Argh ! Blog Hop

Yohoho mateys and welcome to the Pirate Blog hop in honor of

 "Talk like a pirate day" today. 

Captain Lorby is head of these here ships and the captain of this ship and ye would be 

starting ur hopping aboard by vessel. 

My mateys have worked hard getting their ships in tip top shape for this hop so ye better

 stop by and see what they have done 

or someone along the way may make ye walk the plank. 

So grab ye eye patch and your best bottle of coffee, tea, or water and let's do some pirate 

hopping and talking.

Our Blog Candy for this event

is a digital pirate stamp from Captain Lorby. To be in the drawing for the

digital stamp, you must comment on ALL blogs and become a follower of Lorby's World.

You should have come from

Jennifer's ship

Ahoy matey, here is me project for this hop.

My dear darling husband loves loves loves Pirate anything. 

We rode the Pirate ride at Disneyland a dozen or more times the last time we were there...

Yo Ho Yo Ho a Pirates life for me...

Oh I don't go a day without hearing that...lol

well with the new SVG kit that Mary from SVGCuts came out with just last week, 

Toil and Trouble

When I saw the apothecary jar, I know exactly what to make for this blog hop...

I choose to make it with gray AC Card stock and inked the edges of everything to give a worn out look...

I made it with most the parts in the kit, so it was pretty easy... I added some twine by doodle twine

I also used My Minds Eye card stock for the fancy orange colors. But all the rest is made using

AC Card stock... I used a Sizzix, cracked glass, embossing folder.

Here is a closer look at the cute custom embellishment, I made it with my new

handy dandy Epiphany 25 round Shape Studio tool...I love it,

I have found all kinds of things to use it for, you will see me using is more often...

I thank ye for stopping by me

ship and now ye is to journey on to Jenny's ship.

If you should get lost Mate, here is a complete list of the ships

to visit on this fine open waters.

Jearise

L. Miriam

Tee

Ashley

Lucy

Sandra

Sylvia

Lynne

Lisa

Maria

CallyAnn

Jennifer Hope you came from this Ship

KtsAngels ----> ME, you are on this Ship Mate

Jenny Your last Ship to visit for this outing

Argh, did you find your treasure?

remember to comment on all the vessels along the way to be entered for the

wonderful digi stamp made just for this hop....

Update:

Entered in the following challenges

Anything But a Card Challenge #2 ~ Texture

Beachy Time @ MyGrafico

MyGrafico design team is showing you how do mix things up with

a Beach Theme !!!

for this we worked got this file to work with...

Clementine Digitals ~ Beach

so I decided to put some pictures of my last trip to the beach

on a photo clip stand....up cycled project

I used the trace tool in my Silhouette America software

that is used with my Cameo to trace each image so that the Cameo could cut the items out...

oh have I ever told you how much I love my Cameo...heehee

I took and old photo holder that I got at Christmas time, 

Just like this one....

took off the words

covered the base with the title 'beach BUM' with a added sun...

Then I took a few other elements from this set and added them directly to the photos...

oh what a fun way to display some photos of any kind....

just add some clip art to your photos 

and whaw la... there you have it...

remember to up~cycle those discounted items at the store after a holiday...

it worked out great for this project...

Now for you to win this set ....

all you need to do is enter your 'Beach' themed project to 

MyGrafico Challenge Blog

also visit the challenge blog for more ideas to start the mojo 

I know I have been having a hard time with my mojo...

Well, I must leave you with that for the day...

so ......

Happy Craftn'

 By KtsAngels

entered this project in the following challenges...

Make it Monday ~ anything goes

Tutorial Challenge Entry ~

Double Diagonal Pocket Card

I will say that I was really worried about doing this...

but after reading the tutorial a few times...and miss cutting a double sided card stock...

I GOT IT and I just love the style of this card...

The tutorial is over at Marks Finest Papers a Heinrich Co...

Double Diagonal Pocket Card

Is this not the coolest card ever...

there are two tags you make with the card...and the card even opens up like a 'normal' A2 card....

I loved how this turned out...

I used Double-sided Cardstock by Heidi Grace Designs

AC Cardstock

my new stamp set by Fiskars

"Laugh with Me Quotes"

some die cut images cut with my Cameo... some ribbon from the stash...

