FS156 A Bird Sings

Today is the Featured Stamper at SCS is Nichole aka Butterfly Ears!!!  Huge congrats to Nichole!!!  :)  I was able to play straight away today and as soon as I saw her Be_Stampin'B's Challenge #22 card I knew exactly what I wanted to do!!!  (Don't you LOVE it when that happens!!!)

I started with a base of dark green bazzill and layered with yellow and white.  Around the edge of the white I used the Victorian Pierceabilities to pierce a pattern and then attached some Olive Satin Ribbon across the middle.  I then stamped the Sparrow from the soon to be released He Watches Me set from Our Daily Bread Designs in Jet Black Stazon and coloured with markers and a blender pen.  Across the bottom of the image I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set and then cut it out with Label 1 Nestabilites and matted with a square pierce of dark green bazzill and popped up on foam tape.  To finish I added a bow (made using my Bow Easy and topped with a yellow button care of my friend Michelle) and then added Lemon Kaisercraft Pearls to the pierced border.

Stamps - He Watches Me (ODBD)

Paper - Dk Green, Yellow Bazzill, White

Ink - Jet Black Stazon

Accessories - Label 1 Nestabilities, Victorian Pierceabilities, 1" Olive Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Lemon Tart Button, Gold Cord, Lemon Kaisercraft Pearls, Foam Tape.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!!  :)

RAKS and News....

I don't have any cards today (although I am working on a lot of stuff that you will see next week!!!  ;) ).  I do have a few RAK cards that I have been thrilled to receive and I do want to talk about something non-craft related which is exciting for me!!!

Let me start by saying I love to read, and my all time favourite series is The Wilderness Series by Sara Donati.  Many years ago I became part of the Wilderness Forum and met many fabulous girls and as part of this group and had the privilege of meeting and chatting to Rosina (aka Sara Donati).  One of my other passions is genealogy and since this series has a very detailed genealogy I set to working it all out, mostly for myself and then I shared it with Rosina and anyone else who was interested.

Today I was able to purchase the sixth (and final --- *sob*) book in the series and there in the back under the Author's Note was my name!!!!  I am truly humbled by this honour!!!!  Many, many thanks to Rosina, not just for the acknowledgment,  but also for the wonderful journey this story has taken me on!!!  Big hugs to my other friends also credited on the page as well, Judy, Robyn, Pam and Kenzie!!!  :)

If you haven't read the series, start with Into The Wilderness and read them in order with Dawn on a Distant Shore, Lake in the Clouds, Fire Along the Sky and Queen of Swords. 

Next I have these wonderful cards that have been sent to me!!!!  I am so bad, I received this from my wonderful, dear friend Chris (Glowbug) and although I phoned her to say thank-you, I didn't get it up on my blog to show it off sooner!!!  Blogger won't allow me to upload any more photos, but I'll be posting the inside at SCS so you can see the awesome detail inside!!

This beauty is from the divine Anne Ryan who sent this for my birthday but didn't expect the postal system to be so fast!!!  ;)  Isn't it just amazing with all that black embossing and white snow - not to mention the black pearls :) !!!!  

And last, but definitely not least, this beauty arrived from Vera at SCS who sent me this gorgeous card (and also didn't expect it to get here so quick!!!).  Such beautiful colours and I just love those Verve stamps she's used and all those yummy pearls - a girl after my own heart!!!  :)

I also just want to mention all my fabulous followers and subscribers, you make my day when leaving comments, subscribing or just stopping by, I am humbled by your support of my blog!!!  If you've manage to sit through all this to now, thanks so much and hope you've been inspired by the talented ladies who've sent these cards and if you love a good read - go get The Wilderness Series!!!

Hugs

Kathy  :)

Hey Chickadee!!

Well I had the day off yesterday for AUSTRALIA DAY!!!  Did all my fellow Aussies have a great day??  I certainly did - went with friends (including my bestie Edna) to 'A Day on the Green' at Sirromet Winery and watched Damien Leith, Tina Arena and Ronan Keating in an awesome concert under the sunny blue sky and into the evening!!!  Fantastic way to celebrate our national day!!! 

Today I have another card using the brand new soon to be released You Will Find Refuge.  Isn't this Chickadee just darling??  I decided to play along with the Our Creative Corner Challenge this week, which is a sketch challenge!

