Festive Friday #37 Reminder

Hello my friends!

I hope everyone has had a wonderful week! 

Just a little reminder that there is still time to join the challenge at 
  Festive Friday!

Here is the cute inspiration photo for this time around.

And this is what I did with it for my second time!

Stamps:
 Wreath- WPlus9
Bow-WPlus9
Candy cane circle-Papertrey Ink
sentiment- Papertrey Ink

Dies:
Rounded background-Sizzix
Stitched circle- Lil Inkers
Snowy border-My Favorite Things

I hope you will play along with us at Festive Friday!

You can also check out the amazing talent from the other design team members at Festive Friday!

Thank so much for stopping by!

I hope you all have a safe and happy weekend! 

Hugs,

Kay :)

Papertrey Ink Blog Hop

Hello Friends!

This is my second post for the day. If you want to see my Festive Friday reminder just scroll down :)

July 2014 Blog Hop

I am super excited to join along in the Papertrey Ink blog hop this month. One of the main reasons I started my blog was so I could do just this, and I haven't in a long time. I planned ahead this time, so I was ready for it. :)

Here is the inspiration photo:

Isn't that darling! I just love red gingham and buttons!

So focused mainly on the red gingham, but thought this cute little bowl of apples would go fabulous with it. Makes me want to go on a picnic! haha!

From Papertrey Ink I used:

Bowl of Sunshine Stamps and dies

Journal Card Borders die

Journal Card1 die

Heart Prints die collection

Stitched mat die- Lil Inkers

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Happy weekend!

Hugs,

Kay :)

Festive Friday Reminder

Hello my friends!

I hope everyone has had a nice weekend. I have been so super busy lately. My girl and I just got back from our annual girl's trip. Since we both have July birthdays, we go on a shopping trip sometime between the two and spend the night. We had so much fun! We shopped all day, then went back to our comfy motel room, ate junk food, watched movies and played with our new stuff :) She kept me up waaaaay too late, but we sure did have fun :)

Just wanted to remind everyone that there's still time to join in on the challenge at Festive Friday!

Such a fun inspiration photo!

The presents were die cut with a die from Cottage Cuts. I've had it forever and this is the first time I've used it. The stitched mat is from Lil Inkers and the sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

I hope you will play along with us at Festive Friday!

You can also check out the amazing talent from the other design team members at Festive Friday!

I want to thank everyone so much for all the lovely comments you left for me during the Verve Blog Hop. I appreciate them so very much! It was my first ever blog hop and was so fun! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

I hope you have a wonderful week!

Hugs,

Kay :)

Verve New Releases are Now Available!

Hello Friends!

I am back again today with another card to showcase the lovely new releases from Verve!

Welcome to the July 2014 Spotlight Hops! 

 Everything previewed this week is now available in the Verve online store!

My card today uses the new Happy Doodles stamp set and matching die.

I just love this gorgeous butterfly! 

Stamps:  Happy Place (Verve Stamps)

Paper:  Pretty In Pink ( Stampin’ Up!)

Ink:  Early Expresso ( Stampin’ Up!)
Accessories:  Happy Doodles Die set (A Cut Above by VERVE), bow and stitched circle (Lil Inkers) Stitched mat ( My Favorite Things)

Want to win some shiny new Verve? We'll be picking a random commenter on one of the hop spots below to win today's featured products! So be sure to leave a little comment on all the blogs below to increase your chances! Check out the Verve Blog today for full set reveals, an introduction of our guest divas, and all the prize info and deadlines!

Today's Prize: The ENTIRE release!

1. Julee 9. Charmaine 2. Stacey 10. Jen 3. Maureen 11. Sheri {Guest} 4. Chaitali 12. Laurie 5. Marisa 13. Andrea 6. Teresa 14. Amber 7. Kay {Guest} 15. Christyne 8. Janelle

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs,

Kay :)

More Verve New Releases!

Hello Friends!

I am back again today with another card to showcase the lovely new releases from Verve!

Welcome to the July 2014 Spotlight Hops! 

We're so excited to share some new Verve with you! The Divas will be spotlighting 3 new sets, a plain jane and a coordinating die set over the next few days, so keep your eyes peeled for some fresh Verve inspiration

 Everything previewed this week will be available in the Verve online store on Friday, 7/11.

Today we are showcasing the cute set Happy Doodles and matching dies illustrated by Julee Tilman.

This is another set that I adore. So many cute designs and fun sentiments!

I colored the flowers with Copic markers and cut them out with the matching die. I stamped the sentiment on the stitched panel and layered all the other elements with foam tape.

