Celebrate Fall

I’ve been having major rubber withdrawal lately - between vacation, being sick and life getting in the way I have not had a chance to be creative. Well last night I put an end to that and used the inspiration all around me - the fall leaves. You see I live in 25 acres of woods so this time of year is breathtaking!!!

Celebrate Fall:

This card is mostly mustard because most of the trees are this color right now - I think they are maples.

The strips of background is the Collage of Leaves image that I stamped in VersaMark and then More Mustard and clear embossed (this is how you can make any dye based ink emboss able). I then sponged on fall colors. The panel behind the leaf started out as Very Vanilla - I used two different distressed inks on my craft sheet, spritzed it with water and put the paper in it repeatedly - I then sponged the rust and green color on it.

I hope you have a chance today to enjoy the beauty around you!

KAT

The Stuff:
Stamps (all Innovative Stamp Creations) Collage of Leaves, Autumn Leaves
Paper - (all SU) More Mustard, Choc Chip, Old Olive, Very Vanilla
Ink - VeraMark; Antique Linen, Tea Dye (Distress Ink - Ranger); More Mustard, Old Olive, Really Rust, Choc Chip (SU)
Other - Clear EP (Ranger), Wax Linen string, Photo corner punch (su), tab punch (McGill)

Natures Secret

I’m back from the beach and a little under the weather… I’m just starting to feel better. It figures you go on vacation, have a great time and you get home and ugh…. Well at least I was not sick on vacation!

Today’s card is for a sketch challenge over at Innovative Stamp Creations.

Nature’s Secret:



I think sketch challenges are a great way to stretch you out of your comfort zone and get you to look at you stamps differently!
Challenge Details…
Make a card using the sketch posted on the ISC blog here . Using only ISC images and submit by 10/12/08 and you could win a $25 ISC shopping spree.

Thanks for visiting!
KAT


The Stuff:
Stamps - (all Innovative Stamp Creations) Harlequin Flowers 2, Butterflies, wood grain, marvels of nature, textures and sentiments
Paper - Very Vanilla, Mellow Moss, Really Rust
Ink - Really Rust, More Mustard, Pumpkin (SU); Brushed Corduroy, tea dye, vintage photo, antique linen (Distressed ink ranger)
Other - glossy accents, button, brads, chipboard

Cherish Beauty

This is the last card that I made for Rhonda’s birthday…

Cherish Beauty:

This card is made in honor of our Tim Holtz classes… I used Grungeboard, idea-ology embellishments and it has an overall grungy look - this is my favorite card. On the back I put the information for our classes so that she will look at this tag and always remember her gift!

See the leaf vine made from plain grungeboard? It’s a new stamp from Wendy Vecchi - she’s my second favorite artist in this industry (sorry Wendy but Tim is my number one man - Oh - you could be my number one woman!!!!). She recently came out with her own stamp line - if you are looking for some inspiration visit her Studio 490 blog here.

The background colors were achieved by swiping inks on a craft sheet, misting with water and then putting the office tag in the moist inks, letting dry and repeating until I liked the color.

I better put on more sun screen and I hope my credit card is not melting from too much shopping!!! Thanks for visiting!
KAT

The Stuff:
Stamps - Ticket to Art (Wendy Vecchi), (rest ISC) Friendships, Majestic Women, Alterable Words, Maple Tree Paintings
Paper - Office Tag
Ink- Background (SU) Pumpkin Pie, Bashful Blue, Soft Sky; Timber Brown Stazon, Choc Chip, Mellow Moss, Sage Shadow (SU); Rust, Sky Blue (Brilliance)
Other- Plain Grungeboard, Philosophy tags, swivel clasp, jump

Beauty in Black and White

I love Black and White cards… They are so elegant and really show off your image. This is another card for Rhonda’s birthday!

Beauty in Black and White:

You can’t really see it in the picture but there is sewing around a couple of the panels. The black mesh is left over screening from when my DH built a screen door for my Studio (I’d use this on cards but not in a scrapbook - I doubt it’s archival safe). See the cute cubby paper clip - that’s one of the new clips from SU.

Image the sand between my toes… Thanks for the visit!
KAT

The Stuff:
Stamps - Friendships (ISC), Batik Flower (ISC), Cute & Curly (SU)
Paper - Black, White, College Bound (the Paper Studio)
Ink - Whisper White Craft, Onyx Black Versafine
Other - Window Mesh, White EP, Square Brads, Clips (SU)

Happy Birthday Rhonda!

Today is my BEST BEST BEST girlfriends birthday and I am lucky that she is more than a girlfriend - she is part of our family - Rhonda is my sister-in-law! We’ve been friends FOREVER and to celebrate her birthday we are on the way to spend time at the beach!

For her birthday I got her two days with Tim Holtz - yes THE Tim Holtz! We will be spending two days in classes with him on Oct 18th and 19th … (hmmm just as much a gift for me huh - I‘m a lucky girl too - Jumping for joy!!!) So that she would have something to open now I also bought her a bunch of Tim’s metal embellishment line from idea-ology.

I made her a few cards that will be posting while I’m off at the beach! I hope you enjoy them - they are all made with one of Rhonda’s favorite images - Girl with Flowing hair…

Beauty in Paradise:

This one has a beachy feel to me.

