Simon Says...STAMP-TEMBER Blog Hop....Holiday Wishes!

Good afternoon crafty peeps....well, I am back again, this time to share my Simon Says STAMP-TEMBER blog hop challenge card! WOW!!! what a blog hop that was!!!! Phew, I am exhausted (but in a good way, smile) from hopping around to all blogs and from seeing all the detailed work, creativity and care that the Simon Says Challenge DT and the Simon Says Stamp & Show DT put into all their creations! Absolutely Stunning creations!!!

Well, then I got to work making my card and I thought I would use this adorable Tilda that I coloured with my Copics! I thought she would be great for a Christmas card...she is blowing you Holiday Wishes, smile!!!! I also used the fabulous sketch by Dawny P over at the Just Magnolia Challenge blog. I did deviate from the design a wee bit but not intentionally. I just went of track from my original plan mid way and well this is what I came up with but I think you can still see Dawny's fabulous sketch in there under all the flowers and bling,lol!

I used BG Eskimo Kisses 6x6 paper pad and Bazzill Basic Bling cardstock and made a6x6 easel card. I did some masking with Tilda and the Magnolia envelope stamp and then used the "Out of the Box" technique and cut Tilda out with my Oal Nesties as I didn't want to cut away all the little sparkles in the image. To embellish I used lots of Prima flowers, one WOC blue Gardenia, lots of bling, Glimmer Mist and Glamor Dust! I used some American Crafts ribbon and the pink ruffle trim is form my BG Teamie and blogging friend, Tara W. The sentiments are Melissa Frances rub-ons (which I just so happen to get at Simon Says Stamp) and the Holiday Wishes sentiment is a Kraftin' Kimmie Sentiment stamp.

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my Simon Says STAMP-TEMBER Blog hop Challenge card!

I am keeping my fingers crossed...maybe I will get lucky and win the big $100 shopping spree or maybe some of the delish candy the DT have available on their blogs! Why don't you get hopping!

Hugs,

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps September Release Preview # 2...Furever Friends!

Good Morning Krafty Friends! I am so excited that I'm hangin' out with my Krafty Girls again for the new super KKS SASSY September Stamp Release and I have a card to share with you this morning featuring one of the gorgeous, sexy and oh so sultry new Annie Rodrigue images! I absolutely adore the Pin Up Girls collection...Va Va-Voom! There are also super duper cute Fall and Birthday images by Steven Leary and a fabulous Thankful Sentiment set by Jeanne Streiff perfect for all your Thanksgiving creations!

So, for my card today I used Jayne one of the gorgeous Pin Up Girls from the Moonlight Whispers collection and coloured her in with my Copics, of course. I thought I would keep her more innocent looking for this card and so I picked papers and colours that downplayed her sex-kitten demeanour and tried to bring out her demure side,lol! I, once again, used Life is Good pp by Echo Park...I can't even begin, to tell you how much, I love this paper!!! I also used more Martha Stewart crinkled seam binding with a double buttony bow, lots of pearls and Primas too! I used a Kraftin' Kimmie sentiment stamp that comes with Roxy and Bernice and "Cherish" is a Mellisa Frances rub-on.

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek and my Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps preview card! I will be back on Saturday for the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge with another preview card and I will be back on Sunday with the KKS Blog Hop to celebrate the new stamps release! I hope you can come by and check out all the kraftiness we have in store!

Have a stampin' great day!

Hugs,

Just Magnolia # 71, MDU # 62, A Spoonful Of Sugar, #120...You're Fintastic!

Hey crafty friends! Hope you are well...it is rather overcast and dull and dreary here! This weather is so not good for my head...its one of my major migraine triggers, ugh! Oh well, I have a quick post this afternoon with a card that I made for a few challenges. I was super excited to join the Magnolia Down Under challenge #62 as they would like to see, feathers, fur or fins on your Magnolia creations. It was the perfect chance for me to ink up my Summer StampClub stamps that haven't seen ink yet...shameful, I know! I also made this card for the Just Magnolia Monthly Challenge #71...Cracked Glass or Anything Goes. I did a very lose interpretation of the Cracked Glass...as I tried my Rock Candy Stickles for the first time it doesn't actually crack, which I originally thought it did, but it does give an antiqued glass like appearance. I also made this card for A spoonful of Sugar # 120 Challenge...Animal Crackers...hope Tilda's Seahorse friend counts for that, smile!

