Let's celebrate the day...

you gave up on finding anyone better than me.
Happy Anniversary Steve!

Quick post today...my sweet mom-in-law and niece are here for a weeks visit from Texas and we're having a blast gossiping and snacking and relaxing and just enjoying each others company.  I had to make a quickie anniversary card for my sweetie though and when I saw this sentiment somewhere on line, I knew I had to use it.  Paper is BasicGrey Two Scoops, vintage bathing beauty image from the internet, EK scallop punch, SB label die, some black ribbon and rhinestones from my stash with a bit of Timmy Holtz tattered rose distress ink finished it off.  I popped the scalloped edging for a bit of a beachy umbrella-y effect. 

 Hope everyone is well and happily anticipating the weekend!  xoxoxxo Kathy

Challenges:
Make it Monday - Anything goes
Divas by Design - Tickled Pink (lots of pink)
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Anything Goes
Fashionista Challenge - Wedding Anniversary or Wedding Shower
Lexi's Creations - Black and White and one other color
Lollypop Crafts - Just for Him
Basic Grey - Challenge #68 Anything Goes (must use Basic Grey)

Bunnies and Motherhood

Beatrix Potter (1866-1943)

 I confess an abiding adoration of all things Beatrix.  She wove whimsical stories with rich, witty, understated prose and beautifully rendered illustrations reflecting her great love of the English countryside and nature.   Beatrix was never blessed with children of her own but her books have delighted generations of little boys and girls.

Meet Benjamin and Flopsy, two of her most recognized and well-dressed bunny characters. These two obviously have a very attentive mother who makes certain they are properly dressed and admonished prior to an outing.

My daughters had sweet bunnies as pets growing up.   Bunnies there...bunnies here...inspiration enough for me to snag a lovely Beatrix Potter illustration from the internet to adorn this card made for my grandchildren to give their Mom for Mother's Day.   Happy Mother's Day!

Bazzill CS; MME Indie Chic Safron, Kaisercraft Pearls, SB circles and lacey circles dies, MS Fence edge punch, Colorbox chalk ink, Studio G Clear Stamps. silk ribbon from stash.

Challenges

Stamp Scrap and Doodle Saturdays - Challenge 1 Mother's Day

The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - I love you Mum

Craft your Days Away - All Creatures Great and Small

Stampin Sisters in Christ - Any type of animal, bird or bug

Raise the Bar - Mother's Day

Joyful Stamper - Inspire Me Friday

4 Crafty Chicks - Sentiment stamping only

Crafts and Me - Challenge #83 Punches & Diecuts

Crafty Creations Challenges - #169 Frame it!

More than Favors Wacky Wednesday - Mother's Day

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges - I Love you Mom

Tuesday Throwdown - Challenge #97 Motherly Love

New MME's "Indie Chic Citron" Mother's Day

Excellent timing in that I received my order of scrumptious My Mind's Eye new "Indie Chic" line of 6x6 pads on the very last day that I could finish up a Mother's Day greeting for my dear Mom-in-law and get it mailed off to Texas in time.  I used the "Citron" pad and one of A Day for Daisy's sweet bird digistamps, which I colored, embossed, pieced and popped.  I like how it turned out, probably mostly because I LOVE this paper line and that sweet bird.   Wish I were more skilled at photograpy to pick up dimension.   Maybe when my sweet very talented friend Wendy (Mrs. B) and her hubby come for a visit next month she can teach me some tricksies to use the expensive camera Steve bought me.  Anyway, off to the mailbox with fingers crossed it arrives on time.

Bazzill CS, MME dp, MS doily punch;  Dies: SB Labels 2, Circles, Lacey Circles, Fancy tags, CB corner, Copics and Prismacolor pencils; Foam dots, Recollections pearls, Colorbox creamy brown ink; can’t remember where I got the sentiment stamp, ribbon from stash (used the bow easy for my bow).

Hope you each are having a terrific week...it's hump day for all you workaday folks so cheer up, the weekend is in sight (oh how well I remember)!

Hugs,

Kathy

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Creative Mondays - Challenge #7 Anything Goes

Crafts and me - Challenge #83 Punches & Diecuts
Crafty Creations - Frame it
More than Favors Wacky Wednesday - Mother's Day
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - #79 Mom
Anything Goes Challenge - Things with Wings
Celebrate the Occasion - Mother's Day
Going Grey with Scrap Creations - Happy Mother's Day
Tuesday Throwdown - Challenge #97 Motherly Love
The Outlawz Monday Greeting Card Challenge--anything goes plus sentiment on front
Make it Monday - always anything goes

Congrats!

 

Life's accomplishments, great and small, deserve celebration. Earning a university degree definitely falls in the "major celebration" category. My sweet niece just received her BS from BYU, and the family is all exceedingly proud of her. This card is flying to carry our love and congratulations up to Noelle in Provo.

