Listen to your heart

 

Hi Everyone,

I know it’s been a while since I have posted!  Life gets in the way at times. I have been making a lot of cards, but, I have forgotten to take pictures!! I made my son and his fiancé 88 baby announcements, and am just about finished making them 50 thank you cards! I did get some play time in yesterday though, and these are what I came up with!

I am really loving this cuttlebug background. I just rubbed tea dye distress ink over it. The stamps used are from the Tim Holtz line of stamps.

I have to say, this combination of alcohol inks has to be my favourite! I used Denim, Stream and Silver. All stamps again are from the Tim Holtz line.

Here I have swiped distress inks on my Teflon sheet, and misted with water. Then put the white c/s down and lifted, then heat set. After I stamped the images, I spritzed the whole card with Shimmer Sparkle. It’s so sparkly in real life! Colours of distress inks used in this were Worn Lipstick and Spiced Marmalade. Again, stamps used are from the Tim Holtz line.

Now for a couple pictures of my handsome and beautiful grandchildren! lol

Here is a cheeky picture of my grandson Zachary, hanging out in his bumbo chair. I just love the look on his face! Isn’t he just so handsome? Zachary is going to be a heartbreaker for sure!

Here is a picture of my granddaughter Charleigh. She is such a little sweetheart. I just love the little smile on her face. She is so precious! I think she is going to steal a few hearts!

Thank you so much for stopping by for a visit today.

Hugs,

Kim

My Princess

 

Hi Everyone,

I haven’t been stamping much, but am going to give it a go tonight! I did want to share a picture with you though! Shawn and Brittany had some pictures taken of their family, and this one of Charleigh is so precious, I have to share it with you!

Charleigh just makes me smile, she is so precious and beautiful!

Thank you for stopping by, and I hope to have some stamping photos to share very soon!

Kim

Oh my dear…

 

I had such a chuckle when I saw this stamp! I finally got to use it. The theme this week at Stampotique Designer Challenge was to mask. I first stamped “dear” on my white c/s and then stamped her on white scrap paper. Cut the scrap one out and layered it on top of the one on my card. I then used a piece of sequin waste as a mask and dabbed pink and green inks on. I then removed the “dear” mask and coloured her in with Copic markers. I added a touch of Viva Decor glossy black in the centers of the flowers for dimension. All images are from Stampotique.

Thanks for stopping by!
Kim

Happy Snowman Frame!

 

I made a couple of these little frames and gave them as Christmas cards this year…or last year I should say.  All stamps are from Stampotique and the frame was bought at Micheals. It was really fun and easy to do!

I know it’s late for me to be posting this stuff, but we have had a crazy month or so! Life gets in the way at times!! More projects to come!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Kim

Our newest addition to the family!

 

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to introduce you to my Granddaughter, Charleigh Colleen(pronounced Charley)! Isn’t she just beautiful? I know it’s been way too long, I should have posted pictures sooner! Charleigh was born on December 10th, she has the most gorgeous big brown eyes, and is my little princess!

What a little cutie pie!!! Charleigh looks so much like her Mom, Brittany! Beautiful!

There will be many more pictures to come!! Shawn, Brittany and Charleigh are having pictures done today, so by next week we should have pictures of the happy family!

Now a few pictures of my handsome Grandson Zachary!

Jen and Zachary! Don’t you love that hat?? lol

Awww…love the expression on his face!!

Mike, Jen, and Zachary sharing their first Christmas together! What a beautiful family!

Believe in the Magic!

 

I am really loving all the Tim Holtz stamps, especially all the Christmas sets. Tomorrow evening is the last class at Photo Memories in Halifax, and this is one of the cards we will be making. Val and I are teaching this class together. She has a card that she is teaching, then we are teaching a shoe together. Val’s shoe is in the store, mine is here at home! I will post it tomorrow. The class will be a blast as we are making it a bit of a party! There will be giveaways, home baked goodies, chocolate, and punch! We hope to see you there!

Have a great evening!!! And Happy Thanksgiving to all our American friends!!!

Kim

SDC20–Bling Bling–Stampotique Challenge

Woohoo….it's time for another Stampotique Designer's Challenge!  This week I am the hostess again. I thought since Christmas is right around the corner, we could make some projects with BLING! This week is a Stampotique Originals 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!! We can’t wait to see your creations!

Now onto my card.

I used Angelboy, Mistletoe, Small word star, and Merry Kiss-mas. The background is done with Distress inks. Angelboy was stamped and embossed, coloured with Distress inks and then cut out. All other stamps were stamped with Distress inks, and then I added tons of stickles so my card would be blinged!! lol

Thank you so much for stopping by, and I can’t wait to see your creations for this challenge!

Kim

Congratulations to Mike, Jen and Zachary!

 

This is the card I made for my son and his family! Zachary is my first grandchild, and he is so beautiful! I wanted to make something special to congratulate them all!

I just love Webster’s Pages papers. I cut the paper so the carriage would be the focus. Then I cut some of the flowers and layered them on the left corner. I cut out the butterflies from another piece of paper and layered them, so they look like they are flying off the paper. Then I started looking for the perfect sentiment, which I found!  The sentiment is from Quietfire Design. I used Nestibilities for the top layer, and traced the outside layer and cut. I then added a couple embellishments from the Tim Holtz line. Sometimes you make a card and you like it, but then you make one you love. Well, this is one of my favorites, I love it!

I do have some more cards to share with you, but still need to take pictures. I will do that today or tomorrow.

Here is a more recent picture of Zachary!

Thank you for stopping by!

Kim

Stampers Anonymous Jesters

 

I made this card a while back, but never shared it on my blog. I just love Stampers Anonymous stamps and don’t often get a chance to play with them. I used their Art background stamp in the background in a couple different colours, the arches, which I cut out, and the jesters that we cut out and layered as well. It really was a fast and fun card to make.

