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My Favorite Things Stamps...WSC # 55....So Grateful...!

2012-01-20T21:10:00.000-05:00

Hey stampin' friends! Just wanted to share the card that I made for this week's MFTWSC55. I am making a concerted effort to keep up with all the of the MFT Wednesday Stamp Club sketches. So, I thought I better get cracking on this week's card cuz I am going to the Guelph Mega Crop tomorrow to hang out with my pal Kraftin' Kimmie and the Krafty Girls...YAY!!!

I got some new stash this week from Lora at One Crazy Stamper on-line shop and I have to tell you how impressed I am with the service from One Crazy Stamper...incredible selection, outstanding service, great prices and lightening speed shipping. If you are looking for a great place to shop, I totally recommend you try One Crazy Stamper!!! So, I got this gorgeous 6x6 MME Love Me paper pad and it is SO pretty...love it! I got a few older MFT PI stamp sets that Lora had on sale too. I used this one called PI Rose and I just adore her! I cut her out and cut off the rose this time. I wanted it to look like she is holding the layered labels sentiment. I coloured her with Copics and paper pieced her pretty dress...love her dress to bits. I gave her sparkly pink tights by using my Quickie Glue pen and then sprinkling some Glamour Dust on them. I am loving the Layered Labels Die-namics die and I used one of the sweet sentiments that comes in the PI Rose set. I also made a felt flower with My Favorite Felt and the Pretty Posies Die-namics and Perfect Petal Trio Die-namics sets.

Here is the inside...I stamped PI Rose again in London Fog Memento ink and just didn't ink up the rose and then strategically placed another Layered Label Die-namics with a sentiment from the PI Something Special Just for You set. I added two more wee felt flowers.

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card for MFTWSC55!

Hope you have a stampin' great weekend!!!

Hugs,

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Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge # 111, BG Challenges # 60 & Guelph Mega Crop Dets!!!

2012-01-17T22:08:00.001-05:00

Hey Krafty friends!!!! So, do you wanna hang out with Kraftin' Kimmie and the Krafty Girls this weekend?? If you live in Southwestern Ontario you can join us at the Guelph Place Banquet Hall at 425 Michener Rd. in Guelph from 9am to midnight on Saturday, January 21st!! There is an all day crop event going on but you do NOT have to be part of the crop to come and join the fun!!! You can shop to your inky heart's content....we'll have the newest release of Goddesses, Kitty Kapers and Lovely Lulus on hand as well as many more of our most popular stamps!! AND some of our amazing and talented Krafty Girls will be teaching four different classes throughout the day!!! I am planning on attending as long as the weather cooperates...fingers crossed!!! I would love to see you there!!! For the class lineup and to sign-up, go to The Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps website here!!! Can't wait to see you there!!!

I also made a card tonight for the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge # 111. They have a fantastic sketch by Krafty Girl, Nicole, and I have been dying to ink up, the super sweet, Bella, so I thought I would play along!!! I also made this card for the challenge over at BasicGrey Challenges, Something New...(I have used my new Mini Tab Die-namics Foursome and Bella is a new stamp).

I made my card base 6x6 from American Crafts cardstock and used BasicGrey Piccadilly 6x6 paper pad. I also used the Crown Die-namics border on my card. I coloured Bella with my Copics but I had some problems with my Neenah card bleeding. I am usually pretty happy with the results that I get with the Neenah cardstock. I guess it was a bad sheet or something. Well, this was the second image I coloured for this card and I was getting frustrated and tired, so, please don't look too closely at the colouring job on this one....no my best work. I left the image in the die and inked with Old Paper Distress ink. The sentiment is a Melissa Frances rub-on. It is on white cardstock cut with one of the Mini Tab Die-namics Foursome. I also added some bling, lot of Stickles and ribbon from my stash with a BasicGrey button.

Here is the inside...I stamped Bella again with Ladybug Red Memento ink and used a sentiment from Kimmie's Everyday Sentiment set.

Well, I really hope you can make it to the Guelph Mega Crop on Saturday and hang out with Kimmie, the Krafty Girls and me too!

Thanks for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card with this week's sketch at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge and for BG Challenges!

Hugs,

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My Favorite Things Stamps...WSC # 54....One of a Kind Friend!!!

2012-01-15T19:14:00.003-05:00

Hey stampin' friends! Just a quick post tonight to share the card that I made today for the MFTWSC #54 challenge! I got a MFT package in the mail on Friday, so, I had new stash to play with. I finally decided to ink up this super cute Pure Innocence stamp called Paper Dolls after much deliberation. I used some gorgeous MME 6x6 papers called A Happy Heart! I just adore these pretty papers...such a great colour combo! I coloured the PI Girlie with my Copics and paper pieced her dress and the paper dolls and cut one of the paper dolls from a different paper to reinforce the sentiment.

I Used my new Jumbo Monarch Border Die-namics die and some satin ribbon and pink pearls. I inked up parts of one of the sentiments that comes with the PI Paper Dolls stamp set and stamped them on the wavy pennants from the Mini Wavy Pennants Die-namics set and used the pennant pole from the mini Pennant Die-namics set.

For the inside of the card I stamped a shadow image of the PI Paper Dolls stamp and used the Layered Labels Die-namics. I stamped "friend" from the Well Worn Greetings Stamp and Die-namics set on the oval tab die from the Sweet Stack Die-namics.

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card for MFTWSC54.

Have a stampin' great week!

Hugs,

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The Sketchy Challenge # 14 and Saturated Canary DT Call!

2012-01-12T12:47:00.001-05:00

Hey stampin' Friends! Wanted to share a card that I've made with the great sketch over at The Sketchy Challenges by Corry! Lot's of fabulous layers on this sketch and it was such a great sketch to work with! I also thought I would join the DT call over at the Saturated Canary Challenge blog. They are looking for 3 DT members for 3 months! The DT call closes on January 21st! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Krista Smith's Saturated Canary digi images and I have compiled quite a few of them as they are SO stinkin' CUTE. I just haven't got around to using all of them but you will be seeing more SC cards from me as I just love em' to bits and have promised myself to use them more. I have used the precious Peace and Love Hipster digi and I have sized the image to be quite large...larger thn most images. That is the cool thing about digis...you can re-size them to suit your needs! I have colourd Peace and Love Hipster with my Copics and cut around the image leaving a small white border and pop-dotted her on the card.

The card base is 6x6 and I have used my MME Mabel 6x6 paper pad. I cut the large Peace Symbol on my Silhouette Digital Craft cutter and inked around the edges with Tea Dye Distress ink. The Martha Stewart Ribbon was in my stash and it is SO pretty and shimmery. I used a few MFT Die-namics here too, the WoNkY Scalloped Border Die-namics, the Peace Sign Die-namics and I stamped the sentiment on the mimi Oval Tab die from the Mini Tab Foursome Die-namics set. The sentiment is from the MFT ALM Disco Queen Stamp set. I sprinkled a few pearls here and there and I used a BasicGrey fabric brad and Prima Hydrangeas. The SC Hipster girlie is also sparkly IRL as I used a Stardust and Orange Sakura pen to add some sparkle and the Clear and black Glaze Sakura pen on the buttons on her skirt and the peace symbol on her t-shirt.

Here is the inside of the card...I love adding a shadow stamp on the inside of my cards because these are digi images, I re-sized the image to be smaller than the front image and printed it out again and trimmed the paper to the size to fit the inside of the card. To ebellish I added another Peace symbol cut with my Peace Sign Die-namics, more Prima flowers, and pearls. The sentiment is from the Disco Queen MFT ALM set and stamped on craft card cut with the Framed Greeting Die-namics die.

Thanks SO much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card for the Saturated Canary DT call!

Have a stampin' great day!

Hugs,

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My Favorite Things Stamps...WSC # 53....Frosty & Fabulous!

2012-01-09T21:07:00.000-05:00

Hello Stampin' Friends! Well, just a quick post tonight to share the card that I made for this week's MFT Wednesday Stamp Club Challenge! I didn't get a chance to use this super cute MFT Pure Innocence Frosty and Fabulous stamp set before we went to Disneyland, so I thought I would ink up this fabulous snowman for this week's MFT WSC challenge! I love this new PI Snowmen just as much as the Holiday Hugs Snowman...they are SO super cute and make such great looking cards with little effort...love that, especially when you are pressed for time!

I paper pieced the Snowman's hat and scarf and did a wee bit of colouring with my Copics. The pretty papers are from a MME 12 Days of Christmas 6x6 paper pad. I added some Liquid Applique to the bottom of the snowman for a little dimension and lots of Stickles to make it sparkle. I also used my new Fringed Perennials Die-namics die to make this cute flower embellie. The sentiment comes in the Frosty & Fabulous set and I stamped it on the patterned paper cut with the ribbon die from the First Place Award Ribbon Die-namics.

Here is the inside....I stamped the Snowman again and used another one of the sentiments from the set...stamped it on Kraft cardstock cut with one of the dies from the Layered labels Die-namics.

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my MFTWSC53 card!

Happy Stampin'!

Hugs,

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My Favorite Things Stamps...January GDT Contest & MFTWSC52!

2012-01-01T20:14:00.002-05:00

Hey stampin' friends! It is good to be blogging again! This is my first post for 2012...Whoo hoo! We went to Disneyland in California for the Christmas holiday and just got back on 30th! It is SO good to be home! We had a good time but a few things didn't go as planned and well, it wasn't the best vacation ever...just okay! Well, I missed stamping and making cards so I thought I would get inky and join the MFT January Guest Designer Contest! The challenge is Paper Piecing and I LOVE to paper piece!

I was inspired by this sweet Echo Park 6x6 paper pack called Country Drive and thought it would be fun to make 5 coordinating Valentines. The papers had cute little ladybugs, bees, butterflies and birdies on them so I pulled out 5 different Pure Innocence stamp sets that co-ordinated with the patterned papers and I paper pieced all the PI Girls. Just to warn you this post is rather long as there are lots of pics of all 5 cards.

I also took the opportunity to play along with the last sketch of 2011 for the MFTWSC challenge. The first card, Bee Mine, is using the MFTWSC52. I also used some other sketches that I didn't get a chance to use this past year. MFT is having a fun contest over at Splitcoast Stampers MFT Forum too. If you have made 1-52 cards with the 2011 MFTWSC sketches and posted them on Splitcoast then you should register, HERE, in the MFT Wednesday Stamp Club Sketch Challenge - End of Year PARTY!

So for the first card, as I said, I used the MFTWSC sketch 52. I paper pieced this sweet Honey Bee and also coloured some parts of the patterned paper with my Copics. I used the Mini- Pennants Die-namics and the Die from the First Class Friend Stamps and Die-namics set.

Here is the inside....very simple.

On this card I used Ladybug and matched her up with the ladybug papers in the Echo Park paper pack. I used the Double Scalloped Border Die-namics and the File Tab Die-namics.

I paper pieced the ladybug, coloured in her spots with my Copics and layered her wings for some extra dimension.

Here is the inside.

For this card I used Pure Innocence Butterfly Kisses stamp set. I paper pieced her body suit and wings and layered the wings and bent up the edges for some dimension. I used MFTWSC Sketch # 51 for this card.

I stamped the sentiment on kraft cardstock cut with the Bracket Tab Die-namics and used my Simply Scalloped border Die-nmaics.

Here is the inside.

For card # 4 I used PI set called You're So Tweet. I paper pieced her and colourd her with my Copics. I made this card following MFTWSC Sketch # 26!

I used the Decorative Doily Die-namics and stamped the sentiment on kraft cardstock cut with the ribbon die from the First Place Award Ribbon Die-namics.

This is the inside of the card.

And for the last card in the set. I used PI Feeling Froggy....love her to bits! I paper pieced her and gave her green jeans....how fun is that!!!! I Stamped her and the wee froggy and masked them and used the flowers from the Mud Buddies PI Set. I cut the image with my Oval Nesties, left the image in the die and inked with Tumbled Glass Distress ink and Old Paper Distress ink. I made this card following MFTWSC Sketch # 27!

I stamped the little froggy on the natural Twill tape again like I did on a previous card...love how this looks! I also used the speech bubbles from the Say What Die-namics set. I stamped "I Love You" from the Ladybug Set on one speech bubble and the word "Toad-ally" from one of the sentiments in the Feeling Froggy set on the smaller speech bubble.

and here is the inside!

Well, I hope you survived that post...rather lengthy, I know, sorry! Thanks SO much for stopping by and having a wee peek at all my Paper Pieced Valentine cards that I made for the January MFT Guest Designer Contest! Keeping my fingers and toes crossed for this one,smile!

Big Hugs,

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My Favorite Things Stamps...WSC # 50....You Are a Gift!

2011-12-17T23:11:00.000-05:00

Hey Stampin' Friends! Well, I think this will be my final card for 2011! We are going away for the holidays...Whoo Hoo!!!! Tomorrow we're celebrating our family Christmas dinner at my parent's house since we won't be here on Christmas day! My brother is bringing his new girlfriend too and we are all very excited to meet Kate for the first time!

