BasicGrey Challenges # 45 and Magnolia Down Under Challenge # 98...Cherish!



Hey stampin' friends! I am back with another card today.  I made this card for BasicGrey Challenges, which is, is Shabby Chic and at Magnolia Down Under Challenges, Kylie, has designed a gorgeous sketch for us to use! I will definitely be using this gorgeous sketch again, Kylie!!!

Once again we have a fabulous prize at BasicGrey Challenges. To be eligible for the generous $25.00  gift voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Superstore you need to make a Shabby Chic project and use at least one BasicGrey product on your card or creation and indicate in your post what BG item you have used. For the MDUC challenge we ask that you use a Magnolia stamp on your creation and we have a wonderful prize up for grabs this week too from our very own talented Denise, a set of her new gorgeous papers!!!

For my card this week I used this sweet stamp, Tilda with Butterfly Jeans. She is just too cute for words! I coloured her with my Copics and cut her out and then pop-dotted her on the rectangle mat cut from a rectangle Nesties.  I used BasicGrey Cappella 6x6 papers and 3 painted BG brads but I am not sure which line they are from. I roughed up the edges of the papers with my Tim Holtz Paper Distressing tool and then pained the papers with Picket Fence Distress Crackle paint. I am really loving the gauze that I am seeing on so many gorgeous vintage and Shabby cards out there in blogland. So, I raided the first aid kit and used some gauze on this card for the first time and I love it....I spritzed it with Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Mist first and let it dry. I added some cotton lace trim, crinkled seam binding and I also used my Magnolia Tilda Lace border die. I pained the Prima flowers with the white crackle paint too and then added the BG brads to the centres. The butterflies are cut from QuicKutz cork material with my Martha Stewart Butterfly punch and then pained with white crackle paint. I added a few half pearls here and there. The sentiment is a Melissa Frances rub-on, on a tag cut with a QuicKutz tag die.  

Well, thanks so much for popping by again to see my BG Challenges and MDUC Challenges card! I really hope you can join both challenges! Please visit the DTs too and check out the gorgeous creations that they have made to inspire you!

Happy stampin'!

Hugs,

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge # 80...A Stitch in Time....Thank You Fairy Much!



Good morning Krafty friends! Well, it was great to have a short work week! This weekend I'm going to be running around like a mad women! Hannah has 2 recitals today and 2 tomorrow. I saw her full routine last week at the dress rehearsal and I was sooooo impressed and sooooooo proud of her and all the girls in her Acro class (Acro is like a gymnastic/Acrobatics/dance). They have really done a great job with their routine!!! Well, enough chit chat...let's get to the reason you are here!!!

It is time for another fun challenge over at the Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge blog! This week the super funny and super talented Carole is the Krafty hostess! The challenge is "A Stitch in Time"...Carole is asking us to use hand stitching in some way on your card or creation! I was a little intimidated by this challenge as I don't sew well, at all....by hand or machine! But I thought I would give it a go and Carole provided a few tips so I used her suggestion and pierced the holes in my paper first using the Stampin' Up Piercing mat. I hope you can join the challenge this week! If you use a Kraftin' kimmie Stamp on your card and link it up on the KKS Challenge blog then you will be entered into the random draw to win a Roxy stamp that Carole has used on her fabby card! 

For my card this week I used LilyBelle...she is so sweet...just love her to bits! I made my card 6x6 from American Crafts cardstock and used this scrumptious paper from MME Stella Rose 6x6 paper called Hazel. As, I said I pierced the holes first using my Stampin' Up! Piercing Mat and then stitched with this pretty brown twine. I'm quite happy with how it turned out. Thanks, Carole, for the wee push to step outside my comfort zone and try something new!!! I coloured Lilybelle with my Copics and added in some grass and the shading around her with my PrismaColor prencils. I then stamped around the edges of the image with my Splotch Stamp in Desert Sand Memento ink. To finish the card off I added some felt flowers cut with MFT Flower and Leaf Trio Die-namics die set and Pretty Posies Die-namics set in My Favorite Felt and sprinkled a few half pearls here and there. The sentiment comes with Lilybelle!

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card for this week's Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge! Please swing by the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps challenge blog for links to all the Krafty Girls and Krafty Guests blogs. You will be so inspired by all the gorgeous cards this week and I know you will be inspired to get out a needle and thread and added a little or a lot of hand stitching to your card!

Happy Stampin'!

Hugs,

Simon Says Stamp Challenge...Stars and Stripes...Friends Forever!