Enjoying the Sun!!! Thanks for visiting!
KAT

The Stuff:
Stamps - (Innovative Stamp Creations) Women Around the World, Friendships
Paper - White, River Rock, White Out Collection (WeR Memory Keepers)
Ink - Timber Brown Stazon
Other - Watercolor Crayons (Lyra), White thread, buttons

Simply Irrestistible

Today’s challenge at Innovative Stamp Creations is Simply Irresistible! The challenge is to use different resist techniques and create 2 to 4 ATCs. There are so many different resist techniques to inspire you - as I thought about what to do for this challenge I was able to write down 12 different resist techniques in less than 5 minutes.

Here is the group picture of mine, front:

Back of ATC Holder:

The top of the ATC Holder:

The resist technique on the box is Magic Pattern.

Magic Pattern was also used on the Pair ATC:

Multi Resist:

Mist Resist:

Also the one that I rejected just because after they were all finished it just didn’t go with the color palette - Paint resist:

We’re hoping that you’ll play along! Create 2 to 4 ATCs using only Innovative Stamp Creations images and you will be entered to win a stamp sheet of your choice and a package of ISC ATC holder die cuts - like the one I used for this project. The details can be found here . You have until Sept 29th to participate!!!

Have a creative day and thanks for the visit!!!
KAT

The Stuff:
Stamps - (all Innovative Stamp Creations) Mona Lisa Arte, Art 4 Frames II, Butterflies, Women Around the World, ATC Artsy Backgrounds, Framed Square, Alterable Words, Textured Backgrounds, daVinci Pears, Beautiful flowers, Flair of Summer, Arty Trinkets, Artsy, Latin Family, Marvels of Nature II, Rustic Artsy Swirl
Paper - (all SU) Very Vanilla, Choc Chip, Soft Sky, Really Rust
Ink - VersaMark, Timber Brown Stazon, Dark Brown Chalk (Color Box), Rust (Brilliance); (rest SU) Choc Chip, Choc Chip Craft
Other - ISC ATC Holder, 7 Gypsies Handle, Pearlescent Watercolor Palette (Niji), Water Color Crayons (Lyra), Clear EP (Ranger), Dark Chocolate Acrylic Paint (Delta), VersaMark marker, Brown Pigma Pen (Sakura), Mists - Java, Cornflower (Tsukinek), blue martini (Memories Mists)

Afternoon Flowers

Today’s card is for a very close friend’s Birthday (a lot of my friends have BD in September - what’s up with that???) - Happy Birthday Linda!!!

Afternoon Flowers:

I’ve been hoarding the Afternoon Tea paper forever - so yesterday I cut into it… You see Linda is a flower and blue girl - I know blue and orange daisies - not something naturally in nature but the color combo is great! Each of the flowers is three layers popped up on dimensionals.

I am surprised to see the number of tree limbs we have down today - the wind that we experienced last night from Ike was freaky - wind going round in a circles. I hope that you and your family are safe and well today!

Thanks for the visit!
KAT

The Stuff:
Stamps - Petal Prints, Best Yet (SU); Ribbons & Bows (Stamps by Judith)
Paper - (all SU) Afternoon Tea DSP, White Groovy Guava, Choc Chip, Soft Sky
Ink - Soft Sky, Groovy Guava, Choc Chip, Mellow Moss
Other - Curly Label Punch (SU), Groovy Guava Ribbon (SU), Silver brads, Long Rectangle Megabilities (Spellbinders)

Edit for Nature Distressed

Betsy - the owner of Innovative Stamp Creations is feeling really generous today - maybe because today is her Birthday!!! If you submit an entry for ISCC12 Sketch challenge you will be entered to win TWO, yes - that's right, TWO free stamps sheets of you choice... So get creating!!! We need to see some inky fingers!

Enjoy!

KAT

Nature Distressed ISCC12

Today’s Innovative Stamp Creations challenge is a Sketch found at Witty Living - you can view it here .

Nature Distressed:

Ever wonder if the trees are "distressed" in the fall - stuggling to hold on to their leaves because they are not yet ready of the long winter to begin?

As you can see I did modify the sketch to fit my idea - I believe that is what sketch challenges are intended for - keep the general concept but make it your own.

The pattern paper I made using a background stamp and the smallest tree from the Maple Tree Painting set. I added lots of sponging and distressing - even some tearing and crumbling.

ICSC12 Challenge Details:

Make a card based on the sketch using only Innovative Stamp Creations images. You have until Sept 21st to complete and you will be entered to win a stamp sheet of your choice! For all the details visit the Innovative Stamp Creations blog here .

Join us and play along!
KAT

The Stuff:
Stamps - (all Innovative Stamp Creations) Maple Tree Paintings, Marvels Of Nature II, About Me
Paper - (all SU) Very Vanilla, More Mustard, Really Rust, Choc Chip
Ink - Antique Linen Distress Ink (Ranger), VersaMark: (rest SU)Choc Chip, More Mustard, Old Olive, Soft Sky, Really Rust
Other - buttons, thread, clear EP

Time Triptych Revisited

When I posted the Time Triptych here I was not happy with the photos. I re-shot them today. All the product information is in the original post above - all stamps Innovative Stamp Creations, rest is Ranger.

Full:

Page 1 (this one is my favorite!):

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Thanks for the visit!

KAT