Purse/Pocketbook Card

I love making these die cut cards and here's another one...I made this little purse/pocketbook card for my cousin's birthday next week..I hope she doesn't peek at my blog...

I cut the shape of the purse out of card stock and then added the stripe and check papers..I edged the purse with Distress Ink from Tim Holtz in Victorian Velvet, to give it a little depth...Love the color... Next came the fun part adding the white lace to the edge of the flap, the pink and white pearls along the top edge and the pretty pink, paper rose from Petaloo..The handle is a soft green ribbon...I stamped Happy Birthday on the inside in the Victorian Velvet...The card opens from bottom to top...

I would love to hear your comments about my purse card, if you have a minute...As always, I appreciate you stopping by my blog and I will have more art soon.............Kathy

Birthday Cake Card

I made this cut out card for my friend's birthday...I will be giving it to her today and I hope she likes it...She loves purple so I used that as the main color...I added Prima flowers and ribbon lace that reminds me of piping that they put around cakes...I also punched out the butterflies in different colors and then I glittered each one with Stickles Diamond Glitter Glue...The sparkle is so pretty and I love the Martha Stewart punches...  I added lots of pearls and stamped the "Happy Birthday"....Inside it says, "Wishing You a Day Filled With Good Things."

I'm not sure what I will be working on next...I may do the butterfly lottery at ArtHaven and I have a couple of birthday cards to do, too...I'm waiting for some inspiration to hit me... I hope you are all having a good day and thanks for dropping by...You make me smile....Kathy

Another Hat Card

I made another hat card for a friend and for this one I wanted a fresh and springy look so I chose the pretty floral paper, by American Crafts, for the brim and paired it with the softer, pink patterned paper, by Little Yellow Bicycle, for the crown..I added the floral, white lace, a big and bright pink, Prima flower and ribbon tails with tiny, cream colored flowers attached...Inside I stamped "Wishing You Blue Skies and Sunny Days," in a dark pink ink...

I love making these cut out cards..Next I am making a 3 tier birthday cake card...Hope to show you that soon..Wishing you a wonderful Sunday afternoon..It's raining here and a good day to do art...Thank you for visiting my blog...I love your comments...Kathy

Quote Card w/Matching Envie

One of the April swaps in my Arthaven art group was to make a card with a quote and matching envelope...Well, I cheated just a bit and added 2 flowers, but that's okay...I love this quote by Picasso and wanted to make a card that was pretty and artsy at the same time...I stamped the quote on a blank label, added the paper flowers, pink pearls and for a little sparkle, the pink gemstones...On the bottom is a strip of creamed colored, crocheted lace and for the artsy part I added the stick on tubes of acrylic paint...I like the way it blends together with the swap theme and the quote...

For the matching envelope I added a blank label to the front, just like the one on the card and a return address label with a cute little bee on it...The back of the envie has the flap in the matching polka dot paper that is on the card...I also added two roses to pretty it up...

So, now I am off to make a birthday card and a get well card for friends...I hope to join in on the ArtHaven May lottery, too...The theme is butterflies...Should be fun...

Thank you all, once again, for visiting my blog and for all your kind comments...I so appreciate it...Hope to see you again soon..........Kathy

Easter Eggs

Happy Easter Everyone...I wanted to share with you today some photos of the wooden Easter eggs that I painted.. Some I painted previous Easters and some this year...They are time consuming to do, so I don't get to do as many as I would like...I love the pretty pastels colors, flowers and designs and when I'm in a painting mood I have lots of fun doing these...I hope you enjoy looking at them and I would love to know what you think of them......Thank you for visiting my blog....Kathy

Twinchie Tag

I just finished this twinchie tag for a swap at ArtHaven..A twinchie is a 2 inch square and we had to have 2 of them on our tag for the swap...This is what I came up with and I have to tell you that it was not easy for me to work in such small spaces, but the challenge was fun...I used a pretty floral paper, ribbon flowers, adhesive pearls, white lace and the lovely images are from Paper Whimsy...

 I hope everyone is having a great Easter Sunday...Kathy

Hat Shaped Card

Today I've added a photo of a birthday card that I recently made for a friend..I cut the shape of the hat out of card stock and chose the pretty contrasting papers for the crown and brim...I added a pink ribbon at the band, Prima flowers and a strand of pearls for detail..The card opens from the bottom up and inside I stamped Happy Birthday in pink..

I like cutting cards into shapes...I have also done cupcakes and I am working on an apron card, as well...

Thank you for stopping by and I so appreciate the sweet comments that many of you have left...I will have more art to share soon...Wishing everyone a wonderful day...Kathy