Not Quite Baja

 

Well I’m having a little break from creating at the moment.

After Still AddINKtive folding, I’m not on any design teams any more and I’m just taking some time out for a bit.

Last year I was extremely honoured to be asked to be on the Splitcoast Stampers Dirty Dozen Design Team.  It was a 6 month term and was exciting and challenging at the same time.  It was a wonderful experience.  Anyway, as I’m having a little break I thought I would start putting my Dirty Dozen cards on my blog.

 

 

Ingredients:

Stamps :  forever young, whimsical words

Card : NQN, baja, white, subtles dsp stack

Ink : stazon, pool party, turquoise, pip, wisteria, crumb cake NQN

Other : big shot, finial press ef, scallop trim border, labels framelits, brayer

This one wasn’t actually made in my first month there, but I chose it to show today because of the colours in it. 

If you haven’t already heard, Stampin Up are changing their colour families.  We are getting a few favourites back like blushing bride and pear pizzazz :),  a few in colours are staying longer like pool party and wisteria wonder :), but some are going like Baja and Not Quite Navy :(  :(  :(  :(

I am so sad about that!  I do love Pool Party, but Baja and Not Quite Navy are my favourite Stampin Up colours of all time!

I’m not sure how I’ll create without them but I’ll mourn them for a bit and then I am going to start playing in lots of different challenges again to try to ease the pain :)

 

Kathy

Congratulations Rita

 

I have a very special post today.

Freshly Made Sketches is having a blog hop for Rita and because Lesley knows we are such good friends she asked if I’d like to be a part of the hop too. 

Of course I was thrilled to wish her a big Congratulations and Best Wishes along with the rest of her friends on the team.

If you have come from the wonderful Jennifer Timko’s blog, “Welcome”  you’re in the right place.

 

This is the sketch we had to work with.  It is actually the last sketch Rita made for FMS before taking maternity leave.

I know Rita is having a girl but I also know she doesn’t like pink very much (although I have noticed she’s been using it a lot more lately, perhaps carrying a little girl does that to you?) So I dressed “Laila” in purple.

I also know that Rita has chosen a grey and yellow colour scheme for Laila’s room.  So I wanted to incorporate those colours into my card for her.

My card will be flying all the way to Texas very soon.  I hope she likes it.

 

 

Ingredients :

Stamps : All our dreams (Lili of the valley), Whimsical words

Card : basic grey, white, x-press it, subtles dsp stack, neutral dsp stack

Ink : memento black, stazon, baja

Other : nesties, big shot, subtles buttons, square punch, scallop trim border punch, copics, white pen

 

 

I’d also like to send Rita this Irish Blessing:

May the sun shine, all day long,
everything go right, and nothing wrong.
May those you love bring love back to you,
and may all the wishes you wish come true!

 

 

LeAnne Pugliese’s fantastic blog is your next stop on the blog hop. Or you can visit Freshly Made Sketches and start at the beginning.

If you would like to visit Rita’s blog to leave her a message just click here.

Blog hop participants:

Anne Marie Hile

Ann Schach

Cindy Hall

Erna Logtenberg

Jen Mitchell

Jennifer Timko

Kathy Tanner

LeAnne Pugliese

Lesley Croghan

Linda Callahan

Nance Leedy

Tui Nathan

Tara Murphy Bourgoin

 

Big hugs and kisses and my very best wishes Rita!

 

Kathy

Suitcase wedding

 

I got asked to make yet another wedding card :o  I have made more of them in the last 2 weeks than I have in my whole life!

Anyway I went looking for some inspiration again and found another great sketch at Mojo Monday to try.

 

I found out that a “theme” at the wedding is suitcases so I decided to create a card incorporating them.

 

 

I used triangles of saffron dsp to create a sun, as though they are heading off into the sunset together - with their suitcases :)

This card has lots of texture (it looks better IRL) I have embossed crumb cake dsp for the background and embossed along one edge of the banner.  I have faux stitched the sun’s rays and created a little scrunched flower using the boho punch.

 

Ingredients :

Stamps : tiny tags, whimsical words, digi suitcases Tiddly Inks

Card : crumb cake, white, neutral dsp stack, subtle dsp stack, windsor knot dsp (ret)

Ink : crumb cake, espresso, memento black

Other : boho blossoms punch, big shot, framed tulips ef, vintage wallpaper ef, linen thread, rhinestone brad, tag punch, nesties, linen thread, mat pack, piercer, white pen, copics, organza ribbon, pearls

 

Wishing them a beautiful wedding today!

 

Kathy

Happy hummingbird

 

Wow another win! My Wish Big card won the challenge at Inkspirations this week.  So I guess I found out which rocket card was better because I entered them both and they chose that one as their winner.  I was told that the 6 year old birthday boy loved his rocket card and the 23 yr old birthday boy is receiving his tonight, I’ll have to let him know how lucky he is to get an award winning card!  Ha Ha!

I am entering this card into the Anything Goes challenge at Paper Players this week.

 

 

My club ladies are going to be making this one tomorrow.  The hostess just said that she wanted to make something feminine so I came up with this card that would teach them this great sponged frame technique at the same time. Hope they like it!

 

Ingredients :

Stamps : elements of style, whimsical words, vintage vogue

Card :  old olive, vanilla

Ink : PIP, olive, marina mist, espresso, choc chip marker

Other :  pearls, sponges, post-its

Kathy