It's beginning to look alot like Christmas....

Hello everybody,
Happy Hump today!  The month of October is almost done (can you believe it) and soon Thanksgiving and then Christmas.  Today's card focuses on the Christmas holiday.  This is the time when you are getting those holiday cards ready so that you will be prepared to send them out.  This was a supper easy card to make and I especially like the color of the ornament-I wanted something that would "pop" off the card and I think the yellow does just that.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great Wednesday!
Kimba :)

HAPPY LABOR DAY!!!!

Good Morning & Happy Labor Day!

Here in NYC it is clear, blue, sunny skies. A great day for a Labor Day BBQ! My In-Laws are having a little shin-dig and I was asked to bring my famous potatoe salad, and so this is going to be a really quick post. I haven't bought the potatoes as yet....LOL!

Okay, here is today's card - I just LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this flower stamp. There is so much surface area for coloring...which I love to do.

Enjoy your Labor Day and some great food! And if you can, try an squeeze in some crafting fun! Thanks for stopping by!

Kimba :)

HOW-TO Instructions

Step 1: Card Base measures 4.25 x 5.5 - (WHITE)

Step 2: 2nd Layer measures 4 x 5,25 - (GREEN) -adhere to base

Step 3: Cut piece of purple cardstock measuring 4 x 1.5. Punch using scallop punch.

Step 4: Adhere a coordinating ribbon across this scallop piece. Adhere to card.

Step 5: Stamp flower image. Color stamp using PrismaColor Pencils. Adhere using pop dots.

Step 6: Stamp word sentiment. Adhere to top of card.

HAPPY MOTHER's DAY!

Happy Monday all...
Hope you had a great weekend!

This card is inspried by all the Mother's Day commercials that I have been seeing regarding ideas on what to give your mom. I decided to start early w/creating Mother's Day cards or the women in my life. I hope you like the card and remember, I am going back to inclding the HOW-TO's s that when you can, you can create the card yourself!

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Kimba :)

HOW-TO Instructions

Step 1: Base card measures 4.25" x 5.5" - (Blue cardstock)

Step 2: 2nd Layer measures 4" x 5.25" - (White Cardstock) - Adhere to Base card.

Step 3: 3rd Layer measures 3.75" x 5" - (Orange Cardstock) Run this through your CuttleBug using the SWISS DOTS folder. Adhere to White cardstock

Step 4: Cut a strip of Green Cardstock measuring 1" x 5" and punch scallop edge. Adhere to Orange cardstock.

Step 5: Stamp 5 Flower images and color in using PrismaColored Pencils. Punch images out using scallop rectangle punch and then add gem snes to the center of each flower.

Step 6: Add foam dots to the flower images and adhere to the card.

Step 7: Stamp Happy Mother's Day sentiment. Tie ribbon on the end and adhere to card.

HAPPY ST.PATRICK DAY!!!

Hello all-

Happy St. Patrick's Day everybody!!! here in NYC, every year, there is a parade in midtown that starts at 11am and ends at 5pm. It is also televised for those who prefer to watch it on TV. Today's card i inspired by today's holiday. I created a monochromatic (that means all in one particuliar color) card all in green. Green is my son's favorite color, so he loved this card. I hope you do too!

The stamp is by Stampedous and I colored it in using PrismaColor Coloed Pencils. I also used Ranger's Inkssential's Glossy Accent to add a bit of dimension.

Enjoy your St.Patrick's Day and thanks so much for stopping by!
Kimba :)

Happy March 1st - Spring is coming....

Good Morning all and Happy Mrach 1st!

I can not believe that it's March already. This year is zooming by and I am so looking forward to Spring. Here in NYC, we have had quite a bit of snow and I am just about all snowed out. I want to see the pretty flowers and butterflies!

Today's card is inspired by the spring and flowers. I used a great flower stamp by Stampenous as the focal point of the card. I colored it in using PrismaColor Colored Pencils and then added a layer of Inkessentials Glossy Accents to the edges of each petal. I love the shine and dimension it gives. This Glossy Accents is my NEW favorite thing now...LOL!

I hope you like the card ad I hope it inspires you to get your flower stamps out and get to stamping. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Kimba :)

See The Flowers Smiling

Hello all & Happy Monday!

I know that some of you are football fans and may have watched the Super Bowl yesterday....and I am hoping that you enjoyed yourself as well as made a little time for crafting too!

