Masculine Card With A Bokeh Background

  This is another one of the unfinished card fronts that I found while cleaning out my craft closet.
 The image was stamped with Versamark and embossed  with white embossing powder.
 The background was already sponged with distress inks so I decided to use circle stencils and white ink to  make it into a Bokeh Background.
To finish the card:
I used purple card stock  for the next layer.
 I sponged the base layer using the same blue and purple distress inks so it would look the same as  the stamped layer.
 I used an Elizabeth Craft die and a snippet of purple card stock  for the sentiment.

 I'm entering this card in the Pixie's Snippets Playground Challenge #180.

The sun is shining today so I'm going to spend the afternoon reclining in a lawn chair and either napping or reading a book.  I hope you have a great day too!

Ta Ta For Now,
Kathy

A Butterfly On A Bokeh Background

While cleaning out my craft closet this weekend I found  many digi images that were all colored and fussy cut and ready to be made into cards. I need to put some of these to good use. The little butterfly on todays card  is one of about a dozen butterflies  that were just hiding out in my craft closet.

  The background for this card is one that I made using the  Bokeh Technique.
The frame for the sentiment is one that I cut on my Cricut using the Fancy Frames cartridge.
The sentiment is a rubber stamp from Hero Arts.
The digital print butterfly is also from Hero Arts.

I'm entering this card in the following card challenges:
Dream Valley Challenges #107
Sister Act Card Challenge #108

I have a new follower that I'd like to introduce. Her name is Kate and she blogs at    Manualidades por mi
I hope you'll take the time to visit her blog and perhaps become one of her new followers.

Have a great day,
Ta Ta For Now,
Kathy

Penny Black Poppies In a Fancy Frame

I was shopping at my local hobby and craft store the other day and I found a "Fancy Frames" Cricut cartridge in the clearance rack . Of course I had to buy it!!!

 

Since then I've spent  entire afternoons cutting out  frames that are just the right size for my greeting cards.

The image on the card front is a Poppy Stamp from Penny Black. I colored the image using Derwent Colored  pencils and blended the colors with baby oil. The sentiment was stamped on a scrap of velum and then backed with a snippet of white card stock. A few  little snippets of ribbon were added to the sentiment.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges
 
Pixie's Snippets Playground Challenges 178 & 179
 Mynn's Birthday Bash Giveaway Celebration at her blog "On A Stampage" 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. I hope you have a great day.
Ta Ta For Now,
Kathy

City Crafters Challenge Blog

The card I'm sharing today is my entry for the current challenge  at City Crafters Challenge Blog

We are to use the picture shown below as the inspiration  for our card

The theme of this challenge is Inky-nes"S"

We are to create a project that features one or more of the following techniques

"S"mooching

"S"tencilling

"S"plattering

"S"ponging

My card was made using watercolor paper for the background.

I  "S"mooched the color in the masked off center square.

I "S"plattered  on the background with some gold colored acrylic paint.

I "S"ponged the background with a cloud template and distressed inks

I used some bits and pieces of leftover watercolor papers to die cut the flowers and stems. Painted them with distress inks and layered the flowers, stems and leaves.

This card is also being entered in 

 Pixie's Snippets Challenge Blog #178 & 179

Mynns Birthday Bash Giveaway at "On A Stampage Blog"

 

A big Thank You to Mary H whose blog is  Carolina Cards and Em Fairley who blogs at Creative Em

They are my two new followers. Click on the links provided and visit their blogs.  

Have a great day and thanks for visiting. Ta Ta For Now,

Kathy

Butterfly Birthday Card In Blue

I made another birthday card for Mynn's Birthday Bash Giveaway over at "On A Stampage".  To visit Mynn's blog and see all the other birthday cards in the challenge just click on this link or on the link in my sidebar.

 I used the same Burned Batik Background Technique as I did in my last post, but this time I used blue and purple distress inks to color the background.
The base of the card is a Gelli Plate print that I made a while back.
 I'm not a very good stamper so the Elizabeth Craft "Happy Birthday" die gets used a lot on my cards.
 I added a  ribbon on the side with my favorite little Memory Box Butterfly die and some little brads and this card is ready to go.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today. I hope you'll come back and visit again soon.
Ta Ta For Now,
Kathy

A Birthday Card With A Burned Batik Background

Surprise! Another Butterfly Card!

I tried another new technique for making a background for this card. The Technique is called the "Burned Batik Background" and if you are interested in trying something like this the link for the tutorial at Splitcoast Stampers is HERE.

Mynn, over at the blog "On A Stampage" is doing a Birthday Bash Giveaway! She will be boxing up tons of stamps, paper, bling, etc. and sending it off to one randomly chosen winner at the end of May! Go to her blog and follow the giveaway rules and Good Luck! Today's card is the birthday card that I made for her. 

I am also entering this card in the Pixie"s Snippets Playground Challenge #177
I love this challenge and I make more friends every time I play there. Di is a great challenge hostess.

For this card I used:

 Clear Embossing Powder
Stampendous Butterfly Stamp
Background Stamp by Inkadinkado  with  Vintage Photo Distress Ink
Distress Ink in Wild Honey, Abandoned Coral and Cracked Pistachio
Elizabeth Craft "Happy Birthday" sentiment die
Heart Brads (NBUS)
Paper Doily Scrap found in Leftovers Box
Background also leftover designer paper

Thanks for visiting my blog today. Have a great day!
Ta Ta For Now,
Kathy

Birthday Card With Butterflies

The card I'm sharing today uses two different butterfly dies and two different  techniques for making backgrounds.

I love the Bokeh Effect stamping technique, so I had to try it using inks in shades of yellow and orange with the dots made using white pigment ink. Splitcoast Stampers has a great tutorial on Bokeh, check out the link provided.

I made a cloudy sky by cutting out a cloud shape from scrap paper and inked around it  by using sponge daubers and  "Broken China" Distress Ink. If you are interested in trying this technique check out the link to Splitcoast  Stampers.

The gold colored base layer on this card was a bit of left over card stock from last years graduation cards.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Pixies Snippets Playground/Weeks 175 &176
Papertake Weekly Challenge "In The Garden"
Sister Act Card Challenge, Challenge #105
Creative Fingers Challenge Blog/Challenge #79
Dream Valley Challenges/Challenge #106