I started with a base of white and layered with red and another piece of white embossed with the Floral Screen EF.  I then took a thin strip of red and layered with a very thin piece of embossed white for the top panel.  The bottom panel is more red punched one side the the EK Success Dotted Wave Punch, layered with more embossed white and attached some silver ribbon through the middle.  The oval panel is silve layered with more red.  I stamped the Chickadee from You Will Find Refuge in Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured with markers (Basic Grey, Going Grey, Really Rust, So Saffron, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Ruby Red) and a blender pen.  I then cut it out with scissors and added it to the top of the red and popped the whole oval panel up on foam tape.  To finish I added some Silver Pearls (that were a RAK from my Bestie Pam124) and a silver bow made with my Bow Easy.

Stamps - You Will Find Refuge (ODBD)
Paper - Red, White, Silver Cardstock
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Markers, Blender Pen, Small and Large Oval Nestabilities, Floral Screen EF, EK Success Dotted Wave Punch, Silver Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Silver Pearls, Scissors, Foam Tape.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

CCEE Sing For Joy

Today I got to play with the brand new ODBD sets which will be released on Feb 1st!!!  This one is called Sing For Joy.  Isn't this cardinal amazing (and it will be FAB for Christmas cards too!!!)  I used this week's sketch challenge by the CCEE girls.

I started with a base of dark green bazzill, layered with mid blue bazzill and pierced around the edge.  For the three panels required for the sketch challenge, I stamped the branch from Sing For Joy in Chocolate Chip on White and lightly coloured and then sponged all around it in Steel Blue ink.  In the spare corner I stamped part of the verse from the same set in Chocolate Chip.  The main Cardinal was stamped twice in Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured with markers (Artichoke, Cocoa, Real Red, Ruby Red, Basic Grey) and a blender pen.  One I cut out with Small Circle Nesties, the other I cut out the cardinal with scissors and popped up with foam tape on top of the circle panel.  This layer was matted with more dark green bazzill and I finished with a few tiny Red Kaisercraft Pearls.

Stamps - Sing For Joy (ODBD)

Paper - Dk Green Bazzill, Mid Blue Bazzill, White

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Chocolate Chip

Accessories - Markers, Blender Pen, Small and Large Circle Nestabilities, Red Kaisercraft Pearls, Sponge, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Foam Tape.

Stop by the girls from the team and see all the stunning creations they are making with the four soon to be released sets!!!!

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!!  :)

I Fought the Contact....

and the contact won.  School in Australia starts back on Wednesday after the Australia Day Holiday, so today I have been finishing off covering books and labeling everything possible.  Contact is NOT my friend!!!  :(  Needless to say, today's card is a nice quick, easy one and bonus....it qualifies for the WT challenge to cut and pop!  :)

I started with a base of light pink bazzill, layered with darker pink and some MME Whirlybird DSP.  The middle panel is more darker pink layered with more MME.  Across the bottom I've added some vanilla grosgrain ribbon.  Popped on top of the ribbon is the present stack from Flourishes 'All Wrapped Up' set that was coloured in markers and cut out.  To finish I added  the sentiment from SU's Elegant Cheer to the corner and some Kaisercraft Rose Pearls to the ribbon.

Stamps - All Wrapped Up (Flourishes), Elegant Cheer (SU)

Paper - Pink and Dark Pink Bazzill, MME Whirlybird DSP

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories - Markers (Regal Rose, Old Olive), Blender Pen, Vanilla Grosgrain Ribbon, Kaisercraft Rose Pearls, Foam Tape.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

LIM/MIM For My Friend

Hi Everyone!!  I really liked this week's SCS Sketch challenge (which strangely enough resembles the Featured Stamper card I made?!) and after thinking about it for a while, I thought this would also be fabulous to use for the Dirty Dozen Less Is More/More Is More (LIM/MIM - only accessible to Fan Club Members) challenge too!!!  So I've combined these challenges to create two cards today!!!  :) 

I started with the LIM card, using this week's Sketch.  A base of Very Vanilla, layered with Close to Cocoa, Pale Pink Bazzill and more Vanilla.  The three vertical strips are more Cocoa embossed with the Jemara EF and then added some pink satin ribbon across the middle.  The feature panel has been stamped with Plant a Little Love (new release by JustRite Stampers), coloured with markers and then added the sentiment from Elegant Cheer (SU) and cut out with Label 6 Nestabilities and popped the panel up on foam tape.

My MIM card has the same Vanilla base, Cocoa and pink and then I embossed the next Vanilla layer with the Jemara EF.  Instead of rectangles I made the Cocoa strips using the Fancy Tags and attached the pink satin ribbon as above.  This time I stamped the roses from Plant a Little Love, coloured and cut them out with scissors and popped them up on the Label 6 die cut that has also been stamped with the same sentiment.  To finish I added a pink satin bow to the side and some Kaisercraft Blush Pearls to the tag panels.

Stamps - Plant a Little Love (JustRite), Elegant Cheer (SU)

Paper - Very Vanilla, Close to Cocoa, Pale Pink Bazzill

Ink - Jet Black Stazon, Close to Cocoa

Accessories - Markers, Blender Pen, Label 6 Nestabilities, Fancy Tags, 1" and 1/2" pink satin ribbon, Bow Easy, Jemara EF, Kasiercraft Blush Pearls, Foam Tape.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

FS154 A Touch of Red

I'm a little late posting this on my blog due to all the JustRite fun we've had going on this week!!  :)  This is the card I made for this week's FS Challenge.  The honour this week goes to Anne (aka jdmommy) and I chose her Layered Tulips in RED card.  Anne has a clean and simple style and a huge love of RED!  I changed the images, omitted the sentiment and used embossing instead of paper.

I started with a base of red bazzill and layered with white and more red embossed with the Jemara EF.  Across the middle I attached two pieces of black satin ribbon.  Next I stamped the flowers from Artfully Asian three times in black and coloured with markers and a blender pen.  I used the Fancy Tags die to draw a line around each and cut them out with a cutter and matted them on three black Fancy Tags die cuts.  Finished with a small black Kaisercraft pearl in each corner.

Stamps - Artfully Asian (SU)

Paper - Black, White and Red Bazzill

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Real Red, Always Artichoke

Accessories - Fancy Tags Spellbinders, Jemara EF, Black Satin Ribbon, Black Kaisercraft Pearls.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!

Cherry Blossoms Are Blooming

Welcome to the JustRite Garden Tour Blog Hop!!!  Today we are showcasing three beautiful new sets, My Garden, Plant a Little Love and Seeds of Kindness!!  I have chosen to use the Cherry Blossoms from My Garden!  :)  Not only are we excited about today's hop, but did you know that JustRite is now hosting weekly Friday Challenges? You have until Thursday Jan 21st at 10 pm US EST (Aust EST 1pm Friday 22nd)  to participate in our first Challenge. JRC_001: Get Creative With Font! Use JustRite's font to make your own custom card sentiment, scrapbook page title, background paper, monogrammed or personalized 3D gift, home decor, you name it -- JustRite wants to see how creative you can get with Font! In celebration of their first ever challenge, they are giving each of our blog readers a chance to beef up their font collection by using this coupon code: FONT25BH to recieve 25% off all JustRite Font Sets and the Horizontal & Vertical Stamper! This Coupon Code expires at midnight January 19th US EST (Aust EST, 3pm January 20th).

My card today began with a base of pale pink bazzill, layered with white (pierced around the edges) and some Kaisercraft Christmas Carnival PP (isn't it great when you can use Christmas paper for other projects!!).  The next panel is more white with one edge punched with the Martha Stewart Arch Lattice punch, layered with more Christmas Carnival PP.  Next I stamped the Cherry Blossoms from My Garden in Memento Tuxedo Black and the Border in Old Olive (stamped off once).  The border was cut out with circle nesties and matted with pink bazzill cut with the matching scallop nestie and on top is a circle of white embossed with swiss dots.  The Cherry Blossoms were coloured with markers and a blender pen and cut out (carefully!) and popped up on foam squares.  I then stamped the 'Smile' from the Seeds of Kindness set in Old Olive and cut out with Ribbon Tags Trio.  I put a mat around the sentiment tag and attached with white satin ribbon.  I finished by adding some Kaisercraft Snow Pearls to the corners and the sentiment panel.

Keep on hopping and see what beautiful inspiration is next!!!  :)

JustRite Inspiration Blog
Debbie Olson
Sharon Johnson
Angela Barkhouse 
Becca Feeken
Sharon Harnist
Michelle Wooderson
Heidi Blankenship
Michele Kovack
Kellie Fortin
Kathy Jones (that's me!)
Barb Schram

Guest Hoppers:
Jerri Kay Jimenez
Lori Craig *

Stamps - My Garden, Seeds of Kindess (JustRite)

Paper - Pale Pink Bazzill, White, Kasiercraft Christmas Carnival PP

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Old Olive

Accessories - Large Circle and Scallop Circle Nestabilities, Ribbon Tags Trio, Swiss Dots EF, Martha Stewart Arch Lattice Punch, 1" White Satin Ribbon, Paper Piercer and Mat Pack, Kaisercraft Snow Pearls, Foam Squares.

Enjoy the Hop and thanks for visiting!!!  :)