Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge # 66....A Sketch by Elaine...Orange you a great friend!

Good morning Krafty friends! Hope you had a great week! We are having a long-weekend here in Ontario...it is Family Day on Monday!!!! Whoo hoo!!! I get the day off work and more time to make cards....oh and spend with the fam, of course,lol!  We have also had some glorious weather the last couple of days it was 11 degrees and sunny yesterday...loved it! I wish this spring-like weather would stay with us but I am sure winter will return, as expected. 

Well, we have another fabulous challenge for you over at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps challenge blog! This week the uber talented, Elaine, has created a fabulous sketch for us to play with! I hope you can join us! If you do and you use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp image on your creation then you will be entered into the random draw to win the FULL set of the new Krafty Quotes #1 that Elaine is featuring on her gorgeous card! How fabulous is that!?

I soooo loved using this sketch that Elaine designed for us this week... definitely one to use again!  I decided to ink up Olivia Orange from the Berry Girls release! I teamed her up with papers from the 6x6 Cosmo Cricket Earth Love paper pad! I coloured her with my Copics, of course and I am actually really happy with how her hair turned out!!  I cut her out leaving some white around the image and pop-dotted her on a Nestie Circle. I added some cotton lace trim and sheer orange ribbon from my stash. I added some orange Prima Painterly flowers with green half pearls. I used the coordinating sentiment that comes with Olivia and cut it out with a Nestie tag and I left the tag in the die and inked with Spiced Marmalade Distress ink. 

Here is the inside....very simple I used my fave birthday sentiment from Kimmie's Everyday Sentiment set and I inked again with Spice Marmalade Distress ink. 

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge card! I hope you have some time this weekend to get krafty and join the challenge! Please pop on over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps challenge blog and see all the stunning creations by the super talented Krafty Girls and Guests.

Happy Stampin' and Happy Family Day weekend!!!!

Hugs,

Simon Says Stamp Challenge... Make Your Own Embellishments...Happy Spring!

Good morning stampin' friend! Glad to see you all enjoyed the anything but a card challenge that we had last week at Simon Says Stamp Challenge! So many gorgeous and creative projects!!! Well, this week we have another great challenge for you....Make Your Own Embellies....and the Simon Says Stamp Challenge DT have made gorgeous creations, once again to inspire you! 

We also have a fabulously generous prize from Heidi again this week! A Whopping $50 gift voucher for the Simon Says Stamp Superstore! Whoo hoo!!!!!

This week I used this adorable little Pure Innocence girlie called My Umbrella from My Favorite Things Stamps and I am on a wee bit of an Echo Park paper kick at the mo. Just can't get enough so I pulled out my Echo Park Christmas paper called Merry Christmas. I hardly touched this paper when I was making all my Christmas cards but this paper is so gorgeous and versatile that I thought it would be perfect for a non-christmas card. Well, not only is this not a Chirstmas card but a very non-traditional Happy Spring card...but I think it still works and I'm really happy with how it turned out.

Edited: I forgot to mention when I typed up this post late last night that I made this card following the great sketch that they have this week at Friday Sketchers # 141! Really love this sketch...definitely one to use again!

I paper pieced my sweet Little PI Girlie to have a totally co-ordinating rain set and I coloured the rest of her with my Copics! I cut the image out with my rectangle Nestibilites and I inked with Old Paper Distress ink.  I thought the music paper  from the Echo Park Merry Christmas pack was fun to use as this image reminded me of the song "Singing in the Rain"! I added some satin ribbon from my stash and for my "made" embellie I cut felt flowers with the My Favorite Things Flower and Leaf trio Die-namics die set and the Perfect Petal Trio Die-namics die set. I aslo used my MFT Simply Scallops border die.

I also added some BasicGrey buttons and some white pearls. For the sentiments I used 2 other My Favorite Things Pure Innocence Stamp sets....My Basket of Eggs and Something Special Just For You. The bottom sentiment is stamped on the die that comes with the My Favorite Things Polka Dot Greetings die and stamp set. 

