"Koality" valentine...

Just a fun card with CTMH Smitten stamp set (current now).   Not wanting to do the usual pink/red I used Playing with Patterns from last years SU catalog.   I stamped the kaola and colored with pencils then with brush to watercolor pencil tip and then die cut the little guy, stamped mostly the balloon part on one of the bubble circles paper...going mostly for the calypso coral circle.  For the design I used the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches this week.   I die cut hearts from other circles that were similar in color.     The sentiment came with the smitten set.  As some of you can tell when I was using the brush on the tip of the pencil some of it was flying over on the card background ...I decided to leave it!   Anyway, thanks for stopping by, have a good week!   Kathy

PS  other links include:

where the challenge is to create a "whimsical" valentine!

Anything Goes at 

and for the First time at

where the theme is "Stamp Act"

Christmas Trees Card....

I just loved this card, made by Jen Timko, so much so that I ordered the Pine Tree Honey Cuts and the Vintage Holiday paper pad along with some other goodies from the Honey Bee Company.    So of course, I've just been dying to play with it all, and today I did just that!  I also used a sentiment from the vintage SU set Joy Christmas.   It's simple and clean and I like it!   I hope you do too!     Thanks so much for stopping in have a great and safe week!       Kathy

 

Brown Christmas Card...

 

Never have I made a Christmas Card where I used shades of "Brown" predominantly.   Since this is the year I wanted to "branch out" and try different challenges and challenges out of my comfort zone I decided to give the current challenge at 52CCTD my best shot.   I am also linking to some "anything goes" challenges...Just click below and it will take you to the Websites.     The verdict is out on my card.  There are some lovely cards that have been posted for this challenge.   It's just that I have always been very traditional with Christmas (red/green black/gray with pops of color, or shades of blue). So I went shopping and  I downloaded some lace papers and used a very old CTMH set to create a Nativity.   The embellishments are SU Cinnamon Cider (last year's incolor) in this years book!    I am starting to incorporate digital into my artwork...I just love the brown lace papers I downloaded from Etsy.   I look forward to building my digi stamp collection.     I would love to know what you think!   Thanks for stopping by!   Kathy

THE HOLLY AND THE IVY CHALLENGE "Anything

Christmas Goes