World Card Making Day cont.

This usually happens to stampers with cats... their beloved felines like to get their little paws into the paper and ink. My little puppy likes to be in the middle of whatever is going on in the family. Usually, it's sitting with the kids while they work on their school lessons or trying to steal bath towels while I'm working on laundry. This day it was stamping... he just has to know what was so interesting to his people!
These next two cards feature stamps by Our Daily Bread Designs. I have to give this company some kudos. The rubber on their stamps was deeply etched, even the tiniest details... mounted on smart cushion... and the storage and packaging is both clever and space efficient. They offer a variety of Christian greetings, verses and images.

The background panels on the blue card were done with painted pigments technique (Technique Junkies Aug. '08) then I applied the basic version of cuttlebug highlights (Technique Junkies Oct. '08) over the base layers. The flourish cross is embossed in silver.

This purple card also uses painted pigments for the panels. I embossed the flourish cross in gold and burnished the image with an eggplant dye ink. The background flourish is by Stampin' UP.

This month remember those who minister in your church and those who touch our spiritual lives.

Kimm BT

World Card Making Day

My celebration of World Card Making Day turned into world cardmaking weekend. I'm going to share those with you today and maybe into tomorrow!

It's hard to pick a favorite sometimes but the above card is probably my favorite. I love the colors, the shine and the golden highlights in the varnished pearls layer (Technique Junkies Dec. 07). I colored the butterfly by Stampin' UP with pastel chalks then coated with versamark and embossed. I adhered the body of the butterfly only, leaving the wings 'free'. The narrow layer between the chocolate brown base and the celery green is a metallic gold. The stamped edging is by Inque Boutique.

The technique used in this floral garden card is Geometric Overlay (Technique Junkies Oct. '08). Stamps are by Stampin' UP and Inque Boutique.

I have to confess this full blossom card looks much better in real life than on a flat scan! The background is Cottoned Color (Technique Junkies Apr. '07) and has a beautiful shimmer to it. The blossom stamp is by Hero Arts that I colored with watercolor crayons than added little touches of Stickles glue to the light areas of the petals. Stickles glue isn't the old-fashioned chunky glitter glue... rather, this dimensional glue has very fine flakes of glitter and wonderful for card art!

Kimm BT