Piece of Cake

Hello friends! One of this week's challenges at Stamp TV is to use the paper piecing technique on your project. So, I pulled out a great stamp set, Melanie's Inspiration Mosaic, and some wonderful Basic Grey and Bo Bunny papers to make this card.

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I stamped the mosaic on 5 different papers, then arranged a selection onto a base grid for this patchworked look. The upper sentiment is from Signs of Autumn, the lower is from Framed Greetings with the line-art flower from Nina's Hugs and Prayers in the background. It's hard to see, but the two sentiment panels are popped up, one higher than the other. I love the wild fibre flower/bow, and the playful brads on the corners.

I hope you enjoy this sample, and that you'll head on over to Stamp TV and play along with the fun challenges. As always, this one's headed to OWH! Thanks for stopping by!

♥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

Wacky Wednesday

Hello there my friends! Here is a card I made recently. Yes, this is heading to Operation Write Home for our heroes to send home - we're working on the 2nd million cards!

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I made this card for one of the recent challenges over on Stamp TV (it's already closed, but they have more!). I created my own background pattern on the lower half of the card, smooshed a Nestability die into the face of the card, and lightly stamped the wand and rings.

I can just imagine a soldier sending this home to his young bride. I love this sentiment - it's from Tami Mayberry's Fairy Tales set from Gina K Designs. I love it, and I really need to pull this set out to make a bunch of Daddy-to-princess cards. It's a great set!

Thanks so much for stopping by today - I really appreciate it!

♥ky