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 wanted to share a handmade card I made for the "Cardmakers Card Swaps" group on Facebook.  The March 2020 theme was "Sympathy".   I used the stamp set "All That You Are"  for the flower and "Itty Bitty Greetings" for the sentiment, both  from ©Stampin' Up! .  I colored the flower with Stampin' blends Highland Heather and Old Olive light and dark color alcohol markers.  The sentiment was punched out using the Classic Label punch and attached with 3D foam squares.  The frame (4"x5.25") was cut from the Highland Heather color sheet from the Gingham Gala 6"x6" Designer Series Paper.  The bow was made from matching Highland Heather organdy ribbon tied around the top piece and secured with adhesive. This was a very simple, yet beautiful card to make. I hope you like it!  Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think!