Mo's Photo Inspiration Challenge

The very talented Dorcas is hostessing Mo Manning's challenge this week and is offering up this lovely inspiration photo.   I don't really need a wedding card at the moment, and to me the colors are the perfect embodiment of spring so that's the direction I took.

This cute little sweetie hugging her huge bunch of spring flowers is a favorite Mo Manning image but so far I had only used it for birthday cards. Silly me...it makes a most lovely Easter or spring card.  My photo is a bit overexposed but the pinks and yellows are quite lovely in person. 

CS:  Bazzill; dp BG  6" Two Scoops pad; digi image: Mo Manning's Bunches; Prismas and Copics, Embossing/cutting folder by Marianne Designables; Nesties circles and scalloped circles, SB classic bracket edgeability, flower and sentiment stamp from Michael's $1 bin; Kaisercraft pearls, pop dots.

CHALLENGES:
Mo Manning - Challenge #128 Photo Inspiration
Anything Goes Challenge Blog – Challenge #64 Anything Goes
Creative Card Crew - Challenge #7 Spring
Papers and such on line – Challenge Spring or Easter card
Paper TakeWeekly – Anything Goes
Sassy Cheryl's - Challenge #109 Soft Pastels
Tuesday Throwdown – Challenge 92 Pastels
Make it Monday - Anything Goes
Crafty Cardmakers - Challenge #65 Easter
Creative Stamp Friends - Easter Package
CCEE Stampers - #CCEE1214 Use an Embossing Folder

Hugs, Kathy

CAS Thanks

Wow, look at this...no flourishes, no bling, no coloring.  I must be sick or else recovering from a wisdom tooth extraction.  Yep, the latter.  Not much ambition today, but just playing around with paper suddenly I've become addicted to making medallions.  They're SO easy with the Scor-Pal!  A strip of pretty paper 12" by 1 1/2" scored every 1/4" fanfolded and collapsed onto a circle of strong glue creates all that creased loveliness.  Today just for fun, I lined up my edge punches and tried different ones on the strips before scoring.  I rather like the results.  Here's a simple thank you card featuring one of my experiments.  What do you think?

CS: Bazzill; dp and button are ancient from stash; Stamp from Michael's dollar bin; Ink: Color Box White Frost pigment; Baker's Twine is MME; Scor-Pal for creasing medallion and scoring card base and MS Loop punch.

Entering into these challenges:

Simon Says - Anything Goes

Celebrate the Occasion - Challenge #56 Thank You

Divas by Design - Challenge - Stamp Something

My Mum's Craft Shop - Challenge #50 Stamp it

Make it Monday - Anything goes

Hugs,

Kathy

Easter Hugs

Had to go buy one of Mo Manning's adorable new Easter images.  Meet Easter Carly all dressed up and on an egg hunt.  Mo's ability to capture personalities and attitudes with a few simple lines always amazes me.   I used some new purchases, the most striking is that Spellbinders Borderabilities Grand 12" On the Vine border die.  I only have a Cuttlebug but you can cut/emboss these long dies with 2 passes on each end.  I only used a few inches of it and popped it over the popped image panel.  I also used a new MS punch...the picket fence which Michael's had on sale.   I'm not very good at using sketches but Debby4000 inspired me with her adorable card here, so this is my take on EAC's challenge.

Hugs,
Kathy
CS: Bazzill; DP: MME Happier; Mo Manning Easter Carly digistamp; Sentiment is computer generated; Copics & Prismacolor pencils; Foam dots; Nestie ovals, labels and Vine Borderability, MME Baker's Twine, American Craft ribbon, MS fence and eyelet border punch, a bit of stickles on the eggs; a tiny button and flowers from my stash.

Challenges
EAC Challenge - Challenge #186 Sketch

Make it Monday – Anything goes 

Anything goes challenge - Challenge #63 Get Ready for Easter

Clear it out challenge blog – Pastel papers theme: Easter

Craft Sentiments – Theme Easter 

Creative Card Crew - Spring

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday - Challenge #162 - Easter ends April 2

Oldie but a goodie challenge - Easter Wishes   that teeny button is probably 8 years old!