Stamps:  Happy Place (Verve Stamps) Sunny Days ( Verve Stamps)

Paper:  Cardstock ( Stampin’ Up!)
Ink:  Early Expresso ( Stampin’ Up!)
Accessories:  Happy Doodles and Leafy Sprigs (A Cut Above by VERVE), notebook paper ( My Favorite Things) Stitched mat and border ( Lil Inkers)

Want to win some shiny new Verve? We'll be picking a random commenter on one of the hop spots below to win today's featured products! So be sure to leave a little comment on all the blogs below to increase your chances! Check out the Verve Blog today for full set reveals, an introduction of our guest divas, and all the prize info and deadlines!

Today's Prize: Happy Place (illustrated by Julee Tilman), Happy Doodles Die Set, 2 Corinthians 12:9

1. Julee 9. Charmaine 2. Stacey 10. Jen 3. Maureen 11. Sheri {Guest} 4. Chaitali 12. Laurie 5. Marisa 13. Andrea 6. Teresa 14. Amber 7. Kay {Guest} 15. Christyne 8. Janelle

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs,

Kay :)

We All Scream For Ice Cream!

Happy Monday!

I hope everyone had an enjoyable weekend!

Amongst all the birthday and Fourth of July festivities at our house this weekend, I did find some time to make a few cards. To keep my happiness level up to par, I must work in some kind of creative time almost daily, if not I start wilting pretty fast ;)

I recently received some new goodies from Clearly Besotted. ( surprise surprise! ) I loved the ice cream set and wanted to work with it in hopes that looking at something cold might actually cool me off during this warm weather. Well not much, but it sure was fun anyway!

Here's three cards that I made with this cute set. I mentioned it before, but just in case you missed that post, when I get a new set of stamps and dies, I like to make six cards with it before adding it to it's place in the craft room. I don't know why six, it's just a good even number, and they look so nicely sitting on my desk in two rows of three! haha!

This was a really fun set to work with and I love the cute sentiments that come with it!

The hello die and all of the stamps (Super Cool) are from by Clearly Besotted. The stitched mats, circles, and stitched scallops are from Lil Inkers. The pierced flag banners and scalloped border are from My Favorite Things. I colored the images with Copics and popped everything up with foam tape.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I will be back tomorrow with a super exciting post!!

Hugs,

Kay :)

Festive Friday #35

Hello my friends!

I hope everyone has had a wonderful week! Yesterday was my daughter's 12th birthday. We spent the day making her favorite breakfast, then packing a picnic lunch and going for a swim, then we came home and decorated her cake, and had a small family party with pizza, cake and ice cream. 

It's time again for another challenge at Festive Friday!

Here is the gorgeous inspiration photo for this time around. What do you think of when you look at this photo? Presents of course! :D

Here is what I came up with:

So what did I do here? I used one of my adorable new little people from Mama Elephant and some presents! When I  saw that little boy in his jammies, the first thing I thought of was how cute he would be on a Christmas card! He would be perfect beside a tree or with some presents. I colored him and the presents (Lawn Fawn) with Copics, cut them out, and popped them up with foam tape. I cut two of the Merrys ( Papertrey Ink) and attached them with foam tape also. The stitched background die is from Lil Inkers.

I hope you will play along with us at Festive Friday!

You can also check out the amazing talent from the other design team members at Festive Friday!

Thank so much for stopping by!

I hope you all have a safe and happy weekend! Happy fourth to those of you in the US!

Hugs,

Kay :)

Festive Friday #34 Reminder

Hello my friends!

I hope everyone has had a wonderful week!

I just wanted to remind everyone that there is still a week left on the current Festive Friday challenge!

The inspiration photo is just gorgeous and I couldn't keep from making another card in one of my very favorite color schemes, pink and aqua! Love it!

Here is what I came up with:

This card uses another one of my recent acquisitions from Taylored Expressions, this lovely little tree die. The banner is from Cottage Cuts. I cut two of the banners out and cut the top piece from the lighter pink and attached it to the top of the darker pink one with foam tape. The joy is an alpha die set from My Favorite Things. The stitched mat is from Lil Inkers and the yellow rounded mat is from Sizzix.

I hope you will play along with us at Festive Friday!

You can also check out the amazing talent from the other design team members at Festive Friday!

Thank so much for stopping by!

I hope you all have a safe and happy weekend!

Hugs,

Kay :)

Festive Friday #34

Hello my friends!

I hope everyone has had a wonderful week!

It's time again for another challenge at Festive Friday!

Here is the gorgeous inspiration photo for this time around. I love these colors for Christmas. One year my Mom and I did her whole living room and Christmas tree in pink and aqua. It was so pretty!

