Happy Birthday to Mom

Zipping in to post the card I finally made for mom, and guess what?!  It isn't purple!  I started out thinking it would have plenty of purple, but I strayed...  Needless to say, my Zigs surprised me and threw a slight hint of purple, but only for those that see it IRL.  So here's to Mom...

I fell in love with this Mondo Hydrangea stamp from Essentials by Ellen and then promptly FROZE at the thought of coloring it and really messing it up!  It's taken me awhile but I've had a bit of practice with my Zigs, so I dared to tackle it last night.  I stamped and embossed with a Ranger prismatic ep, to set off the lines, then colored it.  It was placed on a textured background stamp, "tacked" with a little foil tape, and sentiment added below.   Here's a close-up of the sparkle that pretty much hides in the photo above.

I'll be entering this over at Time Out #136, and here's their inspiration:

In other news, I wanted to thank every person who has fearlessly and boldly served our country; and for family and loved ones of the service men and women who stood by proudly while they served.  We personally have family and friends who have served, and it makes me honored just to know them.  Hope each of you enjoyed your weekend festivities!

Hugs,

TK

Forever -- Wedding Wishes

Quick post.... a Wedding card for my youngest daughter, her nuptual just yesterday.  I made this, it seems it took me forever, I couldn't seem to get the color I wanted, the idea I wanted wasn't working.... you know the routine.  Anyway, this is what I ended with, I hope they e)njoy it.

I started with a smooshed Inka panel with two colors.  I let it dry and added another layer, with thicker (less spritzing) paste to add deeper colors and let that dry again.  I then used the cover plate and cut the floral layer out of vellum and used Multi Matte Medium to attach it to the panel around the outer border and a few random spots, trying to make them inconspicuous.  I then embossed the sentiment on a thin strip of vellum and added a few sparkles.  Inside, the sentiment says "two hearts become one".  Here's a close-up of the shine...

Products:

  TH Watercolor Paper, Ellen Hutson Vellum

   Inka Gold Steelblue and Silver

   NBUS Bed of Roses CP (Essentials by Ellen)

   Love & Marriage (PTI)

   HA Silver EP, HA Silver Shadow Ink

The wedding was a beautiful nautical theme, with the colors actually navy and silver.  Nautical decorations abound,  some of them homemade, a sailboat topper on the cake, attendee signatures on a handmade wooden anchor by the Hubbs, "messages in a bottle" for the bride & groom, groomsmen wearing "hawaiian" sailboat shirts and bridesmaids wearing homemade dresses by the bride.  It was quite awesome!

Well, enough of me, hope your weekend is amazing and that you all get to play a little in your craft rooms.  Thanks for stopping by, and thank you ALL for the love you leave!

TK

OCC Holiday Style Day 1.2

Here is my second card from the class.  This one is taken from Debby Hughes, and her video for Clean Layers.

Two down, a few more to go!

TK

Paper:  Neenah white, Walmart Shimmer

Die:  Snowflake Border (no longer in business)

Stamps:  MFT Santa's Elves, Fiskars Holiday Hooplah

Ink:  HA Silver (SH)