All Star Dad

Hello!

I know it's a bit early to share Father's Day cards, but I was inspired by the Papertrey Ink team to play with my star border die because they have a similar one they are releasing this month. With all these stars you could make birthday, July 4th or all star student cards too.

There's quite a mixture of goods used to make this card. The paper pad sheet and sentiment flag were created with Papertrey Ink dies. The star border was cut using a My Favorite Things die and the large star is an old Sizzix die. The last die, the rosette, is from Tim Holtz. Wow, I used five dies for one little card! Love my dies!

I used up a bunch of left over tidbit accents too! The notebook paper was made with My Mind's Eye 'Follow Your Heart' paper that I cut for another card, but didn't think the color worked. The rosette is a left over from a Doodlebug project and the star pin is old Fancy Pants.

I stitched the inner stars of this border cut. I wanted to see what it would look like and I think it turned out pretty neat. What do you think?

I haven't mentioned yet that the twine and letter rub-ons are a la Doodlebug and that pretty red button is from Stampin' Up...another oldie. Speaking of old...the star was made with Making Memories 'Giggle Kids Boy' paper.

If my hubs weren't such a wonderful supporter and avid reader of my blog, I could give this to him for Father's Day, but I like to make a card special for him...something he's never seen. Maybe we'll send it to his father?

Hopefully you hump day is a good one! We're rounding the bend and heading for another weekend!

Kathy :)

Everyday Moments

Hi!

This is my second post for the day...please scroll down to see Bella Blvd. Sneak Peek. There's a giveaway you don't want to miss!

Last weekend I had some time to scrap just for the fun of it! I decided to create a scrapbook page using supplies other than the collections from my design team gigs. I had some old Fancy Pants "My Family" patterned paper and challenged myself to create with that.

I love to scrap the everyday stuff....the small things we would not remember years later. This is my hubs Dan reading the paper at the kitchen table with our cat Latte standing on the table next to him. Latte's wanting a little attention, don't you think? ;)

I spent a bit of time creating tags, rosettes and adding stitching to my page. Love details!

I used the Silhouette to create half of the title and the scalloped circle. Border punches were used for the bottom of the page.

Other embellishments include buttons, brads, washi tape and die cut butterflies.

I really enjoyed tinkering around with this page. I hope you like it! Thanks for popping in!

Kathy :)

Baby it's Cold Outside!

Is it cold outside or what? Even Florida is experiencing below normal temperatures. Here in North Carolina we've been below normal for days and there's no end in sight. It only got a couple degrees above freezing today! Where are you and how cold is it there? Well, cold weather means indoor activities like scrapbooking! Here's a page I finished last night. I think I posted my baking adventures with Audrey a couple weeks ago. Well, here's the page. Great memories!

I also had a chance to make this simple Valentine card last night. I really like my Silhouette! The die cuts you can make are so fun! If you are thinking of a die cutter, I highly recommend the Silhouette!

So what do you like to do when the weather is a bit frightening outside? Have you been making Valentine cards or crafts? I'll have to go blog visiting and see what's going on your way. If you're reading this, leave me a comment with your blog address so I can go check it out!

Supplies

Holiday Baking

Card Stock:  Bazzill Basics

Patterned Paper:  Fancy Pants & Making Memories

Chipboard Alphas:  American Crafts

Border Punch:  Fiskars

Corner Rounder:  EK Success

Holly Accents:  Martha Stewart

P.S. I Love You

Card Stock:  Bazzill Basics and Neenah Paper

Patterned Paper:  Cloud 9 Design and Scenic Route

Chipboard Heart:  Heidi Swapp

Conversation Heart:  Recollections for Michael's

Floral Rhinestone:  Hero Arts

Die Cut Machine:  Silhouette

A Snowman Kind of Day

I had a fabulous crafy day with my friend yesterday! I made a whole bunch of Christmas cards and towards the end of the day I realized that a snowman theme was going on! This trio of skating snowman (Jolee's) makes me laugh! Such a cute snow family they are! Paper is old. Did some hand stitched lines and added some very glittery Martha Stewart snowflakes.

This card has a rusty metal snowman ornament I bought years ago. I attached it with a lovely wide satin ribbon bow. Anna Griffin always has the most lovely ribbons! The papers are Fancy Pants, new this season.

This sweet snowman is actually a miniature ornament I bought at Michael's. I just knew he would look fabulous on a card! The papers are old, can't remember off hand who the manufacturer is. That lovely snowflake in the upper left hand corner is a Jolee's sticker...very sparkley!

My last card for you...this snowman is a K & Company sticker. I love the vintage look of him and thought he would look perfect with some old sheet music. I had some Beethoven...does that mix? Oh well! Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed my snowman card display! Now go craft up a few snow people for yourself! These cards will go on sale in my Etsy shop if anyone is interested. That address is http://www.cardblanc.etsy.com/.