Hearts To You

I've made a very clean and simple card to share today, with no patterned paper and very minimal embellishing

I used a new stamp from CC Designs called Hearts to You.  She is so sweet.
And I used my Copics to make a background scene for her.

I haven't done a sky like this before and I was happy with how it turned out.
I just coloured a background with B0000 and then used my blender pen to create random little cloud shapes in it. I then used B00 to add darkness under the clouds and around the girl.

Ingredients :
Stamps : Hearts to You
Card : x-press it, grey, slate
Ink : memento black
Other : MAC#12 die, copics

Copics used :

YG 0000, 01, 03, 97

G 24

BV 0000, 000, 00, 02, 08, 13

RV 21, 23, 25

B 0000, 00, 93, 95, 97

Y 21

W 00

E 000, 00, 21, 50, 53

R 30

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges :

Addicted to CAS : Wish
ModSquad Challenge : Show your love
Simon Says Stamp : Anything Goes

I had so much fun colouring this girl and creating the scene for her :)

Thanks for dropping by today

Kathy

Hearts To You

C.C. Designs Cutter Make A Card #12 Smoochies Die

Valentine Cupcake

I have another adorable stamp from CC Designs to share with you today.
This is Valentine Cupcake.  But you can obviously use the stamp for so much more than Valentine cards.
I decided to add to the hearts on her dress with a couple more.
But then used a general kind of sentiment, so that I could use it for a Birthday card or Thank you or pretty much anything.
And she is just SO sweet! :)

I really loved colouring this little cutie :)


Ingredients used :

Stamps : Valentine Cupcake, Celebrate
Card : x-press it, regal rose, grey, red, My Girl (MME)
Ink : memento black, versafine
Other : MAC #14 die, MAC #13 die, Dotted Rectangles die, princess enamel dots, smoochie enamel dots, copics

Copics used :

YR 14, 16, 18

Y 13, 15

BG 01, 10

W 1, 3

E 000, 00, 11, 21

R 27, 29, 30, 81, 83, 85

RV 0000, 21, 23

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges :
Crafty Hazlenuts Patterned Paper Challenge : anything patterned paper
NBUS Challenge : anything goes
Word Art Wednesday : anything goes
The Ribbon Girls : any image


Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Little Pixie Valentine Cupcake	Roberto′s Rascals Celebrate Clear Stamp	Make A Card #14 Die	C.C. Designs Cutters Make a Card #13 Spring die	C.C. Designs Cutter Dotted Rectangles Die
Princess Enamel Dots	C.C. Designs Smoochie Enamel Dots

Henry Writing

I have another card to share with you from CC Designs newest release.
And this one features a boy for a change :)
This is  Henry Writing Valentine.  And I think he's pretty awesome.

I do love the way Core'dinations card looks with embossing folders.
And i think it's a shame embossing folders have gone out of fashion a little.
But I still love them anyway! :)

Ingredients :

Stamps : Henry Writing Valentine, XOXO Sentimentes
Card : x-press it, grey, wisteria core'dinations
Ink : memento black, versafine
Other : ef (SU), copics

Copics Used :

E000, 00, 21, 50, 53

R 30

BV 0000, 00, 02

W 00, 1

C 1, 3, 5

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges :

Crafty Calendar Challenge - something new
Word Art Wednesday - anything goes
Addicted to Clean and Simple - Wish

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Roberto′s Rascals Henry

C.C. Designs XOXO Sentiments

Balloon Heart

I have another cutie to share with you from the latest release by CC Designs.

This is Balloon Heart and I LOVE her!!!  Isn't she adorable?!

She would be great for a Valentine card but I decided to make a Birthday card with her instead :)
The "Happy Birthday" is from the Birthday Wishes Sentiments set.  I embossed it with white and just cut these two words out to use.

It was so much fun colouring her!  I decided to use purples and greys and then teamed them with some blue on the card.  I really love this colour combo and decided to maybe splurge and buy some papers in these colours.  I looked online for a while and came up with nothing! (except a cute one for xmas). Why don't manufacturers like these colours?  Perhaps I'm unusual in liking them?

