Welcome to a new "Cards by Kendra" blog post! Finally, the school year is winding down, thank goodness! Online teaching is definitely not what I thought it would be. With my limited amount of time due to working so much, I was only able to sign up for 5 swaps this month. I barely got those done, much less try out new card-making techniques and post on my blog weekly like I planned. But I wanted to share with you the cards that I made for this month's card swaps. The first swap was a color theme, yellow and blue.  I decided to try a floating flower frame technique. I stamped and die cut several different size flowers in both colors. I arranged them around a weathered wood patterned paper cut to 3.75" x 5" that was adhered to a white 110 lb. white cardstock base. Using Glad Press & Seal, I picked them up off of the paper to keep them in place. I flipped it over and added strips of 3D foam tape to the back of the flowers. Before removing the back strip,...

Welcome to a new "Cards by Kendra" blog post! Today, I'm excited to share this video tutorial with you that I made for this handmade card I created for the Simon Says Stamp monthly Instagram challenge.  I used the Picnic Pals stamp set and matching die-namics from "My Favorite Things" and Distress Inks to make the background. For instructions, please view the video tutorial below: If this video does not play directly from this page, you can visit the YouTube video directly at  https://youtu.be/pXQ8AJuC9dY The main supplies used to make this card are below: I hope you like my spring themed card! I'd love to read your comments!   Thanks! ~Kendra Morgan (Compensated affiliated links used at no cost to you. Thank you for your support! Affiliate and product disclosure can be found  here . All products were personally purchased. I was not paid to do this post nor am I on any design teams. I only use products I love!) Pleas...

Welcome to a new Cards By Kendra blog post!   I'm excited to share this handmade card that I made for National Sibling Day (coming up in April), which is one of the March 2020 card swap themes for the Facebook Group "Card Swaps for All Seasons".   The main products that I used for this handmade card are from  © Stampin' Up! and Whimsy Stamps®️.   The background was made with the  giraffe stencil from Whimsy Stamps . I taped the stencil to the back of a sheet of 4"x6"  photo paper . I first attempted this background using Distress Oxide ink in Walnut Stain on distress paper (see video below). Once I sprayed it with water, it wasn’t really the look I was going for, so I tried it on photo paper. It went on great but once it started to dry, it had a cloudy film on it. (This is due to the pigments in the oxide ink). When I wiped it with a wet paper towel, I was amazed!! It was exactly the look I wanted. I figured out that if I used just...