Well, I had a few more Christmas cards to make before we go and so I thought I would get sketchy with this week's MFTWSC # 50! I flipped the sketch as I wanted to use this sweet PI stamp set called PI Girl and Baby. I wanted to make a baby's First Christmas card for my friend and co-worker, Jen! She is off on Maternity leave with her new sweet little baby boy ( I got to hold him the other day too...SO precious) and so this little PI girl reminded me of her daughter holding her new baby brother!

I used these gorgeous papers from my Authentique Wonder 6x6 pad and Bazzill cardstock. I used my Clearly Sentiment Label Die-namics and Oval Nesties to create my own "layered label" in keeping with the sketch. I stamped one of the sentiments that comes with the PI Girl and Baby set on Kraft cardstock cut with the File Tab Die-namics. I coloured the little PI girl with my Copics and paper pieced her out-fit and the blanket.

Here is the inside of the card...I stamped two sentiments from the Clearly Sentimental about Christmas set.

Thanks SO much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my MFTWSC # 50 card and thank you so much for visiting my blog this year! I truly appreciate all of the SWEET comments!!! I hope everyone has a great Christmas with family and friends....and I hope Santa brings you lots of crafty and stamping goodies, smile!!!

Christmas Hugs,

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More Magnolia Christmas cards!!!

2011-12-16T19:59:00.000-05:00

Hello stampin' friends! I am back with a few more Maggie Christmas cards to share! I have been keeping them simple and basically the same layout with just a few changes here and there! These cards are all with My Minds Eye Season's Greetings 6x6 paper pad and I just LOVE this pad! I have also used several MFT die-namics dies on these cards and sentiments from my MFT PI and ALM sets as well!

This card is with Tilda with Snow Heart...gosh I just love her to bits. I coloured her with my Copics, of course! I added liquid applique to for the snow and Stickles for some sparkle. I used my Faux Crochet Die-namics border die and Cappuccino Twinery Twine. I also used this great Bazzill Two Scoops Cardstock that is embossed and when sanded the inside core is a coordinating colour.

This is Holly Tilda and I think she is so sweet! I coloured her with my Copics and cut the image out with my Nesties and inked with Spun Sugar. I added some white half-pearls and I used my Wonky Border Die-namics. I added some felt ribbon and used a one of the sentiments from my MFT Holiday Hugs PI set on Kraft cardstock cut with the Oval Tab Die-namics.

For this card I used Tilda with Christmas Baking....such a cutie!!! I coloured her with my Copics and cut her out and pop dotted her on the Oval panel that was cut with my Decorative Doily Oval Die-namics. The sentiment is from a ALM set and is stamped on cardstock cut with the ribbon for the First Place Awards Ribbon Die-namics. I also used my open Scallop border Die-namics, some ribbon form my stash and Prima flowers with MME Dear Santa glazed brad!

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my a few more of my Magnolia Christmas cards!

Hugs,

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BasicGrey Challenges #59...My Favorite Things Stamps...PI Snowman cards!

2011-12-13T18:58:00.000-05:00

Hey stampin' friends! Just wanted to share 2 more Christmas cards! I made these for the Anything Goes Challenge # 59 over at BasicGrey Challenges! I needed a couple masculine cards, one for a co-worker and one for Kieran's teacher. My MFT Pure Innocence Holiday Hugs Snowman was perfect! He also makes such quick cards as there is not much colouring and I can quickly paper piece his hat and scarf. I used my BasicGrey Nordic Holiday papers and buttons for both cards. I also cut out several hearts with my Hearts of Plenty Die-namics from corrugated cardboard and painted the edges with Picket Fence Crackle Distress paint. I cut a few Snowflakes with the Let it Snow Die-namics from Cork material. I sewed the buttons on with some fussy twine from my stash. I also used my Icicles Border Die-namics die and stamped the sentiment on cardstock cut with the ribbon die from the First Palce Award Ribbon Die-namics.

For my second card I cut the image out with my rectangle Nesties and inked with Tumbled Glass Distress ink. I used the Open Scalloped Border Die-namics and I stamped a sentiment from the PI Snowboard Boy set on some kraft cardstock cut with the Dog Tag Die-namics die.

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at more Christmas cards.

Hugs,

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The Sketchy Challenge # 12, MDUC 126 & JM 136...Sweet Christmas Dreams!!

2011-12-12T23:20:00.000-05:00

Hello stampin' friends! Well, I am trying to make a bunch of Christmas cards and the clock is ticking...eekkk!!!! I fear that I just won't get to make a card for everyone on my list this year. So, I thought I better ink up a few more of my gorgeous Christmas Maggies that I just had to have and it would be a shame to get to use them! I made two cards and kept them rather simple to speed up the process. I thought I'd play along with a few challenges too for some inspiration. So, I followed the beautiful sketch over at The Sketchy Challenge. I love this sketch by Jane! I also made this card for the Lost and Found challenge at MDUC! The Twill ribbon was wrapped around throw pillows that I bought at Winners as we are redoing our bedroom and the challenge over at Just Magnolia is Dreaming of a White Christmas...so I have used white and added "snow" to my cards with Flower Soft.

For my first card I have used Tilda with Snow Heart....I just LOVE her! She is my fave from the Sweet Christmas Dreams collections. I coloured her with my Copics, cut her out with my Rectangle Nesties, left the image in the die and inked with Tumbled Glass Distress ink. I added some Polar White Flower Soft for snow. I used the Wonky Border Die-namics and some black Gems to embellish. The sentiment came in the Magnolia Stamp Club Kit and I stamped it on the Framed Greetings Label Die-namics.

For this card I have used Midwinter Tilda. I coloured her with my Copics and cut out the image with my rectangle Nesties, left the image in the die and inked with Iced Spruce Distress ink from the Winter Seasonal set of 3 Distress inks. I used my Wonky Scalloped border Die-namics again and the gorgeous papers on both cards are Authentique Wonder!

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my cards! I hope to get a few more done this week but I probably won't get to posting them.

Hugs,

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My Favorite Things Stamps...WSC # 49....Peace, Love, Snow!

2011-12-11T20:07:00.001-05:00

Hello stampin' friends! I am just popping on here real quick to post this card! I made it this weekend for the MFT Wednesday Stamp Club sketch #49....loved this sketch but I say that about all the MFT WSC sketches, smile!

For my card I used BasicGrey Nordic Holiday 6x6 paper pad and I inked up this sweet Pure Innocence stamp from MFT called Ski Girl! I coloured her with my Copics and paper pieced her outfit. I used the cute wee mittens and made mittens on a string so the PI Ski Girl doesn't lose them, smile. I attached them with some unraveled twine and I stamped and cut out the skis too. I cut several Let it Snow Die-namics snowflakes from silver glitter cardstock to go with the glittery brads. The sentiment comes in the set and I just shaped it on the clear block so that it would fit the curve of the Oval Tab Die-namics. The wee "snowflake" is actually the flower centre from the Prima Donna Petals Die-namics.

Here is the inside....I stamped the Ski Girl again in Ladybug Memento Ink, used a sentiment from the PI Holiday Hugs Snowman set and added another silver snowflake!

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at the card I made with the great sketch that they have at MFT this week!

Hugs,

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Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Decemeber Release Krafty BLOG HOP!!!!

2011-12-11T01:00:00.003-05:00

Hello Krafty friends!!!! Do YOU know what day it is??? It’s Krafty RELEASE Day and it’s our last release of the year!! Today Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps is releasing their new DECEMBER stamps and there’s SO much awesomeness to SEE!! If you have hopped over here from Krafty Girl, Michele's gorgeous blog, then you are in the right spot! If not, you may want to start at the beginning of the hop at the Kraftin’ Kimmie Challenge Blog!

Over the last few days in our Krafty Peeks, we have shared lots of FUN new stamps for you to get inky with! We’ve got something for everyone!! There is a fun new SET by Cheryl Alger for the little ladies in your life!! It’s called SUGAR AND SPICE! We also have TWO fantastic sets of VALENTINES from Emilie Goulet called LOTS OF LOVE 1 AND LOTS OF LOVE 2!!! And of course we have an amazing new set of six ALICE IN WONDERLAND stamp from Annie Rodrigue! PLUS we are also releasing a coordinating set of WONDERLAND SENTIMENTS!!

You will get to see most of the new images today as you sit back and enjoy our DECEMBER Krafty Hop! As you hop from blog to blog, be sure to leave a comment at each and every stop because some lucky stampers will win packages of these incredible stamps from the new release!! And when you’re done hoppin’, be sure to head over to the Kraftin’ Kimmie shop, because ALL the new images are NOW available!

And of course, as always, we have our Gimme Kimmies Kits available for those of you who ‘need it all’!! (You’ve been buying presents for everyone else all month long….don’t you think it’s time to reward your krafty self a little bit??!! ) The stamps are grouped together by artist and are available at a discount, but only for a limited time!!

So, for my card today I have used the sly little Cheshire Cat from the Wonderland collection by Annie Rodrigue! I have coloured him with my Copic markers, cut the image out with a Nestie die, left the image in the die and inked with Seedless Preserves Distress ink. The sentiment comes with the Cheshire Cat. I added some pretty satin ribbon and sprinkled some half-pearls around. The papers are BasicGrey Indie-Bloom 6x6 paper pad.

Here is the inside of my card....I have stamped the Cheshire Cat again and used a sentiment from the fabulous Wonderland Sentiment set...a definite must-have....the sentiments are just FABULOUS in this complimentary set!

Well thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card for the Krafty Blog Hop today! Next stop on the hop is the super talented designer Peggy Marsh! Hop on over to her gorgeous blog now! Don't forget to leave those comments for a chance to win some NEW Krafty Rubbah and then when you are done hopping start shopping, smile! All the new stamps are now available at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop!

Happy Hopping and Shopping!!!!

Krafty Hugs,

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Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge # 108...A Sketch and December Release Preview!

2011-12-10T07:00:00.004-05:00

Hey Krafty friends!!! YAY! I am SO glad to have been invited to join the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Krafty Girls for this month's release!!! I have a card today featuring this super duper CUTE stamp from the new Moonlight Whispers collection for December that will be available on Sunday, December 10th with all the new Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

So, can you guess the lovely theme that Annie has designed her gorgeous new stamps around!? Yup! Alice in Wonderland! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this collection! This Alice in Wonderland image is SO whimsical, SO fun, SO fabulous!!! The sentiments are fabulous too....wonderful quotes from the Alice in Wonderland story and there are SIX new Alice in Wonderland stamps!

Today is also Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge day. The uber talented and oh so sweet, Michele, is the Krafty Hostess this week and she has a gorgeous sketch for you to use. I really enjoyed using this beautiful sketch...it is beautifully balanced! If you join the challenge this week, up load your card to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge blog and use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamped image on your creation, you will have the chance to be the random winner of the Alice in Wonderland stamp that Michele has used on her beautiful card!

For my card I used this wonderful image of Alice too...I guess she is falling down the rabbit hole, Oh no! Annie really captured the movement in this image with her wonderful hair flowing like that. I had so much fun colouring Alice and especially her fabulous hair....although I did intend for her to be a blonde but I am still happy with how it turned out. I teamed her up with some lovely BasicGrey Piccadilly 6x6 papers. I thought it would be rather fitting for this Alice in Wonderland card. I used my Flat-bottom Cloud Die-namics and the Open Scalloped border Die-namics. I stamped this great sentiment that comes with Alice and some Kraft cardstock that was cut with the Dog Tag Die-namics die. I added some American Crafts ribbon and a sprinkling of blue gems.

Here is the inside of my card....I used one of the fabulous sentiments that comes in the Wonderland Sentiment set that is also in the new release. There are SO many fantastic sentiments in this set....it is a must-have item!!!

Well, I thought I would leave you with some pics of my kidos when they were little at our favourite place...WDW....here is Kieran with Tweedledee at Magic Kingdom just by the Tea Cup ride and Hannah with Alice at the UK Pavilion at Epcot in 2007.

Please swing by the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps blog and check out all the gorgeous cards by the Krafty Girls and Guests featuring Alice in Wonderland stamps by Annie Rodrigue and be sure to leave some love at each stop because TWO lucky ladies are each going to WIN THREE of today's stamps!! Woohoo!!!

I hope you can join us for this week's sketch challenge too and please come by again tomorrow for the Release Day Krafty Blog Hop and tomorrow all the new stamps will be available in the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps shop!

Krafty Hugs,

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My Favorite Things...December New Product Tour...Good Times, Good Friends!

2011-12-06T22:00:00.001-05:00

Hello stampin' Friends! Welcome to the MFT New Product Tour! Well, I have had such an amazing time being a GDT for the December MFT Release and now what we've all been waiting for.....time to SHOP!!! Whoo hoo! All the new stamps and Die-namics are available at My Favorite Things Stamps. There is a list on Kim's blog with links to all the MFT DT and GDT that have cards to share for the New Prodcut Tour so hop on over to Kim's blog to check out all the gorgeous inspiration!