Here is the inside under the easel card....I stamped the PI Girl, My Umbrella, again this time in Rhubarb Stalk memento ink.  I love the way this looks and I also stamped the "xoxo" from the PI set Something Special Just for You. 

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my Simon Says Stamp Challenge card! I really hope you can join us this week! Please pop on over to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge DT's blogs and see all the gorgeous creations they have made this week!

Happy Stampin'!

Hugs,

My Favorite Things...WSC Challenge # 6...Thank You...!

Hey stampin' friends! Just a quick post this morning to share the card I made for the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club Challenge! I really liked this sketch # 6 as I don't normally make cards with just a sentiment as the focal point but it was fun to do something a bit different and actually a nice break from colouring up an image! I needed to make a thank you card and this sentiment from the Clearly Sentimental About Harvesting was perfect for what I had in mind. I used up some of the last bits of my fave Echo Park, Life is Good paper and I used some MFT Pink Stripped Twill and pink pearls from the dollar store. I also made a pink felt rolled flower using the Die-namics Rolled Flower die and My Favorite Felt. I cut the sentiment out with my Nestie die and left it in the die and inked with Tumbled Glass Distress ink. 

The other day when I was at Crop Circles in Peterborough, Helen, showed me this fabulous glitter called Crystal Glitter Ritz and explained how to use it to get the Burnished Velvet Crystal effect using a sheet of Scor-Tape. I knew instantly that I wanted to use it on this card. It was really hard to take a good pic to show how sparkly it is IRL! It also feels velvety smooth...hence the name Burnished Velvet. 

Here, I tried to take a pic that would show the sparkle but it looks and feels so much better IRL!

Here is the inside....I used this sweet PI Girl called Blooming Good Day stamped in Rose Bud Memento ink and again I used an MFT Die-namics Framed Greetings stamp and die set and the Burnished Velvet Glitter using the Crystal Glitter Ritz. 

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

Have a stampin' great day!

Hugs,

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps...February Release and Krafty Hop...I Dig You!

Hey Krafty friends! ready to get hoppin'! Well, today Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps is releasing their new FEBRUARY stamps!

This month we are debuting a new line of stamps called Krafty Quotes!! These sets of stamps are perfect for scrapbooking or for the scrappier stamper...as these stamps can be used as the focal point of you creation or in addition to your coloured images! We'll have a new set each month!

As you've seen over the last few days in out Krafty Peeks, Annie Rodrigue is Rockin' and Rollin' this month with FIFTIES themed stamps!!! There are seven stamps in the complete set, Danny, Fanny, Joanie, Judy, Jukebox Patsy and Richie. Each stamp comes with TWO or THREE coordinating sentiment stamps!!! ets go to the HOP!

Seven Leary is helping us shake off those winter blues by helping us THINK SPRING! Miles and Maisie and some new friends are playing in the springtime sunshine!!! We have Bicycle Miles, Catching Butterflies, Rainy Day Miles, Springtime Maisie and Springtime Bunnies!! Stinkin' CUTE!

You will get to see most of the new images while you sit back and enjoy our Krafty Hop!!! You'll see al the Krafty Girls , along with some very special Krafty Guests among the way!! If you have come from the fabulous Elaine's blog then you are in the right spot! If you want to start from the beginning, just head over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge Blog! As you hop from blog to blog, be sure to leave a comment as 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!

Again we've got "Gimme Kimmie's Kits" for those of you  who just HAVE to have all the new stamps! We've grouped each line of stamps together and called them the "Gimme Kimmie's Kits"!!! Instead of clicking on each image that you'd like, you only have to click once to pick up a Gimmie kimmie's Kit AND it's at a discounted prince!! What could be better????