Anyway if you know of any papers in these colours please let me know.  I'd love to use them more often :)

Ingredients :

Stamps : Balloon Heart, Birthday Wishes Sentiments

Card : x-press it, grey, soft sky

Ink : memento black, versamark, white 

Other : layering tags die, snowy day enamel dots,  Tilda Lace Die, white ep, embossing folder SU, copics

Copics used :

V 12, 15, 17

RV 0000

R 30

E 000, 00, 21

W 00, 1, 3, 5, 7

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges :

Deep Ocean Challenge : anything new

Word Art Wednesday : anything goes

Craft Calendar Challenge : something new

Ribbon Girl: any image

Thanks so much for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Little Pixie Balloon Heart

C.C. Designs Cutter Layering Tags Die

C.C. Designs Birthday Wishes Sentiments Clear Stamp

C.C. Designs Snowy Day Enamel Dots

String of Hearts

There is a new release at CC Designs and it is Oh So Cute! :)
I've used Roberto's String of Hearts and she is great because you could use her for Birthdays,Valentines, Thinking of You, Get Well, or just about anything at all!
PLUS.... She's adorable!!!

I also used the new XOXO Sentiments and it is full of lovely sayings and is very versatile too!

Ingredients :

Stamps : String Of Hearts, XOXO Sentiments
Card : x-press it, grey,  Sweet Baby Girl (BellaBlvd)
Ink : memento black, versafine
Other : Make a tag die, Snowy Day enamel dots, kindyglitz, copics

Copics used :

E 000, 00, 21

R 30, 81, 83, 85

W 00, 3, 5, 7

V 12, 15, 17

I'd like to enter my card in these challenges :

Send a smile 4 kids : valentine/love for kids
Crafty Calendar Challenge : something new
Deep Ocean Challenge : anything new
Word Art Wednesday : anything goes


Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Make a Tag #6

Roberto′s String of Hearts

C.C. Designs XOXO Sentiments

C.C. Designs Snowy Day Enamel Dots

Petunia and Penny Take a Break

I've had a little break from crafting over the holidays, but now I'm ready to create again :)

My first card in 2017 is for a great challenge site called Words 2 Craft By.
I have entered their challenges a few times now and I was lucky enough to win one, which was great, and it also meant that I got to be a Guest Designer for them :)

Their challenge focuses on a saying or quote.
This one is from Glen Ballard and Siedah Garrett :

If you wanna make the world a better place

Take a look at yourself, and then make a change

I decided to use this gorgeous stamp called Petunia and Penny Take a Break from Stamping Bella.
These two are SO adorable and they?!

My card is a reminder to Relax and "smell the roses", to be mindful and fully present in each moment.
And to not be so hard on ourselves when we are going through so many changes in our lives and things don't always go as planned.


Ingredients :

Stamps : Petunia and Penny Take a Break, Pool Party
Card : x-press it, grey, wisteria, Rustic Elegance (CB)
Ink : memento black, white, versamark
Other : Whimsy Double Scallop Doily Die, white ep, stripe ef, circle die, copics

Copics used :

R 000, 00, 20, 30

BG 0000, 10

W 00, 1

YG 0000, 01, 03, 95

Y 11, 15

BV 0000, 08, 13

RV 63

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges :

Creative Inspirations Challenge : Fabulous Flowers
Simon Says Stamp : Be Square
Deep Ocean Challenge : Something New (new to me Stamping Bella stamp)
Word art Wednesday : Anything goes
Stamping Bella : Sketch


Thanks to the ladies at Words 2 Craft By for having me on their team this month. :)
And I hope you join in with the challenges there too.

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!!!

I have a tradition of looking at the cards I've made over the past year and choosing some favourites to highlight in a New Year's post.
It's a great thing to do and I was especially glad I did it again this year because I realised that I hadn't blogged this card.
I made it for my daughter's birthday, she loves a good pun and she loved the card.
I didn't put it on my blog when I made it so that she wouldn't see it before I gave it to her and she would get a nice surprise. But then I forgot to blog it at all!
I think it's actually my favourite of all the cards I've made this year.
It features the CC Designs Under the Sea set.

It was hard to choose favourites but I have chosen one from each month of 2016.

January :


February :


March :


April :


May :


June :


July :


August :


September :


October :


November :


December :



Thanks for visiting my blog during the year and a special thank you to everyone who has left me a nice comment.  They are always so uplifting and encouraging and I really appreciate your support :)

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy