HONOR

MY HUSBAND AND I ARE NAVY VETERANS AND COME FROM MILITARY FAMILIES...I HAVE TWO SON THAT ARE ACTIVE DUTY AND ONE THAT IS A MARINE CORPS VET..  I SUPPOSE YOU COULD SAY MILITARY PRIDE RUNS DEEP IN OUR FAMILIES.

So in HONOR of all that have served and continue to serve in the armed forces and protect our freedom...We thank you...and for my sons...I made this for you.

I made this card for the challenge over at fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com for their "Memorial Day" theme and for littlescrappieces.blogspot.com for their "Red" theme.

Pride and Honor

For this card I used the following cartridges and measurements.  George and Basic Shapes-star (pg115), cut at 1 3/4 inches and Plantin SchoolBook-letters, cut at 1 inch.

The red rectangle was cut at 4 3/4" x 6 1/2" and the white rectangle was cut at

2 1/4" x 4 3/4".

I wanted to keep this card clean and let it speak for itself...I didnt feel that it needed any inking, other then the edges to conceal the white from the cuts.  The only other thing I did, was to make the fringe along the bottom with gold metallic paper.

I hope you like it and I thank you for looking.  Kathie

FLOWER POWER

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE...SOME BELL BOTTOM JEANS, PLATFORM SHOES AND FLOWERS IN YOUR HAIR.  

 

When I saw this digital stamp, I knew I had to have her (plus a few of her friends)...shes just so sweet.  If youd like to take a look for yourself, you can check out Tickledpinkstamps.com.au.  She has quite a few different style stamps that you just might like.

Ill be entering this card in the "Pink-a-licious" challenge over at cookingwithcricut.com.

Peace

For this card I used the following cartridge and measurements.  Plantin SchoolBook-flower (pg76), cut at 1/2 inches, 3/4 inches and 1 inch.

After cutting the flowers out on white cardstock, I colored them with Copic marks to match the flowers in her hair and added large and mini brads for the centers.

The flower girl image was  colored using the following Copic markers...theres quite a few, so please be patient.  Flesh-E000, E00, E01 and R20...Hair-E11, E13 and E17...Blouse-RV32 and RV34...Jeans-B32 and B34...Eyes/shadow-YG23, YG25, B21 and B23...and finally all of the Flowers-V12, V14, RV32, RV34, B32, B34 and YR65

I used pink satin ribbon around the center of the card and made a bow for the finishing touch.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by and have a look.  Kathie

 

 

BREAK TIME!

EVEN THOUGH IM NOT A COFFEE DRINKER, I CANT HELP BUT WANT TO TAKE A SIP...

I originally made this card for one challenge I had in mind, but now it'll be entered into three...it's funny how things seem to work out.  Maybe it's for the best though.

My card will be entered into the color challenge and the Design Team call over at gofishchallenges.blogspot.com and also the Bakery challenge over at bittenbythebug2.blogspot.com.  I dont know if I'll be selected for the DT or not, but I'll never know unless I give it a try...Nothin' ventured, nothin' gained and no matter what,  just keep doing what I love to do!

Mmmm!

This card was made with the following "lite" cartridge and measurements.  Love You a Latte-cup #1, cut at 3 1/2 inches and cupcake #3, cut at 3 inches.

This card was pretty easy to make, in that only one cartridge was used and I didnt have to switch out.

As you can see, I used a burnt orange cardstock for the base of the card and then matted a patterned paper to a dark brown piece of cardstock.  I then added a piece of ribbon and a bow for some detail to the side. and give it balance.

I also used brown ink for some depth/shadow and Glossy Accents on the coffee and the honey bun (dark brown part)...the bun itself was cut using glitter paper.  I used a premade tag, but cut matching paper to fit and placed a stamped sentiment and ribbon on it for the finishing touches. 

All the images have pop dots of different thickness to give that extra feel of dimension and the tag is only popped on the right side outer edge.

Thanks for taking the time to have a look...hope you like it.  Kathie

HOWDY, PARTNER

I THINK THAT I'M TOTALLY IN LOVE WITH MO'S DIGITAL STAMPS...THE IMAGES ARE JUST SO CUTE!

I made this card for the Buttons, Banners and/or Birthday challenge over at http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.com, but will be sending it off to sendasmile4kidschallenge.blogspot.com, with other cards that I am making for them.  If you have a chance, please stop by and see the good thing they are doing.

