Getting into the holiday spirit once again. I made a recent trip my local craft store and found this adorable NOEL sign. It was unpainted when I purchased it, but I knew exactly how I wanted it to look.

I painted each layer with gesso and let dry.

The sign separated into three layers, which made it very easy to paint as well as re-assemble.

I used Red acrylic for the back layer. I painted several coats of the red to get the color I was looking for.  The NOEL layer was painted with White acrylic and I finished up with Black acrylic for the frame. After painting each layer , I let it dry completely before putting it all together.  I just love how it turn out.  What do you all think?

Thanks for stopping by!

Kathy

I heard they had flurries last night in my home state of Ohio. My brother told me they had about 4 inches. I am happy that I live in the south.  But I do love a white Christmas.

I was putting the finishing touches on my last few Christmas cards and thought I would share the finished product.

This cute little snowman is call Snowy and he is from Penny Black.  I found the designer paper at my local craft store.    This cute little guy makes me smile! 

Here is the last card I made using a Penny Black stamp set as well.

I called it my “Whimsical Santa”.  I’m hoping they come out with a coordinating die, since it was alot of fussy cutting.  I colored him using Copic markers. I’m still learning but had fun coloring them.  The trees were stamped using Stampers Anonymous “Tree line” stamp set.

Let me know what you think and thanks for stopping by.

Wishing you and your family the happiest of holidays!

Kathy

I am still experimenting with my distress inks.   I will admit,  I was actually afraid to try these.  My advice to you is keep trying.  My first few attempts never made it out of the craft room. But I think i’m getting the hang of it.  The background was made using Distress Ink “Cracked Pistachio, Spiced Marmalade and Chipped Sapphire”.  I put a little ink on my craft mat and then spritzed generously with water.  I repeated the process several times. Sometimes using more than one color ink.  I used a heat tool to dry each layer before inking again.  I was really please with the outcome.  So what do you think?

Thanks for stopping by!

Kathy

Sorry for being away so long. It was not my intent to take this long of a break.  I was able to spend time in my craft room, for which I am very thankful.

Life has been a little busy to say the least.  I went to visit family in Ohio this past March for a few days. In May we had my son’s graduation from college.  I was back up in Ohio in August for a high school reunion.  We were also busy planning my son’s  wedding this past September.  To top it all off  our grand daughter started pre-k this year too. I do love driving them to and from school.  When she comes home she does love playing in my craft room.

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I have been having so much fun playing with Tim Holtz Distress Inks.  They are so amazing!  I have the most beautiful “happy accidents“.

Look for my new uploads!

Kathy

One of my favorite crafting projects is decorating printers trays.  This  one I happened to find at my local Goodwill, still in the original packaging.   Since Valentine’s day is just around the corner I decided to see what I could create using the new “Sending Love” dsp by  Stampin’ Up!  Which I paired up with the “Sealed with Love” stamp set, both are found in the 2017 Occasions catalog. The catalog runs from January 4th  through May 31, 2017.

Supply list:

Sealed With Love Photopolymer Bundle  stamp set and framelits  (144705)

“Lots of Labels”  framelits  (138281)

“Snuggles and Smooches” stamp set

Paper:  Basic Black, Blushing Bride, Real Red and  Whisper White

Red glimmer paper

Additional paper: Sending Love Designer Series Paper Stack

Ink:  Craft White, Real Red and Momento Black

Dimensionals, pearl accents, circle punches, heart punches, project life corner rounder

and ribbon.

I am always up for trying  something new and recently saw a pin on Pinterest with this technique.  The technique is not new and has been around awhile but it is new to me.

Using Stampin’ Up! re-inkers and a baby wipe.  I added  about 7-9 drops each of Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie and Smokey Slate ink.

I chose the Paisley’s & Posies (142196) and Paisley Framielit Dies (141849) for my card from the 2016 Holiday Catalog.

Here is my finished card….

Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you again soon!

Kathy

This weeks challenge from the Creativate Team was very simplistic.  I saw lots of possibilities with this sketch.

After pulling out several different color combinations. Here  is what I chose:

I finally settled on with the color combination of Crushed Curry and Marina Mist.  The flower and butterfly are from the Grateful Bunch stamp set. Here is the rest of the  supply list:

Whisper white cardstock, Marina Mist dsp, Crushed Curry Ink and cardstock. So Saffron Ink, White baker’s twine. Wink of Stella clear, dimensionals and snail adhesive.

Let me know what you think and thanks for stopping by!

Kathy

This weeks challenge was fun to do.  I really had a good time playing with my inks today. There was lots of sponging going on. My fingers are still a little brown from the crumb cake.

I used the Botanical Blooms Dsp and actually got my brayer out for the card base on Whisper White card stock. The rest of the supply list goes as follows: Nature’s Perfection stamp set, Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake, Hello Honey and Momento Black ink.  Butterfly punch and corner rounder punches. The greeting is from the Sheltering Tree stamp set.

I hope you enjoy and thanks for stopping by!

Kathy