Good bye Kiwi Kiss (friend to friend)

Kiwi kiss has been a favourite of mine and sadly it will be one of the colours going at the end of this week.
It is brighter than Old Olive and goes great with Riding hood Red for Christmas cards.
So today I celebrated with a farewell to Kiwi kiss with some patterned paper behind this Pendant Note Card.

This is the second card I have made using the kraft coloured Pendant notes.
The centre is die cut so you can press the negative pieces out and place your patterned paper in behind it.

I have used kiwi kiss patterned paper behind and added a kiwi kiss bow to the front held with a clear rhinestone brad.

This kraft cardstock just cries out vintage to me... so I broke out the Vintage vogue stampset for the flowers and vines around the edge.

To accentuate the flower I have layered it with Pacific point patterned paper cut out with the wonderful Boho Blossom punch held with a basic black brad.

Friend to friend sentiment is from teeny tiny sentiments punched with the word window punch.

So we say good bye to Kiwi Kiss and clear the shelves as we eagerly anticipate a new in colour range next week.

Collage stamping and a male birthday card

Male birthday?

Designing a card for a male is the antithesis to my usual purple pretty floral cards, so this was always going to be a challenge.

Finding a stampset without a flower is a challenge in my craft room!

So when it came to selecting a stampset and colours - I had to try the collage technique as I truly could not settle on one male stampset and I have done stars and trees many times before.

I have used the Pendant note cards. They are precut and come in Kraft, Kraft and Kraft.

A perfect male colour - call it kahki, call it crumb cake -

It reminds me of the overalls that my dad used to wear in his shed and in the garden.

The ink colours are all pretty much from the same pallette: sahara sand, Soft suede and chocolate chip.

I've gone very heavy on the ink pad "smooshing" - thats a technical term for swiping the ink pad over the cardstock to give a distressed dirty look which is very masculine I think.

Nothing crisp and clean for this style of card.

Card Recipe:
Pendant notes (15cards and envelopes) for $17.50
Stampsets: Tres chic background (expiring), Frames with a flourish (expiring),
Artistic Etchings (sneak peek), Happy birthday is from Party this way (sneak peek).
Cardstock: whisper white.
Ink: Soft Suede, Sahara Sand, chocolate chip.
Tools and accessories: Eyelet border punch, Soft suede polka dot ribbon (expiring), button bouquet, embroidery cotton, mini glue dots, dimensional foam adhesive.
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