Good morning stampin' friends! I hope you all had a great weekend and for my crafty Canadian friends, out there, I hope you enjoyed the extra sleep in yesterday, as much as I did!  So, today I am sharing the card I made for this week's new challenge that we have over at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog. This week the challenge is Stars and Stripes....so lets see some Stars and Stripes on your card or creation in some way!!!

Once again, we have a very generous, $50 dollar shopping spree, for the Simon Says Stamp Superstore up for grabs! Just join us for this week's challenge and link your creation in the Mister Linky on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog and you could be the lucky random winner! The Simon Says Stamp Superstore is just packed full with fabulous crafty goodies and gorgeous stamps. To see what is new and just in, click the All New Just in link on the top left hand side of the Superstore website! 

For my card this week I have used For the Record Echo Park 12x12 Papers and this sweet or should I say "tweet", Pure Innocence stamp by My favorite Things called You're So Tweet! I coloured the image with my Copic Markers and paper pieced her dress with the Echo Park papers. I inked all the edges of the paper and the die cuts with my new favourite ink Powder Puff chalk ink in Amaretto. I cut the image out with my Oval Nesties and then left the image in the die and inked with Old Paper Distress ink. I cut a mat with the scalloped Oval Nestie from black cardstock and adhered the image with dimensional adhesive. I cut a border from white cardstock using the My Favorite Things Dizzy Border Die-namics Die and I cut all the stars on my card with my QuicKutz dies but you can get the same look with the fabulous Stacking Stars Die-namics set too. I stamped a sentiment from another one of the Pure Innocence stamp sets called A Cart Full of Friends on the tag and hung it from the knotted ribbon and finally I added a little red bling here and there to finish off the card.   

Here is the inside of my card....I stamped the PI Girlie again and used one of the sentiments that comes in the You're So Tweet stamp set. 

Well, thanks so for stopping by today and having a wee peek at my card! Make sure to swing on over to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog and check out all the gorgeous cards by the Simon Says DT....then join us! We can't wait to see your gorgeous Stars and Stripes creations!

Have a Stampin' Great day!

Hugs,

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge #79...."Text" Me...Live Your Passion!

Hey Krafty friends! I'm so glad it is the weekend and it is a long weekend here in Canada...we have Monday off for Victoria day! That means an extra day to get Krafty for all the Canadian Krafty Girls out there! YAY!!!! So, I hope you're ready for another fun, Krafty challenge! This week at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge blog, I've set the challenge.... "Text" me...so I would like to see "text" on your card or creations, perhaps it is printed or stamped on the paper, ribbon, flowers or other embellishment or it can be the sentiment! If you join the challenge and you use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp on your creation then you will be entered into the random draw to win some free Krafty rubbah, whoo hoo! This week you have the chance to win the fabulous Janelle stamp from the new Sporty Girls collection that I have used on my card! 

So, I thought I would colour up the fabulous, Janelle! I used my Copics and followed the Copic colour combination for darker skin tones suggested by Suzanne Dean in this video. I used some Scenic Route paper that I've had in my stash forever....some of my all time favourite paper. I especially love paper with text printed on it! I cut the flowers and the doily on my Silhouette. The leaves are from my MFT Upsy Daisy Die-namics die set. I added some BasicGrey brads to the centres of the flowers and a few black gems here and there.  

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps challenge card. Make sure to swing by the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge blog and check out all the gorgeous cards that the Krafty Girls and Krafty Guests have made to inspire you! Then join us for this week's KKS challenge! 

Have a stampin' great weekend!!!

Hugs, 

Simon Says Stamp Challenge...Sparkle and Shine...Friends Forever!

Hey stampin' friends! Time for another fun challenge over at Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog! This week the challenge is Sparkle and Shine and the DT is featuring Tattered Angels/Glimmer Mist this week! We would love to see how you use your Glimmer Mist or any of the Tattered Angles products that you have in your stash on your creation but it is not a requirement....just make them cards and projects sparkle and shine!!! 

Once again, Heidi, has generously offered up a $50.00 gift voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Superstore...whoo hoo!!!!  There are lots of fabulous new products in the superstore. If you join us this week you could be the lucky winner of the prize....so why not give it a go!!!! 

So, for my card I used this pretty paper that has such a sweet country feel to it called Emma's Shoppe by Crate paper.  I also, inked up this adorable Tilda from the Butterfly Dreams collection called Hello Little Butterfly. I coloured the image with my Copics and cut it out and pop-dotted it on this fabulous doily that I cut out on my Silhouette Digital Craft Cutter. I love this doily and it looks so much like the My Favorite Things Dizzy Doily Die-namics too. I cut a Nestie circle for the middle of the doily from patterned paper and the sentiment is a Melissa Frances rub-on. To add to the country feel of this card I cut a denim Knee patch that I had in my stash with my My Favorite Things, Perfect Bracket Edge Die-namics border die. I added some Prima flowers and spritzed  them with Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Mist, which, unfortunately, doesn't show up in my pics but adds a nice sparkle IRL and this pretty ribbon also adds some shimmer! To finish this off I added a sprinkling of pretty soft green half pearls here and there. 

Here is the inside...the sentiment is also a Melissa Frances Rub-on!

Well thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my Simon Says Stamp Challenge card! I really hope you can join us for the challenge this week! Please swing by the other Simon Says DT blogs and check out all the gorgeous card they have made this week to inspire you! 

Have a stampin' great day!

Hugs,

Kraftin Kimmie Stamps MAY 2011 Release Day Krafty Hop....Time to Relax!!

Well good morning Krafty friends! Are you ready to HOP, HOP, HOP!? It is the big day after all!!!! The day we have all been waiting for....it is RELEASE DAY!!!  Whoo hoo!!!!!!

As you've seen over the last few days in our Krafty peeks, we have AMAZING new stamps for you to play with this month! This month we are introducing a NEW line of stamps from the wonderful Cheryl Alger! We have some SPORTY GIRLS from the super talented Annie Rodrigue! There are more adorable Dress up Kids from Steven Leary and we have a new inspirational set of Scripture Quotes for you as well!

You will get to see most of the new images while you sit back and enjoy our Krafty Hop! You"ll see all the Krafty Girls, as well as some very special guests along the way!! If you want to start from the beginning, just head over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge blog. As you hop from blog to blog, be sure to leave comments at each and every stop along the way because some lucky stampers will win packages of stamps from the new release! And when you're done hoppin, be sure to head on over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Shop, because all the new stamps are NOW available!

So if you have arrived here from Peggy Marsh's beautiful blog then you are in the right place. If not, then you may want to start at the beginning over at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge blog!!!!

Now, for my card today, I am featuring, Mandy from the Sporty Girls collection by Annie....love her to bits...now only if I could enjoy exercising as much as she seems to be, lol! I coloured Mandy with my Copics and paper pieced her yoga outfit. I used My Mind's Eye Hattie 6x6 papers on this card and I cut the flowers out of the Hattie paper on my Silhouette Digital Craft Cutter and added various BasicGrey Painted brads the leaves are cut with the leave die in the MFT Upsy Daisy Die-namics set. I also used my new My Favorite Things Scalloped Ribbon Border Die-namics die! The funky scalloped border is also cut on my Silhouette and is a Silhouette GSD file that you can purchase and download from the Silhouette website.

Well, the next stop on the Krafty Hop is the oh so creative and funny, Carole!!! Now, hop on over and visit Carole to see the super creative and cute card that she has whipped for us today!!!! Remember to leave those comments to be entered in the random draw to win  NEW Krafty Rubbah and now head on over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps on-line shop and shop, shop, shop, shop!!!!

Happy Hoppin' and Shoppin'!!!!

Hugs,

BasicGrey Challenges # 42 and Magnolia Down Under Challenges # 96...You are my best friend!!

Good morning stampin' friends! I am back with another post this morning! This time I think I will keep it short and sweet! I combined my BasicGrey Challenges and Magnolia Down Under Challenge card this week. At BG Challenges we would like to see you Mix and Match your BasicGrey ranges and at MDUC the challenge is My Favourite things....so we would like you to make a card with your favourite crafty supplies. To be eligible for the prize at BasicGrey Challenges you must use at least ONE BasicGrey product item and please list what that item is so that we know what you have used on your creation.  At MDUC we ask that you use a Magnolia stamp it doesn't have to be Tilda or Edwin it can be an accessory stamp or sentiment.

Our fabulous sponsor at BasicGrey Challenges, Simon Says Stamp, has once again offered up a very generous $25 dollar gift voucher for the Simon Says Stamp Superstore. Join us and you could be the lucky winner of this fab prize!

For my card I used a mix of BG Hello Luscious, Life of the Party and Basics Manila and a BG button. I inked up this sweet Ribbon Hair Tilda...she is soooo cute! The Copic colours that I used for the African American skin tone where ones suggested by Suzanne Dean in this video. I am very happy with how Tilda turned out and I even tried Suzanne's technique of colouring with the darkest colour first to the lightest, for the first time. I used many of my favorite things on this card, of course, I used my beloved BG papers, Magnolia stamps. I also used Pink Sorbet Twinery twine, Prima flowers, Wild Orchid Crafts flowers, My Favorite Things Scalloped ribbon Die-namics, Nestibilites and a few half pearls!

