Happy Birthday from an Urban Steampunk Chester

Hi folks,

Just thought I would pop in today to share a card I made for my nephew's birthday.

card details:

• finished size: 6 x 6 inches, CTMH Peacock card stock base
• patterned paper: CTMH Urban
• stamped image: Kraftin' Kimmie "Chester", coloured with Copic Markers (E000, E11, E00, E01, E23, E25, E27, BG70, BG72, BG75, BG78, BG99, Y26, Y28, W1, W3)
• sentiment: CTMH "Framed"(S1508) stamped in CTMH Peacock and Saffron ink
• layout: Crazy 4 Challenges #308

challenges for this card:

• Kraftin' Kimmie: Wonderful Wednesday (anything goes)
• Seize the Birthday: Anything Goes
• Craft your passion #286: Anything Goes

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Vroom!

Hi folks,

Just sharing a card I made for one of my nieces. She is celebrating her sixteenth birthday this year so you know what that means - beginners drivers license!

Here's a closeup of the card

and the tin

card details:

• finished size: 6x6 white card stock base, CTMH Juniper card stock mat
• patterned papers: CTMH Lollydoodle and Cruisin' (both retired)
• stamped image: Kraftin' Kimmie "Going Places" coloured with Copic Markers (E000, E11, E93, E00, E01, E21, E29, E25, E27, N3, N5, N7, N6, N4, N1, BG11, BG32, Y08, R05, RV04, RV06, RV09) with a touch of Glossy Accents on the sunglasses, windshield are car lights.
• sentiments: CTMH "Solos 6", "Solos S", Blossom Cardmaking Workshop
• layout: Kraftin' Kimmie August Sketch (flipped)

challenges for this card:

• Kraftin' Kimmie #291: Happy Birthday

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Motorcycle Momma

Hi folks,

Just popping in to share the birthday card I made for dearly beloved's Mom.

Cute, huh?

I decided last year to give up my motorcycle. I had a cute little white Honda CBR 125 as my learner bike but just couldn't get over feeling uncomfortable in traffic. So, when I said I was getting rid of it, dearly beloved's Mom said she would be delighted to take it off my hands. I was happy to see my little baby go to someone who would enjoy the little ride. She's had her motorcycle license for years but had given up riding when dearly beloved's younger sister was born (30 years ago!).

So, I thought for her birthday this year I would make a card using this image coloured up to look like dearly beloved's Mom on the bike. I hope she likes it!


card details:

• finished size: 5.5 x 5.5 inches, black card stock base
• patterned paper: My Mind's Eye "Meadowlark"
• stamped image: Kraftin' Kimmie "Going Places", coloured with Copic Markers (B0000, B000, C1, C3, C5, C6, C7, C8, C9, E000, E00, E01, E11, E93, B21, B23, B24, E97, E08, E09, E19)
• sentiments: Verve "Small Phrases", "Because of You"
• layout: Kraftin Kimmie/Kit & Clowder Sketch Challenge
• Spellbinders: Petite Ovals
• Close To My Heart Black Shimmer Trim

As always thanks for stopping by!

Seize the Sketch with Kraftin' Kimmie

Hi folks,

Just thought I would pop in today to share the card I created for my sister-in-law's birthday. Like me, she is an avid reader so her birthday presented an excellent opportunity to ink up this image from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. I've had it for a while but am just now getting around to putting it onto some EZ-mount so I can finally use it.

card details:

• finished size: 5.5 x 5.5 inches, black card stock base and mats
• patterned papers: Bo Bunny "Zip-a-dee-doodle"
• stamped image & fairytale sentiment: Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps "Lucy", coloured with Copic Markers (E000, E00, E01, E93, E11, E21, E23, E25, E27, E29, B91, B93, B95, BG32, R21, R22, E51, E35)
• birthday sentiment: Verve "Small Phrases", stamped in CTMH Lagoon
• Spellbinders Petite Circles
• layout: Seize the Sketch #15

challenges for this card:

• Kraftin' Kimmie: Wonderful Wednesday
• Love to Create #106: Anything Goes
• Totally Papercrafts #209: Female Birthday (with a number or birthday sentiment)

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Hey Daddy-O!

Hi folks,

back today with the Father's Day card for my Dad that sort of goes with the card I made for my Mom for her birthday.

I had to have this stamp for two reasons.

First off, it reminds me of one of my favourite photos of my Dad from his younger years. He is very casually lounging at a kitchen table, beer in one hand, cigarette in  the other, his sneaky grin on his face, dressed in a black leather jacket, white t-shirt and jeans. His hair is all slicked back and he has on his Buddy Holly glasses.

