Kim's Kards

Black and Cream

2011-02-04T16:48:00.001-08:00

Finally, I've created something different from my usual! I have been wanting to do a cream and black card since seeing the blk and cream pp in the occasions mini. I love the new pp, but just don't need that many pieces. If I could only get 1 or 2 of them. I got the Bliss stamp set free from the SAB promotion. I didn't like it at first, but then thought of going outside my comfort zone. I had some ideas in my head and then looked at the occasions mini and realized my idea's were similar. I love this new background folder from SU called Vintage Wallpaper. I don't have a Big Shot, but it worked well in the Cuttlebug. These folders make deep impressions. I also used my new scallop oval punch and did some layering. The big Bliss image is stamped on the cream and I used the oval punch to cut it out. My fab friend Mel gave me some of her SU black lace. Very nice lace! Now, I'll go overboard making cream and blk cards. lol

Thanks for stopping by for a look see!

Birthday Bakery Store Front

2011-01-18T11:26:00.000-08:00

I saw a card like this on SCS in the Birthday Bakery section by debzi333 and had to give it a try! It was really easy to look at her card and copy. Something totally different and easy is my level of crafting! This stamp is really getting used the last couple days.

I stamped the image with blk craft ink directly onto the Whisper White. Used the window punch for the awning and bottom window ledge. I think I might make another one of these today. Still need more Bday cards.

Cheers!
Kim

Birthday Bakery Cards

2011-01-17T15:49:00.000-08:00

I have 4 Bday's coming up and also Vday is soon around the corner. I cased the red and blue card from Mamamostamps on SCS. Loved the red and blue glittery paper from Candy Cane Christmas paper and thought what a good idea to use for Bday's. This was the best pp SU has ever come out with!

I have a hard time with masculine cards, but found in all my pp pieces some more masculine coloured pp and used a similar design to the red and blue card. The image is from the SU Hostess Set - Birthday Bakery. I coloured with matching copics to the papers, added silver for the trays and stickles for some shine to the white. Nothing fancy, but a nice easy card to do!

Thanks for a having a looky loo!

Kim

Baby Peyton Has Arrived!

2010-11-03T09:16:00.000-07:00

One of my bestest girlfriends had her 3rd baby on Halloween morning! Another girl! Peyton Morgan is her name. How cute! I am a bit bummed, as I won't get to meet Peyton until she's about 6 weeks old. That is what happens when friends move away. :o(

I had already made her a card and given her a gift when we went up to visit the wknd before, but it was a quick not very nice card. I wanted to make a nice card to mail her. I think I accomplished that. It was nice to take a break from Xmas themed cards to make something with pinks.

I hope you are all busy making your holiday cards! I know I need to get back in and make lots more.

Happy Crafting!

Kim

Anya Witch - Boo To You & RRR10

2010-10-19T14:29:00.000-07:00

One of two cards I made for my girls for Halloween! I had this on SCS and a lady named True uggested I submit this to Really Reasonable Ribbon's blog. Great looking talent on their design team. So, why not give it a go, eh!

Thanks True for the suggestion and letting me know of RRR.

Kim

Freaky Flutter Bday Girl Cake Card For Kels Bday

2010-10-17T10:16:00.001-07:00

I bought myself a couple of new digi images from TGF last month. The Freaky Flutter Girl Cake one and the Anya Witch on a broom. I had a upcoming girlfriends Bday, so I had to give this girl a try. She's fun to colour! The layout was from TGF, maybe? Inside the card says - 100% True Friend. Kels and I have been friends for about 24 yrs. Wow, we are getting old. haha. I'm taking her out today for high tea. Love the little place that has hosts the high tea. It's like Gramma's cottage. I've also been busy making Xmas and Halloween cards. Fall brings the time to hide away in the dungeon being crafty.

Happy Crafting to all of you!

Cards That I Have Made In The Last 6 months!

2010-09-29T10:03:00.000-07:00

Lisa's Bday card

Mel's Bday Card

Girls Easter Cards

Aunt Dene's Bday card

Wow, it's been forever since I have posted on my blog! Really, I haven't made very many cards in the last 6 months. We did a lot of travelling this past Spring and Summer. Disneyland for a week in April, with my Mom and girls. Maui for 9 days in June with my husband to celebrate our 10th Wedding Ann. 2 weeks in July driving back to Ontario and then home through 7 States. Then in August - 1 week in Parksville on Vancouver Island and 1 week up at Shuswap Lake. We had a fab. summer! Incredible really! Now, it's fall and time for Holiday Cards to be made. I've actually got 10 done so far. I've kept it really simple this year!

I hope you all have been busy being creative and crafty!

Happy Fall to All!

Kim

Lauren and Jordan Are Turning 7!

2010-02-23T14:35:00.001-08:00

Jordan's Bday card

Lauren's Bday card

My girls are turning 7 tomorrow! I have had these images coloured since before Christmas, so I figured it's long past time to use them.

80's Anya is for Jordan. I used some Hannah Montana pp and pulled the colours from it for the card and the colouring. I attempted my first stitching... will definitely be needing practice. (Mel don't look to closely, you'll just die) :o) It was fun though to give something new a try. I used a layout that was from TGF - CAF#4. Sewed on a couple of fun buttons in similar colours. I actually cut Anya out and I'm liking the way it looks.

Mermaid Anya - I first coloured her and then pulled the colours from her tail for the papers and accessories. I was at a scrapbook store on Sunday buying me some new copics.. really light coloured ones... love them. I picked up the coordinating coloured papers and little stick on pearls. The plastic shells are left over from my bridal shower 10 yrs ago. Why I had kept them I'm not sure, but they were finally put to some use. I used my newest nesties - Labels Four. It's so nice to have new items to play with once and awhile. I cuttlebugged the swirly folder on the two panels of green paper. The white and the green dotted ones were bought that way. Cool new papers out there. I had to refrain from going paper crazy! This layout was TGF - CAF #5. Loving their layouts.

We go for high tea this Saturday with their Gramma, our best friends Suzi and Makenna and some school friends for their little party celebration! I'm so looking forward to it, but am sad they are growing up just a little too quickly!

Kim

Birthday Anya Cards

2010-02-17T10:05:00.000-08:00

A couple of Birthday cards that I have recently made for some girlfriends Bday's.

The purple/black card is SC255 and the other card I didn't write down what sketch it is or from where. I am keeping them too blah and simple, but I seem to be throwing together the cards last minute lately with no time to try anything new or add more details. In a funk, that's forsure. I definitely enjoy colouring Anya's. I've been trying different ways to see if I can make my colouring look better... like some of those uber talented ladies out there. Maybe, one day I'll get there. I actually cut out an Anya for once. That was a nice change and used my newest Nestie too - Curved Rectangles. Always nice to have something new.

I got a few new copics last week. Bought them online, so hard to know the true colour of them... a couple that I got aren't too pretty. What is the newest item that you have bought for your crafting needs or more like wants?

Cheers and thanks for stopping in!

Kim

Lauren and Jordan 7th Birthday Tea Party

2010-02-02T15:57:00.000-08:00

The ever so talented Mel and I got together a couple weekends ago to make teacup invitations and little purses for goodie bags for my girls upcoming 7th Birthday Tea Party. We are having it at a little Bakery close by that has a feel of Gramma's house in the decor. We will be served high tea with little heart shaped jam sandwiches, pastries and cake for the little girls and a great assortment of items for the big girls that are going. I love going there for high tea. It's so fun!

When I was down in the States the day before making these, I picked up goodies for the little purses. Little eye shadows, lip glosses, nail polishes, little heart shaped paper pads, pencils, M&M's and Fun Dips. These were so fun to make... especially because I got to spend a whole day with Mel and she did all the hard work. :o) Thanks Mel!

Now to finish the wording for the inside and have the girls hand them out. It shall be such a fun time!

Thanks for stopping by for a lookey lew. If you would like the templates, please click on Mel at the top and it will take you to her site. She is uber talented and makes her own templates.

Kim

Happy Birthday Papa Bud

2010-01-02T15:29:00.001-08:00

First card of the year! It's my stepdad's Bday today. He's a hard guy to buy for, let alone a week after xmas. The girls made him tons of artwork and a book. :o) Those are the things Grandparents treasure the most.

I used a image from Mo of a boy and his dog tobogganing. I have such a hard time with guy cards, but thought this image might work. I so want to step outside my limited abilities this year, but I guess it takes time and you can only do so much with the creative jeans you carry and some carry way more then I and I so enjoy their work.

Thank you for taking a peak! I don't really post much on here anymore and maybe I should try to once again.

Happy New Year to all you talented ladies out there!

Kim

Anya All Bundled Up! SC255

2009-11-27T12:08:00.000-08:00

I haven't posted on here forever! I have been making Anya and Vivi elf Christmas cards this year! I love sitting done with my cupfuls of Copics in front of the tv and just colouring. I like to pick a pp and then match the colours for the image to it.

Ingredients:

Stamp - Miss Anya from the Rain Sunshine Snow set, Let it Snow stamp
Paper - Night of Navy, Neenah White, Reminisce Frosted Window, Bordering Blue and a sparkly charcoal.
Ink - Black craft ink with clear ep
Accessories - Snowflake cuttlebug, CM snowflake stickers, Stickles Icicle, Copics, gemstone, circle punches.

I hope your Christmas crafting is going well and almost done! I have a few more to make for my Mom to give to her girlfriends!

Kim

R.I.P.

2009-10-20T18:29:00.000-07:00

A lady at my Mom's work who buys cards needed a boy Halloween card as she already had one from me for a girl. I'm not good on the boy/ masculine cardmaking. I don't really have stamps and such for them. I started digging and thought the Reminscence Rest In Peace PP would be perfect. I cut out one of the tombstones as the main image, added some cuttlebug embossed grey paper for the ground and then painted the swirls with grey ink. Used the SU Sanded BG stamp for some colour, texture on the back grey panel and put in a piece of the RIP pp behind it. I had picked up some bat ribbon that is perfect for cutting little bats from. Way less work then the stamping and handcutting of the ones I did on my Jenna Witch card.

And there ya have it!

Happy Trick Or Treating to all you ghouls!

Kim

Witching You... a Haunting Halloween

2009-10-18T23:44:00.000-07:00

Marvelous Mel spoiled me again with a little package of digi images printed out and some stamped ones. I used Jenna the Witch from LPS for this Halloweenie card. I picked up some lovely blue and blk halloween paper that I saw Mel had in her pile and I just had to copy. I told myself I wasn't going to buy anymore paper... ya well.. I'm a big fat liar. I bought lots. hee hee.
It's just so nice to have new things to motivate you once again. I paper pieced Jenna's dress in the matching PP. Painted in the grey sky, stamped and cut out a couple bat buddies, threw on the cool ribbon Mel and I got and should have gotten more of. It has wire in it. Too fun! Added part of the sentiment from SU Haunting Halloween stamp set and the other half is inside.. saying a Haunting Halloween. :o) The blk paper is a soft dusty black colour that was perfect for the faded blk on the pp, comparted to the normal blk.