Well, thanks so much for popping by again and I hope that you join us at BG Challenges and MDUC Challenges and please visit the MDUC DT and BG DT and see the sweet cards that they have made to inspire you!

Have a stampin' great weekend!

Hugs,

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge #78....Girls ROCK and Krafty Peeks Day 4...Life is a Ball!!

Well, we sure had a rather frustrating day yesterday in blogland, now didn't we!? I think we all could have done without Blogger going down for almost 24 hrs but it is a big relief to have it back up and running now and good to see that all our posts are intact! It sure sent a bit of a panic through the Kraftin' Kimmie's Stamps DT, as it really threw a wrench in the Krafty Peeks of Steve Leary's new collection for the May release. Make sure to swing by the Krafty Girl's blogs and check out all the super cute cards they made with the Dress Up Kids that you might have missed with the Blogger problems yesterday!!!! 

Well, toady is Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge day and Krafty Peek day # 4! We are featuring the new stamps in the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps May release by Annie Rodrigue....her Sporty Girls ROCK! These new stamps are super cute and I love them all to bits! The challenge this week is set by the one and only Kraftin' Kimmie, herself, and she says "Girls ROCK!!!!" and I have to agree! She wants us to celebrate the strength and power in girls and to support our girlfriends too! Make a card featuring GIRLS, perhaps, for a friend or sister in need of a little support or encouragement and let them know you think they ROCK!!! If you use a Kraftin' Kimmie stamps image on your creation then you will be entered into the random draw to win a Janelle stamp that Kimmie has featured on her super ROCKIN' and super CUTE card this week and you have until next Friday evening to enter the challenge! Also, Kimmie is giving away 2 half sets ( that is 3 stamps) of the new Annie  Sporty Girls stamps to TWO lucky people who leave comments on all the the posts by the Krafty Girls and Guests today!!! So you have 2 different ways to win some free rubbah...what are you waiting for...getting ROCKIN'!!!

So for my card I am featuring the sweet Krista! Love her to bits! She comes with 2 sentiments Life is a ball! and You've got game! I coloured Krista with my Copics and cut the image out and pop-dotted her on the doily. I used MME Stella Rose 6x6 paper pad called Gertie....gorgeous paper!!!! I also used my MFT Upsy Daisy Die-namics die set and my new MFT Pretty Posies die set to make all the great flowers on my card and added some bling and BG painted brads. I have also been trying to use my Silhouette Digital Craft cutter more and so I cut a Doily from Kraft cardstock and finally I added a string of bling as I thought what girl wouldn't love a diamond tennis bracelet, smile! 

Here is the inside....pretty simple. I used my fave and well used sentiment stamp from Kimmie's Everyday Sentiment set. 

Well, thanks for popping by and having a wee peek at my Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge DT card today! Please join the challenge and leave those comments to get your name entered into the random draw for some Krfty rubbah! Come back tomorrow for the May release when all the new stamps will be in the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps on-line shop! and for the fabulously fun Krafty Hop!  Please swing by the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps blog too and check out all the gorgeous creations by the Krafty Girls and Guests!

Have a kraftin' great day!

Hugs,

Kraftin Kimmie Stamps MAY 2011 Release Day 2 Krafty Peeks....Spiritual Krafty Quotes!

Hey Krafty friends! This week we have Krafty peeks of the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps May release. I have to say this is one of my fave releases so far this year...absolutely gorgeous stamps this month! We also have a fabulous new artist joining the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps line up with such sweet and fun stamps...the Krafty Girls previewed the new Cheryl Alger Designs yesterday...gorgeous creations, Krafty Girls! 


Today the Krafty Girls are previewing the beautiful Scriptural sentiments that are in this month's release called Scripture Quotes #1. These quotes are larger than the stamps in the Kimmie's Sentiment sets and perfect for a scrappy card or a scrapbook layout...there are 4 different scripture  quotes in the set.

For my card I used one of my favourite scriptural quotes and one that was read at my wedding. I think it is worth getting this Scripture Quote set this month for this scripture stamp alone. Wedding season is definitely upon us and you are sure to get lots of use of this sentiment and there are still 3 other beautiful scriptural quotes in the set, to boot.

For my card I stamped the sentiment with brown Sepia VersaFine ink and the embossed it with clear embossing powder to add shine and elegance to the card. I cut the sentiment out with my Nesties and inked with Old paper Distress ink. I used We R Memory Keepers, Tres Elegant papers and used the 6x6 panels that are the back side of the 12x12 sheets.  I added some Wild Orchid Crafts Cherry Blossoms and the love birds are QuicKutz 2x2 dies, then a sprinkling of white half pearls here and there to finish it off.

