Author Archives: kth

World of Thanks

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I created a few of this card for my husband to use in his office – as thanks to those that donated for the charity drive.

Thanks for taking a peek!

You
Stamps: Year of Flowers: Rose (PTI);
Colors: Night of Navy, Real Red (SU); White (PTI);
Other: pattern paper (SU); Textile Rectangle die (MFT); Wonderful Words die (PTI); ribbon (PTI or stash);

Springy Trees

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I created this card for the Waltzing Mouse Sketch Challenge (wmsc88).

The weather has been quite warm this past week and it has me in the mood for spring – so I created a bright springy card.

Thanks for stopping by!

glad tidings
Stamps: Teeny Trees (WMS); Weave (Cornish Heritage Farms);
Colors: Rose Red, White, Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz, Soft Suede (SU);
Other: Pear ribbon, Eyelet Border punch, Flower Trio punch (SU); Rhinestones (Hero Arts);

Kiddie Cards

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A few months ago I needed a couple boy birthday cards.

The first card is pretty straight forward.

The second card I used some bits from a card that failed me months before. The little banner and the cute monster are from my scraps bin. I pulled the rest together around them.

Happy Birthday
Stamps: Free Spirit: Boy, Free Spirit Sentiments, Offbeat Backgrounds (WMS);
Ink: Going Grey (SU); Black & Red markers (SU);
Paper: White, Kraft (PTI); Pacific Point? (SU);
Other: Limitless Layers Circle (PTI);
HB 2 U
Stamps: Make a Monster (SU); Tiny Treats: Valentine, Birthday Bash Seniments (PTI);
Colors: Real Red, Pacific Point (SU); White & Black (PTI); Celery or Olive? (SU);
Other: Twine, Black ribbon (SU); star die (?);

Reverse Applique

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I made this card months ago for the Papertrey Make-it-Monday: Reverse Applique (mim40).

I used the Leaf Prints dies and Fall Prints & Patterns paper. I faux-stitched along the edges with a brown Copic marker. This was a masculine birthday card, so I kept it simple and just added a bit of twine.

Happy Birthday
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Birthday Basics;
Colors: Rustic Cream, Kraft, Dark Chocolate;
Other: Leaf Prints dies, Fall Prints & Patterns paper; twine (stash); marker (Copic);

Coral Doilies

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I haven’t played the ColourQ challenge in forever so when I needed a card but wasn’t sure where to start, I fired up their blog to see what was what. I loved the latest challenge (#127) of chocolate, coral, bride, and celery.

I recently received the StampinUp Doily set and it called my name today! The scallops along the bottom are done using the new StampinUp edge dies – love the scalloped scallops!!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Happy Day
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Delicate Doilies, Friendly Phrases;
Colors: Chocolate Chip, Calypso Coral, Blushing Bride, Certainly Celery, Vanilla;
Other: Lots of Tags sizzlet, Lace, Adorning Accent Edgelets die;

Trigger Spots

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I really loved this week’s Tuesday Trigger at Moxie Fab World (apricots in a bowl).

It is pretty straight forward from the inspiration photo. I ended up using pink instead of peach because I didn’t have any peach pattern paper.

Thanks for stopping by!

hb
All supplies PaperTrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Dot Spot, Big & Bold Wishes;
Colors: Soft Stone, Smokey Shadow; Baja Breeze (SU);
Other: By the Numbers PP, Sig.Series Butterfly die, Block Alpha die; Rhinestones (K&Co);

Blue Green Foliage

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Unfortunately I needed a sympathy-esque card. This is what I came up with.

Thanks for stopping by.

Thinking of You
All supplies PaperTrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Larger than Life, Tag Its 5, Little Labels;
Colors: Aqua Mist, Ocean Tides, Simply Spring Moss, White;
Other: Aqua ribbon, Life dies;

For Your Inspiration

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Oh my! This is my first post as a design team member for the For Your Inspiration challenge. Check out the latest challenge -> FYI25. This month’s challenge is sponsored by Your Next Stamp.

Beautiful! I figured the photo was from Greece so I started out thinking about using some cool Moroccan shapes, but when I was browsing my stamp index and saw Mehndi I knew I wanted to use it (ok, I *know* all those things don’t really belong together, but a stamper is allowed creative license, yes??).

For my card, I was inspired by the colors. My card base is Pacific Point. I layered a strip of Melon card stock along the side and then the white panel is on top. The rhinestone brad only goes through the white panel (I don’t like stuff showing on the insides).

Thanks for taking a peek!

A Little About the Challenge: The For Your Inspiration challenge is posted the First and Third Thursdays of each month. Steph, the challenge coordinator, will post a photo and you make a card – however the inspiration hits you. The first challenge each month is sponsored and will have a prize!
Happy Birthday
All supplies PaperTrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Mehndi Medallion, Think Big Favorites #12;
Colors: Melon Berry, Chocolate, White; Pacific Point (SU);
Other: Rhinestone brad (Am.Crafts);

March Winds

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I made this card a few months ago – because I wanted to play with my new stamps. I love Paper Smooches images, but cutsey is hard for me!

I stamped the kite onto DSP and cut it out. The clouds were stamped and hand-cut. Hard to see but I added a bit of grey Copic along the inside of the clouds.

The sun is actually a PTI Limitless Layers Circle die! And since that was all pointed, I added some pinking edges.

Thanks for taking a peek!

happy birthday
Stamps: Sunny Side Up, Sentiment Sampler (Paper Smooches);
Colors: Kraft, White, Lemon Tart (PTI); forget whose DSP, sorry!
Other: Pinking Edge die, Limitless Layers: Circle die (PTI); twine;

Razzleberry Rose

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This week’s Clean & Simple challenge at SCS was a color challenge: Rich Razzleberry and White. Razzleberry is one of my favorite colors!

I had tons of ideas, but settled on using this rose from an old set – Abundant Joy. I stamped the rose full strength, but the sentiment is off-stamped, though the ink is quite rich and so it is hard to see any difference.

I also added an embossed square around the image. I did the embossing from the back so that the embossing is out, not in (debossed).

Thanks for taking a peek!

Birthday Wishes
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Abundant Joy, Watercolor Wishes (sentiment);
Colors: White, Rich Razzleberry;
Other: Sq die (Spellbinders);