Kraftin' Kimmie Christmas Challenge- Glitter

It's time for another Christmas Challenge at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Facebook Group! This week the theme is Glitter!

For my card today I used the Shake It Up stamp set. I originally envisioned the snow globe being a shaker but I couldn't get it to work quite right so I went a different direction. 

This is a fun stamp set and one I haven't used much, need to change that!!

I think it turned out nice!! the glitter didn't really show up in the photos but those snowflakes are very sparkly in person! Another holiday card done for my stash!

Hope you'll come play along!!

Supplies~

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shake It Up Stamp Set, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Copics, Catherine Pooler Cardstock, Echo Park Winter Market 6x6 Paper and Enamel Dots, SU Basic Black Cardstock, Craftin' Desert Divas Crazy Stitched Frames, Kraftin' Kimmie Krafty Kolours Ocean Opulence Ink, Glitter, 

Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks Day 1

I am so excited to be part of the Kraftin' Kimmie December 2014 Release! 

Welcome to day ONE of our DECEMBER Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks!!! We have so many goodies in store for you for our last release of 2014 and we've been dyin' to share them! So here we GO!!

Today we are THRILLED to introduce a new artist to you! She's actually one of our Krafty Girl Design Team members!! It's Becky Pearce and we are previewing her very first AMAZING set today!! It's called MAKE A WISH!!

Becky's new sets feature larger sized fun sentiments featuring a mixture of gorgeous fonts!! This very first set is a beautiful birthday set perfect to use on their own on a more simple design or in combination with a focal image and a more fancy design! We know you're going to love all the amazing creations on today's hop full of inspiration!!

For today's creation I used one of the sentiments from the new set, Make a Wish along with an older stamp, Lilybelle. 

Be sure to leave some love at every stop because one lucky random WINNER will receive a $10 gift voucher to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop!! All of this week's winners will be announced at our LIVE Online Release Party on Sunday afternoon!!! ALL the new stamp sets we are previewing this week will be released on Sunday afternoon!!

Happy hoppin'!!

Happy Birthday Faye!

A great big Happy Birthday to my blogging friend, Faye!! Barbara from Little Miss Muffet came up with this fun digi to help celebrate Faye's birthday! Hop on over to the Little Miss Muffet blog to see what the other gals did with this fun image and be sure to stop by the birthday girl's blog too and leave her some birthday love!

Here's my card featuring the new Polka Dot Pals Faye!! I had SO much fun adding lots of glitter for some sparkle! 

Thanks for stopping by and again, Happy Birthday Faye!!

If all else fails, add pink, sparkle and a butterfly!

Stamps~ Little Miss Muffet~digi~Polka Dot Pals Faye, TAC Party Time
Ink~ SU Tempting Turquoise 
Cardstock~ SU Tempting Turquoise, Copic Xpress it
Designer Paper~ Kaisercraft Magic Happens
Other Goodies~copics, glitter, glossy accents, stardust pen

Paper Pretties Challenge~White on White

It's time for another challenge at Paper Pretties! Be sure to visit the blog and see how you can play along and see the other designers creations!

This week we want to see your White on White creations! I must admit these are starting to become a favorite of mine!

I used Holiday Fairy Meg for my card today. She's colored with copics and then fussy cut out. I added some Baby Boy Blue Sparkly Fluff to her trim and then some glitter to her wings. The white background is embossed with two different snowflake embossing folders.

Hope you have the most wonderful day!


If all else fails-add pink, sparkle and a butterfly!
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Inky Impressions-Distress It

**Please scroll down for my Flutter By Wednesday Challenge**

It's time for another Inky Impressions Challenge! Check out the blog for details and to see the other inkettes creations!

This week our challenge is to Distress It! Not a technique I do often but that's what challenges are about, right? To play along and challenge ourselves!

I used Angelica the Bride for today's creation. Isn't she so pretty?

I'm entering this into Charisma Cardz Challenge #19-No digis allowed.

See you soon! 

