origami day three

Hello Friends, Welcome to DAY THREE of Mama Elephant  Spring release 2014! Today's ORGAMI stamp set is so so clever & so unique! I thought it would be kinda cool to use one of the stamps in a geometric way by repeating it 4 times including upside down. What do you think? If you missed the first few days you can see day1 here & day2 here.  MY FAVORITE CARDS that I created for the release were on this day just in case you might have missed them?

Use the brush tip of a marker (I used a Copic marker) and "feather" with short wispy strokes to create a neat look on the stamped image. Start with the lighter color first and repeat with the darker color.

Green feathering was added to the corners then I added white dots on the black lines with my all time favorite white gel pen. I always suggest to warm the tip on your finger of the white pen to get it started. Works like a charm. :)

Wink of Stella's clear glitter pen/marker was added to the hearts and when it's dry I added glossy accents. The beautiful green edge is from this "Postage" die cut from Simon Says Stamp. The Mama Elephant blog is filled with lots of beautiful cards from the "Origami"stamp set so click here to see all the cards from the design team. Thanks again to Mama Elephant for letting me join in with their release this week.  Have a great day! Hugs, Kathy

Stop in tomorrow for a Simon Says Stamps Spring Release Blog Hop. 

SUPPLIES USED FOR MY CARD...click on any thumbnail below:

ORIGAMI HONEY BUNNY 110 LB** SMOOTH ROUND Grip Block TUXEDO BLACK SWATCH BOOK Copic RV69 Copic RV66 POSTAGE STAMP EDGE FRAMES PAULINA BUTTERFLY GREEN LEAF ink 100# GREEN LEAF GLITTER CLEAR Brush Tip White Gel Pen MINI GLOSSY ACCENTSInLinkz.com

pieces of me for my pin board

Hello Friends, How are you today? Today I am excited to share a little part of my studio and some....what I call little pieces of me. 

Every time I stamp an image for a card I will also take a minute to stamp the same image on one of these butterfly die cuts from Simon Says Stamp. You will see why below the butterflies. 

Each butterfly in today's post is from this stamp set from Penny Black. I was tickled pink and blue to finally get some time to sit down and color with my markers. 

You will be surprised how a stamp can give you a new look when you don't see the full image. 

This area is behind my desk and it's all spruced up for you. Mind you the pin board is "in progress" Soon it will be entirely filled from edge to edge with white blank butterflies.
 (The "create" fabric letters are from Anthropologie & the pin board is from Restoration Hardware.)

Hopefully by this time next year my pin board will be complete with little pieces of me. In this photo you can see I have begun this fun project. Do you have any fun projects planned for the new year?
Let me know and I will announce a random winner for a goodie bag on Jan 19th. Thanks for your visit today. Hugs, Kathy

supplies used... click on any link:

PAULINA BUTTERFLY FLORAL APPLIQUE White Gel Pen SSS WHITE CARDSTOCK Green Blending Kit Blue Blending Kit Aqua Blending KitInLinkz.com

make a color cart and giveaway and winner

Hello Friends, How are you? Is your week off to a good start? I am popping in today with a quick post. I wanted to share a fun way to make a color chart of the inks and or papers that you like to use on a regular basis. In my case these are the new inks with matching papers from Simon and I want to keep them at arms length. A long time ago I made a color chart for my distress inks. You can check it out here. 

Find a favorite stamp. I'm still into chevron so I used this one. 

I wanted the coordinating card stock to show behind the stamped butterfly so I drew a quick line down the back and cut it off. Glue butterflies down on a canvas with some glossy accents.

LEAVE ME A COMMENT. DO YOU LOVE matching inks & papers? I WILL GIVEAWAY THESE BasicGrey goodies. Next week I will select a random winner. 

See you on Friday for a Blog Hop with lots of chances to win!! 

The winner of Simon Says Stamp December Card Kit as seen in this post is :

Number 22!! Super big congrats to Lori Wallace!! Woo Hoo Lori I have sent you an email. Have a great day everyone. Hugs, Kathy

SUPPLIES USED TODAY: click on any photo:

PAULINA BUTTERFLY LIFE IS A JOURNEY Premium Dye Ink 100 lb. Rainbow Pack Swatch Book Supplies MINI GLOSSY ACCENTSInLinkz.com

nautical with a spin and a giveaway

Hello Friends, Welcome back! How are you today? A few weeks ago Simon Says Stamp asked me to create some nautical themed cards. Fortunately, for me a few clothing catalogs arrived at my door and served me well for some inspiration. Everything nautical was pretty much red, white and blue and anchors etc. I thought I would switch it up and create a nautical themed butterfly.

I cut several strips of paper and glued them to a card base. Loved the look and feel of creating my own paper. 

BUTTERFLY CARD SUPPLIES:

This is sneak peek #1 .When you click on the Simon blog you will see how I created these "white caps" or the froth of the waves.

WHALE CARD SUPPLIES:

This is sneak peek # 2.

I stamped on top of the stripes with this stamp set from Kelly Purkey. Perfect for all of your nautical needs. I hope next time you think "nautical" you might think butterflies too? 

NAUTICAL BUTTERFLY CARD SUPPLIES:

Simon Says Stamp FALLING STARS Craft DIE is up for grabs.  You will see 3 more cards of mine at the Simon Says Stamp BLOG.If you leave a comment on their blog you will be entered to win The "Falling Stars Craft Die". Please leave me a comment here letting me know that you visited SSS blog. This way I will be sure to select one of my readers.If you don't have a blog PLEASE include your email address. I will announce the random winner June 20th. 

Speaking of winners .... yesterday Simon announced the all of the winners from the blog hop and THANKS FOR MAKING THE HOP A BIG SUCCESS. Thank you for popping in today. Hugs, Kathy