I made a 6x6 easel card from Colorbok cardstock and used Echo Park It's a Good Life which is just gorgeous paper and I am so in love with it. I can't wait to get the Christmas ranges of Echo Park they both look scrumptious. So I used the Magnolia Doohickey tag and cut it from craft cardstock I stamped the Magnolia Seahorse and then distressed the tag, crumpled it up and inked it with Tumbled Glass Distress inks. I then applied a thin coat of Rock Candy Distress Stickles and let it dry...it is very sparkly IRL and has a very cool affect IRL, unfortunately it didn't photograph well...I think I'm going to get the Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint though because that would actually crackle and give the Cracked Glass effect. I stamped Tilda as a Mermaid and coloured her with my Copics and cut her out with my Circle Nesties and then inked with Tumbled Glass, Broken China and Shabby Shutters. I then put a thin coat of the Rock Candy on Tilda's Tail and shell bikini top. I also added some Colorbok rain dots stickers and bling on the bubbles.

I added a few Prima flowers, American Crafts ribbon, and lace trim, and lots of bling here and there. The sentiment on the tag is a Melissa Frances rub-on and the other two sentiments are Kraftin' Kimmie sentiments stamps. Now, have you noticed my larger pics on my blog...I just figured out how to do this. It has been a long process for me to figure this out, I'm so not computer savvy but I am thrilled that I finally have bigger pics...although some of them have been too big, me thinks, but I am getting the hang of it so bare with me, lol!

well, Thanks so much for popping by and having a wee peek at my card and thank you so much for all the sweet comments you leave me, friends...you are so thoughtful and they mean so much to me!

Hugs,

Whiff of Joy Challenge # 87...Lots of Layers...Perfect Love!

Good morning crafty friends! Hope you all made out okay on the first day of school yesterday! Hannah and Kieran had a great day and are very happy with their teachers'..I think it is going to be a great school year!


Well, It is Wednesday and time for another challenge at the Whiff Of Joy Challenges blog. This week we would like to see creations with Lots of Layers...at least 2 layers but we hope to see creations with lots of gorgeous layers, so pile on those papers,smile! I personally love lots of layers on my cards so this challenge was right up my alley! The WOJ Challenges DT have stunning creations to share with you too so I hope you can make a trip over to the WOJ challenges blog and have a wee peek at all the inspiration!



I made this card for a lady at work for her grandparents 60th wedding anniversary. I used BasicGrey Cappella 6x6 papers and this sweet Whiff of Joy image Wedding Cake and sentiment from the Wedding and Baby collection! I coloured it with my Copics and cut it out with my circle Nestie and inked with Spun Sugar Distress inks. I added some gorgeous ribbon from My Favorite Things, some bling and for all the scrumptious scalloped layers, I used the Jumbo scalloped edge Di-namics die also from My Favorite Things.

Here is the inside...I printed the sentiment out on the computer and added some bling.



Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card! I really hope you can join us at the Whiff of Joy challenge!

Hugs,

My Favorite Things...WSC Challenge a sketch & Crazy4Challenges...Read it and Weep...!

Good morning...well it is the first day of school,whoot, whoot!!! I know my kiddos are very excited about heading back to school and hitting the books,smile! It will be nice to get back into a regular routine again but I just dread the thought of packing lunches,yuck!

Well, I am here to share a card I made for the My Favourite Things Wednesday Stamp Club. They have a gorgeous sketch this week but I'm not sure if I missed the deadline to enter the challenge or not I did finally manage to get the card uploaded to SCS last night so I might have made by the skin of my teeth...oh well, it was great to use this new MFT WTG Well Read set, regardless! I also made this card for the the fun challenge over at Crazy 4 Challenges...Celebrate books!

I made my cardbase from Prism cardstock and teamed it up with some yummy October Afternoon dp and Paper Pieced the WTG image. I cut out the image with this Nestie Die as I always think it looks like an open book and left the image in the die and inked with Old Paper Distress ink. The gorgeous crochet ribbon is a RAK from my sweet blogging and BG DT member Tara W. I printed the sentiment on the computer using the same Wendy Medium font the MFT uses and this is my favorite font...love it bits! Hannah was watching a kid movie the other night and this was the title of it. I thought it would be a great sentiment for this Well Read set.


