so you can kind of see how I lifted one edge, but glued down the bottom edge. I wanted them to have a bit more dimension. I felt like it gave it more layers, but without too much bulk.

I hope we can all remember to express our gratitude to those around us who help us out each day. Not only will it maybe make people more willing to help others out, but I think it makes us feel good as well. 

And speaking of gratitude, I am thankful that you stopped by here today as well. I hope you enjoyed my card.

Thanks again,

Kathryn

Merry Mice Christmas Card

When I first saw the Merry Mice stamp set in the Holiday Catalog, I just knew that I had to get it. Not only are the mice adorable, but this set lends itself so well to coloring in one form or another. So here is my first offering for you to see.

I watercolored this little cutie using my Classic Ink Pads and an Aqua Painter.

All supplies are from Stampin' Up! unless otherwise specified:

Stamp Set: Merry Mice

Card Stock: Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White Thick

Inks: StazOn Jet Black, Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke, Daffodil Delight, Dapper Denim, Crumb Cake, Blushing Bride

Accessories: Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine, Aqua Painter, Woodland Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Dimensionals

I have more to show you, and I just hope that life doesn't get so busy again that it takes 2 weeks to get around to it! (What?!!! That never happens to you, does it?!)

Anyway, thanks for stopping by!

Kathryn

Hello Watercolor Card #tgifc65

I made today's card in response to the challenge blog "TGIF Challenges". The challenge  ( #tgifc65 ) was to cut something out and use it on your project. It could be die cut, fussy cut, or even punched. You just had to CUT something out. My card used die cutting, using my Sizzix Big Shot and two different die sets. I was also inspired by Kristina Werner's blog post from a couple days ago where she watercolored her background. You can see her post here: http://www.kwernerdesign.com/blog/?p=16235

I used a piece of watercolor paper that was 5 inches wide by 3-3/4 inches high. I sprayed both sides with water to help prevent it from curling up on me while I was painting it. and to also help the ink to blend together and spread.  I squeezed a few drops of Melon Mambo ink refill into the lid of it's corresponding ink pad, and also squeezed a few drops of Calypso Coral ink refill into the lid of it's corresponding ink pad. Then I took one of my aqua painters, loaded up my aqua brush with water and some of the Melon Mambo re-inker and started painting along the top of the wet watercolor paper. I painted about 1-1/4 inches and then I cleaned out my brush. Then, I picked up some of the Calypso Coral with my aqua brush and started to paint underneath the Melon Mambo. I wanted the two colors to blend so I went over the first color close to where I had stopped painting to mix the two colors slightly. (Remember, my paper is pretty wet, so the color was being pulled down by gravity a bit.) I used less and less ink the closer I got to the bottom, so that it would become lighter and lighter. After the paper dried (I helped it out a bit by using my heat tool), I wanted to give it the look of having little water droplets splattered on it. I wasn't sure if I actually dripped water on it, if it would look like I wanted it to, so I decided to use one of the splatter stamps from the "Gorgeous Grunge" stamp set. I used Whisper White craft ink, and I really like how it turned out. I think it looks great, and I love the colors! I also decided to turn the watercolor paper upside down so that the Melon Mambo was on the bottom instead of at the top so that it didn't feel so top-heavy.

 All supplies used are from Stampin' Up!:

Stamp set: Gorgeous Grunge

Inks: Melon Mambo Classic Ink Refill, Calypso Coral Classic Ink Refill , Whisper White Craft Pad

Card stock: Whisper White Thick, Daffodil Delight

Accessories: Watercolor Paper, Aqua Painter, Big Shot, Hello You Thinlits Dies, Bloomin' Heart Thinlits Dies, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Dimensionals

Now, like I mentioned earlier, the TGIF challenge was to use something you cut out on your project, so I decided to use the "Hello You" Thinlits Dies, and also the "Bloomin' Heart" Thinlits Dies. I layered the little flower dies to give them some dimension, and on the greeting, I cut out four "hello" dies. I layered all four of them one on top of the other to give it some depth also.

