Hello!

I have a card that I want to post for the current Retro Sketches challenge.
 The link is literally closing in minutes, so I'm going to keep this quick.

Love me some layers.  

Loved playing with some negative die cuts, too.

I've been saving (hoarding) the paper from this Echo Park pattern pad.

But, I felt it was time to put it to good use.

So many fun goodies were busted out, too.

♡♡♡

Glitter tape, sequins, and some zing embossing powder.

This was certainly a fun sketch to work with.  

Great inspiration!

Wish I could write more, but I gotta go link up.
Thanks so much for stopping by!

xo,

janelle

:: Cloudy Thank You supplies ::

2, 4, 6, 8

Hello!

The card I'm sharing today fits a few different challenges...

I typically don't combine challenges, but this time it just kind of all came together.

The challenge over at Cas-ual Fridays is to include numbers.  The chant, "2, 4, 6, 8, who do we appreciate" popped in to my head...  And, so I decided to create a thank you card.

 CFC110: Use a number or numbers on your CAS creation
You have until noon eastern on July 31st.

Next, I chose a color combo from the PTI Blog Hop "Fruits of Summer".  This took awhile with so many wonderful combos to chose from!  Finally the citrus combo came out the favorite, but I ended up dropping the orange from the group...

How to add a sentiment stumped me at first.  The thing was that I didn't want to cover the numbers too much.  Then I drew inspiration from Nicole over at PTI.  I've always liked the look of her vellum sentiment strips, so I thought I'd give it a shot here.  Viola!

Finally, I was inspired by the sketch over at CAS(E) this Sketch.  

Great sketch, don't you think?
ETA: missed the link deadline (again)

Well, that's all for now...
Thank you so much for stopping by!  

Enjoy hopping & have a fabulous day!

xo,

janelle

:: 2, 4, 6, 8 supplies ::
(misc supply: vellum)

Mahalo!

Hello!  Welcome to käärds, etc. & thank you for visiting.

Mahalo!

After some thought, I decided to move from the blog I recently started.

(http://eatcreategrow.blogspot.com)

Eat, Create, Grow was a great idea which seemed to cover what I wanted my blog to be.

However, it just didn't seem to feel right to me.

Kind of like buying those really trendy pants and then never wearing them 

because they just didn't feel right...  feel like you...  Ever do that?

So, a quick little back story.  

I created a business called käärds many, many years ago.

My plan was to sell my cards and make wedding invites and such.

I did a little of that here and there.  But, the 9to5 is what paid the bills...

Today, I still own the business and thought it would be perfect to use that 

name for my blog.  Already taken...

Then, while out on our daily walk, I had my aha! moment... 

'kaards, etc.'

A place to share my cards and whatever else inspires me, that feels like me.

Like this card!  

Friends of ours brought my daughter a little gift back from their vacation to Hawaii.

So thoughtful!  I had to make a special thank you card in return.

I used the med scallop die from PTI to create the waves.  The little fish were cut out from a little die in the Paper Smooches sailboat die set.  Love those fish!  

Then popped the wave layer up with foam adhesive for some dimension.

I couldn't believe it turned out to be an all die card, no stamps...

 Well, thank you for visiting.  I hope you'll come back again soon.

I've got lots of ideas for this little blog space.  Some of which are already 

under construction...

xo,

janelle