I have some exciting news to share!

 

I have some exciting news! The Stampsmith has a brand new Challenge Blog. There will be two challenges a month, on the 1st and 15th.  The Stampsmith will be supplying a prize for one lucky random winner every challenge. For your chance to win, simply play along! Check back on October 1st when the first challenge will be revealed along with some inspiring ideas from the design team! The button below is available for use on your blog so grab one and join in the fun.

Thank you for stopping by today!

:)
Kim

Wishes and Kisses Pendant Card

Good Evening,

Last night I had 4 of the local lady stampers over for a night of card making.  I say card making because really, there wasn’t much stamping involved.  The cards we made the snowflake card a few posts down, I didn’t make another, I just showed how I made it.  Then there was this card, which is a bit of a remake of a card I made last year. It was fun that everyone put their own spin on it, used different papers, colours, and they all turned out so beautiful.

We had such a great time, visiting, crafting and of course EATING! I borrowed Val’s pampered chef Bundt cake pan, and made the yummiest chocolate cake with cherries in it.  The best thing of all, it took 20 minutes to bake in the microwave!!  When it was done and cooled a bit, we ate it with some cool whip….oh yeah…It was delicious!  I can’t really take much credit though, it’s Val’s recipe, and she also brought the cake mix..I just supplied the cherry pie filling!!Ok…onto the card…lol

We used the Fleur de Lis pendant from Spellbinders, and a border as well, but I can’t remember which one is it at the moment.  I used a piece of patterned paper from one of Tim Holtz’s paper pads! OMGosh, I love his paper pads! Then I used white shimmer paper for the rest of the card. The center brad is a K and Co. brad, and the crystals are swarovsky. They are so beautiful and so sparkly.

Have a wonderful evening, and thank you so much for stopping by!

:)

Kim

SDC16 – Vintage (Stampotique Challenge)

 

Woohoo….it's time for another Stampotique Designer's Challenge!  This week Milo is our hostess and she has challenged the design team to create a project with a VINTAGE theme (using Stampotique stamps only).  Be sure to join in the fun and link up your creation at the Stampotique Designers Challenge Blog for a chance to win a $30 gift certificate to the Stampotique shop!!

For my card I started with cheap white cardstock, embossed my images in black, then sprayed everything with a couple different colours of Smooch spray. I dried it a bit with my heat gun, then added some black enamel glossy accent to the heart in the sentiment, and to the dots on the house. I then added some clear glossy to the hearts at the top of the card and windows on the house. Then a bit of stickles to the flowers, and a touch of grey on the house using Copic markers. The flower is from Prima…yummm…gotta love their flowers.  All stamps are available at Stampotique. If you click on the words below, you will be taken directly to the stamp.

House, Flowers, Heart with bow, Heart

Thank you for stopping by, and I sure hope we see your creation over at the Stampotique Designers Challenge Blog!

:)
Kim

White on White

 

Tonight was our get together for our stamping group.  The challenge for this month was to do a white on white card. I had an idea in my head, and no matter how many times I tried, I could NOT make it work. I wanted to do some stamping on the card, but it just wasn’t meant to be. So, you are stuck with a non-stamped card! lol It’s so funny, half of us didn’t stamp and the other half did. I did cheat a tiny bit, I used 5 gems, they are clear and not white…but no one said a thing! lol  The papers are bling and pearl, so in real life the whole card is so sparkly and shimmery.

Thank you for stopping by,

Have a great evening,

Kim

Wishes and Kisses

 

Hello again,

I just bought the Lotus Pendant the other day, I wasn’t going to, but I finally caved!  I decided that I would like to give Becca’s medallion a try, and this is my first attempt.  I just love the frilly look of the medallion.  It is a bit fiddly, but I can see myself making more cards like this for some of my local friends.  I think the card wouldn’t fair well in the mail.  The ornament stamp is from JustRite, the sentiment is an older set from Anna Griffin, border punch is Martha Stewart, and tag is from Spellbinders.

Thank you so much for stopping by today,

:)
Kim

SDC15 – Stampotique Challenge – Birthday

 

Hi again,

This weeks challenge theme over at the Stampotique Designers Challenge Blog is Birthday.  So make a birthday card and enter the challenge.  You can use any stamps this week, but if you have some Stampotique Originals stamps, we would love to see you use them.  If you enter the challenge, you will be in the draw for a $30 gift certificate from Stampotique Originals.

Here is my contribution for the challenge:

I stamped and embossed all the images on the Kraft cardstock, then coloured in with Copic Markers. Simple but fun!

Stamps used are:  Crown, Cat, Sentiment, Edwin, Folded Tags.  If you click on any of the stamp names, you will be taken directly to the page they are on. 

Have a wonderful day, and hopefully we will see your wonderful creations over at the Stampotique Designers Challenge blog!

Thank you for stopping by,

:)
Kim

Live your Life

 

Well, hello there!

I have finally gotten a bit of stamping done, and have a card to share with you today.  I just bought the Tim Holtz Hanging Sign die and had a play with it. 

I used Grunge Paper through the die and distressed it with Distress inks.  The background paper is from a 6 x 6 pad of Webster’s Pages, LOVE that paper! The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts in the UK, if you haven’t checked out their flowers…omgosh, you are really missing out!  Stamps used are a flourish from Impression Obsession, and the sentiment from Daisy Bucket. Oh, almost forgot to tell you, I got a new toy, it’s called Distrezz-it-All!  That it what I used for the edges of the card.  You just put it in the slot, and it does the distressing for you, fast and easy!  I have to say, it’s VERY noisy though!

I know this is a bit different for me, but I kind of like the way it turned out.  I will be posting another card tonight, for the Stampotique challenge that starts tomorrow.  Hope you come back and check it out.

Have a wonderful day!

:)
Kim