I had fun making a card. It's been so long since I've made one. With just having gall bladder surgery, I'm here stuck on the couch with nothing to do, but wasn't able to sit comfortably to craft. I did sneak in some copic colouring while on the couch. I make a bad patient.

Thanks for having a look!

Have a Happy Halloween!

Kim

My Newest Miss Anya Christmas Cards... AND I won at TGF!! Woot woot!

2009-09-29T23:14:00.001-07:00

I turned on the computer to download pics. of my most recent Miss Anya Christmas cards to put onto my blog and what a pleasant surprise in my inbox.... an email from The Greeting Farm with the voting for the Sprouts contest and little ol me as the winner of todays question. That sure made my night. I think my hubbie thinks I'm even nuttier after I got so exited by it. I don't own my own Anya yet and I had just used up my last Miss Anya image from my dear friend Mel. I have a wish list of Anya's, and I am dying for more Miss Anya's to be created. So, I get to pick one to be mine!! Woot woot! Ok, now on to the boring bits... or atleast it seems that way after that excitement.

The above picture shows 2 of the 3 cards that I have been working on for the last couple days. I used Cindy Haffner's layout from the TGF blog for one of them and the other layout is from the Caardvarks sketch challenge.

I used a great pp that I picked up at my LSS that was closing down. I wish I grabbed more then one sheet. It's by Carol Wilson Fine Arts - SCP138D. It has all sorts of great xmas sentiments. I loved it had purple with the green and red. I love non traditional xmas colours.

Details:

Stamps - Miss Anya - Warmy Winter Girl, Recollections Winter Wishes for the sentiment

Papers - Carol Wilson PP, Elegant eggplant, Real red, 2 S.U. greens, purple Bazzill and my fav copic stamping paper... Neenah White.

Inks - SU craft blk and Copic markers

Accessories - Gem Brads, Basic Grey brads, crystal gems, ribbons, Cuttlebug folder - Snowflakes, snowflake stamp and clear ep.

Thanks for having stopped by! I can't wait to share my new TGF stamp when I get it. Now what one to choose. :o)

Happy stamping!

Kim

Changito Cup o Cocoa

2009-09-23T09:51:00.000-07:00

Love these little Changito's. I found this one at a LSS closing out sale. I thought he'd be cute for holiday cards. I used the new Bermuda Bay with Pink Pirouhette and another non SU paper that was close to Berm. Bay. Added some pink shimmerz to the Snowflake Cuttlebug embossed pink pirouhette panel of paper. I used copics to colour in the image, added a snowflake with a swarovski crystal that matched the Berm. Bay perfectly. Also, added some matching Bermuda Bay ribbon. It's the only in-colour I bought this year. Like I need anymore paper or pp's. I am trying to challenge myself to use only paper I have on hand for my xmas cards. Can she do it????

I hope you are all busy getting started on your Holiday creations. Fall's first day yesterday. We've been so lucky in Vancouver to be having incredibly hot days. It's amazing! Less time for the grey blues that comes with all the rain and grey sky.

Cheers!
Kim

I Wanna Be Just Like...

2009-09-06T12:41:00.001-07:00

Club Anya - I Wanna Be Just Like Contest

This is the card I submitted for a contest over on Club Anya. I just love colouring Anya images. They so need to come out in digital! I've used this pp 3 times now and can't recall the name of it. I love this beachy Anya. My other fav's are the one with the purse and the one in winter boots and handwarmer. Lucky for me my girlfriend Mel shared her images with me. I think it's time I bought myself a few of my own. The flipflop brads are also from Mel from a few yrs ago and thought they'd be perfect with this Anya image on a card. Copic coloured the purple flower to match better and the green one matched perfectly on it's own. I really need to start creating outside the box though... all Anya and all similar layouts/ card size. The sentiment is a stampendous one that I found to go well with this image too.

I finally cleaned out my dungeon. Took hrs and it actually almost looks like a place where you can go and create and relax. It feels good to walk into!

Schools back in and I hope to find time now to make more cards to sell!

Happy back to school to all the parents out there! Singing... It's the most wonderful time of the year.

Well enough of my boring blah!

Cheers,

Kim

A Huge Thanks

2009-08-18T22:34:00.000-07:00

I am a VERY lucky girl! At the beginning of August, my Mom and I went across the line to do some back to school shopping at the Chelsea Outlet Mall in Marysville, WA. The girls got loads of great clothes, shoes and great priced school supplies AND I got my first Coach purse and my Mommy bought it for me . Oh my god, it's beautiful! And it's not the type of Coach purse that had shelves of them either. heehee. It was regular $409.00 and got it for $160.00. Wicked deals that day. My Mom had a lady following her around hoping she put down her purse and a lady in line was saying "I want yours" to me. Too funny! So, maybe sounds petty all that over a purse, but when your a purse girl... it's a big deal. :o)

Anywho, marvelous Mel had stamped me some Miss Anya images for my Bday pkg and I had already coloured this image, so how perfect to put on a card for my thank you card to my Mom.
The inside says: "A girl can never have... too many fabulous handbags, too many stylish shoes, or too many incredible friends", from Purple Onion Designs. Talk about the best saying ever and so fitting for my great marathon weekend of shopping.

I've gotten new Copics for my Bday and bought myself some new ones. So much more fun when ya actually own more then 12. I really enjoy colouring the Anya's with Copics. I think I need me some of these gals.

Ingredients:

Stamps - Greeting Farms - Miss Anya Collection, Purple Onion sentiment, So Many Scallops
Papers - Rose red, Bo Bunny Back to Basics, Soft sky and Neenah
Accessories - Copics, clear EP, Cuttlebug Argyle Folder, gem, scallop circle punch

Thanks for reading my blah blah blah about a purse. ;o)

Enjoy your last few weeks of summer!
Kim

Gramps Bday Card

2009-08-05T23:21:00.000-07:00

I got this Grampa digi image in my Bday package of goodies from Mel that came from the Little Paper Shop. I thought I'd use him for my Dad's Bday card. This guys came out looking like Dr. Phil to me! I just threw this together quickly with whatever came to mind which is so not like my usual. I usually struggle forever and copy a layout and colours from a sc or cc. Inside it says - At your age isn't happy hour nap time? He likes his naps. Off for a few weeks of vaca! Looking forward to it and then want to use my other Anya for a card for my Mom and all the shopping we did in the States this past weekend and all the goodies she brought us all.

Happy last month of school holidays ladies!

Kim

My First Anya

2009-07-28T01:00:00.001-07:00

Marvelous Mel gave me a few stamped images in my little Bday package from her. It's so hot here in Vancouver and I was tired of sitting on the couch in the basement, so I made myself go into my dungeon to create. I saw Anya sitting there and thought let's get out the new copic markers. I have been wanting to do a pink/orange colour combo lately. Found this piece of pp in my stash and thought perfect colours and sentiments for a shopping sassy girl. I still need more practice on the copic colouring and these Anya's are perfect for it. You can purchase Anya's at Paper Garden Projects.

The inside of the card says: too many fabulous handbags, too many stylish shoes, or too many incredible girlfriends!

Ain't that the truth!

Thanks for taking a look at my blog. I'd love to hear what you think and take a visit to your blog!

Kim

Coolcat for Kat Bday!

2009-07-27T14:48:00.000-07:00

I haven't been crafting much these days with having the kids home from school and not feeling the crafting creativity either. I needed a Bday card for my friend Kat and soon as I saw this chill looking cat back in June, I knew it was perfect for her card. She just loves cats. I grabbed some summery looking pp from Michaels and pulled the colours from it for the rest of the card and used SCS sc237 for the layout.

I just received a bunch of new copics from Kat for my Bday. Yippeee! Too fun! I just now need to practice with them. The sentiments is a Stampendous stamp that I thought was perfect for this cat. To get this free great digi: CoolcatbyHambo. I haven't used many digital images yet, but I find if you set the ink with your heatgun, you will have very minimal if any running with your copics and the printer ink.

I hope you are all enjoying your summer!

Kim

SC233 Changito Monkey BBQ'ing for Father's Day!

2009-06-18T12:40:00.000-07:00

I finally got into the dungeon. I actually made 4 cards last night, two being of this layout SC233. Woot woot! Boy do I need to to buy some masuline papers. I had to use BG Figgy Pudding Tinsel PP. I picked up this little Changito monkey when I was on the Island for my girls spa weekend at Michaels. I really enjoy these Changito's! Thought this guys was perfect for Fathers Day and male Bday cards. I was actually happy with how these turned out.

Ingredients:

Stamps: Stampendous Changito BBQ, Canvas BG
Papers - Always Artichoke, Old Olive, Ridinghood Red, Cool Carib., BG Figgy Puddings Tinsel and ? PP's, WW
Ink - SU blk craft, cool carib.
Accessories - BBQ sticker, ribbon, brads, Copic markers and SU markers, clear ep

Thanks for taking a peak!

Kim

BG Birdie Stamp Set

2009-06-02T15:55:00.000-07:00

I'm not sure the name of this little Basic Grey birdie set as I don't see a name on this one or my fishie one. They are great value little stamp sets. I stamped in SU blk craft and then embossed. I used a couple different sketch challenges. SC223 and WSC80. I used BG Wisteria 6x6 paper pad and pulled the colours from the pp's. I stamped the one image on pp and used copics to colour the birdies in. Added some ribbon and a couple eyelets and a brad to the one card. Kept these really simple. I have such a hard time with simple, mine seem to come out blah instead of ahhh! I love this paper pad. Great fun!

Happy stamping gals!

Kim

Basic Grey Gone Fishing

2009-06-02T15:32:00.000-07:00

I used up my xmas gift certificate at a LSS a few weeks ago and bought my first BG 6x6 paper pad - Wisteria. I also bought two little BG stamp sets. This fishie one and a birdie one. Great value priced. I tried to match up some Bazzill papers and SU papers to the Wisteria pp. Not the easiest. I used sc226 from SCS for the layout. This card and 3 more were made a couple weeks ago (and are sold) but, I just can't seem to get my butt into the dungeon lately to make cards. Sigh. I do need to get one made for next Fri. for my 9th Wedding Anniversary. Yikes! Maybe, after this spa weekend, I'll be refreshed and come back with some creativeness in my brain, instead of laziness in my bones.

Could also be all this beautiful weather to enjoy!

Thanks for peaking in!

