Creating hand-designed touches for everyday life & festive occasions
And because I’m on a roll and it’s Day 5 of the Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps Kolor It Up Challenge and I wasn’t going to do it a blog post…but, well here it is! Short and sugar sweet!
See you tomorrow!
I just love this little guy! He’s twinkling he’s so happy to celebrate the season, with his bright little string of metallic lights.
I used the Kimmie’s Merry & Bright Birdies stamp set and coloured them in with my Copics and Spectrum Noir markers. I coloured the string of lights on both the birdie and the sentiment with Gellyroll metallic markers.
I embossed the Holly & Ivy background with a Darice Holly Vines folder and diecut the mini sentiment tag with my Sizzix, edging it with Distress Oxide ink in Festive Berries.
The fabulous larger light bulbs embellishments I have had for years and years and thought perfect! I added the extra little holly berry in the corner and tied tri-coloured twine with a bow to finish the card off. Not sure where either of those came from…other than my stash!!!
And a busy Day 3 comes to a close!
See you tomorrow for more festive fun!
What to make…what to make??
I actually have so made ideas for this holiday season and so many gift and card ideas to tackle but my time is limited tonight so I thought I was going to do something simple….and then I went off in another direction! LOL! Sometimes that’s the most fun.
I used the new Holiday Village set and chose a sentiment from the new Holly Jolly Ornaments set and added in snowflakes from the Perky Penguins set. I can see a theme here….certain stamps are going to get used over and over and over again.
I used a Christmas bulb shape that I cut out with my Silhoutte Cameo machine. I then used the new Krafty Basics Stencil from Kraftin’ Kimmie and the new Bubbly Blue Hybrid Ink and inked in some snowbanks.
Then I used my Misti platform to stamp in the scene. After I stamped the sentiment in Northern Pine Memento Ink, I decided to emboss it with Diamond embossing powder to make it sparkle. I used a combination of my Copic and Spectrum Noir markers to colour the scene.
Then I just had to highlight the snowmen, trees, house and fence line with Liquid Applique and Glamour Dust to create the magic. It’s so unfair that the picture just doesn’t do it justice. It sparkles.
I used my Gellyroll Stardust pen to edge the entire bulb as well as the middle of the snowflakes to add a final touch. Well, I guess the Christmas lightbulb ribbon and twine is the final, final touch!
And Day 2 is a wrap!
See you tomorrow!!
So, between cleaning the craft paint off the top of the table from my craft room and moving everything around in there and cleaning the table that has been sitting in the garage to replace it (let’s see how this goes) and moving things into the living room in anticipation, it’s been a busy day. But, I still needed to get some creative time in to stay on track with the Colour It Up Challenge over at Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps. Only one day left and I haven’t missed a day yet! I’m not about to start now!
So, my choice today was to help pick me up a bit…
Funny how I create the cards that I need to be sent!!
The stamp I used is a retired one from Kraftin’ Kimmie called Fairy Loved. I coloured her in with my Spectrum Noirs and Copic Markers. Oh and because I think fairies sparkle, I brush her all over with Wink of Stella in Clear.
Skin: E00, EO4, E11
Hair: PP1, BP1
Outfit: HB1, HB2, HB3
Wings: IB1
I used Kraftin’ Kimmie Hybrid Inks in Mermaid Melody and Purple Pansy on the edges of the base card and then on each of the stamped image card and the sentiment card.
The purple and gold foil bow paper is from a 6×6 pad from Forever in Time called Foil Fancy in Gilded Chic.
The sentiment stamp is a Penny Black stamp called Happy Thoughts which I stamped in the KKS Purple Pansy.
I pop dotted the image card and the sentiment card but I used a flatter pop dot on the sentiment card so it would sit below the fairy. I knew I wanted to do the sequin trail from the fairy’s hand. I used sequins from Craft Medley in Viola and Buttons Galore & More’s 28 Lilac Lane collection in Mixed Berry. I add glue in each spot I want a sequin with a pointed wooden skewer stick and then I place the sequin…a few choice sailor words later, I have a sequin trail!
One happy little fairy reminding me to think happy thoughts!
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I got some inspiration because I’m still working on the Colour It Up Challenge at Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps. It’s Day 22 and I wanted to incorporate the Sweet As Can Bee stamp because it’s one of the newer ones as well as something magical so that I could include it in this week’s Magical Challenge. And by doing a layout, I could include it in the monthly Skrappy Challenge of something other than a card! Bam! 3 challenges in one! And I did it! Whoo hoo!
Gotta love it when you can make it work like this.
I had some awesome paper that included bee hives right in the design and the last time I worked with the Sweet As Can Bee stamp set I had forgotten to use it so I wanted to try and use it sometime. I pulled it out to see if I could make it work today. I paired it with a neutral shade that I knew would match the wedding colours I was working with. I also pulled out papers and embellishments that I was working with in the album.
I added the sequins falling from the little pixie’s watering can onto the page — the idea being she is adding her touch and helping to get the tent set up. I definitely believe we had some divine intervention that weekend: the tent was set up on the Thursday and the crew told us we were the only wedding that summer that they were not setting up in the rain and telling the bride, “I’m sure it will stop raining for the wedding.” We were the only weekend wedding that summer that didn’t get rained on! I’m sure my dad had something to do with it, my own guardian angel. We got married on what would have been his 75th birthday.
Wonderful memories captured forever…
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