Hello and Welcome to Cards By Kendra!   It has been a while since I last posted.  I have been crafting, organizing and getting ready to move my craft room from my dining room to an empty bedroom. It's been A LOT of work! But I'm super excited because I'll have a lot more room and places for storage. Today, I'm so excited to participate in my first ever video hop #TeamTinyUnderTheSea with the group "Team Tiny"!  This group was created by Katharine Kelly to help small channels grow AND allow viewers to watch content AD-FREE (because YouTube does not show commercials on small channels).  This group is open to all crafters who create videos on Youtube that have less than 1k subscribers. If you would like to participate, please leave me a comment and I will let you know how to get involved.   When watching videos on Youtube, it is important that you like, comment, subscribe and share our videos so that Youtube will actively promote them.  This hop feat...

Welcome to a new "Cards by Kendra" blog post! Today, I'm excited to share these "Beach Cutie" handmade cards that I created for the MFT Sketch Challenges 489 and 490. I decided to use the "Beach Cutie" Stamp and Die set from My Favorite Things as my focal point. I started out making the background first because I wanted to try using my new Dylusions Shimmer Sprays.  I had several sheets of watercolor paper already cut to 4.25" x 5.5" as well as some regular Neenah solar white 80# cardstock.  I used Bubblegum Pink and Pure Sunshine shimmer sprays because I thought those two colors looked great together.  I had never used these before so it was trial and error.  For the first spray, I sprayed directly on the watercolor paper and completely covered it.  I kept spraying until there was no more white showing.  It was beautiful!  Then I realized I didn't need to use so much.  Next, I sprayed it on my glass mat and did a smooshing technique.  I ...

Welcome to another "Cards by Kendra" blog post! I made this quick, fun birthday shaker card for the My Favorite Things Color Challenge #137 I used the green polka dot paper from the Over the Rainbow Paper Pack with a Chocolate cardstock frame on white 110# heavyweight cardstock (cut to A2 size, top fold). The Happy Birthday Circle Die was cut from green cardstock and then I layered it on top of a lighter green cardstock. I had a slightly bigger circle die that I used to cut another frame from the chocolate color cardstock. I used a lemon color cardstock on the backside, which is what shows through the shaker pouch. I filled the shaker pouch with iridescent and gold sequins. I added a matching brown ribbon and a lemon and gold twine bow to finish the card.  I hope you like it!  P lease leave a comment and let me know what you think!  I'd love to read your comments!   Thanks! ~Kendra Morgan Please visit my website  www.cardsbykendra.c...

Welcome to a new "Cards by Kendra" blog post! Today, I'm excited to share these handmade bridge fold cards that I made during my self-isolation at home.  I'm a school teacher and we are out this week and next week (our spring break), so I've had some extra time to work on my papercrafting!  I just loved how the first bridge card turned out, so I just kept making more! Keep reading for instructions! To create the bridge card, you'll need a heavyweight cardstock (I used 110# Neenah Solar White) cut to 8" x 4 1/4".  See instructions below: The first card I made was using the Little Ladybug Host Cling Stamp Set and  Matching Die set from Stampin' Up!   The ladybugs, flower and sentiments were all stamped with  Ranger Archival Ink in Jet Black   then coated with  clear embossing powder  and heat set.  I colored the stamped images using Copic markers R29, R35, R24, Y21, N0, YG03, YG17, and Y19.  The grass ...

This post contains affiliate links and I received compensation for this post. Can I just tell you how excited I am about the new Cricut Joy machine that will be available March 1, 2020?  As a cardmaker, my craft room is usually pretty messy.  I use every inch of table space (and floor space), so there's not much room for bulky machines.  The new Cricut Joy is just what I've been waiting for!!  Keep reading to learn why Cricut Joy will be your new best friend! Cricut Joy WHAT IS CRICUT JOY? Cricut Joy is a brand new, compact machine from Cricut.  It has so many features that you're going to love.  Cricut Joy is small enough to keep almost anywhere, but still gives you many of the same functions as a full size Cricut machine. WHY DO YOU NEED THE CRICUT JOY? Even though I feel like Cricut Joy is great for everyone, it is especially perfect for cardmakers due to it's compact size.  It fits in a cubby, sets up instantly, and packs away...