Hi Friend

Have you ever noticed that the more fun your weekend was, the more difficult Monday is? My son is discovering this after a great weekend at Camp Royall. He can barely contain himself when he gets home from school Friday as he dumps his backpack inside the door and runs for the car! It's awesome that he enjoys it so much! Hubs and I do too because we get some kid-free time to ourselves which is a rare treat. So we all had a fabulous weekend! I hope you did too!

To start the week off on a crafty foot, I have a card share for you. It's a card I made with scrap paper and left over do-dads.

You may recognize a few of my favorite Papertrey Ink dies here, the notepad paper, alphas and tiny tags die. I also used one of the tiny tags stamps.

I had another little bicycle image from the 100 Days of Summer line by Simple Stories. The pink ticket stub is from an Etsy order I placed a while ago...I still have just a few left.

The patterned papers are a combination of October Afternoon and Basic Grey.

Details include some jute from Papertrey Ink, a mini paper clip from Tim Holtz and a vintage mother of pearl button.

I love this little vintage dresser tray that I photographed my card on. The flower design is so delicate and pretty. I get to go on a vintage treasure hunt next weekend. It's been quite a while since I last went. The semi-annual Liberty Antiques Festival is where I'll be heading. It's such a fun event and my gal pal and I always have the best time.

As always, I appreciate you stopping by! Hope you have a wonderful week!

Kathy :)

Hi Friend

Hello!

The other day I was in the mood to play around with some shipping tags and die cuts. I made a bunch of tags with negative words and then decided to put one on a card. It turned out to be a fun card to make because it started as one project, became a card and came together with bits of this and pieces of that.

I think Kraft paper and manila shipping tags look fabulous together! And white ink on Kraft is a look I really like too!

The little bicycle, from Simple Stories, was a small scrap in my bin. I cut out something right next to it for another project, but didn't want to throw that cute little bike away! It makes a darling accent!

The washi tape was the first and only roll I owned until Bella Blvd. came out with some last month at CHA. Since it was my only roll, I didn't know where to store it so it sat on my desk. As I was grabbing bits of this and that for this card, I saw it sitting there and thought it was a perfect match.

The reason for this project was to have a fun...not to worry about design or assignment, but just enjoy and let the process take me where it may. I really like butterflies and vintage buttons so I added those.

Hearts make me happy to so I included a few of those along with some stitching goodness.

This activity was really fun and one that I hope to repeat again real soon! Funny that it all came together one thought at a time without a plan. And it's one of my fave cards! Go figure!

Have a happy Tuesday! :)

Kathy