For my card today I am featuring JOANIE from Annie's FIFTIES Themed collection! She is smokin' HOT! I coloured her with my Copics and cut her out leaving a small white border. I have used more Be Mine paper by Echo Park  Paper Co. and I added some Prima flowers and WOC flowers, black bling and scrumptious pleated ribbon from My Favorite Things. I have a used one of the sentiments that comes with Joanie "I Dig You" and "Birthday Wishes" comes in Kimmie's Everyday Sentiment Set! I stamped them with London Fog Memento Ink.

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card! I hope you are enjoying the hop and all the stunning creations by the Krafty Girls and Krafty Guests....still more hopping to do...now hop on over to sweet Donna's blog and see the gorgeous creation she has to share with you!

Happy Hoppin'!!!!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge # 65 and Krafty Peek Day 4...A List...You're Nifty!

Good morning krafty friends! Are you lovin' all the fabulous previews of the Kraftin' Kimmie February release as much as I am? I know, the Krafty Girls and Krafty Guests are ROCKIN' this release! So much gorgeous eye candy!!!! 

Well, it is Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge day and Day #4 of the Krafty peeks! This week the oh sweet Donna is our hostess and she has a list for us to follow...3 different colours, 2 different patterned papers, 1 ribbon and 1 button....great challenge, eh? Well, I really hope you can join us this week! If you do and you use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamped image on your creation then you will be entered into the random draw to win your very own Joanie stamp as featured on Donna's stunning card!

Well, for my card today I have used the cutie patootie, Judy! I think she might be my fave but hard to say, cuz I really love all the 50's inspired images by Annie in this new release. I coloured Judy with my Copics and I cut her out with my circle Nesties using the out of the box technique. I embossed and left the image in the die and inked with Worn Lipstick Distress ink. I matted the image with the Lace Circle Nestie. The 3 colours I used, I picked from the 2 gorgeous sheets of paper from my MME Tickled Pink 6x6 paper. I went with pink, orange and aqua. I used some of this gorgeous shimmery and crinkly orange ribbon from my stash and a BG button tied with hemp twine. 

I picked up some really neat transparent Ultra fine glitter at Crop Circles in Peterborough the other day called, Crystal Glitter Ritz. I had an idea how I could use it on this card. I die cut the QuicKutz cherries to pick up on the cherries in the MME paper and cuz I think Judy is enjoying a cherry Coke,smile.  I also cut the round circles from a 5x5 sheet of Score-Tape and placed the cut out adhesive over the round circles cut from the pink cardstock. Then I sprinkled on the clear Crystal Glitter Ritz and "burnished" it with my finger. This is an important step to get the super sparkly and velvety effect of the Glitter Ritz. It is sooooo sparkly IRL and just adds a little extra pizazz to the die cut cherries. I added some Twinery Twine in Mandarin. I struggled to find the perfect spot for my sentiment so I decided to not add one to the front of the card and just added it to the inside...this sentiment actually comes with Fanny!

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my Kraftin' kimmie Stamps challenge card! Please hop on over to the KKStamps blog and take a look at all the gorgeous cards by all the Krafty Girls and Guests for this week's challenge! I am sure you will be inspired to join us! Don't forget to pop back again tomorrow, Sunday, Feb.13th as we have more fab previews, our Krafty Hop and all the stamps from the new February release will be in the Kraftin' Kimmie Shop!

Happy stampin'!

Hugs,

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps...February Release Krafty Peek #3!

Hey Krafty friends! I hope you have been enjoying all the sneak peeks of the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps February release. The Krafty Girls and Guests have made such stunning creations with the new and totally inspirational Krafty Quotes and sweet springtime stamps from Steven Leary with Miles and friends. I'm finally joining in on the Krafty previews today featuring Annie Rodrigue's fabulously fun 50's style images from the Moonlight Whispers range. This collection totally makes me think of my favorite TV shows from when I was a kid, Happy Days and Joanie Loves Chachi.....ahhhh, the memories! I am sooooo smitten with these fun new stamps...so much fun to colour and they make you want to ROCK around the clock! All the stamps from this release will be in the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop on Sunday, February 13th! We will also have our Krafty Hop on Sunday too. Make sure you come back and check it out!

