Showing posts with label love. Show all posts
Showing posts with label love. Show all posts

Thursday, October 17, 2019

Sending you SNOW much love!

Hello crafty friends.  I'm back with another
card to share with you.  It's a one layer and CAS 
 card (gasp!) - and I love how it turned out.

The finished size is 3 1/2" x 5".   

I used a new stamp set from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps
called Snowflake Kisses.  I  showed you another 
peek of this set early today on this blog post 
if you missed seeing it. The snowflakes are stamped
in three different pinks: Berry Bliss, Pink Pizzazz and
Pretty in Pink (all from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps). 
The enamel dots are also brand new and will 
be available Saturday afternoon - Festive Dots

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Thanks so much for visiting me today! Hugs D

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Donut Forget...I Love You

Happy Wednesday crafty friends and followers!
A quick post from me today with a valentine
that I made recently for my son.  Now that he's
received it I can share. He's such a sweet supporter
of his mama's crafty card making hobby and loves
to get handmade cards.  He also follows me
on all my social media accounts and I didn't 
want him to see it that way before he got it
in person.  It was kind of funny as he said
"hey, I got a card from my mama just now.
I haven't seen this one yet".  But then he
also wondered where the real donuts are - lol.
That "kid" love donuts so much it's ridiculous.
But I love him even more than he loves donuts!

Here's the card:

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

thanks for popping in to visit me today! 
Have a great rest of the week! Hugs! D

Saturday, February 2, 2019

Make Your Own Background - Kraftin' Kimmie Celebration weekend Challenge #1

Goooood Day sweet crafting friends!
This weekend we have some really fun challenges 
in the Kraftin' Kimmie Friends Facebook Group
to celebrate Kimmie's birthday and reaching more than 
6,000 followers in the group! We have a series of
challenges for you to participate in. You have all
week to enter and there's prize opportunities!

The first challenge is to make your own background. 
I usually default to patterned papers (I have an embarrassingly
large amount of that stashed in my craft space), but
lately I've been having a lot of fun using stencils instead.

My first card to share with you today uses the 
HAPPY HEARTS STENCIL with the inspiring
stamp sets YOU ARE SUPER and 
HAPPY THOUGHTS (all from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps)
I started with a watercolor wash on the base
with two different colors.  After that dried 
I used some Bobunny glitter paste with the
stencil.  A little different style from my
usual but I'm really happy with how it turned out!

This second card was made using Brusho Crystals
on a watercolor paper panel (yellow, orange and red)
and again the YOU ARE SUPER stamp set.

Both of these cards are going to two amazing women
who have or are fighting against breast cancer.  I'm truly
in awe of their strength and positive attitudes. 

(inspired by the pink and hearts)

and
TIME OUT Challenges #128 - Home Sweet Home Photo inspiration
(I was inspired by the hearts)


And I'm entering the second card in these challenges:
Jo's Scrap Shack Fun Friday Challenges #267 Always Anything Goes
Krafty Chicks Challenges  #440 Crazy Egg Anything Goes

If you like these products I've shown you, there's a special
SALE code for this weekend only KIMIS48 to get
25% off your entire order (regular priced items only).

Thanks so much for visiting me today! I hope you are getting
some good crafty time in this weekend! Hugs! D

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges #466 - LOVE/Hearts

Hi everyone thanks for stopping in to visit me today.
Valentine's Day is just around the corner so as your
hostess for this week's challenge at
KRAFTIN' KIMMIE Challenges I picked the theme
of Love and or Hearts for KKS Challenge #466.

The recent KKS January release has lots of great products
that you can use for this theme such as the HAPPY HEARTS
stencil, the Pretty in Pink ink, the Lovey Dots, and
the HEARTS and STARS and BEARY LOVE stamp sets.
Do you have any of those? If so, they would be perfect for this week.
We'd love to see your creations using a Kraftin' Kimmie
Stamps products (or two) but if you don't that's okay
just make and share a new creation that feature love (or a
loving message) and/ or hearts.

I hope that you'll decide to join us this week.  Each submission
you make (into any of the February challenges) gets your name
in monthly drawing for a $40 voucher to spend in the Krafty Shop.
You can enter two ways: 1) by linking up on the main challenge
blog or 2) by sharing your KKS creation in the
Krafty Friends Facebook Group.  Also, This weekend is
extra special as we're celebrating 6,000+ members in the
Krafty Friends Facebook group - AND it's Kimmie's birthday!
Join us today - Saturday, February 2nd for an all day on-line party
with special challenges, giveaways, prizes and FUN!

Oh...and one more tiny thing...there's a special discount code
in the Krafty Shop for this special event! Use code KIMIS48
to receive 25% off all regular priced items 
through Sunday! Isn't that awesome!!! Happy Shopping!

