Kimberly's Crafty Spot: August 2014

Trendy Twine Halloweenie Facebook HOP reminder!

Hi everyone!!

Just a quick reminder that today is the Trendy Twine Happy Halloweenie Facebook Hop!!

Check it out {HERE}.

There are some pretty awesome projects and fabulous prizes!!

Hope to see you hopping!!

Have a great weekend!!

Birthday Owl gift set

Hi everyone!

Today is my day to share a fun project featuring Miss Kate Cuttables.

I used the cute owls from the Assorted Owls set and made a birthday gift set for one special girl our family knows and loves. She adores owl so I saw this set and knew it would be perfect!

Altered Composition book, goodie bag and card.

I distressed the feather cut on the belly to look like real feathers.

Thanks for stopping by and make sure to check out today's freebie from Miss Kate Cuttables!

Have a wonderful day!

Products used:

Assorted Owls -Miss Kate Cuttables

Font from Silhouette Design Studio file

Stamp- Happy Thoughts (Verve)
Ink- Elegant Eggplant, Melon Mambo (SU), Picked Raspberry and Dusty Concord distress inks
Paper- Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink, Pink Pirouette, Pool Party, Chocolate Chip Card Stock (SU), Mambi sheets (Me and my big ideas)
Strawberry Cupcake and Tickled with Teal Trendy Twine
Tiny Hearts and 5x7 Chevron Background embossing folders (Darice)
Heart and Flower punches (eksuccess)
Classic Hearts, Classic Ovals and scalloped ovals (Spellbinders)
Assorted Ribbon
Clear Rhinestones
Composition Notebook (Target)

Stretch Your Stamps 2- Day 9

Hi everyone!

I hope your week is going great!

Today I am sharing my last card for the class I took a couple of weeks ago.

I used Yana Smakula's technique of stamping on dark cardstock.

I had a blast taking this class! I highly recommend it!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Products used:
Stamps: Wildflower Sprigs (Stampendous)
Curly Cute (SU)
Friends (Hero Arts)
Inks: Unicorn (Hero Arts)
Melon Mambo and Pool Party (SU) and paper
Sequins and pearls (Stash)

Back to School Treat bag & card featuring Cranberry Trendy Twine

Hi Everyone!
I hope you are having a wonderful week and enjoying what is left of the summer!

Today I am sharing a Back to School project featuring Trendy Twine.

I made a gift set with some Cranberry Trendy Twine and the Small Flat Kraft Bag,

perfect for a little treat!

Mine has chocolate, of course!

I also used some of the Red Chevron Trendy Page Dots.

Close-up of my tag.

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Make sure to check out all the awesome products and sales at the store!

Products used:

Cranberry Trendy Twine

Small Kraft Bag, Flat

Chevron Trendy Page Dots

Whimsy Doodle Free Digital stamp
Fabulous Phrases (SU)
Small Talk (My Creative Time)
Paper- The Grade School Stack (DCWV)
Summer Picnic (SU)
Ink- Real Red (SU) and Versafine Onyx Black
Other- Polka Dots embossing folder, Binding edge punch (Eksuccess), Heart punch,
homemade enamel dots, prismacolor pencils and gamsol, Corner rounder, Glossy Accents

"Just A Note" featuring Miss Kate Cuttables

Hi everyone!!

Happy Friday!

Today I am sharing a card for the Miss Kate Cuttables Design Team.

Don't forget to stop by the store and get today's freebie!

For my card, I used "School Time".

It's that time of year, everyone who has school age kids that is, are out buying school supplies.

I just think these cuts are too cute!!

I know I can always use an everyday card, just to say Hi!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today and have a wonderful day!!

Products used:

"School Time" pencil and eraser- Miss Kate Cuttables

Stamps- Greetings (TPC Studio)
Ink- Versafine Onyx black
Paper- Double Dutch 6x6 (Lillybee Designs), Index card cut out (The Edumacation Stack DCWV),
Pool Party, Yo-yo yellow, pretty in pink and melon mambo (SU), Kraft (recollections)
Other- Paper clips, stampin pastels (SU)

Stretch Your Stamps 2- Day 6

Hi! Okay this is my last card for today!!
I love the look of the outline floral stamps but I don't purchase a lot because I never know what to do with them. So when I saw this technique Donna Mikasa shared on this day I knew I had to try it out.
I love the way it turned out!

The sentiment reads: Our prayers are with you.

Products used:
Awash with Flowers stamp set (SU)
Faith Medley (Verve)
Versamark ink and white and silver embossing powders
Peeled Paint, Dusty Concord, and Broken China Distress ink
Watercolor card stock (Ranger)

Thanks for stopping by and have an awesome day!! :)

Stretch Your Stamps 2- Day 5

Hi Again Everyone!!
As I said before I am playing catch up!! :)
Here is my card for Day 5.

I just love all the inspiration Jennifer McGuire always shares. This day was pretty tough for me because I don't use a lot of floral outline stamps or embossing powders outside of the clear and white.
I tried out her Multi-colored Embossing technique using Floral outline stamps.

Close-up of the tag.
The pastel colors are kind of hard to see.

Products used:
Awash with Flowers Stamp set (SU)
Fillable frames #5 for sentiment (PTI)
Versamark ink
A la mode embossing powders (Hampton Arts)
Tag you're it die (Lawn Fawn)
Decorative Dots embossing folder (SU)
Crumb Cake, Pale Plum, and Pink Pirouette card stock (SU)
Posy Trendy Twine
White ruffle ribbon

Thanks for stopping by and have an awesome day! :)

Stretch Your Stamps 2- Day 4

Hi Everyone!

I am back again with another card!

This is a card for Day 4 of the class.

I followed Tami Hartley's technique for Pendant Greetings using Alphabet stamps and distress inks.
I love the beautiful colors for this card!!

