Time for a Kennedy Grace post today and I'm featuring another card using the stamp set called Graces Little Notes.   I went with autumn tones today, secretly, I actually really like all tones of orange.  The flower is coloured in pencil and fussy cut by hand the old fashioned way with a pair of scissors.  By the way if you are looking for a great pair of scissors for fussy cutting I can recommend EK Success Cutter Bee.  I have bought all sorts of scissors in the past from cheap and nasty to more reputable brands and I can honestly say Cutter Bee are the best by a long shot.  My family knows not to touch them unless they fear for their life.

Back to the card... it has a vintage feel to it with the papers I chose and I went with cream rather than white for the sentiment panel.    Its finished off with a few Peaches and Cream sequins.

Thanks for your visit today

Karen

xo

Christmas Take III

Here is the third little card made using one of the about to be releases Lili of the Valley Christmas stamps.  Another gorgeous little creation called Little Gift.  I decided that I would go non traditional colours with this image but it ended up being a little difficult to turn the image into a card.  I love orange but of course it just clashed with all my Christmas papers.  Hadn't thought about that when I was rebelling against red and green.  So I ended up fussy cutting the characters and creating a little snow scene.  I think I saved it. I was determined to use it as it took so long to colour.

Now pop to the LOTV shop.

I challenge you to resist these cute little Christmas images.

Karen

xo

Christmas Take II

Today I am sharing another Lili of the Valley Christmas card.  Another super adorable image being released Monday the 24th July.  Oh my you are going to love this release so much cuteness.  This one          is called Singing Robin.  I've coloured it in pencil and not really thinking coloured the bird house as part of the tree trunk which meant I had to be careful colouring my robin so he didn't get lost.

I then cut a frame and popped it up on foam, stamped  a sentiment and cut some sparkly silver snowflakes  with a small strip of silver down the side.

Mark your calendars for the 24th and pop to the store for a few more sneak peeks.

Entered in the challenge at Christmas Cards All Year Round

July Anything Goes

See you again soon

Karen 

xo

Hold on to your hat it's a Christmas card!!

I know right.... its the first one for the year.  Lili of the Valley are about to launch their Christmas stamps and if you love Christmas and you love cute, be assured you will not be disappointed.

This little cutie is called Mouse House.  Getting the decorations up on their wee watering can.    Its coloured in pencil with accents of wink of stella on the snow that doesn't show in the photo.  My layout is very simple as there is such a lot in the image I didn't want to take the focus away.  I chose blue paper over grey to lift the image and I always think blue and grey compliment each other so nicely.

There will be a couple more Christmas cards over the next day or so.

Make sure you pop back.

Karen

xo

Thinking Of You!

Its my turn on the Kennedy Grace Blog today.

I'd like to share a card featuring Graces Little Notes stamp set. I chose a peaceful colour palette of muted pinks and blues with a little sparkle added with the Moonbeams sequin mix.   Perfect for a thinking of you card.  The sentiment tag is cut using Kennedy Grace Scalloped Stitched Rectangle die set.

Hope to see you again soon

Karen

xo

Wave Tangle

Sharing another Underwater card today featuring one of the very awesome background stamps.  This one is called Wave Tangle and let me say its a lot of fun to colour.  If you know someone who like to colour these background stamps would make great pages.  This stamp especially could be coloured again and again and not look the same twice.  Perfect being 6 x 6 inches in size too.  I stamped it in blue ink and used blue shades with a pop of yellow.  This is cut down to a card panel so its not the entire stamp.

Frantic Stamper Products used

Wave Tangle Background Stamp

Large Hello 

Come back soon

Karen

xo

Cards for Little Hearts

Christina Hor is hosting her bi-annual cards for little hearts drive.  All the details can be found HERE The cards go to children born with congenital heart disease at her local hospital.  I made several that are on their way to Christina to bring a smile to a little one.

I used some Stacy Yacula stamps as they always make me smile.  Along with a Hugs die and some sparkly snowflakes.

Thanks for visiting today

Karen

xo

Tic Tac Toe at Southern Girls

We all love Tic Tac Toe challenges don't we?  Thats exactly what the challenge is at Southern Girls this round. Just choose a line horizontally, vertically or diagonally and create your project.  Its alway good fun.

I'm sharing an Art Journal Page using the line glitter, doodling and flowers.  Pop on over to the SGC blog for all the details and lots of lovely inspiration from the team.

Come back soon

Karen

xo

Under the Sea

Today I am sharing some more of the newly released dies from Frantic Stamper.  If you haven't you really should check them out.  This card features Deep Sea Diver and the Underwater Scene Oval.  FS dies always have such lovely details which enable you to create such wonderful scenes.  Its just a matter of cutting and layering and having a little bit of patience.

Frantic Stamper products used

Underwater Scene Oval

Deep Sea Diver

Stitched Double Fishtail Banner

Thanks for your visit today

Karen

xo

Feature a Creature

The latest challenge at Lili of the Valley is Feature a Creature.  There is an absolute abundance of adorable cute creatures at LOTV, so many its simply difficult to choose.  Alice is a recent release and has to be one of my all time favourites with her little bunny companion having ice cream.

I coloured her in pencil.  Aqua and pink are such a lovely colour combination.  I had a go at lighter hair than usual which I'm pretty happy with.  I kept the layout simple to show off the lovely image but looking at the photo I do wonder if it needs just a little something more.

Anyway pop to the challenge at LOTV and choose your favourite creature and join to win prizes.  All the details can be found HERE

Bye for now 

Karen

xo

Not a Yellow Submarine!

It may not be a yellow submarine but the song sure springs to mind. Its July so that means a new Frantic Stamper release.  This month were going under the sea with a wonderful selection of dies and stamps.

Today I am sharing a card using the Submarine, Rolling Wave Panel and Seaweed Corner.  Isn't that submarine just cute?  I added some clear drops to the windows and added some smaller ones for bubbles.  Hello seemed the perfect sentiment.

If you're a fan of the ocean you'll love this release.

Frantic Stamper Products used 

Submarine

Rolling Wave Panel

Seaweed Corner

Brush Script Hello

See you soon

Karen

xo