shirtless santa

Hello Friends, How are you? I'm making a mad dash from the kitchen to post these super quick cards I made for "A Blog Named Hero" Dear Santa Series. This week it's quick cards and that was a challenge for me but, I loved that I was able to do it. 

You will find that if you add just a tad of blending that you can color pretty quickly. Doesn't this santa from Jane's Doodles rock? I thought it would be fun for a shirtless santa? I was tempted to add a belly button but, opted out of that lol. Hero Arts new "Thank You Blackboard" stamp is perfect for a quick card. I used this Luxe ink for a bright cheery red background. 

If you want to make an even faster card cut the image in half!! This die cut can be for you project lifers or an awesome background. I layered the die cut several times before popping my image onto the card. 

If you are muffin lover I just posted Cranberry Orange Muffins on KathyDishes.com. Have an wonderful Thanksgiving if you are in the USA. Hugs and Peace, Kathy
P.S. A big thanks to A Blog Named Hero! I had such fun creating for their Hey Santa feature. Check out the other quick cards here on their blog. 

SUPPLY LIST & LINKS:

THANKS BLACKBOARD Rubber Stamp DAYS OF THE WEEK SANTA Love Letter Red Blending Kit Brown Blending Kit MINI GLOSSY ACCENTS Scrap DotsInLinkz.com

a blog named hero week one and winners announced

Hello Friends,  Anything new since yesterday? Did you notice the bait and switch during the Video Hop? First one to guess what it is will win a goodie bag from me. (hint if you are here that's a clue)

Today is a new day and I am excited and honored to able to participate in A Blog Named Hero's "Dear Santa" extravaganza all month. If you are stuck on inspiration for your holiday cards or just stumped in general ... well.... just be prepared to be blown away with the creativity you see on their blog. 

For some reason I thought I was supposed to create a card set. That's me to mess things up but, someone will be getting a card set soon. The tin that I repurposed for my card set was from this card kit from Simon Says Stamp.
This deer stamp from Hero Arts card was the perfect subject for a holiday card. After stamping the deer in a light color I stamped this background on top of the light deer with a darker Luxe ink. I fell in love with the "Floral Bouquet" background stamp so I had to color it with some Copic markers. The bouquet between the deers antlers was cut from the background. The layering papers are a nice and heavy card stock from Bazzill.

The deer card below was modified into a one layer card to fit into the tin.

The front of the tin was covered with white card stock that I stamped and colored slightly different from the colors on the cards in the set. 

It's easier to compare both cards in this photo.       

Mask off your card stock with masking tape to create a "one" layer card. 

Use the chisel end of your marker to create the look of an additional piece of card stock.

Stamp the deer on a strip of card stock and color with a glitter pen, add a bow and glue between the green lines (be sure to let some of the green show) . Questions? Please send me an email.

WINNERS ANNOUNCED! finally! The winner of the Penny Black Lily stamp was selected from Rafflecopter as seen in this post is Laura J. 

The winner of the Simon Says Stamp November Card Kit as seen in this post is #4 Sandra. 

The winner of Online Card Classes as seen in this post is #79 Ana Kulseth

CONGRATS LADIES. I have emailed you all :) A big thanks to A Blog Named Hero for letting me share them and their talented design team! Check out the inspiring creations here. Have a great weekend. Hugs, Kathy

CARD SUPPLIES ETC. USED TO CREATE MY CARD : 

Deer Stamp Etched Bouquet Canvas Background Love Letter Memento Black Ink Chipboard in a tin Heavy Weight Cardstoc Green Blending Kit Red Blending Kit Post-It Masking Tape! Best Foam Tape EVER

hero arts blog hop and giveaway

Hello Friends, Welcome to the Hero Arts "Hostess Summer Picnic"blog hop. I am so delighted to be included in this hop with so many wonderful, kind & talented ladies. You may be arriving sweet & talented Linda at "Scrappin, Stampin' & Singin' "blog here. If you want to the full list of the hoppers today you will find them at the Hero Arts Blog here. If you want to go to the first hopper that will be Deborah Nolan's blog called S.O.S. not only is she talented but, so darn funny!!
Hero Arts will be awarding prizes from randomly drawn comments. For a chance to win, simply comment on ANY of the stops along the hop on ANY day, including each day’s starting post at the Hero Club Blog. The more comments you leave, the better your chance of winning!  (If you find a broken link, you'll find a master list of the hop links at the Hero Arts Club Blog. Also, please report broken links to: blog@heroarts.com.)

I fell in love with the stamp called, "Butterfly Flower" from Hero Arts so I decided to create three entirely different cards today for the hop and I have a mimi tutorial for the first card.
Card Number One was FUN to create using two layers of the same stamp. One of the layers is on vellum and really... that could be a CASE card all by itself. More details will be in the tutorial at the bottom of the post.

When I finished my card it needed a small touch but, not a sentiment. The butterfly called, "Chrissy Butterfly" was the perfect touch. I stamped on vellum with the Butterfly Flower using this die cut. Do you think the card is to busy? Sometimes I get carried away with the addition of my white dots. 

For Card Number Two the butterfly flowers were watercolored with Inktense Colored Pencils, cut out & separated. (A huge thanks to Jennifer McGuire for introducing me to these colored pencils) Love the vibrant colors or they can be soft like in the card above. The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp called, "Card Exchanging Friends"and the rest of the sentiment is stamped inside the card. 

I just love the ring to this sentiment..... "I count myself lucky to know you" The background on this card was distressed, embossed w/ clear embossing powder & white pen action. A strip of this 40lb. vellum was a perfect way to soften the card with the sentiment stamped in this Hero Arts ink. 

For Card Number Three I did some fast coloring with NO SHADING...NOT ONE TINY BIT!! 

I used this Spellbinder die cut for the card base. I traced the outside of the die cut to get a small frame around the white card stock...trimmed it again and traced the die again for the yellow. Email me if you have questions. :)

Adding white dots with the gel pen and Enamel Accents made the flowers jump off the card. I also outlined the flowers with a fine tip Sharpie. 

READY FOR THE MINI TUTORIAL FOR CARD #1.? 

Stamp and emboss with white embossing powder on the Dessert Storm paper. Trim around the embossed image.

Color with the Inktense pencils and blend with a Dove Blender pen. Here is a post with a video and more details using the blender pen.

You can also take the tip of the pen and pick up color directly from tip of the colored pencil.

I combined orange and red for the big blossoms. Later I added a tad of color from some purples and blues into the flowers.

Add some white trim, white dots & white Enamel Accents. That will make me happy :)

Stamp the flowers on vellum with Unicorn Ink. Then.... you guessed it... add some white dots with the white gel pen. Pop the water colored part of the card onto the vellum. These are the perfect pop dots because they give some nice height to your card. Stamp the flower on some scrap vellum and die cut this & this butterfly for the card.

NOW FOR THE GIVEAWAY FROM ME :)
This Hero Arts ink and flower stamp, plus a  6x6 Basic Grey pad of paper.
All you need to do is leave a comment...maybe tell me your favorite card.If you don't already... I invite you to join my following or subscribe here.(Please leave your email so I can contact you if you don't have a blog.)

Everyday all week you will be inspired with more from the Hero Arts "Hostess Summer Picnic"blog hop cards. If you start at Hero Arts Blog they will send you to the first stop of the hop each day. Today I am the last stop in the hop. THANK YOU for your visit today it's so appreciated!!  Hugs, Kathy

P.S. The winners have been announced on the Simon Says Stamp Blog from the Card Kit blog hop last week. Congrats to Amber Milone that won from my blog! If you want to see the hop click here.

CARD SUPPLIES & LINKS: