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Thank you for visting my blog. I am fortunate to have friends that love to craft. I hope to meet new frinds as time passes. I have been an avid scrapbooker & crafter since July 1996. Thanks Char. I hope that I can inspire others to enjoy crafting as I have.



Tuesday, November 25, 2014

5 Christmas Cards

Good morning, Kathi here to share with you today is 4 Christmas cards I created using several of Gina's Christmas sets she has in the store. First up is this fun penguin card!


 For the base of each card, I used a black & ivory cardstock. I ran it through the the big shot using a snow flake embossing folder. Each of the chipboard shapes  painted with white gesso, then painted with distress paint.

 Once painted, the front of the penguins were then covered with white flocking. The Christmas bulbs are painted with stickles.

On this card the lamppost was painted and then covered with glossy accents. I used white flocking on the penguins the snowmen to give them dimension.

The berries are covered with red stickles, with a red ribbon tied on the left.

  
And last but not least, on this card the snowflakes are painted with white gesso and the bowtie is covered with glossy accents.


I used black card stock, the card was embossed with a cuddle bug embossing folder. 
All chipboard was first painted with white gesso, then painted with white distress paint.  Let it snow & the snowmans hat was covered with a wet glue then covered with red distress glitter.


Supplies Used: 
Other Supplies Used:
White Gesso
Glossy Accents
White Flocking
Distress Paint
Stickles
Snow Flake Embossing Folder
Trim
Cardstock, Black & Ivory

Sunday, November 23, 2014

Snowmen Christmas Cards

Hi, Kathi here to share with you several snowmen cards I made for a swap. 
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Supplies Used:
Red, White, Blue & Black card stock.
Snowmen Stamps
Tombo markers

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your holiday season.

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Welcome crafting friends. Today I'm here to share with you , my latest project,  A day in Paris.

Full view
 Dress form

Supplies Used:

Flourish Fames - Bella

Other supplies used:

Craftsupplies1: metal butterflies

Printed burlap fabric
Lace trim
Black beaded trim
distress Paint
Glossy Accents
Distress Glitter
Metal cameo broach
Metal Feur D le 
Tim Holtz chipboard clock/hands

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Altered Mason Jars

Hello, fellow crafters, today I am here to share with you two of the alterd Mason Jars I have created for a fall bazzar. 

These are two of the Mason Jars,
I first placed the candle stick on the base of the mason jar, then colored the jars a light yellow, using food coloring & mod podge. Let them dry. Then I cut from graphic 45 paper 3 1/2" X 12" paper. One jar I used Old Curoisty Shop & the other I used the French Country.  


I added a hand crafted flower to the center front of the jar, adding embelishments to the front of the flower as well as tucked in behind the flower. This jar I placed a key & lock from Gina's, then stuffing behind the flower, a dress form, an antique chair,  durby hat & a top hat & flourishes. along with tags from the paper line,  finished the jar wit a black ribbon tied into a bow on the rim of the lid.


Close up of the embelishments.


Jar #2
I added a hand crafted flower to the center front of the jar, adding embelishments to the front of the flower as well as tucked in behind the flower. as I did on the first jar.  Stuffing behind the flower, a dress form,  durby hat & a top hat & wings. along with tags from the paper line,  finished the jar wit a black ribbon tied into a bow on the rim of the lid, and trim on the top & bottom of the paper. The bottom trim is from Craftsupplies1. It is a box pleated organza trim.  


Close up of the front of jar #2.

Supplies Used:
Gina's Designs:

Dressforms 1 Miniature Shape Set

Steampunk Shape Set

Miniatures Shape Set - Guy Thing

 

Craftsupplies1

Black Organza Box pleated trim 

Other supplies Used:

Graphic 45 paperlines:

Old Curiosity Shop

French Country 

hand crafted flowers by Kathi

 

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day. 

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Time Traveler Memory Keepers Organizer

Today I am sharing my first project for November, the paper I used was Time Traveler by Kitty Scrap Post.





Supplies Used:
Gina's Designs:

Rosses
Butterflies
 
Other Supplies Used:
Paper - Time Traveler by Kitty Scrap Post.
Embelishments - Tim Holtz Idioology