DAY THREE of the May 2020 Peeks - Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Fairy Village

Happy Friday peeps!  Welcome back for DAY THREE

of the May 2020 New Release peeks for 

KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS!

Artist Sabrina van Vloten has designed the absolutely

most fantastic set to coordinate with her Fairy Friends 

set.  This one is called Fairy Village.  Take a peek at the

two wonderful whimsical images that are just perfect

for our little fairies to live and play in.  EEEEEeee!

These images are also fun just on their own to make a magical

scene. So many fun possibilities with this set.  And I think

it will coordinate well with several other sets from KKS too. 

I had a lot of fun creating a scene on this card. 

The clouds are from Here Comes the Sun and the

sentiment is from Fairy Folk. Those dots are from the 

NEW RAINBOW BRIGHT DOTS. Did you notice that 

I used the stone accessory stamps to create a mossy path 

around the whimsical teapot? 

Can't you just imagine the little fairies living in there? 

There are some very creative ideas from the Krafty Krew

that you'll see if you click on the links below and go visit them.

Leave a comment at each stop because not only do we love to

hear from you, there's also a prize of Krafty $$ to spend in 

the KKS Shop for one lucky commenter! 

 Bfore you go don't forget about the  LIVE On-Line Party

on Saturday, May 16th at 2pm EST.  ALL the new products

will be available immediately following this event! 

 We have one more day of peeks tomorrow so please 

 come back to visit me and the others to see what it is. 

I know you are gonna LOVE this one too!!! 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge #478 - Texture

Happy weekend crafty peeps!

Today I get the pleasure of being the hostess

for Challenge #478 at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE CHALLENGES.

The theme I've chosen is TEXTURE.

There are so many ways to add texture to your

creations.  One way that has become my favorite

is to use glitter or embossing paste with stencils. 

My card uses the super adorable YOU GIVE ME WINGS stamp set.

My texture was created with some BoBunny glitter paste, some 

die cut grass and hills, coloring of the wood on the door, the

rocks on the fairy hideaway and lots of layers.  

See it's easier than you might have thought to add texture.    

To make this card, I started by sponging the main panel

with the new Sparkling Sapphire KKS hybrid ink all over.

After that dried, the stars were added using the 

STARBURST stencil (released in March).

I added some Yummy Yellow KKS hybrid ink to the clear

glitter paste (so easy to do and create colors you want if you

don't have them already).  I also stenciled the "rocks" on 

the fairy house.  It was a really fun card to make and I'm  

happy with how it turned out.  I wish you could see  

the depth and sparkle in real life!

I'm also entering this card in the 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes.

I hope you will decide to accept my challenge this week

and play along with us at KKS.  Each time you enter 

you increase your chances to win a $40 gift certificate 

to use in the KKS Shop.  We especially love when you

share your creations using KKS stamps and products! 

Thanks for visiting me today!  Hugs! D

Stampendous - Focus on the Sentiment, Sweet Stampin - Out of the Frame, CSAYL #25 - Non traditional Colors, CCAYR - Kids and Unscripted Sketches #173

Hello friends -  I'm really excited about this card as it turned out exactly as I had "dreamed" it and I think it is just too cute (sorry to toot my own horn - just can't help it)!  Hope you like it too. 

I am entering this card in the following five challenges:
Sweet Stampin' - Out of the Frame where they want to see part of the image sticking out of the frame. My image (the three wise men) is sticking out of the word frame.

Christmas Cards All Year Round - Kids

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long #25 - Non Traditional Colors (mine are blue, yellow/gold and razzleberry).  I think my pattern is a bit non-traditional too. 

Unscripted Sketches #173 (see below) which I have flipped and loosely interpretted the four squares in the sketch to be the three wise men and the gifts they are bearing. 

 

I'm also entering this card for the first time over at the Stampendous  Challenge Blog where the theme for August is Focus on the Sentiment.  

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today to see my card - I'm sure glad that  you did!  Til next time... Hugs and Happy Crafting!

 

Supplies: Cardstock (base and layering) Rich Razzleberry (SU) and Summer Sun (a retired SU color) and Neenah Solar White.  DSP - International Bazaar (SU).  Stamps - "First Christmas" and "Wise Kiddos" both from Stampendous.  The poem is colored and stamped with Rich Razzleberry ink (SU). I tore the edges around the poem and ran a copic marker around the edge for some definition.  The darling kids were stamped with Memento Ink (black) and colored Copic markers and Spica gel pens.  I also added a touch of glitter around the trim of their coats with my SU dazzling details white glitter glue.  I popped the three wise men (kiddos) up with SU dimension dots (got them a bit crooked from where I initially wanted them - but they were not coming back up without a fight - so you might need to tilt your head just a bit to get the best view of my card - lol).