And second, the motorcycle. My dearly beloved's current motorcycle looks a lot like this one. Very retro, with a pretty pale cream tank. He will absolutely be getting a card using this stamp at some point in the future.

card details:

• finished size: 5.5 x 5.5 inches, black card stock base
• patterned paper: My Mind's Eye "Sunshine"
• stamped image: "Danny" from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, coloured with Copic Markers (W0, W1, W3, W5, W6, W7, W9, E000, E00, E01, B91, B93, B95, B97
• sentiments: Verve "Purely Sentimental", Hey Daddy-O came with the Danny image.
• metal screw-like brads from my stash (these have been in my crafty stash for a LONG time and usually make an appearance on at least one Father's Day card every year or so).
• Spellbinders Classic Squares
• layout: Card Crafter's Circle #78

additional challenges for this card:

• Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe #127: For the Boys
• Craft Your Passion #166: Father's Day/Masculine
• Cards for Men #12: Boys Will Be Boys
• Pile it On #23: For or From a Father
• Sentimental Sundays #158: Metal Findings
• Papertake Weekly Challenge: Hello Boys
• Clear it Out Challenge: Male Cards/Using Metal
• Tuesday Throwdown #151: "You're the man"
• Use it Tuesday #57: Masculine

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Getting Krafty with Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps

Hi folks....

phew it has been another couple of whirlwind weeks for me. Does anyone else out there wish for days that are about, oh, I don't know, 48 hours long instead of 24? I just never seem to have enough time to fit in everything. I'm HOPING that the request I put in for four weeks off from work starting June 24th gets approved. I'm REALLY feeling the need for an extended break.

Anyways, I finally said to heck with the household chores and garden tasks (my garden STILL hasn't been planted) and took some time to get back into my craft room this weekend.

My Mom's birthday is this coming Monday so I had to sit down to make her birthday card. I picked up this image from Kraftin' Kimmie AGES ago specifically with my Mom in mind as it reminds me of a few photos I have seen of her from her teen years. I have one of the guys in the set as well and that one you will see in an upcoming post for my Dad's Father's Day card - they kind of go together as a matched pair.

I think she is going to be a bit surprised when she opens this card. I usually go for flowers, sentiments or a sweet image for my Mom. This sexy, sultry vixen might make her go "what the?"

card details:

• finished size: 5.5 x 5.5 inches, black card stock base
• patterned paper: My Mind's Eye "Sunshine"
• stamped image: Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps "Joanie", coloured with Copic Markers (E000, E00, E01, E93, E04, E21, E23, E25, E27, W3, W5, W7, W9, YG11, YG13)
• sentiment: Verve "Doodled Occasions" 
• Spellbinders: Petite Ovals, Floral Doily Motifs
• half-back pearls (on her hair accessory) from my stash
• layout: Sketch Saturday #262

additional challenges for this card:

• kraftin' kimmie #182: Paper Piecing: just a little for her shirt out of the same paper the sentiment is stamped on
• Love to Scrap #7: Rockin' Rubbah
• Through the Craft Room Door: Anything Goes
• Sister Act Card Challenge #10: Anything Goes
• Crafting When We Can #46: Mad about Markers

As always, thanks for stopping by for a visit! I promise there will be more cards for you to see this week if you pop back again!

Knit happens

Hi folks,

I found some time today to get crafty so I put together this card for one of the ladies in my weight loss group. She is an avid knitter so I thought this image would be perfect for her.

card details:

• finished size: 5x5 inches, white card stock base, CTMH Baby Pink & Bazzill Mocha Divine mats/accents
• patterned paper: CTMH Topstitch
• stamped image: Kraftin' Kimmie "Natalie the Knitter", coloured with Copic Marks (E000, E00, E01, E93, B91, B93, B95, R20, R21, R22, E31, E33, E35, E37, E39)
• sentiment: Verve "Joyful Blooms"
• EK Success Diamond Lace border punch, Stampin' Up 1 3/8 inch circle punch
• layout: Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #180

additional challenges for this card:

• Kraftin' Kimmie: Anything Goes!
• Through the Craft Room Door: Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 169

Hi folks,

I'm still crazy busy but I am finally getting around to posting this card that I made for my sister for her birthday. She joined the over 40 club on October 7th but her card didn't reach her until this past Friday....I was a little late.

card details:

• finished size: 5.5 x 5.5 inches, kraft card stock base
• patterned paper: Carta Bella "Beautiful Moments"
• image: Kraftin' Kimmie "Brigitte". Coloured with Copic Markers (E0000, E000, E00, E01, E93, E21, E23, E25, E27, E29, RV00, RV91, RV93, RV95, W00, W0, W1)
• sentiment: Verve "Small Phrases"
• layout: Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 169 (rotated)

additional challenges for this card:

• Through the Craft Room Door #39: Anything Goes

Be sure to link your creations from this week at the {Created by You} Linky party over at katie's blog so we can all check out your latest and greatest!

