K is for Kite Fold

      This is a fold I've never tried before and I found it on the Beccy's Place blog in the list of tutorials she's done.  There are so many fancy fold cards in that list and the one I used for this card is called a Kite Fold.  What better fold to use for the Letter "K"?   I also used Kings and Kraft.

     If you haven't looked at the tutorial, the top fold is angled to make the top of the kite by folding in the corners on each side.  The shape at the bottom of the kite is made by cutting away the corners on a diagonal.  The card opens at the top the same way a tent fold card opens.

     The three kings are from one of Beccy's Christmas sets, but they are from an older set, not her most recent Kings.  They are pre-colored and, when I printed them, I sized them to about 1 1/4 inches tall.  The Nativity figures came from another set completely and are also pre-colored.  I sized them to about 1 1/2 inches, then printed everything.  I fussy cut each image and placed them on the kite shape card front.  The crossed pieces which substitute for the kite frame are thin strips cut from a scrap of dp.

     Challenges:

AAA Cards

A Perfect Time

As You Like It (Blue or Purple + Kraft, and I love them simply because they're non-traditional)

Classic Design

C.R.A.F.T.

Creative Knockouts

Digi Choosday

     I'm heading back to the craft room to work on cards from "L" through "P" and I hope to be able to post those on the same day the respective letters come up for the 30 Days of Holidays at Beccy's Place.  I'm sure Beccy will be throwing in another 'Theme' instead of a letter any time now but if I have these other days already complete, I can just take a pause, make one with the next non-alphabet theme, and have the next letter ready and waiting.  :-D

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

We, Three Kings

     I think this is the last of the Christmas images which I had colored way-back-who-knows-when and put into my stash of images waiting to be used.  Unfortunately, I also don't know who made the image so I can't give proper credit.  I've searched through the files where I keep some of my favorite digi companies but as the amount of time I was spending on the search grew to more than three hours, I gave up and decided I'd post the card and hope one of you might know.

     I'm fairly certain I used ProMarkers to color it but it could have been Copics or Spectrum Noir or even a combination of all three.  The crowns are colored with metallics and the jewels in their crowns are done with glitter.  The star is done in silver metallics.  The patterned dp is embossed metallic and the white is confetti CS.  Everything is mounted onto a colored card blank.

     I used one of my plain, square die sets (Spellbinders) to cut the image and the mats.  I added the bow, using ribbon with a sparkly metallic edge, and that seemed to call for a soft ribbon rose to offset it.  The leaves are punched.

     Challenges:
4 Crafty Chicks
ArtbyMiran
Cardz 4 Galz
C.R.A.F.T.
Craft for the Craic
Crafty Catz
Crafty Gals Corner
Dragonfly Journeys
Eureka Stamps
Fairy Tale
Graph'It
Hannah & Friend
Inspiration Destination
Mod Squad
Moving Along with the Times
Not Just Cards
Really Reasonable Ribbon
Star Stampz

     I've now completed all the commissioned cards which were ordered, have sold about a dozen others, and today I am taking all the remaining extras over to the Senior Center.  I have a couple more I need to get finished for the family and a few more gift tags to complete, and then I'm pretty much done with holiday projects.  I still have lots of packages to wrap but I do still have time for that.  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie