Amaze

My friend also picked up this set from Technique Tuesday! I was so excited to get my hands on these stamps! I just love them. For this card I decided that I would like the dramatic look of the black and white. I stamped and embossed the petals of the flower with black and cut them out. I then put a tiny bit of tape on the inside tips and laid them down, then put a hole in the center and put a big brad in. I did all the layers, then lastly I put a pop dot on the end of each petal so it would really stand out. I then used double sided foam tape to mount it all on a white card base. I can't wait to put this stamp to use again! lol...This time some colours for sure!

Have a good one!
:)
Kim

p.s....I think my camera and I are on our way to being friends....I am slowly learning...lol

3 Bees

A friend picked this stamp up for me in London, Ontario! I just love this stamp, it's just too cute! I used the prismacolour markers on this card, and some stickles on the wings and on the word stamp as well. Bees are from Stampendous, and word is from Hero Arts. This card just makes me smile, and the colours are so bright and cheery!

Thanks for stopping by!

:)
Kim

Hmmm...I know the ribbon is lopsided, should have fixed that before I took the pic....lol..to dark out now..will take another tomorrow!

Good Friends are Priceless

Woohooo...I have new stamps!! lol...Seriously I am so spoiled! I just got some of the sets from My Favorite Things, and I LOVE them! lol...This is the first card I did with them using the ladies and sentiment. I stamped and embossed with black (yes, same problem as below, the black seems to flake off? Old powder?) then coloured with the Prismacolor Markers. I love how these markers work, no lines at all, everything just blends so nicely. I then added a piece of lime green ribbon and tied 3 pieces of raspberry ribbon onto it. I know the ribbon looks red in the picture, will try to get a better picture this afternoon when the sun is really shining! For now, you will just have to take my word for it that it's raspberry (bright pink)....Otherwise you all might think I am colour blind! lol

Have a great day everyone!

:)
Kim

edited to add: I did take a new photo, hopefully it shows pink ribbon now! lol

Outlines Mandala Card

Morning Ladies!

I did this card a few days ago, but couldn't get a decent picture because it's been so dark and dreary here in Nova Scotia. I am going to try to get a better picture later today, but this will do.

The stamp is from Outlines Rubber Stamps, and was stamped and embossed with black on 2 different colours, 5 times. Then I cut out to of the whole mandala and that is the base, then cut 3 more at different places, then layered and pop dotted each layer. When it was all put together I added stickles and a crystal in the center. I found the cutting relaxing and think I will make more of these for sure! The only thing I had trouble with is my black embossing powder. It seemed to flake off. Maybe my powder is old? Not quite sure, but this didn't happen with the silver one I did. This one won't get mailed out for sure, as the parts that have flaked off catch my eye more than anything else about the card! LOL

Thanks for looking!
:)
Kim

Believe in Friends

I decided to try the cling wrap technique and really like the look you get! All I did was get a piece of white c/s damp, then brayer with kaliedacolor ink pad, spritz to get it damp again, and srunched up some cling wrap and placed it over top of the inks and water and let it almost dry together. The neat background you get it so cool! I then stamped a Crafty Individuals stamp on it for the main image. The word Believe is from Kodomo, and the flourish is from Inkadinkado. Pretty basic card, but I wanted to leave alot blank so you could actually the the background paper. There was a contest on a store site to make a card using this technique and the deadline was yesterday. I had done my paper a few days ago, but hadn't done a card until last night, I just made it in!! lol There are some other beautiful cards there, so we shall see later today who won!

Thanks for stopping by!

:)
Kim

PS: If you haven't entered the contest for my "Blog Bling" , please have a look at the post below!

Impression Obsession and Cuttlebug

Well, I guess I will upload this for now, but will aim for a better picture tomorrow. I didn't have enough light and it was so dark and rainy outside today. Plus I must have been shaking cause it's a bit blurry! lol Sheesh...one day I will learn how to take a good picture!

