Just a "note" card

Hi friends,   thanks for dropping by.  I was looking for a challenge to enter and I found a sketch I like at AAA Cards Challenge, I don't believe I have ever participated at this challenge site. Since the Paper Players had an appealing color challenge black/white with a pop of color that worked out well and I love doing that color scheme.  It can be so clean.  My card is not perfect but I like it and it was fun to make.   My left eye is getting better but it still is hard to center everything on my cards.  When I look at the left side of the card, the CS looks all curvy!   I used watercolor paper for the white and embossed with an SU music folder.  I couldn't remember which way the "notes" go but I made sure I included the treble clef and just went from there.   The note is from a set I bought on  Etsy and I was able to use paint 3D to change the color from black to Poppy Parade using it's hex code.

I wanted to keep it as CAS as possible.    Comments are welcomed and I would love to have you follow my blog.  I will be trying to visit the other challenge participants blogs and leave comments as well.    Smiles,   Kathy

 

Daffodil Afternoon Card...

 

A few days ago, as I was on the "prowl" for a challenge where I could participate using what I have on hand, I was happily surprised at Make the Cards Challenge blog, since not many challenges ask you to use DSP (which is something lately I enjoy doing.).  This is the first time I have used  paper from this suite, and I really like the way it turned out.  One thing I noticed was that it matches back to Very Vanilla and I think most if not all of the DSP I have bought over these years has had white backgrounds.  Long story short since I have a good bit of very vanilla it is nice to have DSP to match so I can start using it more!   The sketch at Paper Players is my "kind" of sketch and I think it worked out well with my fussy cut flowers and Mossy Meadow thin woven ribbon.    After I took the photo above I added the mini sparkles (shown below), but decided I really like the above version best, just clean and simple.   The sentiment is from Happiness Abounds and is stamped in Noir morning mist.  I cut the flowers out of one of the floral papers, there just happened to be about three flowers that showed up around the edges, cutting as close to the outline as I could,  I then ran them through my xyron and adhered them to watercolor paper to make them secure and then fussy cut them again again.  It was easy enough and not overly complicated.   I really like the result!   While I was looking at another cardmaker's blog I clicked on a link to Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge.. and in addition to a DSP expected blog, I hope I will pick up some new cardmaking friends1   Finally,   I am also doing "anything goes" at Paper Funday, which is not new to  me!       It's a challenge blog where I have never particpated, and since I love DSP, I'm excited to link there.    It's a rainy day here is SC (translated = fun play day in the craft/guest bedroom). My work table with computer sits in front of my window, so I've been watching it rain off and on all day.   So glad I'm retired and don't have to out and about today.     I cleaned this room yesterday and got most everything put where it goes, glad for that as well, it's hard to create when everything is out of place and you can't find anything.     Smiles,   Kathy

PS my garden is drinking all this liquid sunshine up! 

Calming Camelias Card

                   

Some of you may have noticed that I have not been creating lately.    Long story short, Mid Febrary I was put on a new medicine and a week or so later, we noticed I was very fatigued and sleeping alot more.   Finally after testing for other things, we weaned me off and I am doing so much better.   The other thing is my Su dealer-friend and I have been making thank you cards for my daughter who will be (along with women from all over the world) in a country with diverse cultures and conflict.   They will be eating in the homes of women from several cultures and my daughter wanted special cards to thank them.   We also made little clear boxes of 3x3 cards for her to give them out as gifts...I will post all of that in a separate post.     The sketch for my above card is Tuesday Morning Sketches.  I started trying to get this ready and somehow just kept missing out!   I used one of my favorite embossing folders from SU, it's ocean waves I think, but it reminds me of folds of fabric for "Can you Handle the Pressure." The color scheme is from Paper Players and I created 2 cards and really like them both.  This sentiment kept bringing a song to mind,  "Hope has a name, His name is Jesus."  I hope it will bless you as it does me!    Thanks for stopping by.   I appreciate all of you!       Kathy

 

Penguin Triple Trouble card....

 

This week Double Trouble Challenge and  Try Stampin on Tuesday are combining their challenges.  At Double Trouble Thing 1 wants participants to use 3 pieces of patterned paper on the cards and Thing 3 wants a Penguin to be used.   I guess for this week Thing 2 is TSOT and they are providing the sketch.   This is the first time I have played along at Double Trouble, and I just hope I am doing what is required,  it may take me awhile to get the hang of it!   I used colored pencils on a download stamp from PinkGemDesigns on ETSY.   The Papers are Winter Seamless digital from PaperStarrStudio also ETSY.    I printed the digi papers on a 4 on 1 vertical label program in word on watercolor paper.  I had some left over, I messed up or it would have been enough for 2 cards.   The image I then printed on 4 x 5 watercolor paper in the photo program, next I printed the same image on 4x5 white CS.   I die cute the watercolor image in an oval and fussy cut the CS image.  If I had wanted to water color I would have printed the images twice on watercolor paper.    I also am participating at Paper Players where the challenge is winter animals.   And for one last challenge I am linking to Dare 2B Artzy where the challenge is Winter Fun.  I am trying to branch out and try new challenges this year.  Thanks for stopping by and stay safe!       Kathy

blooms for you...