Oh this was so fun...I can see me making some more of these...

well off to making something new and exciting...

Happy Craftn'

KtsAngels

Enter the following Challenges:

Tutorial Time on SpeedyTV Challenge # 10 ~ Double Diagonal Pocket card

Fabulous!

Whoot Wooh !

It's going to be a FABULOUS day...

Well that's what I hope for when sending this wonderful card...

It's a Marks Finest Papers a Heinrich Co stamp

"Spring Flowers"

A Lori Whitlock Silhouette America Die Cut file

with some buttons and paper clip from the stash

and misc. card stock...

added some powdered chalk 'stardust' to the middle of the 

flowers for a shimmer...

There you have it...

Clean and Simple

Happy Chalk'n

Happy Craft' n

KtsAngels ! Katie

Entering in the following challenges:

Friends of Speedy TV Challenge # 31 ~ show us your die cut card

It's a Topper, Tent Topper Challenge

Hey Crafters

I have for you a challenge entry

I followed the tutorial for 

Tent Topper Card over at Mark's Finest Paper a Heinrich Co

to create this...

 I just think this is darling...how about you?

its an A2 sized card

for the base of the card I used AC Card stock

I used my Cameo for the die cut

Stamped image from Stampin' Up

ribbon and buttons from the stash

designer paper I bought at Michael's but not sure the name of it...sorry

Happy Craft'n

KtsAngels

Entering this in the following challenges:

Tutorial Time on Speedy TV Challenge # 9 ~ tent topper tutorial

Friends of Speedy TV Challenge # 31 ~ make die cuts card

Joy Fold Card ~ trial...

Hey everyone...

I want to share with you this new Joy Fold card that I put together...

It's not that fancy but it's pretty cool

I had to YouTube it but once I did...

well I really like it now...

tell me what you think..

I used DCWV Celebration card stock

and a SVG from SVGCuts for the Cupcake to hold the corner

I also used Marks Finest Papers a Heinrich Co stamp for the sentiment.

Pretty plain jane but oh well...

Hope you are all having a wonderful crafting weekend...I am...heehee

Happy Craft'n

KtsAngels

entered in the 

Friends of Speedy TV Challenge # 30 ~ Joy Fold card

It's a relaxing day...

Oh I wish it was Relaxing...heehee

This card was put together so that I could enter another challenge

Mark's Finest Papers Speedy Fox and Friends

They have some really beautiful stamps

you can win...

that's why I keep entering my creations over there...

so this week its

Blue and Green Card

Late in the might or is it early in the morning...

oh I think it's called the Middle of the night...

anyway you put it...

so I used some Blue and Green AC Card stock

and the mini stamps set "Adirondack Summer 2011" from 

Mark's Finest Paper a Heinrich Co.

So what do you think...pretty nice for a middle of the night creation...

Have a happy day...

Happy Craft'n

Katie

Entering the following Challenges:

Speedy Fox and Friends challenge 115 ~ blue and green card

Sunday ~ Funday

As the weekend comes to a close...

I wanted to share with you a little something

"Bee Happy"

I used the Tutorial Time on Speedy TV

for this little card

I used the technique that they showed but added my own touch to it...

Instead of a Side Step Card...

I did a Middle Step hard...

the same but different...

oh I hope it still counts 

as I am putting this card in this challenge...

keeping my fingers crossed...

C ya all tomorrow for a MyGrafico file to share...

Happy Craft'n

Katie ~ KtsAngels

Challenges Entered

Tutorial Time on Speedy TV ~  step card

Oh and AGAIN Happy Day !!!

Oh I got a bit busy this morning...

got up way way way too early...

I think in the middle of the night...

anyway I had these cards that I wanted to post for today...

and I wanted to enter a challenge so

Here is card # 3

Happy Birthday USA

the happy birthday is a stamped/embossed image, it's a MFPaHC stamp...yeah again...

from the same set...its such a great set to start with...

some ric rac on some ribbon which is on ribbon...

a flower cut with my cameo and some bling from the stash

I got these great letter brads from a friend, what a nice friend, huh...

and they were all white but I wanted different colors so I heat embossed the 's' and it worked great

I got the blue color I wanted...just stamped the brad with Versa Mark ink

then dipped it into the embossing powder and used the heat gun to set the embossing powder...

easy as that...a friend told me I could do that...but I had not done it yet...

