Kraftin' KImmie March Skrappy Challenge

  Good morning krafty friends!

It's March, and that means it's time for a brand new
SKRAPPY CHALLENGE

with Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

 The theme of course is ANYTHING BUT A CARD!

For this challenge you can make anything that strikes your fancy....except a card!
So design a new scrapbook page, bookmark, tag, altered item, planner page, art journal, ATC cards...whatever you like!

Just make sure to include some Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps products and make sure it's a new creation!  As soon as we have at least five people playing along, we'll be giving away a $10 gift voucher to the krafty shop as the monthly prize!  

For this month's Skrappy Challenge I decided to make a tag. I used the Bouncing Bubbles Stencil with some Nuvo Moonstone Glitter Paste to create the base for my tag. For my image I used one of the mermaids I colored up in my Krafty Kolour Along Live, (you can always watch the replay or I have a video going over this technique HERE!). This fun mermaid and her turtle friend are from the Mermaid Friends stamp set and her tail has a pattern created on it with the Pattern Parade Stencil!

I don't make tags often but this sure was fun!! 

You have until Monday, April 4th to enter, and you can submit as many new creations as you like for more chances to WIN!  Also be sure to share your designs on the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps' Krafty Friends facebook page because we love to see your stuff!

Check out some more inspiration from the Krafty Team below and be inspired to get krafty!!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Supplies~

Sizzix Super Scallop Tag Die, Kraftin' Kimmie Mermaid Friends Stamp Set, SU Cardstock, Kraftin' Kimmie Pattern Parade Stencil, Kraftin' Kimmie Bouncing Bubbles Stencil, Nuvo Moonstone Glimmer Paste, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Copics, Scan N Cut, Kraftin' Kimmie Mermaid Melody Ink, Kraftin' Kimmie Krafty Dots, Ribbon, 

Have a sweet summer!

My friend Alicia made a watermelon card recently that was adorable so it inspired me to make one too!

I used some neglected dies for this card. I always forget to sponge ink onto my die cuts but I remembered today and did a comparison between inked and uninked...wow! It really does add so much!!

This was a fun card to create! A little different for me to not be using many stamps but that's good, it helps to shake things up often!

(it was a hard card to photograph but hopefully you get the idea!)

Have a wonderful day!!

Stamps~ Unity~ June 2012 Kit of the month, 
Ink~ SU Flirty Flamingo, SU Certainly Celery, 
Cardstock~ SU Certainly Celery, SU Flirty Flamingo, SU Basic Black,
Designer Paper~
Other Goodies~ Sizzix watermelon die, Quickutz ant die, La La Land Crafts Stitched Nested Circles, 

More layouts!

I've been busy scrapbooking! 3 more layouts to share! I really am having the best time scrappin' but I think I will be making a card or so soon~~ don't want to get rusty on my coloring!

Again, not the greatest photos but you get the idea. I used my CTMH idea books for the first two layouts and then used a sketch from SCS for the last one. 

Here's the SCS sketch I used for the last layout~

Thanks for stopping by! I will be back soon! I'm excited that I went on a job interview today and I go back later in the week for the second part of the interview. Crossing my fingers that this one works out!!

Have a happy day!

Hello Sweet Friend

I was inspired today by MFT's Creative Construction with Blueprints post today to make a tag. Of course, now want the tag builder blueprints but I am telling myself to make more tags before I buy them! 

My first tag uses a retired stamp from The Greeting Farm called Wild Sprouts Dee Dee. She's just adorable! I tried coloring a darker skin tone and different hair color combo than I usually do and used a color combo from Amy, HERE!

It's simple but I like it. Have a great day and hope you do something that makes you smile!

Stamps~ TGF-retired Wild Sprouts Dee Dee, SU- Six-Sided Sampler
Ink~Memento Tuxedo Black,SU Basic Black,
Cardstock~ SU Perfect Plum, Copic Xpress-It,
Designer Paper~ Basic Grey- Kioshi
Other Goodies~ Sizzix Super Scallop Tag, EK Success corner rounder, copics, clear Wink of Stella, ribbon

Trishell

Time for another mermaid! Today I'm using the beautiful Trishell Mermaid from The Greeting Farm! She's out of stock but I am sure they'll have more in stock soon!

I love her tail and the way it fans out so I had to add some sparkle to it! I also used my MFT Blueprints 1 dies for this card. I'm really liking those dies more and more but of course, that means that I want more and more. LOL!

Have a fabulous day and be happy!

