Wondrous Wreath for Fall and a Giveaway

Hello everyone! So happy to be blogging for the third day in a row! Woo Hoo!!! After my lengthy vacation from blogging, I wasn't sure I could still do it but it's just one day at a time. For sure, I will never run out of things to say or things to show you!

During my two and a half month vacation from blogging I continued to make cards so if nothing else, I will have a card or two to show you in the days and weeks to come:)

While I was visiting my daughter a couple weeks ago we had a couple of the neighbor ladies come over for some papercrafting time. I had prepared the card above for them to make and they loved it (as do I)! These cards have been running around on Pinterest and I'm not really sure where I got the idea but I am thinking it might be Frenchie at Stamp & Scrap with Frenchie. Then I discovered I had put the card together upside down! After all the cards I've made you'd think that wouldn't happen...but it did!!! Sooo, how did I fix it?

I cut the front of the card from the back, trimmed top, bottom and sides so it would measure 5 1/4" x 4" and mounted it onto a Blackberry Bliss card base and it took the card from pretty to WOW!!! LOVE IT!!! It is so much prettier in person, trust me! I have plans to make at least six more just like it! 

Hey, to celebrate my return to blogging, would you like the chance to win a set of 4 cards like the ones above (complete with envelopes)? I will leave the inside blank so you can use them for any occasion! Just leave a comment below telling me which card you like best and I will draw the lucky name on Sunday, October 12 at noon (PDT)! This drawing will be open to anyone in the United States and Canada!

For this project I used the following Stampin' Up! supplies:

• Paper: Blackberry Bliss, Very Vanilla and Crumb Cake card stock
• Ink: Hello Honey, Blackberry Bliss and Mossy Meadow (I love the new In Colors), Baked Brown Sugar
• Stamps: Wondrous Wreath, For All Things and Hardwood
• Other: Stampin' Sponges (for sponging edges), hemp twine (not Stampin' Up!), Wonderful Wreath Framelits, Antique Brad (retired), Dimensionals and Glue Dots

I just might have a couple more cards to show you tomorrow sooo, see you then!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by today!

Kat

Secret Garden Explosion

I checked The Cupboard Trilogy Challenges website this morning but they hadn't posted the new 
challenge yet. Then I remembered that I hadn't shared the cards I used for last month's Design Team projects.

I'm sure you can see why I called this Secret Garden Explosion! I started adding flowers and I just couldn't stop! Secret Garden is a stamp set I bought at the very last minute before it retired because I had bought the matching framelits and they just didn't look right without the stamped images. Unfortunately since I made this the beginning of last month, I don't remember all the materials I used. I will give you the ones I remember...

• Paper: Hello Honey, So Saffron, Gumball Green (retired) and Whisper White card stock; Watercolor Wonder Designer Series Paper (retired)
• Ink: Hello Honey, Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango, Baked Brown Sugar; Daffodil Delight Blendabilities
• Stamps: Secret Garden (retired), Hardwood
• Big Shot with Hexagon Hive Thinlit and Secret Garden Framelits (retired)
• Other: Dimensionals, Glue Dots and lots of Basic Pearls

Well, I think I did pretty good! The longer I looked at the picture, the more I remembered!

Thanks for stopping in today! One of my favorite quotes is from a meteorologist  named Joe Bastardi..."Enjoy the weather, it's the only weather you've got!" It just makes me happy every time I hear him say it:)

Kat

Happy Stampers Meet Again

Last night my Happy Stampers Club met and made two "man" cards that we could use for Father's Day or Birthdays. "Man" cards are sometimes difficult to make, at least for me, because I love putting flowers on cards and guys typically don't want flowery cards. Now what's up with that???

The first card we made was designed and prepared by my stamping cohort and dear friend, Barb! Barb also opens up her house to the Happy Stampers each and every month and has for the last 4 years. I don't know what I would do without her!!!

Isn't it amazing!!! I really love everything about this card! Everyone was surprised and pleased with the results using the Hardwood Background stamp and the Woodgrain Embossing Folder! It is pretty impressive, don't you think?

For this card I used the following Stampin' Up! products:

• Paper: Soft Suede and Whisper White cardstock; Early Espresso Coordinations cardstock
• Ink: Early Espresso
• Stamps: Look Up to Father and Hardwood 
• Big Shot with Labels Collection Framelits and Woodgrain Embossing Folder
• Other: Cotton yarn (non-SU!), sanding block and Dimensionals

Great "Man" card, don't you think? Thanks, Barb!

Our second project of the night was one I saw on Pinterest and I totally CASEd it!!! We had a great time doing the "rock & roll" method to get the two colors on the fish. It was like MAGIC!!! There were lots of oohs and ahhhs:)

Oh, who did I CASE this card from? Good question! It was Joanna Hooper at Joanna's Blog! Thanks, Joanna for the great card idea! I am sure our dads will love it! Not only am I giving this card for Father's Day but my brother's name is three letters also so guess what he's getting for his birthday. I have several fish stamped and sitting beside my chair waiting for me to cut them out:)

For this project I used the following Stampin' Up! products:

• Paper: Night of Navy, Bermuda Bay, Lucky Limeade (retired) and Whisper White
• Ink: Night of Navy, Bermuda Bay and Lucky Limeade
• Stamps: By the Tide and Morning Post Alphabet
• Big Shot with Arrows Embossing Folder
• Other: 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Lucky Limeade Baker's Twine (retired), Dimensionals

I hope you enjoyed seeing what the Happy Stampers did last night! We really did have a lot of fun!

Kat