A Cup of Warm & Cozy

 Hello and welcome!

Today I come with something different, I made a few simple tags for Christmas.  I was inspired by this collage, and I'll bet you can spot which photo ~

Yep, I focused immediately on the upper left!  In the cold winter days, I love to drink warm winter beverages.  I grew up with hot cocoa as my go-to, and only branched out into coffee, chai teas and a few others in my late 30's -- weird, huh?  You can't say I've ever said I'm normal...

Secondly, I had a NBUS stamp set that I needed to use and they're a perfect fit for tags so I proceeded to make a few tags ~

 

 

These will work great for the grandson or perhaps even stocking stuffers!  Ironically, after cutting the image portion of the tag and coloring, I found that I didn't have great cardstock to match for the accents, so I ended up using a lot of snippets of white cardstock and colored them with the same Copics.

These will be going to the following challenges ~

 

Based on the inspiration of a warm beverage 

NBUS Stamp set

Snippets of paper for accents on Tag #2 and #3, and back portion for Tag #1

Supplies:

   ME - Hot Cocoa stamp (NBUS)

   Tag #1 - MFT Fold-Up Tags

   Tag #2 - RC Stitched Tag

   Tag #3 - RC Topped Off Tag

   Tag #4 - MFT Tag Builder Blueprints 2

Thank you for the visit, and may your day include a warm beverage of choice and lots of crafting, especially if you're experiencing the teen temps that we are!

Hugs,

TK

Amazing

Hello!

I'm so glad you stopped by for a visit, and hopefully I'll get around soon.  It's pre-scheduled to be a busy week, likely long hours at work plus travel across the state and back for events, but I'll return as soon as I can!

My card today is for my dad, just a little note to say how much he means to me ~

I used the colors at The Color Hues challenge #58 - Lime Green & Cyan.  I knew this would make a great masculine card, now the design...  I took a cue from FMS, even though I couldn't make their challenge since it took me so long to create it!

The stamp is a very old one from Jane's Doodles, but I've actually never used just the feather!  Why???  After stamping and matting, I added the die cut made from 4 layers - I attempted only 3 but after the 3rd not looking like the correct color, what're you gonna do but add another layer!  I also added a matching Cyan strip inside and stamped the sentiment in Lime.

Supplies:

   JD - Wise Owl

   MFT - Doubly Amazing stamp/die

  

   Thanks again!

Hugs,

TK

Thank you, Sweet Friend!

 Hello again!

A sweet friend recently gifted me a set from Gina K - I'll be honest, I don't have a lot of stamps from her and I'm not sure why.  Needless to say, this is the Thank You that I sent her in return ~

First, I must apologize for the poor photos!  We've had some sunny days, but also some dreary days and this was obviously one of them that even PS Elements couldn't fix!  I started with the stamped floral frame, and even stamped a few extras to tuck in behind the frame, some stamped, some embossed in satin gold.  The satin gold worked well with the satin gold strip behind the frame, so I figured a little more gold would work well.

I sure hope she has it by now!  I'll enter this as a second card to The Flower Challenge - Latest Stamps/Dies and NBUS #47.

Supplies:

   GK - Frame Flora

   PF - Sparkling Diamond cp

  

 

My week is likely to be very busy, but I do hope that all you have an AWESOME week!

Enjoy some crafty time for me!!

Hugs,

TK

Sincerest Sympathies

 Hello, Friends

A quick post today, with a few more cards -- another family loss, more bereavement.  I will be sending these cards, similar yet with subtle differences, over to MFT Sketch challenge #633 and Color Throwdown #730.

ETA:  Cream cardstock was used for the image notebook page, just in case it isn't obvious...

A close-up to show detail ~

And individually ~

 

 

Background embossed, image stamped onto panels cut with the notebook top and then colored with Copics.  Each panel attached at a different angle but still using the inspiration, especially the notebook edge at the top.

Supplies:

    MFT - Notebook edge die, Deepest Sympathy sentiments

    Sizzix - Bricked embossing folder

    CB - Beautiful Friend

Thank you for visiting.

Hugs,

TK

Jolly Holly Owl

Welcome again!

Here today with another card, and I'm particularly thrilled with this one -- he's adorable!  Today's card allowed me to take inspiration from Lisa, and it worked adorably (in my humble opinion)!

I stamped and cut Mr Owl before Copic coloring him.  He was popped up over a polka dotted panel, with the heat embossed sentiment tucked behind him.  Here's a close-up to allow for bold adoration for all his handsome-ness -- lol.  Hindsight -- is this cutie named Jolly "Holly" and to be a female?  My bad, if it's true!  We've gone rogue!

I even took the design to the inside -- unfortunately my attempt at "watermarking" him on the inside faded overnight, so now I'll stamp another, fussy-cut him out and adhere him flat over the "attempt".  Love the dotty paper?  You can thank Lisa for that!!

This will be joining in the fun over at Peace On Earth #33 (red & cream/kraft colors) and MFT's new Christmas Challenge.  Personally, I loved their slimline challenge because it's the only one that I know of, and I LOVE the mini slims!  So in honor of that, I made this one a mini slim sized Christmas.

 

That's it for today!  Aren't you glad I can't make 12 cards in a weekend?  LOL 

Supplies:

   MFT - Warm & Feathered Hugs stamp, Winger Songbird (sentiment), Blueprints #27 die, Dots & Stripes - Neutral pp

   PF - Slimline Rectangle & Circle dies

Hope you had an amazing Valentine's Day, and your week is getting better by the day!

Hugs,

TK