Pink Ink # 4, Just Magnolia # 121 and BG Challenges #51...Happiness!

Hi stampin' friends! This morning I have a card to share that I made yesterday for 3 challenges. I followed the great sketch that they have at Pink Ink Sketch Challenges by Cheri. I also played along with the Bingo Challenge at Just Magnolia and hAngler sTangler. I love Bingo Challenges and for my card I used the diagonal line, Gems, Flowers, Lace and Ribbon and finally I used some gorgeous BasicGrey Oxford 6x6 papers so I would like to enter my card in the Anything Goes Challenge at BasicGrey Challenges. 

I started out colouring up this image, Tilda Gone Fishing, using the No Black Lines technique that is everywhere in blogland and looks so gorgeous! It is really tough to do though and I ended up tossing the image in the bin it was so terrible. I will try again and hopefully I will end up with something worth putting on a card. I had to colour up another image of this sweet Tilda and went with lines this time, lol! I am not into fishing but for some reason I just adore this image. I coloured Tilda with my Copics and did that spotted background around her with some Warm Grey Copics. I also inked with Pumice Stone Distress ink.

I love the BasicGrey Oxford papers they are such beautiful papers and I love the colours. I used some Melissa Frances rub-ons for the sentiments and the one on the image says....A bad day fishing is better than a good day at work! I suppose that is true even if you aren't much into fishing, he, he, he. I added a few small flowers, some brown seam binding and cotton lace trim and a sprinkling of blue gems.

Here is the inside....pretty simple. The sentiment is from the MFT More Essential Sentiments set.

Well, Thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card! 

Hope you have a stampin' great day!

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My Favorite Things Stamps...WSC # 34....Make a Splash!

Hello stampin' friends! Back again today with a card that I made for the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club Challenge # 34! They have another fabulous sketch this week so I just had to play along and it didn't hurt that I had a new scrumptious BasicGrey Indie Bloom paper pad calling my name either, smile! I think I am in loooove....with this paper, he, he, he! What fabulous colours!!!! How do they do it over there at BasicGrey?! I always LOVE everything they come up with!

I thought I would ink up this sweet Pure Innocence stamp from MFT called Make a Splash! I coloured her with my Copics and paper pieced her tankini, cut her out and pop-dotted her on the panel cute with the Textile Rectangle Die-nmaics Die. I also used the solid bracket Die-namics border die. I stamped one of the sentiments that comes with the Make a Splash stamp set, on the Die-nmaics tab die. I added some Lilac Twinery Twine with a BG Button and sprinkling of lilac gems to finish things off.

Here is the inside of the card....this sentiment is from the Pure Innocence set PI and the Pinwheel! 

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card! 

Hugs,

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Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine Giveaway!!!

Hey Krafty Friends!!!! I have some exciting news to share! Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps is thrilled to be featured with a full page in the Fall issue of Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine and this card that I made featuring Agnes is in the fall issue. This is my first time being published in a magazine and I am so thrilled and honoured to have my KKS card featured along side Melanie, Krista and Michele's gorgeous cards.

Here is a sample of our page in the fall issue of Canadian Scrapbooker magazine!

 In order to celebrate, Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps would like to GIVEAWAY TEN SETS OF THE 4 STAMPS that were used to create the amazing fall themed cards by our talented Krafty Girls!!! The winners will receive: Merry, Batty Princess, Agnes and Hattie!

All you have to do to be entered to win, is leave a comment ON THE GIVEAWAY POST ON THE KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS BLOG telling us what your favourite KKStamps stamp is from our new website!! It's that simple!! You have until September 10th at midnight EST to enter! Winners will be announced on September 11th!

And as a special treat, we have the simple instructions to create each of these autumn beauties!!! So now you can make them too!!! All the instructions are on the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps blog here.

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card! I hope you will pop on over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps blog and leave a comment to enter the giveaway!

Happy Kraftin'!!!!!

Hugs,


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My Favourite Things Stamps...WSC # 32....Daughters are...!

Hey crafty friends! Hope you had a relaxing weekend and perhaps you had a little crafty time too! I sure did! I made this card following the sketch that they have this week for the MFT Wednesday Stamp Club Challenge # 32! I decided to make an easel card for my friend who just had her first baby...a beautiful little girl!!! I used my new A La Mode Bundle of Baby stamp set which was perfect for my card! I just adore this sweet stamp and I teamed it up with some pretty MME Stella Rose, Gertie 6x6 papers! I coloured the image with my Copics and paper pieced her top, leggings and the blanket. I added some shading with my Prismacolor pencils and stamped around the edges of the image with my "Splotch" stamp from Rosewood Stamps.

I used my MFT Simply Scalloped Die-namics die and my Pretty Posies, Perfect Petals and Flower and Leaf Trio Die-namics to make all the flowers. I cut them from MFT My favorite Felt...I soooooo love the MFT felt it is fabulous stuff and cuts beautifully with the Die-namics dies. I cut the cork buttons with the Button Quartet Die-nmaics. I used one of the sentiments that comes with the Bundle of Baby stamp set and stamped it on a tag that I cut with a QuicKutz dies.

Here is the inside/bottom of the easel card...I stamped a shadow image in Lady Bug Memento ink and this sentiment is from a set that came in the Baby Bump MFT VIP kit.

Well, thanks for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card! Hope you have a great week!

