Sailing Home

Is it possible to fall in love at first sight?

Well I think so, because I totally fell in love with this stamp set AT FIRST SIGHT!

I know, that may be overboard for most folks but y’all- this set has it all.

I guess I should say I love most nautical themed stamp sets and dies, as long as they are somewhat realistic and not cartoony. Sailing Home by Stampin Up! is one of those. It reminds me of the amazingly beautiful lighthouses and quaint nautical towns we visited while in Maine one year. Bar Harbor, Acadia National Forest, Ogunquit, Portland and Kennebunkport. It was the trip of a lifetime! And one day I will finish the scrapbook and post it here.

Meanwhile, here is the card I made for a friend of my husband and also links to the stamp set, dies and supplies that I used. I CASE’d the design from Brian King via Pinterest, and added some of my own flair.

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Stampin’ Dimensionals make the lighthouse and sentiment pop up! I tore some crumb cake cardstock and scrubbed crumb cake ink on the torn edge to give the look of a sand dune.

Product List

Sailing Home Cling Stamp Set [149457] $24.00

Smooth Sailing Dies [149576] $32.00

Come Sail Away Designer Series Paper [149481] $11.50

Sail Away Trinkets [149482] $8.00

Balmy Blue 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [146982] $8.75

Crumb Cake 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [120953] $8.75

Sahara Sand 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [121043] $8.75

Night Of Navy 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [100867] $8.75

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad [147110] $7.50

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad [147116] $7.50

I used the Get Well Soon sentiment from this sweet set.

Apron Of Love Photopolymer Stamp Set [145835] $21.00

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332] $7.00

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive Refill [104331] $4.50

Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $4.00

Night Of Navy/Sahara Sand Baker’s Twine [149483] $4.00

Bone Folder [102300] $7.00

Stamping fun

When my pastor approved a card ministry for our church, I couldn’t wait to get started on planning our first meeting.

Since that time, we have had several card making sessions, producing a variety of much-needed notes of encouragement, get well and prayers.

Here’s one of our first meetings at our church. I’m ‘splainin’ something somewhat important hahah!

Due to Vacation Bible School at church, the ladies of our Dove Notes group met at my house today. It was a nice change because the lighting is better AND my studio is in the very next room- I found that to be super helpful as I didn’t have to carry everything from place to place. The room we are in is a multi-functional room where everything can be moved around and space repurposed. See below for more on this room.

Silly me. I didn’t take pix of the card even though I worked far too long designing it and trying to coordinate colors- that’s easy IF you use current product. I used some stash so I had to work to get it all coordinated.

Anyway, all this took place in the EBR- the Emotional Baggage Room at my house. We call it that because after the move into a house we refurbished, we had a LOT of emotional baggage and no where else to unpack it. 🤣

The 42 X 18 room transitions into many things and currently houses my sewing area, a place for grandLittles to watch movies, three guest beds, fabric and quilts, tables for game night (or card making) and a runway for our three pups to haul tail to the doggie door. They pop in and out of that door like it’s a vending machine. We can change the room’s purpose in so many ways, and we are still working on finishing up some paint and trim.

Who can have emotional baggage when ALL THAT is going on? Right?

Anyway, we had fun making cards today and my crew learned something new: how to heat emboss. It is fascinating and magical and one of my favorite techniques.

I hope you’re enjoying my blog and I do hope you’ll subscribe to my YouTube channel– I have a lot of fun there and there’s a chance someone might break into song- just sayin.

God bless,

Kathy Bo

Winds of Change

Y’all.

This was such a fun set to color! I could have made all the flowers purple, pink or yellow, or any color I wanted. Though i love the photos of tulips in Holland, all lined up by color, I decided to mix them up for a splash of excitement.

The bicycle is just adorable. I enjoyed coloring the tulips in the basket and going a bit rogue with my bad self while coloring the ground. There’s a place denoting grass, but I think the grey adds the idea of a roadside.

The pair of tulips has so many options; I can imagine creating my own background paper with them. (Watch for an upcoming post on the card!)

Here are some pix of the stamped examples as well as the product list.

Enjoy! And please visit my store and YouTube channel!

Product List

Winds Of Change Cling Stamp Set [149357] $24.00

Clear Block D [118485] $8.50

Clear Block F [118483] $17.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Refill [133456] $5.00

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [100730] $9.75

Watercolor Pencils [141709] $16.00

Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2 [149014] $12.50

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $8.00

A Video Walk Through the New Catalog!

The June 4, 2019 release of the annual Stampin’ Up! catalog was SO exciting! When I was finally able to participate in the preorder, I found it difficult to choose between “all the things”. Somehow, I narrowed it down to my budget and lo and behold, my orders have arrived!

I don’t want to waste a minute sharing this catalog with you! If you’re familiar with my YouTube channel, you know I’m all about sharing. I’ve made five videos for the new catalog, each one providing a walk through its five main sections.

Here is the first of five videos, complete with my opinion on some of the products I LOVE and because I like to keep it real, a very small number of others I do not love.

