Welcome Baby

Hi all, My neighbor had her baby girl last weekend so I jumped to create a card for her. She had her 2nd daughter and Lily Annabelle is adorable! No stamping on this one. I used a rub on by MSE for the sentiment and I die cut the cute little outfit with cricut cartridge New Arrival.
(Excuse the blurry photo, I edited the life right out of it and don't know how to fit it. boohoo)
I had a few challenges in mind for this including Flourishes Timeless Tuesday 166 which is a Bingo challenge. I used the Pink-Ribbon-Diecut line. Are these papers pretty? They are MME lost & found Market Street 6x6. I used some BG buttons, lace I got from a Flourishes 123 create kit, PTI twine and twill ribbon.

Here's some blurry close ups! lol

More Challenge links below.

Sketch: Sweet Stop

Anything Goes: Simon Says

Punches and Dies: Lexi's Creations

Punches & Dies: Fussy Fancy

No Stamping: 4CCC 87

Flourishes

 Hi all, Today I'm writing about a yummy little card where I used my favorite Flourishes stamp set, Cherry Blossoms. Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #165.
I pulled out all my creative stops with this one and tried to create something kinda shabby chic.

Shabby is usually not my style but I felt it would work well with the "feel" I wanted on this card and I am delighted with it. I pulled out my Tim Holtz edge thingy (the name escapes me) which i usually don't like. But when I sew next to it, I like it better!

 Did you notice the little heart charm? So cute, I think it's Bead Landing brand. I dug out some MME paper with an Eiffel tower on it so I could play in this week's Papercraft Star challenge "French". I was planning on using a "Merci" sentiment but I have enough thank you cards in my stash so I went with the sentiment from the same stamp set mentioned above. It's a beautiful saying and can be appropriate for many different uses.

I just love the color combo and I'm getting a little better at shading with my copics. I have a long way to go though. Thanks for looking everyone. Have a great day!
Hugs, Kim


       OUT FOR PUBLICATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Doing the happy dance!!!!!!

Guest Designer for Phindy's Place-Challenge 102

 Hi all, Yippee! The nice Design Team Gals at Phindy's Place asked me to be Guest Designer for this week. I'm happy to do so since I think Phindy is a talented illustrator and I love to color her images. If you've never visited Phindy's Place digi stamp store, I encourage you to check it out!

This image is called "I love you a ton". I just love the sweet little elephant. The challenge this week is called Stitches/Square. This means to add stitching, real or faux and make your card square. Easy right? Besides the real machine stitching, my ribbon has stitching too. I used an older mojo monday sketch, since I almost never make a card without a sketch. I really enjoyed making this card. I got a few new copics in some very light colors and I just love the result.
I'm also entering this card in this week's icopic challenge #78, which is to use spring colors!

I hope you play along too, this week! Have a great weekend...
Kim

Paper:

Stamps: Phindy's Place

Inks: Momento Tux.Black and copic markers

Punch:Martha Stewart

Misc: Spellbinder circle die, ribbon-Michaels, Pearls-Recollections, Stickles

Phindys 100 & SFYTT-Apr.2012

 Hi Bloggers, I'm back from vacation. Key West was fantastic! So nice and warm, sunny and fun. More on that later. I had to make a card for Phindy's Place 100th blog challenge. The challenge is Anything Goes with a Phindy Image.  I chose to use the image "comfort" to make an all-purpose card. I used MME paper which I embossed with a cuttlebug folder. The sentiment is from Sweet & Sassy.

Here's the inside, which is very versatile to have in my stash of cards.

I used this "sketch for you to try" for April.

Thanks for looking!

A.Child's.Year.Birthday

Hi blog friends, I made this cute birthday card for my niece's second birthday a few weeks ago. I have been getting away from making cards with my cricut but I made an exception with this one. I much prefer to color stamps and digi's with my copics when making a card but the images on "A child's year" are just fantastic.

I used the cute child in a highchair for this one. I think the little number die cut image is from that cartridge too.
Below you can see I made at set, I covered the flap with paper and wrapped her gift in matching tissue paper and ribbon.
The paper is K&Co. "confetti" 12 x 12 paper stack.. Love the balloons on this one and there are cute small scale prints in it too. The card is self-explanatory. I will say that I used 2 spellbinder dies for the rectangle even tho I could have cut it with the cricut. I'm in love with the embossing of spellbinder dies.
Hope you can see it well. The photo's not that good.
I'm entering this in the Ribbon Carousel Challenge #46.
TaTa! for now. :)

SSS151.Thank.you

 Hi everyone. I needed a thank you card to send a sweet blogger who is sending me some blog candy. I inked up this Penny Black image and colored it with copics. I got to break into a new MME paper pad, Dolled Up,  and used it with the Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge # 151. This paper is so pretty!
For the sentiment, I used a Flourishes Tag Lines stamp.  This card fits the color challenge at ColourQ challenge 130 and City Crafter 102 Spring Fling Color Challenge. I added some pearls, gingham ribbon and machine stitching.
Thanks for visiting!

Birthday.DS42.TT.160

 Hi Blog Friends, Here's my take on this week's Deconstructed Sketch 42 and Flourishes Timeless Tuesday160 Challenge, which is to use Scallops and Lace.
My photo doesn't do this card justice. The card stock that looks like red is actually rust color. I used some Basic Grey 6x6 paper. Following the sketch, I stamped a Fiskers birthday stamp onto a nestibility circle die and layered on a blossom die cut. I inked it with Antique Linen distress ink. I layered some Melissa Frances lace under a strip of designer paper, the layered some satin ribbon on top. Then I layered a ribbon flower, a prima flower, and some twine.
I popped this in the mail today for my dh Aunt.
Thanks for visiting.
Kim