Paper and such design blog  - Spring or easter card

Ribbon Carousel  - Challenge #46 - Anything goes  I used twine as spooled item

Sassy Cheryl’s Challenge Blogspot - Easter Parade – Bunnies and/or Bonnets

Try it on Tuesdays - Easter

The Cheerful Stamp Pad - Challenge #39 Anything goes

Crafty Boots - Easter

Daisy Doodles Creative Challenges - Challenge #56 Spring Colors

Lollipop Crafts - Challenge #73 Anything Goes 

My GraficoChallenge -  Easter and spring

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Hugs,
Kathy



Lady Madonna

So I was playing around with my fairly new EK Success Deep Scroll Edge punch trying for a punch around the page effect, which kinda works, and it left a long narrow center panel.  I had just been looking over my a Day for Daisies stamps thinking I might enter a card in their latest challenge and remembered this precious Mother and child image which would be perfect for that narrow spot.  Wooohooo...I call that serendipity.  Then I was thinking I ought to play up the stars and added all the bling.  So, are you asleep yet?  I used my Prismacolors and OMS and added the seam binding bow with a bit of flower and snuck in a new Memory Box die that came in this week.  I think it makes a pretty nifty Mother's Day card.  

Hope you're all having a terrific weekend.  It's in the high 70's-low 80's here in the high desert of Arizona...beautiful weather.

Hugs,

Kathy

Digistamp:  A Day for Daisies; CS Bazzill; DP unknown ancient from my stash; punch EK Success; seam binding, flowers from Michaels, Memory Box Ivy tendril die, rhinestones from stash Me and My Big Ideas.

Challenges
A Day for Daisies - Challenge #39 Shades of Blue
Stamping for the Weekend - Challenge 6 Anything Goes
Polka Doodles - Week 12 Mother's Day
Guylous Inimitability Monochromatic Challenge
Fun with shapes and more - something punched or cut
Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Anything Goes

Blackbird

This card was inspired by the double matting technique using Nesties shown by the very talented Miss KittyKraft and uses four of my current favorite things:  B&W damask, roses, songbirds and those sweet Marianne Doohickey flourishes.    I wish my photography skills were better...the entire front panel on this card is popped to show the double matting around the recessed oval center.   Yesterday Mr. Postman brought three new dies, including this super sweet little Memory Box bird die (LOVE her).   Anyway, to all you ornithologists out there shaking their heads, I know there probably aren't really any black songbirds, so I'm claiming artistic license! 


By the way, have you seen the embossing technique called Belleek (for the gorgeous Irish porcelain).  It is SO beautiful!   My fingers and cuttlebug folders are all inky.  I'll share when I have something worth showing.

Paper is Teresa Collins CS Bazzill, roses are from a Michael's bin, flourish is Marianne and pearls are Kaiser Craft.  I also used these cool black foam mounts. 

Thanks for looking.

Hugs, Kathy

Challenges:
Make it Monday - Anything Goes
Paper Creations Ink - Challenge 21 Things with Wings
Crafting for all Seasons - Challenge 23 Catherine's Sketch
Creative Card Crew - Challenge #6 Vintage
Creative Inspiration - Challenge #155 Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Bingo! (I used gems, diecuts, flowers)
Scrapbook Sisters - Card Challenge #76 Anything Goes

Went a little wild

Splitcoast Stampers technique challenges are always fun.  I'm a bit late for this cascading card challenge from January but I saw so many possibilities for this fancy fold card I had to give it a try.  Here's my first...a birthday card for my beautiful daughter April. Photo doesn't really show the cascading effect very well, but it's such a cool look.  It folds flat for mailing but accordians out about 4 inches to show off the layers.  I backed  my card so as to create a pocket for a tag with a gift card for a local nursery (to buy and plant a tree) thus the theme of my card.

I'm definitely going to make more of these...they're deceptively simple, and you get a lot of bang for your buck.  Thanks for looking and Happy Birthday to my dear April who made me a mother 38 years ago and has blessed my life in too many ways to count since then!

Hugs,

Kathy

DP: Jillibean Apple Cheddar Soup, Cosmo Cricket Odds & Ends, MME Happier; Sentiments:  SRM sticker, computer generated; punches:  MS butterfly and edge punch, pine bough; Die cuts:  Nestie scalloped circle, assorted foliage dies (some sent by BFF Wendy B).  Little Hampton Art owl rubber stamp I've had forever stamped and embossed.  I free cut the tree branches.

Challenges

Ginger Loft GL36  - Happy Birthday

Opus Gluei - Challenge 126 Branching Out trees and nature inspired

Penny Black and More- Springtime

Pile it On - Up in the Air bugs, birds, butterflies

The Crafty Pad #162 - the Perfect Pair (use 2 pairs...owls and butterflies)

Sweet Stampin Challenge - Use lots of green (my owls are stamped & embossed)

Totally Gorjuss Challenge 123 - Spring!

Simon Says - A Bit o Green

Crazy 4 Challenges - Let's see some green

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Paper Creations Ink - Challenge 21 Things with Wings

Scrapbook Sisters - Card Challenge #76 Anything goes