Thanks for stopping by!

Going Places

Hi folks,

when Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps released their first Kraft Klubhouse set "Going Places", I just had to have it. But it is kind of sad that I am just now getting around to inking up one of the images, months later!

All three of the images in the set had special significance for me and, when I do get around to inking up the other two, I'll explain the reason for each of them. For now, I HAD to have this image because I thought it would be perfect a card for my dearly beloved's Mom.

Here's the card I made for her birthday

I have to say, I am VERY pleased with the red hair. Granted, dearly beloved's Mom is more of a strawberry blonde but I thought a little punch up on the colour would be okay.

card details:

• finished size: 6x6 CTMH Kraft card stock base, black card stock for matting, CTMH Cranberry card stock for accent
• patterned papers: CTMH Cruisin' (I have the workshop on the go collection but I don't think it is available any longer though the B&T Duos papers can now be purchased at a discounted price)
• stamped image: Kraftin' Kimmie "Going Places". Coloured with Copic Markers (skin: E000, E00. Hair: E95, E11, YR14, E08, YR24, E97, E99. Car: R20, R22, R24, R27, R29, C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, Y11. Clothing & Accessories: BG70, BG72). CTMH Liquid Glass for the windshield.
• sentiment: Verve "Small Phrases"
• CTMH Cranberry brads
• Spellbinders Labels One

Challenges for this card:

• Kimbee's Creations September 2012 Sketch #8
• Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge #144 - Let's get krafty (I used kraft card stock for my card base)
• One Crazy Stamper September Challenge: Red, Black and Kraft (I do have other colours on my card but those are definitely featured)

As always, thanks for visiting!

On the run with Kraftin' Kimmie

Hi folks,

Look at that! I'm back....AGAIN!!! This time with an early August birthday card.

I took advantage of a big sale recently at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and compounded my savings with a coupon I had saved from when I purchased the Going Places set. I picked up a BUNCH of stamps - a BIG bunch. There was one in particular which I HAD TO HAVE to make a birthday card for my dearly beloved's sister.

Not only is she the mother of two and a hard-working police officer - she is EXCEPTIONALLY fit. She teaches boot camp fitness classes and has been known to take part in marathons AND triathlons. So it was with a little tongue in cheek that I made this card for her birthday this year...

and on the inside "You've just been young a LONG time!"  (funny since my dearly beloved is the oldest of all his siblings). And then I wrote our own personal message "it's about time you caught up to the rest of us".....  :)

card details:

• finished size: 5.5 x 5.5 inches, white cardstock base
• patterned papers: Echo Park Paper Co "Playground" (I thought the bunting banner paper was perfect with this image)
• stamped sentiment: Little Paper Shop (I don't think they are in business any longer)
• stamped image: Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Carol. Coloured with Copic Markers (E000, E00, E01, E31, E35, E39, E47, R85, BG000, BG01, BG02, B39)
• layout: Feeling Sketchy Week #16 (too late to enter for the challenge but I liked the layout)
• CTMH brads (holiday red)

additional challenges for this card:

• kraftin' kimmie #139: Bright Colours for summer (I thought the bright banner paper was perfect for this challenge)
• shopping our stash #61: Something new (this stamp is SO new - got it last Friday in the mail - that it had not yet been put onto EZ mount. I had to DO that before I could actually use it. The sentiment that comes with the image STILL hasn't been mounted.....)

Thanks for stopping by! That rounds out the last of the cards I made yesterday.....

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge 125

This week's challenge over at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge blog is this fabulous sketch:

here's my card featuring one of my fave Kraftin' Kimmie images and sentiments.

card details:

• finished size: 6x6 inches, CTMH Colonial White card base
• patterned papers: Graphic 45 Domestic Goddess
• stamped image: Lavinia from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, coloured with Copic markers
• brads and sparkly ribbon from my stash (got those darn sparkles everywhere!)
• CTMH White Daisy flowers
• Spellbinders: Labels Eighteen

additional challenges for this card:

• Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge PWC202: create a card for girls (I was the lucky winner of last Wednesday's challenge!)
• Pile it On #17: Sparkle and Shine (love that sparkly ribbon but darn, those sparkles got ALL over my desk and even onto the image panel)
• Tuesday Throwdown #95: Use some sparkle

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you are having a lovely day!

