Purple Mist

 

Here's a fun Halloween card tutorial I made for Del Bello's Designs featuring Lavinia Stamps products. 

Here's the link to Purple Mist. Enjoy! 

Tiny Magic

 Here's my latest tutorial Tiny Magic 

Please visit the link and hit "like"!

Thinking of You

 

Hi Stampers and Crafty friends! 

Today I'm sharing this design using Lavinia 's Vine Branch stamp masked off and turned into a tree. I stamped the image and the sentiment using VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink, and water colored using Lavinia Elements ink in Lime Punch, Sundance and Blue Atoll, as well as the Lisa Horton Cloud 9 Matt Blending Ink in Sugar Candy. I finished this design with a gold Gelly Roll pen and Posca Pens in Light Blue Glitter, Pink Glitter, Yellow and Light Green. All supplies listed can be found at Del Bello's Designs.  I hope my design inspires you to be creative with your stamps and turn them into something unexpected! Thanks for stopping by! 

Love, Light and Hugs,

Katherine 

May Flowers

 Hi Stampers and Crafty Friends!

I have been spending time getting ready for spring, and before this happy little birthday card makes it's way into the mail for a special birthday, I thought I would share it with you! It was so much fun to color with alcohol markers and I loved how the different colors blended together to create the shading on the peonies in the background.  The sentiment is heat embossed with white on black and fussy cut. All stamps are from Stampin'Up.

Are you ready for spring? I can't wait to spend time outside once again. 

Sending love and happiness,

Katherine 

Fairy Dust Magic

 Hi Stampers! I recently received a gorgeous card from a Lavinia fan as part of a swap. It was so beautiful I wanted to create one myself to give away.

To create this card I used:

Lavinia Dinkles in Lime Divine and Blueberry 

Field Grass LAV197

Snailcap Mushrooms LAV852

Fairy Toadstool LAV671

Forest Moss LAV857

Scout Small LAV859

This is the original. Credit to Janice ❤️

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you like it and if so leave a little love!

With Love and Light,

Katherine 

Tilly and Tango Have a Big Announcement!

I am excited to share the news that I have joined Del Bello's Designs as the newest member of the Design Team! 

Del Bello's is the biggest seller of Lavinia stamps in the U.S. If you're not familiar with Lavinia Stamps then I recommend you get yourself right over to Del Bello's Designs look at these fun and magical stamps. I can't wait to share more technique videos (watch for something new coming soon!) and many whimsical, magical cards! 

Click on the photo to follow the link! 

 

Finn by Moonlight

 Hi Stampers and crafty friends! 

You might know I love all things magical, but I have always been drawn to fairies. Who is more fun and sassy than sweet Tinkerbell - my favorite bad girl? Long story short - I am absolutely in love with the Lavinia stamp line. If you're not familiar, you should absolutely visit their YouTube channel and see the amazing things their Design Team Creates!

I have been working on a few projects lately, but recently I ordered a whole slew of their product  from Del Bello's Designs. "Finn by Moonlight" was my first creation. 

Products used:

Dinkles: Lime, Pink, Deep Yellow, Blueberry 

Stamps: Finn, Field Grass, Fairy Path

Ink: Lisa Horton Interference Ink, VersaFine Clair 

Other: Pink Posca Pen, White Gel Pen

I'm also going to give a huge shout out to Patty Del Bello for her excellent customer service - free shipping on orders over $75 and the Del Bello's Designs team who keep it real with their fabulous tutorials and commitment to social media accounts! 

Winter Magic

Snow days in New England are one of my favorite things in life. They usually include a crockpot of hot homemade soup and getting a few new cards made. In celebration of the first snow storm of the season I'm sharing a couple of snow themed cards I made during our Christmas break, using items from My Monthly Hero Premium Kit (October 2023)

These kits are so much fun to work with and always include multiple coordinating stamp sets, matching dies, fun embellishments like these vellum snowflakes, inks, sprays, cardstock and much more. 

What's your favorite way to spend a snow day? 

