watt's up - giveaway- winners announced

Hello Friends, How are you today? Yearning for spring perhaps or fall if you are across the pond? I must admit that Simon Says Stamp April Card Kit  has given me some ....well... bright ideas! Today I have two cards to share with you and.....

 I HAVE Simon Says Stamps April 2014 Card Kit TO GIVEAWAY. 

JUST LEAVE A COMMENT ON THIS POST. I will randomly select a winner on April 3rd. 

When the kit arrives I am never disappointed with it's contents. I always enjoy the kits embellishments that I never manage to purchase like these gold glittery dots (I used them on a different card that what you see in this post) . Watts not to love about this stamp set called, "Watts Up".

If you have been in the market for lighting recently you may have noticed all of the cool decorative bulbs and clusters of bulbs. The filament in each bulb is usually yellow or white so that's the look I was going for with this card.

After coloring I added vellum to each bulb and also on top of the beautiful but, busy flowers to tone it down. Wink of Sella was added to the hearts and the metal part of the bulb. I usually like to select parts of an image rather than adding glitter to the entire image... I think it adds more interest.

1. Stamp bulb with SSS Sunshine ink three times. 2. Add some color with BG11. 3. Add BG000 on top. 4. blend the colors with "0" 5. Add W5 to the edges of the metal part of the bulb. 6. Add W1 & blend the two colors. 7. Color some twine with W5 & let dry. 8. Stamp Sunshine on vellum and heat set carefully. 9. Add B02 & B000 to the banner and stamp sentiment. 10. use a glue pen to adhere the vellum to the light bulb. Add Wink of Stella to the bulb.

Ready for the winners? Thank You for your patience I have been trying to post the winners in a timely fashion but, didn't' this time.
The winner of the goodie bag as seen in this post is: #64 Katherine

The winner of the SSS butterfly die cut as seen in this post is: #154 Larissa Heskett

Congrats to Katherine & Larissa!! I have sent you an email. Thanks to you all for your support and for your visit. Let me know if you have any questions. Make it a craft day! Hugs, Kathy

CARD SUPPLIES & LINKS.... click on any thumbnail below:

APRIL 2014 YOU BRIGHTEN MY DAY SSS Card Kit of the Month  SUBSCRIPTION SSS WHITE CARDSTOCK 120 LB 40 LB VELLUM 100# SUNSHINE SUNSHINE BLACK Ink TUXEDO BLACK Copic Sketch BLUE BLENDING KIT Marker Copic BG0000 Copic BG11 Copic W5 Copic W1 Tuxedo Black Marker GLITTER CLEAR Brush Tip WATTS UP Twine QUICKIE GLUE PEN MINI GLOSSY ACCENTS Enamel Dots InLinkz.com

a blunder, a tutoria, a giveaway and winners announced

Hello Friends, How was your week? Do you get any crafty time? Today I have a mini coloring tutorial for you that I created for The Mama Elephant blog. Before we get started I thought I would share the cards I made for their stampede in Feb.

In this post you will find a tutorial on coloring the blue bunny and the supplies for this card.

These two bunnies just warm your heart & supply list in this post. 

Love how hunny bunny fits on these die cuts. See supply list in this post. 

Supplies for this geometric card you will find in this post. 

Supplies listed in this post. 

Mama Elephant is having a spot light on me and I am so excited and honored! I love their stamps, style and the kind, beautiful people behind the scenes.

 To celebrate I am giving away a goodie bag to one you:) 

I thought  you might enjoy seeing my spelling blunder. Often I tend to jump ahead and skip a letter while I am creating. I was determined to fix this card instead of throwing it away. For the background I stamped "Sketchy Letters" in the best white ink I have found.  I colored another Honey Bunny, added a hill and die cut the inside of this die again, stamped and assembled the card. 

1. color the image with some alcohol markers 2. find a rag with lots of texture 3. moisten the rag with the Colorless Blending Solution & press lightly on the image with the rag for a second then lift 4. dry with a heat gun from the back of the paper 5.  I often make the eyes larger & love to add enamel accents for larger eyes. Be sure to practice on some scrap paper before adding the enamel accents to your image. 6. the final result

GIVEAWAY---------------------------------------------------

It's been such a honor to be featured on The Mama Elephant blog.  If you pop on over to give them some love and I will give a full goodie bag away to a random winner.  The winner will be announced on Sunday so please check back. Leave me a comment & let me know that you visited The Mama Elephant Blog. 

Winners announced for two other giveaways:
The winner for Simon Says Stamp March Card Kit as see this post is:#54 Jeannine

and a thanks to Lynda for reminding me to announce the winner (sorry this one slipped through my fingers)
The winner for Online Card Classes as seen in this post is:#15 Susan Joyce.

Congrats to the winners today... Susan Joyce & Jeannine. A super big thank you Kryssi and Angela from Mama Elephant and a big thanks to YOU for your visit today it's ALWAYS so appreciated. Have a lovely weekend! Hugs, Kathy

SUPPLIES USED TO create my card:

SKETCHY LETTERS HONEY BUNNY Simon Says Stamp *s163 LIFE BUBBLE HORIZONTAL 1 Craft DIE *Simon Says Stamp *S162 LIFE BUBBLE HORIZONTAL 2 Craft DIE Colorless BLENDER SOLUTION Brown Blending Kit 100# KHAKI 100# GREEN LEAF 100# BLUE VIOLET 100# SCHOOLHOUSE RED SCHOOLHOUSE RED 110 LB** SMOOTH UNICORN White Black White Opaque White Gel PenInLinkz.com