Now I am sure you would love to have this new Scripture Quotes set, wouldn't you!? Well, just leave a comment on each and every one of the Krafty Girl's blogs, that are previewing the Scripture Quotes today and Kimmie will pick a random winner to get the new Scripture Quotes stamp set.  Please swing by the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps blog for a list and links to all the Krafty Girls previewing the new Scripture Quotes set # 1, today.

Also, the other Krafty Girls will be previewing Steven Leary's May release stamps tomorrow. I will be back with a preview of the Annie Rodriegue Moonlight Whispers images and a new KKS Challenge on Saturday. Sunday, May 15th, is our Krafty Hop, as per usual and it is Release day, whoo hoo...you won't want to miss it!

Have a stampin' great day!

Hugs,

Simon Says Stamp Challenge...Look what the Stork brought!

Hey stampin' friends! Well, I finally feel like I am back in the swing of things and not in vacation mode any more. I'm all caught up with my DT cards too! We have a fabulous challenge this week at Simon Says Stamp Challenge. Several DT members and Heidi, the boss (smile), are expecting! So, we thought it would be fun to make some baby cards to celebrate this joyous time!

We would love for you to join the challenge this week! So show us your baby cards and you could be the lucky random winner of the $50.00 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Superstore! There are lots of gorgeous crafty goodies and stamps in the shop...I know you won't have any trouble finding what you want or should I say neeeeed,smile!

A friend at work is expecting a baby boy so I thought I would make her a card.  I used my, My Favorite Things, Who's that Girl, Baby Bump set...I just love this stamp set to bits and never tire of using it. I used this gorgeous 6x6 paper pad from My Minds Eye, Stella Rose collection called Hattie...I think these MME 6x6 Stella Rose paper pads are my fave at the mo....so inspiring to work with. I coloured the image with my Copics and paper pieced her clothes and shopping bags. The ribbon is from my stash and so is the bling. I cut out the doily GSD file from the Silhouette website with my Silhouette cutter from Kraft cardstock.  I'm so glad to be getting more use of my Silhouette and will definitely be cutting more doilies on it as I am loving the way they look.  I also used my MFT Jumbo Scalloped border die-nmaics and scalloped Scallop Die-namics border die. The sentiment is stamped with Memento inks on Kraft cardstock. 

Here is the inside of my card. I used one of the sentiments that comes with Clearly Sentimental about Babies and the sentiment on the tag is also from an old MFT Sentiment set.

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a week peek at my card for this week's Simon Says Stamp challenge! I really hope you can join us! Please swing by the Simon Says DT blogs and take a look at all the gorgeous creations that they have made and I am sure you will not be able to resist joining us this week!

Happy Stampin'!

Hugs,

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps...SALE!!!!!

Hey Krafty friends! Hope you are all having a fabulous Mother's day!!! I am still trying to settle back into regular life, post holidays,he, he, he and I have a lots of cards to make this weekend to catch up on my DT duties too! 

I just wanted to pop on here quickly and let you all know that Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps is having a fabulous sale to celebrate national Scrapbooking Day and Mother's day and Kimmie would like to clear out some of the stamps that are taking over her house too, smile. This is your chance to get those stamps that you have always wanted at 25-75% off!!!! Some stamps are soon to be retired too so get them now before it is too late! 

Here are two of my old cards featuring Shy Emmylou and Curtis both are on sale at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps on-line shop! 

Swing by the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps shop and check out the stamps that are on sale!

Happy Shopping!

Hugs,

Winner....Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog Hop!!!

Hey stampin' friends!

I am back from holidays...we went to Disney World for 10 days...just got back last night. We had an absolutely fabulous time and gorgeous weather!!!! It was so nice to have sunshine and heat and now I am home and it's so cold here...burrr!!!! I hope to share some pics from our vacation with you soon! 

I am just popping on here really quickly this morning to post the winner of the $10.00 voucher from my blog for the Simon Says Stamps Challenge Anniversary blog hop! Thanks so much for all the lovely comments that you all left on my blog too while I was away! Sorry I wasn't able to get to visit and comment on all of your blogs but I was busy going on Space Mountain and catching up with Mickey Mouse and Snow White, smile!

So,  I randomly selected the winner using the random number generator and the lucky winner is # 49 Deb. 

Congratulations, Deb. 

Deb, Please, contact me to get all the details on how to claim the $10.00 Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Store.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a stampin' great day!

Hugs,