Kickstart with a Gathering

Howdy, Friends!  I decided I'd better get in gear with the Christmas cards, and so I recently joined in at The Christmas Kickstart Challenge.  It provided me with enough inspiration, that I thought I might as well do two cards since I'm a bit behind!  I came up with the designs, then it all came crashing down -- 3 movies and several hours later, I finally completed two cards but not the one that I originally had in mind!  Here's the first card for the challenge #21 "Woodland Creatures"...

Supplies:

   LF - Stitched Windy BG (NBUS)

   PTI - Little Bitty Birds (stamps & dies - NBUS)

   PS - Evansgon Birdhouse (NBUS)

   MCS - Ornate Labels: Christmas (die)

   TE - In & Out Christmas

   And if you look really close, I used a woodgrain ef to ink woodgrain onto my fencing  :o)

Then along came my second card, with more realistic "woodland creatures", which are by the way  "gathering"...

Supplies:

   LF - Upon A Star (NBUS)

   Echo Park - Wise Men Still Seek Him

Gathering in awe and wonder of the season, the critters brought me to enter this second card at Inspired By... gather too.  I took a different direction than most, since my inspiration was the verb!  I will admit that I went back and added some shimmer mist to the night sky after photos were taken.  Here's close-ups of the two ~

   

And the challenges ~

     

Thanks for stopping by and letting me ramble.  I hope all is well in your neck of the woods, and everyone made it safely through the early snow seen by some.

Til next time!  Hugs,

TK

I Appreciate You!

That's how I feel about all my blogland friends, you support me endlessly and cheer me on when I need it most!  I Appreciate You!  Thank you!

This card will be going to CTS #342, and this one I'll actually enter!  Here's the great sketch, which I tipped sideways ~

I love it, here's my entry:

And a close up of the wee little acorn:

I love the pretty fall colors on this card, a beautiful pp from a large pack from ages ago.  They remind me of the crisp air and smell of grapes ripening this time of year around here.  As you drive in most directions from our home, there are many vineyards and I just love the smell as the final ripening happens!  I'm not really a drinker but I love the smell and the beauty.

Supplies:

   MFT - True Friend (NBUS)

   CB - In Stitches:  Autumn (acorn image, also NBUS)

   MFT - Beautiful Blessings (inside sentiment)

Thank you all for truly blessing my socks off!

Hugs,

TK

A Sketch and Two Cards

I wanted to make a couple "thinking of you" style cards, masculine and feminine, and thought that CTS #342 fit the bill.  I did take some "interpretation" liberties, but I think they should be fine.  I kept them quite simplistic so I wouldn't burden the masculine card.  Here's they are  ~

 

After my multitude of crafting failures this past weekend, I guess I was in need of some "basics".  I'm not actually going to enter this over at CTS (I'll have another one later that does enter), but I did use the sketch so I'll show it below...

Supplies - well this is an easy list  :o)

   MFT - Sending Prayers

   RC - tags (forgot the name of it, sorry)

Thanks for popping in, and I really do appreciate all your love and support!

Hugs,

TK

Happy Birthday, Hedgie!

Fun, eventful weekend last weekend and two Birthdays this weekend but I've pre-posted this so you can all be impressed I'm on the ball!  JK but it really has been a busy couple weekends!

My girls had a hedgehog for a bit growing up, so it's only fitting that I make a card using one of the cute hedgie images I own.  This one was received, so it's OK to post and share with all of you!

This little cutie started out being for my step-dad but since I put rosy little cheeks on her, I decided she'd better go to my eldest daughter.  The coral cs underneath ended up being a perfect compliment to her cheeks, and the teal/mint scarf went perfectly with the pp -- I guess sometimes things just do fall into place, even for me!  Here's a close-up...

I actually really enjoy that coral paper, I hope you do too!  And have a terrific week!

Supplies:

   MFT Happy Hedgehogs  (NBUS)

   LF Hats Off To You

   PB Heartfelt Thanks

  SB Hemstitch Squares  (NBUS)

   MFT Blueprint 27 - tag

Hugs,
TK

A Sketch and a Creature

I combined two challenges and came up with this card, simple but it says what it needs to.  I took the MFT Wednesday Sketch #457 and melded it with Addicted to CAS #169 - Creature.  I have to admit, while I got to play this weekend in the craft room, I wasn't really successful -- a LOT of mistakes, trash and frustration but I did come up with this ~

While my initial card was one layer, I put a HUGE inky fingerprint between the hedgie and the sentiment right at the end!   Arrrghhh!  So without having to scrap the whole thing, I carefully cut out the hedgie and his ring, then removed the lower sentiment and inky panel with zig zags.  They were then attached to a new card base -- while not one layer, it's as close as I could get without starting completely over and throwing more away!  And a close-up of Mr Hedgie ~

Supplies:

   Clearly Besotted - Let's Roll (NBUS)

   MFT - Spring Background (an oldie and this one is not very spring-ish)

   HA - Everday Sayings

     

Hope you had a great weekend, and that it was a little less stressful than mine!

Hugs,
TK