Easter Blessings

 Hello, and welcome!  I'll keep my cold/cough to myself, I promise, so come on in and stay a spell.

I made a couple of cards over the weekend, though recent events have not been good to me again - ugh - life!  I'll spare the details, and just stick with the card(s) today ~

I made this first card for the challenge over at JUGS #672 - CAS (use 1/3rd).  While my card isn't as easily cut into thirds as some, I'm hopeful that there's enough white space to count for it.

Very CAS, right?!  I kept this one very simple.  While I had my supplies out, I made a second card, almost as CAS but a little less "white" ~

You'll notice I blended behind the cross, actually after coloring and masking so then I had to go back and use a black pen to darken the outline again.  What's a girl to do?  I added a bit of detail to leaves, as well, after coloring this one a bit lighter than the original.  My intention was to pop this card onto a yellow base, but once I had the yellow ink blending done, it was really obvious that it needed to be on a green base.  The best laid plans...!

Supplies:

   PPP - Easter Blessing

   PF - Diagonal St Rectangle OR LI - Stitched Rectangle die

Thank you for the visit, and please stay health and far, far away from the bug I seem to have found!

Hugs,

TK

Birthday Butterflies

 Welcome!

I've been a bit absent, but I have been able to make a card -- woohoo!  I used a load of products, some new, and even a color challenge but that has passed -- bummer!  While a few probably saw this as great Easter incentive, I saw something else.  This is already in the mail, and received by the recipient so let's have a look/see ~

I hot foiled the background and sentiment strip, then cut the confetti panel down, and placed it on another panel with a bit of texture.  The solid butterflies were cut from a pale blue, then the outline details were cut from pearlescent vellum and glued down.  While the pearlescent doesn't show in the photos, it's pretty IRL.  I decided (not sure why, but my brain thought it was a good idea at the time) to omit the bodies and leave the butterflies as simple as possible.  The sentiment banner was attached, then the butterflies glued in place and everything put on the card base.  Why two butterflies?  I thought 3's were the thing we were supposed to do for design... I thought the placement of the two worked better so I moved the third butterfly as a surprise inside!  A close-up ~

I'll be sending this over to NBUS #48 for the new products used.

Supplies:

   SB - Confetti coverplate, Delicate Butterflies dies (both NBUS)

   PF - Diagonal Stitched Rectantle

   LF - Pearlescent Vellum (NBUS)

Thank you for the visit today, and the love I always feel from you, Friends!

Hugs,

TK

Just A Note

 I'm baaaaack!

A few interruptions causing a break in the craft room, but I'm back today with a card for you.  This one uses stenciling, die cutting and hot foiling, plus a couple NBUS products.  Today I finally used this beautiful hot foil plate, cut the butterflies apart and colored them.

The butterflies are popped up over a stenciled/die cut background, using rolled tape in the centers and then propping the wings a bit higher with a tad bit of foam tape.  A little shimmer was added, but it didn't photograph well.

Again, I didn't have a perfect green cs to match the stenciling, so I used the darker Copic from the butterflies to color the sentiment strip, allowing it to show up a bit more.  

This card will go to Color Hues #59 - Green & Gold, plus NBUS #48.

 

Supplies:

   PB - Petite Blossoms stencil

   PF - Small Butterflies foil plate & dies (both NBUS)

   MF - Blueprints #27

 

There's my Spring anticipation!  We are starting to get daffodil buds and crocus, but we've also had a light snow lately plus we're still in freezing nights.  However, we've had crocus push through snow before!  I hope Spring arrives soon!

Hugs,

TK

Hello, Sweet Hummer!

 Hello, and welcome to you too!

Today's card comes to you because of some sweet dies, enabled by Rosemary.  Her creations are always perfection, sweet and delicate and always invoke a smile when I see them.  I saw her use these dies and they quickly got marked on my "want list", partly due to my mom loving hummingbirds -- she's also quite the hummingbird whisperer too.

While all the details were die cut, the flowers were all ink blended (even those tiny flower centers), and the stocks were done in an ombre fashion.  I used the sketch at MFT but missed the challenge, that's how the label base and sentiment base came into play.  For the hummer, I only ended up using 2 of the layers plus the base cut.

This card will go to Inspired by - Lemons (lemon yellow background and flower centers but chose not to use the sketch) and my last entry for this month's NBUS #47.

 

Well we had a surprise dusting of snow this morning, but no issues to report from it.  I do think the coast received some though.  Hope you are keeping warm and cozy!

Stay healthy.

Supplies:

   C&9th - Eclectic Garden dies

   Alt. - Nesting Slimline dies

   sorry - forgot which set the sentiment came from...

Hugs,

TK

Let Your Hair Down

 Welcome!

It's been a sad and chaotic time, so I'm happy that I've been able to escape to my Craft Room!  For today's card, I have quite a few female Birthdays coming up so I'm busy at work making those.  Plus during my recent draw and subsequent shopping spree at MFT, I was able to purchase this little cutie and today's her day to shine!

It all started with the MFT Color Challenge 206  ~

I stamped and colored, then cut out the image to be popped up on the card, including those adorably plump little birds. Oh so I'll also send this to JUGS #668 - Coloring, too!

A close-up ~

She was popped up over the breezy cover plate, because you know she's not hangin' still from that branch!  She's having way too much fun for that.  The little birds were then attached with a bit thicker foam squares so they could be on the branch.

This card will also be entered at NBUS #47 for my use of the new stamp.

Supplies:

   MFT - Let Your Hair Down (NBUS), Blueprints 27 dies

   LF - Stitched Windy background die

Speaking of wind, it's blowing pretty good right now outside!  Think I'll go hide some more in the Craft Room!  Have a great day, and avoid any ugly weather that you might be having.

Hugs,

TK