Products used:
GStudio Alphabet stamps
Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade, Peacock Feathers and Mustard seed distress inks
Banner punch (SU)
Totally White Trendy Twine
Wink of Stella pen in clear
Star punch
Chevron Embossing folder (Darice)
White gel pen (Sakura)

Thanks for stopping by!
Have an awesome day! :)

Stretch Your Stamps 2- Day 3

Hi everyone!

I am back today with a new card for day 3 of the class I've been attending.

I picked to follow Julie Ebersole's technique of "Word Search" using alphabet stamps.
I didn't have the stamps they used, I honestly don't even own any alphabet stamps except these $1 bin ones. Don't mind my crooked stamping :) I think it adds character.....or something! Haha!

Products used:
GStudio Alphabet Stamps
Artist Loft Watercolors (Teal)
Soft Granite Ink ( Hero Arts)
Versafine Onyx Black ink
Clear embossing powder
Black sharpie pen
Enamel Dots (Recollections)

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Stretch Your Stamps 2- Day 2

Hi Everyone!

I am back again today to share another card from the Stretch Your Stamps 2 class.

For my card, I used Laura Sterckx ombre technique with my favorite color, Purple!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a wonderful day!

Products used:

Quatrefoil Background Stamp (Stampabilities)

Versamark ink

White Embossing Powder (SU)

Sentiments (Hampton Arts)

Paper- Pale Plum (SU), Tiny Hearts Vellum

Ink- Seedless Preserves distress ink (Ranger)

5 and 8 mm crystal sequins (JoAnn's)

Stretch Your Stamps 2 Day 1

Hi Everyone!!

Today I have several cards I made last week and this week from the class I'm taking called Stretch Your Stamps. I have always wanted to take one of these classes and I finally got the opportunity.

I am just getting so inspired by all the techniques!!

First up, I tried Kristina Werner's technique of Multilayer Emboss Resist using regular background stamps.

I embossed then watercolored two panels of watercolor paper then die cut them and this gave me enough to make four cards. I love the rainbow look!

Next up, I used Shari Carroll's technique of Faux Watercolor Stamping with a reverse background stamp.

I love these colors as well and I thought they would just make great masculine cards.

This is the first panel I stamped.

This is the second panel, I misted then re-stamped it.

I love them both but I really like the colors on the second one.

Products used:

Hello and Thankful Cards:

Artist Loft Watercolors

Quatrefoil Background Stamp, "For You" fillable frames #5 (PTI), "Friend" Hero Arts

White Embossing powder (SU)

Versamark and versafine onyx black inks

Dies- Thankful (SU) and Scripty Hello (Lawn Fawn)

Distress Watercolor Cardstock (Ranger)

Black Cardstock (Recollections)

Gel Pens- White and Black

GLossy Accents (Ranger)

Hello Dude Cards:

Distress Inks- Walnut Stain, Peeled Paint, Spiced Marmalade, Peacock Feathers

Versamark ink, Versafine onyx black ink and Chocolate Chip ink (SU)

White Embossing powder (SU)

Background Stamp (Recollections)

Word Salad "Dude" (Paper Smooches)

Kraft Cardstock (Recollections), Old Olive (SU)

Star punch

Thanks for stopping by!!

Have a wonderful day!

School Treat {Sneak Peek}

Hi Everyone!

Today I am sharing a project on the Trendy Twine Blog.

Here is a sneak peak of the project!

Check out the Trendy Twine blog to see the entire project!

Full details below.
Have a wonderful day!

Products used:

Cranberry Trendy Twine

Square Glassine Bag (Available at Annie's Paper Boutique)

Small Talk stamp set (My Creative Time), Simple eyes and noses stamps (Peachy Keen),

Black Stazon ink, Versafine onyx black ink, Crumb Cake (SU!) card base, Edumacation stack (DCWV), Back to School ruler stripe (The Paper Studio), Hello Kitty Nerd (SVG Cutting files blog hop exclusive freebie), Homemade enamel dots, button, white gel pen, Paper clip, M&Ms

What's Kickin' Chicken?- Peachy Keen Challenge cards

Hi Everyone!

Today I am sharing a few cards I made for the current Peachy Keen Stamps Sketch challenge.

I decided to use my Faceless Chicken Stamps, faces and sentiments to make a fun card to have around!

I also made one for a friend who taught my family recently how to process

meat chickens not my cute backyard egg layers!

We had a great time!! :)

Okay, on to my cards!

I used the PK-1375 Faceless Chickens, PK-1374 Chickie Faces 1 1/8",

and PK- 1376- Chicken Wire Fence. Love this super cute face!! :)

I pulled out one of my fave 6x6 paper pads, Handmade by Lily Bee Designs to make my starburst pattern then I stamped the Chicken wire fence background and the sentiment. I added some Cranberry Trendy Twine, some sponging and faux stitching.

Here is my second card:

I used all the same stamps except the Chicken Wire background and used a sentiment from PK-1378 Clucks Sentiments then used the Summer Fresh Simple Stories 6x6 paper pad and some more Cranberry Trendy Twine.

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a wonderfully crafty day!!

Products used:

Peachy Keen-

PK-1375 Faceless Chickens

PK-1374 Chicken Faces 1 1/8"

PK- 1376 Chicken Wire Fence

PK- 1378 Clucks Sentiments

Crumbcake (SU!) card bases, Pool party (SU!) cardstockdot on dot reds (the paper studio), Handmade 6x6 (Lily bee designs), Summer Fresh 6x6 (Simple Stories)

Cranberry Trendy Twine

Crumb cake, Pumpkin Pie and Night of Navy Ink (SU!) Versafine onyx black ink

Glossy Accents, White gel pen, Corner punch (SU!), Stampin Pastels (SU!)