Hello Friends, Welcome to Altenew’s first Crafty Friends Blog Hop! I am super excited to be apart of this hop because this industry and the people (you all) have brought such happiness to my life!! Today is Day 2 of the hop and to start at the beginning go to the Altenew Blog Here.
It’s no secret that I love these frames called, “Framed” from Altenew. I have used the frames a few times already and could use them on everything if I allowed myself. Coloring flowers is a love of mine so putting both of these together … the frames and the “Charmed” flowers was a win win for me.
Today I wanted to use the negative and the positive of the frames plus color the flowers differently. I did some “color plucking” and somewhat randomly selected the colors for my flowers and I was determined to make them work. Watch the video to see my process & if you like a thumbs up is always so encouraging.
Today’s hop is all about celebrating our unique crafting community by sharing a project inspired by one of our favorite crafters and for my pick …. of course… you all know her and she inspires us all. When I explain to my non crafty friends who Jennifer McGuire is I describe her as “the Oprah Winfrey of crafting”. Yes she inspires us all but, besides that it’s the other things that Jennifer does that makes her my pick. One day when we look up kind or kindness in the dictionary Jennifer’s name might be there. Jennifer is always thinking of someone else and always thinking of ways she can help an individual or a group or an organization. Honestly I can go on and on but, instead I will just say that Jennifer makes me a better person so that’s why she’s my pick. I will add that her creativity blows my mind with every post.
I hope I was able to convey why Jennifer is my pick and she is not only crafty but, such a kind, warm, compassionate, thoughtful, giving and a humble person.
and now back to the card lol.
The oval is popped with some foam tape and the frame is popped using two layers of black fun foam. (This foam has a sticky back) The varying dimension is cool in person.
One of my new favorite things to do is add lines on the petals or leaves giving definition and bringing the background into the flower. If you compare the stamp on the right and the flowers I colored on the left you can see what I mean about the lines in the petals.
For my second card I was away & I forgot to pack my copic blending solution! Since I wasn’t able to add texture to the background … I had to think out of the box.
I stamped the flowers on the background and colored some of them with a lighter and a darker grey. ( I saw this silhouette stamping post from Jennifer … she colored the images black and embossed them to create a silhouette. I saw this post well over a month ago …thought it was brilliant … and I didn’t even realize it until I was editing my photos that subconsciously Jennifer was my inspiration.)
Since I was stamping on the edges of my card to add something to the background ….. Stamping with my stamp hanging off the misti … it worked! Yay!
When I had to stamp the other corners … part of my card was hanging off of my misti and that worked too thank goodness!
The background went from plain to perhaps to busy? After coloring the flowers with the same markers as my other card I added some pencil accents with these.
I loved how this turned out and I think it makes placing vellum easier. I used my paper strip scraps from trimming my first card. Adding tiny dots of glossy accents on the vellum behind the letters in “remembering” so they will adhere to the thin strip. Then I added foam tape to the thin strip so I can pop the vellum to my card. I stamped the “every day is worth” on white and popped that on my vellum strip.
Prizes! Yes please!: Altenew is giving away a $100 Altenew prize pack to FIVE lucky winners ! Woo Hoo and good luck! Be sure to leave comments by Friday, October 27th at 11:59 PM EDT for a chance to win! 21 WINNERS will be chosen at random from the comments left on all of these blogs listed below and will be announced on the Altenew Card Blog and Altenew Scrapbook Blog on October 28th, 2017.
Here is the blog hop order:
Kathy Racoosin *you are here*
Yoonsun Hur *next on the hop*
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Thank YOU so much for your visit today and kudos to you if you are still reading … for that I am even more grateful. Have a lovely week! Hugs, Kathy
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Day 1. The Coloring Challenge is here!
A little bird told me …
Day 21.
oh wow! how pretty! perfect for this time of year!
Thanks for sharing your beautiful card & the opportunity to win.
Beautiful cards and so clever to use both negative and positive parts! Love the color choices.
You’re right about Jennifer McGuire, I love how you went outside the box with your card- very clever.
