No Ordinary Day

Welcome, Friends!

My family has been going through a lot lately, but today is no ordinary day, so let's celebrate it like we mean it!

Today's card is for the illustrious Darnell, and we all know that means it's no ordinary day.  What's better than celebrating someone else, so we can push all the ordinary (life) to the background, and have some fun?!

Ok, first of all, I used the beautiful Color Hues challenge colors (gray is a shade of black), but not in time to get it into the gallery -- I'm perfectly ok with that!  The NBUS sentiment & images were stamped, colored with Copics, detailed with a fine liner, plus black and gold shimmer added to the center of each flower.  Everything was cut and then the design decisions...  I found that Penny Black's challenge is to optionally use patterned paper - check; then I decided I wanted more yellow so I used a scrap of yellow (perfect size I might add), and rounded the lower corners to mimic the bottom swag.  A couple silver pearls were added for pizzazz.

I love this card!  (are those polka dots magic?)

So there it is, Happy Birthday, Darnell, and many more unordinary/extraordinary Birthdays ahead!  And I hope it brought you that smile...

 

Supplies:

   PB - Floral Smile stamps/dies

   MFT - Dots & Stripes pp

Hugs, Everyone, and have an Unordinary/Extraordinary Day!

TK

Ruff Day

Hello!

I saw the new MFT challenge, a patriotic color scheme but what I really needed was a kids' card.  Did I make it work?

I used the colors, but rifled through my MFT things to find the perfect images and sentiment.  While our nephew has boxer dogs, their colors just didn't work, so I colored him with the gray that was also allowed.  I found another MFT stamp set to give it a more patriotic feel, even though this is prayers for a quick recovery.  You see, poor nephew took a baseball to the face over the weekend and broke a few things; and today he had surgery to make repairs.

I do hope this sweet guy cheers him up and helps him heal!  A doghouse and bowl were also used inside to tie it all together.

Supplies:

   MFT - You Make My Tail Wag, Stars Above and BP #27 die

 

Hope you enjoyed the card!  I'll be jetting this to the PO to get it mailed to Colorado pronto!

Hugs,

TK

Sending Positive Vibes

 Hello!

Another quick post, today is yardwork day... mind you, we have 1.5 acres so it is a bit time-consuming.  Need I say more?!  Anyway, a "get well" card to my dad, delivered the other day.  He is recovering but there is still future concerns.  I guess everyone knows about aging parents, and that is the stage I'm in!

His card ~

While one might think this is sarcastic and rude for a get well, Dad and Diane are cat people so they definitely get the humor!  I happen to love each and every expression on this stamp.  In fact, lean in and take a closer peek -- you might get to hear their collective eyeballs rolling!

Haha -- this is some real cat-itude!  Anyway, the sentiments inside definitely express what my heart feels, so I'm good with that.  Yes, they enjoyed the card!

Supplies:

   UNITY - The Purr-Snickety Crew (NBUS)

   EH - Positive Vibes sentiment

   PFS - Mini Slimline Essentials Rectangles die & Mini Slimline Envelope die (NBUS)

Again, thanks for the visit and well-wishes for everything going on here!  You guys rock!

Hugs,

TK

Dancing With The Heart

 Hello and welcome!

Today I have an adorable card to mark the Birthday of the very person who inspired me along the Penny Black trail!  In fact, I don't think I could mention this person without PB coming up...

Stamped, coloring with Copics, shimmered with WoS and cut out.  Then what to do with the background?  In PB&J's latest video series, Jill had a layout like the one above, I just changed out the products.  However, I did another "Jill-ism" and added a light ink blending to spotlight the little girl.  What I couldn't catch was the elusive shimmer on her heart headband, plus the hearts on the wrapping and ribbon.  I have had this gal on my desk FOREVER!  I love her, kept meaning to use her but now is the time.  I mean, who else deserves her but Loll -- Happy Birthday and best wishes!!!

SORRY - this wasn't supposed to post until Saturday!  Yikes - HB2U anyway!

This card will enter Penny Bslack June - AG (no patterned paper), and NBUS #87 ~

 

Supplies:

   PB - Heart Dance & die (NBUS), Gentle Swell Frame (NBUS) and Background Basics stencils

Thank you for the visit and have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,

TK

For You, Dad

 Well, here I am again, dropping in like a drop of water in a hot sizzlin' pan (and I'm not just referencing the heat here)!  Unfortunately, things have gotten a bit wilder in my sphere, Dad experienced a medical issue and ended up admitted into the hospital on Father's Day.  I'm standing on the promise that the Lord will never give you more than you can handle!

This post will be a short one... 

For my Dad ~

I CASEd a card created by Galina Filippenko of Waffle Flower for this very set.  I fell in love with her colors, so chose something very similar.  Hindsight, I wish I would've re-stamped the black after all the blending, that is why I did left the stamps in the Misti!  I ended up popping up my little panels and used one for the sentiment.  This was hand-delivered Tuesday.  LOVE the colors!

 

NBUS = new stamps/die; IDEAS = A/G - ink blending, dies and stencil!

Supplies:

   WF - Postage Collage die/stencil, PC Lake Sunset stamps and PC Circle Sentiments/die (both NBUS)

That's it for me today.  Thank you for the visit and the recent wishes/prayers for family!

Hugs,

TK