For my card I have used the sweet Pure Innocence set called Cause for Celebration! I think she is just so sweet!!! I coloured her with my Copics and paper pieced her dress again....love doing that! I used these gorgeous Authentique Papers called wonder and I tried to pick up on the festive flowers in the patterned paper and made flowers to match with the Upsy-Daisy Flower Die-namics. I also used one of the dies from the Decorative Doily Duo and maybe you can see the Faux Crochet Border peeking out from some spots but it kinda got covered up with flowers. I stamped one of the sentiments from the PI set on the Oval Tab Die-namics.

Here is the inside....I stamped the little PI Cause for Celebration girl again and used one of the sentiments from the Clearly Sentimental about Christmas stamp set stamped on kraft cardstock cut with the Clearly Sentimental Label Die-namics.

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

Happy stampin' and Happy Shoppin'!!!

Hugs,

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My Favorite Things...December MFT Teaser Time Day 7...Die-namics Feature and Pre-Release Pep Rally!!

2011-12-06T00:00:00.011-05:00

Hey Stampin' friends! Tonight all the new My Favorite Things Stamps and Die-namics will be released! It is so exciting! Well, I hope you can join us over at Splitcoast Stampers for the Pre-Release Party!!!! Please swing by Kim's blog to see a list of all the MFT DT and GDT that are sharing crafty ways to use the new Die-namics in today's Die-namics Feature!!!

Now that we've teased and tempted you all week long, it's almost time for you to shop for your favorite Brand Spankin' New products from MFT.

But first... it's time for our Die-namics Feature and Pre-Release Pep Rally!

Our Design Team has been busy creating jaw-dropping and inspiring projects for you, and we've saved the best for last.

We've taken an in-depth look at this month's Die-namics, while re-visiting the amazing sets being released tonight at 10 PM EST RIGHT HERE in the MFT Boutique.

And while we are at it, how about we make your life even easier with a "cheat sheet" of all that's new? Head over to the MFT Blog to print out a shopping list.

Here are the details about the upcoming release on December 6 at 10 PM EST:

You can attend the New Release Party on December 6th from 8-10 PM EST HERE in the MFT forum, where you can enjoy fun, games, and PRIZES!
The MFT release, including all new stamp sets and Die-namics, is on December 6 at 10 PM EST. You'll find all the newest products HERE at release time.
You have just a few more hours to submit your entry for this month's guest designer contest. Check out the forum for details on how YOU can win $200 in stamp sets and Die-namics, and play along with the MFT Design Team for a month.
If you'd like to see all the designers' posts for today, please click on over to the MFT Blog NOW. Be sure to leave comments as you go for the chance to win one of 2, $10 gift certificates given away daily. The winners will be posted on December 6 just before the release party, on the MFT blog.

For my card I have focused on the new Skyline Border Die-namics and I paired it up with the New WTG set called May I Have This Dance! I have layered the Skyline border with the Perfect Edge Bracket Border Die-namics and the Solid Bracket Border Die-namics. I also cut a second Skyline from grey cardstock as a shadow and adhered it under the top Skyline border. I used the Mini-Pennants Die-namics and stamped the word "prom" that comes in the May I Have This Dance set on the flag.

Here is the inside of my card....I thought I would try something a little different and decided to make my own stamp from the Skyline Border Die-namics. You could do this with any of the Die-namics dies and I want to try it with the flourish and flower Die-namics. I cut out the skyline from some special adhesive foam that I had in my stash that is actually intended for this purpose. You could also use regular craft foam, I tried it and it works rather well. Since this border die makes a long and large "stamp" I stuck it on one of my cuttlebug plates, inked it with London Fog Memento ink and stamped it on the inside of the card as a shadow image. I used another one of the fab sentiments from the May I Have This Dance set. The papers are the 6x6 Authentique Free Bird Series called Fair Weather.

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card for the Die-namics Feature and Pre-Release Pep Rally! Remember tonight the new release is available at 10 PM EST! I will be back later tonight with another card for the New Product Tour!!!

Have a Stampin' Great Day!

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My Favorite Things Stamps...WSC # 48....You Move Me!

2011-12-05T21:32:00.000-05:00

Hey crafty friends! I am quickly popping on here tonight to post the card that I made for this week's My Favorite Things Stamps Wednesday Stamp Club # 48. Another fab sketch this week...I took some creative liberties with the sketch this week....hope that is okay!?

I had this idea to create a little die cut scene by using the new Skyline Border Die-namics (that will be available in the new My Favorite Things release tomorrow night at 10 PM EST) and the You Move Me Die-namics and Stamp Set. I am really happy with how it turned out! I also used the Icicles Border die and turned it up side down and used it for "trees" and I used the Simply Scalloped Border Die-namics to create some "rolling hills" and created a road from black cardstock and used a stitching stamp from the Framed Greetings Stamps and Die-namics set to create the lines in the road by embossing with American Crafts Zing White embossing powder.The papers are 6x6 MME Mabel and I added some Mandarin Twinery Twine.

Here is the inside...pretty simple...the sentiment is from the Well Worn Greetings Stamps and Die-namics set.

Thanks for stopping by and having a wee peek at my MFTWSC48 card! I'm off to make a tea and watch Castle!

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My Favorite Things...December MFT Teaser Time Day 6...Pure innocence...You're Cause for Celebration!

2011-12-05T00:00:00.002-05:00

Welcome back for day 6 of the MFTeasers!!! Today we are focusing on the new Pure Innocence sets in this month's My Favorite Things Stamps release. All the stamps and Die-namics will be available tomorrow Dec. 6 at 10PM EST! YAY!!! I can hardly wait!!! Pop on over to Kim's blog to get a full list of all the MFT DT and GDT that are featuring Pure Innocence creations today!

I made an easel card with this sweet little PI girl from the new set called Cause for Celebration. She is absolutely adorable....love her party dress! I think she is having so much fun with that noise maker too!!! I also used the new Skyline Die-namics Border die on this card. I cut two skylines, off set them and used dimensionals in between the two layers to add some depth. I didn't poke out the windows this time for a little different look and added the WoNkY Scalloped Border Die-namics in behind the skyline. I wrapped some Cappuccino Twinery Twine around the border and added the BasicGrey Fabric brad to the center. The gorgeous papers are MME 6x6 paper pad called Honey Cake...I'm loving this tangerine and chocolate colour combo! I coloured the cute PI girl with my Copics and paper pieced her party dress and the bow. I pop-dotted her on the oval panel cut with the Decorative Doily Oval Die-namics and stamped one of the sweet sentiments that comes in the PI Cause for Celebration set on the Framed Greetings Die-namics label.

Well, I am so happy that you were able to stop by today and have a wee peek at my Pure Innocence MFTeaser card! It has been SO much fun and such a thrill to be a GDT for My Favorite Things Stamps! I want to thank Kim, Jody and Joanne and all the MFT DT and GDT for the amazing opportunity to join them for this month's MFTeasers! I will have two more cards to show you tomorrow so please swing by!!!

Here are the details about the upcoming release on December 6 at 10 PM EST:

You can attend the New Release Party on December 6th from 8-10 PM EST HERE in the MFT forum, where you can enjoy fun, games, and PRIZES!
The MFT release, including all new stamp sets and Die-namics, is on December 6 at 10 PM EST. You'll find all the newest products HERE at release time.
The guest designer contest is ON! Check out the forum for details on how YOU can win $200 in stamp sets and Die-namics, and play along with the MFT Design Team for a month.
If you'd like to see all the teasers for today, please click on over to the MFT Blog NOW. Be sure to leave comments as you go for the chance to win one of 2, $10 gift certificates given away daily. The winners will be posted on December 6 just before the release party, on the MFT blog.

Happy Stampin'!

Hugs,

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My Favorite Things...December MFT Teaser Time Day 5...A La Modes...Snuggle Time!

2011-12-04T00:00:00.003-05:00

Hey Stampin' friends! SO glad you could stop by again today! Have you been enjoying all the fabulous creations featuring the new My Favorite Things Stamps and Die-namics that will be available Dec. 6, 10PM EST?! There are a ton of must-haves in this release! I know my wish list is getting rather lengthy after seeing all the gorgeous creations by the MFT DT and GDT!!!

Well, I have a card to share for the MFT Teaser Time Day 5 featuring the new A La Modes stamps! I've used this super cute new ALM stamp set called Hot Cocoa Cutie...she sure is a cutie!! I love her giant sized mug of hot cocoa and her fab Uggs...don't you?! She is SO sweet!!!

I coloured Hot Cocoa Cutie with my Copics and cut her out with a Nesties Label 17, embossed and left the image in the die and inked with Spun Sugar Distress ink. I also added some Liquid Applique for the marshmallows or I guess it could be whip cream on top of the hot cocoa. I thought this ALM girlie would look especially cute with some fun and festive papers from the Echo Park Holly Jolly Christmas 6x6 paper pad. I used lots of Die-namics on this card too. I used the WoNkY Scalloped Border Die-namics, the Solid Bracket Border Die-namics and the Loppy Bloom Die-namics. I cut the Loopy Bloom from My Favorite Felt in Puff Cloud White. I used the Speech bubbles Die-namics and stamped one of the cute sentiments that comes in the Hot Cocoa Cutie stamp set. I also used the wee tab die from the Pretty Pocket Die-namics and Stamp set and stamped the word "sweet" from the Pretty Pocket set.

Here is the inside....I stamped a shadow image of the Hot Cocoa Cutie and used another one of the great sentiments that comes with her.

So, here are the details about the upcoming release on December 6 at 10 PM EST:

You can attend the New Release Party on December 6th from 8-10 PM EST HERE in the MFT forum, where you can enjoy fun, games, and PRIZES!
The MFT release, including all new stamp sets and Die-namics, is on December 6 at 10 PM EST. You'll find all the newest products HERE at release time.
The guest designer contest is ON! Check out the forum for details on how YOU can win $200 in stamp sets and Die-namics, and play along with the MFT Design Team for a month.
If you'd like to see all the teasers for today, please click on over to the MFT Blog NOW. Be sure to leave comments as you go for the chance to win one of 2, $10 gift certificates given away daily. The winners will be posted on December 6 just before the release party, on the MFT blog.

I hope you can pop by again tomorrow as I will have another MFTeaser for you! Please swing by Kim's blog to see a full list of all the MFT DT and GDT that are sharing creations today featuring the New A La Modes!

Have a Stampin' Great Day!!!

Hugs,

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My Favorite Things Stamps...Snow Cool!

2011-12-01T07:00:00.001-05:00

Hello Stampin' Friends! I made this card last night to add to my Christmas card pile. I think this little PI Snowboard Boy is sooooo cute and I teamed him up with these gorgeous BasicGrey Nordic Holiday 6x6 papers. I used lots of Die-namics on this card again...LOVE my Die-namics! When I stamped the PI boy I decided to add the wee ski mask that comes in the set. I inked up the image and then wiped away one of the black lines that make a stripe on the hat with a baby wipe before stamping it. I then stamped the image and then the mask and drew in the strap with a black Copic Multi-liner pen. I coloured the image with my Copics and then cut out around the image and pop dotted it on the circle panel.

I made the snow moguls by layering the Jumbo Scalloped border and WoNkY border Die-namics and then cut them again with my Circle Nestie so they would fit perfectly on the panel. I embellished with some snowflakes cut with the Let it Snow Die-namics and added BG brads to the centres. I used the Mini Pennants Die-namics and stamped two different words from two of the sentiments in the set to make this "punny" sentiment. I also used the Icicles Border Die-namics and some Stone Twinery Twine with a BG button.

Here is the inside....I stamped a shadow image of the Snowboard PI boy and stamped a sentiment that comes in PI Holiday Hugs Snowman set and used the Sweet Stack Die-namics with more Let it Snow Snowflakes.

Thanks for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card and be sure to swing by Kim's blog for a list of all the MFT DT and GDT who have cards for Day 2 of the MFTeaser Time!

Happy Stampin'!

Hugs,

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My Favourite Things...Exciting news and December Teaser Time Day 1...Who's that Girl & Who's That Guy?!

2011-11-30T00:00:00.012-05:00

Hello stampin' friends! So glad that you stopped by today! I have some VERY exciting news...YAY!!! I was asked to be a Guest Designer for the My Favorite Things Stamps December Release along side 6 other super duper creative stampers and fellow MFT fans. I am so excited...this is a dream come true!!! Head on over to Kim's blog to see the full list of MFT DT and GDT that have Teasers today!

Well, I have been busy working away on some exciting MFT projects for the new December release, it has been such a blast and I am thrilled to get to share them now!!! I know you are going to LOVE the new release! First up for Teaser Time Day 1 is....Who's that Girl? and Who's that Guy?! This gorgeous set is called May I have this Dance? It is perfect for so many occasions, New Year's Eve, Prom, Anniversary, wedding cards and the list goes on. I have also used the fabulous new Skyline Border Die-namics die that will be available in the new release on December 6th at 10:00 PM EST.