If all else fails-add pink, sparkle and a butterfly!

stamps~ Inky Impressions-Angelica the Bride,
ink~ Memento Tuxedo Black,
cardstock~ misc white, SU Blush Blossom,
designer paper~ K&Company Isabella paper pad that I've had forever,
other goodies~ copics, Zig Wink of Stella gold pen, Tim Holtz Distressing tool, Martha Stewart glitter, flowers, SU little leaves sizzlits, stickles, Viva Decor Cream pearl pen,

FBW #221

It's time for the first Flutter By Wednesday Challenge of the year!! Be sure to visit the blog to see how you can join us and play along this week! 

We are saying so long to Joey and Tara this week--they will be missed but we wish them the best!! and we are saying hello to Cassie!! We're looking forward to fluttering with her!


Our challenge this week is In With the New! Use something new or use the theme of New--new baby, new house, etc.

I chose to use something new!   The new Stampin' Up Spring Mini catalog is going to be ready to be ordered from tomorrow so I thought I'd give you a sneak peek of a few things! I LOVE this mini catalog!! So many fun products!!

Today's card uses the new Swallowtail stamp (isn't it gorgeous!! it's big--the card is a 5x5 card-- but I love it) and the new Honeycomb embossing folder (which I used in my new Big Shot!!). 

Have an awesome day and hope you'll play along with us at Flutter By Wednesday this week!

stamps~ Swallowtail,
ink~ Memento Tuxedo Black,
cardstock~ misc.white cardstock, Daffodil Delight, Night of Navy,
designer paper~
other goodies~ copics, Big Shot, Honeycomb Embossing Folder, Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Dimensionals, glitter

Remember you can purchase all your stamping and crafting needs at my Stampin' Up website anytime~ Click HERE to go shopping!!
All items in bold type are Stampin' Up products!

PMS Digi Makeover #10

What a fun day today is!! Not only is it PMS Digi Makeover day but it’s also release day at PMS!! So we combined things and making it super fun for YOU!!

For a complete list of all the stops on the blog hop today, please visit the PMS blog! and Be sure to visit the blog to find out all about the new releases and also to see how you can play along with the challenge this week!! Also to find out about a fabulous prize!!!

Our challenge this week is always fun--no square or rectangle cards allowed!! Here’s my creation using the new digi-Color Kid Snowflake~

The little details~ digi-Color Kid Snowflake, copics, CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge, vellum, glitter, SU Dazzling Details,

StampFairy Challenge--a shaker card

EEK! This week at StampFairy Challenges the challenge is to make a shaker card. I have never made one and almost chickened out but figured, that's why it's a challenge so I thought I'd give it a shot.

Okay, I struggled big time with this but only because I messed up my cutting of the image as I should've left more space around it. But I didn't give up and I finished it...next time, hopefully, it'll be easier for me and look better! LOL! 

**edited to add--be sure there are NO gaps, even tiny ones in the foam tape on a shaker card when you use glitter!! I thought I had it sealed good...gave it to Belle this morning and well, now we have a very sparkly kitchen table! LOL! **

The little details~ digi Toby Spring Fairy, copics, My Mind's Eye Tickled Pink, SU scallop punch, Smooch Illuminate, Martha Stewart punch, glitter, flowers, stickles,

Cheery Q

Christy has a dear friend turning 40 soon and wanted to surprise her with 40 cards so I thought it would be fun to join in!

Christy had designed an image for her friend but I thought I'd be different and use an image I've had for awhile but haven't used, Cheery Q. Isn't she so fun on her cupcake?

this shows the embossing a bit better

My colors were based of off Christy's friends favorites. I kept it pretty simple so it'd mail okay. Hope she enjoys it!!


The little details~ digi Cheery Q, copics, pitch black copic glitter pen, nestabilities, copic multi-liner, Martha Stewart crystal coarse glitter, cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder,

 

FBW #142- Rainbows

Time for another Flutter By Wednesday!! Be sure to check out the FBW Blog for all the details! Also be sure to visit all the Flutter By Team for some fabulous inspiration--links are on my sidebar!!

Our challenge today threw me a bit...we are to use a rainbow or have a rainbow of colors on our creations along with our butterfly, fairy or angel. I went the rainbow of colors route on my fairy's wings..hehe!