Kim

SC227 and Caardvark Verse Challenge - Tracy's 40th Bday Card

2009-05-08T14:08:00.001-07:00

Talk about last minute getting this card done. We're going out tomorrow night for my friends 40th Bday dinner and I'm just getting it finished today. Not usually my way. I like to have stuff done way ahead of time or on hand and I haven't had that for awhile now. I'm so glad that SCS and Caardvarks has challenges. It gives me something to work off of. That and pulling colours from pp. I used the Still Hot Granny set from LPS. I see there is a Grampa one now in a digital image.

Recipe:

Stamps - LPS Still Hot Granny
Papers - Baja breeze, Choc. chip, Basic Grey Offbeat & Deja Views Fresh Print - perfect matches to Baja breeze
Inks - SU blk craft ink, Creamy caramel
Accessories - Clear ep, punches, white gel pen, SU scallop punch, brown brads, blender pen, copics.

The Still Hot Granny comes with some fun sayings. I choose this verse for my friends 40th Bday card.

Have a great weekend and I hope everyone has great spring weather!

Kim

LPS SC Little Monkey Bday

2009-04-30T20:10:00.000-07:00

Little Paper Shop is having a sketch challenge over on their blog this week, so I threw together a quick card with my new little monkey Happy Bday stamp. I didn't have time or the creative vision to make it anything grand, but it'll be a good one to give to a guy. You might want to check out their LPS sc and their big sale. Ends soon!

Happy Stamping! I hope you have your creative flow going, because mine is buried deep for too long now. Arrghh.

Kim

Easter Cards for the Fam

2009-04-08T23:02:00.000-07:00

I finally got the girls and hubbies Easter cards done today. We leave tomorrow after Brad is home from work for the Island for Easter Long and I wanted them ready to go. Now to finish packing with a sick one at home. I had to speed colour the images, which I really had wanted to take the time to get a better feel for the copics. I am enjoying them more and want more more more! The image was drawn, yes drawn by my damn talented friend Mel. She just blows me away. I couldn't even draw a sit figure bunny. Aaaahhhhh to have these behind me, such relief!

Hoppy Hoppy Easter to you all!

What will you be doing? I'll be overeating.. hee hee. I'm looking forward to the girls doing their Easter Egg hunt. I'm taking Mel's idea and buying a 12 x 12 scrapbook plastic tote to fill with craft goodies for the girls, so when we travel, we can bring them with us and they can then use the hard top for their colouring surface. Too smart once again Mel!!!

Cheers!

Kim

SC212 & CC212 So Sorry

2009-04-02T14:24:00.000-07:00

I combined this weeks cc212 with an older sc212. I find it so awkward to make With Sympathy type cards. I thought these colours weren't too overly bright or overly drab to use for one. My BF's hubbies Gramma passed away this last Monday and they have come down to help his Mom out with everything. I thought I'd make a card for the both of them. I also still need to make one for my MIL for the passing of her dog. I think I'll stick to the same colours. I better get back in there and make myself do it or I'll procrastinate until it seems too late to send.

Recipe:

Stamps - Stampendous Posie Doodle, So Many Sayings
Papers - Choc. chip, Ridinghood red, pink pirouhette and SU PP (can't recall name)
Inks - Choc chip craft ink
Accessories - Pink ribbon, clear ep, copics, stickles, brads, punches, rectangle scallop nesties

Thanks for stopping by for a look!

Kim

Paper Garden Birthday Bash Challenge Week 3 - Thank You

2009-03-30T11:24:00.001-07:00

My last card for Cathy's weekly Bday bash challenge over at Paper Garden Projects. Today is the last day ladies to submit your entries for the great giveaways!

The layout is from last weeks sc over at SCS. Have to go pick up the girls from school, so no time for all the little details.

Have a great week!
Kim

Paper Garden Projects Birthday Bash Challenges

2009-03-28T10:38:00.000-07:00

You've got to head over to the Paper Garden Projects website to take a peak and participate in her Bday Bash challenges. Great prize kits being given away and great sales on!

http://papergardenprojects.com/blog/2009/03/22/birthday-blog-bash-week-4/

Kim

Suzi's 34th Birthday Gift Set

2009-03-25T15:21:00.000-07:00

Mel and I got together last week and made this little 2 5/8" x 2 5/8" box that Mel has on her blog to put the little jewellery set I bought for Suzi's Bday gift. There is a lady who makes beautiful jewellery that my Mom and I love to buy from, so I thought I'd get Suzi a set. I wanted something neutral and feel in love with the set pictured below. Now, I want one! :O)

Mel drew these flowers, printed them on vellum and embossed them. She also created the beautiful paper with print and the flowers on it. She is too damn talented! I coloured the vellum in with cool grey #7 on the back of it. Added white Souffle pen to make the little dots pop with white. I also am giving Suzi a goat soap that she loves, that I purchase from Vancouver Island and only use them. They come in great scents and don't leave that soap film on your skin! I made a little matching cover to go over the goat soap that matches the little box and card. I hope she likes the jewellery.. well maybe not.. then I can keep it. haha. I'll have to post a picture of her wearing it as these pictures didn't do it an ounce of justice! I had fun with this set. Mel pretty much made the box. :o) heehee. I am not one for tinkering with little things. I ain't no Tinkerbell like Mel.

Thanks for stopping by to have a look at what I've been up to! I appreciate it!

Kim

Golf Retirement Card

2009-03-23T10:33:00.001-07:00

My Mom's really great boss is retiring this week and she asked me to make a card to give to him. He likes fishing and golfing, so I went with golfing. I found this great golf pp at a LSS and my oh so talented friend Mel drew the golf club for me. I printed it out, coloured with pencil crayons and a silver pen and then cut it out to go on top of the pp. The golf ball was on the pp and I hole punched it out. The inside says - Retirement means no pressure, no stress, no heartache... unless you play golf. The card is 6" x 6" and Mel was nice enough to make me an envelope to fit it. It was a really nice and easy card to put together. I actually made a guys card and I actually like it.

Thanks for taking a look!

Kim

Karin's Blog Candy Giveaway

2009-03-12T12:34:00.000-07:00

Checkout Karin's blog Scrap Everything for a chance to win some awesome blog candy!
She does such nice colouring of her images and uses nice bright colours.

Good Luck!
Kim

Whipper Snapper Otto The Owl

2009-03-10T18:40:00.001-07:00

I took the copic class last Sat. morning and this is one of the images I had coloured in. I had a hard time getting the hang of staying in a small area and working my way out and keeping the edges wet. Am I slow or what??

I would never have used or bought this image, but I now think it's a great image for guy cards. I have no guy images. This is Otto the Owl from Whipper Snapper.

It was nice having a big range of colours to pick from. We used the Copic Originals, which I don't own any of. I liked the bullet end of them. So many Copic choices. I have some Ciao and Sketch ones. They are so much $$$ to invest in, but slowly I'll get a few more.

I also bought some rub on Happy Birthday's and Thinking of You's. I need to get the hang of how to keep it in place for it not to move and rub it off at the same time. Again.. ya I guess I'm not too talented to be having a problem with that. I added a little Bday hat in the matching pp. Now, I have a guys card on hand.

TFL!

Kim

Paper Garden Bday Blog Bash Week 1 Challenge

2009-03-04T12:45:00.000-08:00

When I read on Mel's blog about Cathy's Bday bash giveaway's and saw the challenge for week 1 was to make a funny card, the Little Paper Shop Granny set came to mind right away. I hope it's ok to use a set not sold at The Paper Garden. I combined this challenge with SCS SC218.

Recipe:

Stamp set - LPS Still Hot Granny, SU Stitched BG
Papers - Baja Breeze, WW, Chocolate Chip, PP - Basic Grey Offbeat - unexpected
Ink - Brilliance Graphite Black
Accessories - Copic BG72 (matches baja breeze perfectly), blender pen, SU markers, nesties label 2

I shadowed the main nestie with baja breeze by cutting it in half and putting behind the white panel. I saw this on Cambria Turnbow's blog and loved the look and now I'll over use that. :O)

I'm taking a copic class this Sat. morning and hope to finally learn how to colour and maybe purchase more Copics if I get the hang of colouring with them.

Fun challenge Cathy!

Kim

Princess Money Holder

2009-02-26T14:31:00.001-08:00

My girls received money holders from Gramma Karen for their Bdays. I just loved them and wanted to try and copy them. Here is my Princess version. The one I copied, is at the bottom of this post! I love the colours on it!

Measurements/ Scoring - 8" x 9" piece of paper Score from top 3 1/2" Score from bottom 2" Fold bottom piece to inside of the card and adhere sides to be the money pocket.

Patterned Paper Measurements - top piece - 2", middle piece 3/8", bottom piece 1 1/4". The bottom and middle pieces I made bigger then those measurments, as it was easier to work with and then just covered it up with the next layer. Does that make any sense? Work from bottom to top. Pattern Papers are Imaginisce - Fairest of Them All.

I couldn't get a nice picture of the inside of the card. I used the SU word window punch to make the opening in the middle of the card. I only punched out about half of the window size in height. The blue piece says princess, embossed from a cuttlebug folder.

Here is the original money holder made at Oasis Scrapbooking in Cranbrook. I need to get me some rub ons. I really like the Happy Birthday look of this rub on. I can't wait to try more of them, maybe with some rub ons!!! They are really quick to make. Another excuse to shop! :o)

Thanks for stopping by! If you have any questions, please do ask and I'll try to explain better!

Kim

SC214 Mom's Vday card

2009-02-12T10:43:00.001-08:00

My Mom is taking me over to Vanc. Island tomorrow for 4 days away. Spa treatments, nice meals and relaxation. I'll miss my girls and hubby, but definitely could use a break. Since, we will be away on this day, I thought I'd make my mom a Vday card to say thanks for the trip.

Stamps- Great Impressions Heart swirly one
Ink - Riding hood red
Paper - Bo Bunny pp's, pink pirouette, red
Accessories - ribbons, Swarovski gems, heart template, pink shimmerz and oval punches

Happy Valetines!
Kim

Girls 6th Bday Invites

2009-02-11T13:25:00.000-08:00

Here are the girls Prince and Princess invites for their Bday party. We are having it at the local rec. centre to save me the stress of 15 kids in our house. I made pink and purple versions for the girls and blue/green ones for the 2 boys invited. The crown and frog are Imaginisce stamps
that I got from paperworksco in the fall. These were actually pretty easy and quick to make!

All the kids can make it, so it shall be a loud and fun time for the girls. They sure are excited! Thanks to Baba, there will be face painting, a Barbie bouncy castle and crafts to make. I can't believe they are 6 yrs already!

Thanks for stopping by for a peak! I wish I had more time and ideas to create!

