Happy Birthday Kathy!!!

Happy Tuesday!

Today I am joining many ladies in honoring Kathy Jakopovich's birthday.  

We all made something using Peachy Keen Stamps to honor such a wonderful woman.  We are all uploading pictures of our projects to The Peachy Place to surprise Kathy.   She is such a great person.  Love her to pieces!

I created a card using my favorite stamp release from Peachy Keen.  (You can find the full release here.)  

I used Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock and Simon Says Stamps Stitched Rectangle and Circle dies to create the front panel.  

Then I stamped it with the Peachy Keen Stamps Chinese Swirls background stamp in pastel blue Hero Arts Shadow Ink.  

The Clown from the Peachy Keen Stamps June 2014 Release was stamped on a white circle of Papertrey Ink cardstock with My Favorite Things Black Liquorice Hybrid Ink. 

I colored the clown with Prismacolor Pencils and Odorless Mineral Spirits.  I thought the color from pencils would work with the color of the cardstock better than Copics.  ;-)

I added Wink of Stella to his hat and bow tie, glossy accents to his glasses, and white gel pen to his shirt (polka dots), bow tie, and hat.  

The front of the card was finished off with a bit of twine and Doodlebug Sequins.  

To complete the inside, I stamped the full clown with ticket from the June 2014 release set in Desert Sand Memento Ink..and the sentiment in the hybrid ink so it popped.  

Be sure to pop over to The Peachy Place and wish Kathy a very Happy Birthday!!!

MKC Guest Designer

Happy April Fools!!! 

I am pleased to be guest designing for Miss Kate Cuttables.  Her files are SO CUTE!  If you haven't checked them out, you NEED to...you can find her files HERE or at her Silhouette Store.

 

 I have a birthday card for a VERY SPECIAL little girl to share with you.  My baby girl, Alice, is turning 8 tomorrow.  And as any soon-to-be 8 year old little girl, she is in love with fairy tales and mythical creatures. 

 

(I apologize for the picture quality.  I attempted to photograph this three times, with three different backgrounds and multiple angles.....and this was the best one.)

I used Miss Kate's Unicorn file.  I cut the unicorn out of textured cardstock in various colors.  To spruce her up, I added Fruit Punch Stickles to her tail and hair, and Gold Stickles to her horn.  The magical starbursts, also from the file, were highlighted with Stickles (Firefly, Purple, & Waterfall).

The sentiment flag was hand cut. The sentiment is from the Whimsical Designs Everyday Sentiments Stamps set.  The sentiment includes 'to you,' but I masked that part off.  The papers are from a Paper Studio Butterfly Kisses Scrapbooking pad in my stash.

 

Lights.....Camera......Action....Wobbles!

Happy Sunday!

 

It's time for a card challenge over at Red Carpet Studios.   

 

For my card, I used Treasure Box Designs Treasure Box Pals (Frog).  I have had this file for about a year.  Thought it would be perfect for this project. 

 

I cut the frog out in two different colors of green textured cardstock.  I created two head pieces.  One on the bases are attached to the bottom of the wobble and one on the top.  I even put googly eyes on him.  How fun!!

 

 

(in 'action')

 

I did make one error.......when stamping the card.  When I stamped the word "Surprise" on the front of the card, I stamped it with the card upside down.  This is the first time I have EVER done that.  :-) 

 

 

So now the card opens on the left...... 

I'm a lefty.......so it doesn't matter, does it?