Hugs,



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Some Odd Girl Challenge...Complimentary Colour Combo...You're Pure Sunshine!

Hey stampin' friends! Yay! It's the weekend and that means crafty time for me! I discovered a new....well, new to me, digi stamp line, that I just think is soooooo super cute! I was over at Amy's gorgeous blog, A Thousand Sheets of Paper, drooling over all her amazing creations (love her cards to bits) when I saw her some Odd Girl cards and I fell in serious looovvveee!!!! These Odd girls and boys are just soooooo darn CUTE...eeekkk! Well, I had to get me some!  Then I decided to play along with the challenge that they have over at the Some Odd Girl blog. The challenge is to use two complimentary colours from the colour wheel. 

So, for my card I printed out this sweetie, Beach Babe Kaylee! I coloured her up with my Copics and gave her a bronzed tan. I used my BasicGrey Sweet Threads 6x6 paper pad cuz it has one of my fave complimentary colour combos, lime green and hot pink! I left the image in the Nestie die and inked with Worn Lipstick Distress ink. I added a few Prima flowers with Sweet Threads painted brads in the centers and a little pink bling. I also used my Open Bracket Die-namics border die and the sentiment is from the MFT Pure Innocence Make a Splash set.

I thought Kaylee would look good sporting some mirrored sunglasses so I added Stix2 foil to her glasses.

Here is the inside of the card....this is another MFT Pure Innocence sentiment. 

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and havin' a wee peek at my Odd Girlie card, he, he, he! I think you will be seeing a few more of these Odd Girls from me.

Hope you have a stampin' Great weekend!

Hugs,

My Favorite Things Creative Challenge...Fun Fold...You Rock My World!

Hey Stampin' friends! Well, I am very glad to report that Hannah is back to her old self, the swelling has gone down completely and she is feeling much better!

So I made this card tonight to give as a thank you to Hannah and Kieran's favourite Summer Camp Counsellor, Jello (not her real name, he, he, he)! She just so happens to be the daughter of Kieran's Godfather too. Well, I thought she would really like this sweet MFT A La Mode cutie from the set You Are Unrepeatable. The MFT DT shared their monthly Creative Challenge for August yesterday and they made cards with FUN and FANCY FOLDS! Well, I was totally inspired by all their gorgeous cards that I thought I would try a new fold for a change! I saw this fabulous step card on Erica's blog and I thought it would be perfect!

I teamed up this sweet A La Mode Girl with my new fave BasicGrey Out of Print 6x6 paper pad. I coloured the image with my Copics and paper pieced her cute top. The sentiment is from the You Are Unrepeatable set and I stamped it on Kraft card cut with one of the ribbon dies from the MFT First Place Ribbon Stamp and Die-namics set. I also used my Solid Bracket Die-namics and made a few flowers with the Pretty Posies Die-namics Die and added some BasicGrey Buttons to the centers. I sprinkled a little bling here and there too!

This is a good view of the step card and I will definitely be making this style of card again as it was so easy and I love the way it looks.

Here is the inside of the card and I used one of the sentiments from the MFT More Essential Sentiments set.

Thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card!

Happy Stampin'!

Hugs,

My Favourite Things Stamps...WSC # 31....u r my Happy Day!

Hey  stampin' friends! I made this card today with the gorgeous sketch that they have for the MFT Wednesday Stamp Club Challenge # 31! 

I have to say making this card this afternoon was a very therapeutic little break for me. we have had a very distressing weekend. Hannah has had a severe allergic reaction to something and we can't pin point what it is exactly. I think she was either stung or bit by an insect or has got into some poison ivy or oak at day camp. Her face swelled right up and she broke out in a terrible, itchy rash all over her face, neck, chest and back. I took her to the walk-in clinic on Friday and we got some cream but then Saturday morning she woke up and was much worse and her face was so swollen, it was shocking. I took her to the hospital immediately and she is now on several medications. We are just waiting for the swelling in her face to go down. I feel so badly for her. She is so uncomfortable and the swelling around her eyes is causing pressure and pain and giving her a headache. It is starting to get better though and the meds are working.  The rash is fading and her energy and spirits are up a bit more today.  We just can't wait for the swelling in he face to go away completely and for her to back to her regular self!

So, for my card today I used papers from my BasicGrey 6x6 Oxford paper pad and teamed it up with this adorable little PI girl from the MFT Pure Innocence stamp set Popping By. I cut the large ticket shapes on my Silhouette Digital Craft Cutter from Kraft cardstock and stamped the image on one and then coloured it with my Prismacolor Pencils. I love the look of Pencils on Kraft paper. I have only ever done this once before so I thought I would give it a go again. I am quite happy with how she turned out. I used my new MFT  Die-namics Mini Ticket Strip Die and cut them from Kraft cardstock. I then separated them at the perforation. I stamped the sentiment from the MFT Die-namics Notched Tag Die and Stamp set on the mini tickets. I added a little pearl to the center for the flower in her hair and to her little Mary Janes with some Viva Decor Pearl Pen.

Here is the inside of the card....I stamped a shadow stamp of the PI Girl in Rhubarb Salk Memento ink and then stamped one of the sentiments that came with Popping By set on another one of the tickets that I cut on my Silhouette this one is a little smaller.

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card for this week's MFT WSC challenge! 

Hope you have a very crafty week!

Hugs,