Wow!! These are super gorgeous!! Love the black shades and the beautiful blooms!! Thanks for sharing with us 🙂
The velum trick is ingenious! I’m going to TRY and remember to use this trick on a card soon!
Awe, thanks Kristine!
Your cards always amaze me, this card is no exception I just love it. The colors of the flowers stand out so well with the dark background. Thanks for all your great videos.
I love this card…
I love all the details you added to the flowers–stunning. Altenew’s floral stamp sets are beautiful. Fun hop celebrating crafty friendships and collaboration.
Kathy your cards are always so beautiful. Your coloring is impeccable, and I so enjoy your videos. Thank you for inspiring us all.
Oh Michelle, thank you so much!!
Stunning!! Thanks for the inspiration.
WOW your cards are GORGEOUS!!! Love them and Altenew:)
oh this is beautiful. the dark grey just makes it almost “regal”!
Thanks for sharing how you made these cards. They’re lovely. I truly admire your patience and all the time and effort you put into them.
Thank you so much for your sweet comment, Olive!
Wow! So very beautiful. I really enjoy watching your whole process. You make the flowers pop off the page.
Wow! Love these!!
This is amazing, love all of the details on this card!
I just love how the colors pop against the dark background. Striking!
These cards are amazing. I have always admired the positive negative stamping technique, though I have never tried it The backgrounds are stunning too,
Thank you, Kim! You should give it a try!!!
Adding all the detail lines makes the flowers so realistic…just beautiful! Love your videos, too.
Thank you so much for your positive feedback, Nancy!
Great cards. love the color
I like that you used black. I always use white. I need to step out of the box. I do agree that Jennifer is amazing and I have never even met her….just here in blog land. Thanks for choosing her. I think I would too. Love that you compare her to Oprah!
Beautiful card! I love watching Jennifer McGuire too! But you are awesome too!
Awe, thank you, Carol! You’ve made me smile!
Wow these are spectacular. It can;t be easy making black look this fabulous.
Ok, now I have about fallin off my chair with how great these cards are…watched the video…loved it..and subscribed.
Your talent is off the charts…and you are quite cute and funny with your comments. Loved that video…sorry you have a cold. Hope it is better very soon.
Thank you so much for sharing so much with us…I look forward to checking out more videos. Big hugs.
Wow Rose Mary, thank you for making my day! Welcome to my blog and YouTube channel and thank you for subscribing! I’m so happy you found me and enjoyed my Altenew cards! Hugs right back to you !
Edgy, mysterious AND beautiful. Love them!
Wow! What absolutely beautiful cards! I love this crafting community and the fact that it can bring people together from all over the world. I have “met” some wonderful friends in places like Florida (USA) and even New Zealand! And I think we all agree about Jennifer McGuire 🙂
Yes I love this crafty community is worldwide and holds no bounds!!!
Gorgeous coloring Kathy! I love the way you made those flowers your own. Love how the lines define the pedals. This is such an awesome blog hop. I love reading everyones stories and hearing what inspires them. Heres to crafty friendships!
Cheers, Debbie!
Beautiful cards Kathy! I love your coloring always!
Great tips and instructions! Such beautiful coloring!
Beautiful coloring and lovely cards!
love to watch you color, Kathy – two beautiful cards!
The black with the flowers is so striking. Thanks for sharing your talents.
Beautiful cards with stunning colors ! Very interesting use of frames 🙂
Amazing background! Beautiful coloring!!
Kathy, thank you for sharing these wonderful cards, The second one i s my favorite and I think I will give this technique a try! Thanks for being a “virtual friend” for many of us! Love and crafty hugs, hope you fell better soon!
Oh Liz, thank you so much!
Love the dark colors.
This just made my jaw drop!! Wow!!! Absolutely Beautiful!
LOVE the variations in your coloring styles on the CHARMED set Kathy! YOU are the BEST:)
Kathy, your coloring amazes me. How I wish I could color like you do. Your flowers are beautiful!! I love the dimension on your cards! I agree about Jennifer, she has changed the entire way that I make cards. I am inspired by her kindness and generosity. Paper crafters/card makers are such wonderful people. Thank you for your inspiration!!