I coloured the Who's that Girl? and Who's that Guy? image with my Copics and teamed it up with some gorgeous BasicGrey Little Black Dress 6x6 patterned papers. I cut the Skyline Die-namics border from thin adhesive chipboard and layered several together to make it a bit thicker. I coloured the windows on the chipboard with a yellow Copic marker and adhered the patterned paper on top. I also used the Perfect Bracket Edge Border Die-namics to add a night sky behind the Skyline Border Die-namics. The sentiment comes in the set and I stamped it on patterned paper cut with the ribbon die from the First Place Award Ribbon Die-namics Die.

Here is the inside of the card...I added a shadow image of the WTG/WTG by carefully removing the ink on the line that surrounds the image with a baby wipe. I added another Skyline Border Die-namics and another one of the great sentiments that comes in this set.

So, I hope you are as excited about the new My Favorite Things December release as I am. Here are the details about the upcoming release on December 6 at 10 PM EST:

You can attend the New Release Party on December 6th from 8-10 PM EST HERE in the MFT forum, where you can enjoy fun, games, and PRIZES!
The MFT release, including all new stamp sets and Die-namics, is on December 6 at 10 PM EST. You'll find all the newest products HERE at release time.
The guest designer contest is ON! Check out the forum for details on how YOU can win $200 in stamp sets and Die-namics, and play along with the MFT Design Team for a month.
If you'd like to see all the teasers for today, please click on over to the MFT Blog NOW. Be sure to leave comments as you go for the chance to win one of 2, $10 gift certificates given away daily. The winners will be posted on December 6 just before the release party, on the MFT blog.

Thanks for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card. I will have another MFT Teaser Time card to share with you on Sunday Dec. 4th!

Hugs,

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My Favorite Things Stamps...WSC # 47....Warm Winter Wishes!

2011-11-28T22:18:00.000-05:00

Hello stampin' friends! I am just popping on here quickly tonight before Castle starts to share a card that I made for the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club Sketch challenge #47. I decided to try and keep this card simple so this is my take on a CAS card. I bought this 6x6 pad of Authentique Christmas paper called Wonder the other day and I absolutely LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it....such gorgeous papers!

This card came together so quickly with just one sheet of patterned paper but it looks like lots of layers...love that! I also wanted to ink up this super cute MFT WTG set called Who's that Girl Gets Cozy with Cocoa. I coloured the image with my Copics and paper pieced her scarf and gloves and used one of the super cute sentiments that comes in this set.

Here is the inside...I stamped the mug of hot cocoa that comes in the set and another sentiment from the set and I used the Well Worn Greetings Die-namics.

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

Hugs,

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

2011-11-26T10:35:00.001-05:00

Good morning Krafty friends! I wanted to let you know about the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps full page feature in the Winter addition of Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine. I am so honoured to have my Precious Gift card featuring Diana published along side such gorgeous cards by Michele Boyer, Melanie Holtz and Kim Reid in this issue of Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine. I hope you pick up your Winter issue of Canadian Scrapbooker magazine and check it out!!!

In order to celebrate Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps would like to GIVEAWAY 10 sets of the 4 stamps that were used by the Krafty Designers to create the 4 festive Christmas cards in the full page feature of Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine. The winners will receive: Diana, Toymaker Elf, Balancing Elf and O Holy Night Shepherd.

All you have to do to be entered to win, is leave a comment on the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps blog, here, telling us what your favourite Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp is on the new KKS website. It is that simple! You have until December 18th midnight EST to enter. The winners will be announced on December 19th!

As a special Treat Kimmie has the instructions for all 4 cards on her blog here.

Thanks for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card! Just to make sure that you are properly entered in the draw for the KKS GIVEAWAY, leave your comment on the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps blog here and not on my blog!!!

I also want to let you know that Kimmie is having a BLOWOUT SALE at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps shop!!! Definitely worth checking out as almost EVERYTHING is on SALE 25-75%....so some serious savings to be had! Go to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps shop for all the details.

Krafty Hugs,

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My Favorite Things Stamps...WSC # 46....Warm Winter Wishes!

2011-11-21T19:39:00.004-05:00

Hey stampin' friends! Hope you all had a fabulous weekend. I am just quickly popping on here to post this card that I made on the weekend for the My Favorite Things Stamps, Wednesday Stamp Club # 46 Challenge. I loved this week's sketch and I plan to use it again for some more Christmas cards that I have to make. This week I decided to ink up this precious snowman from the Pure Innocence set called, Holiday Hugs and I teamed him up with this festive Echo Park Season's Greetings 6x6 papers. I did a little colouring with my Copics and paper pieced his scarf. I left the image in the die and inked with Old paper and Tumbled Glass Distress inks. I used the MFT Bracket Tab Die-namics and stamped one of the sentiments that comes in the Holiday Hugs set and then cut around the outer edge of the Die-nmaics die with my Fiskars Finger-Grip Craft Knife on a glass mat to create a mat for the bracket tab.

the sketch called for a flower embellishment but I decided to switch it with a little cluster of corrugated cardboard hearts cut with the Hearts of Plenty Die-namics dies. I painted the edges of the hearts with Picket Fence Crackle paint, cut a few Snowflakes from cork material with the Let it Snowflakes Die-namics Dies and added some BasicGrey Buttons tied with hemp twine. The tiny heart is cut with the heart die from the Notched Tag Stamps and Die-namics set. I also layered the Jumbo Scallop and Scalloped Scallop border Die-namics but then kinda covered it up with all the other stuff...oops!

Here is the inside of the card...I stamped a shadow image of the snowman and stamped another one of the sentiments that comes in the Holiday Hugs set on kraft carstock cut with the Polka Dots Greetings label Die-namics die and again I cut a mat from brown cardstock by cutting around the edge of the die with my craft knife.

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card for this week's MFTWSC46 sketch challenge!

Hope you have a great week!

Hugs,

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Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps November Release Krafty BLOG HOP!!!!

2011-11-20T01:00:00.001-05:00

Hey Krafty friends! So glad that you could pop by for the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps November Release BLOG HOP! Over the last few days in the Krafty Peeks, we have shared lots of FUN new stamps for you to get inky with! We’ve got something for everyone!! There is a fun new SET by Cheryl Alger for the DUDES in your life!! It’s called SNIPS AND SNAILS! We also have TWO fantastic sets of FURRY FRIENDS from Emilie Goulet called CANINE CAPERS 1 and 2!!! And of course we have an amazing new set of six GOTHIC GIRLS from Annie Rodrigue! PLUS we are also releasing the BEST FRIENDS stamp that was our special commemorative stamp from Krafty Day last month!!

You will get to see most of the new images today as you sit back and enjoy our NOVEMBER Krafty Hop! If you want to start from the beginning, just head over to the Kraftin’ Kimmie Challenge Blog! If you have arrived from Jeanne's gorgeous blog then you are in the right spot! As you hop from blog to blog, be sure to leave a comment at each and every stop because some lucky stampers will win packages of these incredible stamps from the new release!! And when you’re done hoppin’, be sure to head over to the Kraftin’ Kimmie shop, because ALL the new stamps are NOW available!

And of course, as always, we have our Gimme Kimmies Kits available for those of you who ‘need it all’!! The stamps are grouped together by artist and are available at a discount, but only for a limited time!!

So for my card today I'm featuring this little doll, Wednesday, from Annie's New Gothic Girls collection. I coloured her with my Copics and cut out the image with my circle Nesties and left the image in the die and inked with Spun Sugar Distress ink. The papers are by Authentique Free Bird, Delight, 6x6 papers. I added lots of bling, and some pretty fuchsia satin ribbon. I also used the fab Crown Border Die-namics die by MFT. This sentiment and one other sentiment come with Wednesday.

Now get hoppin' on over to Michele's blog and feast your on eyes on her gorgeous creation! When your done Hoppin' head on over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Shop as all the new stamps are available now!

Happy Hoppin' and Shoppin'!!!

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Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge # 105...A Sketch and November Relese Preview...I'll Put a Spell on You!!!

2011-11-19T07:00:00.015-05:00

Hey Krafty friends! I am super thrilled to be joining the Krafty Girls for the November Release Preview of Annie's Moonlight Whispers for Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and today they have a fab Sketch over at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps challenge too. Kimmie is very generously giving away prizes to 2 lucky commenters from the comments left on the Krafty Girls and Guests blogs. So be sure to leave a comment here and on all the blogs of the Krafty Girls and Guests! Also, make sure to pop by again tomorrow for the November Krafty Blog Hop and the new November stamps will be available on Sunday, November 20th!!!

This week for the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge, Pam Varnell, is the Krafty Hostess and she has designed a fabulous sketch for us to use. If you join us for the challenge this week and use a KKS image on your card you will be entered into the random draw for your very own Wednesday stamp as used on Pam's gorgeous card! For my card I inked up Voodoo Lady....isn't she fantastically scary!!! She is one of the six new Gothic Girls by Annie Rodrigue. I coloured her with my Copics and I had so much fun colouring her up...especially her hair...love her dreads! I stamped around the edge of the image with Kelly Panacci Flourish Border Stamp and Distress ink. I also used Stix2 Glue and Foil and added some bronze foil around the edges...I love how it turned out. I used some old MME called Spider's Web paper. I added some ribbon from my stash and some fab resin flowers and a little bling. The sentiment comes with Voodoo Lady and is stamped on kraft cardstock that I cut out with the MFT Bracket Tab Die-namics.

I have a second card to share with you featuring, Best Friends, by Annie Rodrigue. This was the special edition stamp made for the Krafty Day event that happened in October and will be available Sunday with the six new Gothic Girls for the November release. Again, I coloured the image with my Copics. I used Annalee Prima papers and flowers. The sentiment is from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and from the Thankful Sentiment Set.

I distressed all the edges of the papers and painted them with Distress Crackle paint in Picket Fence.

Here is the inside of the card and this sentiment comes with the Best Friends stamp!

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my cards. Now pop on over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps blog to see all the gorgeous inspiration form the Krafty Girls and Guests and to check out the great sketch for the challenge this week! Don't forget to leave those comments and stop by again tomorrow for the Release Day Krafty Blog hop!

Hugs,

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My Favorite Things Stamps...WSC # 45....Knit Happens!

2011-11-13T17:03:00.000-05:00

Hello stampin' friends! Hope you have been enjoying the weekend. Well, my mom and dad should be on the cruise ship, Allure of the Seas, now and setting sail for the Caribbean soon. I am just wee bit jealous but very excited for them! I hope they can manage to relax and enjoy their vacation and the spectacular ship. Chris and I went on, Oasis of the Seas, it's sister ship and it is really something to see.

So, I made a card today for the My Favorite Things, Wednesday Stamp Club Sketch Challenge # 45! I really luv this sketch and I'll be using it again for sure! I decided to ink up this super cute ALM girlie from the set Knit Happens and I teamed her up with some gorgeous papers from the new BasicGrey Little Black Dress...this is my new fave BG papers at the mo!

I coloured the ALM girl with my copics and paper pieced her sweater, hat and leggings. I used lots of Die-namics on this card too, The Tag from Tag You're It Die-namics and Stamp Set, which I embossed with my Argyle Cuttlebug folder, the Perfect Petal Flower Trio and the Wonky Scallop border Die-namics...love, love, love the Wonky Scallop Border. The cute wood buttons were a find at Micheals in the $1.50 bins. The polka dot ribbon was bright white so I coloured it with a Copic Marker to make the spots more of a cream colour. I added a little cotton lace trim and stamped a sentiment from the ALM Knit Happens set on a tag cut with a QuicKutz die.

Here is the inside...I stamped the ALM Girl again with Desert Sand Memento ink and the sentiment and XOXO are from the More Essential Sentiments set. I stamped it on a frame cut with the Well Worn Greetings Die-namics and stamped the XOXO on the Die-namics dog tag.

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

Happy Stampin'!

Hugs,

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Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps...Friends are...!

2011-11-12T16:16:00.000-05:00

Hey Krafty friends! I have been making some cards today but I can't share them with you yet,smile! I thought I would post this card though. I made it just before I went to Krafty Day back in October....I forgot to blog it. I used my fave Angel Stamp from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps from Annie's Angels release...Seraphina! She is so sweet!

I love the adorable little chicks all around her and she will be perfect for Easter cards too. Don't ya love versatile stamps!? I coloured her with my Copics cut around her and the pop-dotted her on the the small MFT Decorative Doily from the Decorative Doily Duo Die-namics. The papers are BasicGrey Nordic Holiday and I used the sentiment that comes with this sweet angel and I also made some flowers with the MFT Prima Donna Flower Die-nmaics. I added some Stickles to her wings and the chicks for a little sparkle and a sprinkling of green half-pearls!

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at another Christmas card! I hope you have a fab weekend...relaxing and perhaps some krafty time!

Happy stampin'!

Hugs,

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Just Magnolia # 131....Anything Goes....Sweet Christmas Dreams!

2011-11-07T20:07:00.001-05:00

And let the Maggie Christmas card making marathon begin, lol! Well, it is that time when I go nuts and try to make way too many Christmas cards in short period of time. In previous years, I've made a ton of cards for friends, family and everyone at work but I am not sure I will be able to pull that of this year but I'll still give it a go.