I used another one of the images from the latest Carmen Medlin for SCACD release, Lilia. What a pretty, sweet fairy she is!

The little details~ Lilia, Memento Tuxedo Black, copics, white pen, nestabilities, heart blocks embossing folder,glitter, just my type embossing folder, flowers, Prima card jewerly, Kaisercraft pearls,

Frogs & Kisses

Taking a minute to play around with the TAC SOTM~ Frogs and Kisses. Very cute set!!

I am really liking the clean and simple style. Easier to mail too! 

The little details~ Frogs and Kisses, Memento Tuxedo Black, copics, cardstock, white pen, glitter, Martha Stewart punch,

Cupcake Day

Last month I had fun with my family on our "dinosaur day" (you can read about it HERE) so we decided to do theme days every so often. Our last one was a cupcake day! We drew pictures of cupcakes and told stories about them, Belle colored some print outs of cupcakes and of course, we made some yummy cupcakes and the kiddos decorated them. Then the best part--eating them! Yummy!!

Here's a few photos of our fun day~~

 This last one was Officer Belle giving Matthew a speeding and littering ticket in his "car"!

So I only thought it fitting to use an image with a cupcake...and since I haven't gotten this PMS stamp inky, I thought it was even more perfect! Meet Olive the Otter! Isn't she just too cute and fun?? 

I used this week's sketch from SCS, SC287.

supplies:

• card size: 4 1/4 x 5 1/2
• stamps: Olive the Otter,
• paper: PTI cardstock, scraps from Basic Grey Euphoria, SU cardstock,
• ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Rich Razzleberry,
• others: copics, glitter, stardust pen, flowers, Heidi Swapp jewels,

Lolli Anya

I can't believe our weather here in El Paso! It is brutally cold out--for us--and they are predicting more snow! Wow!! Tomorrow night they are predicting the temps to fall around 21 degrees....brrrrrr!!!!
Of course the kids (and me) are hoping for another snow day but we'll see.

Okay onto my card. I used my new Lolli Anya so I could show some fun glitter on her lollipop. Isn't she just so cute?? Love her!!

supplies:

• card size: 5 1/2 x 4 1/4
  
• stamps: Lolli Anya,
• paper: SU cardstock, DCWV Sweet Stack,
  
• ink: Memento Tuxedo Black,
  
• others: copics, quickie glue pen, glitter clean up cloth, glitter, copic glitter pens, nestabilities, CM fine tip markers, Dress It Up Glitter Potpourri Pink Flowers, 
  

What I did:
I stamped Lolli Anya in memento ink onto my cardstock and colored her with my copics. I used my quickie glue pen to add glitter to the lollipop. I love using the quickie glue pen as you can get in small areas easy so you can add different colors. 
I added a few touches to the bows and dress with my copic glitter pens. I cut the image out with my nesties and then doodled around the edges with my CM fine tip markers. To finish the card I picked the papers, added a few embellishements and voila', a Lolli Anya card.

As I was getting ready to post this, I looked outside, lookie what I saw~
We'll see what the schools do tomorrow...hopefully no school! This is so unusual for here!!

 

Sparkly Thursday #2- Glitter

I think most of us started our sparkly journey with glitter. I know many people don't like to use glitter as they feel it's too messy but it's still one of my favorites, although I tend to grab stickles more these days.
Not much to really show about glitter but a Sparkly Thursday couldn't be complete without it.

Here's just a few things I thought of to share about wonderful glitter:

• it comes in so many colors
• lots of different sizes, there are super tiny crystal glitter all the way to big chunky glitter so it depends on the look you want
• before you apply your glue, rub either an anti-static cloth over your paper or a dryer sheet to remove the static electricity so the glitter doesn't stray far.
• use a glitter clean up cloth for easier clean up
• one lesson I learned the hard way---don't have any fans on..LOL!
• use a quickie glue pen to get small areas and to use different colors in small areas
• there are lots of options of glitter for snow....makes a gorgeous effect 

Thanks for stopping by for Sparkly Thursday! Stop by next Thursday for glitter pens!!

I don't have a card right this second to share with you, got carried away looking at blogs and cutting new rubber.  I'll have a new creation soon!
Have a sparkly day!