Two more cards for today...the first one is for this weeks Merry Monday #55, Tic Tac Toe and I took to the bottom row. It was a quick and easy card to make and I just love the way it turned out. I think this is the cutest Santa stamp I have ever seen, it was a gift from one of my blog friends, Cathy from Empty Nest Crafter. He is just so jolly looking.
My second card is for this weeks Retro Sketch #57. It has been a few weeks since I have played along and I forgot how fun it is to take their sketch and turn it into my own. I am thinking a bit ahead and made my card for Father's Day, my husband loves to fish more than just about anything else so I thought this would be just perfect for him. I used a stamp that is from a stamp class my sister I took what seems like a 100 years ago. She bought the stamp and then passed it down to me, it works great with all of these lures.
Ingredients - all PTI unless listed
Santa
Solid Card Stock: White
Ink: Fine Linen and SU - Real Red
Stamps: Santa Stationary and Serendipity - Santa
Bling: Doodlebug
Fish More
Solid Card Stock: White and Spring Rain
Stamps: WP9 - Fish More and A Muse Artstamps -Lots of Circles (thanks Robyn)
Dies: WP9 - Fish More
Ink: Spring Rain, Orange Zest, New Leaf, Lemon Tart and Harvest Gold, SU - Real Red and VersaFine - Black
Twine: Stash
Fishing doo dad: my husbands tackle box
Love them both. That santa card is just CAS perfection. Love the red and green, and how the sentiment and his image overlap just a smidge. Your fish card is a brilliant take on that retro sketch. So many fun elements, and perfect for a fisherman.
ReplyDeletelove those fish!! i need that set!! happy easter!
ReplyDeleteTo more super cards, Kim ... that Santa is so jolly and the balance is sooo perfect. The fish are amazing ... so colourful and fun ... love the pearly eyes! Anita :)
ReplyDeleteOops, I meant two! A :)
ReplyDeleteLove both of your cards and you are right that is a great Santa image. Thanks for joining us this week at Merry Monday.
ReplyDeleteI sure do love that Santa image! So glad you were able to use it Kim and your fishing card makes such a great masculine card!
ReplyDeleteLove the CAS elegant simplicity of you Santa card. The lure card is definitely hitting the top of my CAS cards as I am surrounded by avid (actually obsessed) fishermen! Checking out the WP9 websight shortly!
ReplyDeleteGreat cards, Kim! You are on a roll with your holidays, which is a good thing the way time is flying by!! Have a wonderful Easter Sunday with the family!
ReplyDeleteBoth cards are fantastic, I love the Santa image. Thank you for joining us for Merry Monday this week.
ReplyDeleteKim I just love both of your cards and I always enjoy seeing what you create for challenges, always so inspiring. Love the one layer Santa with those great sequins for Merry Monday. Your fishie card for Retro Sketches is fantastic, that set is on my wish list now. Thank you so much for sharing with us this week at Merry Monday!
ReplyDeleteThis is a fantastic Santa image! A wonderful one layer card! Love all the little fish too! Thanks for sharing with us at Merry Monday!
ReplyDeleteBoth cards are great Kim!
ReplyDeleteHope you had a wonderful Easter!
Sweet design and a beautiful card. Thanks for joining us at Merry Monday.
ReplyDeleteI agree, that is the greatest Santa image and your one-layer card is fabulous! LOVE the amazing fishing card! That is another very cool set. I don't even know anyone who fishes and I have been tempted to order it several times!
ReplyDeleteGreat one layer card, love the added bling! Thanks for playing with us at Merry Monday!
ReplyDeleteThis. Is. BRILLIANT! What an amazing, totally fun card! AND you used some actual fishing doodads! Wow!
ReplyDeleteTwo fantastic cards. I love the Christmas card. Love that Santa image. Reminds me of my childhood. Your father's day card is amazing. Love those cute fish and the fishing doo dad is the perfect embellishment.
ReplyDeleteYou are really messing me up with two cards on one post! Love that Santa - so clean - perfect sentiment, but then BAM! Those fish lures and I'm done for! You know I'm like a bee on a flower with all that color and so much going on!
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