C4C148 - Teacher,Inspired by #35 and The Paper Players #107

Hello friends and Happy Wednesday!  Today I have created a card to celebrate one of the heros in our lives - a teacher.  Many kids across the country are going back to school soon (mine does start til the end of the month) and what a perfect time to thank someone who has so much influence on our children's lives.  I used the following challenges to create my card:

Crazy 4 Challenges #148 - Teacher (C4C148)

Inspired by #35 - (see photo inspiration below)

The Paper Players Challenge #107 - Back to School Rules

I picked up on the superhero theme from the Inspired by photo and the colors.  We have been really fortunate in that our kids have had some really wonderful teachers.  Our son had a teacher named Mr. Lehman in kindergarden and again in fourth grade. Mr. Lehman was just a fabulous and positive influence - he recognized that our son was quite smart and keep him challenged in a fun way.  They still have a good relationship today many years later.   I'm sure many of you know teachers like this.  How lucky we are to have people like this in our lives.  And God love 'em for taking on that challenge!

Here's the inside:

I cute the words from a strip at the top of a piece of DSP from Close to My Heart (superhero) and added some more of the corner rub-ons to the top and bottom to coordinate with those on the front of the card. 

Thanks so much for popping in to visit today - I'm sure glad that  you did.  Have a most wonderful day - Hugs!

Supplies (from Stampin Up! unless noted otherwise): Cardstock - Summer Starfruit, Real Red and Marina Mist.  Textured embossing folder Chevron.  Digital image from Mo Manning called Superduper boy.  Image colored with a combo of copic markers and SU markers and a blender pen (Summer Starfruit and Marina Mist).  Sentiment and corner accents (as well as words from inside) are from Close to My Heart - Superhero accents.  Button is from my stash.  

Spooky Creepy Crawly for Retrosketches #23 and Dynamic Duos #14

Happy Tuesday!  It's been awhile since I've been able to participate in the Retrosketches challenge but this weeks sketch was one I just couldn't pass up - Retrosketches #23 (see below).  The inspiration for my colors comes from the Dynamic Duos Challenge #14 - Bold and Sassy combo.

I got these new stamp sets just a couple days ago from the Stampin Up Holiday mini catalog and I've been dying to ink them up.  I colored the sentiment stamp and the cute little googly eyed characters with my Pumpkin Pie and Wild Wasabi SU markers.  I made my own patterned paper by stamping the sentiment several times on the two rows (my first attempt was very crooked so the second time I drew a very thin pencil line across my paper to keep the words straighter).  I snipped out the cute little spider and let him drop down from the web.  So what do you think of these cute little googly eyes?  Aren't they just the bomb!! I'm wishing I had ordered more myself as I've already used up about half of the sheet (hint... you'll probably see some more of these in my other posts coming soon).   I chose to leave some eyes are they are and to add the googlies to the others.  Not sure who those two little eyes belong to above the words - maybe its the invisible man.  Here's a closer look:

Hope you like this card and thanks so much for dropping by to visit today - I'm sure glad that you did.   Til next time - Hugs!!

Supplies (all from Stampin Up!):  Cardstock - Whisper White, Wild Wasabi and Pumpkin Pie.  Stamps - Border Banter (words) and Googly Gouls (characters) with some Googlies (eyes - come in a sheet of 50).  The textured background is a textured embossing folder called Spider Web folder.  I used the Finishing Touches Edgelits for the border around my word strip.  The postage stamp and 1" square punches were used for each of the characters.   

If you would like to receive a free Holiday mini catalog in the mail (and you don't already have a Stampin Up demonstrator) just drop me a note and include your email address so I can contact you for a mailing address. You can also shop 24/7 right from my blog.

Dynamic Duos #10 - Bold and Sassy & MOJO Monday #249

Hello friends!  I got this fun idea out of one of the card magazines I subscribe to.  In that issue one of the cards had a multi-colored zebra with a saying about being unique.  So I decided to have some fun with this week's color challenge at Dynamic Duos #10 - Bold and Sassy Color Combo.  Can you guess what the two colors are???  Ok - not so hard - right?  Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive - a favorite color combo of mine, but I can honestly say I've never used it this way before - LOL!   I am also sharing this with you at MOJO Monday #249 since I used the sketch there for my card.  Hope you like it!  I need to be quick today so I can get to my daughters cooking class finale in a bit. They have cooked up a feast for the parents to enjoy and I sure don't want to miss that!  Here is the color inspiration from Dynamic Duos and the sketch from MOJO Monday: 

Thanks so much for stopping by - I'm sure glad that you did.  And "Hello" to my new follower - so happy you've joined me! Hugs!

