Just Playing

Hello!

Yesterday morning I was perusing blogs that I follow and got all excited to play in my craft room after visiting my friend Amy Heller's blog! Her 'Your Happiness is Oh So Sweet' scrapbook page is really amazing! I love the design, colors, use of scraps and stitching! A work of art!

This card is what I was inspired to create.

All the patterned papers I used came out of my scraps bin which include some digital designs, Little Yellow Bicycle and October Afternoon.

I have several sets of these fabulous vintage inspired cards from October Afternoon that I never seem to get around to so I used this one as inspiration for picking out my papers.

As you can see I'm a die cut girl! I used some Spellbinders dies to create the little frame around the nest and an old 2x2 Quckutz die for the sentiment tag. Love that little tiny tag! Oh, the sentiment is a Papertrey Ink stamp from their 'Tiny Tags' set.

I just recently bought this rolled roses die from My Favorite Things. I LOVE the beautiful flowers it makes with felt! I can tell this little die is going to get a ton of use!

There you have it...inspiration a la Amy! Thanks Amy! It sure was fun playing! Hope you all get a chance to play too! :) Kathy

A Scrapbook Page, Book Recommendation & Mother's Day Flowers

Hi! I hope you had a lovely and full Mother's Day weekend!

I have a hybrid scrapbook page to share with you today!

I'm loving the digital kit I used for this page! It's a new kit at Two Peas in a Bucket called 'Touch of Spring' by Jen Martakis. I thought the kit was perfect for one of my favorite things about spring...the blooming dogwoods here in North Carolina.

The elements in Jen's kit are too darn cute! I had fun adding a little stitching to each one! I used the Silhouette

to cut my title and the film strip frame. The circles and scalloped circles were created with a couple
Spellbinders

dies.

My husband took the dogwood photo and I used it three times instead just one picture. This bloom is from the dogwood tree in our front yard.

The details include border punches, My Favorite Things heart dies, an old Quickutz file folder die cut with some Doodlebug rub-on numbers and buttons.

I'm addicted to this new crepe paper trim I found on Etsy. Just a little swatch of it here on the bottom of my page.

To change the subject completely, I have a book recommendation for you, 'The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.

"Doctors took her cells without asking. Those cells never died. They launched a medical revolution and multi-million dollar revolution. More than 20 years later her children found out. Their lives would never be the same."

My husband recently read an article about this book in Rolling Stone Magazine and thought I'd enjoy it. It's so fascinating!

To switch gears again! :) I want to share the flowers I got from my husband and son for Mother's Day. I've got a terrific couple of boys!

Aren't these tulips beautiful?

Now these Lego tulips could only be from my 10 year old! You can take each flower out of the vase! Is this the most precious Mother's Day gift?!?! My cup is overflowing! I'm one lucky mama!

Hope your Mother's Day was awesome! Thanks for stopping by today! :) Kathy

Happy National Scrapbook Day!

Hi!

What a wonderful thing...National Scrapbook Day! A day to play with paper and glue and release some of our creative energy! Love! Will you be doing a bit of scrapbooking? I'm working on finishing up a page right now. Oh and it's mother's day weekend too...double goodness! Hope yours is fabulous!

I have a yummy card share this morning.

This sweetie is a hybrid card made with the new 'Little Summer Cakes'

by Holly Brooke Jones of Two Peas in a Bucket.

Don't these little cakes look scrumptious? I love 'em, except that they make me crave sweets! Why can't cake be one of the four food groups? Why can't the FDA make cake a nine servring per day requirement? Don't you think we would all be a little more cheerful? A little sweeter? ;)

This little yellow butterfly is also part of the kit. I used some of my newly discovered crepe paper trim again to make a bow...I found it on Etsy.

I used some Spellbinders

dies for the cake frame and to shape the polka dot background paper, a Quickutz die for the tiny tag, A corner rounder punch, a gray Copic

maker for the edges of my paper and a few buttons from my stash.

I hope your weekend is the best! :) kathy

Springtime Flowers Card

Hello! Can you believe it's Thursday already? It's been a full and fast week for me...what about you? I've had quite a bit on my plate with our son. He's having a rough time at school, End of Grade testing and he doesn't like April. I know, what's not to like about April? I hear you! He's autistic, as many of you may know, and what can I say, he doesn't think April is very cool, or his birthday that falls on the last day of April. I never would have guessed that a little boy wouldn't like his birthday? He actually enjoys the day of, but the days leading up to are somehow very stressful for him. It's been like that for the past three years. Anyway, hopefully we'll get back on track soon!

I have a card share for you. I made this fun card last night with a new digital kit from Two Peas in a Bucket.

These colors are so bright, happy and yummy, don't you think? This kit is called 'Sunshine & Rain'

by Jen Martakis. There are also adorable clouds and umbrellas included in this kit that you must check out!

Polka dots, stripes and flowers...oh my! I used three of the flowers and this large flower circle together to make my focal point.

I used a simple Spellbinders

circle die cut for the center of the flower, a Fiskars

scalloped border punch and look at this fabulous crepe paper trim! I found it on Etsy! It's just too fun, don't you think?

Well, I'm working on another card with another equally fabulous and fun digital kit right now, so I'm going to get to it. I hope you have a terrific day! :) Kathy