Girls can do anything!

You bet we can! Even make a card with no embellishments! That's this week's challenge over at the Kraftin' Kimmie blog. Now, I quite often make cards with no embellies - especially if the papers are image are particularly pretty. Funny thing is, when challenged to make a card without embellishments, I suddenly WANT to! But, I prevailed and this is the card I made:

card details:

• finished size: 6x6 inches
• stamped image and sentiment: Lavinia from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, coloured with Copic Markers (E50, E43, E42, E0000, E000, E00, E93, E04, E07, E08, E09, E30, E31, E33)
• patterned papers: Bo Bunny Timeless
• layout: Cute Card Thursday Challenge 175

additional challenges for this card:

• Sew Many Challenges #62: Anything Goes!

Hope you are all having a lovely weekend! Thanks for stopping by!

Mona the Seamstress Rocks

Hi folks,

So here is the card I decided to make for my friend instead of the Tilda card I posted previously.

Last year, she started taking sewing lessons to re-familiarize herself with her sewing machine and she actually wound up making a few outfits to take with her on her cruise this year. I think that totally rocks!

card details:

• finished size: 6x6 inches
• image: Mona The Seamstress from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, coloured with Copic Markers (E000, E00, E01, E02, E93, E50, E51, E53, R24, G19, E55, E57, E59, E47, E37, BG11, BG13, B95, B91, R21, R22, W1, W3, W5, W7)
• sentiments: Verve "Birthday Bash", CTMH Solos "Zero" and "Four"
• patterned papers: Basic Grey Hopscotch (I HAD to use that particular sheet for the base because, to me, it looks like stacks of fabric), edges distressed with Memento Rich Cocoa
• cardstock: CTMH Chocolate, Juniper
• Spellbinders: Petite Circles
• EK Success Scalloped Scallops
• layout: Sketch Saturday #155

 Additional challenges for this card:

• Kraftin' Kimmie #78: Girls Rock
• Stamping Scrapping Challenge Central: Birthday
• Cute Card Thursday: #164 It's So Distressing
• Scrap Creations: Circles
• Corrosive Challenges #116: Birthdays
• Birthday Sundaes: at least three circles

Hope you are all having a lovely day! It's ANOTHER rainy one here so I'm guessing I'll get more crafty time in - I now have THREE weeks of Christmas card challenges with which to catch up!

Happy Birthday to a dear friend

Hi folks!

Well it has been a long day (it started at 3am for me) and I am just now sitting down (nearly 9:30pm) to write this post. As promised in my WOYWW post earlier, here is the card I made for Tanya for her birthday.

I've had this "Krafty Stamper" image from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps ever since it was released with the rest of the Krafty girls and this is my first time using it.

The card was delivered to the birthday girl today so I hope that by now she has opened it and seen it first hand.

Oh, and this card is the first time I have tried out the Copic X-Press paper. Must say, I like it. I like it a LOT! I may be a convert. I picked some up at Multi-Crafts here in Ottawa (for me AND the birthday girl, along with a few patterned paper pads that I could not resist).

card details:

• finished size: 6x6 inches
• stamped image: "Krafty Stamper" from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black on Copic X-Press paper. Coloured with Copic Markers (E000, E00, E01, E93, B91, B93, Y11, Y00, E30, E31, E55, E50, E53, E57, E59, E77, E79, E42, R22, G24, B02, V04, YR12, G21, C1)
• sentiment: Verve Kind Words, stamped in Versmark and heat embossed with black embossing powder.
• patterned papers: Basic Grey Hopscotch
• cardstock: CTMH Chocolate, Sorbet
• buttons: Basic Grey Hopscotch
• Caribbean Twine from the Twinery
• layout: Sketch Saturday #151 (I added an extra button though - six instead of five)

additional challenges for this card:

• Kraftin' Kimmie Bingo: my choices were Buttons, Twine and Embossing.
• A Spoon Full of Sugar #148 - Let's Celebrate
• Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Emboss it (I heat embossed my sentiment) 
• Papertake Weekly Challenge: Spots and Stripes (spots on my paper, stripes from the twine!)

Thanks for stopping by!

Oliver the Penguin

Hi folks,

well, there's a return to snow here today so these two cute little Oliver the Penguin cards seem somewhat appropriate, even if they ARE two more cards for NEXT Christmas (less than ten months away now)!