Thank you, Linda!
Love the black with the bright colors!
Your two cards are beautiful ! It’s really great to see the same stamp used with same colors but with variations on the setting. Thank you for the video.
Your colouring is always so inspiring! Beautiful cards. I’m waiting for my frames set to arrive. 🙂
Woo hoo! Have fun playing with the frames, Janet!
Really pretty card
gorgeous card!
coloring is amazing!
Lovely and tricky frame! I love it!
Your cards are beautiful and the coloring is amazing! I love that you used the negative of the die to create a second stunning card. Great idea and use of product! 🙂 Thanks for your inspiration!
Love the dark background. I find it very original. And Jen is so great.
Stunning cards Kathy
Hi Kathy, wow what a stunning effect you created. Looks really great. Always enjoy your projects and videos….thanks for sharing your talent. 🙂
Magnificent, bold & beautiful cards, Kathy.
Such a cool look! Gorgeous cards!
Your cards are beautiful. I am always stunned by how gorgeous your coloring technique is.
Oh thank you so much for your sweet words Deborah !
Such beautiful cards Kathy. Thanks for sharing your talent.
These are just beautiful, I think I would frame them and hang them in my home. Tfs
Amazing cards! So very beautiful.
OMG! Those cards are gorgeous! Thank you so much for the inspiration! Btw I think that’s a great description of Jennifer
beautiful work as always!
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing your talent and tips. I will always remember to have a sharp tip on my pencils from your visit to Gina’s shop along with balling up my towel piece to use with blending solution.
Jaw dropping gorgeous!!!
So pretty and as always those flowers are strikingly beautiful!!!
Fantastic 3D effect! And your copic coloring looks like tole painting! Gorgeous!
Hi Kathy;
Great video reinforcing many of the things from the Gina K coloring challenge I attended! Love your backgrounds and how you do them. And you didn’t say sharp colored pen el too much in WI! So glad I got to meet you and get a picture with you and Gina – thank you for al, your inspiration
Thank you so much for your sweet words, Kathy. It was wonderful to meet you too!
Love the dimension with the frame die… gorgeous cards!
Wow, those dark backgrounds are amazing. Gives the cards a Gothic feel. Great cards
Gorgeous, colorful card! You are very talented.
Wow! Gorgeous! Love it!
These are all amazing Kathy
I am always in awe of what you make Kathy, this is gorgeous. Also seeing your interpretation of Jennifer’s silhouette stamping makes me want to try embossing in clear on black card stock. Oh, I’m off to try it… maybe it will look a little bit like your card..
Woo hoo Helen! I’m glad you were inspired! I hope you had fun playing.
This is another amazing card with the Charmed set. I love how so many different looks are possible from one set. Jennifer does seem very nice. I follow her blog and her instagram. I wrote her once, but she never responded. I’m sure she’s busy with her own life and good friends like you!
I saw her post on that as well and thought it was smart and interesting. She is very creative in card making I agree.
Love your card.
Oh my gosh, so original! Beautiful!
The dark background against the flowers makes them POP!! I LOVE how you used the frames and then the negative for the second card. JUST AMAZING!!
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing your unique technique.
I love how you used the frames to bring your focus onto the images.
Lovely cards!
gotta get some black foam tape. love the dimension on this!
Those backgrounds are so rich! I love the dark tone on tone and love the diecutting and dimension that added!
These are beautiful need to finish watching the video. I read on one of you post you were in Scottland that had to be exciting are you an “Outlander” fan if not you should watch it!
TWo such pretty cards!!! I love this design and how you did the stamp across the opening like that. Such vivid colors!!
Beautiful card, love the red against the dark background. Really pretty.
Beautiful
WOW! That is some powerful color …
Beautiful card! Love the dimension.
Wow, Kathy, this is so very gorgeous! Amazing colouring as always. Love how you used the frame to add interest and dimension!
