It’s a Krafty Krop and a challenge day!

Are you ready to party today???? We are having a Krafty Krop today at Kraftin’ Kimmie stamps, so the challenges will be coming at you every couple of hours starting at 10:00am EST (that’s 8:00am my time…better get moving! ). Join us on the blog and on Facebook for all the fun!

But before we get gong on that, I wanted to share my inspiration for you for this week’s challenge. The challenge this week is all about flowers, and I know this is going to be a great one for many of you!

I teamed up this cute stamp from the Birthday Lulu set with some fun DCWV paper in colours I thought were anything but girlie!  It’s funny though – add a flower and bow and any colour works fora little gal, doesn’t it? To make things a bit more fun, I also added a bit of an interactive element to this card too:

It’s a double slider – and would you believe that it is the first one I have ever made??!!!  It won’t be the last either – super easy and fun (go check out a tutorial here).

Oh, and just so you know, this card is also a little hint about one of the challenges I am hosting today! But enough said…you’ll have to join the crop for more details!

Thanks for stopping by!

Epic!

One of the many fun things about being a teacher is being able to keep up on all the “lingo of the young people”.  However, the one thing I have learned is that, in many cases, it is not okay for me to use it even if I know it….I get the strangest looks from my students (which is often just what I am going for! ).  Apparently, one must be of a certain age for these words to be deemed “cool”.

But the great thing is that I also have some greetings for cards for my cool nephew who happened to turn 10 this last week.  After all, it’s not like I am directly saying it if it is on a card, right?

So, this year I teamed up a…dare I say….cute????  Whimsie Doodle Stamp with one of the newest stacks from DCWV called Sunday Afternoon.  This stack is full of amazing patterns with enough detail to work on cards and larger projects.  And with a huge variety of colors, I am sure I can get as many masculine as feminine themed projects out of this collection!  It really is fun, bright and cheerful – just like a Sunday afternoon (until you realize it is back to work the next day, right???)!

Although the word “Epic” doesn’t appear in this stack, there are so many fun words in different fonts that you can fussy cut to make all sorts of combinations.  I added these letters on with foam adhesive so they would stand out, and pressed them down in different ways to add a bit more dimension.

Well, I think it’s a pretty cool card.  But in them end, only a ten-year old will really tell!

Magical Birthday

It is my second to last post as a Krafty guest designer this month for Kraftin’ Kimmie stamps, and I am so excited to share this card with you!  This week, the challenge is all about using your favourite Kraftin’ Kimmie image.

In my house, with two little girls, fairies abound…so the new releases at Kraftin’ Kimmie this month was right up our alley! Lexi reminds me so much of my oldest daughter who happens to be a huge fan of pink, so I made this little card with her in mind!  The little sentiment is from the Fairy Trinket set – and I thought this was a perfect fit with Lexi!

The card base itself it super easy – as long as you have a few different patterns of paper that coordinate, all you need to do is layer a few different sized circles up one side of the card and you are finished.  I used a variety of foam adhesives in different thickness to provide some dimension, but it really is a super easy design that can work with may stamped images!  Colour up your image to match the paper, add a bit of ribbon for texture and you are all set!

Speaking of colours, let m give you a few details for this version of Lexi and the Trinket.  I stamped Lexi with Momento Ink in Tuxedo Black – my “go to” ink when colouring.  The trinket was stamped with Hampton Arts/Doodlebug ink.  After colouring Lexi with my Copics (more details in a minute), I topped off her wings, dress and wand with Stickles in Glam pink, and added some to the Trinket stamp as well.  Really – what is a fairy with our fairy dust, right?

Here’s the specs for Lexi’s colouring:
Skin – E00, E11, E13, E15
Hair - YR21, E13, E15, E18
Dress – R81, R43, RV25
Wings – B41

I hope you’ll consider joining the challenge at Kraftin’ Kimmie this week!  Thanks for stopping by!

No lion about it!

I’m up today on the Trendy Twine blog, and I wanted to share with you a little birthday card I recently created.

This month, the Trendy Twine DT was working with a great colour called Orange Truffle – a combination of orange and brown. The colour actually makes me think of Thanksgiving, but since Thanksgiving here in Canada was about 6 weeks ago, I thought I would see what other inspirations came from this pretty twine.  Cue the inspiration:

Recently, I started swimming lessons with my two little gals, and one of the games we play is Lion hunt….you might know it…”I’m going on a lion hunt (going on a lion hunt).  I’m not afraid (I’m not afraid).”  Yup, it’s catchy, in one of those “get stuck in your head” kind of ways.

Paper is from MME

So I thought this twine would make a cute mane for this cute lion - a stamp that is part of  a Recollections set I picked up at least a year ago.  I simply coloured and then fussy cut his head apart from his body (I promise that no cats were hurt in the making of this card), and then looped the twine around in a circle on the backside of his head.  I wanted him to look a bit disheveled, so I cut the loops at different lengths, and even left a couple uncut.  I then used some foam adhesive to glue his head back in place for a little definition, and I was all set.  So, while Orange Truffle twine is perfect for scrapping any of the Thanksgiving and Halloween photos you may have taken in the last little while, it is also fantastic for all sorts of projects – no lion about it!!!   Thanks for stopping by!!!