I have 2 cards to share with you today that I made on the weekend, for the Just Magnolia Challenge Anything Goes Challenge #131 with the option of pearls and lace. I have used 2 of the stamps I received in the Fall Stamp club kit. This sweet Ribbon Tilda is my fave from the Sweet Christmas Dreams collection but hard to pick just one favourite as they are all so darn cute. I coloured her with my Copics and cut the image out with my oval Nesties and inked with Tattered Rose Distress ink. The papers are Times & Seasons by Echo Park, 6x6 paper pad. I embellished with the Magnolia Doohickeys Swirl and I cut a heart with my MFT Hearts of Plenty Die-nmaics, a few Snowflakes with my MFT Snowflakes Die-namics and added a BG Nordic Holiday button. I added some pearls and for the "lace" I used the Faux Crochet Die-namics border die, then for a little sparkle a bit of Stickles to Tilda's heart ribbon.

For my second card I used more Echo Park Times & Seasons 6x6 papers and used Tilda with Cross-stitched Heart. I coloured her with my Copics and cut her out using the "Out of the Box' Technique so that it looks like she is sitting on the edge of the Circle Nestie. I inked with Pumice Stone Distress ink and embellished with some flourishes that I cut with the MFT Fancy Flourishes Die-namics die and I added a sprinkling of pearls and Stickles.

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at the start of my Maggie Christmas cardmaking madness...I hope you won't get too bored with seeing all of them here, smile.

Happy Stampin'!

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My Favorite Things Stamps...WSC # 44....Fight Like A Girl!

2011-11-06T09:13:00.000-05:00

Hello stampers! Back today with a card that I made for the My Favorite Things Stamps Wednesday Stamp Club Challenge # 44. They have a great sketch again this week! I deviated a bit and went a little flower crazy, adding a few more flowers than what the sketch called for. I just love making my own flowers with the fabulous MFT Flower Trio Die-namics and Upsy Daisy Flower Builder Die-namics.

I used MME Lost and Found, Blush, 6x6 Papers and I teamed it up with this really cute A La Modes Girl, Fight Like a Girl, from the October release. I coloured her with my Copics and pop-dotted her on the the Large Die-namics Tag from The MFT Tag You're It Stamps and Die-namics set. I also used my Double Scallop Border Die-namics and the File Tab Die-namics. I stamped one of the sentiments that comes with the ALM set on the tab.

Here is the inside...I stamped the ALM girl again with Pink ink but for some reason she doesn't look pink in the pic. The sentiments on the inside of the card are from the small stamp set that co-ordinates with the First Place Ribbon Award stamps and Die-namics set.

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

Have a Stampin' Great Day!

Hugs,

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KKS Challenges # 103, BG Challenges # 56 & Pink Ink Sketch # 9...Baby...!!!

2011-11-05T17:47:00.000-04:00

Hey Krafty friends! I made a card today and got a chance to play along with some of my favorite challenges!!!! I used the fab sketch by Natalie at Pink Ink Sketch Challenges, this week super duper Krafty Girl, Michele, is the hostess over at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge and I thought I would play along with her challenge...Pin It Down...add a pin to your card and finally the challenge over at BasicGrey Challenges is Anything Goes! I have used my beloved Nordic Holiday 6x6 paper pad and Nordic Holiday Buttons.

For my card I have used snow bunny, Eva. Isn't she something else....I love her to bits!!! She is from the new Moonlight Whispers collection that was released in October. I picked up Eva and few of the other new Annie stamps when I was at Krafty Day! I had so much fun colouring Eva with my Copics and cut around her and pop-dotted her on the panel. I added some green crinkled seam binding, BG buttons, a sprinkling of green half-pearls, a pink hat pin. I stamped part of the sentiment for the front of the card.

Here is the inside....I stamped the rest of the sentiment for the inside. I used the MFT Well Worn Greetings Die-namics and the ribbon from the First Place Award Ribbon Die-namics.

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

Happy Stampin'!

Hugs,

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My Favourite Things...Best Pumpkin!!!

2011-11-02T15:37:00.001-04:00

Hey crafty friends! Just a quick post of a card that I made this week using one of the super cute new A La Mode stamps from My Favorite Things Stamps, October release. I wanted to ink her up before the fall season is over. I also used several MFT Die-namics on this card too. The layout is from the great sketch that they had last MFTWSC43.

I coloured this cute ALM girlie from the set, Sweetest Pumpkin in the Patch. I thought with the size of this pumpkin it would definitely win Best Pumpkin at any Fall fair, so, I made a ribbon with the First Place Award Ribbon Die-namics. I teamed her up with this gorgeous MME paper, Mischievous 6x6 paper pad....love the colours and the great patterns in this pad! I used my wood grain Fence Die-namics for the first time and I just love it. I cut it from cream American Crafts cardstock and then used my Ranger ink applicator tool and my new Gathered Twigs Distress ink to enhance the wood grain embossing that your get when you cut the die. The fallen leaves were cut with the Branch and Leaves Die-nmaics die.

Here is the inside....I used the Die-namics Sweet Stack and a sentiment from an older MFT sentiment set. I stamped a shadow image of the cute ALM girl again.

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

Hope you have a stampin' great day!

Hugs,

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My Favorite Things Stamps...WSC # 43 & November 2011 GDT Contest....Hey, Pumpkin!

2011-10-30T15:16:00.002-04:00

Hello stampin' friends! I hope you are having fun with the last minute preparations for Halloween. We have been doing some pumpkin carving and Hannah still hasn't decided on a costume...eeek!

Well, I wanted to use this gorgeous My Minds Eye Halloween paper, Mischievous, before Halloween is over. I teamed it up with this absolutely adorable Pure Innocence stamp set from My Favorite Things, Pumpkin Patch Girl. When I saw this cutie in her turtle neck sweater...I just had to have her! I LOVE turtle necks! She is so cute and cozy looking, don't ya think?

I made this card with this week's MFTWSC sketch # 43 and I also made it for the November Guest Design Team Challenge...this month the challenge is....Bling It On!!!!!

I cut a little treat bag on my Silhouette Digital Craft Cutter to coordinate with my card and put a few Lindor chocolates inside. I found some gorgeous black bling Swirls called Nestabling by Want2Scrap at Winners the other day for a steal. I got a bundle of various bling shapes for $5.99. The bling coordinates with your Spellbinders Nestibilites shapes and there is some other shapes too. I have used the Swirls and individual little Rhinestone gems on my card and treat bag.

I coloured this cute Pumpkin Patch Girl with my Copics, paper pieced her outfit and the pumpkins in her wagon, cut her out and pop-dotted her on the long panel. I added a little bling to the wagon wheels and some Twinery Twine.

Here is the inside of the card....I shadow stamped the PI cutie again, added another sentiment from the Pumpkin Patch Girl set on the Framed Greetings Die-namics die and I added a heart from the Hearts of Plenty Die-namics set, cut from Adhesive Cork Material.

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

Hope you have a Happy Halloween with lots of yummy treats!!!

Hugs,

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Pink Ink Sketch Challenge # 8...Dreamerland Crafts Stamps...Enjoy the season!

2011-10-26T13:56:00.001-04:00

Hey crafty friends! I made this card with the great sketch that they have over at Pink Ink Sketch Challenge by Ann Vento. I loved this sketch and will definitely use it again for my Christmas cards this year. I also got a chance to use one of my cute new stamps from Dreamerland Crafts Rubberstamps called Skating Rink Fun. The Dreamerland Crafts Rubberstamps are released by Pointers Gifts and Crafts, a local Stamp and Scrapbooking store in Markham, Ontario. I first laid eyes on these sweet stamps at Scrapfest in Oshawa a two weekends ago and I thought they were absolutely darling. I really enjoyed colouring the image with myCopics and I liked the sketchy feel and cute Animee look of them.

I used my 6x6 BasicGrey Nordic Holiday paper pad for this card. I used the Mini-rolled Roses Die-nmaics for the flowers cut them from My Favorite Felt, Blue Skies. I also used the new Vintage Flourish Die-nmaics Die. The sentiment comes with the My Favorite things, Winter in the City Stamp set.

Here is the inside and I added another Rolled Rose and the sentiment is from an older MFT sentiment set.

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

Hope you have a stampin' great day!

Hugs,

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My Favorite Things Stamps...WSC # 41....A Wagon Full of Love!!

2011-10-17T22:09:00.001-04:00

Hey Stampin' friends! I am sharing this card tonight that I made for this week's MFT Wednesday Stamp Club Sketch Challenge....just getting it in under the wire! It's a great sketch again....don't know how the MFT DT keep coming up with such fab sketches week after week. I've flipped it around for this card but I think I will make another card with it the other way around too.

I have used this adorable Pure Innocence stamp called A Cart Full of Friends! I coloured the little PI girl with my Copics and paper pieced her dress. I added in grass with my Prismacolor Pencils and inked with Distress ink. The papers are from a MME 6x6 paper pad called A Happy Heart....they are gorgeous! I did some faux stitching using my Kelly Panacci Acrylic stitching stamps. I stamped the sentiment that comes with this set on a kraft cardstock cut with the Die-namics Bracket Tab. I added some pearls, crinkled seam binding and a button from my stash.

Here is the inside...this sentiment is from the PI set called Better Get Better.

well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card for the MFTWSC41!

Happy Stampin'!

Hugs,

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My Favorite Things Stamps...Miss You!

2011-10-14T20:09:00.001-04:00

Hello stampin' friends! I just wanted to quickly post this card that I made for the Lilly Pad Cards GDT spot here on my blog. I used this super sweet MFT Pure Innocence stamp set called Feeling Froggy and did a little masking and used the flower stamp from the PI Mud Buddies. I coloured the image with my Copic markers and cut it out with my rectangle Nestibilites die.

The papers are BasicGrey Inide Bloom 6x6 pad. I also used my Simply Scallop border Die-namics die and cut the denim scallops from a knee patch. I stamped the little frog stamp from the Feeling Froggy set on the natural Twill Tape. I also used the dies from the Say What Stamps and Die-namics set.

Here is the inside...this sentiment is also from another PI set but I can't remember which one!

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

Happy Stampin'!

Hugs,

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Guest Designer for Lily Pad Cards blog!

2011-10-11T07:00:00.001-04:00

Good morning crafty friends! I am super excited to be the Guest Designer this week over at Lily Pad Cards. This is one of the cards that I have made especially for the occasion and if you pop on over to the Lily Pad Cards blog, you can see the other cards that I've made with instructions and there is also a wee interview with me too. I hope you get a chance to check it!

This card is featuring one of the new Kraftin' Kimmie Halloween stamps, Belinda Bones! I think she is super adorable and quite a talented juggler, smile. I have also used my My Favorite Things Die-namics Leafy Flourish and the paper is My Minds Eye, The Spider's Web.

Here is the inside...I stamped Belinda Bones again with Potter's Clay Memento Ink and this sentiment is from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, Kimmie's Holiday Sentiments set.

Thanks so much for stopping by and now leap on over to the Lily Pad Cards blog!!!

Hugs,

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My Favorite Things Stamps...A family is a gift...!!

2011-10-10T14:31:00.001-04:00

Hey stampin' friends! Back again today to share a co-coordinating card to the card I posted yesterday. This one is for my aunt to thank her for such a lovely visit and dinner that we had when Chris and I went to Chicago, in August. I thought this cute A La Mode girlie from the stamp set called, You Mean the World to Me, would be perfect for this card. My Dad has two sisters who immigrated to the US and my Dad came to Canada from Ireland and then I have many, many more aunts, uncles and cousins still in Ireland.

So, I coloured this cute ALM girl with my Copics and cut her out and stamp the sentiment with the MFT Clearly Sentimental about Family set and I used the MFT Well Worn Greetings Die-namics and Stamp set again and I am loving this set. I also used the Open Scalloped Border Die-namics and some Denim Twinery Twine and a sprinkling of red half-pearls.

Here is the inside...I stamped the A La Mode girl in Danube Blue Memento ink and the sentiment is from an old MFT sentiments set.

Thanks for popping by and having a wee peek at my card! We are going to have our Thanksgiving dinner today....yum! I am looking forward to some turkey and all the fixings. While the turkey is cooking, I think I might go crack the cover on my new Sandra Brown book, Lethal.

Happy Turkey Day!!!!

Hugs,

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My Favorite Things Stamps...WSC # 40....Thank You with all my {heart}!!

2011-10-09T15:31:00.001-04:00

Hey stampin' friends! I made a card for the MFT WSC Sketch Challenge # 40 today. I'm quite happy with how it turned out. This card is heading off to the USA to my American cousin. I hope she likes it.

Once again, I've used some older papers from my stash. I only had a few sheets of it and I am not even sure who the manufacturer is but it was perfect for this card. I teamed them up with this super sweet MFT A La Mode stamp called Blue without You. I coloured the ALM girlie up with my Copics, paper pieced the star, cut her out and pop-dotted her on the circle panel. I used some Maraschino Twinery Twine and added a white BasicGrey button. I cut the open scalloped border with my Die-namics die. The sentiment is from the Well Worn Greetings Die-namics and Stamp set and I stamped it on white card cut with a die from the First Place Award Ribbon Die-namics and Stamp Set.