I can see me doing that again...

Well that's about it for this card...

Happy Craft'n

Katie ~ KtsAngels

Entering Challenge:

Speedy TV Challenge # 27 ~ Red, White and Blue
Speedy Fox and Friends challenge 114 ~ ~ use metal (USA Brads)

Happy 4th of July ~

oh did I say that already today...

LOL...

I told you that I might have a few posts today...

this is # 2 for today...and more to come...

OK so you cant read the ink on the ribbon that well

but it says

"Cherish you Blessings"

is another one of MFPaHC stamps from the stamp set I won a few weeks ago...

I just love these stamps...so easy to use... and they give such a good 

stamped image each time...

I used my Cameo to etch the metal with a heart/flag if you can see that...

and embossed the blue card stock with my Texture Boutique...it's kind of like

a big shot but cannot die cut...it only embosses and it small and totally convenient  for me...

so there you have another Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Co Spring flowers collection...

Happy Craft'n

Katie ~ KtsAngels

Entering the following challenge:

Friends of Speedy Tv challenge # 27 ~ ~ red, white and blue
Die Cuttin Divas Challenge # 72 ~ Red, White and Blue
Mark's Finest Papers Speedy fox and Friends challenge 114 ~ use metal

Happy 4th of July ~ Proud to be an American

What a beautiful time of the year...

Let us celebrate our freedom

by first thanking all the men and women of our

Armed Forces, Past and Present

that it's because of them

we have Freedom...

It was not til recently that I realized how important this is....

I now realized the sacrifice made by our 

Men and Women

and I like to thank each and everyone of them

for their service...

Second let us remember our families

How great it is to have love and support

today and always...

today I have for you some creations that 

I will be entering in to challenges...

so bear with me

I may have a few posts today...

I am so Proud to be an American...

This 1st card today...CAS(clean and simple)
I have found that phrase a few times and just found out what it stands for
so I thought I would share it with you in case you did not know either...heehee
I used some lace that I got from the Goodwill that is near by...
It's a great place to look for those kinds of things...
I just love to go to Savers and Goodwill....I find some fun goodies...
I used a Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Co... stamp
"Cherish Your Blessings"
and a Silhouette America File
"Proud to be an American"
added a bit of bling from the stash...
there you have the 1st
4th of July Card for the day...
I hope you have enjoyed your day with family and friends...
Have a safe and happy 4th of July!!!

Happy Craft'n

Katie ~ KtsAngels

Entering the following Challenges...

Friends of Speedy TV ~ challenge # 27 ~  red, white and blue
Die Cuttin Divas Challenge # 72 ~ Red Whit and Blue color challenge

OMG ~ two posts already today...

WOW

this is most amazing for me...

2 posts before work...

well  hello again...

I hope you look around a bit to see all the different projects/cards

I have made for this blog...

I wanted to enter another challenge over at

Tutorial Time on Speedy TV

This week they are doing a

Heat Embossing

challenge

so with that in mind I did this card this morning...

I used my winning stamp set from 

Mark's Finest Papers Heinrich Collection

Spring Flowers Stamp Set

I used versa mark to stamp the image

then some embossing powder on that

oops as always I forgot the embossing buddy...but this time I remembered it...heehee

it makes it so the 'static' does not attract the embossing powdered anywhere else

then the stamped image...love it...great little tool for the stash...

added some twine by doodle twine color "Bumble Bee" 

and some small brads from the stash

pretty simple but I like it...

It's a clean and simple card...

I hope I have inspired you to try something new or old

just try something...

entered the following challenge blog:

Tutorial Time on Speedy TV Challenge # 4 ~ heat embossing

Maybe this is the winning card...*wink, wink*

Happy Craft'n 

Hope you have a great day

KtsAngels

Hello ~ Welcome to KtsAngels Blog

It's going to be a fun day today...

I have to share with you a wonderful 

4th of July card...

