Sunday Night Chit-Chat

Welcome to the Sunday Night Chit-Chat! We are hosted each week by the talented Carla at My 1/2 Dozen Daily who is now the proud owner of a new Janome sewing machine!!! She does sooo much sewing and this new machine is going to make her "job" sew much easier and more fun!!

I found the quote at the top on Pinterest, of course! I had to laugh when I saw it because I am always telling people NOT to rain on my parade! Now I will just poke them in the eye with my umbrella! LOL Does anyone ever rain on your parade? I sure hope not!

So for the Sunday Night Chit-Chat...

I am...

Reading...I am between books at the moment but am planning to start a new book I just received from my daughter--Charmed & Enchanted by Nora Roberts. This will be my first book by Nora Roberts.

Listening to...My husband and my son working outside! 

Watching...Nothing at the moment but Call the Midwife is on tonight:)

Cooking/Baking...Tonight for the first time I roasted asparagus, mushrooms and onions in the oven--yummy! We will be doing this again!

Happy I accomplished this week...Stamping Club over for another month; several cards made (including my swap card for the month); family fed and house cleaned:)

Looking forward to next week...I am hoping to get the asparagus patch weeded; some cards made and sent; work on a card swap (I need 11 fancy fold cards all the same)

Thankful for today...I am so thankful for our new Zen water purifier that makes our water taste sweet and good! We thought water from the tap tasted good but this is sooo much better and supposedly better for us:)

*Bonus Question* Do I like my name? Would I change it if I could?
For many years I didn't really like my name and it was sooo common when I was growing up--Kathy! In one of my classes in high school we were seated alphabetically and there were 4 of us named Kathy B. Can you believe that?!!! However, as I have "matured" I feel I have grown into my name and now wouldn't dream of changing it! It's still very common in women my age but not with younger people. When was the last time you heard a baby named Kathy or Kathryn?!!!

Well, that's it for my Chit-Chat tonight! I hope you enjoy the weekly Chit-Chat as much as I do! Tomorrow I am hoping to get in on Sandra's Happy Homemaker Monday plus have some cards to share! See you then!!!

Kat

Happy Birthday, Barb...Yesterday!

Here's a shout-out to my good friend, Barb on her birthday...yesterday! I meant to post this yesterday but we ended up with company (which was wonderful) but I just didn't get around to posting!

This is the birthday card I made for my friend, Barb! She loves flowers and the Tea for Two Designer Series Paper seemed to be just perfect!

For this card I used the following Stampin' Up! supplies:

• Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Lucky Limeade, So Saffron
• Tea for Two Designer Series Paper (retiring the end of May)
• Stamp Sets: A Round Array; Happiest Birthday Wishes (retired Hostess set)
• Classic Stampin' Pads: Crumb Cake (for sponging), Early Espresso and Lucky Limeade
• Punches: 1 3/4" Scallop Circle, 1 3/8" Circle, 7/8" Scallop Circle
• Other: Dimensionals (of course!), Basic Pearls, 5/8" Crochet Trim

Super fun and super cute card! My thanks go to the very talented Chat Wszelaki at Me, My Stamps and I for the inspiration for this card! Visit her blog and you will get a lot of great inspiration too!

I will be back for the Sunday Night Chit-Chat. Tomorrow I have some more Happy Mail cards to show you:)

I hope you are having a great Sunday!

Kat

Happy Mail

Wednesday, when I picked up the mail, there was a bit of Happy Mail in the box! One of the VC Rockers, Linda Sparks sent me a nice note!  I am really looking forward to my summer with VC Rocks!

For this card Linda used the Triple Time Stamping technique that I learned from Dawn Olchefske. She used the Triple Treat Flower stamp (retired) that is one of my favorites:) Check out the adorable flower she attached!

Thank you Linda! I am sending a card your way:)

Have a wonderful weekend!

Kat

Lovely as a Tree Father's Day Card

Oh my! You have no idea how talented I felt when I completed this card. This was another of our Happy Stampers' Club projects from last Wednesday! I learned this technique by watching a YouTube video by Dawn Olchefske. 

