A little challenge time

Hello everyone! I'm here with a late post to share this double challenge card. When I first saw this Willard image by Kraftin' Kimmie, I totally HAD to have him! He just looks so pitiful and adorable all at the same time! I colored him to look like he was wearing the scarf and mittens his grandma bought him last Christmas that she thought he'd really like. Does it look like he likes it? Haha! I think not!

I played along with this week's Christmas Card Challenge which was a sketch challenge, and Kraftin' Kimmie's "seeing spots" challenge. These fun EK apoxy stickers I thought fit that bill perfectly.

Enjoy your evening. I'm going over to my parents' for dinner. My brother's best friend, and Army comrade, Kevin, is here visiting on his R&R so Mom is making her famous porkchops! Yum!! So far we've had lots of fun since he arrived on Friday. Only a few more days until he leaves. :( But in April, he and my brother will BOTH be here! :D

Materials
Stamps: KK Willard, CTMH Captured Moments
Paper: BG Eskimo Kisses dp, PTI kraft and cs
Other: Copics, foam tape, liquid applique, EK border punch and apoxy stickers, CTMH inks and hemp, Memento ink

Beautiful *ah* Bows?

First off, guess my Blogaversary was Friday. Oops! Sad i missed it and didn't have something extra special to share. Maybe I'll put together some Blog Candy......

So I made this card for this week's Kraftin' Kimmie challenge which is called Beautiful Bows. The idea is to incorporate a bow on your card. ......do you see any on mine? Look closely..... it's a good thing Drucilla has bows in her hair, otherwise this card wouldn't count! I really didn't want to make another card again either! Lol!

I was able to use this cool ribbon I found at a LSS. It has elastic in the band, so it was a bit of a task, but it ended up looking pretty cool.

Happy Monday everyone! Good thing it's MY Sunday! :D

Materials
Stamps: KK Drucilla, CTMH Say it in Style
Paper: Oct. Afternoon dp, CTMH cs
Other: Copics, CTMH ink and hemp, Memento ink, AC buttons, misc. ribbon, Stickles

Work before play

Late post again, sorry. Had to do all of my house work before I even touched the computer today! Poor neglected house... :( But all the chores are done now, so I can share with you what I finished up the other night (after I watched a 2yr old for 8+ hours *eek!*).

This card is for this week's Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge #37 which says "Pink it up!". I have my "new" Eva BG dp to play with that was perfect for the pink challenge. I say new loosely since it's an older pack that I just recently purchased. There's this Etsy seller who sells 1/2 packs of 6x6 packs. Totally perfect for me since I tend to get tired of a pack before I can use it all. I bought 3 other 1/2 packs too. I thought Charlotte looked like she wanted to play with this card and layout, plus she's fun to color. I even outlined her in my RV00 to give her that much more pinkness!

I also tried to follow this week's Sketch Saturday #111, but I had to tweak it to work with the size of my image.


I also bring to you today a picture of my roses that finally decided to bloom! I swear the buds have been teasing me for about two months now. This was a rose from my Grandmother's house. She LOVED roses and had a large rose garden. When she passed, all I requested to have was one of her roses. Peach and pink where her favorite colors. Grandma says "hello" to me every year through this rose. Love you Grandma!

Materials
Stamps: KK Charlotte, CTMH Fringed Phrases
Paper: BG Eva dp, CTMH cs
Other: Copics, foam tape, adhesive backed pearls, misc. flowers, CTMH inks, Memento ink

SSSC #76

Back again with another sketch challenge card. This one is for the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #76. Super simple layout, which is perfect since I wasn't feeling the Mojo when I made this and yesterday's card. Notice I used the same EXACT paper? Hey, the scraps where sitting right there, so why not?! I bought these great salmon colored buttons in bulk at a LSC, but when I went to use this one it had this huge hole in the middle. Very odd, but I used it as an opportunity to put a rhinestone to cover it up!

Don't forget to come back for the Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Grand Opening blog hop tonight at midnight. Adorable new stamps to oogle at, purchase, and possibly WIN!!

Enjoy your weekend! Our 90+ temps are supposed to stay strong again today. I'm so glad summer is finally here!!