I used my Cameo to cut the 'flag' it was a Silhouette America File by Ginny Nilson.

I added some charms and a brad with some ric rac ...

I love how the colors just pop with this card...

the stamp is from the stash

I made the so I could enter the following challenge blogs...

FOSTV Challenge 26 ~ 4th of July

Incy Wincy Designs Challenge June 25 ~ Anything Goes

Happy Craft'n  Everybody...

KtsAngels

It's A HOT Sunday

And I can't think of doing much...

it's too darn hot to go outside...

and too 'sticky' inside...

oh well...

Today I have a challenge entry card for

Mark's Finest Papers Challenge Blog

"Score Lines"

I learned this technique a few months ago

from the Stampin' Up rep in my area..

she does a monthly card class and a tools and techniques class

Oh how I love them so much ...

we have a blast... just a few ladies getting together each month with these fun projects...

so anyway she taught this 'Faux Tile' Technique

and I thought it was just perfect for this challenge

You take your card stock and score it every inch or half inch (like I did here)

in 1 direction then turn your card stock 90 degrees and score the same lines that direction...

its best if you use a score board like I have the Martha Stewart score board and LOVE IT...

then after you have the 'grout' lines you then stamp your image over them...

I like to sponge the edges to make it 'pop'... 

then I used a different card stock to stamp the sentiment...

I added some designer paper to the corners then the faux title over that...

added a little bow and there you have my card for today...

I hope you find this post helpful ...

I hope it's good enough to win this weeks challenge...lol....

If you should have any questions about this technique just leave me a comment, 

I will try to answer your questions...heehee

Happy Crafting Everyone

Have a wonderful work week to come...

KtsAngels

Challenges entered:

IDIC Challenge 113 ~ No Flowers Anywhere
Gingerloft Challenge GL43 ~ Red, White and Blue
Card Makin Mamas Challenge 48 Color Challenge ~ Red, white and blue

Summer is Here

and it's going to be a hot one...

Today I have this cute card that just says 

'Life's Short, enjoy the little things'

it's a stamp set that I won my 1st challenge over at 

Marks Finest Papers Speedy TV Technique Tutorial Challenge

ok that's a mouth full...heehee

oh I wish you could see the sentiment better

I cut the card with my Cameo, it's a new 3D card that Lori Whitlock has on the Silhouette store and also in her online store... I just love the files she comes up with...

the stamps are by Mark's Finest Papers Heinrich Collection Spring Flowers Stamp Set

I stamped the image and sentiment with Memento Tuxedo Black ink

and colored with my Spectrum Noir alcohol markers

oh I just love how the make me feel like a real artist

the coloring technique you can use,

I looked it up on YouTube how to color using alcohol markers, pretty fun I have to say...

then I added some charms that a friend gave me, I got lots ~ thank you Tammylee ...

added some twine by doodle twine, Lady bug is the color I used...

card stock was from the stash, or maybe the red was from Stampin' Up? heehee can't remember...

that's about it for today's post.

I hope you have enjoyed it, if you have let me know by leaving me a comment

Happy Crafting

KtsAngels

Entering the following challenges:

FOSTV Challenge 25 ~ summer

Bearly-Mine Challenge # 40~ flowers

Crazy Amigo Challenge ~ summer colors

Die Cuttin Divas Challenge 70 ~ summer colors

Try it Tuesday  ~ anything goes

Happy Dad Day

It's fathers day

what better way to say thank you

then by spending your day with your 'daddy' today...

we if you cannot spend the day with him...then at least think about him

well today I put together this 'dad' day card

I am sure it's in time for my dad...heehee

sorry it's late....

I used SVGCuts All About Dad svg kit to cut the shirt card and elements

I stamped the sentiment from Mark's Finest Papers Heinrich Collection "Spring Flowers'

that I won the other day at their Tutorial Challenge blog ... oh was I excited...

anyway back to dads...

I hope you have a change to spend some special time with your dad...

have a "Fabulous" day

entering in the following challenges:

Friends of Speedy TV Challenge 24 ~ fathers day card

Your on the right Track...

Good Morning...

Happy Father's day to all those wonderful dad's out there ...