Here is the inside...I stamped the A La Mode girlie in Lady Bug red Memento ink and I used the Well Worn Greetings Die-namics and Stamp set again. I love how the denim texture stamp from the Well Worn stamp set looks. It was my first time using it and I will definitely be using it again...it looks so much like denim. 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!

Happy Stampin'!!!

Hugs,

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Pink Ink Sketch Challenge # 7...Sending Well Wishes!

2011-10-08T19:42:00.000-04:00

Hey crafty friends! I'm back again with a card that I made for the Pink Ink Sketch Challenge! They have a gorgeous sketch there by Erica! So, I decided to make a shaker card....this is my very first time attempting this. I am always inspired every time I see one of Camilla's gorgeous shaker cards, so I finally decided to give it a go after reading her instructions on her blog. Don't look too closely on my card here, though, there are a few mistakes. I thought it would be harder than it really was...it is a wee bit fiddly though but I think my second time around will turn out better.

I have been digging into some old paper and I have used this cute Crate paper Called Paper Doll and I have used this sweet My Favorite Things Stamp, Pure Innocence Better Get Better. I coloured this sweet PI girl with my Copic markers and inked with Spun Sugar Distress ink around the image. I bought the Crystal clear acrylic plastic sheets at my LSS and I scored the diamond pattern on it acrylic circle and then used Ice White Viva Decor Pearl pen and added little drops at all the intersections of the grid. I found these cute little jars of micro-beads at the dollar store (Dollarama) and I used them in the shaker card with a little glass glitter. I also added some cork butterflies that I cut with my MFT Butterflies Die-namics.

Here's a close up of the shaker card and below is the inside. The sentiment is a combination of two sentiments from the Better get Better set and Spa Day Pure Innocence stamp sets.

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card for the Pink Ink Sketch Challenge!!!

Hugs,

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Some Odd Girl Challenge...A Fab Sketch...P.S. I {Heart} You!!

2011-10-08T13:20:00.001-04:00

Hello crafty friends! Hope you are going to have a little turkey this Thanksgiving long weekend with friends and family and enjoy the glorious weather we are having. I wish we could just forgo winter all together and just keep this weather but I'm thinking that is some serious wishful thinking. I also wanted to let you know that I am getting better from the shingles. I can honestly say that I would not wish shingles on my worst enemy. Such a horrible thing to come down with. It is starting to heal up but I still have burning pain in my arm which is worrisome. I just hope that goes way soon.

Well, I made this card this morning for the sketch challenge that they have this week over at the Some Odd Girl Challenge. I rediscovered some old paper that I thought would be perfect for this card. This a 6x6 paper pad called Love Letters by Little Yellow Bicycle Paper Co. Some of the pages are already die cut and there was one with the perfect bracket edge on it! I teamed this paper up with this super sweet, Some Odd Girl, called Lover Letter Kaylee. I coloured her with my Copics and cut around her and pop-dotted her on the circle panel. The little open scallop border die was cut with my Die-namics and I used the First Place Award Ribbon Die-namics to cut the little flag for the Melissa Frances rub-on sentiment. I added a little black crushed velvet ribbon and a sprinkling of gems.

Here is the inside....another Melissa Frances rub-on.

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

Enjoy your long weekend, turkey, yummy pumpkin pie and I hope you have a little time to get crafty too!

Hugs,

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Saturated Canary Challenge # 1 ...You Color My World!

2011-10-07T10:03:00.002-04:00

Good morning stampin' friends! I was so excited to see that Krista Smith has started a new Saturated Canary Challenge blog and so I had to play along with the very first challenge! I am totally addicted to her sweet and funky images...you should check them out if you haven't already!!!! So, they have a great sketch to use and I looovvveeee sketches! I decided to flip it and I printed out Kate Krafty A Ragamuffin which I got here at Krista's Etsy shop. I decided to print her out as a larger than usual image...that is the cool thing about digis you can resize them to fit your needs.

I used my BasicGrey 6x6 Out of Print paper pad and American Crafts cardstock and ribbon. I distressed the edges with my Tim Holtz Distressing tool and painted all the edges of the papers with Tim Holtz Picket Fence Crackle paint for a shabby feel. I also used my MFT Die-nmaics flower dies and the open scallop border die....love adding a touch of black to a card it is a great design element as it grounds and makes other colours pop!

Here is the inside...pretty simple! Both sentiments are from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

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

Have a stampin' great day!!!!

Hugs,

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Kandy Winner for World Card Making Day CANADIAN Blog Hop!!!!

2011-10-05T15:03:00.004-04:00

Hey Krafty friends! So did you all enjoy the fabulous CANADIAN blog hop for World Card Making day! I know I did! What a fabulous hop and gorgeous creations by all the great stampers and scrapbookers!

So, I am popping on here to announce the random winner of the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Kandy that Kimmie so generously donated for me to give away for the World Card Making Day CANADIAN blog hop.

So, with out further ado, the random winner of the

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps package of stamps is............

#29

Lil' Scrappers

Whoo hoo!

Congratulations, Lil' Scrappers!

Please email Kimmie directly (her email address can be found here) with your address and she will send you the package of KKS stamps.

Enjoy your Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Kandy!!!!

Hugs,

My Favorite Things Stamps...WSC # 39 & October 2011 GDT Contest....Best Witches!

2011-10-03T15:04:00.003-04:00

Hello stampin' friends! This is my entry post for the My Favorite Things Stamps October GDT Contest MFTGUESTDT1011. I also made my card following the great sketch for the MFT Wednesday Stamp Club challenge # 39! This month the GDT contest challenge is to "Get Gifty" and to create the perfect gift packaging! So, I decided to make a cute card with the new Little Witch Pure Innocence stamp set and to make 3 little pumpkin treat gift packages. I cut the pumpkins using a Silhouette digital download file and cut it on my Silhouette Digital Craft Cutter. I filled the pumpkin treat packages with some yummy Halloween Lindor chocolates. So I hope you enjoy the pics of my Haloween treat and card gift set.

I used papers from a 6x6 paper pad by We R Memory Keepers called Spookville. I coloured this super cute Pure Innocence Little Witch with my Copics and paper pieced her hat and dress. I cut her out and pop-dotted her on the panel and I added Gold Smooches to the buckles on her shoes and hat.

Below are the little pumpkin treat packages! I'm quite happy with how they turned out and they were quite easy to assemble. I cut them from American Craft cardstock and co-ordinating paper from the Spookville paper pad. They are filled with some yummy Lindor chocolates and then tied up with brown stain ribbon. I cute the tags with the new Die-namics Dog Tag die from Kraft cardtsock and stamped several sentiments from the Honey Bee and Lollipop Girl Pure Innocence stamp sets. I altered one sentiment that originally said "You're TOO Sweet" by only inking the "OO" and a "B" from another sentiment and now it reads "You're BOO Sweet"! I attached the tags with some BasicGrey painted brads.

Here is a picture of the inside of the card. I stamped a shadow stamp of the Little Witch and the large flowers were cut on my Silhouette and came with the digital file for the pumpkin package and I layered them with a flower from The Die-namics Upsy Daisy Flower Builder set and the Die-namics Fancy Flourish Die.

Thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card and treat packages! Wish me luck on this month's MFT GDT contest...now off to have few chocolates, yum!

Hope you have a stampin' great day!

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Krafty Day Oct. 16, 2011 & Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge # 98!

2011-10-02T16:26:00.001-04:00

Well, how pathetic am I?! I am feeling so bummed out on this gloomy and cold day that I actually made a card for myself. The sentiment on this card should read...Just one of those ~~days~~ MONTHS! At the beginning of the month, I fell down the stairs and still have a huge bruise on my arse, then with all this rain, we had a small leak in the basement which meant tearing out my shelving and part of the wall in my craft room now all my stamps and supplies are in boxes and out in the rec room until it gets fixed. That obviously has put a real damper on my card making and then on top of that I got shingles on my arm and hand and it is unbelievably painful! Well, they say bad things come in threes, so I'm thinking I am good now for a while....knock on wood!!!

Well, I cleared out a little spot amongst the "construction" in my craft room this afternoon and made a card as I was getting bored sitting around and thought it would give me something to do and take my mind off my sore arm! So, I thought I would use the sweet Angie from the Moonlight Whispers Everyday Girls collection. I coloured her with my Copics and paper pieced her robe. Paper Piecing is the challenge this week over at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge blog! For my card I used this 6x6 paper Pad called Baby Steps by Simple Stories. I also used my Flat bottom Cloud Die-nmaics and one of the wee clouds from The MFT You Move Me Die-nmaincs and Stamp Set. The Sentiment comes with the Angry Ballerina stamp.

Now, I also wanted to let all my local Krafty friends know that the 2nd Annual Krafty Day is on October 16th from 9-9!!! I am so looking forward to it! I didn't make it last year but I will be there this year with several of the Krafty Girls and Kraftin' Kimmie, of course and I hope you can come too!!!! You can still get your tickets on the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps on-line store here. Krafty day will be 12 hours of Krafty FUN, lots of kroppin' and kraftin' space, so be sure to bring your projects to work on! There will be an exclusive KKS tote bag with stampin' goodies and a special edition KKS stamp to commemorate the occasion! I hope you can come and join us in Lambeth, Ontario for Krafty Day!

Well, here is the inside of my card....pretty simple I stamped Angie again and used a sentiment from Kimmie's Coffee Sentiment set. I cut the dog tag out with my MFT Dog Tag Die-namics Die.

Well, I could use a cuppa tea and wee rest now. Thanks so much for popping by and havin' a wee peek at my card! Oh and I really hope you can make it to Krafty Day on October 16th. You can get your ticket on the Kraftin' kimmie Stamps on-line shop here!

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World Card Making Day CANADIAN blog Hop & Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge # 98!!!!

2011-10-01T03:00:00.027-04:00

Happy World Card Making day to all my Krafty and Canadian friends!!! Today I am thrilled to be participating in the Canadian Blog hop to celebrate World Card Making day! I am featuring the fabulous and proudly Canadian Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps on my card today! I also made my card for the new challenge that they have over at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge too....Paper Piecing! If you are interested in playing along with the KKSC all the details can be found over at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge blog!

I hope you can join the Canadian World Card Making day blog hop. The line-up of talented Canadian card makers, Scrapbookers and paper crafters in this blog hop is truly impressive and sure to inspire you to make a card today!!! I know you are really going to love hoping along with us! The hop is divided into two groups just in case you can't hop to each and every blog today but you are more than welcome to do it all if you have the time and energy,smile!!! If you have arrived to my blog from Kimberly's gorgeous blog, JustWordz, then you are in the right spot! If not, you may wish to start at the beginning at Tara's blog, Creative Accents!

There will be candy at some of the stops along the hop so make sure to leave those comments! Kraftin' Kimmie has very generously offered me some Kraftin' Kimmie Kandy to give away today! So definitely leave me a comment and I will randomly pick a lucky commenter to get a package of Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! Cool, Eh?!

So, I won't bore you with too many details about my card as I know you want to get hopping but I do want to let you know that I have used a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp from the Moonlight Whispers collection on my card today! This is Magical Mathilda! I love her to bits. I 've coloured her with my Copics and paper pieced her dress! Paper piecing is the challenge this week over at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge blog so maybe you can join the KKS challenge! The sentiment I have used actually comes with one of the other new stamps called Batty and Catty! I used my beloved BasicGrey Indie Bloom 6X6 paper pad. I have also used the Say What Stamp and Die set and Jumbo Scallop border Die-namics from My Favorite Things Stamps.

Here is the inside pretty simple...I used a sentiment from the Kimmie's Fairy Sentiment set!

Now, I know you are anxious to get hopping the next stop on the list is Sarah M. at Scraps by Sarah!

So hop on over to Sarah's beautiful blog and see what gorgeous creation she has to share with you!!!

Thanks for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card! Don't forget to leave a comment on this post to be entered into the random draw for a package of Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!!!

If you would like to visit the second half of this blog hop when your done this one you can start at Nicole's blog Canadian Nickel Scrap'n!

Happy World Card Making Day, Eh!

Hugs,

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My Favorite Things Stamps...WSC # 38....Wishing You the Sweetest Things!

2011-09-26T22:22:00.001-04:00

Hey crafty friends! Well, I am so glad to say that I have Internet access again. My modem went on the blink and I had to wait several days until the repair guy could come and replace it. Well, I thought I would make a card for the MFT Wednesday Stamp Club challenge. They have another great sketch this week, as always. I deviated from it a bit but I think you can still see the sketch peeking through.

My daughter's friend, Rebbecca, asked me to make a birthday card for her Mom. This is what we came up with....this cute A La Mode girl really reminded her of her mom....very stylish in her wedge heels and loving texting on her new blackberry and the pretty pink papers from the Uncommon Authentique 6x6 paper pad!