So, for my card today I'm featuring Fanny and I used one of the two sentiment that comes with her! Isn't she fabulous! Gosh, I just love her to bits! I coloured her up with my Copics and cut the image out with my Nesties Labels 17, embossed and left the image in the die and inked with Pumice Stone Distress ink. I used some of my new fave paper, Echo Park Be, Mine paper! The black, grey and hot pink are just the perfect colours for these 50's inspired images by Annie. I also added some Prima flowers with pearls and American Crafts ribbon and cardstock. 

 Head on over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps blog for links to all the Krafty Girls and Guests blogs and check out all the gorgeous creations they have featuring Annie's new 50's inspired images! Tomorrow is Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp Challenge day and we will have a fun new challenge as well as more previews of Annie's images and then on Sunday all the stamps will be available in the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop and we have the Krafty Hop! Lots of krafty fun planned for this weekend! Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card!

Have a stampin' great day!

Hugs,

Simon Says Stamp Challenge... Anything but a card...Be Mine...Toilet Paper Roll Mini-album!

Hey! Happy hump day, stampin' friends! WOWZERS! Soooooo many folks joined us at Simon Says Stamp last week. I don't think I have ever seen so many people join a challenge before in my life! That was awesome!!!! We have a wonderful new designer joining the team too. Kathy is soooo super talented please check out her blog and give her a warm welcome to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge DT.

So we have another fabulous challenge this week at Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog. This week we would like to see anything but a card! The Simon Says Stamp DT are featuring "All Things Tim Holtz" this week too. You can join us and use your Tim Holtz products too or not...your choice! 

We also have a fabulous prize again this week. A whopping $50 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Superstore. I know you won't have any trouble spending it. The store is chalked full of crafty goodness!

So, I decided to channel my inner "Tim" and get really inky for this challenge! When I first saw this toilet paper roll mini-album, I knew I had to give it a go and that it would be perfect for this weeks challenge....Anything but a card!!!

So, I flattened and covered 4 toilet paper rolls with this luscious Echo Park Be Mine paper from the Simon Says Stamp store with Zip Dry. I painted the edges of 2 covered rolls with Picket Fence Distress Crackle Paint and the other 2 with Pewter Distress Crackle Paint.  Then I took 4 shipping tags and I inked them with the Worn Lipstick and Black Soot Distress ink like Tim demonstrates in this video to get "The Perfect Distress" look. For the tag that is showing I used a Tim Holtz mini-mask and inked with Black Soot Distress ink using the blending tool like Tim demonstrates in this video. I then used various stamps on all the tags from this gorgeous Tim Holtz set called Urban Grunge and I especially love the text stamp in this set and will be using it more often. I added Perfect Pearls to the tags for a subtle shimmer. To embellish I used American Crafts ribbon from my stash and I also cut some Grunge paper with my Die-namics Little Open Scallop border die and rolled rose die. I then inked with Worn Lipstick. I added some of the stickers that come in the Be Mine paper pack by Echo Park and some bling and pearls. I  added some gorgeous Pink Prima flowers and Grey Prima Flowers that co-ordinate perfectly with the Be Mine paper. To attach all the toilet rolls I used my Crop-O-dile and attached extra large eyelets and use binder rings and then added lots of ribbon. 

For the tag I thought I would add King Tilda...she is so cute. I coloured her with Copics and cut her out and pop-dotted her on the tag. I also added Gold Stickles to her crown. You can also add small photos to the tags if you want. 

This toilet paper roll mini-album was so much fun to make and I really enjoyed getting really inky and creative with all the fabulous products that Tim Holtz has created for us! You can get soooooo many of his products at Simon Says Stamp Superstore! Just click on the "All Things Tim Holtz" link at the top of the side bar on the Simon Says Stamp SuperStore!  The new products just released at CHA are coming soon! 

Thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my Simon Says Stamp project. Please visit the other DT girls to see all their stunning creations!  I hope you can join us this week!

Get inky!

Hugs,