What do you think? A little unconventional on the colour choices for a Christmas card with all the black and red? I like it myself, seeing how Oliver is a black penguin and I tend to like my images and papers to be all matchy-matchy.

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches
• stamped image: Oliver the Penguin from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps coloured with Copic Markers (R39, R37, R59, C1, C5, C7, C9, YR12, T1)
• sentiments: CTMH Tannebaum set, stamped in CTMH Cranberry ink
• patterned papers: DCWV Holiday Stack
• Black Cardstock: Colorbök
• ribbons, buttons and embroidery floss from my stash
• Spellbinders: Petite Ovals, Petite Scalloped Ovals
• EK Success Scalloped Scallops Border Punch
• layout: Tuesday Morning Sketches #82 (I omitted the embellies along the bottom as I thought my papers were a little too busy to add MORE eye candy and I switched out the circle for an oval as it fit my image/card size a little better)

Challenges for this card:

• Kraftin' Kimmie #67: Scoopy Scallops. Let's see - Spellbinders Scalloped Petite Ovals for the image panels AND my EK Success Scalloped Scallops border punch! I guess that since I DID get all four challenges for February completed I will throw my hat into the ring for the chance at a guest DT spot in April as well. We shall see!
• Raise the Bar #55: Mug Shots (since Oliver is holding his piping hot cup of chocolate!)
• Winter Wonderland: include an animal (well, it goes without saying doesn't it? As a penguin, Oliver definitely counts!)
• Sparkle's Weekly Christmas Card Challenge for 2011: Punches! (I used my EK Success Scalloped Scallops border punch to edge the horizontal strip on the cards)

So there we go....two more Christmas cards for next year's ever growing stash. And for those of you who are wondering, this is NOT a scheduled post. Kittehs had me up at 3am this morning, as usual. They REALLY don't understand the concept of sleeping in .... EVER!  Oh....and the guilty kittehs are currently BOTH snuggled as close as possible to me on the couch. Asleep. I'd poke at them to wake them up but they are both too cute.

Natalie the Knitter

Hi folks, (second post for today, feel free to scroll down to see the earlier one!)

well, I FINALLY got around to making this card this morning. One of the girls in my Booty Camp class just had a birthday and she knits. So I thought it would be nice to make a card for her featuring Natalie the Knitter from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

And before you ask, yes I DO have all the Krafty Girls series. What can I say? I think I know at least one person who does each of the crafty activities depicted in that series, except maybe the spinner, so I had to have them (there we go with the lack of restraint again - see previous post).

Anyways, here are the card details:

• finished size: 6x6 inches
• stamped image: Natalie the Knitter from Kraftin Kimmie Stamps, coloured with Copic Markers (B91, B93, B95, B000, RV10, RV11, RV13, R21, T0, T1, E000, E00, E47, E49, E57)
• patterned papers: CTMH Topstitch
• layout: Papertake Weekly Challenge #53

additional challenges for this card

• Kraftin Kimmie Stamps Challenge #65 recipe : 3 colours (I used chocolate, baby pink and heavenly blue), 2 patterned papers (from the Topstitch collection), 1 ribbon (a lush chocolate satin from  my stash) and 1 button (ctmh heavenly blue) . I'm too late for the challenge but I AM still toying with the idea of applying for the guest DT for April. We shall see. There's one challenge left to go that was posted today and I am pretty sure I have the time to get the card done this weekend. Even have it already pictured in my head so....that's at least the first step! If you are a fan of Kraftin' Kimmie stamps, you still have time to do all four challenges yourself and apply for the guest spot!

Hope you all have a lovely day today! I may just pop back up to my craft room for a couple of hours before heading out to the tea party. I may not craft though....the space is in dire need of tidying.

Kraftin Kimmie Challenge #66

Hi folks,

well, it looks like I'm a bit late posting my card for the sketch challenge over at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps this week. Oh well! What can I say? My kittehs are little cuddle monsters and it is hard to pull away from them when they want to cuddle with their hooman.

Anyways, here is the card I made for the challenge.

card details:

• finished size: 6x6 inches
• stamped image: Lavender the Quilter from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, coloured with Copic Markers (I'll update with which ones as soon as I find the paper I wrote them on. ETA. Saturday morning cleanup and I found the list of Copics! E000, E00, E01, B02, B000, YR02, E53, E55, E57, G24, G28, E30, E31, E55)
• patterned papers: CTMH Caboodle, edges are inked with CTMH Crystal Blue ink
• Spellbinders: Petite Circles
• button: Stampin' Up Latte (thanks Sunghee!)

Hope you all have a lovely weekend!