Stamps~ TGF- Trishell
Ink~  Memento Tuxedo Black,
Cardstock~ SU Island Indigo, Copic Xpress it,
Designer Paper~ Bo Bunny- Barefoot & Bliss Collection,
Other Goodies~ copics, MFT Blueprints 1 dies, Sizzix Seashell #1, Cuttlebug Tiny Bubbles embossing folder, Smooch Glitz Frost, Stardust Stickles,

What a happy day!

For a while now I have felt like something has been missing from my crafting. There have been a few days when I felt happy and content but mostly, I just felt like I was going through the motions.

I put too much pressure on myself~~getting caught up in the whole blogging and social media side of crafting~~ feeling like I should blog every day, keep up with Facebook, yahoo groups, Facebook groups, Ning sites....it's exhausting.

I also find myself falling into the trap of comparing myself to others. Which I know not to do, but I have caught myself lately thinking that I don't color as well as others, or I don't put my cards together as well as others. Stupid, I know.

In my heart I've been longing to get back to my roots so to speak. Scrapbooking. I have so many photos to scrap and you know what, it makes me so happy when I look through my scrapbooks and my photos. But I always get overwhelmed and never know where to start.

So I decided this weekend, enough is enough. I need to do what makes ME happy. In my style, my time and no pressure. I know, this is something I should do all along but I find it so easy to get wrapped up in all the other stuff. So I told myself to just go upstairs, grab an envelope of photos that haven't been put away yet and scrap them.

I was thrilled that the envelope I grabbed had zoo photos! and I scrapped. and I smiled. and I felt the happiness in my heart like I haven't felt in quite a while. 

I used my stamps. I used my Cricut. I used punches. I used dies. I didn't try to find challenges. I didn't look at any sites for how I should make the perfect layout. I had fun.

Lesson learned or should I say re-learned...Do what makes YOURSELF happy!

There might not be as many posts on the blog....might not be as many cards...might be more layouts...maybe something else...but that's okay because it's my blog.

I do appreciate all the love and support from my blogging friends and I appreciate you all continuing to stop by when you have a chance! 

With all that said, here's the layouts I made today.

Have a fabulous night! I think I might start another layout!

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

Sweater Sock Fairy

Finally! Got a card done! I've been working on this since last Saturday~~ I think that's the longest it's ever taken me to finish a card. But between celebrating Matthew's 12th birthday, getting in the routine of school/Sam's work and also starting back at Curves...I've been tired and busy!! 

We have nothing planned this weekend so hopefully I can create, create and create the weekend away!!

This image is one of the new fairies from Saturated Canary. They have an edge to them that I think is fun! (remember you can always click on the photo to see it larger)

This is for the following challenges~

• My Flutter By Wednesday Challenge where we are embossing this week
• Saturated Canary #50~Winged Things
• Papertake Weekly~ Flower Power
• Through the Craftroom Door~ Anything Goes
• Creative Belli~ Glitter--some glitter I've had forever and never used or used rarely!
• Whimsical Designs~ Glitter
• Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge~ dies/punches

Have a super fabulous night/day!!

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

stamps~ Saturated Canary~digi~ Sweater Socks Fairy
ink~ SU Crisp Cantaloupe,
cardstock~ Crafter's Companion white, SU Perfect Plum,
designer paper~ Prima~ Fairy Flora
other goodies~ copics, glitter, QK Adornments die, flowers, Sizzlit corner die, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder, Martha Stewart punch

copics used~ skin-R20, R30, E000, E00, E11, R56, R59  hair- E23, E27, E29, E39, E59,  eyes-E23, E27  dress/socks- V20, V22, V25, V28  wings- YR00, YR01, YR02  shadows- W3, BG10

Wee Suzi

I feel like I'm cheating on this card...hehe..using an image I colored awhile ago. This sweetie is Wee Suzi from Wee Stamps.  I am just in love with these digi's and think that soon I will have to get some more of them! Although I think I might get the rubber stamps from Whimsy. Isn't it nice to have both options? 

Have a great day!

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

stamps~ Sylvia Zet-Wee Stamps-Wee Suzi, TAC Laughter,
ink~ SU Chocolate Chip,
cardstock~ misc white, SU Chocolate Chip,
designer paper~ Basic Grey-Kioshi,
other goodies~ copics, stickles, Sizzlit photo corner, 

Sweet Nothings Stamp Company Anniversary Blog Hop

Hello Hoppers!