I was excited to be able to use my new Morning Post Alphabet that I earned for sales during Sale-a-bration! I had been wanting it for almost a year now so was thrilled to make it mine:)

For this card I used the following Stampin' Up! supplies:

• Card stock: Whisper White, Early Espresso, Old Olive, Baja Breeze
• Stamp sets: Lovely as a Tree, Morning Post Alphabet
• Classic Stampin' Pads: Early Espresso, Old Olive, Baja Breeze
• Square Lattice Embossing Folder
• Ticket Punch (retired)
• Other: Window Sheet; Dimensionals; Daubers

I have one more card for you today sooo, stay tuned!

Kat

Happy Stampers Swallowtail Butterfly

It seems that life just kind of overwhelmed me this week:( I have a goal of blogging six times a week but some weeks it just can't happen without me losing my mind! I hope you forgive me! 

 My Happy Stampers made this super cute card on Wednesday night! I learned this card style from my upline Linda Gutierrez! She calls it an Open Surprise card!

When you open it up the inside piece unfolds into a a beautiful "surprise"! Linda has a YouTube video that will walk you through the instructions to make this card.

What the card looks like before you open it.

For this card I used the following Stampin' Up! supplies:

• Cardstock: Coastal Cabana (new InColor), Calypso Coral and Whisper White; printer paper (not SU!)
• Stamp sets: Swallowtail Butterfly, A Round Array, Feel Goods
• Classic Stampin' Pads: Calypso Coral and Coastal Cabana
• 7/8" Scallop Circle Punch
• Delicate Designs Embossing Folder
• Other: Retired Pool Party ribbon; Dimensionals

I really like this card in black too! Something about black and white is sooo stunning! This butterfly stamp wasn't one I had planned to get until I saw this card and then I had to have it!

Tomorrow, another card! Plus I am hoping to scoot out to my craft space to put together a project for the VC Rocks Blog Hop for this weekend. 

Kat

Black and White Hexagon

I fell in love with a card made by Catherine Pooler! Black and white cards have a lot of pizzazz and when you add just a touch of color and it's even better! I made 10 of these cards and yes, I cut out all of the hexagons by hand. My hubby thought I was crazy but I did it while we were watching TV so it gave my hands something to do. The cards went together really quick after the hexagons were cut out!

For this card I used the following Stampin' Up! products:

• Card stock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Lucky Limeade, Bashful Blue and Raspberry Ripple
• Basic Black Classic Stampin' Pad
• Perfectly Penned stamp set
• Honeycomb Embossing Folder; Labels Framelits
• Flower Punch from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack
• Dimensionals; Basic Rhinestones

With the new Stampin' Up! catalog in my hot little hands, I have been dreaming about all the cards I want to make! And I do mean dreaming! I wake up in the morning with card ideas in my head!!! The new catalog doesn't start till May 31 and I haven't purchased any sneak peek items yet but I will have several cards for you this week:)

Happy Stamping!

Kat

Kat

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Sunday Night Chit-Chat

Welcome to this week's edition of the Sunday Night Chit-Chat hosted by the super talented and oh so busy Carla at My 1/2 Dozen Daily!

A rose my hubby picked from one of our bushes yesterday.

So on to the Chit-Chat!

I am...

• Reading? Spring Fever by Mary Kay Andrews
• Listening to? Rocky, our English Bulldog snoring beside me after his bath and the wind blowing hard outside!
• Watching? We watched Mr. Popper's Penguins--funny, funny movie!
• Cooking/Baking? Nothing today...it's Mother's Day!
• Happy you accomplished this week? I got a lot of thank you cards in the mail; got Mother's Day cards out and to recipients on time; and made a card for the VC Rocks Challenge of the week!
• Looking forward to next week? It's time for our Happy Stampers to meet again this week (Wednesday)! Love those ladies!!!
• Thankful for today? Two lengthy phone calls--one with my daughter and one with my mother.
• *Bonus Question* Do you ever gamble, play the lottery, BINGO, sweepstakes, etc... No, I really like my money and don't like to lose it! If I were to lose it I would be thinking of all the things I could have bought with it! I know people who gamble and take say $20 to play with and when it's gone, they're done. The fun for them isn't so much in the winning as in the playing. I'm just not tempted to play.

Well, that's it for me this fine Sunday evening! I hope you have had a great day! For me, the rest of the evening will be spent relaxing with my wonderful husband!

Kat