Mojo.230.A Baby Boy card and Mini album

Hi All, Here is a little project I whipped up for my daughter's college friend who happens to be my neighbor. They bought a house in our neighborhood last year. She's pregnant with her second and I'm hoping it's a boy so I can give her this. I'm going to make a girl set too just in case.
I just felt like playing with this adorable MME lime twist paper and my New Arrival cricut cartridge to make the onsie mini album.
For the card I used this week's Mojo Monday 230 challenge. Link will be below. It's a very versatile sketch.
If you want to see more of the mini, I'll be posting it on "Life on the Scrap Beach" later. (in the photo section, no video this time)

Hope you enjoyed looking!
Kim
http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/2012/02/mojo-monday-230.html

Get.well.Phindy's & Flourishes.Country.Challenge

Hi Friends, it's been awhile since I blogged. I have been crafting away on different projects but I had a good card day today. It's snowing in New England today so I left early from work and went to my craft room to play!
I combined 2 challenges for this card. Phindy's Place is having a get well card challenge this week. I tried my hand at this "in the field" image. It was a little challenging to color but I did ok. Considering I haven't touched my Copics in weeks, I pulled it off. I was hoping to make a masculine card but I ended up going feminine.

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday challenge asks us to make a card inspired by "country comfort" this week. A nature inspired image fits the bill, I think! Thanks for visiting. :)

http://flourishes.org/2012/02/timeless-tuesday-158/

challenge-94-get-well-cards

MFTwsc57

 Hi all, I decided to play with the MFT challenge this week. The sketch was a PITA  challenging, but fun! LOL.I made it for my MIL who is recovering from a fractured pelvis. It's just a hairline fracture but never the less, painful and hard to diagnose and recover from.

I inked up this cute "pure innocence" stamp. I colored with Copics. This one doesn't work well with paper piecing on the raincoat. At least not for me, so I had to color the whole raincoat. I would have rather paper pieced it. I highlighted the coloring with an "inksentials" white gel pen, which is the best one to buy if you need one. I paper pieced the umbrella.

The paper is Echo Park, walk in the park. Isn't it cute that the rain drops match the umbrella image theme? I've been wanting to use this paper with this image. this card took me 2.5 hours to make because I was fooling around with the wonky panels. Of course, being anal as I am, I had to make the rain drops go in the correct direction!!! Perfectionism is a curse!

I used the clouds and sun die-namics for this, and some dew drops. Wow, I thought it would be difficult cutting the felt clouds but they cut like butter! I love how machine stitching anchors the card edges of the card and makes it neat.
That's all for now, my friends.
Kim

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/2137689?&cat=500&ppuser=238009

http://crazy4challenges.blogspot.com/2012/02/crazy4challenges-c4c122.html Make a scene.

Lets get creative mini album, Life on the scrap beach swap for Rose

Hi blog friends, My post today is a video of my latest mini album for a swap. I had a really fun time making this. I used K& Co Flora and Fauna paper collection. I used the ephemra pack thoughout and bubble-type embellishments on the tags. I did alot of things that I had never done before like using grungeboard, using glimmer mists, making stick pins and charms, making a flower, trying a slider card element that didn't work!

Please leave a comment. I'd like to know if you like it!
Kim

I hope my swap partner, Rose enjoys her album!

Flourishes.153.Center.Step.card

Hi guys, I've been super busy working on a mini album for a swap. BUT....I've been wanting to make a card and play with a Flourishes challenge.
This challenge, to make a center step card, was so fun!!! This is the first I've made one. I had this image colored for 2 weeks but didn't have a chance to make a card with it. I used some Basic Grey paper on kraft card stock. The color choice was from a photo inspiration Flourishes challenge 2 week ago. I colored it with copics then cut is out with spellbinders dies. Gonna keep this short! Have a good week.
Kim
http://flourishes.org/2012/01/timeless-tuesday-153/

Lilac.Beauty

Hi all, I'm back with another Flourishes Challenge! This one is a month long challenge so there is still time to play if you want. It's call the Beauty of Bling. Just include Bling and follow the posted guidelines, easy peasy!

Guess what? My Grandmother is 100 years old tomorrow!

Can you imagine? I made this card with her in mind but I'm not sure I can part with it! It took hours (mainly because I couldn't decide which of the pretty "Pink Paisley" papers to use) and is so pretty IRL....
I used the Lilac set which I won in the scavenger hunt on the Flourish Blog months ago and I hadn't inked it up yet. Love it! I colored it with the Copics below, cut it with an oval spellbinder. I loosely followed a mojo monday sketch from 2010.  I hacked up carefully trimmed a recollections bling swirl from Michaels to fit on the bottom of the card. It's sooooo yummy set off of the the black paper.

Question for you, for all that have one, do you think the Copic Air Brush System is worth having?  I got one for Xmas but I may return it. It seems like alot of trouble. What do you think? I sponged the ink on the above oval. I think you would have to mask every image you color to airbrush it but not sure.

I'm also entering this is a few challenges.

C4C118- Something New

Papercraftstar challenge-78-winter-I'm using the color in the photo
Flourishes The-beauty-of-bling

Tootles! Kim

FlourishesTT.150.Trifold.CQ118.

Hi everybody, welcome to 2012! Time to put away the holiday decorations and start playing in some challenges! I decided to combine some challenges for this card, mainly focusing on the Flourishes Timeless Tuesday 150. The challenge is to make a tri-fold card using a tutorial from Splitcoast Stampers. It was fun and challenging since I've never made one like this. I had to line up the floral image, Fuchsias in Bloom to be viewed in the circle.
And I had to line up and cut the doily on the front too.

 I followed this week's ColourQ Challenge. I may not have thought to combine these colors but it added to the fun. I looked up what colors a fuchsia plant could be and there are many. Not just fuchsia and purple.
I used my coral and reds to match the challenge and the papers. Link to colourq-challenge-118

This card also fits the Shabby Tea Room challenge #95 this week, a photo challenge with a twist, add something with wings!

Thanks for looking, friends! Kim

Paper-EP Victoria Garden, Crate Paper,Bazzill CS
Doily, Punches-Martha Stewart
Ribbon-PTI
Stamps-Flourishes
Copics, Versamagic Ink