Kim

Hubby's Vday Card

2009-02-10T10:19:00.000-08:00

I knew I couldn't do pink and purple for the hubby's card, so I thought I'd pull out the blues and add in the red. I love the pacific point is it?, but I didn't have the matching ink for the pengie. :o(
Can't have everything, but I want everything!!!

Ingredients:

Stamps - Great Impressions - Penguin, I luv You and heart swirls
Paper - Pacific point, Riding hood red, tempt. turq. pp, ww
Inks - Riding hood red, brilliance blue
Accessories - ribbon, punches, brad gem, gems, SU marker, Stickles

Happy Vday to all of you crafting gals!
Kim

Yummy Cupcake

2009-02-03T00:19:00.000-08:00

I bought the ribbon and the Basic Grey Bittersweet - Raspberry Cream PP at a LSS last week... it was the smallest purchase I have ever made for card supplies.

Recipe:

Stamps - Hero Arts Cupcakes
Paper - Pink Pirouette, Regal rose?, back of SU glossy and Basic Grey PP
Ink - Brilliance graphite blk, Riding Hood Red
Accessories - Heart ribbon, pink gemstones, pink Shimmerz, heart punch, blender pen, SU marker and nesties label 2.

This card took too long to create tonight, but I'm happy I've got something to show for the hours of frustration. My Mom sold $35 worth of my cards to a lady at her work today. Made me feel pretty good! :O)

Happy Cardmaking!

Kim

Laura's Snowboardabella Bday

2009-01-30T11:15:00.001-08:00

I needed a card for my girlfriends Bday as I see her tonight for drinks. I was scrambling this morning to get one made for her. She's a snowboarding girl and I found this image I had stamped when I borrowed Mel's Bella's. How perfect! She loves pinks, so of course I had to get out the pinks and I just love my blues.

Ingredients:

Stamps - Snowboardabella, Happy Bday from Princess SU set

Papers - Bo Bunny - Holiday Cheer PP, Pink Pir., Soft sky, baja breeze, WW

Inks - SU blk, Pink Pir, Soft sky, baja breeze with blender pens

Accessories - SU markers, snowflake punches, circle punch, 3 different ribbons, lily white flock, white perfect puff and pink shimmerz.

It's been forever since I was out at a pub. Shall be a good time! Have a great weekend crafting! Kim

Pengie Luvs You!

2009-01-20T14:45:00.000-08:00

A LSS had a 25% off sale this past weekend. I had gotten a $50 visa gift card from two great friends, so I thought I'd go searching for something new to play with. I got the nesties label 2, pink shimmers, Bo Bunny Sweetie Pie Swoon and Back to Basics papers, 3 Great Impressions Vday stamps and a couple yards of ribbon. Now, I'm going Vday card crazy. I also had just boughten the Brilliance Graphite Black ink pad on Friday. Wow, does it ever work well!

Bella Birthday Balloons

2009-01-12T22:05:00.001-08:00

A lady at my Mom's work is wanting me to make her cards and I have felt so burned out from Xmas cards, but I finally stepped into the dungeon today. It felt good to do some colouring. I really want to take the plunge into copic markers this year. What colours to start with, is my scare and to use them properly.

I got this cute Bella image from a Bella exchange with Beth (scrappin beth) on SCS. Great way to get a variety of Bella's without having to purchase them all. Hey, Beth.. time to do another one? :o)

My dear and talented friend Mel (Mel stampz) made these foam flowers, paper flowers, brads, a little box to hold the foam flowers and the packaging that the little flower container was in. I need to take a picture of them to show her great talent.

I matched up the colours in the flowers with SU colours, added a paisley cuttlebug folder and a sentiment.

My question: What would you pay for this card w/ envelope? I am having a hard time pricing.

Now to get to making my girls 6 Bday party invites. I really want to keep them simple, but still look decent. Hmm...

Happy New Year to all of you and wishing you a fabulously creative year!

Kim

Christmas Card for The Hubby

2008-12-21T20:30:00.000-08:00

I've just finished up wrapping all the gifts for our house, now to do the ones at my Mom's tomorrow night. All the time wrapping for the girls to rip through them in 10 seconds flat. :o)

I used my new Stamp Set Let It Snow by Impression Obsession. I got it fairly late, so I didn't have much time to play with it this year. I thought this one stamp out of the set was perfect for a card to my hubby. lol. That so would be us!

Recipe:

Stamps: Let it Snow
Paper: Baja breeze, Snowflake PP by?, Choc. Chip and WW
Ink: Baja breeze, choc chip
Extras: MS glue pad, irid ice ep, snowflake punches, blender pens, shimmerz, white perfect puff, ribbon, Snowflake brad, SU marker, Cuttlebug dots folder on big snowflake

It's snowing like crazy here. Definitely not the norm for us to get this much and these cold temps for this long.

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas to you and yours!

Kim

CTMH SC206 Elves

2008-12-10T17:53:00.000-08:00

My girlfriend Suzi gave me CTMH holiday paper package with part of my xmas gift this past weekend. I had bought the elves set from her friends party and she brought it down with her. Not traditional Elf colours, but I wanted to use the CTMH paper for the card and I've got to match everything of course!

I used this weeks SC over at SCS for the layout. My girls kept bugging me with wanting to do their own crafts, so I kept it simple. I'm not really liking it, but I'll send it to Suzi anyways. lol.

Recipe:

Stamps - CTMH Merry Pursuits and a word one from??
Paper - Very Vanilla and CTMH Aspen collection
Ink - Blue bayou, soft sky, baja breeze, pink pirhouette.
Accessories - snowflake punch, snowflake bards, shimmer pen, diamond stickles, blender pen, SU markers, scallop punch, corner punch, sanding paper.

I'm happy to be done all my Christmas cards and can just make something now if I feel like it, not have to!

Thanks for stopping by!
Kim

SC204 Oh Let it Snow..

2008-12-03T19:09:00.000-08:00

But, not really though. Fun for the girls to play in, but not for driving with all of the bad drivers in the lower mainland.

I finally did a sketch challenge. I've now made 43 xmas cards. I may try to get a few more done next week, but I'm a bit tired of it all. I hope you are all done yours and are enjoying it still!

Supplies:

Stamps - Season of Joy, Impression Obsession Let it Snow
Paper - SU winter pp, Baja, real read, choc chip
Ink - Baja
Accessories - MS Glitter, MS glue, MS snowflake punch, sugar coated white brads

That's all folks!

Crisscross Christmas

2008-11-28T16:08:00.000-08:00

Well, I made myself get into the dungeon yesterday while the girls were at Kindergarten. I wanted to make my very own crisscross card from scratch. I had to improvise on the band as I noticed after that it had to be 12". I really don't own much 12" paper, so had to use turq. pp for it. I pulled out those MS glitters again. I'm going glitter coocoo. Can't stop myself it seems!
As always, it's hard to get a good picture. The word on the little inside piece of paper says wish! I wish for a new vehicle for Christmas. hee hee. After a $500 bill today, I can dream that right.... :o)

Supplies:

Stamps - Small Script
Papers - The Paper Company - Snowflake Sentiments, SU Tempting turq. pp, cool carib., tempt. turq.
Inks - MS glue pad
Accessories - small corner rounder, MS snowflake, gem brad, MS glitters.

Happy Weekend to all!
Kim

Plum Sky Snowflake

2008-11-27T15:04:00.000-08:00

I bought this paper at a local LSS a couple weeks ago and just love the big embossed sparkly snowflakes on it. Matches up to the perfect plum and soft sky perfectly. I made the card to the size of the snowflake. I was able to get 3 similar cards from the 12x12 and some leftover for other play. Added a couple MS snowflakes with diamond icicles all over them for a little something more. I've been really trying to keep the majority of my xmas cards simple so I can get all of them made.

Ingredients:

No stamps... must be a first for me.
Paper - Best Creations PP, soft sky, perfect plum.
Accessories - MS artic snowflake punch, diamond icicles.

Short and sweet like the time it took me to make this card!

Thanks for peaking in!

Glittery Christmas

2008-11-23T11:38:00.000-08:00

I got the idea for multi colours of glitter on one image from stampnextra's Technique Tuesday's.
I have just gotten the MS glitter package and thought I'd try those. It turned out to be really easy to use 3 different colours. I love the look of the multi colours that was on stampnextra's tree and might have to do that tree for my next card. Since, I have no kiddies, I best get into the dungeon to create. 1 month until Christmas! Can you believe it? Enjoy your Sunday!

Recipe:

Stamps - Season of Joy
Papers - SU winter PP, Real red, baja and old olive
Inks - MS glue pad
Accessories - MS snowflake punch, Shimmerz - Angel Wingz, MS glitters - Turq., Garnet, Peridot, red ribbon.

Blue Blue Christmas

2008-11-21T09:57:00.000-08:00

I wanted another quick and simple Christmas card and this is what came together. I'm such a lucky girl.. well I guess I'm no longer a girl, but lady just sounds to old and mature. :o) Anyways, my Mom bought me MS's 18 pack of different coloured glitter. Yippee! So, this is using the turquoise glitter on the tree and word Sparkle. I used the sakura glue pen for the glitter to adhere to.

No kids both nights this weekend, so I best get my butt into the dungeon and get creating. I want to be able to have cards made to give to my Mom to give out.

Recipe:

Stamps - Season of Joy, Warm Words
Papers - SU new winter one, Soft sky, Baja breeze, WW
Inks - Soft sky, Baja breeze
Accessories - MS turquoise glitter, Sakura glue pen, Michaels ribbon, snowflake brad, word window punch

Have a great weekend!
Kim

Jewels

2008-11-20T10:50:00.000-08:00

I have my girls xmas party coming up soon and we do the steal a gift game. This year I had thought of making a jewellery set for the gift exchange. Luckily, my Mom's friend Pat makes jewellery, so I was able to go to her house and have all of her jewellery expertise to help assist me in my attempt at jewellery making. I knew I wanted the set to be in black and white, but I didn't have the foggiest for all the inbetween stuff. Using the board to lay it out sure helps and Pat's and my Mom's opinions helped me come up with this set here. It sure can take awhile to put one of these all together. I hope my friend who gets this appreciates the thought and time I put in to it. My first thought was to keep it for myself and go and grab something else for the exchange. hee hee.

I can not get a good picture of my cards or of this set today. I need a UTT light or something more powerful. Shop shop shop!

Happy Christmas crafting and shopping!

