Hugs and Prayers Black and White

This card I came up with on my own. I first measured how much of the black paper I wanted and mine is 4 1/4 by 3. Then tick marked some areas so I know where the hummingbird needed to go. Then I stamped the images and let dry because the white ink I used was a Stampin' Up! craft which smears pretty easy. So while I waited I embossed the card. Then I cut to a point on the black piece then cut out the hummingbird so it looked like it is flying into the flower.

~ KPA

Window Pane

This wooden panel idea in the background came from this video: click here . You could play with the color but I thought this was neat for a manly card or the look of a wood floor or like mine the side of house. Very fun technique.

~ KPA

Hugs and Prayers Colorful

I got the idea for this from this website: click here . Hers is a little different because she can blend the ink really well for the background. But I tried and it didn't come out too bad. This is my favorite card because it is out of my box with blending as best as I can and playing with a different techniques.

~KPA

Elvis Presley Bag

This is not a scrapbooking project but it is something else I like to do. This is my Elvis Army days bag using my own idea of what I wanted and of course I used Elvis material. My mom's friend helped me make this and I even put it in the Kansas State Fair and won 3rd place.

Back of bag

Close up of material

1st pocket picture

2nd pocket picture

Inside bag

~KPA

Family Christmas Stockings

All hung with care.

For my dad...

my mom...

my brother...

and then me.

I thought this was a fun project. The stockings are like a wood material and I just painted the backs with a hunter green and then glued the paper items on. It is something I have never done before and might try a different shape next time. 

~ KPA

Christmas Cards 2010

This is my second year making Christmas cards and so far its going good. I try to make every card different by doing different techniques, using stamps in different ways (embosing, color with color pencils, etc). This year I have started using Tim Holtz (which are amazing products) and so most of my cards are using his products.

This is only some. I have 20 made so far.

I used an embossing folder and then add ink to make it pop out.

I first embossed the snowflakes with embossing powders then used a snowman mask and sponged the blue ink and viola.

~KPA

Mom's 2010 Birthday Card

Every year I make my wonderful and perfect mother a birthday card and she loves sunflowers. So I try to make sure sunflowers are included. Below is my first card that I made with Copic markers and if you could see this in person, the flowers really look good. The Copic markers make your cards look like they have even more depth and realistic. I have a lot to learn by adding shading and choosing the right colors to blend.

~KPA