Here is what I came up with:

I just got some new dies from Taylored Expressions and I couldn't wait to use them, so I put them to good use on this card :) 

Here are the dies that I used:

Joy-Taylored Expressions

3x4 mat- Taylored Expressions

Stitched circle- Lil Inkers

Rounded square- Avery Elle

Flowers- Papertrey Ink

Bow- Cottage Cuts

I hope you will play along with us at Festive Friday!

You can also check out the amazing talent from the other design team members at Festive Friday!

Thank so much for stopping by!

I hope you all have a safe and happy weekend!

Hugs,

Kay :)

The Cutting Edge Challenge

Hi Friends!

I hope you all had a nice Father's day! I spent a little time with my Dad before he politely let me, and the rest of us kids know, that he was ready for his nap! 

So have you heard about the new Cutting Edge Challenge? Jackie Rockwell started it, and she has a rock star line up of designers! It looks fabulous and right up my alley, as I LOVE dies and cutting stuff out! Anyway, they are having a little challenge ahead of time to pick a guest designer to join them for the first challenge. I'm adding my  card here to the challenge. I'm not a competitive sort, but I couldn't wait for the first challenge to start, so I thought I'd go ahead and play along :)

Here are the details if you want to play along too!

You have to use one of the designers card for inspiration. I chose the one in the lower right corner.

I had to add the rainbow... and the little house and trees, and the flowers and the .... Okay I had a hard time stopping adding things :D

Here's a list of all the dies I used :

Rainbow-MFT

Clouds- Lil Inkers

Sun- Lil Inkers

Stitched mat- Lil Inkers

Hills- Taylored Expressions

Flowers- Impression Obsession

Those nifty little enamel dots are some of my fabulous Perler beads melted in the oven at 400 degrees for 15 minutes! If you decide to do this though, you need to open all the windows in the house! They are a bit smelly when they're melting :) 

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you all have a fabulous week!

Hugs,

Kay :)

NBUS #1

Hello and Happy Sunday!

I hope everyone has had a nice weekend. I spent the whole day yesterday all by myself in my craft room making cards. Is that heaven or what? There's not much I'd rather do :) I got my order of Lawn Fawn goodies, so I had lots of funness to play with. I like to take a new set and make several cards with it, so I get to know it. So yesterday I used my adorable new set called Life is Good to created eight cards! That's right! Eight with one set! There were so many cute little things in the set, that I had to color and die cut lots of them :)

So since this is new-never-been-used-schtuff, I am adding it Darnell's new challenge!!

I think everyone who reads my blog probably knows Darnell, but if you don't, you should! So check out her blog here. She's so sweet and she's down right hilarious! I can't tell you how many times, I have sat and laughed right out loud reading her entertaining blog posts! Anyway, since her followers have reached 500, she decided to have a challenge. You can read all about it here. She's even giving away prizes to winners, so hop right over there and play along :)

Anyway, here's one of my eight cards I made with my super cute new little Lawn Fawn stamps!

The large stitched die is from Lil Inkers and the waves I die cut with a scalloped die from MFT. I just turned it upside down. Everything else is from Lawn Fawn. The stamps are all from the set Life is Good, except for the cloud, which is from Bon Voyage. I colored all the little designs with my Copic Markers.

There you have it! So much fun!

Hope you have a wonderful week!

Hugs,

Kay :)

Card Concept #11

Well my friends, this week has just rushed by me so far. I think it was having Monday off for Memorial day that made me not even realize that today was already Wednesday!

And Wednesday means another fabulous challenge at The Card Concept!

This weeks challenge is to create a card using the colors Yellow, black, white and grey.

Now I'll be honest with you, these are most definitely not my go to colors. Matter of fact, I don't even like any of them very much, unless they are in small doses mixed with other pretty colors ( pink). But you know what? I really like the way my card turned out and I'm thinking I might have to give these colors another chance :)

Here's what I came up with:

In my last post, I showed a little peek of some new PTI goodies that had just come in the mail. Well, this flower is using the new Button Stacks from PTI. They have three of them now, and let me tell you, I LOVE THEM!! I spent all day long just cutting hundreds of them out in all different colors. Then I spent the next day arranging them and making neat little flowers and designs out of them. SO fun! I hope they come out with more! 

So anyway, everything on the flower is from Papertrey Ink, the leaves are from Memory Box, the cute little tag is from Papersmooches, the stitched dies are from Lil Inkers and the sentiment is from Papersmooches too.

Here's a peek of my little plastic storage containers full of Button Stacks! I just love looking at them! haha!

I have an obsession with little storage containers. I got these at Walmart. They look just like the ones that you put ketchup in at some fast food places. Perfect for my little cut outs! ;)

Thanks so much for stopping by! Stop by and see what the other designers have created and  I hope you'll join us for the challenge at The Card Concept!

Hugs,

Kay :)