Fun Fact: Everyone who places a $50 order with me (US only, $50 before shipping and tax) will receive a free catalog in the mail. This is only possible if you leave your contact info for me on the order! Please note I cannot mail out to those who do not.

So I hope you go to my YouTube channel, check it out and subscribe! And hey, while you’re in cyberspace, please also check out my store. It’s nice and quiet there, everything arranged just so, and there’s never a line to check out! LOL!

Thanks for visiting, and God bless!

Kathy Bo

Armor of God

My brother Dave has had a difficult journey of challenges in life, and recently the blessings have come in abundance. I am so thankful that things are going to be better for him! He is seriously such an amazing human, and knowing no one else was doing so, he looked out for me when I was a teenager. He’s been my best friend as an adult for over 40 years. Back when I was young I don’t know where I’d be if he had not been there guiding me to make good choices- I mean it WAS the ’70’s for Heaven’s sake… y’all can just imagine what I was exposed to at a tender age. Big brother made sure I was safe and sound at all times.

So it is this gift I made for him, and I was too excited to wait to surprise him with it. I had to send him a picture of the finished piece! Could I have embellished it more? Oh… Yes… It is difficult not to go back and keep adding things like the title “Armor of God” somewhere, or the scripture from Ephesians… BUT I’m not adding to it. I think it is just right the way it is.

Now y’all know I’m a Stampin’ Up! girl, but I saw these stamps from Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps and I had to have them. Ok, I had to have another set too, but I’ll blog on that one at another time. I am not affiliated with this company, but want to share because they have a wide variety of faith based stamps. Please support them! We need products like this!

Here’s brother Dave’s shadow box:

This is the stamp set from Sweet ‘n Sassy

The ink, circles, squares and grassy pieces from Stampin’ Up! I used Delightful Dijon ink but it is retired. So Saffron is a good alternate.
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The ink and rectangles are from Stampin’ Up! I stamped, then “fussy cut” the shield in both white and black.
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The ink and rectangles are from Stampin’ Up! Twine and leather braid is from craft store.
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The ink, squares and rectangles are from Stampin’ Up! I stamped, then “fussy cut” the shield in black and white cardstock.
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The ink, squares are rectangles are from Stampin’ Up! I stamped, then “fussy cut” the helmet. The leather is from my stash, punched with Crop a Dile and grommets placed. Leather lacing.
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The ink and rectangles are from Stampin’ Up! I stamped, then “fussy cut” the blade of the sword out of silver cardstock. The handle is white cardstock, colored with metallic and regular markers.
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Both crosses cut from Stampin’ Up! Cross of Hope dies. Paper used is Wood Textures and copper cardstock, also Stampin’ Up!.
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The net is from Stampin’ Up! Under the Sea dies. I used Crumb Cake cardstock and Soft Suede ink to distress it.
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Product List

Product List

Lakeside Framelits Dies [146351] $27.00

Layering Squares Framelits Dies [141708] $35.00

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies [145372] $30.00

Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies [148551] $35.00

Layering Circle Framelits Dies [141705] $35.00

Cross Of Hope Framelits Dies [145654] $27.00

Under The Sea Framelits Dies [146334] $30.00

Sahara Sand 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [121043] $8.50

Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack [144177] $11.00

So Saffron Classic Stampin’ Pad [147109] $7.50

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The new 2019-2020 Stampin’ Up! catalog!

Check out my YouTube channel to see the new catalog! I am making several videos, going through each section – so you don’t have to take it in all at once! It’s so fabulous you’ll want to soak it all in!

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Good Morning Magnolia: A CASEd card

Hey, y’all!

In celebration of the new Stampin’ Up! catalog release this week, I’m committing to my blog. The plan is that I am going to blog at least twice a week but I’m hoping for a daily post.

Have you seen my YouTube channel? There is a ton of content on it. New to stamping? Scroll down for the Stamping 101 series. Otherwise, just click here and check it out.

Today’s card features the JUST RELEASED Good Morning Magnolia bundle from the new 2019-2020 Stampin’ Up! annual catalog. I CASEd it, which is an acronym for Copy And Share Everything. As demonstrators, we share our designs through social media and either copy directly or tweak it a bit to make it “our own”. Frankly, I don’t think it’s “my own” if I’ve only tweaked it! Having said that, I have no idea who originally designed this card so I cannot provide the credit. It’s all over social media, so lots of us are CASEing it.

So here’s the card and the products I used. Just click on the items listed below and it will take you right to my store! I do appreciate your support of purchasing the finest quality of papercrafts through me. It’s a blessing.

Product List

Product List

2019-2020 Annual Catalog – Single Copy [152047] $5.00

Good Morning Magnolia Bundle [151087] $63.75

Magnolia Lane Designer Series Paper [149484] $11.50

Needlepoint Nook Mini Buttons [148810] $7.00

Watercolor Pencils [141709] $16.00

Big Shot Platform [142802] $26.00

Stampin’ Trimmer [126889] $30.00

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332] $7.00

Stampin’ Scrub [126200] $17.00

Thank you for stopping by! I’m on YouTube, Facebook as Kathy Bohannon Creatively Blessed and you can click on any of the supply images to go to my store.