Halloween card

This card is for the Kraftin Kimmie Challenge of spooky cards...well, I don't have any of the halloween stamps, so I had to improvise. Since Drucilla here is a little crazed with her little Pins in her friend, I figured she would work out nicely for the halloween card. I never make halloween cards....so this brought me out of my comfort zone. I had the skull/crossbones paper from Hobby Lobby a long time ago....and had even had this stamp in mind when I bought it! The Orange cs is embossed with my cutting plate for my cuttlebug (yep, weird, but makes a nice texture without being overly strong) Distessed the edges of both cs. I used a spellbinder label die and the out of box technique.

The Layout is based on the Sketch on Sketch Saturday.

copics in YR's and C's

Bright and Beachy Birthday Card!

In about 2 weeks our families will be coming together to celebrate 8 birthdays for June and July....and I will need several girly cards and felt inspired to actually create!

My card features K and company patterned paper (summery set on clearance forever ago.)

Silver cord on the right hand side from SU.

The Mermaid from Kraftin Kimmie is colored in Copics and mounted on pumpkin SU cardstock.

3 random brown rhinestones from clearance somewhere.

Tag made from Papertrey Ink die with "wish big" stamped 4 times from the matching "Tiny Tags" Stamp Set.

The Happy Birthday sentiment at the top is from Papertrey Ink set "Its a Celebration"

I love this card. Bright and Cheery, sunny and Beachy and Fun and not too busy that my husband didn't like it!

Hot Hot Hot challenge at Papertake weekly challenge for hot colors (orange/yellow)

Beachy challenge from Totally Papercrafts Challenge--I added the sand so she would be beachin it under the sea....closest stamp I had for a beachy scene.

Kraftin Kimmie for Tag Challenge

Sketch from Saturday Challenge

My craftin Mojo just finally came back after my copic class at my local stamp store and have actually kept making things. I made several items after the monday class, then here today I made little mermaid and started several other items! Thanks for looking!

Kraftin Kimmie Lily Lemon Friendship card

Little Miss Lilly Lemon from Kraftin Kimmie is gracing the cover of this sweet friendship card. I chose the colors from the copic challenge blog and already had Lilly colored, so I added the purple and flew with it. Details of the card are as follows....

• patterned paper from DCWV Once Upon a Time stack
• cs from SU, purple cut with spellbinder nestie
• sentiment from Papertrey Ink "in celebration" set, and used corner rounders
• Image from Kraftin Kimmie colored in copics, cut out with a spellbinder nestie with out of box technique.
• Straight stitch and ribbon help to add a little umph. ribbon from Oriental trading company
• Antique linen distress inks from tim holtz
• bow easy used for bow.

Challenges entered into...

• Kraftin Kimmie for scallops
• Crafty Catz for friendship
• Copic Creations Challenge (colors opposite on color wheel)

Lovely Charlotte Birthday card

I just recently got Charlotte from the Kraftin Kimmie birthday sale. I have always just loved her and now that my 18m baby girl is now starting to love on baby dolls, well, it is even more perfect!

I actually had her done and almost ready to put on the card for last week's challenge, but never could make it look quite right....so she just sat unfinished most of the week on my desk. So I decided to just hurry up, and make it into a challenge card for this week, which is a sketch...can view here.

Stripe paper from KandCompany stack from summer. Green and brown CS from SU. Green CS embossed with a cuttlebug folder. Brown cs cut with Nestie. Happy Birthday stamp from GIna K designs, and of course Charlotte has bee colored with copics.

She will also be put into the Kindergarten "keep in touch" basket that will be in the auction at the carnival at Alexandra's school.

Happy Little Mermaid!

What a sweet little Mermaid! Arianna from Kraftin Kimmie was colored in copics and cut out with Nesties and out of box technique--YOUtube video here, Splitcoast Stampers tutorial here

I used the Sketch Saturday to inspire my layout.

Nestie Label in SU pink cs, pierced and edged in stickles.

Brown SU cs and DCWV glitter CS in aqua are both cut with scalloped edge punch & layered.

Pattern paper with swirls is from K&company stack.

White organdy ribbon from RABOM and pink grosgrain ribbon from SU many moons ago!

Tiny pearls in corners.

Challenges:

Paptertake weekly--glitz--glittery aqua paper, shimmer on the organdy ribbon, stickles on the nestie edges

sketch saturday--slightly modified-bow instead of sentiment

Truly scrumptious--swirlys and pearls--swirly patterned paper, swirly hair and tail, pearls in corners.

7 Kids College Fund: Square...nuff said

Lillth in love....

Made for Valentines day and several challenges, here is Lilth in love.

Kraftin Kimmie stamp colored with copics, peach paper unkown CS, patterned paper is an old DCWV stack...so old I don't know when and the stack fell apart a long while ago.

Because she is in love and a valentine.... I sponged distess ink in worn lipstick around her. What a nice rosey glow of love it made. I just got it yesterday, so I had to use it!!! I was very excited!

Her feet stick out just a tad from the circle nestie by using the out of the box technique found on splitcoast

The peach cardstock was lightly sponged with distress ink walnut stain. Helps it stand out more as the peach was too pale.

The chocolate chip CS from SU is sponged over a template of tim holtz's with a flourish. I used the walnut stain again. Very faint but adds some texture without being overwhelming. This might be for my darling Husband, and he doesn't like too much crazy stuff on cards. Whenever he watches as I browse on blog hops or whatnot, he often "scoffs" at the over embellished cards....and only seems to allow it at christmas. He is odd....I guess, or I am...who knows!

The "love" stamp is from TAC and was sponged with walnut and the circle is a faux brad was made by using the stencil's tag that had a hole to hang it on the hook at the self...and sponged again in walnut.

Entering in several challenges:

STAMPING FOR THE WEEKEND**Valentine**

CUPCAKE CHALLENGE**Seeing Red**

KRAFTIN KIMMIE CHALLENGE**Seeing Red**

SKETCH SATURDAY--**Sketch**

They Sleep.....I stamped AGAIN!!! Valentine Card for Challenges

The 2 little ones have been sleeping really long....so I have two posts in one day!

Drucilla from Kraftin Kimmie has been stamped in momento ink and colored in copics.

She is cut out and mounted on an old patterned paper from DCWV stack, cut out/embossed with spellbinder label nestie.

I embossed the sentiment from Flouishes (From lilac or waterlillies stamp sets...have both sets in a case) in silver and layered on SU dk brown CS.

Two more patterned papers, kinda unknown.... are layered under.

I love how she turned out. I wish I had pewter colored embossing powder to show up more, but I love it anyways, I think it compliments the corner bling....was going to put a hardware corner in pewter in the bottom right corner, but decided against it.

Entered into Challenges:

I used the Sketch from Truely Scrumptous Challenge.

Have hearts (dots are hearts and teddy has one!) from 7 kids college fund challenge.

Papertake challenged us to have flowers--on the paper...

And finally, Stamping for the weekend challenged us to "warm it up"...I think hearts, warm colors and...well, Drucilla always warms my heart with her slightly crazed loving smile/look! :)