The Happiest Little Birthday Card!

 Hi Stampers,

I'm not even sure who to give credit to for this super cute birthday card, it came with a set I picked up second hand but I think this card is too cute to not share. 

Color combination is Mango Melody, Flirty Flamingo and Calypso Coral from SU and my favorite black in from Hero Arts. 

Thanks for popping by!

Kendra's Card Challenge #10

 Hi Stampers!

I recently found Kendra's Card Challenge and decided to play along. The challenge is to make 15 cards using 6 sheets of 6x6 paper. Kendra's sponsors are giving away lots of fabulous prizes if you play along. It was a fun way to use up lots of great things from my stash. Would you believe I have had an entire jar of gold leaf just sitting in my craft room waiting to be used since I was teaching remotely from home!? Let's not even talk about the silver and bronze that are still sitting there! Anyway,  here's what I came up for the challenge:

Here's all of them together 

There's still time to play along by clicking the link at the top!

My Monthly Hero May '23

 Hi Stampers! Here are a few cards I made this weekend using the dies from MMH Premium Kit. So cute for summer birthdays!! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Wheelie Great Stamps!

 How adorable did these turn out? 

Hero Arts is killing it with their monthly premium kits!

I'll be adding these to my Farmer's Market Stash for the upcoming months! 

Summer Adventures

 Here's a fun alternative card I made with the May 2023 Paper Pumpkin - Adventures in Color. 

 

This card is a 5x7 trifold here's the first flap inside:

In the middle I off stamped some images from the setti really make the inside as great as the outside. 

I think this is a great kit to work with, and I'll be sharing more soon. Enjoy your weekend!

Cards for Dad

 

Cards for dads are always a challenge for me, but here's one that was fun to put together. Once again I have to give a shout out to Hero Arts for this fabulous black (Intensified Black) ink. It stamps perfectly on the first try every time!

No Line Stamping Technique

Hi Stampers, I'm back with an awesome technique and a fun, quick and easy 3-D fold. On this card I used the no line technique. If you've never tried it, it's a simple way to stamp and color a line art image so that you don't see the lines on the completed image. For this blossom! I used SU crumb cake ink and colored the flowers with Rich Razzleberry alcohol ink markers. The stamps and dies on this card are Daisy and Bugs Stamp & Cut from Hero. 

I think the image works perfectly with this foam embellishment and fun paper from my stash. I turned it into a bridge fold card for a special birthday card. This card fold uses only a half sheet of card stock costing you about .22 cents for your card base and about .15 cents for the scrapbook paper, including the shipping and tax rate in my state. Where can you get something to gift that is this beautiful for less than a dollar? Plus it's a fun hobby and a pretty safe way to spend an evening with friends! 

If you're new to stamping and looking for an inexpensive way to build your supplies, the I am going to recommend Stampin' Up!s Paper Pumpkin kit, which comes with everything you need to get started and see if you like stamping. You get a sheet with color pictures and step by step directions in each box, along with embellishments like fun ribbon or adhesive backed sparkles and all the adhesives you need to hold your cards together, for under $25/month. If you don't have a demonstrator, when you sign up for your subscription, you can choose my friend Joann Bradley, and while you're at it give her a follow on Facebook (Cards by Jo) as she shares some pretty cool looking card designs in a style that I think is a little different from mine and the things I'm drawn to.

If you're already a stamper or scrapbook enthusiast you probably have plenty of paper crafting tools and supplies in your stash, so check out My Monthly Hero kits at Hero Arts. There you can pick from a variety of kits to subscribe to. I love the premium kit because it comes with dies to match your stamps, loads of stamps, plus extra fun things like liquid watercolors and brushes, metallic inks, ink spots, my recent kit contained 4! and loads of other things. Go to their website and see what they have. Stunning!!

Don't be afraid to add subscriptions from these companies. They both make it super easy to pause or cancel your subscription at any time! 

Thanks for stopping by and if you have a moment, leave a little love below! 

Fun Mother's Day Card

 

Because some moms are more fun than others!