So now I get to show you my card which uses the super sweet
new stamp set from last month's release called BEARY LOVE
and some of the pretty enamel dots from the Lovey Dots collection.

Saturday, January 26, 2019

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges #495 - Layers

Hello!  Hope you're having a fantastic day!
I'm happy you are here because it's the start of 
another fun challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges. 
The theme for this weeks Challenge #495 is LAYERS.

I love layers - the more the better as far as I'm concerned. 
I pulled out some of my favorite Doodlebug patterned papers and
stamped one of the adorable bears from the fun NEW stamp
set called BEARY LOVE in  KKS Marvellous Mocha ink
which is fantastic for a little lighter outline to color in
(the sentiment is from a retired KKS set).
Then I added lots of layers with colored cardstock.
Viola! Hope you like it!

I'm also entering this card in the following challenges:
Crafting With Friends Challenge #78 - anything goes
Creative Fingers Challenge blog challenge #156 - anything goes
Jo's Scrap Shack #266 - Anything Goes
STAMPlorations January Challenge - theme Stamps & Animals

Cute Card Thursday Challenge #566 - Critters
Crafting by Designs: Layer it UP!
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Have A Heart
Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #325 - photo inspiration
My main inspiration from this is the theme of love and the heart
shaped key hole surrounded by the red door.


Thanks for visiting me today! Now please go visit the
rest of the krafty DT to see some more fantastic
krafty inspiration with LAYERS.  Hugs! D


Saturday, January 12, 2019

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps January 2019 NEW Release DAY FOUR and ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE - Hearts and Stars

Hello again! Are you loving the sneak peeks of the 
NEW Release stamps sets and other products for 
I'm sure having fun playing with them and sharing with you!

Today we are featuring HEARTS and STARS
by artist Melissa Baker-Nguyen! This is a fantastic and 
very versatile clear stamp set. There are TWENTY-THREE stamps!!
So many options for making backgrounds, tags, added elements, etc. 

But wait there's more! We also have an
ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE starting this week!

That means you get to make and enter ANY type of crafty
project to be eligible to WIN a $40 voucher to the Krafty Shop!
The entries from all the January challenges are eligible for
the prize drawing.  The more you enter the better your chances
to win!  You have all week to (until Jan 18th) to enter this
this current challenge. The winner will be drawn at the end of
the month.  We can't wait to see your cards, scrapbook pages,
tags, trading cards, altered items...you get the idea.
And we LOVE when you use KKS products too!
We hope you'll play along and submit your fabulous creations!

For my card today I combined the hearts from the set with
one of the sweet bears from BEARY LOVE to make another
one layer card.  All of the hearts were stamped with the 
lovely NEW hybrid ink called "pretty in pink". The
bear was stamped using KKS Marvellous Mocha hybrid ink.
I created a strip of grass also using the mossy meadow
hybrid ink and the Sweater Weather stencil.  All the
KKS hybrid inks are available in both a full size pad & mini cubes.
They blend so beautifully and work with all coloring mediums!
Do you agree that these new products are perfect for Valentine's Day?! 

 Here's a little closer look at the card. Can you tell
that I used hearts from both sets? So fun!

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Hope you will be joining us today for the 
LIVE Online Release Party in the Krafty Friends
Facebook group at 2 pm EST! ALL the new 
products from this release will be available then!  
I know that there's lots more inspiration from the DT and guests
that will have you swooning.  All you have to do is click on the 
links below for each of their blogs to see.  Don't forget to leave
a little love along the way too!  Hugs! D

Thursday, January 10, 2019

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps January 2019 NEW Release DAY TWO - Beary Love

Welcome back for DAY TWO of the sneak peeks
for the fantastic NEW RELEASE at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.
Today is all about some sweet cuddly love with  
this new clear stamp set called BEARY LOVE by
artist Melissa Baker-Nguyen! And....we also
have some other new goodies you might notice!

I created a one layer Valentine card to share with you today.
Those pretty pink hearts are made with the brand spanking NEW 
(and absolutely wonderful) HAPPY HEARTS STENCIL for the background 
panel.  I stamped the sweet little bear with KKS wicked black
hybrid ink (so perfect for all coloring mediums and it's available
in both a regular ink pad and a mini cube) and then masked around
it with a die cut circle before I inked up the background. That beautiful
color of the hearts is from the NEW KKS "PRETTY IN PINK" hybrid ink.  
I finished the card by coloring the image with copic markers.  
A very quick and fun card! Stencils are so awesome to create with!
Oh and did you notice those pretty enamel dots?!
These are also NEW to KKS - EEEeeeee!  


I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:
(mine is Valentine's Day)
(I was inspired by all that wonderful PINK in the photo
and my style is CAS)
(I used lots of new: stamp set, heart stencil, and ink)

Here's what the rest of the adorable stamp set looks like. 
FOUR adorable cuddly bears - oh my!!!

