Publication and Giveaway

Hello!

Last week I got the August issue of CARDS in the mail with my Sweet Summertime card in it photographed with slices of sweet and juicy watermelon on page 23. Ah...summertime memories! The dog days of summer seem so long ago already, don't they?

This card was a lot of fun to create! I adore the Simple Stories 100 Days of Summer collection I used to make it!

As you may know, Northridge Publishing gives two issues to designers who have a project(s) featured in their magazine and I'd like to give one of you my second copy. It's loaded with gorgeous cards from oodles of talented crafters.

If you would like to get your hands on it, just leave me a comment and I will randomly select a winner to announce on my post tomorrow.

Thanks for your visit. I hope you have a lovely day!

Happy Birthday

Hello!

How was your weekend? I hope it left you feeling well rested and ready to take on a new week! I managed to make the time for cooking, crafting, reading and hanging out with my boys.

A couple weeks ago I challenged myself to create a card using only papers from my scrap bin. At one time that wouldn't have been much of a challenge because I had a ton of scraps! Currently, since I donated all my scraps, I have very little! I have no more than six pieces of patterned paper and half of those are Christmas themed! With one piece of patterned paper, a piece of cream card stock for the base and another color coordinated piece of card stock, I made the following card.

This patterned paper is so cute, I thought I should be able to come up with something fun!

I also had some rubber accents left over from another project that match this paper.

I always enjoy incorporating some stitching accents.

The final touches include this manila tag with negative die cut letters and a sentiment from Pebbles. The twine is from Doodlebug and the mini paper clip is Tim Holtz. I can't remember who made this adorable patterned paper. It coordinates with the Simple Stories 100 Days of Summer collection.

I hope you like my crafty share for the day. And I hope you have a terrific Monday!

I'll be back tomorrow with some more paper goodness! Thanks for stopping by!

Kathy :)

Stretch Your Sketch

Hi!

How are you this fine Tuesday? You all know Jennifer Gallacher, right? She's at Two Peas in a Bucket teaching a monthly class called Stretch Your Sketch? Did you know these classes are free? Yes, indeed! It's a great opportunity to see how Jennifer creates her amazing pages and how to create different looks with the same sketch.

I had a ball with Jennifer's sketch, turning it and tweaking it a little to make it my own.

Here's what I came up with...a beach page from our annual summer trip. There's Christopher taking to the waves with his boogie board.

I used the '100 Days of Summer' collection by Collage Press for this page. I've completee three projects with this line and I can't get enough!

I think this accent is darling and I love how the little dude is wearing goggles just like Christopher!

I hope you have a little time to hop over to Two Peas in a Bucket and take Jennifer's class and see the amazing page she created!

Kathy :)

Sweet Summertime

Hello!

Wow, it's amazing how one weather cruddy weekend can make summer seem so long ago! It's been cold, cloudy and rainy the past couple days and I'm anxiously awaiting the sun to make its return today! It's kind of weird going from the 90s everyday to this gloomy soupy stuff!

Anyway, I have a summery card share. So if your weather is kind of crumby too, you can gaze at my card and think of warmer days!

I created this card with the '100 Days of Summer' papers from Collage Press that I used recently for another warm weather card. I love these fruits! Nothing says summer like a slice of juicy red watermelon!

I added a trio of colorful buttons from my stash...one of my go-to embellishments. And a little die cut butterfly.

I have to throw in some stitching! :)

I made this little tab with one of the patterned papers...the one with all the adorable cut-out cards.

Well, I hope you have enjoyed your weekend so far. My hubs and I were childless Friday night and all day yesterday and enjoyed every minute of it! We went out to dinner last night to a new place we've been wanting to try. Oh it was soooooooo very good! They set a new standard for sea scallops!

I'll be back soon with more crafty shares...and I have a couple new recipes the family tried last week that I want to tell you about!

Kathy :)

Hello Sunshine!

Good day!

How are you this beautiful Thursday? Well, I hope it's a lovely day in your neck of the woods!

I'm popping in with a quick card share. Since the calendar still says it's summer, I thought I would make a sunny happy card!

How's this for sunny and happy? Not too hard to achieve with the adorable '100 Days of Summer' line from Simple Stories!

Oh, I'm lovin' these papers so I'm off to make a scrapbook page! I think a beach photo would be a great match!

Kathy :)