Ten Years and THEY NEVER HAD A FIGHT!....Lol!

Hey everybody-

It's Tuesday and here in NYC it's very dark and rainy and chilly. A great day to stay in bed with a cup of hot chocolate and just chill.....but of course....there's no rest for the weary....LOL! This is going to be a quick post because I had lots to do today.

My hubby and I have a couple whose wedding anniversary is today. They have been married for 16 years, but together a total of 21 years. I made her this card because I will be seeing her this weekend. She's a frilly sorta lacy kind of girl, so I tried to pull that in with the doilies. I hope she likes it.

Well, I am off..thanks for stopping by and have a great rest of the day!

Kimba :)

Happy Birthday to you!!!

Hello all-

Happy Monday to you. I am so sorry for the late post, but I was super busy today. I hope that you had a great weekend. I know mine felt like it whizzed on by so fast! There is NOT ENOUGH hours in a day I tell ya!!! We need to start the weekend on Thursday, so that we can actually get a full Friday to do whatever we want! LOL!!! Like my hubby said, " Good Luck with that!"....lol!

Enough of my ranting....today's card is a birthday card that I created for a Yahoo group that I am in. They asked for folks to volunteer to make cards and one of the themes that was needed was birthday cards. Here is mine. I love the way it came out and I think that the elephant is TOO CUTE! I hope you like it and as always, thanks for stopping by!

Kimba :)

HOW-TO Instructions

Step 1: Base measures 4.25 x 5.5

Step 2: 2nd layer measures 4 x 5.25 - PATTERN PAPER

Step 3: Punch a scallop edge measuring 4" and adhere to card

Step 4: Adhere white flowers and add pearl gemstones (* I colored the pearl stone using alcohol inks in a ziplock baggy. If you want directions on how to do that, please email me.)

Step 5: Punch out Scallop square and adhere to card.

Step 6: Stamp elephant and cut out. Add pearl gemstones to splash near trunk

Step 7: Stamp Happy Birthday sentiment at the bottom of card

Here are 1 more cards I submitted to Embellish Magazine

What's Black, White, Grey, and Yellow all over????

Hey Everybody-

Today's card I am especially excited about because someone saw it and commissioned me to make her a set of invitations. It's not the same identical card, but the color palette and style would be the same.

I created this card for Embellish Magazine's contest. They asked that the colors within the card be black, white, grey, and yellow and they wanted background stamping to be highlighted in the card. These colors, for me, I would not ordinarily put them together, but in the end, the look is so classic and clean. Thanks Embellish Magazine for this inspiration as well as showing me a new color combination.

Thanks for stopping by!

Kimba :)

Follow your heart...Create

Good morning all-

Happy Wednesday! This week sems to me to be flying by so fast. Two more days, and the weeked will be here. I so love the weekends...don't you?

Today's card was created super fast. The longest part of the card was the heat embossing...lol! One other thing that I did is on the Prima flowers, I stamped it using the HeroArts Friend Definition Cling stamp and added a gem stone.

As always, enjoy the rest of your day and thanks so much for stopping by. Show me some creative love and leave me a comment too!

Kimba :)

HOW-TO Instructions

Step 1: Base measures 4.50 x 6.25 (Kraft) - Stamp HeroArts Cling Dots using VersaMark ink, heat emboss using clear embossing powder

Step 2: Stamp HA Friend Definition image on white cardstock, Distress edges. Distress the entire stamped image using Tim Holtz Spice Marmalade. Tear opposite corners and ink edges.

Step 3: Stamp HA Silhouette Spray on to cardstock in black ink. Adhere to card base.

Step 4: Ink Prima flowers using Spice Marmalade and stamp Prima flowers with the Friend Definition stamp. Add gem stones. Adhere flowers to card.

Step 5: Stamp word sentiment - HA Treasure the Moments Stamp - ink and tear. Add pop dots and adhere to card

No Stress when Distressing...

Hey everybody!

Happy Monday! I hope that you all have a wonderful weekend. I know for me, it just flew by. The weekends are always so packed with stuff, that when you finally stop and take a breath, it's already Monday.

I was able to get some stamping done and boy did I have fun. I got to play with some products that I had not used in a long while - Alcohol Inks. I have them on my desk, in a storage drawer, and when I went into the drawer, looking for something else, I said to myself, "Kimba, you HAVE TO make a card using these inks" and that's is how today's card was created. It's the 3rd layer of the card. The finished product came out so nicely, that I plan on creating alot more using is product.

Below, are instructions on how I made the card and I hope that this will inspire you to pull out your alcohol inks and use them to create something awesome....or, better yet, give you a good excuse to go shopping and pick up some inks (wink...wink - I have to enable all of you...it's only fair) from your local craft store.

I hope you like the card, and thanks for stopping by!

Kimba :)

HOW-TO Instructions

Step 1: Base measures 4.50 x 5.75 (BLUE)

Step 2: 2nd Layer measures 4.25 x 5.50 (WHITE)

Step 3: 3rd Layer measures 4 x 5.25 (ALCOHOL INK) - Use GLOSSY CARDSTOCK, and your blender tool, put alcohol inks Lettuce, Latte, and Sail Boat Blue. Adhere to card

Step 4: Stamp Flower Medley onto white cardstock. Ink up stamp using Distress Ink Peeled paint and Broken China, turn woodstamp over and spray the image with water. Stamp image onto cardstock. Distress edges and add pearls to center of flowers.

Step 5: Stamp word image and tie ribbon in a bow

PS - Here's a link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOEu9RTI6Ww&feature=related.

to a video by Jennifer McGuire. She will show you how to create the alcohol background

WELCOME WEEKEND! - It's TGIF!!!!

Hello everyone and welcome to the weekend!!!!

Yay!!! It's raining like crazy here in NYC and has been for the last 3-4 days, but because it's raining and it's also Friday makes me feel soooo good! I can stay in, make some good comfort food, watch some movies and get some crafting done too!

Okay, here is today's card. I loved making this because I got to use my distress inks and I got to created layers of scallops. All I did to color the peacock was to get the different color inks and color it randomly. I like the look. And, I added some bling to make our cute peacock ROCK ON!

As always, thanks for stopping by and enjoy your weekend!

Kimba :)