I'm not sure if you ever felt that you just didn't want the book you were reading to come to an end. I often have a little let down after I'm done a good book. I almost miss the characters that I have grown to know and love while reading the book! Well, I thought this card would be the perfect companion with the gift of a great book to a friend!

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

Have a stampin' great day!

Hugs,

Kenny K's Krafty Girlz Challenge # 9, FS #118 and CCT# 128...Attitude..!

Hey Krafty friends! I hope you are enjoying Labour Day and your day off work! We were camping but the weather was just awful...rainy, damp and COLD...I was absolutely miserable sitting in the trailer...did a lot of reading to pass the time and hardly slept a wink with the rain pounding down on the roof of the trailer. Well, when I woke up yesterday morning I wasn't in a pleasant mood, to say the least and I had a splitting headache to boot...well, hubby got the picture that I wasn't a very happy camper and we packed up early and come home last night, YAY!!!

So, this morning I decided to get a little krafty time in and I made a card for a few of my fave challenges...I made this card for the Swirls and Pearls challenge at Kenny K's Krafty Girlz, I used the ROCKIN' sketch at Friday Sketchers by Inge...absolutely love this sketch to bits...love Inge's multi-layered cards and I am entering this card in the challenge...Material Girl to use fabric over at Cute Card Thursday.

I have been dying to use this fabulous Pink Paislee 6x6 paper pack that I picked up at Crop Circles in Peterbrorough and I wanted to use this sweet digi image of "All That" from Kenny K's Glam Gang collection too. I coloured her in with my Copics and used the "Out of the Box" technique and cut her out with my square Nesties and I used Old Paper Distress ink and ink the image while it was still in the die. I used some half pearls from the dollar store and QK Swirls, Prima flowers and a WOC Gardenia to embellish. For the fabric I used some white cotton lace trim and I'd kept a clothing tag that came on a pair of Hubby's new jeans as it had this fabulous piece of jean material with a snap on it...it was perfect for this card and the fabric challenge over at CCT.

The sentiment is a Melissa Frances rub-on and I gave it a Little sparkle with my Sakura Stardust pen and just smudge the glitter around with my finger to soften the look.

Here is the inside...sentiments are a Catslife Press label and a Melisa Frances rub-on.

Well, thanks for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card today! I hope you get some time today do a little stampin'!

Hugs,

New BasicGrey Challenge # 28...BG DT Call and Paper Piecing...Expecting Love!

Good Morning crafty friends! Hope you are enjoying your weekend...it is a long weekend here as Monday is Labour day and then Tuesday is the first day of school for the kiddos. They are very excited about going back to school! It's going to be a busy weekend getting all sorted out for school and getting back into a regular routine.

Well, we have another fabulously fun challenge for you over at the BasicGrey Challenges blog! We would like to see some Paper Piecing on your creations! The BG DT have stunning paper pieced creations to inspire you so hop on over to the BG Challenges blog and take a look-see at their creativity! Also, we would like to expand the BG DT family so please join the challenge and enter our BasicGrey Challenges DT Call. Just remember there is only one rule and that is you must use at least one BasicGrey product on your creation!

So, for my card I decided to use the new BasiGrey Olivia 6x6 paper pad and I teamed it up with this adorable My Favorite Things Who's that Girl stamp set called Baby Bump. I paper pieced the WTG's clothes and shopping bags with BG Olivia papers and coloured in her skin and background with my Copics. I added some cotton trim and ribbon from my stash and used this fabulous new MFT Open Scallop Di-namics border die. The sentiment is just one of the many cute sentiments in the Baby Bump set and I stamped it on a Nestie tag. I had a little mishap with this image...these WTG images have a black border around them and when I trimmed this image down I accidentally cut a part of it off on one side. Well, instead of throwing out the image and starting all over. I just went around the image with the chisel top of my Permapaque Opaque Marker and saved the image from the trash bin,smile! So, to finish off the card, I added a few Prima flowers but not too many and just a touch of Pink bling...I think this card is my version of a Clean and Simple card,smile.

and here is the inside...I used one of the great sentiments in the MFT Clearly sentimental About Babies set and stamped it on paper cut out with the Di-namics Framed Greeting die then stamped "Congratulations" from the Baby Bump set on the QuicKutz tag.

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card! I hope you can join the challenge and I hope you enter the BG DT Call too!
Happy stampin'!
Hugs,