OMG, this card is absolutely stunning! thank you for sharing
You did an Incredible job here!!!
Your technique on these cards paid off.. Gorgeous. Love the idea and how you did this.
This is such an amazing duo of cards !
I love your use of dark color with such contrast! Your cards are very striking! At first I was a little confused at the structure of them, but once the light bulb came on -yes! These will be very fun to try! Thank you!
Just a perfectly lovely card!
I love your card Kathy. It’s so beautiful and dramatic. Thank you for your inspiration. I love everything you do.
Hearing a description, I wouldn’t expect to like the colors – but I love it!
Your cards are lovely. I like that you used the negative cut too!
As always, you never cease to amaze me! I love how you did both of these cards! Some people say that dark cards are gloomy but I disagree! These are breathtaking and luxuriously rich! Like a fine chocolate that melts in your mouth like a dreamy chocolate cloud!
I am totally in love with both of these and will be trying something similar as soon as I have the time & energy to create for a few minutes.
Jenna, my 5 year old granddaughter, broke her arm at school on Thursday and had to have emergency surgery to put pins in and she is having trouble sleeping so since I am the one who gets up with her, I am so exhausted in addition to still fighting off pneumonia.
I absolutely love ALL things Altenew and love their layering Florals most of all! TFS!
Oh Barb, I hope Jenna and you both feel better real soon!
This absolutely gorgeous love it over black..
Oh my gosh! Absolutely elegant. Love your colors and technique
The flowers are just stunning! Love the use of the negatives as well!
Absolutely stunning cards! Your coloring is so beautiful. Great instructions. Wonderful blog hop! This wonderful hobby brings so many people together. ❤️
Really pretty cards. Love the dark background. Daring choice that really works. Inspiring!
OMG, such beautiful cards & so clever. You never disappoint. Love your work.
Stunning cards! Thank you for an awesome video too. I always love to watch you colour and love to hear you explain your process.
Thanks so much, Phi!
Jennifer is one of my fave crafters too.
Amazing techniques, always learn alot from your cards
A gorgeous card…
Kathy this card is so beautiful. I totally agree with how you have described Jennifer McGuire. She is inspiring and encouraging to everyone. Some day I hope to meet both of you. Thank you for sharing your crafty friend story.
Wow…how gorgeous!
Lovely cards. It’s not often we see dark backgrounds – you’ve pulled it off well.
Wow, such striking, eye catching cards! I absolutely love the color combo!
Beautiful card, thanks for sharing your process
OMG! These are so amazing! I love how those flowers have so much dimension and are so bright against that gorgeous background!
Love your cards Kathy!!! Gorgeous colouring and adding those extra lines to the flowers and leaves really makes a huge difference. The backgrounds are amazing too, such a great idea with the vellum!!
So happy you liked it Tina! Thank you for your sweet comments!
Love your cards today. Can’t go wrong with ANY stamp set of theirs. Love!!
You always make such works of art, Kathy, I love your creations!
Love your always creative take on things. Thanks!
Amazing process! I learned a LOT from your video. Thanks!
A gorgeous card!
Lovely cards. Amazing work.
Another great video Kathy. You are always so inspiring and your work is amazing. Thanks so much for sharing.
Oh you’re making me blush Helen! Thank you so so much!
I love that you shared your determination to make this card work. Great to see even the best have to work at it. Love this card and your technique on the leaves. I will keep that in mind because it really makes a huge difference.
These are simply stunning! I LOVE this color combo, and would have never thought of it! Pinned for later 🙂 Fantastic coloring job too!
Thanks for your sweet words and for pinning, Shari!
Hi Kathy, your cards are simply gorgeous! I just love watching your videos,you’re so talented and inspiring. Thank you for sharing that talent with us.
Oh my goodness, Kathy. The depth of those flowers are magnificent. You never cease to amaze me.
Your colouring is gorgeous. Especially love your second card!
Beautiful cards, Kathy! You have much more patience than I! Love your pick of Jennifer. I admire her very much too.