I have for you a winner of my game

that was played

on Thursday ...

1-the shells are placed differently 2-One card is landscape the other portrait 3- the cardstock is different, one is a print the other is solid 4- there is black behind the lace on one card 5- one small shell is missing on one card. 6- The large shell runs off the page on one card I like both cards. They are very pretty. The shells look like charcoal drawings. Thanks for sharing. Edwina Brown edwina.brown@live.com

Edwina I have sent you an email to claim your prize...

to everyone that played along 

Thanks for playing...

Now for my project today

I used the Train Tunnel Tutorial

on Tutorial Time on Speedy TV

I just love this technique that Lois shared with us ...

what fun it was to use my Cameo to cut these pieces...

I tore my co-ordinations paper to create the mountains

I used my Sizzix 'brink' embossing folder with black ink in it to create the brick around the tunnel

I did print and cut with the sentiment, so I guess you could say its a digi file...

I also created the sky using powdered chalk

created most of my cut files myself

so it was a bit of a challenge to get it to all come together...

I hope you have enjoyed this project, if so please let me know by leaving a comment...

Thanks a ton 

Entering the following challenges:

Tutorial Time on Speedy TV

Love ~ Black & White with a splash of COLOR !!!

MyGrafico Monday, Click here...

It's a challenge entry card

Mark's Finest Papers ~ Challenge 111 ~ Black & White w/a splash of color

Mark's Finest Papers Speedy TV ~ Tutorial Time Challenge 2 ~ Center Masking

I used the Center Masking technique on the white card stock 3 3/4 x 5

and put it on a mat of Stamp'in Up DSP size 5 3/4 square

then mounted that to the 6 inch square black card base

you can learn this technique over at Mark's Finest Papers Speedy TV

Tutorial Time Challenge 2 Center Masking

I added some ribbon from the stash

and wah lah you have this challenge entry card...

I hope you like what you see here on my blog...

I love comments, so feel free to leave them...hee hee

MyGrafico ~ Graduation Time

It's graduation time...

well for my area that was about 2 weeks ago...

But better late then never, right...hee hee

This week we have a great file to share with you

so this is what I came up with for this weeks Challenge

'Graduation'

I used the print and cut feature with my Cameo, die cut machine

I used the Silhouette America program to pull the images on to the virtual mat

re-sized them to fit on the card from Silhouette America store

I then printed the card with the images...

cut the card with my Cameo

then I added the Graduation Die cut in the middle

and some brads and a tassel that I made

oh and the '2012' die cut that I made again with the Cameo

I don't remember the font I used...sorry

I inked the edges for a richer feel.

and there you have it...

a graduation card for that special someone in you life

I hope you all have a great start to the new week...

I will be working out of town this week so I will not be posting much...

but for now 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Mark's Finest Papers Challenge 111 ~ Black and White with a splash of color

Thanks for stopp'n by today

Comments are wonderful...

It's a Light House

Oh how I love this stamp...

I used a new technique I learned from

Tammylee over on at

Tutorial Time On SpeedyTV Challenge 1 06/01/12

This is an new challenge so I had to hop on and give it a try...

I used: my cameo to cut the 'stamp' look on white paper

then stamped my image while the card stock was still on the sticky mat

I then used the technique that Tammylee by using a crinkled piece of paper

as a background stamp...you will have to check out the entire tutorial over

at  Speedy TV Challenge (link is above) the ink I used was Tim Holtz tea dye

Twine from doodle twine ~ bon bon

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers (to give it some color)

and from the stash...

lace, button, card stock,

and powdered chalk to create the brown haze look over the light house

Entering the following challenges:

Speedy TV Tutorial Time

Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge 110 ~ use buttons

Little Scrap Pieces Fun Friday
Paper Minutes challenge # 219 Marinetime
the stamp man challenges ~ make it for man challenge
My Craft Spot ~ button and bows
Friends of Speedy TV Challenge 22 ~ try a new technique ~ I have never used crinkled paper with stamp pad to create a background
That Craft Place Challenge Blog ~ Trees and Nature
Simon Says Stamp Challenge ~ anything goes
Just Keep on Creating~ anything goes and travel stories

Happy Crafting