Materials
Stamps: KK Drucilla, CTMH Fringed Phrases
Paper: BG Nook & Pantry dp, CTMH cs
Other: Copics, misc. ribbon and button, rhinstone, CTMH inks

Like you a Latte!

Still crankin' out the fun sentiments to pair with Gabrielle! She is so fun, and thank goodness she's an easy one to cut out! Lol! I used last week's CA&F's Sketchy Saturday sketch again for this card. Since it won me a free TGF stamp, I kinda have a soft spot for this sketch now! Haha! Plus it's nice and simple.

You're going to get tired of the Lemonade paper again, but I used it ALL up!! "Another one bites the dust"! Enjoy your Wednesday! My second card class is tonight.

Materials
Stamps: KK Gabrielle
Paper: BG Lemonade dp, CTMH cs
Other: Copics, CTMH inks, CB folder, Coluzzle, Signo pen

More Gabrielle

When I saw this sentiment, I knew I HAD to use it with Gabby! So fun, and so appropriate for the Seattle area. This will surely be a quick sale at the shop. I used a TGF FFF sketch from a while back for the layout.

Stay tuned tomorrow for some AWESOME news and cool things that I'll be sharing!! It's way exciting!!

Materials

Stamps: Kraftin' Kimmie Gabrielle

Paper: BG Nook & Pantry dp, CTMH cs

Other: Copics, CTMH inks and edge distresser, Coluzzle, foam tape, pearls

My sweet Darjeeling!

Hee hee! I couldn't resist using this phrase with my new Gabrielle stamp. Too cute! I totally LOVE how this card turned out! I even was able to tie in another of my cool CTMH Irresistables. I love how I can color them to match anything.

Enjoy your Sunday! Another day of work for me, but it's raining anyways.

Materials
Stamps: Kraftin' Kimmie's Gabrielle
Paper: BG Kioshi, CTMH cs, kraft
Other: Copics, MS punch, foam tape, CTMH Irresistables and inks, rhinestone, lace.

Unscripted #55

I've been having some trouble using this particular sheet of the BG Nook&Pantry paper. I don't know what it is about it. Maybe it's too geometrical for me. I finally found a way for it to work though. It all just started clicking together once I got going.

I used Unscripted Sketches #55 for the layout. I thought the sentiment was funny for Drucilla. It made me giggle! I also used the metal-rimmed tag from something I bought at a thrift store last week. Re-use and re-purpose!

Materials
Stamps: Kraftin' Kimmie Drucilla, CTMH Fringed Phrases
Paper: BG Nook&Pantry, CTMH cs, kraft
Other: Copics, CTMH inks, brads, and flowers, metal rimmed tag, Stickles

"Crazy" Kimmie

Ha ha! Everytime I see Drucilla, it makes me think of some vendictive ex-girlfriend ready to act out her revenge on an old boyfriend. That's why I chose the sentiment-Don't tempt me! She looks good as a redhead too. I had fun coloring her. I decided her outfit should be just as wild as she is. The layout is based off of Taylored Expressions sketch challenge #105. I haven't tried one of her sketches yet and it was quite fun!

Materials

Stamps: Drucilla-Kraftin' Kimmie, CTMH Simple Stitches

Paper: BG Green at Heart, CTMH cs

Other: Copics, foam tape, CTMH inks, misc. ribbon and button, EK border punch

I finally bought some!!

Yay! I've been drooling over these Kraftin' Kimmie images since I first saw them! I finally saved up enough fun money to buy a few. In addition to this Charlotte image, I also bought Garbrielle and Drucilla. I {heart} them!! They're really fun to color too.

One thing I realized when I got them in the mail is that you get just the rubber. They don't come mounted on Cling like TGF or SN stamps. But my little trick around that was to use my ATG tape and just directly glue it to my acrylic block. Then I just stamped it as though I was using one of my CTMH acrylic stamps and used my foam under my paper. The cool thing about my tape is that it easily rubs off when I'm done. So that saved me another $10!

Materials
Stamps: Charlotte-Kraftin' Kimmie, CTMH Fringed Phrases
Paper: BG Nook & Pantry, CTMH cs, kraft
Other: Copics, CTMH inks and corduroy brads, EK punches, foam tape, scrap lace