I coloured the A La Mode Girl from the set called I Need Some Face Time with my Copics and cut out around the image and pop-dotted her on the card with the sentiment that I stamped using the Die-namics Polka Dot Die and Stamp set. I also cut two Die-namics Butterflies from QuicKutz Adhesive Cork Material...love this chunky cork too.

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card! It's Monday night so I am off to watch Castle now.

Happy Stampin'!

Hugs,

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Pink Ink Sketch Challenge # 6, CCT # 182 and Saturated Canary ...I'm Batty for You!

2011-09-17T15:16:00.002-04:00

Hey crafty friends! I hope you are having a great weekend! It sure feels like Fall is in the air...just a little bit nippy out there, eh!? I am sooooo not looking forward to winter, at all!

Well, I thought I would make a card today and I've just discovered that Krista Smith is selling her gorgeous images as Digis called, Saturated Canary, and she will be starting a Challenge blog at the end of September...looking forward to that!!!! Well, I fell head over heels in love with these adorable Saturated Canary Digi images and soooooo I just had to get a couple the other day and then they had a new release so somehow a few more landed in my cart...how does that happen,lol!? I just had to have this sweet Rose, A Vampire! How precious is she!?

I made the card using the fabulous sketch over at Pink Ink Sketch Challenges designed by the oh so sweet and super talented Kylie...I know I will be using this one again for sure. Love it!!!! I would also like to enter this card in the Cute Card Thursday Challenge # 182...Anything Goes!!!

So I coloured Rose with my Copics and I am quite happy with how she turned out but the pics are not doing her justice really...she looks better IRL...I used YR0000 and YR000 and then C1, BV31, BV31 and so her skin looks warmer and less grey than it's showing here and then it blends into the mauve-grey pallor.

I used my Authentique 6X6 Blissful paper pad and I absolute love these papers and the grey and yellow is such a luscious colour combo...even my dear hubby commented on how he liked my card and how he liked the Boston Bruins colours that I used! Whaaaat the.....Gggeeesh, does everything have to relate back to hockey and his beloved Boston Bruins...what a guy,lol!!!! I added some Prima flowers, some pearls and a sprinkling of black bling. The sentiment is from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and comes with Batty Princess...thought it would be perfect for this card.

Here is the inside...pretty simple.

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

Hope you have a stampin' great weekend!

Hugs,

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My Favorite Things Stamps...WSC # 36....Thank you for being my Sunshine!

2011-09-13T00:00:00.003-04:00

I was glad to be able to join in the My Favorite Things Stamps, Wednesday Stamp Challenge week # 36.....even if I am cutting it a bit close to the deadline. They had yet another great sketch and I decided to turn it on its side and to use one of the great MFT Die-namics Die and Stamp sets called, Textile Rectangle Die and Stamp set. I stamped the herringbone pattern in this pretty and sunny yellow called Dandelion Memento ink and stamped one of the sentiments that comes with the set in London Fog Memento ink.

I used this beautiful Authentique 6x6 paper pad called Blissful and added a pink sheet from the Authentique Uncommon pad...there is a little of the same pink in the Blissful pad so you can easily coordinate papers from both pads. I added some American Crafts ribbon...love this ribbon and used my Upsy Daisy Die-namics set and added an American Crafts pearl brad to the center. I added a little clear bling too for some sparkle.

Here is the inside...I stamped a shadow image of this cute little PI Girlie called Flower Girl and a sentiment from the MFT Great Out Doors Sentiment set in London Fog Memento Ink.

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

Hope you have a stampin' great week!

Hugs,

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My Favorite Things Stamps...WSC # 35 & Sept. 2011 GDT Contest....You're Such a Smartie!

2011-09-06T00:02:00.002-04:00

Hey Stampin' friends! Did you have a great Labour Day? I relaxed and didn't really do anything even though I should have probably done some house work and laundry. Chris and I just got back on Saturday from a 6 day trip to Chicago to celebrate out 15th wedding anniversary and to check out the Windy City! It is such a beautiful city and we had a great time! So much to do and see and we will have to go back as we didn't get to see or do all that we had planned. I was so excited to get to see my cousin Ashley and her fiance, Jeff and my Aunt Cecily (my Dad's sister) and Uncle Gary. They took us out to a beautiful restaurant! It was so nice to chat and visit. We had an absolutely fabulous time!!! If you are reading this Ashley...Hi *waving* thank you so much for a lovely visit, hun!!!!

Well, it is the first day of school for my kids and they are growing up so quickly. Hannah is in grade 7 and I just can't believe she is old enough to be in grade 7...eekkk....I remember grade 7 like it was yesterday!!! I have to say that she is one happy girl as we got her a Macbook Pro and she is thrilled to bits with it! Kieran is in grade 5 this year and that is freakin' me out too! I have such big kids now. Where has the time gone!?

Well, enough rambling I do have a card to share with you today for the MFT Wednesday Stamp Club Sketch Challenge and I also made this card for the MFT September Guest Designer Contest MFTGUESTDT0911. The Challenge for the Contest is Rip & Roll. Keeping my fingers, toes, everything crossed as I would soooooo love to be a GDT for MFT!!!!!!

So, for my card I decided to use sweet Emma with Her Backpack Pure Innocence set. Such a sweet image and I teamed her up with BasicGrey Oxford 6x6 papers that I so love!!! I coloured Emma with my Copics and paper pieced her wee kilt! I distress and ripped the edges of my paper with my Tim Holtz Distressing tool and I used my Retro Rolled flower Die-nmaics and My Favorite Felt in Cherry On Top Red to make the adorable rolled flower. This is the first time I used my Retro Rolled Flower Die-namics die and I love how it looks and it was really easy to roll up too. I added some leaves with my Die-namics Flower and Leaf Trio set and My Favorite Felt in Sour Apple Green. I also use my Die-nmaics Scallop Ribbon Border and Simply Scallops Border Die-nmaics. One of the sentiments that comes with Emma is stamped on the Die-nmaics File Tab.

Here is the inside...I distress the edges again, added another Retro Rolled Rose and stamped another sentiment that comes with Emma on the Label Die from the You Move Me Stamp and Die-nmaics set.

Well, Thanks for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card for the MFT Wednesday Stamp Club Challenge and for the MFT September GDT Contest!

Hope you have a stampin' Great Day!

Hugs,

Supplies:

The New Inlinkz Link Manager and my First Christmas card of 2011!!!

2011-09-05T07:00:00.014-04:00

Hey stampin' friends! I am sure you have seen the buzz around blogland about the new Inlinkz Linkz Manager that launched on September 3rd and perhaps you've noticed the way I am linking my supplies under each of my projects now. Those little thumbnails of the products that link directly to a store where readers can locate or get more info on the product. Are you curious how you can do that too? Well, I am very excited to finally share this great new feature with all of you! Let me introduce you to a new service: Link Manager by Inlinkz! This feature is soooooo awesome! I can't tell you how much a hate having to add links one by one in the text of my posts and how inefficient it is to have to search for, copy and paste URLs for all the products that I use regularly, every time I do up a post. The Inlinkz Link Manager makes this so much easier and faster. It is a tool where you can make a pool of all the supplies you use and then create lists of products for your posts just by dragging and dropping the thumbnail. It is such a time saver! Here is a short video by Kristina Werner that will walk you through the tool. I can asuure you though the Link Manager is very user friendly and If I can figure it out, I know you will have no trouble at all.

Here is a coupon you can use to register : 25535579. This coupon will let you in the Inlinkz Link Manager for free until December! So go ahead, join and play around. I am sure you will love it as much as do.

Now, I do have a card to share with you today too. My first Christmas card of the season and I thought I would make this card so you can also see the Inlinkz Link Manger in use. There is a supplies list at the bottom of this post with little thumbnail pics of the supplies I have used to make this card and if you click on the thumbnail it will take you to a website where you can buy and or get more info.

For my card I cracked open my new BasicGrey Nordic Holiday 6x6 paper pad and I will be using this for all my Christmas cards this year. It is so gorgeous. I love the blues especially and the Nordic themed prints are so pretty and homey. I also used this sweet MFT A La Mode Candy Cane Kisses stamp. I coloured her up with my Copics and added some gorgeous new Twinery Twine in Denim...this new colour is scrumptious. I added a few Prima flowers and used my MFT Die-namics Let it Snowflake dies and my Simply Scalloped Scallop Die-namics. I also used a little clear bling to add some sparkle.

Here is the inside...pretty simple I stamped a shadow stamp of the A La Mode Girlie!

Well, now look down at the bottom of this post and check out all the little thumbnails with direct links to the product I 've used on this card. Isn't it such a great time saving idea, I love being organized and I think it looks so professional too! Well, use that Coupon Code 25535579 to use the Inlinkz Linkz Manager for free until December!

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

Hugz and Happy Linking!!!!

Supplies:

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

2011-08-28T07:00:00.001-04:00

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!

Supplies:

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

2011-08-26T07:00:00.002-04:00

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,

Supplies:

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

2011-08-25T19:09:00.001-04:00

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,

Supplies:

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

2011-08-15T07:00:00.002-04:00

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,

Supplies:

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

2011-08-13T00:00:00.002-04:00

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!

2011-08-10T23:29:00.000-04:00

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!

2011-08-07T16:59:00.002-04:00

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,

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps # 89...Clean and Simple (NO Embellies)...T.G.I.F!!!

2011-07-30T07:00:00.004-04:00

Hey Krafty friends! WOW! All of the cards for last week's challenge were absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for trying my sketch!!! It was amazing seeing cards made with a sketch that I made....very cool! I hope that you will get a chance to join us this week for another fabulously FUN Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge! This week the uber talented and oh so sweet, Krafty Girl, Donna, is the hostess!!!! She has really picked a tough challenge this week! At least, I was feeling the pain on this one....OUCH!!!! Donna wants to see you make a CAS card....that means Clean and Simple and that translates into....NO embellishments!!!!!! Can you believe it! I thought I would go through ribbon and flower withdrawal and it was all I could do not to throw on a few gems or pearls on my card but I resisted the temptation to embellish!!!!

So all you have to do is make a card following this week's challenge, link it up on the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge blog and if you use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp on your creation then you will be entered into the random draw to win your very own Brigitte stamp as seen on Donna's STUNNING card this week!

Now, on a sad note, I want to let you all know that this is my last Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp Challenge as a Krafty Girl but definitely not my last Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps card!!! I have stepped down from the KKS DT as I need to take a bit of break from DT work and deadlines. I will still be crafting, stamping and blogging but not as much as I have been. It was a very difficult decision to make because I absolutely LOVE Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps to bits and Kimmie is such an incredibly kind and generous person to work with. It was a true honour to be on her DT!!! She has assembled such an amazing team too and all the gals on the DT are super talented, super FUNNY and super duper sweet....just a great bunch ladies to work with! I have thoroughly enjoyed my time as a Krafty Girl!!!

So, here is my card for the NO EMBELLIE challenge....eeeekkkkkk!!!!!! Well, I have been thinking about this "T.G.I.F." card for a while as I just loooovvveee Katy Perry and her new song Last Friday Night. This is my tribute card to her song! I made the cardbase 6x6 and used my new 6x6 BasicGrey Out of Print Paper pad. I inked up my Judy stamp from the Moonlight Whispers collection and I coloured her with my Copics and cut her out and pop-dotted her on the oval panel. I printed the sentiments, that I typed up on the computer, on Kraft cardstock and cut out the T.G.I.F. with the Speech Bubble Dies from the MFT Say What Stamp and Die-nmaics set. See, I did it! There's no bling, no pearls, no flowers and no ribbon!!!!!

Here is the inside...again I printed the sentiment on Kraft cardstock. I thought this would make a good invitation card for a girls night out!!!

Did you see the Frugal Friday Specials ? We've got FIVE of our awesome stamps on sale for 40-50% off but only for the weekend!

This week they are Cupcake Cory, Snowshoe Fun, The Krafty Stamper, Valentine Willard and The Froggie Family!!!

Also our July Gimme Kimmie Kits featuring our newest releases are only available until Sunday night, so scoop up all these specials before they are gone!

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a look-see at my card for this week's KKSC and I hope you get a little krafty time and can join us! Please swing my the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge blog and check out all the gorgeous cards by the Krafty Girls!

Have a stampin' Great day!

Hugs,

Lily Pad cards...I'm in the Wednesday Wonder Spotlight!!!!!

2011-07-30T06:00:00.001-04:00

Hi stampin' friends! I am so excited to be in the spotlight today at Lily Pad Cards blog! They have a regular feature called Wednesday Wonder where they interview a crafter. Well, This month it is me!!!! I know...you are saying...but it's Saturday, Tara! Well, my interview was suppose to be posted on Wednesday July 27th but the gals at Lily Pad were sooooo "swamped" with lots to do after getting back from CHA (toad-ally understandable, smile) so my interview is posted today! So HOP on over to the Lily Pad and check it out!!!!!

Hugs,

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge # 88....A Sketch by Me...Have a tail waggin' Day!!

