Cutest Washi!

Look at this fabulous new washi from Doodlebug! These spiders are so adorable and the candy corn looks good enough to eat! These tapes are so vibrant I would argue they are the cutest on the market!!! 

I created this simple design to show off just a few of Doodlebugs latest washi styles that coordinate with the Halloween Parade collection. I must admit, I've been addicted to the latest Doodlebug lines and plan to play some more this weekend!

Have a super Labor Day weekend! :)

Doodlebug Candy Tubes

It's finally Friday and I have a festive project for you...candy tubes decorated with Doodlebug's patriotic Stars and Stripes collection!

It's been Washi Tape Week on the Doodlebug blog and today they're featuring my candy tubes. What I love about this project is that you can use a number of Doodlebug collections to make these favors for any theme or holiday.

What do you think? Wouldn't they would be awesome for Halloween or Christmas? Or for birthday parties and baby showers? And they're super easy to make! Just add a strip of washi tape along the tube and a couple tags tied on with Doodle Twine and a button. That's it!

Hope you enjoyed my post and have an awesome weekend! :)

I Love You

Hi!

Have you seen all the lovely new washi tapes from Doodlebug Design? Swoon! Leave it to Doodlebug to come out with some of the prettiest most colorful washi!

The washi I used for this Lovebirds card is just the tip of the ice burg! There are so many more to choose from! There are tapes in all their signature colors and then collection specific styles too! What do you think?

I can't believe that Valentine's Day is coming up tomorrow! I have plans to bake Christopher and Dan some heart shaped sugar cookies. How about you? Do you have any special Valentine plans?

With Love

It's Mother's Day Weekend! I'm looking forward to a little spoiling and pampering, how about you? Do you have any special plans for the weekend? Plans that you know of? Plans you would like to share?

How about a card to kick off Mother's Day weekend?

The other day I was rummaging through my scraps bin for another project when I noticed these Making Memories patterned papers and card stock pieces and how well they matched. They were practically calling out, "Make something with me!" ;)

Okay! I set the papers on my desk to remind myself to create something with them. There they sat for a few days until I was pinning a beautiful quilt on Pinterest when the idea hit me to make a patchwork type of card.

To make the heart I cut strips of paper all the same width, about 3/4" and then I varied the lengths. Like a brick layer, I arranged the strips together and to hold the pieces in place, I used scotch tape on the back.

Once I put together enough strips to cut out the Spellbinders heart die, I ran it through my die cutter. Then with a ruler I made lines and pierced holes at 1/8" increments for hand-stitching.

Since I love dimension, I go through a lot of adhesive foam tape, as you can imagine. If I have a large piece like this heart, chipboard saves me from having to use so much foam tape and it's an great way to reuse cereal boxes and the like! All I had to do was cut another heart the next size down.

Details include some washi tape, buttons and jute. And a little die cut butterfly from My Favorite Things.

I love these mini heart buttons, they have been a go-to embellishment of mine for years! They're from Dress-it-Up, I have quite a stash and use them a lot! Out of curiosity I just looked and counted four projects I used them on in just 10 days! A bit of useless trivia for you! ;)

So that's my lovey, quilt-ish project for the day! I hope you enjoyed it.

Have a fun and memorable Mother's Day!

Oh, I'll be back tomorrow for another Precious Remembrance Stamp Shop installment of Saturday Creations. Hope to see you then! :)

Kathy

With Love

Good day to you! I have a crafty card share for you! This card is the result of playing around with a Mister Huey Mask, Glimmer Mist and washi tape.

As you can see it's quick and easy.

Embellishments include a couple left over do-dads, a simple office supply tag and a Kraft heart left over from a card I made last week.

The finishing touch, a button from my stash with a bit of jute from May Arts.

The yellow chevron tape is brand new from Bella Blvd. and the other two are from Freckled Fawn.

So, what do you think? A little different from my usual dimension, details and hand stitching. I always enjoy trying something new.

Thanks for popping in!

Have a fantastic day! Okay? ;)

Kathy

Dearest Friend

Hi!

Yesterday's leap day Doodlebug blog hop was a great big success all because of you! I really enjoyed reading all of your comments and hopping along together! Thank you! :) Remember, you have until the end of tomorrow, Friday, March 2nd to complete the hop and possibly win one of five brand new Hello Spring collections! If you would like to participate, click here for details.

Today I have a card to share with you. If you've been checking my blog recently, you have probably noticed I've been doing a bunch of projects for the sake of playing around. This is another one.

I've been trying to step out of my comfort zone and try some fun things like this washi tape and stitch work.

Additionally, I'm attempting to use all of my left over scraps and accents. I recently donated most of my stash and don't want it to pile up again! All these layered pieces are from a little drawer I use for leftover bits and pieces after I complete a project.

To create this washi tape design, I simply applied a single piece of tape to the left hand side of my card. Then I used my ruler to create diagonal lines that lined up with the washi tape. The last step was to add more washi tape by lining them up with my diagonal lines. I hope I'm explaining that in a way that makes sense! :)

The washi tape is from Two Peas in a Bucket, the 'play' tag is an  Emma's Shoppe die cut from Crate Paper, the ticket stub and 'Tt' tag was purchased on Etsy. You can find a lot of fun paper craft accents on Etsy! The craft tag is Martha Stewart, the die cut I used for the pennants is from Papertrey ink and the rub-ons, old American Crafts. Buttons are stash items.

I hope you enjoy my card and have a terrific day!

Kathy :)