Congratulations Noelle!

Using this week's Dawny P's sketch at Simon Says Stamp Challenge and Teresa Collins lovely Carolina Breeze paper line.  Happy Monday everyone!  Hugs, Kathy

Bazzill CS; TC dp; MS punch around the page, Memory Box Perched Bird die, Sizzix embossing folder, Kaisercraft yellow pearls, computer generated sentiment.

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Sketch

The Paper Shelter Challenge #60 - Wings and Things

Fussy and Fancy Challenge #61 - Punches and Dies

Crafter's Safe Challenge - Spring and Pastels

Clearly Inspired Challenge - Spring

Make it Monday Challenge #86 with Ladybug Crafts Ink

Kaboodle Doodles Challenge #116 - Embossing

Couldn't help it

With all their faults and shortcomings, we do love our masculine counterparts especially when they overlook OUR faults and shortcomings, tell me I'm wrong.  But allow me another snivel about greeting cards for men.  Okay, I'm done.  Here's my latest.  Looking at it  now it seems a bit too vertical, but it's done and sealed with a kiss.  

Do you think he'll forgive me this one flower on his guy card?  How bout if I explain that it IS a flower created with genuine Tim Holtz tissue tape, would that atone for it a bit?  I'll let y'all know.

Hope you're all having a terrific weekend.  Shout out to some great California friends who are enjoying a weekend long crop at our favorite B&B in lovely old Folsom.  Sure wish I was there with you. 

Hugs,

Kathy

Michael's kraft cs; MME Lost & Found, SB fleur de lis rectangles, small labels, TH vintage photo distress ink and Nostalgic tissue tape, Lasting Impressions mini brads, machine stitching, twine and button from stash, Heidi Swapp pink edge distressing tool

Drunken Stampers Challenge 86 - You're a krafty one

Just us Girls - Technique Challenge #32 - sponging a layer

Outlawz Saturday Challenge - In the Bloom

The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - a man's card

Sugar Creek Hollow - Challenge #7 Die cuts or punches

Crafty Ann's Challenge - #63 It's a Man thing

Delicious Doodles - Challenge #17 Loads of Layers

Make it Monday - Challenge # 84 Anything Goes
That's Krafty Thursday - Challenge #60

Mo's Photo Inspiration Challenge

The very talented Dorcas is hostessing Mo Manning's challenge this week and is offering up this lovely inspiration photo.   I don't really need a wedding card at the moment, and to me the colors are the perfect embodiment of spring so that's the direction I took.

This cute little sweetie hugging her huge bunch of spring flowers is a favorite Mo Manning image but so far I had only used it for birthday cards. Silly me...it makes a most lovely Easter or spring card.  My photo is a bit overexposed but the pinks and yellows are quite lovely in person. 

CS:  Bazzill; dp BG  6" Two Scoops pad; digi image: Mo Manning's Bunches; Prismas and Copics, Embossing/cutting folder by Marianne Designables; Nesties circles and scalloped circles, SB classic bracket edgeability, flower and sentiment stamp from Michael's $1 bin; Kaisercraft pearls, pop dots.

CHALLENGES:
Mo Manning - Challenge #128 Photo Inspiration
Anything Goes Challenge Blog – Challenge #64 Anything Goes
Creative Card Crew - Challenge #7 Spring
Papers and such on line – Challenge Spring or Easter card
Paper TakeWeekly – Anything Goes
Sassy Cheryl's - Challenge #109 Soft Pastels
Tuesday Throwdown – Challenge 92 Pastels
Make it Monday - Anything Goes
Crafty Cardmakers - Challenge #65 Easter
Creative Stamp Friends - Easter Package
CCEE Stampers - #CCEE1214 Use an Embossing Folder

Hugs, Kathy

CAS Thanks

Wow, look at this...no flourishes, no bling, no coloring.  I must be sick or else recovering from a wisdom tooth extraction.  Yep, the latter.  Not much ambition today, but just playing around with paper suddenly I've become addicted to making medallions.  They're SO easy with the Scor-Pal!  A strip of pretty paper 12" by 1 1/2" scored every 1/4" fanfolded and collapsed onto a circle of strong glue creates all that creased loveliness.  Today just for fun, I lined up my edge punches and tried different ones on the strips before scoring.  I rather like the results.  Here's a simple thank you card featuring one of my experiments.  What do you think?

CS: Bazzill; dp and button are ancient from stash; Stamp from Michael's dollar bin; Ink: Color Box White Frost pigment; Baker's Twine is MME; Scor-Pal for creasing medallion and scoring card base and MS Loop punch.

Entering into these challenges:

Simon Says - Anything Goes

Celebrate the Occasion - Challenge #56 Thank You

Divas by Design - Challenge - Stamp Something

My Mum's Craft Shop - Challenge #50 Stamp it

Make it Monday - Anything goes

Hugs,

Kathy