Congratulations on your Retirement

 Hello, and welcome!

Today's card was for my boss who will retiring.  While his retirement is not official until the end of June, he will burning up his vacation bank, out of office (how fun is that?)!

Here is his card ~

Mr Happy to the rescue!  A bit of stamping, foiling, coloring and die cutting using two tones of gray, and this cutie was delivered!

A close-up of Mr Happy ~

A close-up of the bold blue foiling ~

While it doesn't look like it with all the weird camera angles, the blue on Mr Happy's hat and the foiling all match really well.  This will be going over to Snippets Playground #451, all for the snippets of paper used except the actual card base, and NBUS #49, for the NBUS stamp and stripey foiling plate, and I totally missed the MFT Sketch this was taken inspiration from.

 

Supplies:

   St Bella - Gnomes Have Feelings Too (NBUS)

   SB - Modern Lines foiling plate (NBUS)

Thank you for the visit, and I pray that everyone is staying safe from recent weather and healthy!

Hugs,

TK

Congratulations

 Howdy, Friends!  

Hope you're all enjoying the weather change, and all is going well!  A short weekend, or so it seemed for me again, but I was able to steal away for a bit of time in the craft room.

Today, I have a card that will go to a co-worker who's retiring after 30 years!  Oh My!  His party will be Wednesday, so I'm hoping to be able to slip away for a few moments and wish him well.  Here's his card ~

I have to admit, I have a love for the fall wheat in this area.  It's gorgeous in color, makes the rolling hills even more beautiful, and ushers in the fall changes, what's not to love about that?!  I have long wished for a wheat stamp that looks realistic, so when I saw these dies from The Greetery, well it was mine.  The wheat was cut out of white c/s, and delicately blended with Fine Linen and a touch of Frayed Burlap.  Afterwards, I decided it definitely needed some warmth, so added a bit of Toffee.  The background and sentiment are both hot foiled, and then a strip of teal blue added to pop in some color.

While I tried to grab a bit of shine from the hot foiling, I just couldn't capture it.  I used a copper color, and I have to say it looks amazing with the wheat and teal.

I'll be sending this to CTD710 (which happens to be a happy accident, but I'll take it) and NBUS #42, since all of the products used on this one are new!

 

Supplies:

   SB - Diagonal Stripes background, Essential Glimmer Sentiments

   TG - Wheat BotaniCuts

   

Back to work tomorrow, a short week but it's packed with things to happen, so I will bid you all adieu and wish you a fantastic week!

Hugs,

TK

 

One More Cast...

Hello!

Today I come bearing a card for a sketch challenge today.  Here's the inspiration over at FMS529 ~

Do you see what I see?  Flip it 90 degrees to the left...
I see water, a sandy beach and a miraculous Spring/Summer sky just before dawn.  

Here's my card ~

I told ya! 

I stamped and Copic colored the water, beach, palm trees and Mr Cat, who recently retired..  To get a little wave action, I added white highlights on the water.  Then after masking that portion, I ink blended the sky with Scattered Straw, Ripe Persimmon and Fired Brick, then stamped the sentiment.  This card went to one of my bosses today, who retired and can now enjoy the slower pace of fishing and a nap in the hammock!

Supplies:

   CCC - Recharge stamp set

   DIs, Copics and my trusty white pen

   Oh yah!  I also put in a couple of small, puffy white clouds, filled with white enamel (I had to hurry out the door with the card this morning, and didn't get another photo)

I'll be catching up with all of you soon, two days of overtime so far this week... I'm hoping tomorrow is not another!  See you soon, and enjoy the coming Spring weather - if you're living in the right place, I guess!

Hugs,

TK

Relax...

 Howdy, howdy!

I'm back with another card for a few of challenges -- this one will go to MFT Sketch #547, Inspired By #180, Time Out #190, and Pixie's Snippets #406.  Wow!  That's quite a feat for me (hope I'm not over anybody's limit!)...

This is a fun card, but hopefully it fits the bill -- it will be heading to a co-worker who's retiring Wednesday!  She'll have all the time in the world to relax now! 

Here's the inspiration, I hope you can see each of them (MFT - sketch, IB - theme, TO - stripes, and Pixie's - snippets for sentiment tag, flip flops and flowers) ~

Supplies:

   HB - Truly Great Friends (dies)

   PTI - Flipping Out

   CC - Father's Day (sentiment)

Well, that's it for me, Folks!  Thanks for stopping by and stay cool (114 here today)!

Hugs,

TK