Blessed and Thankful...

Hi Friends and Happy Thanksgiving to you all- My husband and I went down to my parents house today to partake in some wonderful food.  Of course, as always the dressing is always my favorite.  I could make a meal just out of the dressing, I tell ya.  We traveled in yucky rainy weather to get this wonderful meal today, but I am just thankful that we made it safe, and that we had a meal to enjoy with my mom and dad.  Now we are back home, and settling in for the night.  Here is today's card that I am sharing with all of you. What I enjoy the most about this card the beautiful focal point of the maple leaf, and this stamp is from Hero Arts.  I took some browns, yellows, greens and reds and used these ink colors with my blender pen to make this leaf come together.  I think it turned out well. 

Well,today's post is short and sweet.  I hope all of you have a blessed Thanksgiving.  I won't be braving Black Friday.  That craziness isn't for me.  Till tomorrow my friends!  Stay safe and be well!    - Kari

 

'Tis Tuesday!

Hi Friends!  Thought I would post something this morning, instead of in the afternoon.  I worked, it seemed like hours last night trying to improve my new site here, and s-l-o-w-l-y but surely I am improving it day by day.  There are still lots for me to learn!  My card for today is very simple, but it gets the message across.  It reminds me of my sweet mother, because she loves hummingbirds.  I took some textured gray card stock as my base.  I then stamped that beautiful hummingbird and embossed it.  I, then embossed with white embossing powder one of the flowers from the Fifth Ave. Floral stamp set from Stampin' Up! and then, with a spray bottle spritzed my flower with water.  It makes some pools onto the flower, and then I took two different colors of re-inker, and just lightly touched with a paintbrush ( or you could use an aqua painter if you have one) some of the reinker to the pools of water and let it spread through out the flower.  It looks like a "hot mess" at first, but once you let it dry, the wait and the effect is beautiful. I cut my flower out, and popped it up on some dimensionals.  I, then stamped my "thinking of you" greeting, and also embossed that as well.  This card is one of my favorites.  That is probably why I still have it and have kept it to enjoy for myself!  :o)  Thanks for stopping by friends!