I just love anything from Altenew. I especially like what you did with this set, Kathy. And, I know what you mean about Jennifer. I want to be her when I grow up!
Beautiful cards ! I’m sure you inspire many of us with the dark backgrounds.
Thank you for sharing your talent and tips in the clear video.
Such a beautiful card!!
I concur Kathy! Jennifer IS a very caring, talented, creative, artistic, Inspiring, Beautiful Lady inside and out. Those who know Jennifer up close and personal ARE So Blessed to have her in their lives. She blows me away as well when she shares her techniques. Kindness Matters!
I Love your unique, creative, colorful, outside the box work of art! Great card! Well done!
Beautiful
What a gorgeous project. You outdid yourself this time!
Love this card, would not have had the nerve to use black!!
My niece started me down this road, and Jennfier M has kept me going!
Such a pretty card!
I like the framing of these beautifully colored floral images.
Oh My Gosh! Absolutely stunning!
You are so right about Jennifer! But you also, amaze us all!!! So creative and clever!! You take it to a whole other level! Beautiful!
This is really interesting. I do like the frames. And the flowers are just gorgeous…as usual! So nice what you said about Jennifer. It’s hard to remember sometimes that you guys are actually real people!!!
Lol Bev, yep, we’re people! Hahaha
Your project is beautiful! Thanks for the tutorial! Erika
WOW KATHY!!!!! These are absolutely stunning! You blow my mind with your talent. Seriously! You go girlfriend!
Both of these are so beautiful. I love this technique. I agree with you on Jennifer being the queen of kindness. I have to say you are very fortunate to have her as a friend. That is one thing I love about the card community, loads of kindness out there. Your kindness shows through with all the helpful tips and encouragement you send our way…… Thanks for inspiring.
What a fabulous card! So creative!!!
Just beautiful!
Wow is the word here!
Now I know how you made this background! Amazing! Your coloring is always gorgeous!
Absolutely gorgeous! Love your color choice. The dark background highlights the floral images. Thanks for sharing.
So gorgeous and such a fabulous video. I learned so much and the result of your efforts is simply — spectacular.
I always love your gorgeous and vibrant coloring. Really beautiful card.
Beautiful Kathy.. and yes, she inspires us all. (I can’t wait to watch the video)
Gorgeous design!
Kathy, this is the most beautiful card I’ve ever seen! Wow! Thank you for sharing!
I love your color selection and the dimension of this yard. Beautiful as always ❤️
WOW! Absolutely Stunning. Gorgeous coloring and cards!
Simply stunning cards. You never cease to amaze me with your creations.
The lines in the petals really do make a difference. Thanks for the tip.
Stunning card! But so much work. I love you attention to detail and only wish I had the patience to do it. Thanks so much for your videos. I love them.
wow that is so magnifique love your work thank you so much for this video and tutorial
It’s amazing how you made one stamp look so different between each card by the way you colored them. While Jennifer is the Oprah of card making and kindness, you are the Oprah of Copic coloring. I’ve learned so much from you!
I love the grays. Beautiful cards. Great vellum tip, too. Thanks for sharing and giving us the opportunity to win fabulous prizes.
I have had my eye on the framed sets for a while now. I think they would be very useful for many projects.
I love the color choices….I’m seeing a lot of wonderful color combos on this hop.
Thanks for the wonderful ideas you’ve given me as a result of this card.
OMG this is just gorgeous – totally rocks:)
I love everything about this card, the colors, your background technique, the frames, and the flowers. I have not done much withCopics or watched Copic videos and now you have me interested in them.
The background is not too busy – it’s wonderful. That texture is why I love it so. Yes, it is dark and different but their just more reasons to think it’s beautiful.
Kathy,
I could look at your cards for hours on end. You have such a unique style that is so stunning! I wish I could make an Altenew stamp look even better than it starts out to be!
I believe the statements you made about Jennifer are true and that so many of them also describe YOU! The time you spend encouraging others to color and the money you are raising for food pantries everywhere you are going on your tour is so kind of you. Thank you for everything you do for others!