I started today's card with two challenges in mind, the Paper Players which is using the creation of negative space as their challenge and the Case This Sketch design for this week.   To create negative space I punched a flower out of patterned paper I then punched the same flower in the white panel  I put circles of the pattern paper behind the punched places in the panel and attached all this to the card base.  I then used that same paper and die cut a frame.   Anyway...it was a buggar boo to assemble --I have got to work on that.  I added the rhinestones to liven it up a bit.   When you look at it from the side,  you can see the negative punched space behind the fluffed up flowers.  So in addition to the flower negative space I also have used negative space technique with the frame.  It's all about learning lately!      I do enjoy trying new things!  Thanks for stopping in and any suggestions on assembly tricks would be most welcome!

Supply List:
rectangle double stitched frame, Poppy.com)
SU Petite Petal  Punch (retired
sentiment:   Su Perennial Birthday (current)
pattern paper:   June SSS Month Kit
CS:   Wisteria Wonder SU (retired)
rhinestones SU

Click on the photos to go to the challenge website:

Birthday blooms...

Today's card just kind of came together.   For some time I've been playing around with downloadable images.   While most are black outline images, today's choice was colored in a very light pink-violet color.  The second picture shows what it looked like before coloring with pencil and after.  I also added a little clear glimmer shimmer from Nuvo, to the bud centers.  I stamped sentiments from SU Perennial Birthday (current) and fussy cut the wavy one,  I then added natural thread (FSJ) and popped it.  I finished off with enamels from FSJ.  The weather is warm here (SC) 100 degrees yesterday, so I didn't feel like doing very much.   Thanks for stopping by, comments are welcome and greatly appreciated.   Stay cool!      Kathy.

CAS(E) this sketch

PAPER PLAYERS Challenge

With Love...

Blog chit-chat is interesting, while I love reading all the things many of you put...I'm stymied with what I might share that you would  find interesting.  Here is my attempt...I was once asked what flower do I think I am most like.  Hmm..well I'm not a gardener but my mom use to have a garden where she grew green beans and when I was young she encouraged "made me" pull weeds...I'm not sure whether I honestly couldn't tell the difference or I just wanted to bug her, but I was constantly asking is this a bean or a morning glory.  The very young plants looked so much alike.  Because we wanted the beans "to produce" food, we needed to pull the morning glories out.  A few years ago, before stamping, I took a flower arranging class at a local tech school. I became somewhat fascinated with morning glories and have read in some articles that they bloom in the morning and fade in the afternoon...hence the name morning glory.  I have made a couple of floral arrangements using silk morning glories, once of which was a bridal bouquet.  They are gorgeous and while I've seen them in mostly lavender and blue--I'm going out on a limb and coloring this one Calypso Coral! What flower am I?   I am a "morning glory",  I have a history of starting a project and then fading before it's finished.  My yard sales were always so popular.  I am happy to report that my card making hobby has been perking along for over 15 years and I still love playing with all the trappings and learning new techniques.  It is so much fun and therapeutic.   Thanks for stopping by and comments are so welcome!   Kathy

WHAT and How

Challenges:    Sunday Stamps  and  Paper Player's Challenge

Stamps:  Banner, retired CTMH
              Sentiment, FSJ  Tag Elements
              Morning Glory, FSJ  "Love Life" April 2018 Bloom Box

Techniques:  Using Daubers applied ink to image, followed that with colored pencils to deepen the textue of                      the image, then fussy cut.   Both sentiment and morning glory popped on banner.
                    White panel embossed with SU seaside

Accessories:  natural string, FSJ and lemon-lime twist sequins, SU

Penguin JOY...

Today is a rainy "Memorial Day" which translates out for me into a perfect day to play indoors.    The Merry Monday Christmas Challenge # 292 is to add Penguins to the card.   I started racking my brain (which probably isn't a good idea, fragile as it is) trying to think of something, since  I don't have penguin stamps.  A couple of months ago at a thrift store, I bought a pack of unopened Christmas paper (81/2 by 11) and some other Christmasy items....wah lah I found a cute little penguin that I was able to die cut around.   The sketch that I used is from the Paper Players #395. In keeping with the sketch details...the JOY Banner that little penguin is holding is the strip on the sketch.   I added glitter to the word JOY...which the little penguin has obviously free styled.   I decided to use the gray plaid panel on SU Cherry Cobler because the little dots around the penguin are gray...Snowflakes are embossed on the white panel.   I think he is going out to play in the snow!  It was such a fun card to make, sometimes simple just works!   Thanks for stopping in!    Kathy