Crisscross Cards

2008-11-17T14:45:00.000-08:00

I have always wanted to make one of these cards, but I don't have the patience for the intricate crafts. Well, lucky me... I had made a comment on a crisscross card on Diane Jahner gallery(djahner) and she said she would send me one. On a day when I was sick and barely off the couch, my package showed up. A crisscross card made by her and one for me to put together. It was super easy with it all being cut out and the directions for me to make them in the future. Diane's is the card on the right and mine is the one on the left she sent me, minus/plus a couple things. I made a boo boo on the center snowflake piece and had to do something else in place of it.

Thank you again Diane!
What a great RAK!

Now to get back to those Christmas cards! Talk about procrastinating.

Cupcake Christmas SC 195

2008-11-05T14:16:00.000-08:00

I got an idea one night laying in bed to use real sprinkles on one of my cupcake stamped images. I bought the red sprinkles for a Christmasy look. Used last years SU's holiday pp for the cupcake bottom, as well as for pp on the card. Is it called Dasher? I can't recall the name!

I used sc 195 for the layout. Added some ribbon, but it is still missing something. I need to learn how to tie a bow. Just can't get them right. Is it a lefthanded thing or a me thing?

I used shimmerz - Angel Wingz all over the vanilla cardstock behind the cupcake and on the sentiment piece. Added the shimmer pen to the edges of the vanilla scallops and as little dots inside the big dots.

Ingredients:

Stamps - Hero Arts Cupcakes, Lots of Thoughts

Papers - Dasher PP?, Real red, Vanilla, Non SU green

Inks - Black, Old Olive,

Accessories - Ribbons, brads, nesties, red sprinkles, punches, shimmerz - Angel Wingz, shimmer pen.

Are you done all of your Christmas cards? I'm not even close. Yikes! Looking forward to new supplies to play with. This years SU pp is on order!

Thanks for taking the time to take a peak!

Leave me your blogs, so I can take a peak at yours!

Kim

Fairy Wishes SC199

2008-10-31T16:05:00.001-07:00

Finally, I've finished a couple cards! I picked up this Fairy set from Michaels by Inkadinkadoo a couple of weeks ago. I've been so bored with my stamps! I thought I would do her in my fav. xmas colours of Vintage Violet and Baja Breeze. I painted platinum and turquoise stickles on the wings and used my new love.. Shimmerz - Angel Wingz all over the watercolour paper. It gives it such a nice depth and shimmer. I really need to learn how to watercolour. It didn't turn out so well. I stamped the snowburst snowflakes and added platinum and the turquoise stickles in dots onto them. I used this weeks SC over at scs for the layout.

Oh to look like this in a little dress!

Supplies:

Stamp Set - Fairy by Inkadinkadoo
Papers - Vintage Violet, Baja Breeze, Vanilla, Watercolour paper from SU
Inks - Blk stazon, VV, BB
Extra's - Gem brads, Shimmerz, Stickles, Blender pen, aquapainter, cuttlebug snowflake folder, nesties, SU markers.

Happy Halloween! My girls have been dressed in their Tinkerbell and Rosetta fairy costumes since this morning. They are dying to go. They were asking for dinner at 2:30 as they know that trick or treating is after dinner. Rain go away!!!!

Shimmerz Blog Candy

2008-10-31T10:40:00.000-07:00

Shimmerz Blog Candy

I just bought my first Shimmerz - Angel Wingz yesterday! OMG... these are addictive.

Go to: http://shimmerzpaints.blogspot.com/2008/10/colors-and-candy.html for your chance to win some new Shimmerz!

Good Luck!!

Christmas Bouquet - Well Sorta

2008-10-09T23:06:00.000-07:00

The main image started in my mind as becoming a Christmas flower arrangement. hee hee. I'd say it didn't quite come to fruition as to what I had in mind. I am so in need of new holiday stamps, that I was trying to find something to use with this great pp I picked up at a LSS on the weekend and had nothing, therefore the making of this country looking card. Do you think it looks country? Speaking of which, tomorrow I have to travel up to the sister inlaws up in the boonies or so it seems to a city slicker like me, so I best get back to packing! Thanks for following my dungeon creations.

Oh, more blah blaha... I had challenged myself NOT to use bling on this card. Hard to do, but I didn't add any stickles, gem brads, iridiscent ice etc... Once I put the 3 coloured scalloped nestie circles together, I thought of making it into a ornament. I just bought a cuttlebug folder/ dye cut that had a little ornament top piece to it. Perfect fit to give it that look!

Recipe:

Stamps - CTMH With Love, So Many Sayings and Season of Joy
Papers - Vanilla, Dark spring green, medium belguim blue by Worldwin, Kaisercraft - Cheer Christmas Wish and textured red.
Inks - Real Red, Old Olive, River Rock and Brocade Blue
Accessories - Red ribbon, nesties, punch, cuttlebug xmas dye, ribbon

Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canadians! Gobble gobble!
What's your favourite part of Thanksgiving dinner? Me... the stuffing. OH ya.. by the bucket full. :o)

Kim

100% True Friends

2008-10-07T09:53:00.000-07:00

This colour combo came to me when I went into my dungeon last night to make my Christmas cards. I didn't realize at the time, but it's close to the colour combo on scs the other week, but I added soft sky to it. The layout came as I made the pieces. I'm actually happy with a card I made! Yippee! I pulled out a set I haven't used in a long long time that Marvelous Mel gave to me. I also, used some other sets I haven't barely used. I need new stamps, but I'm having a hard time finding stuff I like out there. Saves $$ though! :o)

Recipe:

Stamps - Because of You, Make It Count, Happy Everything, Stitched BG
Papers - Kiwi kiss, Baja breeze, Vanilla, Soft sky
Inks - Baja breeze, soft sky, kiwi kiss, blk stazon
Accessories - Nesties, Cuttlebug D'vine folder, Shimmer pen, gem brads, punches, icicle stickles, SU ribbon, Aquapainter.

I guess I better start working on those darn cards! I bet I will get distracted once again! lol

Kim

Poinsettia Card

2008-10-06T21:34:00.000-07:00

I used my first chipboards this week. I sponged them with real red reinker, versamarked all over the little one and added irid. ice, but it wouldn't dry on, so I wiped it off and it left a small amount of glitter. I outlined the bigger one with a versamark pen and added irid. ice. I don't know what I was thinking, but I messed up this card with the river rock corner piece. I wanted it right in the corner, but for some strange reason put it where I did and it was adhered too well. All the time making it to finish it with that blunder. Oh well, it's still one less card to make for this years xmas card list. I love this Anna Griffin PP. It's got such great colours in it that are traditional and elegant.

Recipe:

Stamps - Kimberly Poulson Flourishes
Papers - Real red, vanilla, river rock, Anna Griffin PP, dasher? pp.
Inks - Real red, river rock
Accessories - Pearl brads, shimmer pen, ribbon, irid. ice, versamark pad and pen.

Okay, now to my simple mass producing xmas cards I need to get done! I seem to be doing anything and everything but them!

Traditional Christmas

2008-10-05T12:28:00.000-07:00

I thought I'd give a traditonal coloured xmas card a try! I didn't start out with it becoming a present looking card, but that is where I ended up. I added the gold bow to help make it have the present look. I think it worked!! I made another traditional card last night, but I messed up a corner piece by placing it in the wrong place. Ooops!!

Recipe:

Stamps: Tags For All. Papers: Real red, Garden green, Vanilla and Anna Griffin PP. Ink: Real red, garden green and yellow SU markers. Accessories: Gold bow, ribbon and brads.

I better get back to making my simple Christmas cards, or I'll be scrambling at the last minute. :o)

Are you working on yours?

Kim

Old Witchy Boot

2008-10-03T09:46:00.001-07:00

I saw this cute little boot on scs the other day and pm'd the creater scrapperlinsey for the template.
I was't having a great craft day when I did this. I need to get out and get pp that has witchy halloween type images on it. It was fun to make still and easy!!!

If you would like the template, I could send it to you or you could request it from scrapperlinsey herself! She made such cute boots!!

Recipe:

Stamp - Haunting Halloween
Paper - ?? some old pp I had on hand
Ink - Vintage Violet
Accessories - gem stickers, punches, silver cord, white gel pen

It's the weekend.. almost! :) woot woot!

Xmas Purse and Card

2008-09-27T19:29:00.000-07:00

I was feeling daring this evening while the husband is out playing hockey! My dearest damn talented friend Mel created this tote! How talented is she and is was the EASIEST one I've ever made. I usually get so frustrated and just don't make them. I thought I would make one to go with my xmas cards. Maybe, put a little little lip gloss in them or ??? I'm so happy I actually made something. I made a little flap piece for my purse (hope you don't mind Mel). I'm sure it could be better. I'll have to work on it!

Recipe:

Stamps - Snowburst, So Many Scallops
Inks - Baja Breeze, Blue Bayou, Vintage Violet
Papers - Baja, Bayou and Violet
Accessories - Punches, sticker gem, white gel pen, SU Baja ribbon for handle with Violet paper behind it.

Check out Mels blog for the tutorial and template for this cute little purse! What do you think?
I better get going. Off to The Keg with the hubby for appy's. No kiddies tonight! Woot Woot!
Kim

Kelsey's Baby Shower Invite Cards

2008-09-24T12:38:00.000-07:00

My bestfriend since grade 6 is expecting a baby girl mid. October. We are throwing her a baby shower after the little one is born. This is I think the 12th baby born in our group! Are we done yet ladies? ;o)

Stamps - CTMH Life's a Jungle, Lots of Thoughts, Double Lined Doodle, So Many Scallops
Papers - Pretty in Pink, Pink Pirouhette, WW
Inks - Pink Pirouhette, PiP, Blk
Accessories - Punches, baby brads, SU markers, aquapainters, Paisley Cuttlebug folder, nesties, googley eyes.

WSC 58 - Halloween Card

2008-09-24T10:38:00.000-07:00

I wanted to make a Halloween card, but I really don't have a great Halloween set. I'm not overly happy with this card. If you want to see fantastic unreal Halloween creations visit Mels blog. What talent! I bought the patterned paper at a Scrapbook store for I think 25 cents a sheet. I used the new tangerine orange from SU. I used the cuttlebug circle folder on the small black strip to kind of go with the circles on the pp. I sponged blk, orange and green galore over the white area around the cat. It seemed to bright being all white. Added a black gem. I did faux stitching between the two different pp's. Inside says: a haunting halloween.

Recipe:

Stamps - Haunting Halloween
Papers - Tangerine Tango?, Blk, Green Galore, Halloween PP, WW, Orhid opulence
Inks - Blk, Green Galore, Pumpkin
Accessories - Punches, blk ribbon, blk gem, paper piercing, SU markers, Cuttlebug circle folder,
pencil crayon, silver pen, googley eyes, glaze pen.

Happy Hump Day!
Kim

Heart To Heart Blog Candy

2008-09-22T13:16:00.000-07:00

Checkout Carolyn's Heart to Heart Blog Candy Giveaway. Over $1000 in donated items from our favourite online companies and great stampers. You have until September 26th to send in your comment.