Here is my card for today. It is part of a weekly acrd challenge at Heroarts.com. The theme is flowers and being BOLD. I love this card because the colors are just that - BRIGHT & BOLD. I used my PrismaColor Colored Pencils to color in the flowers and added foam dots to the 2nd and 4th flower. I hope that you like it and that it inspires you to start making some BOLD, BRIGHT Valentine's Day Cards for your love ones.

Thanks for stopping by!
Kimba :)

CAARDVARKS Challenge - Red Hearts Love Card

Hello all-
HAPPY MONDAY! HAPPY MONDAY! HAPPY MONDAY

Today's card is a card that I am entering into a Caardvarks Challenge. When you get a chance, head on over there - www.caardcarks.com and checkout their site. It is AWESOME. All I ask is that you get a cup of coffee and a snack because you are going to be on it forever! It's a great blog chock full of great stuff.

My card measures 4.25 x 5.5 and the 2nd layer is a quarter inch smaller. I used a HeroArts Block Stamp - Trio Heart Border C3025 as the background. Next I stamped that same image, colored it with my PrismaColor Colored Pencils and cut them out. I added foam dots and adhered them to the 2nd layer of the card. I also used HeroArts Clear Design Stamp Hugs and Hearts CL301 and stamped the word sentiment LOVE in red. I hope you like it! I love the striking look the red hearts give to the background!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!
Kimba :)

Let the CARD be the FOCUS...

Hello everyone and HAPPY TUESDAY!!!

Today's card I love making because I got to one of my favorite things - COLOR!!! I remember being a little girl coloring in my coloring books. I took it soooo seriously. Outlining the image with a dark line, and then coloring the inside with that same color, but very softly...you know, so the image would sort of pop! Well, at that time, I had no idea that I was training myself for bigger and better things -CARD MAKING & PAPER CRAFTING!!

This card that I created I did not put a word sentiment. I left it blank so that the embellishments and layers would totally be the focus. I colored the owl in using my PrismaColor Colored Pencils - love them!

I hope you like the card and that it inspires you to create a card where your design is the focus!

Thanks for stopping by!
Kimba :)

3D Card - WHAT's UP?

Happy Friday!!!

I am so glad/sad that today is Friday. I am glad because it is the beginning of the long Labor Day weekend. But I am sad because it is a reminder that summer is over. But then I am glad again because school starts next week and all my kids will be in school and I will be FREE!!! WooHoo! It's all so bitter sweet...ROFL!

Okay, to the fun stuff. Here is my card to end the week. It is my all-time FAVORITE STAMP now. It's the Balancing Owls by HeroArts H5144. I stamped the image and colored it in. Cut it out and added foam dots to give it the 3D look. I used my Cricut to cut out a "BLAST" shape and I stamped the word sentiment on that. I also used my Cricut to cut out the grass. I curled the edges to add dimension. To give it some interest, I used Time Holt's Distresss Ink - I used the Peeled Paint first and used Vintage Photo around the edges. I added foam dots to this also.

I hope you like the card. It was so much fun to make. I hope that you have a great weekend and Labor Day!

Kimba :)

HOW-TO Instructions

Step 1: Base Card measures 4.25 x 5.5 - Brown

Step 2: The 2nd Layer measures 4 x 5.25 - White

Step 3: The 3rd layer measures 3.75 x 5 - Mustard Yellow

Step 4: Stamp the owl image, color it in, and cut it out. Add foam dots.

Step 5: Use Cricut to cut out the GRASS on Green Cardstock and the BLAST on White Cardstock.

Step 6: Stamp the word sentiment on the BLAST and then distress it using the Distress Inks by Tim Holtz. Add foam dots.

Step 7: Adhere all the layers and images.

3D Card - YOU MAKE MY WORLD HAPPY!

Hello all...

This is going to be quick because I am running out to a dentisit - oh what fun! This card is super easy. I hope you like it and these Japanese Doll are the cutest!!! Thanks for stopping by!

Kimba :)

HOW-TO Instructions

Step 1: Base Card measures 4.25 x 5.5 - CuttleBug front of card using the Swiss Dots Embossing Folder

Step 2: Tie Yellow Ribbon along the left side fo the card

Step 3: Stamp Japanese Dolls on white cardstock. Color in the image using PrismaColor Colroed Pencils. Cut the images out. Adhere to card using Foam dots.