The snowflake stamp is a new one from Impression Obsession. I just love their new stamps! I just embossed with silver and put stickles in a few of the ends, and a flat back pearl in the middle. I ran the card base folded thru the cuttlebug with the snowflake background. Then I cut slit in the edges to run the silver ribbon thru. I then stamped and silver embossed the snowflake saying on a piece of white linen, then did the edges with silver krylon pen and adhered to the inside covering the back piece of ribbon. After all of this I put doublesided tape on half of the back of the snowflake square and centered it and voila...lol This card was inspired by Dejah.

Thanks for looking and hopefully a better picture will show up tomorrow!

:)
Kim

Edited to add: Took a new pic this morning of the outside of the card, hope it's better than the last one!

Baroque Motif

This is the first card I have made with this set and it's so fast and easy to do a card with these! I am loving this set! Anyway, it's nothing to exciting and the colours didn't scan quite right, but I do like it! I have some more cards to upload but have to wait to take a GOOD picture!! Maybe tomorrow will be a better day for that!

Have a great evening everyone!
Kim

CD cards

I just wanted to share a couple CD cards that I have made with you. They aren't new, but I was browsing thru my files and saw them, and thought why not show them! lol....It's kinda fun to venture outside your box once in awhile and try something new! lol And these were VERY out of the box for me! lol

The first cd is painted with metallic acrylic paints, then stamped and embossed with black. Then I set the cd on a pop can and poured Envirotex over it. I then dropped some crystals into that while it was still good and wet. They are nice and shiney irl, but in the scan it didn't show to well, a couple just look black. While it was wet, I took a straw and gently blew the bubbles out, then let it dry. The background of the card is done with versamark and pearlex. I had alot of fun making this card! It was refreshing to try something a bit different!

The second CD was fun too! Tried something else I had never done, embroidery on a CD! lol....First you have to drill your holes, I have a Rotary Drill with an engraving bit, which is tiny and won't break the cd. Then I embroidered with Metallic Sulky thread. Then stamped on a spirelli shape and fit that in. The backgound was done with soft metallic inks. I think I could have done a better job stamping the center, done something a bit more fancy, but it turned out alright! lol

Thanks so much for dropping by!

:)
Kim

Acetate Doodle Card

I know this card is almost exactly the same as a previous card I made, but I really wanted to try using acetate with the Stazon! I love it! I have now bought a few more colours of the pastel Stazon! lol I really am trying to learn how to use my camera, but as you can tell I haven't mastered that yet! But scanning doesn't work at all for some cards, so excuse my photo skills! Lol

All stamps are from SU. I stamped the background paper with doodles and coloured them in wiht Tombow markers. I stamped the SU flower twice on pink shimmer paper, and then did a bit of a wash with twinkling H2o's for more shimmer! I put a big crystal in the center of the flowers once it was adhered to the card base. Gotta love bling of any kind! lol I then stamped the doodles on the acetate in white, and assembled the card. Wherever I used tape, I covered with a matching piece of cardstock on the inside of the card. I used sweet little button brads for the corners, and then put Swarovski crystals inside the rim! That was Deborah idea (and so were the crystals! LOL) as I was doing this card while at her place. Thank you Deborah!

Not sure who does the verse stamp, but I love that stamp. I coloured in the little flowers and used crystals in the centers as well.

Thanks for looking!

:)
Kim

Calgon....take me away!

Have you ever had one of those days? Where you say inside your head "Calgon, take me away?" LOL...Lately it's been so hot & humid here, I have been almost living in my bath or shower! I really wish it could take me away! lol...It's even been to humid to stamp, my hands start sweating and then I wreck the c/s. And embossing is awful as well. But I am trying to get some stamping time in later in the evening. I have a bunch of cards that are partly finished but only this one that is done to show you! lol

For this card I stamped on white cardstock, then coloured Bubblebella in with prismacolour pencils and gamsol. I then put stickles on the bubbles. I used the SU tag punch and their new tag stamps for the tag. I then put a little crystal in the middle of the flower, and stamped the verse (Viva Las Vegas). I also stamped the background of the card with a bubble stamp from Rubber Stampede with versamark. All other papers are Bazzill, and the light purple is the Bazzill Bling.

Hope you are all having a wonderful summer day today!

:)
Kim