Have a great stampin' day!

Sc194 Baja Grey Bella

2008-09-18T09:46:00.000-07:00

I got this gal in a Bella swap I did awhile back! What a great way to get a variety of Bella's without having to buy them all! I love this new SU baja breeze blue. It's fab! I saw a card on scs that a lady made using it and grey. I've added a link to her card below as it wouldn't fit up here! You've got to check it out! It's ultra fab! I need colouring lessons! I am envious of people's abilities I see on scs.

Recipe:

Stamps - Bday Bella (not sure of exact name)
Papers - Baja, Basic Grey, American Craft - Elegant Gown, WW
Inks - Baja, Going Grey, Blk
Accessories - Aquapainter, blender pen, SU ribbon, blk gems, shimmer pen on shoes and other little places, glaze pen on balloons to make them shine, pencil crayons, SU marker, cuttlebug Bday and weathered folders. I really like the last two weeks of sketch challenges on scs. I've actually made time to participate.

Thanks for stopping in! Don't forget to check out the card link below!
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1057711

Kels Baby Girl Card

2008-09-16T17:44:00.000-07:00

My best friend since grade 6.. over 20 yrs is expecting a baby girl in Oct. I went the lazy way and used a sticker of a pram stroller I've had for years. I used the new S.U. pink (can't remember the last part of the name). added some barely banana and some baby coloured pp that I've had for years and years. I stamped It's a Girl all over the pink cardstock, scallop punched the edge and added some white gel pen dots to the scallops and some faux stitches.

I've just designed her Baby shower card too! It's really simple as I need to make 13 of them fairly quickly!

I also had a blue pram that I made into a baby boy card for my girlfriend who just had a baby boy yesterday1

Thanks for stopping by!

My Christmas Cards

2008-09-15T19:47:00.000-07:00

Okay, I think I've got my 2 xmas cards decided. For the most part, I'm going to make the snowmen one as it's really quick and with having to make over 40... I need quick. I just lvoe the Vintage Violet with the Baja Breeze. I wish they'd bring popular in colours from the past back! Smart on S.U's part I say!

Recipe:

Stamps - Season of Joy, So Many Scallops, Tags for All, Snowburst Snowflakes
Paper - Baja, Vintage Violet, WW
Ink - Baja, VV
Accessories - Glimmer and glaze pens, snowflake cuttlebug folder, nesties, punches, silver brads, gem sticker, blender pen, Lily White Flock, Icicle Stickles, Orange pencil crayon

I'm sure I'll end up making others too for really close friends and family as I always seem to.

Happy Cardmaking!

Simple Christmas Card

2008-09-09T18:41:00.001-07:00

I wanted to keep my xmas cards simple this year, but is this too simple? I love the new Baja and thought the Snowburst set borrowed from my so damn talented friend Mel would go perfect with it. I also then remembered I had bought the Snowflake cuttlebug folder long ago and thought it would work well with the Baja Breeze.

I used a blender pen to colour in the snowmen's hats, scarves and added a bit to their bodies. I put icicle stickles then lily white flock ontop to make it look like snow beneath the snowmen. Sponged in a little baja over the whole image and coloured in the frame too. I put glaze pen over the hats and scarves to give them some dimension and then a little shimmer pen for some sparkle.

The other xmas card I made first last night that I felt had so much potential did not turn out how I would hope. I need to tweak it to make it work!

I actually got 3 cards made last night. I haven't been in the dungeon for a long time. I've got another baby card to get done too this week. I'm cheating with using big carriage stickers on them.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you have found some time to get into your stamp room and unwind!

Mom's Bday Card, SC 189 & CC 179

2008-08-13T22:57:00.001-07:00

My Mom's Bday is at the end of August and we are away for two weeks and come back on her Bday, so I had tonight only to get it done. I used this weeks sc for the layout and my newest stamp sets. Stampendous - Posie Doodle I picked up this past weekend down in the states and Little Paper Shops- Still Hot Granny! Poor Mom is having the hotflashes like crazy. We always blame everything on the H.F. (hotflash), so I just had to have the saying from the Granny set.It took way to long to get it done. Between kids coming in and out and getting ready for bedtime and the phone ringing. It's done!!!

Recipe:

Stamps - Stampendous - Posie Doodle, Little Paper Shop - Still Hot Granny and SU Linen BG
Papers - Eggplant, Green Galore (I didn't have Olive), Teal and Gesso paper made by Mel. Great stuff to colour on.
Inks - Eggplant, Grn galore, Teal, Blk stazon
Accessories - Nesties, Paisley cuttlebug, SU ribbons, Turq. Purple and Green gem brads, aquapainter, small corner rounder

Enjoy these last few weeks of summer! I'm off on two weeks of vacation and then back from my babies to start Kindergarten. Boo hoo.. yeah.. I'll cry behind my sunglasses. ;o)

Thanks for stopping by!

SC188 Hula Penguin Girl

2008-08-12T16:52:00.000-07:00

I just realized I had forgotten to post this last card on my blog. I used my newest paper and stamp that I purchased from The Paperworks Co. I have only ever done a couple purchases online and this company is one of them. I've had great service from this co. and they have great prices. I kept it really simple on this one! I'd love to get a card made for this weeks cc., but with going away for 2 weeks this Sat. I doubt I'll find the time! Happy last couple weeks of summer everyone!

Recipe:

Papers - Basic Grey Euphoria Bless paper, Orchid Opulence, Celery, Cool carib, PiP and WW

Inks - Black stazon, Cool carib, creamy caramel

Other stuff - Turquoise stickles on bikini top, aquapainted the bikini top first. Masked the penguin to make the water, sand and sponged some carib for the sky. Added a couple paper flowers and a purple gem brad for the flower in her hair. Then I added some paperpiercing.

CC173 & SC186

2008-07-31T22:11:00.001-07:00

I finally got around to CC173. It's hard to do a cc when you don't have the ink, but I finally made myself do it. I am happy to be out of my colour box. I've been doing the same colours too much lately. This is a bright and vibrant colour combo. Oops.. I thought I had fixed the pink brad to be aligned with the other two. I guess I'll have to fiddle again with it.

Recipe:

Paper - Pomegranate, Wasabi, Celery PP, Berry Bliss PP
Ink - Pomegrante and Certain Celery
Stamps - CTMH With Love stamp set.. surprise. I'm using it non stop right now.
Accessories - Gem brads, ribbon, dimensionals, clear ep, cuttlebug folder.

Wishing everyone a great long weekend and great weather for it!

Cased from xeyedlyza

2008-07-30T11:06:00.001-07:00

I cased a card from xeyedlyza on scs. I just loved her card and asked her what company CTMH was and she messaged me that is was Close To My Heart. Now, I have this set myself!!! My great friend Mel bought me for my Birthday! How lucky am I!

I used the cc#176 and added choc. chip. I aquapainted the flowers with sky reinker and also coloured in part of the vase with the blue. I did the bg on the vanilla in different shades of the choc chip and sky and then coloured in some of the dark choc chip ones in the river rock. Added a ribbon to the vase, stuck on the flowers with dimensionals and that is that!

CTMH With Love

2008-07-29T13:36:00.000-07:00

I really like this past weeks colour challenge and sketch challenge. So, I thought I would combine them. I took so many pictures of this card and could not get a decent one. The iridescent ice looks mushed instead of sparkly. I've never really stamped these type of images before and I know why.. I'm not good at it. It's different though. I'm tired of my same ol' same ol'.

Recipe:

CTMH With Love stamp set that I got for my Bday from my so generous rockin friend Mel and S.U. Stitched BG. Sky, River rock and Vanilla paper. Sky, River and White craft inks. Blender pen to colour the sky onto the stamp. Why the hell SU didn't make the incolours matching markers is beyond me. I'm hoping they made matching markers for this next set of incolours. I've got the CTMH markers that match coming. SU is losing out on sales. Ok, done my little rant. Iridescent ice on the little sky flowers, ribbon, small corner punch for scallops and used a cuttlebug folder (forget the name) with white chalk rubbed across it. I had high hopes for this card, but it just didn't come together as imagined. Next time as I always say to myself!

It's cold and rainy here today, so instead of cleaning...I'm off to attempt another card. Now, just to keep the girls entertained.

I hope you are out somewhere enjoying a hot day!

FS74 Dare To Be Fabulous

2008-07-10T11:43:00.000-07:00

This is the card I came up with from this weeks FS74 Teneale. I changed the sage shadow to pretty in pink, added some pink bling and did iridescent ice on the pink part of the flower and on the baroque swirl.

What a great card for inspiration and to pull me out of a rut!

I borrowed Mels Fabulous Friends stamp set a couple weeks ago and wasn't coming up with anything I liked. Teneale's layout and 3 layer flower was perfect!

Recipe:

PiP paper and ink, Choc. chip paper and ink.

Fabulous Flowers and Baroque Motif stamp sets.

Pink square blingbling, versamark pen and iridescent ice.

Big brad and 3 ribbons.

I dare you... to be fabulous! I know I have days I could use a bit more!!! :o)

SC183 Seize The Cupcake

2008-07-10T01:16:00.001-07:00

I need a stamp that says "Seize the Ice Cream Cone" lately. I just love having them on hot days. Not good for the waistline though!
I had such a hard time with this card. I really wanted to destress in my dungeon, but the creativity was stagnant. I finally gave up after coming back to it during commercial breaks of The Deadliest Catch. Those men are crazy!

Last week's sketch challenge on scs was this layout. I can't seem to get away from these colours. Maybe, the new in colours will pull me away for awhile. We'll have to see how they look in real life.

Recipe: Too simple to really list. Hero Arts cupcake stamps, cuttlebug bday embossing folder, some SU ribbons, linen BG stamp, couple brown brads, blender pens to colour in cupcake and nesties. I could use a moist chocolate cupcake right now. I'm insomnicating and having monthly cravings. GGGrrrrr.... and of course tomorrow will be the day the girls are up the earliest of the week. It goes without saying, I swear!

I hope you all are tucked snugly in bed, dreaming of your next card. :o)

Kim - Twingirls (scs)

Popsicle Cards

2008-07-07T21:53:00.000-07:00

I saw these today on scs by lilorangemouse. What a simple and cute idea! I like simple.. my brain can handle that. So, I thought I'd give it a go. I didn't have any cute fruit stamps, so I improvised best I could. I also made a cherry one, but it didn't turn out so well. :o( These would be so cute for a little kids summer Bday party for invites don't ya think? Added some coloured thread to the stick for some colour. Nice when stuff matches! Stole some of the girls popsicle sticks. hee hee... good thing they had some of the hundreds I bought them left.