Im the sheriff 'round here!

For this card I used the following cartridge and measurements.  Country Life-barn (pg58), cut at

5 1/2 inches, Banners-dog (pg 35), lamb ( pg 41), chicken (pg 43) and the mouse (pg 47), all cut at

1 1/4 inches.

I used the Martha Stewart scoreboard to make the lines for the siding on the barn, brown ink for accent and added the two doors (with pop dots) onto the hayloft (not on cricut cut).  I then used the Swiss Dots embossing folder for the silo, inked the roof and side for shadows and placed pop dots behind it (silo) and the roof for depth.  I also used buttons on the banner and a piece of twine for the pony.

For the little cowboy by Mos didgital pencil...I used the following Copic to color him...Flesh-E000, E00, E01 and R20...Cowboy hat/holster/star-E53, E55, E57, Y26 and Y28...Pony-B21, B23, E13 and E15...Bottles-YR02, YR04, B000 and R000...Pacifiers-R000 and R20...lastly the diaper-B000

Thanks for stopping by and visiting.  Kathie

GUEST DESIGNER...

I WANT TO THANK THE DESIGN TEAM AT fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE PART AS A GUEST DESIGNER ON THEIR BLOG...IVE HAD A REALLY GREAT TIME !  THIS IS FOR CHALLENGE #112, YOU DID IT...GRADUATION THEME.

Class of 2012

For this easel card I used the following cartridges and measurements.  Paper Dolls Teen Scene-graduation cap (pg 70), cut at 4 1/2 inches and 5 1/2 inches, George and Basic Shapes-square (pg 109), cut at 5 inches and 5 1/2 inches, Wild Card-Congrats (pg 49), cut at 4 1/2 inches, Its your day (pg 38), cut at 4 1/2 inches, Celebrate (pg 59), cut at 3 1/2 inches, stars/icon (pg69), cut at 4 1/2 inches and finally,Hooray (pg48), cut at 3 1/2 inches.

The two graduates are digital stamps from Mosdigitalpencil.com. and are colored with the following Copic markers.  Gowns/caps-G24, G28, Y35 and Y38...Skin-E000, E00 and R20...Hair-(boy) E37, E39 (girl) E13, E15 and E17...Jeans-B32, B34 and B37...Tennis shoes-R27 and R46...Tee shirt-B000 and lastly the Diplomas and girl shoes-C0.

*I used a wobble on the girl and pop dots on the lower half of the boys body...I wanted to make it look as if he were actually jumping off the card.

Congratulations to the entire class of 2012!  Kathie

LITTLE BO PEEP

HAS LOST HER SHEEP AND DOESNT KNOW WHERE TO FIND THEM. 

When I first decided to make cards, I really wanted to be able to donate some of them to a good cause.  So, I went searching and found Send A Smile 4 Kids...I think that they're doing a really great thing and I plan on doing my part by making cards for their choosen catagories and sending them in.  If you think that you would be interested, take a little visit to their blog and see what it is they do.

The card I made today is for the Button, Ribbons and/or Flowers challenge over at sendasmile4kidschallenge.blogspot.com. .

                                                                      Pretty in pink

For this card I used the following cartridges and measurements.  Toy Story-Bo Peep/Shadow (pg 57), cut at 6 inches and Flower Shoppe-Scallop #1 (pg 13), cut at 2 inches and 1 1/2 inches, plus the  heart leaf (pg 22), cut at 1/2 inch.

I wanted this card to be a little girly, so I used a lot of pink and some floral paper and to offset the entire base from the image, I placed Bo Peeps shadow on the checkered green...I inked Bo Peeps outfit and added Liquid Pearls-Flamingo for the dots on her dress and put Glossy Accents on her shoes and eyes.

For the roses...I cut them using white cardstock and inked them with white, light pink and an almost rhaspberry color (my new favorite color).  I also placed Liquid Pearls in the centers and added the leaves.  Oh, and lets not forget the ribbon and bow!

Thanks for stopping by.  Kathie

 

PUTTING ON THE RITZ

THE ART DECO CARTRIDGE MAY SEEM SOMEWHAT LIMITED TO SOME, BUT I'VE FOUND QUITE A FEW USES FOR IT IN MY CRAFTING.

I really love the card designs on the Art Deco cartridge...the lines are so clean and true to the style, that I feel you really dont have to add any ink (I cant believe I said that) or embellishments to them.  They stand on their own very well and make beautiful backgrounds for any layout or card.  I also like the fact that this cartridge has a more mature feel.