Welcome to Sweet Nothings Stamp Co.’s  1 Year Anniversary Celebration blog Hop! We’re so excited you’re here!

This year quickly flew by and we can’t believe we already have a year’s experience under our belt! Boy, does time fly when you’re having fun! We hope our next years are as fun and this past year has been.

So, without further adieu, here is the project I created using Cupcake Sophie! I thought she was perfect for celebrating!

To celebrate, we’ve got some fun in store for all of you... Be sure to hop along to ALL of our DT and GDT member’s blogs and be sure to leave a comment on every blog in order to qualify for a prize. All prizes were graciously donated by our fabulous sponsors. Be sure to show them some love as well and stop by their shops!

A $35 gift certificate from MB’s Treasurista to use in their shop!

2 prize packages of laces and trims from Karlas001. Each prize pack’s value is $25. 

Diana McRae- A mixed piece (50) prize pack of wood veneers. PLUS a $10 gift certificate to use in her shop. Total prize pack value is $35.00.

Lavish Laces- A mixed prize pack of laces, trims and flowers. Prize pack value is $40.

The Piece by Piece- A mixed prize pack of laces and trims. Prize pack value is $40.

3 prizes of 3 digital images from Sweet Nothings Stamp Company. Winners will be able to choose which images they’d like to receive. 

Here is the line up...
Sweet Nothings Stamp Co. 
Lina 
Katie 
Aliscia 
DeNetra 
Yvette 
Steph 
Archana 
Beverly 
Danni <---You are here!!
Ria 
Pattie
Jo
Sharon

The hop will be open until Monday April, 22, 2013- midnight EST!

Thank you so much to all of you who have supported us through our first year! We owe our success to all of you! We hope you’ll continue to support us and grow along with us! 

Thanks for hopping along with us!

The Sweet Nothings Stamp Co. Team 

FBW #220

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! Lots of fun in our household for sure!

It's Wednesday so that means it's time to flutter!! Be sure to visit the Flutter By Wednesday blog to find out how you can play along with us!!

This week our challenge is Open--anything goes as long as you have a butterfly or fairy on your creation!

While I was at my friends house on Saturday I colored up this digi and really liked how she turned out so I decided to use her this week for my FBW creation!

stamps~ digi-Sonny Honeycloud Butterflies,
ink~
cardstock~ misc. white cardstock, Bravo Burgandy, 
designer paper~ SEI With All My Heart,
other goodies~ copics, SU Scallop Trim Border Punch, Sizzix thin cuts photo corners die, Stampin' Trimmer--which I still LOVE and the blade refills are available now, pearls, stickles, 

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!

The Pink Elephant # 161

We’re heading Back To School this week with The Pink Elephant Challenge so be sure to visit the blog to find out how you can play along and to see the other team members creations!

I thought Bookish Tia from Some Odd Girl would be fun for this challenge. Doesn’t she look so stylish heading back to school?

I colored her with my copics and then cut her out. I paired her with Kaisercraft Class of ‘87 paper. My nestabilities were used to cut out the background behind Bookish Tia. I used a combo of dies and punches to create the flowers.

On the inside I added a strip of paper and stamped the sentiment from my TAC-Tag Tidbit set. To finish the card I added some Kaisercraft rhinestones for some more accents.

Hope you’ll join us this week at The Pink Elephant Challenge!!

Basic Grey Curio

When trying to decide which Basic Grey paper to use today I found the Curio pad and realized I’ve only used it maybe once, so out it came!
Next I needed to chose an image so I went to my printed digi folder to see if something there caught my eye and something did..hehe! I thought Precious from Tiddly Inks would work wonderfully with these papers.

The little details~ digi-Precious, copics, Basic Grey Curio, flower, Sizzlit photo corner die, QK flourish die, Smooch Illuminate, stickles, Martha Stewart punch,

Happy Mail Peeker

Have you ordered your new Elisabeth Bell for SCACD stamps yet? no? Well you better head on over and get them ordered! You know you *need* them all!!

Today I decided to ink up the super cute and sweet Happy Mail Peeker! I know that I love getting happy mail and I can just see her happiness too in this sweet stamp!

 

The little details~ Happy Mail Peeker, Memento Tuxedo Black, copics, ShinHan Art Touch Twin markers, nestabilities, SU Bashful Blue ink, copic multi-liner .03, old cloud stencil, SU Creamy Caramel ink, Bo Bunny Ad Lib, SU border punch, flowers, Sizzix photo corner die, Kaisercraft rhinestones,

FBW #191

Time for another Flutter By Wednesday Challenge! Be sure to visit the blog to see how you can play along this week! Be sure to visit my Flutter By Team for lots of inspiration- links on my sidebar!