Gorgeous card! Love the design!
Lovely
Oh, very pretty!
Beautiful and love how you creatively change the stamped design whether it be flowers or butterflies, etc.
Oh dear Kathy..you made black really feminin on your card
I will always choose black for manly card but you the clever girl
you made this card so feminin so rich color pop up at the top of the black color
I love love love your coloring and all extra on your adorable card
I can look and look again and I cant CASE ing it cause its difficult to CASE ing hehe
love your card Miss Kathy
hugs
Monika
PS; and you are a very kind lady too…remember you send Kevin my son as he was in surgery the bunch of cards from Hero Arts Group …the ladies sent the card to you and you sent to Munich..I never forget you sweety
Beautiful! Those flowers really pop on that dark background.
Kathy, very interesting process of how you did those cards. I really like the vellum strip and how you attached it. Thanks also to Altenew for the very generous giveaway and to you, Kathy for being a part of the hop. Great cards. 🙂
I loved your coloring of the flowers and your use of the positive and negative frame from Altenew! I loved how you added lines to the last flower picture; it really added depth and texture to the flowers. Wow!
This is a gorgeous card. I love the hardwork and effort you put into it.
Oh Kathy! You just amaze me! I love to watch you color 🙂 Absolutely gorgeous cards!
Love the colors of your flowers and how they pop off that black background. Stunning!!
I love the backgrounds on these cards! What a COOL look. Thank you so much for sharing your expertise with us. What an inspiration you are! Hope you feel better soon.
Super pretty card! Love it! Love the idea of using the blending solution. Thanks!
Wow, I REALLY love these cards! They’re stunning!
Absolutely gorgeous cards.
Wow – the flowers just explode off the card with the dark background! The frames show them off wonderfully!
Lovely cards Kathy. The flowers are gorgeous and the dark background makes them pop so much. Just fantastic! Crafty friends are the best! 🙂
Those flowers really pop!!
Very Pretty card Kathy! You are pretty inspiring yourself! Thank you for sharing!
What an amazing difference your coloring makes to the look and feel of this stamp set! And I love the dramatic color scheme!
So envious of your coloring skills. I would color every day if my work looked like yours…sigh…
Kathy, you know that I have long admired your coloring skills, but these two cards are absolutely AH-MAZING!! I’ve looked at that stamp and wasn’t sure if I really liked how “sketchy” it is. I never thought about adding lines. I am constantly learning from you and so many other talented women.
Nice
These cards are exquisite. The video and your second card explanation are perfect for encouraging me to give these techniques a try. tfs
Awesomeness Kathy! I absolutely love these gorgeous creations! Thanks for the great tip for vellum sentiments.
Love it, Jennifer is the Oprah Winfrey of crafting! LOL. Another gorgeous card and all the dimension really adds extra interest. Not that you need it with your mad coloring skills. Oh yes and THANK YOU for forgetting to put on the sentiment till the very end, since I’ve done this on more than one occasion!
I love these gorgeous cards! All the small details really take them to another level! Thanks for sharing those tips and techniques.
It is always a pleasure to see what you have created for our enjoyment once again!
Really love this, so pretty. I really want to try one like this. Thanks for sharing
Your card is gorgeous! You are one of my cardmaking icons! You are such an inspiration to me. Thank you!
WOW! Simply gorgeous! Thanks for the inspiration and chance to win. 😀
Kathy thanks for sharing your video. Love your coloring and love to watch the videos.
Beautiful! Thanks for the blog hop!
Two cards from one die…must try that, even though I’m not so great at coloring. I’m much better at stamping, but I think I can make it work.
Absolutely beautiful card and yes those frames are wonderful.
Unique and gorgeous! Love to watch you color!
Wow! Absolutely stunning cards!
Oh my goodness!!!
Awesome cards and stunning colouring!!!
Kathy – This card design is so fantastic! I’m still not sure I understand how you did it! But it is GORGEOUS!
Wow, I love this gorgeous card design!
Truly lovely, Kathy… both your card and YOU! I just love watching you color and add all of your special touches to each card. It’s also inspiring to watch how you nourish your crafty friendships by making time to gather together! I think it’s just so wonderful!! I have found a small group of local, talented, crafty friends and try hard to encourage small gatherings of our little ‘tribe.’ It’s something we all really need! Enjoy your special weekend together, Kathy! ♡
I love watching your videos – you color so beautifully and these are no exception – your cards are beautiful
GORGEOUS WORK, Kathy!!! TRULY STUNNING! I LOVE BOTH of your cards!!! 😉 HOPE you’re feeling better soon! The change in weather isn’t easy on us, is it? LOL BUT, we have the holidays to look forward to! 😉 BLESSINGS!!!
What beautiful cards. I especially liked the positive version. What talent.
Stunning cards! I love the pop of vivid color on the black background and the layered ovals – !
This is gorgeous Kathy! I agree with you about Jennifer, I’ve been following her for years and years, which is how I found you! This is a fun hop, I’m glad we have lots of time to visit all the participants, I think I end up spending more time following and watching video’s then I do crafting.
Hi Kathy, What Beautiful cards and coloring. I haven’t had a chance to watch the video, but I will come back later and watch it I know it will be a thumbs up, it always is.
I just wanted to comment now to say that EVERYTHING, and I mean EVERYTHING you said about Jennifer is how I and most people would describe YOU!!! Every word you stated about her is obviously true, BUT it is also true about YOU ! I couldn’t describe you any better than you did Jennifer, you two are like two peas in a pod. Thanks for everything you do for all of us, and also thank you for everything I have learned from you over the years, I truly appreciate you.
Your coloring and design is stunning. Thank you for sharing your talent with us.
What a great eye-catching card! I really like how you did the background and sponging off the colours. Great designs with the layers and adding the layers over the black.
Thank you for sharing! :
Beautiful cards and a beautiful tribute to your friend! I have that one friend too who is kind and loving and – bonus – is craft too!
Gorgeous coloring! The layout really does remind me of JM!
this is fantastic.
Beautiful colors and an
amazing die cut.
thanks for sharing.
What an amazing design and such beautiful coloring! thanks for sharing!
OMG, these cards are amazing! Love the layered technique
Wow I am in awe! These cards are super unique and beautiful!!!
Very pretty cards. Thanks for taking the time to share how you created these lovely cards.
These are blow-me-over stunning, girl!!
What can I say. Such stunning cards. I really liked your backgrounds. Thanks for the tips and techniques. You are so talented.
These are incredible! I love seeing how you all just break the mold on cardmarking with each new blog hop. What an awesome community this is.
Stunning cards as always~
These are so gorgeous!!! The frames are awesome and I love what you did with the background (sometimes necessity is the mother of the best inventions!)!
So Amazing! What a fabulous card
Wowsers! That is a fabulous card! I so agree about Jennifer too!
I love the dimensional quality you create with this card. The colors pop against the black and really pop with the extra dimension.
I’m always afraid to try layers. Thanks for the tips!
These cards are stunning! I have a few stamps of flower clusters like the one you used here. But my brain can’t always find where they overlap versus what is background? I just can’t “see” it sometimes. I think I could use your copic marker line technique to make it work for me no matter how I “see” the picture. Thanks for the idea. I think you and the crafty friends should come to Bismarck, North Dakota for a tour!
Thanks sooo much Becky!!! OMG wait!!! I have family that lives in North Dakota … Bismarck and Mandan!! Sullivan’s, Wospeka, Emerson and Schweitzer. Sound familiar?
I know Craig and Wendy Schweitzer and their twin daughters. But none of the other names listed.
Stunning love the black background against the beautifully colored flowers
I love the way you have used a die an then stamped en colour over it. It gives so much dimension. Can you use instead of blending solution alcohol to create the gorgeous background?
Just before I came on your site I have watched the video where you, Kristina Werner and Lydia Fiedler are taking over Jennifer’s video, I thought it was awsome, I had so much fun and you all to what whe heared.
Thanks for that and thanks for the great cards and tips you made for this blog hop!
Wow! Really stunning cards! Love your color choices and your coloring skills. Thanks for the inspiration.
Wow, what an interesting card, just beautiful. Thanks!
Beautiful! Love how you used your frame die, amazing colouring too!
Kathy, I just love your coloring so much! Thank you so much for the video! You are always an inspiration!
What stunning cards! I love the dark background with the colors you chose for the flowers! You are selling me on the frames . . . Thanks for the inspiration — I got a lot of good ideas from your video that I will be trying.
Stunning, as always! I love the inset frame idea. It’s not something that I’ve done, but it’s now on my to try list.
Loved the video! Your background is fantastic and I love those colors you made work with it.
Love both versions! I think your picture might be right next to Jennifer’s in the dictionary 😉
Love both versions! I think your picture might be right next to Jennifer’s in the dictionary 😉
WOW love these cards and this look. Definitely going try this technique and the vellum trick. Thanks for all the great tips!
No matter what you create, Kathy it inspires me . I love watching you color and add various tips and techniques to your project. In this case, the bg as well as the dots on the flowers for more dimension. Incredibly gorgeous cards!
Really like the color combination!
Absolutely gorgeous both of them! I could spend days watching you coloring! TFS
I love the way you teach through these videos. But I need an in-person private lesson. I love how these flowers (swoon) pop on the dark background.
I agree with you about Jennifer. She has inspired me a lot and also making me a good person. She is also the one who introduced me to blogs like yours, Kristina and Laura.
beautiful cards
Gorgeous cards..I loved the black color and those flower pop up on black..
Very cool design! I always love watching you create!
I love your unique use of the frame and of course your stunning colouring!
Stunning cards…Loved it…
Beautiful cards! I love the bright colours on the dark background.
Both cards are absolutely stunning! Love the die cutting details.
So very beautiful!
I love the lines drawn on the 2nd flower! Isn’t it so cool when a technique pops into your head that you’ve seen recently, and it works perfectly for your card? Jennifer has some amazing techniques. You weren’t thrilled with your color combo but they worked in the end.
Truly love your coloring techniques, and thank you for the video as I always pick up something new. Really like the white accents on the Love stamp image. Thank you for the inspiration, always.
Wow, those are very very gorgeous cards! I love the darker background!
Love your amazing cards.
You always have a way of making florals come to life! Thanks so much for your continuing inspiration.
I love the effect you have created using the frames and flowers together. it reminds me of Eastern European folk art.
Wow! Beautiful card. Love your coloring.
How pretty! I love the way your flowers pop off of the black cardstock!
OM! Your card blows me away! The black background not only makes the card stand out to the gorgeous colors but the lines you added to the flowers make them POP and seem soooooo real! I would be AMAZED to receive this card and would display it as a piece of art. You are soooo talented. Thank you for sharing your talent with us!
Wow, these cards are STUNNING!! The flowers just pop on the black. I LOVE the background on the card where you had to think outside the box. It’s amazing!! And the little lines you added on the flowers adds so much dimension. I just can’t put into words how much I love these cards. I’m in awe of their beauty!! Whoever receives them better be sitting down when they pull it out of the envelope and better not have heart problems either or they may be in trouble. These are gorgeous works of art!!! What you said about Jennifer Mcquire is o so true. I. only know her from her blog and YouTube channel and just from that I can see she’s amazing, and I’m sure I only hear a quarter of it so I can only imagine how amazing she is. And then you added on her awesome talent and creativeity – she’s a huge inspiration in so many ways!! I’ve seen several of your cards on different hops and have always really liked them but don’t think I’ve ever seen a video of yours before today’s. I loved it!! I’m telling you this to say that I will be subscribing to ýour blog and your YouTube channel . (Sorry this is so long)
Fabulous creations. Great job!
Beautiful! Love the card and thank you for the instructions!
I just love seeing what you create…love the layers, inking and colouring!