Featured Cardmaker: Kathy S, Reedley CA

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This week meet Kathy — she had a great idea and her whole package recently followed one color theme - red, white, and blue! Perfect for this weekend's inspiration! 

So, I'm Kathy, and I have no blog, no link - no personal computer.  I'm a dinosaur who writes letters!

I started stamping about 30 years ago when my younger sister sent me my first rubber stamp & stamp pad.  My cardmaking began about 6 years ago after I attended some Stampin' Up workshops.

Unfortunately, no craft room.  I do stamping, embossing and punching at my kitchen counter.  Coloring, cutting, assembling & embellishing I do sitting in front of the TV using a lap desk.  Storage is anywhere I can find some space in my tiny apartment.

I love acrylic stamps - easy to use & store.  Inkadinkado's "Kid Quotes" stamps are a new favorite.  I find it hard to resist almost anything floral whether stamps, papers or embellishments.  My favorite embellishments are anything that's self-adhesive.

I enjoy trying different techniques, but generally keep my cards basic & simple.

Love any & all colors depending on the theme or season.  I particularly loved your red, white & blue theme.  The simplicity of the colors inspired me to come up with more & more ideas - I had a hard time stopping so I could get them into the mail for the July 4th holiday deadline.

I heard about you in CardMaker's Readers Reach Out feature on Cards for Heroes.

President Obama's inauguration speech inspired me to choose CFH as my "reach out" project.  Now it's largely selfish.  I felt so great when I dropped off my first package at the post office!  And that feeling continues.  In addition, I think anyone who's read any of the messages on the Hero Blog would be inspired to contribute in any way they could.   I feel as if I'm truly contributing and it's a wonderful way to feel.  So, thank you, OWH!