The card I made will be entered into the Prom-enade challenge over at fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com.  Your project has to have either a tux/dress or prom/dance theme...I really dont have any cartridges with a prom/dance theme, so I went with the tux/dress and made them appear to be dancing.

                                                                   Shall we dance?

For this card I used the Art Deco cartridge and following measurements.  Card #2 (pg 63), cut at 8 inches, Cats Meow (pg 44), cut at 6 inces and Sheik (pg 49), cut at 6 3/4 inches.

This card was really enjoyable to make...like I said earlier, there was really no need for a lot of extras on the card, because I think the style and image speaks for itself.  Although, I did use velvet flock (black) for the gentlemans hair, Glossy Accents for the top hat and shoes (to show off his spats), a crystal for his tie pin and pearls for the ladys neckless and ear ring.  I also used glitter paper for her dress/shoes for a glamorous feel.

I hope you like it...and thank you for taking the time to stop by and have a look.  Kathie

I JUST WANT  TO SAY...

A BIG "THANK YOU" TO EVERYONE THAT IS NOW FOLLOWING MY BLOG...I HOPE YOU"LL CONTINUE TO VISIT OFTEN AND HOPEFULLY LEAVE WITH A SMILE!  KATHIE

STILL WITH ME...

EVENING THOUGH MY GREAT-GRANDMA IS NO LONGER WITH ME HERE ON EARTH, SHE IS ALWAYS IN MY HEART...AND FOR THIS REASON, I MADE THIS MOTHERS DAY CARD IN HONOR OF HER.  LOVE YOU GRANDMA.

I wanted to enter a couple Mothers Day challenges this week...and I know that the whole idea for making the projects that will be entered, is to eventually give them to someone special.  But, I still wanted to honor my great grandma because she meant so much to me and our entire family.  So, in her memory, I made this recessed window card.

I've entered this card in the Mothers Day challenges over at creativecutterroom.com, exploringcricut.blogspot.com and fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com.

                                         

In this photo, my great-grandma is holding my grandmother.

For this card I used the following cartridges and measurements.  Flower Shoppe-daisy (pg 18), cut at 2 inches and leaf # 5 (pg 26), cut at 2 inches.  Wild Card-I thought of you/phrase (pg 54), cut at 5 inches.

As always...I just had to use my inks!  I used a goldenrod on the tips of the flower petals and brown on the leaves.  I mounted the photo of my grandmothers with the patterned paper I used on the card and some chocolate brown cardstock.

If you are interested in making this type of card, you can find the instructions for it at splitcoaststampers.com. .  Simply type in recessed window card in the search engine.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by and have a look.  Kathie

YOU'RE SO SWEET!

WHILE LOOKING AROUND ON LINE, I FOUND A NEW BLOG (TO ME) CALLED, BITTENBYTHEBUG2...I SAW THEY WERE HAVING A CHALLENGE...AND WELL, YEAH, I DECIDED TO GIVE IT A GO.

I made this card in colors that I thought would be a little more masculine...and because I tend to be drawn to the more earthy tones myself I thought this would be a good choice.  I also tried to keep in mind, would my husband like to receive this card and would it appeal to men in general.  After a long search through my paper...I came up with this card.I hope you like it. 

By the way.  This card is for the Ice Cream Cone challenge over at bittenbythebug2.blogspot.com.  There's still time to join in if you'd like.

Mmmm!

The following cartridge and measurement was used for this card.  Sweet Treats-ice cream #6/shadow (pg35), cut at 6 inches.  That's it!

For this ice cream cone, like in the previous post...I wanted the scoops to have patterned paper to show each flavor as being different.  I inked the edges in brown,  used Glossy Accents on the drip of ice cream falling  and placed pop dots on the lower half of each layer to give it some demension.  For the cone itself, I simply inked the edges with brown and used the Cuttlebug folder "Diamond Plate" to make it look like a real sugar cone.

For the title, I printed out the saying from my computer and cut it to 1 1/2" x 2 1/4" and then mounted it on another piece of card stock 2 1/4" x 2 3/4".

Thanks for looking.  Kathie 

THREE SCOOPS PLEASE!

SINCE I COULDN'T GO OUTSIDE AND WORK IN THE FLOWER BED'S OR KOI POND TODAY (JUST TOO WET)...I DECIDED TO PLAY WITH MY CRICUT AND MAKE A CARD.