Please make sure you pop on to the other blogs from
the rest of the KKS DT to see some more awesome
and inspiring creations using BEARY LOVE and
more fantastic NEW products!  

Don't forget that ALL the NEW products will be 
available following the LIVE Online Release Party
on Saturday, January 12th at 2 pm EST!  I'll bet you're 
already making your wish list. Am I right????! 


Thursday, February 15, 2018

Valentines Day Post #2 - LOVE you

Hello again!
I had the day off yesterday and got to spend some good 
crafty time to myself in my craft room yesterday 
(when I wasn't following my sick hubby around with the Lysol can). 

I'm back with a second post to share the card 
I made for my sweet daughter for Valentine's Day.
details: Mini Monster stamp set by Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps
Papers and larger red enamel hearts by Doodlebug Design. 
Die cut "love" and tiny enamel hears by Stampin' Up! 

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Kraftin’ Kimmie Challenges “Anything goes”
and

I appreciate that you came to visit my blog today!
Thanks so much and have an awesome crafty day! 
Hugs! D

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

I Love You a Bushel and a Peck - Valentine {SugarPea Designs}

Hello and happy hearts day! 
I had a good day celebrating the ones I love 
and feeling loved myself :o)  
Hope you did too!

This is the card I made for my daughter for 
Valentine's Day and to celebrate how very much 
I love her sweet self :o)

This little sweetie is from SugarPea Designs
called "A Bushel and a Peck" and I colored her with copics.
I made the main card panel using a brayer and then a
stitched rectangle die once it was dry.  It had been sitting
on my craft  desk for quite a while so I decided it wasa
time to use it and the color was perfect for Valentine's day.

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
SugarPea Designs Mix It Up Challenges #28 "Lots of Love"
(my inspiration was the pink and the LOVE theme"


Pile it on Challenges #126 "hearts on fire" 
Just Us Girls JUGS #380 - Trend Week "Hearts"


Thanks so much for stopping in to visit me today!
Hugs to you! D

Sweet Valentine's Love

Happy Valentine's Day crafty friends!
Hope you had a wonderful day and felt very loved.
I made some sweet little valentine's treats for 
my staff and co-workers.  First there are these:

These tags (using Stampin' Up! tag punch) are a CASE of some 
adorable CAS valentines that I saw on the SugarPea Designs Blog 
by Tracey McNeely who used the Barn to Be Wild stamp set 
and coordinating dies,  Click on the link above to see Tracey's 
creations that inspired me. 

And I also made these ones using a sweet little stamp set 
from Neat and Tangled called "My Favorite Nut"
I stamped on Kraft paper with a brown ink and 
then filled in the sweet squirrel with copics.  The 
one darker brown tag I tried colored pencils on
just to see how it would look.  I put a piece of cardstock
matting on the back of each panel so the coloring
wouldn't show through, and wrote a little message on the back. 

I found the jars and twine in the $1 bin at Target. SCORE!
The jars are filled with conversation hearts, sweet tart hearts
and valentine M&Ms.  I can tell you that these were a hit today!
I love to make people happy :o)

I'd like to enter the barnyard tags in the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - CUTE
Pile it On Challenges #126 "Hearts on Fire"
Addicted to CAS Challenge #104 "Pets" 
(I hope barnyard pets count)
Come and Get it Challenges - Love is in the Air
Stampin' Sensations Challenges - February "Animal Magic"

I'd like the enter the squirrel tags in these challenges:

I'm glad you stopped in to visit me today!
Have an awesome day today and rest of the week.
Hugs! D

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges - Wonderful Wednesday 2.1.17

Hey Hey Everyone! 
Happy Wednesday and February 1st!
January went by in a chilly blast of snow.
I'm anxious to see what February brings.
Hopefully not more snow and cold
but it is Montana soooooo.....
ya it will be snow and cold - LOL!

Today is the start of another 
WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY at 
The theme is anything goes! 
You can choose to make ANY type of creation,
use any theme, any layout/design, any 
color combo and any theme!  
It's like having an easy button :o)

Here's my card to share with you using
LOVE CHEMISTRY (glasses and sentiment)
and ONE CUP AT A TIME (little heart).
As you can see (hehe) I had a lot of fun
with my heat gun and embossing powders. 
I finished the inside too

My design is based on the sketch at Sketch Saturday Challenge #448.
I'd also like to enter these following challenges as well:
the little pink hearts were added to my card from the inspiration
and

Come play along with us this week!  
We want EVERYONE to be able to play along so your submission 
can use ANY stamp and can be any theme, any style, any design 
and it can be a card, a scrapbook page, an altered item....you name it! 
It must be a NEW creation and you can enter until February 14th at midnight! 
Here's the February sketch if you need a little extra inspiration
The sketch will last all month long and if you use it 
in ANY of our Challenges or WW's during that month you will 
get an additional chance to win a store gift card! 
 You do NOT have to use the sketch, it's just a little extra 
boost for your mojo if ya need it!