2011-07-23T07:00:00.003-04:00

Good morning Krafty friends! Are you enjoying the heat??? Well, it has been HOT, HOT, HOT here!!! I hope it is a little cooler where YOU are or at least I hope you've been able to keep cool! Well, I won't complain too much about the heat cuz it is soooooooo much better than the cold and snow!

So, we have another fun challenge for you this week at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge blog. I'm really excited about it cuz I am the krafty hostess this week and I've designed a sketch for you to try! We are kickin' it old school this time cuz I have no idea how to make the fancy digitized sketches on the computer. So, I asked my sweet hubby, Chris, to draw this pencil sketch up for me from the card that I made and I think it looks great!!!

I would love for you to join the challenge and I can't wait to see what you all do with my sketch! If you link up your card on the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp Challenge blog and you use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp on your card then you will be entered into the random draw to win your very own Tori Stamp from the Sporty Girls release by Annie Rodrigue! Whoo hoo!!!

For my card I made the base 6x6 with Kraft Cardstock and I used BasicGrey Lime Ricky 6x6 paper pad. I thought the patterns in this paper went really well with Tori and her cute outfit. I coloured Tori with my Copics and cut the image with my Nesties using the "Out of the Box Technique" so that her little doggie wouldn't get cut off by the Nestie die. I left the image in the die and inked with Tumbled Glass and Broken China Distress ink. I added some Maraschino Twinery twine With a BasicGrey button and a few red pearls. I also used my MFT Simply Scalloped Die-nmaics and the sentiment actually comes with the KKS Gone Fishin' set.

I wanted to let you all know that Kimmie is having a Frugal Friday special again at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!!! This weekend's specials are up and they are on sale 40-50% off!!! But only until Sunday, so scoop them up while you can! We have Eleanor, Cannonball Cameron, Jukebox, Brady the Builder, Lavender the Quilter and Party Time on special! Also our new July release stamps are all available, along with FIVE awesome, specially priced Gimme Kimmies Kits!! But only for a limited time!

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card and my sketch today! I really hope that you can get some stampin' time in this week and give my sketch a go. I think the hot weather is the perfect excuse...um...I mean....reason to stay inside with the AC turned up and get KRAFTY!!!! Also, swing by the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge blog and check out all the gorgeous cards the Krafty Girls made for your inspiration!!!

Happy Kraftin'!!!!

Hugs,

My Favourite Things Stamps, WSC # 29!

2011-07-21T07:52:00.001-04:00

Good morning crafty friends! Well, it's been so long since I have had the time to play along with the MFT Wednesday Stamp Club Challenge and I have really missed it but we have been camping and enjoying the summer and the great weather we have been having. I have had every intention of joining in on all the challenges and have printed out all the sketches so I plan to go back and use them at some point, fingers crossed.

Well, I was glad to have some time and to use this week's fab sketch. I deviated a bit from the original sketch but it was great inspiration. I hope you can still see the sketch in there enough that my card still qualifies for this week challenge.

I used the My How you've Grown stamp set for the first time since I got it. I paper pieced and coloured with my Copics. I used the few scraps that I had left from my 6x6 My Minds eye Hazel pad to co-ordinate with the baby wall art project that I made for my friend, Jen. This card is for her too! I embossed the long panel that the sketch calls for and I distressed the edges and inked with Distress ink. I also used my Simply Scalloped border Die-Namics die. The Sketch calls for a flower but I thought the triple crinkled seam binding bow would stand in for the flower. The sentiment is from the Clearly Sentimental about Parenting set and I stamped it on the Die-namics label die from the Textile Rectangle Stamp and Die-nmaics set that I cut in half.

Here is the inside of my card and I used the stamps from the First Place Ribbon Die-nmaics. I stamped Congrats and the I only inked up "on" from the word stamp that says Son on the label die from the Textile Rectangle Stamp and Die-nmaics set. I then stamped the "#2" on the Die-namics Notched Tag.

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

Have a stampin' Great day!

Hugs,

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps July Release Blog Hop...Have a Jolly Good Day!

2011-07-17T01:00:00.002-04:00

Hey Krafty Friends! Welcome to the July Krafty Hop! 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! To start things off we have a very elegant Sympathy Set featuring a gorgeous floral image by Emilie Goulet, along with several coordinating sentiments. We have three new Back to School images from Cheryl Alger, five new Outdoor Fun stamps from Emilie Goulet and six awesome new Traveling Girls from Annie Rodrigue!!

You will get to see most of the new images while you sit back and enjoy our Krafty Hop. Now, if you arrived here via Krafty Girl, Tracey's gorgeous blog then you are in the right spot. If you want to start from the beginning, just head on over to the Kraftin’ Kimmie Challenge Blog! As you hop from blog to blog, be sure to leave a comment at each and every stop because some lucky stampers will win packages of stamps from the new release!! And when you’re done hoppin’, be sure to head over to the Kraftin’ Kimmie shop, because ALL the new images are NOW available!

For my card today, I am featuring, Elaine! Isn't she just so precious...love her!!! I have coloured her with my Copics and used several different papers from several different Cosmo Cricket Mini Deck 6x6 pads. I made some cute felt flowers with my My Favorite Things flower Die-namics dies.

Now, it's time to hop on over to Deborah's fabulous blog and see what gorgeousness she has to share with us today! Don't forget to leave those comments on each and every stop along the hop and once you are done hopping head on over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps on-line shop for a little shopping!

Happy Hopping and shopping!

Hugs,

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge # 87 and New July Release Sneak Peeks...Bonjour mon Ami!

2011-07-16T07:00:00.002-04:00

Hey Krafty friends! So have you been enjoying the gorgeous sneak peeks of the new stamps in the July Release of Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! So many gorgeous stamps this month and gorgeous cards by the Krafty Girls too!!!! Today the Krafty Girls are previewing the 6 fun new Travel Girls stamps by Annie Rodrigue and we have another great Krafty Challenge for you too!

The Super funny and super Krafty, Carole, is the hostess this week and she would like to see us finish the inside of our card. Carole as used Jeannie on her fabulous card. If you join the KKS challenge and use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp on your card then you will be entered into the random draw to win your very own Jeannie stamp! How cool is that?

So for my card I've used Michele! She is très chic! Love her to bits...I think she is my fave stamp from the July Release and is named for our very own Krafty Girl, Michele! I really love all the new Travel Girl stamps that Annie has designed this month and I love the iconic landmarks in the background too...so much fun!!! I have coloured up Michele with my Copics and I used a My Favourite Things Film Strip Die-namics die. The sentiment comes with the Michele stamp. The papers are My Minds Eye, Stella & Rose, Gertie 6x6 paper pad and I added some Prima flowers and a sprinkling of pearls here and there.

Here is the inside....I added a shadow stamp of Michele here and I used my My Favorite Things Sweet Stack Die-nmaics die set and a sentiment from Kimmie's Steampunk Sentiment Set.

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card for this week's Kraftin' Kimie Stamp Challenge! Make sure to check out all the Krafty Girls blogs today that are featuring the new Annie Rodrigue stamps and make sure you leave comments on everyone's posts so you will get your chance to be 1 of the 2 lucky winners to get 3 of the new Travel Girl stamp from the July release!! Also, tomorrow, July 17th, is the Krafty Hop, as always and all the new stamps will be available in the Kraftin' Kimmie on-line Shop. You won't want to miss it so pop back here again tomorrow or check it out on the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge blog.

Have a very Krafty day!

Hugs,

Just Magnolia # 114....Jane's beautiful sketch....You are a Treasure!

2011-07-14T09:40:00.003-04:00

Hey stampin' friends! Just a really quick post to share a card that I made this week for my friend's daughter....she is turning 2 years old next week and is having a pirate themed party! So I used Jane's gorgeous sketch that they have at Just Magnolia this week! I did add an extra layer as I do like lots of layers but I think you can still see the sketch there.
I used Pirate Tilda for the first time....she is sooooo cute. I also used my new BasicGrey Out of Print 6x6 papers and I am in love with them....so gorgeous. The flowers are Prima and have BG Out of Print brads in the centers and then I sprinkled a few pink gems here and there.

Well, that's all! I gotta run! Thanks for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card!

Have a stampin' Great day!
Hugs,

My Favourite Things...a baby gift project for a friend!

2011-07-11T07:00:00.000-04:00

Hey stampin' friends! I worked on this project for a friend this weekend and I thought I would share it with you! My friend and co-worker, Jen, is expecting her second child very soon...a little boy. So exciting!!!! She asked if I could make 5, 5x7 panels to fit inside a frame that she has, to hang it in the baby's room. She has decorated the baby's roon in brown and blue, so I used MME 6x6 paper pad Stella Rose, Hazel pad and she asked that it have a bit of a sports related theme and she wanted some stars in there too.

So, this is what I came up with using some of the My Favorite Things, Pure Innocence stamp sets. I "modified" two the PI stamps into boys and use a few Boy with Dog stamps too. One is actually a digi image from Heather Ellis's Etsy shop. I also used several of my MFT Die-namics dies.

This is the PI Tree Swing set. The leaves are from The Flower Trio and Leaf Die-namics set and I also used the scalloped ribbon border die and Fresh Cut Grass Die-nmaics die with My Favorite Felt.

This is the PI Skater Boy stamp set and I used my Open Scalloped Border Die-namics and Perfect Bracket Edge Die-namics.

This is the PI Nap Time stamp set and modified the hair and I used one of the dies from the Sweet Stack Die-nmaics set.

This is a digi image. I used My Favorite Felt and the Flat-bottom cloud Die-namics and the Simply Scallop Die-namics.

This is the PI I get a Kick out of you set. I modified it into a little boy. I used the Fresh cut Grass Die-nmaics die and My Favorite felt. I also used the speech bubble die from the Say What Die-namics and stamp set.

So there ya have it! I am quite happy with how it turned out. I love this paper pad but sadly it is all gone now. I just might have to get another one,smile! Well, I hope Jen likes it. I am going to bring them to work and give them to her today! I will ask her take pic of them in the frame and I will show you how it looks all together!

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

Have a stampin' great day!

Hugs,

Kraftin Kimmie Stamps....FRUGAL FRIDAYS!!!

2011-07-09T10:28:00.000-04:00

Hey Krafty friends! I just wanted to quickly pop on here today and let you know about the great stamps that Kimmie has on SPECIAL for FRUGAL FRIDAY!

You can get your inky paws on Krafty Quotes #1, Clint the Cowboy, Cheeky Monkey, Springtime Maisie and Tiny Miles and Maisie for 40-50% off!!! But only until Sunday night!!

How cool is that! So head on over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps on-line shop and fill up your shopping cart with cute rubbah!!!

Have a fabulously Krafty day!!!!

Hugs,

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge # 85...Material Girl...That's How I Roll!

2011-07-02T07:00:00.002-04:00

Hey Krafty friends! I hope all my Canadian Krafty friends had a great Canada day yesterday...I am sure the festivities will continue all weekend!!!! Tomorrow is Hannah's 12th Birthday so she is having her sleep-over party with a few girlfriends today and we are going bowling and having DQ ice-cream cake, yum!!!!

Well, we have another fun challenge this week at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge blog. This week the marvelous, Krafty Girl Melanie is the hostess for this weeks challenge, which is...Material Girl. So she would like to see use use fabric on our cards in some way! Melanie has made a beautiful card with the Kimiko stamp from the Asian inspired stamp set by Annie Rodrigue! Wouldn't you like to have your very own Kimiko stamp. Well, Just use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp on your card, join the Material Girl challenge this week and link your card to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps challenge blog and you will be entered into to the random draw!!!

Also, Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps is starting something fun and exciting this weekend! Because we love our customers SO much, we're saying 'thank you' with FRUGAL FRIDAYS!!! Each Friday we will be posting 3-4 stamps that will be on sale at LEAST 40% off!! These items will be on sale until Sunday night ONLY, so be sure to scoop them up! Just click on the SPECIALS button each weekend to see what's on SALE!!

ALSO, we have extended the June Gimme Kimmie's Kits but only until Sunday, July 3rd! So get them before they're gone!!

So for my card this week I have used the super cute Roxy from the Moonlight Whispers, Sporty Girls release! I use to go roller skating back in the day and I had cute leg warmers like Roxy too, he, he, he!!!! So, I coloured Roxy with my Copic markers, as always and cut the image out with my Nesties and then inked with Spiced Marmalade Distress ink. I cut the smaller mat with my Fiskars Fingertip Grip Kraft Knife by cutting around the outer edge of the die. For the card I used BasicGrey Hopscotch 6x6 papers and American Crafts cadstock. I added some BasicGrey Glazed Epoxy brads in the center of the fabric Prima flowers. I also used my My Favorite Things Rolled Flower Die-nmaics die and cut it from canvas material and I used my Open Scalloped Die-nmaics die too but it kinda got covered up with embellies. I added some beautiful thick twill tape and sprinkled blue gems here and there! The fun sentiment comes with Roxy!

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps card! I hope you can get krafty this week and join the great challenge that Melanie has set this week! Don't forget to check out the FRUGAL FRIDAY stamps that are on SPECIALS this weekend too!

Have a stampin' Great day!

Hugs,