Supplies (all from Stamping Up except giraffe stamp and die border strip):  Cardstock - Rick Razzleberry, Old Olive and Whisper White.  Stamp - Baby Giraffe from Stampendous - inked with Staz On Black and colored with a blender pen and Rich Razzleberry ink.  DSP - Summer Smooches (rich razzleberry) and The Write Stuff (old olive - retired). The border strip is from My Favorite Things dies.  I made the sentiment on my computer and hand-cut the flag.  The RR buttons are from the Brights collection.  

52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown - Sketch #7

Hello friends!  Thanks for popping in to visit me today for my very first post as a DT for 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown - whoo hoo!! Since this is the first week of the month the we have a sketch challenge for you (see below). 

I couldn't decide if I wanted to go cute or classic - so I did one of each for this week's challenge inspiration.  You can add lots of layers (as I have done with the card above) , you can flip this sketch (as I've done below),  you can keep it CAS, or you can embellish it up to the hilt (just make sure the sketch is still obvious).  On both of my cards I expanded the size of the main rectangle slightly.

As soon as I saw this darling new set from Stampin Up I knew I had to have it for the cards I will make for our younger group of family and friends.  This set will also make darling tags for packages - I can't wait to try that!! I used the new Finishing Touches Edgelits.  This is just a single edge strip so I had to run it through my Big Shot 4 times to get the edging all around the primrose layer. I did get it a bit off when I placed the Big Shot clear plate on top though so next time I'll use a dab of dotto to hold it in place a little better. I still like how it turned out though - gives it kind a fun and funky vibe that goes along with the stamps and card in general. I colored the stamps with my SU markers to get the different colors and stamped the deer's scarf on a scrap of pink and then pieced it onto the image. I used a retired SU snowflake punch and snipped off the ends to create the green snowflakes which mimic the snowflakes on the DSP.

Here's the other card I made with this week's sketch:

Please pop into the 52 {Christmas} Card Challenge blog and see the wonderful creations the rest of the DT has created and shared with you for inspiration. I hope that you will decide to join us in this fun challenge - we are seeing our numbers growing and the inspiration I'm getting from all of you is just amazing! Remember, the sketch is just a starting point for your creativity - can't wait to see what you do with it!

Supplies for "cute" deer card (all from Stampin Up! except as noted): Cardstock - I used 3 of the NEW In-Colors on this card called Gumball Green (base),  Primrose Petal and Raspberry Ripple.  I also used Very Vanilla.  Stamps - sentiment and deer from No Peeking.  DSP - Be of Good Cheer.  Misc - colored rhinestones.

Supplies for "classic" deer card (all from Stampin UP!): Cardstock - Cherry Cobbler and Very Vanilla. DSP - Be of Good Cheer. Stamp - Christmas Deer (NEW). I snipped the little bird out and placed in the deer's antlers.  I used a 1" and and 1 1/4" circle punch for the sentiment (sentiment is from a retired rub-on set from SU).

Freshly Made Sketches #40, 4 Crafty Chicks - By the Sea, & Addicted to Stamps (ATS) #1 - Make Your Mark

Hello friends -  here it is Sunday already.  How does the weekend go by so fast?? 

The card I am sharing with you today is for a darling young girl who reminds me very much of this little mermaid with her long flowing dark hair and aura of sweetness.  I used the sketch from Lesley at the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #40 for my card (see below). 

I am also playing along with the 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge #95 - By the Sea, and the launch of the Addicted to Stamps (ATS) "Make Your Mark" Challenge #1 (thanks Kylie!) where anything goes pretty much as long as markers are used your creation.  The DT at 4 Crafty Chicks want to know what you like about the sea or what it means to you.  For me, ever since I was a little girl I have had this fantasy that mermaids live way down deep in the sea and hoped I would catch one. I have only been to the sea a couple of times in my life. I have found it to be both mysterious and relaxing, and would love to go to the seashore and beach every year if I could.   Maybe someday I'll find a mermaid :o)

This image is from a Stampendous repositionable cling rubber stamp called "Mermaid kiddo".  I colored it with copic and spica markers (a tiny bit of sparkle).  A very talented card designer and copic instructor named Wendy Jordan taught me the trick of using drywall tape on the card to add the netting texture (who would have thunk?!). The small wooden shell is from Close to My Heart. 

Stampin Up! products used are: Cardstock - Crumb Cake (card base), Peach Parfait (sentiment flag layer) and Whisper White. DSP - Comfort Cafe (NEW). Ribbon - Baja Breeze seam binding (doubled and scrunched up to look like water). Sentiment is from Happiest Birthday (stamped in Taken with Teal ink).

Thanks so much for stopping by to visit - I'm sure glad that you did!  Hope you saw something that inspired you :o) Hugs!!