Here is a picture of the challenge post from TGIF Challenges blog:

I hope you like my card today, and that it might inspire you to create something yourself!

Thanks for stopping by,

Kathryn

Scenic Sayings Thank You Card

For the last several weeks I have been working on a job for some friends. Their son is getting married and my friends asked if I could help them make some wedding favors. Hundreds of little flowers and even more hundreds of tags/labels later...and I am all finished. But...I didn't take any pictures to share!  Maybe I could make something using the same kind of little flowers and then I could share that with everyone.

Today I have a thank you card that I made a little while back, and I told you that I would share it with you at another time. And today is that other time! So here it is:

All supplies used are from Stampin' Up!:

Stamp Sets: Scenic Sayings, Flower Patch

Inks: Bermuda Bay, Pool Party, Cucumber Crush, Daffodil Delight, Archival Basic Black

Cardstock: Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White

Accessories: Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Paper Snips, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Dimensionals, Pool Party Stampin' Write Marker

Remember when I told I did a class where we did a One Sheet Wonder? (Did I tell you about that?) Well this is one of the cards that I made with some of that patterned paper that I had stamped and created. I love the color combination! I also stamped two of the greeting, then fussy-cut the banner that was in the middle and popped it up on some Dimensionals foam dots. It still felt like it needed something, so I added the rhinestone basic jewels and then scored a frame around the edges of the card base using my Simply Scored scoring board.

One other thing. I just want to take a moment to thank those of you who visit my little blog here. It means a lot to me. If it weren't for you, I don't think I would even have a blog. I enjoy sharing my cards, and I hope you enjoy looking at them. So...thank you so, so much!

Thanks for stopping by,

Kathryn

Your Presents Christmas Card

Just some Christmas card inspiration, in case you need an idea for a card. 

This stamp set, called "Your Presents" was designed to be used with the KISS-ing technique, which is where you ink up the patterned stamp, and then you take the large solid stamp and "KISS" them together, or rather, press them together carefully. This way the design from the one stamp is transferred to the large solid area of the other stamp. I used this technique on the striped ornament and the ornament with the little tree pattern on it. The red ornament is the large solid stamp and I just inked it up like you would regularly do with my Cherry Cobbler ink pad.

All Supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted:

Stamp set: Your Presents

Cardstock: Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Soft Sky

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Night of Navy, Pear Pizzazz, Hello Honey

Accessories: Season of Cheer Designer Series Paper, Rhinestones Basic Jewels, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, Paper Snips, Project Life Journaling Pens, Dimensionals, Stampin' Sponges

I know that this is a really busy time of year for a lot of us, so I appreciate you stopping by to take a look at my work! If you want to order any Stampin' Up! supplies to create this card (or anything else from Stampin' Up!) and you live in the United States, just leave me a comment and I will get right back to you!

Thanks,

Kathryn

#TGIFC18 August Remix FAIL!- Kinda Eclectic

OMGosh! Two posts in one week! I don't believe it! I was trying to get my post done and  downloaded to the TGIF Challenge blog, but I didn't make it in time.  So much to do, so little time! Oh well, I guess I can still post it here and hopefully you can still enjoy it.

So here is my card:

All Supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted:

Stamp set: Kinda Eclectic

Inks: Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Basic Gray, VersaMark Embossing Ink

Card Stock: Daffodil Delight, Basic Gray, Whisper White

Accessories: Elegant Butterfly Punch, Bitty Butterfly Punch, Stampin' Emboss Powder: Clear, Stampin' Sponges, Tea Lace Paper Doilies, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Dimensionals, Tombow Liquid Glue

As you can see I embossed the sunburst image! I love heat embossing! Then I used the Stamp-a-ma-jig to line up the stamp with the Pool Party dots all the way down the same piece of card stock. I didn't want the dots to cover the sunburst, and that is why I embossed it first. It is a technique called "Emboss Resist". I also stamped off some of the Pool Party ink each time I stamped it on the bottom layer so that they got lighter and lighter as it went from the bottom of the piece to the top. I wanted it to look like it was fading out.

Well, I hope you liked my card. Thanks for stopping in and looking!
Kathryn