Thank you for stopping by today!

Kim

Cards for Class at Photo Memories

 

I wanted to share a couple cards with you that were made for a class at Photo Memories. We did another card as well, but I had already shown it on my blog.  This was a beginners class, but I wanted to show them how to make more than just the normal fold card. We did a gatefold card and an easel card. They enjoyed the class.

Anyway, here are the photos:

The above card is made with Hero Arts stamps. The house is coloured with Copic Markers.

The above is the outside of the card, below is the inside. We used all Tim Holtz stamps. We also used Lotus Pendant from Nestibilities, and Tim’s awesome ticket die with coordinating stamps! Love that! This was a fun card to make!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Kim

SDC 18–Spooky, Creepy, or Crawly!

This weeks challenge over at the Stampotique Designers Blog is to make something spooky, creepy, or crawly! What fun this theme is, especially since there were new stamps released recently from Stampotique and Halloween is just around the corner!

I had a blast making this card! I did a step card, with a background on the back of the card. I used a few of Martha’s gorgeous punches, Basic Grey Eerie paper from last year, and all stamps are from Stampotique!

Here is a list and direct links to the stamps that I used:

Pumpkins and Skull

Skull, Little guy handing from tree and Little guy in front of fence

Puss Puss

Tree

Batty

Halloween

If you want to join in on the challenge, pop on over to the Stampotique Designers Challenge Blog!  We would love to see your creations, and you could win the $30 gift certificate to the Stampotique Store! This week is a Stampotique only stamps week. If you don’t have any Stampotique stamps yet, come back and play with us on the first challenge of each month for a chance to build your collection!

Thank you so much for stopping by today, and have a beautiful day!

Smiles,
Kim

I am a GRANDMA!!! Welcome Zachary Jon Tishenko!

 

The day finally came!  On Wednesday Oct. 20, at 7:54 pm., my first grandchild was born!  His name is Zachary Jon. He was 7 lbs. 15 oz. and 21 inches long. He is such a beautiful baby, just perfect and so very precious! I have some pictures I would like to share with you today! Congratulations Mike and Jen!!!!!

Here is the little angel just after he was born!

My son Mike and baby Zachary!

Baby Zachary on his way to spend his first night at home with his family!

Omgosh, he is just so tiny in that car seat. It’s amazing how you can fall in love on sight isn’t it?

Here is Zachary and his mom Jen at home.

 

I am happy to say that Jen is doing well, she was in labour for 40 hours though, so she is beat, and needs some rest!  Jen’s Mom is at the house for a while to help out a bit, so that is wonderful. Mike was able to take a few days off work, and spend time with Jen and Zachary.

I will post more pictures as they come! I have been so excited, telling everyone about my grandson, and showing his picture to everyone willing to look!  I make myself laugh, but hey, this is all part of being a Grandma!!

Have a wonderful day everyone!!

:)
Kim

TSC2 – The Stampsmith Challenge

Hi everyone,

Today’s card is for The Stampsmith Challenge. If you haven’t heard, Stampsmith has a new challenge blog and there is a draw twice a month for a chance to win a gift certificate to shop in The Stampsmith store, if you play in the challenges! Here is what the guidelines are this week:

This week we challenge you to create a project using specific colors - black and white and one other color - with at least one Stampsmith Stamp to qualify for the draw!  If you do not yet have any Stampsmith images, please join us for the open challenge on November 1st. 

Onto my card,

I know I have probably said this a million times, but omgosh, I love The Stampsmith stamps! They are so beautiful and elegant, and they make it so easy to make a special card! This stamp is off one of the new Diva plates! Love it!

We hope to see your beautiful creations, so please drop by and check out the challenge blog and see the other design team members cards!

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

:)
Kim

I really do love snowmen!

 

I love this time of year. Starting to make Christmas cards, or winter cards I guess you could say. Snowmen just make me smile, they are just fun! Brings back memories of being a kid and making snowmen. I remember going in the house and sneaking out hats, mittens, scarves, carrots, and raisins. I guess I wasn’t a very good sneak though, my Mom always knew what was going on, and always had a big smile when we dragged her outside to check out our snowmen!

Anyway, here is my card for today. This is the last card for my class at Photo Memories.

I just can’t tell you how pretty I think these Bo Bunny Christmas papers are! The colors are awesome!!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

:)

Kim

Bo Bunny Christmas

Hello there,

I guess it is time to start thinking about making Christmas cards! Have you seen the new Bo Bunny Christmas papers? I am loving the funky colours of this new line. I did these cards for a beginner class I am teaching at Photo Memories. There is one more card, but I am not quite finished.

Anyway, here are a couple of the cards we will be making.

This card is super sparkly IRL. I couldn’t capture that in a photo for some reason.

I just love Christmas stockings. I was so tempted to do more with this stamp, but realise there is only so much time in a class, and we will be making 3 cards.

I have another baby bump picture to share with you! I really love this photo with both Jen and Mikes hands on her belly!

Well, you have a fabulous day, and thank you so much for stopping by today!

:)
Kim

A few pictures to share with you…

As most of you know, I am going to be a Grandma this month!  My oldest son Mike and his very beautiful lady, Jen, are due October 20th. These pictures were taken a few weeks ago now. I just had to share a few with you!

 

Jen looks so peaceful and happy, and Mike is beaming with pride. I just can’t wait to meet baby Zachary!

My youngest son and his bride-to-be are expecting December 12th. Hopefully they will be sending along some pictures soon!!

Thank you for stopping by today, even though it wasn’t stamping related! I do have something to share with you later this evening, I am off to work here shortly!

Have a beautiful day!

:)
Kim

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