At the end of the month one random winner will be chosen from all 
the submissions for the whole month and will receive a $20 Gift Card 
to the shop!!! What do you think.....wanna WIN?? Let's see your krafty stuff!

Psssst... Pay attention to this!  
Kimmie's announced details for the Secret Krafty Klub, 
preorders start on February 1st and run through the 15th! 
 Again, pop on over to the KKS Friends FB Group for details!


Thanks so much for stopping in to visit me today!
Hugs and happy kraftin' :o)  D

Saturday, January 7, 2017

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges #363 Your FAVorite Color

Happy weekend crafty friends and followers! 
Holy smokes it's been cold here in Montana this week!
Thursday morning the temp was -18 degrees.
That's right NEGATIVE 18 degrees and that's  
without the wind chill!
By the time I got home it had warmed up
to a balmy negagtive 8 degrees.
Brrrrrrrr!!!!  Brrrrr!!!! 
Once Christmas is past I start 
dreaming of spring and summer lol! 

Anyway...I'm so happy you are here to
visit me today!  I have a card to share with
you for the newest challenge at 
The theme for challenge #363 is...
Use Your FAVORITE Color.  

I'm  not gonna tell you what my favorite 
color is because I'm fairly certain you
will easily figure it out (smiley face).
I used this month's KKS sketch for my layout
and the last of a couple pieces of paper from
an older Doodlebug Design valentine paper
pad stash that was my absolute favorite. 
This stamp and the one for the inside are both 
from the lovely Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps
clear set called "Love Story Sentiments".

I felt kind of funny making a Valentine's Day
already but then remembered that I had 
walked into Target on December 23rd and
they were starting to stock the shelves with Valentine's 
candy and cards already!  Good gracious :o) 

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Guest Designer call - which I am responding to :o)

I hope that you will come join us this week at Kraftin' Kimmie
and share your favorite color and creation with us!
  
Each month we choose one winner from all the challenges
to receive a $20 gift card to the Kraftin' Kimmie Shop!
 To give your mojo a little extra boost, we post a sketch each 
month that you can use on any of the Challenges. The sketch is up 
all month long and if you use it in ANY of our Challenges
during that month you will get an additional chance to WIN
a $20 store gift card! You do NOT have to use the sketch, 
it's just a little extra boost for your mojo if ya need it!  
Here is January's sketch...

You have until April 3rd at 11:55 pm EST to get your entries 
in for this week's challenge!
Have some krafty fun and join us this week!! 



Saturday, September 3, 2016

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges #347 - CAS {Love you to the moon and bat}

Hello krafty peeps!
Time just keeps right on marching by and 
here it is the first weekend of September!

We have a great challenge for you this week
The theme is CAS (Clean and Simple).

I'm playing with the NEW stamp set 
from last month called TOTALLY WITCHIN'
which has this adorable little bat and sentiment

A pink bat you might ask?  Well...it's my 
favorite color and I thought it might be fun 
to use it in a way that doesn't say halloween :o)

Clean and Simple cards are not easy for me.
CAS designs usually don't have much for layers
layers or embellishments.  But since I just can't seem
to not have layers, I kept the lines of the layers
clean and was very scrimpy on the embellishments
(these swooshes were pulled out of my stash).  
Still lots of white space which is a CAS trait.
I think I did ok - do you? 

You can see some other awesome examples of 
CAS designs from the krafty girls.  Just
click HERE to go to the main blog and
then you can click on their photos to see.  
Thanks so much for stopping in to visit me today!
Hugs! D

Friday, February 5, 2016

Bugaboo Stamps - Freebie Friday - Catch the Bug Challenges

Hello friends TGIF!!
Every Friday Jodie offers her crafty peeps a 
fabulous freebie digital image and the DT share our 
creations at Catch the Bug Challenges

This Friday it's an adorable and sweet little sock monkey.
The image is called "My Little Sock Monkey Flowers"
and you can find it in the Bugaboo Stamps store. 

Here's my card using it to share with you today.

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
613 Avenue Create #161 - Anything Goes w/option twist of 
Use Something from Your Stash (mine is the little red hearts)
Ruby's Rainbow Challenge #122 - Anything Goes

Isn't he just adorable?!  He can be yours this week 
thanks to the generous Jodie.  Just pop on over to the Bugaboo 
Stamps store (link provided at the top of my post) and grab it!

Thanks for stopping in to visit me today! 

I hope you will go visit the other ladies too and see what 
they've made to share with you today. You won't be 
disappointed...I guarantee it :o)