The weather outside’s delightful!

And I am so excited to share with you some new Kraftin’ Kimmie stamps this week that are not only delightful as well, but celebrate all the fun things that summer weather brings with it!

First up is this fun new set called “Summer Lovin”‘.  I decided to team up the fun sandcastle, bucket and shell stamps from this set for a bit of a graduation card!

This set would make great embellishments for a beach themed layout as well as summer cards!

 

This second set is one of my favourites from the new releases:

This set, called “Good Vibrations” is full of sweet treats!  I teamed them up with some awesome Doodlebug paper from the Flowerbox collection.  These stamps look awesome on their own or teamed up together.  I have a few ice cream photos of the girls that I could definitely scrap with them as well!

We have lots of inspiration from the Krafty Girls, so hop around….and be sure to comment at each and every stop because one lucky stamper is going to WIN BOTH of the new GOOD VIBRATIONS and SUMMER LOVIN’ sets!!! {All of this week’s winners will be announced at the online party on Saturday night!}

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The perfect stamping technique for me!

I love fussy cutting – I think I fussy cut on just about every scrapbooking project I tackle.  So this week, when There She Goes Stamps put out a paper piecing challenge this week – I was on it like a dirty shirt!  It’s the perfect technique for someone who loves to combine stamping and fussy cutting, and I really need to do it more often!

This adorable stamps is one of my favourites, and you can find him in the Scent-sational set from TSG.  If you look closely, you’ll notice that the flower has actually been pieced from the orange dot paper.  The center of the flower and the leaves were also pieced from this fun Doodlebug paper.  I did add a bit of dimension by colouring on top of the paper with my Copics…but other than that, the stamp and paper do all the work!

Well, here’s hoping you have a bit of time to get crafty this week!  Thanks for stopping by!

Twisted teal!

A few months ago, I was looking through my wedding album and noticed one of my favourite pictures that actually features a peacock.  My hubby and I got married at our local zoo, and there are a number of peacocks that roam around the atrium where we had our ceremony and reception.  It struck me at the time that a peacock feather made out of twine could be a pretty neat project, but I didn’t quite have the colours I needed at the time.

So when Lesley from Trendy Twine mentioned that she was coming out with two new teal colours and wanted to feature them in May, I knew exactly what I wanted to tackle.  I teamed up Twisted Teal with In the Navy, Krazy for Kraft, and Twisted Lime.  With a bit of Modge Podge for the centre, and some Glossy Accents to adhere the strands, I think the effect is fairly convincing.  The neat part about the feather is that it’s the type of embellishment that could be used with any sentiment – this one just happens to be from Paper Smooches.

You know, it’s not quite what I had in my mind, but I think it looks pretty cool!

Don’t forget to stop by Trendy Twine and check out the two fun teal colours available  – Twisted Teal and Tickled with Teal.

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Happy National Scrapbooking Day!

Today is a day for celebrating all things paper crafty!!! Hopefully you can find some time today to get out some paper, glue and scissors and have some fun!

Today, I am starting the celebration with Kraftin’ Kimmie!  This week, our challenge hostess is SHARON!! And her challenge is BANNERS!! So create a card, scrapbook page or altered item with a Kraftin’ Kimmie stamp that features a banner of some sort!!

I decided to use Birthday Lulu to create a bit of celebration fun!  In our house, pretend birthdays are almost as fun as the real thing, so I thought it would be fun to create a little memento for the next time we have an impromptu birthday celebration.  Because really, what is a birthday without a birthday card?!!

Are you coming to our National Scrapbook Day Krafty Krop??? It starts this morning on the KKStamps Facebook Fan page!!! We’ve got fun challenges for you every couple of hours starting at 10am EST….lots of chit chat with the Krafty Girls…..krafty fun and PRIZES!!! You’ll have almost a week to upload your submissions but a bunch of us are hangin’ out and gettin’ krafty together TODAY!!! Come join us!! And while you’re at it, stop by the store because you might just find some stamps on sale!So – get crafting!  I am off to play along with KKS and my pals over at CropChocolate!  There are prizes everywhere to be won, so get to it!

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