Recipe:

Papers: Lovely lilac, Green galore and Pumpkin Pie
Ink: LL, GG, PP, Versamark
Stamps: So Many Scallops, In The Spotlight, Hero Arts Cupcakes
Accessories: SU scallop punch, Nesties scallop, Making Memories thread, irid. ice

The girls and I are going to make these tomorrow. They were so excited to see these, but I didn't want them writing all over these. They can stamp and write all over theirs!

Thanks for stopping by! What is your favourite flavour for a popsicle? I love root beer, lime or grape.

Hero Arts is My Hero

2008-07-02T18:00:00.000-07:00

Yippee... I spoiled myself today with my first acrylic stamp set. I had seen it in my LSS last week and was in the area again today and I just had to stop and get it. I also picked up some pp and brads to play with.
I made my own bg with 3 of the stamps from this Hero Arts Cupcake stamp set. How cool is that! The pp is Karen Foster Birthday Celebration. I keep using the same colours, so I picked paper that had colour and it was fun matching the colours in the pp to S.U. Added some microbeads to the top of the cupcake with a cherry on top. Both images were stamped with blk craft ink and clear embossed. The ribbon was bought stamped with Happy Birthday on it. I also added a couple of my new brads. Pulled out the S.U. markers for the cupcake colouring.

I can't wait to play some more! Something different then flowers..finally!

Forgot to add... layout is from Lizzie Anne Designs. Great layout!

SC182 True Friend

2008-06-27T13:42:00.000-07:00

I thought I would use my nest square nesties to make the squares for this weeks sketch challenge. I had the soft sky already stamped with one of the boho bg's, so I thought I'd use it for the squares. I added some shimmer to the middle of the flowers and on the big True friend flower stamp to add some sparkle. I used my metallic rub ons from way back in my ceramic days to add some colour to the WW cardstock. Then I added a couple corner pieces.

I kept it simple without alot of accessories. It was a fun card to make. Took some measuring to try and get the squares somewhat lined up and straight.

Happy Friday! I'm packing up to go play at Melissa's with all my new nesties. Hours with no kids and a great friend! How lucky am I to start my weekend like this!

First Card With Nesties

2008-06-26T17:46:00.001-07:00

WOO HOO! A scrapbook store out in Langley had a 40% off any line coupon this week and I was thinking of going. Well, then a email came through about them having nesties back in stock. So, I thought... hey I could use the 40% off for the nesties line. Worked out to be $18.00 ea. Better then any price I had found online and minus the $10 - $20 in shpg that would have been added on as well. My enabler Melissa

talked me into buying too many of them. It's all her fault I say. I got the Lg petite scallop circles, lg circles, scalloped ovals, lg ovals, Lg square scallops and the long classic scallop rectangle lg ones. Melissa said I could pick out 3 for my Birthday coming up in July. She's too kind! I can't let her buy me that much stuff. I'll have to tell my Dad that I'd like cash for my Birthday and put it to all of these. Good thing the carbon tax dividend cheques came on the same day. Gee, thanks government for that.. it costs us that a month more in gas... x 12 month. I finally pulled out my stamp a ma jig to get the True friend stamp centered in the smaller scallop. I had to do it a few times to get it close. I folded a piece of chocolate chip paper in half and had two scallops showing when putting through the cuttlebug to keep the cardstock attached to make it into a card that opens up. I then put a smaller soft sky scalloped circle inside to write on. Added some versamark pen to the stamped image and then dipped it into irridescent ice and embossed. Melissa gave me the ribbon. Matches perfectly with the soft sky. I hope I love the new blues as much as the last.

I have blabbed on too long. Have a great weekend! I'll be having fun fun fun at Melissa's tomorrow night playing with our new nesties. I can't wait to see what she comes up with!

Huggybella One of a Kind

2008-06-20T11:12:00.000-07:00

I'm in the Bella mood. I did a Bella swap with scrappin beth a couple months ago. This is one of the Bella's she sent me. I pulled out the Sandy Lion - One of a Kind patterned paper to pull the colour inspiration from. I cuttlebugged the pp with the the spots and dots folder that my dear talented enabler Melissa lent me.

Recipe:

Stamps - Huggybella, One of a Kind

Paper - Chocolate chip, PiP, Cranberry crisp, WW and Sandy Lions - One of a Kind pp.

Ink - Cranberry crisp, blender pens with PiP, Cocoa, Choc. chip, SU Markers

Accessories - SU ribbon, small corner punch, white gem brad, handcut flowers as my punch had to be sent back due to not cutting the flowers nicely. Of course now that it's gone I've wanted to use it a few times!!!

I've had fun using pp for inspiration the last couple days. For some reason, I'm in the mood to make xmas cards... weird or what?! Can't ever be too early to start making 60 cards now can we?!

I want more patterned paper. I'll have to maybe hit the LSS for some new beautiful Basic Greys. I can justify it with it being my Bday in a month right? I'll use that excuse to order Nesties too and to order cuttlebug folders and and and. A girls got to do what a girls got to do to keep her happy. If Mama ain't happy.. no one is happy! So true! ;o)

Have yourself a great weekend. I think we're taking the girls to Kung FU Panda if it isn't nice out tomorrow.

Oops, I just noticed I forgot to put the stickle in the curly girls flower in her hair. Off to do that!

Cheers!

FS71 Lattebella

2008-06-19T17:46:00.000-07:00

I participated in my first featured stamper on scs today. I so needed inspiration. I pulled out a piece of pp from Sandy Lion called That's Life to use for colour inspiration and used this weeks FS denidill's Au Chocolat Weathabella for the layout inspiration. I love coffee and my new lattebella!

Recipe:

Papers - Soft sky, Pretty in pink, Chocolate chip, Whisper White and the Sandy Lion PP.

Ink - Brown Craft with clear EP, Soft sky, Pip, Close to cocoa. sponged cocoa and pink over the WW.

Extra's - Big pink gemstone brad, SU ribbons, blender pens, SU markers, small corner punch.

Latte Bella

2008-06-16T22:41:00.000-07:00

My latest Bella stamp is the new latte bella. I miss going for Starbucks with my girlfriend who moved away to Kamloops a few months ago! So, I've made this to send her with a Starbucks gift card. I used choc chip, close to cocoa, a pink pp and a brown and pink pp that I can't recall the name of. I stamped the coffee beans from the Espress Yourself set onto the cocoa scalloped circle and on the inside of the card for a frame. I used the d'vine swirl on the cocoa and then sponged on some chocolate chip to the raised areas. I did little shimmery doodles on the pink pp flower and on the pink pp bg piece of paper. I used my blender pens for the colouring of the Bella. I find they give a softer look. I used the brown craft ink and used clear ep to emboss it. The card is 5 1/4" x 5 1/4". I better find a huge envie for it. Thanks for stopping by for a look. I need to get back into my dungeon to make something new. I guess I'll wait to see what this weeks colour challenge will be to help me get creative.

Amy's Baby Girl Welcome Card

2008-06-13T14:16:00.000-07:00

My stepdad's first born niece is due to have her first baby in about a week. He was hoping for a boy, as he's got 5 sisters and 2 grandgirls. Girls rule! The more the better I say! I picked up a 3 pack of onesies in the states at Target. They have great baby items for good prices. I got her a couple other little things too. I used PiP and Vanilla to make this card. Also, a pink and vanilla pp from Melissa Frances called Grace. I used the So Many Scallops stamp set for the image. I also added some SU ribbons and a scalloped piece of pink paper to the bottom. Some corner pieces and pearl brads to the top of the card. S.U. would be smart to bring out a size bigger of a scallop punch to coordinate with their smaller one. I'm hoping for their next catty to wow me. Have a great Friday! I'm enjoying a cinnamon dolce latte and a kid free house... not for much longer though.

8th Wedding/ 10 yrs Together Anniversaries Today!

2008-06-12T14:47:00.000-07:00

My husband came home at lunch time with this beautiful bouquet and the homemade ice cream cone craft that he and our girls did together last night. Brad did a great job on the cone and the girls did a great job on the ice cream with sprinkles and chocolate they told me. I think Brad could do some good in the craft room. Wow! We were suppose to go out for ice cream 10 yrs ago and ended up doing something else instead. wink wink. So, it's been an ever running joke about me wanting my ice cream cone. He filled it with printouts of different ice cream places for me to pick from. We are going to the Marble Slab Creamery tonight. Yum! Oink! The picture doesn't do the flowers one bit of good. They are gorgeous in real life.
I hope you all are having as good of a day as I am. He will get his present later tonight, but I won't be posting a picture of me in it. haha.

So Sweet of You CC169 & SC179

2008-06-08T11:37:00.000-07:00

I loved this weeks cc and sc. I thought I would pull out my So Many Scallops set to give it some use. Now, it seems I'm using it for every card. This weeks colours are Soft sky, Blue bayou, Real red, sky and bayou pp's. I also used the Kind Thoughts stamp set. Scallop punches. I need to get some more sizes and I'd love to see S.U. come out with one a bit bigger then the one they already have...wouldn't that be smart of them!! Added some shimmery pen to the butterflies and on the scalloped edge paper. A brad to finish off the scallop pieces. I've really been in the card making mood lately. I guess it helps when my parents have had the twins for the weekend. Now, to get all my housework done that I have neglected. argggh! Have a great Sunday!

8th Wedding Anniversary Card

2008-06-07T14:42:00.000-07:00

I guess it's a bit strange of a card to make for an Ann. card! I just wanted to do something different and we did get married on Secret Beach in Maui... so I thought a beach theme would work. I think that was my second time using this set. I had bought it planning to use for scrapbooking beach pics of my girls, but I never really did get into scrapbooking. I much prefer card making. I loved this weeks colour challenge. I'm really gonna miss these blues. Sets I used are The Shore Thing, Happy Everything and So Many Thoughts (on the inside it says forever and always). Blue Bayou, Soft Sky and Real Red are this weeks CC 169 on SCS. I used my C.M. wave template thingy to make waves. . Stamped the chair and them restamped on a post it not to put over the top of it and then stamped all the sand around it. Added a bucket, a starfish, birds and the sun (colouring over the so saffron with a glaze pen to give it a nice shine). We are going back to Maui for our 10 yr Ann. 2 more years to wait. Out for dinner tonight to The Keg to celebrate. Went to The Kingfisher Spa on Vancouver Island for our 10 yr Ann. of being together 2 weekends ago. Life is good!!!

