Paper Pieced Iris

 Hello!

Sorry to cut this short, hope all is well with all of you, but I'm here to post quickly before I miss the challenges (again...).

I used the paper piecing part of the challenge from CAS Mix Up - April and the colors I got from Color Hues #16, plus it's an NBUS stamp set (actually new to me), so I'll send it over there too!  Now the colors are "the" Pantone colors of 2021, but if you know a certain someone, I KNOW these colors tug at her heart, as it does mine   ;0)

And a close-up ~

I'm going to leave this without the sentiment, however I think it might go to Mom for Mother's Day, so I'll add one later.

  

Supplies:

   SSS - Sketch Iris (NBUS)

   LI - Stitched Rectangles

   Paper - SSS Spring Kit 2016 & HB Log Cabin

Thank you for popping in -- I'm hoping to see you all soon!

Hugs,

TK

Happy Birthday - sketch

 Hello again, dear Friends!

I'm back with the second card I was able to make, and thought I'd share it now. The card will be given soon, but I've already missed the challenge, bummer!  I guess that'll teach me one of these days to wait til the last minute - ha!  This card used a couple of snippets out of my box, a win of sorts, right?!

I drug the two leaves, already stamped/embossed/colored/winked out of the box and thought they fit for a masculine card.  Now what?   Hmmm I found the sketch over at FMS480 and liked that I could change it up a bit but still work.

I used papers from HB Autumn Afternoon, which matched the leaves well.  What you can't see is the winking!  The left leaf actually is winked in gold and the right leaf winked in clear sparkle -- it works well with the golden honeycomb bg paper.  To match, I used another paper from the same pack, although my lighting REALLY changed the color from a deeper green to what you see - almost a marine blue -- oh well!  I used a couple of matching snippets to pop up the sentiment over the leaves.

Supplies:
   SSS - One with Nature
   E by E - Succulent Sentiment (believe it or not!  love this font...

Have a blessed day!

Hugs,

TK

Programmed to Party!

 Hello, Friends!  I missed you guys ☺  

I've been tied up with, well life, and have hardly made it to my craft room.  However I knew I had some cards to make so I carved out a couple hours yesterday.  This one will go to my grandson who turns 9 on Saturday.  This will be his second Birthday which can't be properly celebrated but he's a trooper.  I think WE wish he could have a better party more so than he does!  Anyway, onto the card ~

I've had these little robots for awhile, and so decided I'd better use them BEFORE he turns into a teen!  The stamp set and the tic tac toe die are both NBUS and the die a freebie as well.  I decided to let the images stay uncolored, however now that I'm looking at it on my screen I seem to be questioning that decision - lol.  Maybe I'll color them later, since I have a couple days until it'll be given away.  I also used a couple snippets out of my ever-growing basket -- the white stitched bg and the red scrap both.

I'll be sending this to Pixie's Playhouse #400!!!!  and NBUS #25 too.

  

Supplies:

   E by E - Tac Tac Toe

   CB - Mini Bots

Well, thanks for stopping in -- hope you get a little sunshine today!

Hugs,

TK

Happy Easter!

Hello, and Happy Easter to everyone!  I hope that your day is blessed, and that you enjoy today and all that it holds!

Today will mark our 1st getting together with my parents in 15 months!!!  We will gather for Easter lunch, enjoy the sunshine and revel in God's glory, all while staying socially distanced in the yard.  I hope that your day is just as wonderful!

I've brought my Easter cards to share.  I challenged myself to make my cards thisyear (except Grandson's posted 3/24), all using the same stamp set -- so onto all the cards using W+9's He is Risen ~

BG stamp using Brilliance Gold ink and clear embossing, vellum cut just larger and embossed with sentiment and crosses at the bottom.

Partial heat embossed panel in Princess gold, sentiment on large label plus a couple of heat embossed vellum lillies, mounted on dark blue (looks purple-ish).

Individual images heat embossed in silver on light gray cs; sentiment is an NBUS 2-layer die cut in vellum and glitter cs.

Heat embossed BG in gold, a different sentiment in white on vellum.

Images embossed Rose Gold, large sentiment embossed on vellum in black.

That's it for me today, sorry the pics aren't any better but I ended up crafting late after work and photographing with only indoor light.

I do wish each and everyone of you a Happy Easter, and may you have a blessed day.

Hugs,

TK

Congrats (on your new job)

 Hello again!

Today I come with a card for a sweet co-worker -- she's moving "upstairs", and her job will be different, so I wanted to wish her the best.  Here's my card ~

I stamped this with an NBUS stamp, colored with Copics and popped it up over gray.  I wrestled whether to put this on kraft but the gray just made it seem brighter - so gray won!  I stamped the sentiment from a "freebie" stamp and used a label die to cut it to size.  I hope this brightens her day and makes the transition a bit easier.

I'll be sending this to NBUS ~

Supplies:

  MFT - Fairy Tale Friendships

   C&9 - Petite Posie *freebie (sentiment)

Thank you for stopping in, and I hope you have a TERRIFIC day!

Hugs,

TK