Step 4: Stamp word sentiment and punch out using punch. Adhere to card using s foam dot

3D Card - HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Hello All-

Here is today's 3D Card. I hope you like it. I colored the Birthday Candles and I love that they are BIG & BOLD! I colored in the candles using PrismaColor Colored Pencils. I smooth out the look using Gamsol. Next, I colored in the "flame" part of the candle using Martha Stewart's Glitter Markers. I stamped the candles on white cardstock and then cut them out and added foam dots to have them pop off the card.

Oh yes...one other tool I used on this card was I used my Scor-Pal in creating the lines on the top of the card.

Thanks for stopping by!
Kimba :)

HOW-TO Instructions

Step 1: Base Card measures 4.25 x 5.5 - Run a little more than half of the card thru the CuttleBug using the Swiss Dots Embossing Folder. The top half of the card, create score lines. This adds interest to the overall look of the card.

Step 2: Stamp Big Birthday Candles on white cardstock and then color in with PrismaColor Colored Pencils. Color the flames with Martha Stewart's Glitter Markers. Cut candles and flames out.

Step 3: Adhere the candles and flames to the card using foam dots

Step 4: Stamp word sentiment on white cardstock and then cut it out. Adhere to card.

Scrapbook Layouts & Companion Cards Week

Hi all..

I hope that you all had a great weekend. This week, I am going to showcase some Scrapbook Layouts as well as some cards. So, for today, here is a card that I created. The Base Card is from a K & Co Paper Pack. I love stripes and bold colors and geometric shapes....so picking this paper was easy for me to gravitate to. I hope you like the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Kimba :)

FLOWER WEEK - HAPPY BIRTHDAY - PrismaColor Colored Pencils

Good morning all...

Happy Hump Day! I have a great card to show you today. This card is a birthday card that I made for a friend. This card was so much fun to make because it involves smething that we all love to do - COLOR!!!! I stamped the flower image and then colored in the flowers using PRISMA COLOR Colored Pencils. After coloring in the image, I used GAMSOL to help smooth out and blend the color in. I loved the way it came out because the card looks so bright and cheerful!

I hope you like the card and pull out those colored pencils and get to coloring! Thanks for stopping by!

Kimba :)

You Make My World Happy!

Good Morning all,
I hope that you had a great weekend and had an opportunity to get some crafting done. I was able to get a good amount of cards made as well as get some projects started. So, with that being said, I am feeling great! I am off to a good start this week.

I don't have a theme for this week as yet, but I do have a great card that I am proud of that I made. I used quite a bit of different techniques. I stamped an image onto pattern paper (the tag in the card was covered with paper and then I stamped on it). I also distressed the tag before I stamped the image. And one of the last techiques I used was using PrismaColor Coloring Pencils to color in the owls and then using Gamsol (OMS-Odorless Mineral Spirit) to help create shading and dimension.

Well, now that you know what I did, get crackin' to making this card!
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Kimba :)

HOW-TO Instructions

Step 1: Base Card measures 5 x 6.5 (white)

Step 2: 2nd Layer measures 4.75 x 6.25 (brown) - attach this to base card

Step 3: Cut a strip of Rust Orange paper measuring .75 x 4.75 - attach this to the brown cardstock

Step 4:Next, get your tag out. Put a good amount of adhesive on the FRONT of the tag. After you have done this, place the tag ADHESIVE SIDE DOWN on the pattern paper. Press down on the tag to make sure the tag is sticking to the paper. Cut around the tag and then using your whole punch, punch the hole out at the top of the tag.

Step 5: Use Tim Holtz's PEELED PAINT Distressing ink to distress the front of the tag. Once you have the desired look you want,using Stampin' Up's Chocolate Chip Ink, stamp the LONG BRANCH image onto the tag. Thread ribbon thru hole, set aside.

Step 6: Stamp out your owls using black ink and color the owls. Add "googlie eyes" to the owls. Set aside

Step 7: Layer Prima Flowers - Green then white and next add button to the center. Set aside

Step 8: Using that same pattern paper and the Peeled Paint Dstressing ink, distress a small section of the paper - this portion of the paper will be used for you to stamp your word sentiment on. After stamping, punch image out

Step 9: Build the card according to picture above. PLEASE NOTE: THERE ARE FOAM DOTS behind the Balancing Owls

OVAL CARD

Hello all-

Here is an OVAL Card that I created. Again, I used my Coluzzle Oval shape template to cut the base of the card. The Cupcake was a stamp that I got from Michael's $1 bin. I colored the cupcake using my Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils. The stamped sentiment is from HeroArts Thank You Messages. I attached both the cupcake and word sentiment using foam adhesive.

I hope you enjoyed the card and thanks again for stopping by!

Kimba :)