This week we have a photo for inspiration~

Isn’t that just gorgeous? I was drawn to the color…that most beautiful pink and the pretty flowers! When going through my stamps, I thought that this sadly neglected Star Girl Bouquet by Penny Johnson would be the perfect stamp to go along with this week’s inspiration photo.

 

The little details~ Star Girl Bouquet, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, copics, Basic Grey Kissing Booth, SU Embosslits Beautiful Wings die, Diamond stickles, Fruit Punch stickles,

SCACD Sneak Peek!!!

*scroll down for my FBW post*
I’m so excited to be able to give you a little sneak peek of one of the new stamps being released on Friday at SCACD!!! Sneak peeks will be today and tomorrow and then release day is Friday so be sure to visit the store blog, Follow Your Heart, each day so you don’t miss a thing!!
To add to the fun, each day there will be one stamp, of Susana’s choice, from this release given away on each sneak peek designer’s blog so be sure to visit and leave a comment each day before 9 pm (EST)!! Sharing a sneak with me today is Kim so after you’re done here, head on over to her blog!!  Both winners will be posted on the store blog, Follow Your Heart, today at 9:30 pm (EST)!!!
This release is amazing and has stamps by the talented Sylvia Zet for SCACD and Victoria Case for SCACD! Today I’m sharing a stamp from the new Fairylicious {squeal} Collection by Victoria Case for SCACD called If the Shoe Fits…  I just adore the look on her face! How super fun!!

  

The little details~ If the Shoe Fits…, Memento Tuxedo Black, copics, Basic Grey Kissing Booth, Sizzix Architectural Accent Sizzlit die, SU punches, SU markers, Kaisercraft pearls, stardust stickles,

Send a Smile 4 Kids

I am so pleased and just filled with happiness as I have just went through my stash of cards and got 55 cards ready to be mailed off to Send a Smile 4 Kids. I hope to make monthly card donations to them from now on as this is one cause that touches my heart.

For those who don’t know, my Annabelle was in the Children’s Hospital in Kansas City, a week after she was born. She was having seizures and after a horrific day at the hospital where she was born and watching them poke my baby 18 times to try and get blood and spinal fluid--with no success--they air-lifted her to the Children’s Hospital.

She was in their care for a week and basically her seizures were caused from her thyroid not being fully developed and not producing enough calcium and magnesium.

I will never forget how kind and caring the staff was there. So I can just imagine if you add in receiving handmade cards, it truly would be an extra blessing in a most trying time.

Annabelle is fine now and has never had another seizure but I still remember that time of our lives that was filled with fear of losing our precious baby girl.

Matthew was also in the German equivalent of a Children’s hospital for a week after birth too. But he is also fine now.

So yes, this cause touches me deeply and now that I’ve found it, I hope to help promote it and donate to it as much as I can! I hope you’ll consider helping out too!

I was pleased to find out that they also have challenges to help get your creativity going so I hope to play along often!

Their current challenge is to use punches and/or die cuts. I noticed when I was getting cards ready to go that I didn’t have many “boy” cards so I’m going to try to do more of those (why are they so hard for me?) so here’s what I came up with~

The little details~ Matthew, Memento Tuxedo Black, copics, SU Bashful Blue ink, nestabilities, copic multi-liner, My Mind’s Eye Lime Twist-Fly a Kite, SU border punch, Sizzlit button die, scrappers floss,

Femme Fatale

Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend! I’ve been catching up on some much needed family time.  So nice to just “be” with each other sometimes.
But today I decided I *needed* to craft! Way too many ideas floating around in my brain, must let some of them out!!
While I was gone to seminar, Susana had a wonderful release by Victoria Case for SCACD~~ Sweet Meets Sassy Collection 2! I had played with a few of the great stamps but knew I wanted to get some of the others inky too so today I started with Femme Fatale.
Since it’s the 4th of July weekend for us here in the USA, I decided that this gorgeous gal was going to a glamorous charity event for the 4th so she’d dolled out in her best patriotic attire!

I used the sketch from this week’s Sketch Saturday Challenge 162.

The little details~ Femme Fatale, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, copics, Brilliance Pearlescent Beige ink, Bo Bunny Liberty, copic glitter pens, sizzlit die, star stickers, diamond stickles,