Mothers Day Card

2008-05-28T10:52:00.000-07:00

Again this is cased from strappystamper. I love the cocoa and soft sky together. I had to do a bit of modifying as I didn't have the right size cirle punches. I made a little scalloped bottom piece and stamped it with the little flowers. I used a blender pen to colour in the image from Kind Thoughts. I traced inside of the stamping on the soft sky in a white gel pen to give it some depth and contrast. I used my first piece of cuttlebug paper in the cocoa. Now, the name is escaping me at the moment on the name of the folder, but it's one of my fabs. I don't even own one yet, but have bought 2 and have lent them to my dear creative and talented friend http://melstampz.blogspot.com/. I really enjoyed working with these colours and this layout. This is a nice elegant set to use for really special cards. Have a great day! The sun is shining and the girls are in school today, so it'll be great for me. :o)

Debbie's 50th Bday Card

2008-05-28T10:46:00.000-07:00

I saw this beautiful card made by strappystamper and I just had to case it. I love the layout and the colours. I had borrowed the Kind Thoughts stamp set from a great friend http://melstampz.blogspot.com/ and didn't know what to do with it. I found all I needed for inspiration on scs. I used purely pom, soft sky and blk. I'm sad that S.U. is once again getting rid of the in colours. It would be great if they would keep a few of each and bring them into the new catty's. I better stock up in June! The biggest piece of soft sky is the patterned paper. I was all out of linen purely pom, so had to replace with just the regular paper. I really enjoyed copying strappystampers card and after I had made another card that I'll post next, I realized this was one of her creations too! If she hasn't already been a featured stamper on the scs weekly newsletter, I definitely think she should be! Thanks for stopping by! I know I don't update this enough. Cheers!

Hpnotiq Tini

2008-04-14T23:03:00.000-07:00

My latest card. I was having my usual insomnia last week and started thinking of what I could throw together for my next card. I wanted some bright colours as it was so grey out last week here. I haven't used my Bella's a lot, so I wanted to use one of them. Came up with a layout and added some accessories. I used Green Galore, Cool carib and Tempt. turq for my colours. Made Cosmobella's capri's out of TT pp. I pulled out my blender pen and coloured a white prima in the green galore. I had the blue flower and it matches perfect to the cool carib. Thanks for stopping by my blog for a peak. I haven't been updating it as much lately. I've been lacking creativity. I'm hoping my trip to Disneyland will give my brain a chance to recharge.

Baby Girl Welcome Card

2008-04-09T00:29:00.000-07:00

The latest baby in our group arrived two weeks ago... a little girl. Well hardly little at 8lbs 15oz. ;o) Hard to believe one baby is close to the weight of my twin girls when they were born. I haven't made a baby card for awhile and all my sets are so outdated. I then realized I had the new So Many Scallops and thought I'd try it out. I saw some really nice ones on scs with this stamp on them. I used pretty in pink, barely banana and whisper white for ink and paper. Added a couple yellow gem brads, some SU ribbons, scallops, and corner pieces. I stamped on the pink bg cardstock and the white cs with my newest stamp.. stitched bg and used the little dots from Delight in Life on the last layer of pink cs and the banana cs as well as on the little corner pieces. I then used a white gel pen to add a little colour in the middle of the dots. I stamped the main image with white craft ink and then used white ep. I enjoyed making this card tonight. Sometimes, cardmaking is so therapeutic!

Doodle This CC 159

2008-04-06T22:52:00.000-07:00

I haven't posted on here in a long time. I loved this colour challenge combo, so I had to make a couple cards with the colours. Here is my first one. I used the Doodle this set that I had used for along time. Stamped in blk stazon and used my new aquapainter for the first time. I need to get use to the flow of it, but love the way it works. Stamped the bg in white craft ink and embossed in clear ep. Added some stickles, couple gem brads, ribbon and attemped to do the dots that I see everyone doing. I can't wait to use my new stitched bg in white for a bg on going grey cardstock. Colours are Going Grey, Soft sky and whisper white.

CC 155 and SC 164

2008-03-03T19:40:00.000-08:00

I usually never do the challenges on scs and if I do I'm usually way behind, like on these ones. I made this while my girls were in school today and after as I had messed up the card part and had to redo. I had higher hopes for it's turnout. I saw the River Rock, Blk and WW colour challenge and liked the looks of these colours together. It can have a antique feeling to it if done in a proper manner. I pulled out the Baroque Motif set that I haven't used in awhile and went to work. The flowers are all embossed as well as on the little white strip of paper. I rarely ever make a white card. I really had wanted this one to be, so I made myself do it! Thank gosh, I get to go to stamp club get together this Wed. I really need inspiration from my great artist SU demo bestest friend. Thanks for stopping by for a looky lew!

Wow... The Worlds Most Crooked Card

2008-02-12T00:34:00.000-08:00

This is so embarassing, I had to put it on here. After all the work, I do and use the little circles on the light brown paper to line up my other layers and wow...obviously that was a crooked cut. How frustrated am I!!! I am so anal, that I can spot this drunken looking mess from across the room where I see it. I'll save this card to give to a friend when she's already drunk... so she can't tell. ;o) I finally got around to using the berry bliss paper. I will have to try this again. This time I will count on my eyes for visual lining.. not a cut piece of paper!!!! Hey Mel... you're Bday is soon. Have a couple drinks before you open this piece of work up! I thought the layout I came up with while bored watching the grammy's wasn't too bad. I know it's been used before and not a original, but it all came to me quickly while sitting there. Brad Paisley came on and that was my cue to go into the dungeon. Sorry to any that are a fan! He could probably make a straighter card. Done babbling... for now! Off to listen to my husband snore. Elbow is locked and loaded!

Blue For You

2008-02-12T00:26:00.001-08:00

This was for one of the colour challenges and sketch challenges recently on scs. I thought I'd pull out my newest stamp set.. One of A Kind to make this card. I like using the 3 flower one as a bg stamp. I hear we will be getting new ones to replace them as they don't line up with punch. I had held off ordering the punch because of that problem. Soon, I'll get to punch out the flowers to match, instead of hand cut it. The colours I used are Real red, Blue bayou and Soft sky. I stamped the flower first on the white paper and then stamped again and cut out the red stamped flower image. Stamped the blue little flower and cut it out for the centre and added a red gem for some more colour. I actually don't mind this colour combo and layout. I've been keeping cards really simple lately... not to say I am ever really extremely talented. I've just wanted simplicity and not really detailed like that of the cards I really do admire on scs. Some people can pull off grand details so well.

Baby Pea

2008-02-12T00:11:00.000-08:00

I needed to come up with a quick baby card. Not knowing the sex is so hard to pick the colours. I did the standard green, blue and yellow and then added some amethyst. I kept it really simple. Embossed the stamped image and then coloured it in. Added some bg stamping, soft subtles ribbon and different coloured baby brads to give it a little something. The stamp is I think called baby pea from Stampin Bella that a friend lent to me. Thanks for stopping by for a look. I need to take the time to make some nicer cards. One day!!

Snowbunny Bella Birthday Babe!

2008-01-18T22:24:00.000-08:00

I've been happily down in my dungeon a few times this week stamping away. A girlfriend of mine's Bday is at the end of this month. She loves to go up snowboarding and I thought of her love of wearing soft pink to make this card. I used pretty in pink and soft sky paper. I stamped in versamark all the snowflakes from the snowflake spot all over the pink to make a bg and then used clear ep. I also stamped the snow looking stamp over the soft sky. I masked the snowbunny bella and sponged on soft sky all over the white paper. I then stamped some of the snow and snowflakes with versamark and then used iridiscent ice ep. I painted in her pink coat and boots and used pink stickles on her furry cuffs and pompoms. Added a bit of ribbons that matched, couple punches and a gem brad to give it a bit of something. This was a quick and fun card to make. It was nice to use soft colours again. It's been along time it seems. Thanks for taking a peak!

Friendship Blooms Together

2008-01-13T11:52:00.000-08:00

Melissa http://melstampz.blogspot.com/ and I got together yesterday in my dungeon to stamp stamp stamp. Actually, we did rub ons for the first time. The ones from the upcoming SAB promotion. We used the brown ones. I took her out of her usual colour scheme to one that I love to do. All the layering is her design. We used a basic grey line that I can't recall, but the paper itself is angelic. We stamped the sanded bg stamp 3 times in different colours - close to cocoa, pretty in pink and regal rose. I stamped the flowers with versamark and choc chip as I don't have the craft ink and then Melissa painted some regal rose onto the pretty in pink flowers, added some stickles, a rub on in the middle and a brad ontop of that. Melissa used a glitter gel roll pen on the middle of the little flowers that I stamped from the Time Well Spent set for our bg. I think we work really well together, bringing both of our different styles together. Melissa was dying to distress on the card as she is the distressing queen, so she just did the outside edge of the card. I know it was killing her not to do it all. Hee hee. Thanks for stopping by!

My Girls Valentine Cards

2008-01-11T00:55:00.000-08:00

I thought I wouldn't wait until the last minute to make my 4 yr old twingirls their Vday cards. Lauren loves pink and Jordan loves purple. They turn 5 in February, so I'll have to get back to my dungeon to make their Bday cards. They love doing arts and crafts, so I've stamped the hearts from Time Well Spent for them to colour and add to their Vday cards. I used pink passion, pixie pink, Lavendar lace and almost amethyst. I used the soft swirls background stamp and then used a white gel pen on the inside of the hearts. I was looking for something to use for a Vday greeting and I was on the phone with my stampin buddy Melissa, when she was talking about a women who had cut up stamps and I then thought of the So Many Sayings set. I choose not to cut it up and thought I'd try stamping the whole image and then embossed it in white ep. I think it turned out okay! I got the girls pink and purple little gorilla's down in the states last week to go in little metal buckets for the gifts. Of course... I will have to load up the bottoms with some treats. :o) Thanks for stopping by!

Time Well Spent Friend

2008-01-11T00:49:00.000-08:00

I have finally made a new card. Almost after a month of no cardmaking. I borrowed my friend Mels new set to have something new to play with. The colour is lavendar lace, but somehow is looking blue.. even my 4 year old pointed it out. Too much flash I guess. The other colour is Mellow Moss. Added some white gel pen, purple and green ribbons, hodgepodge, linen bg, punches, and SU markers. I need to get reinspired. Mel is coming over to play on Sat. I got a cuttlebug for xmas, but opened it last night to find out it's been used. What is wrong with people to return something they've used? I'll have to get to Walmart before Sat. to get a new one, so we can set it up and play with it. She always inspires to me try new things. I can't wait for the first stamp club get together! TFL!

The Winner is:

2008-01-06T22:21:00.000-08:00

Jan Scholl. I've emailed you to get your address. Congrats! I hope you enjoy the mixture of blog candy. Thanks to everyone else for their comments for their 2008. I will take the time in the next few days to get to everyone's blogs.. if they aren't blocked. :o) Thanks, Kim!