Hello creative friends! How is it Monday already? This weekend went by FAST! I'm so happy hubs is home and he and kitty are fast friends already. That kitty is so easy to love and quick to be comfortable with us! Yeah! I had a great time on Saturday at Hero Arts at the Coloring Road Show. I saw so many friends there! Not too much coloring happened actually...mostly visiting and watching Kathy color and just enjoying fellowship with other crafters. What a great time - I so enjoy hanging out with other stamping girls. Now that all the stamp stores are closed...there's really no where to hang out with each other like we used to. I hope you had a wonderful weekend too! Some more about the Road Show at the bottom of my post!
Today's card is another Summer themed tropical creation! This time I used the awesome Stay Golden Stamp Set from Ellen Hutson. I love this stamp set! It's all pineapples and flowers... And the best sentiments!! It makes me happy to stamp out those golden pineapples! This time I chose to use dIstress inks to water color them. And I kept a cool vibe with my natural color palette. Stay Golden everyone!
The card is a white A2 card base. Then I layered some olive-y green paper from my stash. I used a new pineapple embossing folder to emboss kraft paper for my center top layer. I think the embossing folder is the Joann's brand. I didn't recognize the packaging??!! It's aqua and clear and I've only seen it at Joann's. I stamped and die cut out the pineapples from watercolor paper.
The pineapple stamps are in two parts - the top and bottom. The top part is a solid stamp with no outlines. I wanted an outline, so after I colored the leaves I added a wonky, fast outline with a pen. The coloring was done with a water brush and a few colors of distress inks in yellows and greens. I also splattered Opaque White over the pineapples and the kraft layer. I think it looks kind of artsy. After I attached the pineapples onto the paper, I added two golden Doodlebug Sprinkles.
Here are my FINE-apples!
Some of my supplies - and that awesome stamp set!!
For the sentiment I used vellum with gold heat embossing. I thought I should use gold because of what it says! I wrapped some natural thread around the top layer before attaching the pineapples.
Here's a close up of the embossing!
Thank you guys for all the love about my new kitty! I really appreciate everyone being so happy for us. I know lots of you were very upset when Buddy died...and now you are happy for this next chapter and our new furry bundle of joy. Thank you for that. XO Mr. Kitty officially has a name now! His name is Lucky! (get it, Lucky Guess!) We named him that because he is very happy go lucky and because we feel so lucky to have him. He has already brought so much joy to our home.
If you ever have the chance to attend one of Kathy Racoosin's Coloring Challenge Road Trip events I would say - GO! She donates the event fee to charity which is so nice. The events are all over the country. The one I attended yesterday was at Hero Arts which is about an hour from my house. I was surprised that there were people from all over there! Virginia, Texas, LA, etc. all came together. It was truly a day of laughter, fun, good food, crafting, friendship and happiness. Kathy did demos all day with small groups talking to us about her personal coloring style. It was fun to watch her in person and learn from her. I met lots of my blog followers which was AWESOME and had good conversations all day. I colored one tiny thing! LOL. I was expecting that because I'm kind of a chatter box. I met some wonderful women who are local and I hope it's the start of some new crafting friendships. Four of us even went out to dinner together. It was very good for my soul. These kinds of things really uplift me. Here is a shot of the whole group!
And me and Kathy! XO
Thanks so much for coming by today! Hope I put you in a tropical mood to start your week off! What are you planning to do this week? Happy 4th of July too! I'll be back on Wednesday with a patriotic card! XOXO
SUPPLIES FOR TODAY!
Oh Wanda! I'm so glad you have adopted Lucky Guess! I love him already. Give him a kiss on his furry head for me. Love, Judy
Posted by: Judy Gudeman | 07/07/2018 at 08:17 PM
So glad you had a good day with Kathy and friends! Love this card!
Maybe our next step in life is to open a crafty spot! Wonder if we could make a living? Julie Lm
Posted by: Julie L | 07/03/2018 at 04:59 AM
Wanda, it was so fun meeting you on Saturday! What a fun day! Adorable card - love the pineapples! Lucky is too cute!
Posted by: Katie Jones | 07/02/2018 at 09:03 PM
Lucky is so cute! Plus this card is so fabulous. I do love embossing folders. What a nice size group. I sure it was wonderful... I do so love her blog, she gives the greatest tips too. We are having our kids for a campout tonight for our 4th celebration. We should see some fireworks from not too far away. The heat has been awful in Michigan this week with more to come. Happy 4th to you guys in California!
Posted by: Anne Sturgeon | 07/02/2018 at 10:40 AM
Cool card! I will look for that embossing folder. Love his name. He’s “Lucky” to have been adopted by you.
Posted by: Rosa M. Vasquez | 07/02/2018 at 09:37 AM
Love the card!!
Posted by: Nancy Hassan | 07/02/2018 at 08:13 AM
I love those pineapples and I think I need that embossing folder!
Lucky is lucky, indeed. A perfect name for your new bundle of happiness.
Posted by: Janetb | 07/02/2018 at 08:07 AM
Looks like such fun! And I love pineapple cards. I’ve seen that new packaging at JoAnn but haven’t bought any of those embossing folders yet.
My Mark guessed your kitty’s name when I showed him your first photo of the new little guy...he IS lucky to have landed in a loving home.
Posted by: Julie | 07/02/2018 at 07:13 AM