I didn't have a clue what I was going to do with this card at first (design wise), but after playing around a bit...it suddenly took shape.  I think sometimes it's good to just sit down and make a card for no other reason then just to do it.

Yummy!

For this card I used the following cartridges and measurements.  Happily Ever After-Doc (pg61), cut at 5 inches.  Sweet Treats-ice cream #7/shadow (pg36), cut at 4 inches and Wild Card-Bon Appetit (pg 81), cut at 3 1/2 inches.

I'll start with Docs' details first...As you know by now, I'm an inker...and this card is no different from most others that I do, so poor ol' Doc was indeed inked with brown along his clothing, shoes, arms and forhead to make him look a little dirty after a day in the mine.  I also used velvet flock on his hat (brown) and on his snowy white beard (white).  There is also Glossy Accents on his eyes and glasses...and medium pink chalk on his cheeks and nose.

For the ice cream...I used patterned papers for the different flavors of ice cream, Glossy Accents to give the scoops a look of being wet and the Cuttlebug folder "D'vine Swirl for the toppings.  I also inked the edges of the toppings with brown, carnation pink and off white...along with some mini brads to act as sprinkles.

That just leaves the little card above the treat and the dish trim...the card is simply a pink piece of card stock (inked) centered on textured white card stock, plus the phrase and the trim is from a Martha Stewart punch (sorry, cant remember the name)

* I also used pop dots on the upper half of Doc and the title card, plus doubled the pop dots under the entire ice cream so it was standing above the other images.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by...your visits are always welcome and appreciated!  Kathie

WHAT'S OLD-IS NEW!

I JUST RECEIVED THIS CARTRIDGE IN THE MAIL THE OTHER DAY AND JUST KNEW I HAD TO MAKE THE STORE BOX...BUT I WANTED IT TO BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

So, with that in mind...I decided to take part in the Save the Earth Crawl challenge over at fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com.  For this challenge, you have to use a recycled item in or on your project.

                                                           My dream "craft" cottage!

For this project I used the following cartridges and measurements.  Sweet Tooth Boxes-store (pg 26), cut at 11 inches.  Plantin SchoolBook-flowers (pg 76), cut at 1/2 inch and A Child's Year-font, cut at 1/2 inch.

The recycle items I used are...a KELLOGS FROSTED FLAKES box, for the roof top/shutters and the empty ACETATE SHELL from the new cartridge for the windows.

A little bit of detail on the box...for the box itself, I decided I wanted to give it the look of siding instead of a plain piece of paper, so I cut brown paper into 1/2"x 4" strips and inked them with dark brown for some depth.   I cut the shingles out of the cereal box at 3/4" x 1 1/4 "...and then took four of the shingles and cut them in half,  lenght wise to make the roofing look a little real and offset.  For the shutters...these were also cut from the cereal box and they measure 1/2" x 3".  Both the shingles and the shutters were inked with burnt orange and dark brown.  That leaves the window...pretty easy here...the acetate was simply cut to fit, from the inside of the box.  Phew! 

Thanks for looking and I hope this post wasn't too long for you.  Kathie

DREAM...

I just love this lady, she seems like she hasn't a care in the world.  I've never used digital stamps before or colored such a large image,  but when I saw Mummu,  I knew I had to give it a try.

I have now found my new addiction...mosdigitalpencil.com, the stamps are so adorable.  I can't believe that I've never even thought of using digital before...I always thought I needed the actual stamp in my hand.  Boy, was I wrong! 

I will be entering this card into the Virginia's View challenge over at lilypad.inlinkz.com..  There's still a couple of days left if you'd like to create an entry.

Sweetie pie!

For this card I used the following cartridges and measurements.  Pagoda-flower #7 (pg 56), cut at 1/2 inch, 3/4 inch and 1 inch.  I didn't use the base of the flower, simply the top layer.  George and Basic Shapes-oval (pg 114), cut at 2 inches and 2 1/4 inches.

For the cherry blossoms, I used white card stock and colored them with the following Copic markers-R20, R22 and Y32.   Now for Mummu.  I printed the image out at 6 inches in height and used the following Copics to color her with.  Shoes-E53, E55 and E 57...Skirt-B91, B93 and B97...Skin-E000, E00, E01 and R20...Sweater-V91, V93 and V95...Hair-W0 and W3.  Oh, and Y28 for her hair clip.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by and have a look.  Kathie