Something Fun on Monday

Hello everyone! I spent some time in the ArtLab today tinkering with papers and ribbon. Lately I seem to gravitate towards stencils and a certain sentiment from Gina K's latest Stamp TV kit.

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I know I've said it many times, but I just REALLY appreciate how well all of the Gina K Designs sets work with one another. I love that she thinks about the font styles over time with different releases so that your finished products look so pulled together. She makes our work look so easy!

I painted my stamps with SU waterbased markers rather than ink this time. I'm also loving the marker technique. All the cardstock is Gina K's (in a class all their own) and the patterned papers are Basic Grey - Sugar Rush (do I use anything else??). I did a little stitching, accented with nailheads, tied Twinery baker's twine through a button to create the Prima stacked flower, and tucked the image (from Stenciled Spring) and sentiment under a scrap of ribbon.

Thanks so much for stopping by - I hope this brings a little brightness to your world. Your visit brightens mine!

Ta!
♥ky

Happy Father's Day

Today we celebrate Dads. I love it. Here are a few cards I created to help our soldiers send positive messages to the men in their lives - be it Dad, son, brother, uncle, friend....you get the idea.

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All cardstock is Gina K Design's Pure Luxury, and the patterned paper is by BoBunny. I hand cut the glass and faux soldered the edges, added a little bling, embossed one feather and there ya have it.

Don't forget - I make card sets for all occasions, and I'll be starting on Christmas cards for our heroes in July. Hope you have a great weekend!

♥ky

Wear White!

This week, Cat challenged us to wear our whites, now that it's past Memorial Day. That used to be such a big thing when I was little. We couldn't wear our white shoes after Labor Day. I always thought it was weird!

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This card uses Gina K's Pure Luxury Base Weight (Copic-proof) cardstock (white & baby blue). I masked the card with the nestability die and sponged the sun, sky and water with Ranger Distress Inks. I colored the images with Copic markers.

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I used a border die from Tim Holtz Sizzix line to create the left edge of the tag, cut glass and soldered the edges to highlight the phrase "Stand Out", added a button with nautical twine, and added a seagull. I played up the unique factor with 2 'plain' nail heads, and a ruby crystal brad.

The images are from Theresa Momber's By the Sea set, and the sentiment is from Vintage Chic, the latest Stamp TV kit, both from Gina K.

Hope you get to play with some paper and ink this weekend. Thanks for stopping by!

♥ky

More OWH Stuff

It's been a busy week. I worked on art journal things part of this week, but I did manage a little card time for our overseas Heroes.

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I made a whole bunch similar to this, with different colors and arrangements. You can see these and more in my gallery at Stamp TV. I used Gina K's pure luxury cardstock and Basic Grey patterned paper. The images are from By The Sea (Theresa Momber) and Vintage Chic (GKD), Ranger Ink distress inks, Copic markers, misc. twine, eyelets and embossing powder. I also pierced the lower right corner and added rhinestone accents to the corners and the light of the lighthouse.

What ya think? Did I do ok? I hope you have a great weekend (what's left) and a good start to your week. See ya soon!

♥ky