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

THANK YOU EVER SO MUCH!

Hello all...
Here's a card that I created w/a new set of stamps I just bought. Since Fall is upon us, I felt that a " LEAF STAMP/STAMPS" were a necessary purchase ....ENABLER ALERT...LOL! I stamped the leaves and then embossed it with clear embossing powder. I just love they way they came out. Enjoy the card and thanks for stopping by!
Kimba :)

HOW-TO Instructions

Step 1: Base measures 5 x5 - Chocolate Cardstock

Step 2: 2nd Layer measures 4.75 x 4.75 - Taupe Cardstock

Step 3: 3rd Layer measures 4.5 x 4.5 - Turquoise Blue - I cut this layers in 4ths and then ran them thru my CuttleBug using Swiss Dots Embossing folder. Adhere these squares to the 2nd layer of the card

Step 4: Stamp the leaves using VERSAMARK INK, and them cover with clear embossing powder. Let cool and then cut them out. Adhere the Pearl gems stones in a NON-random way.

Step 5: Tie 3 knots in the Jute string and adhere to the stems of the leaves using a glue dot. Place foam dots to the back of the leaves

Step 6: Arrange the 4 square embossed layers to the card using adhesive.

Step 7: Adhere the leaves to the squares. Adhere the jute knots to the stems of the leaf.

Step 8: Stamp word sentiment and adhere to card.

A Card of THANKS!

WOW! Happy TGIF! This week went by so fast for me and now it's the start of the weekend. Here in NYC it is a stunning 80 degrees, sun shining, and not a cloud in the sky! This is definitely a great day to get some crafting done!

Okay, let's get started with out card for today. The card may look like it to a while to make, but it was pretty easy. I hope that you like it. Have a great weekend all and thanks so much for stopping by!

Kimba :)

HOW-TO Instructions

Step 1: Base Card measures 4.25 x 6

Step 2: The 2nd Layers (the 3 panels) - Get coordinating pattern paper. Each measures 1.25 x 4

Step 3: Punch out Scallop Edge on Yellow Cardstock and adhere to the Base Card.

Step 4: Tie Yellow pattern ribbon to the card above the attached scallop edge to create a finished look

Step 5: Stamp the word sentiment on Yellow cardstock. Mat this using the pattern paper you have on your card. Punch out a butterfly, add Pearl Gemstone and attach to card.

Step 6: Punch out a Scallop Square. Set aside.

Step 7: Stamp, on white cardstock the HeroArts 'A Real Poppy' flower TWICE. One of the stamp images, you will punch out and place on top of the already punched out scallop square. The 2nd stamp image, you will cut out the flower, back it w/a foam dot and adhere it exactly on top of stamped flower image to add dimension.

Step 8: Adhere the finished scallop embellishment to the card.

DISTRESS and ALCOHOL INKS - So Much Fun!!!

Hey there all....

I hope you all had a great weekend! I am very excited about this weeks themed cards that I am going to be making for ya! I am totally into Tim Holtz's Distress and Alcohol Inks and I got a chance to play around with them this week....and I can not wait to share the creations.

Here's one of them and the How-To Instructions. Please, make sure you try this one...you will have sooo much fun with this that you won't be able to put it down!

Thanks for stopping by!

Kimba :)

HOW-TO Instructions

Step 1: Base Card measures 4 x 5 1/2 - The White Layer measures 3 3/4 x 5 1/4. Adhere to base card.

Step 2: Stamp HeroArts Image - Swirl with Flowers K5133 with VersaMark Ink. Add clear embossing powder and heat set. Tear this image.

Step 3: Using Distress Inks - Orange Maralade & Blue China - shade the image...

Step 4: After shading the image w/the Distress Ink, take a paper twoel and buff away the ink on the embossed stamp image. The image will start to pop!

Step 5: Using Distress Ink - Frayed Burlap, ink the torn edges

Step 6: Add Pearl Gems to the center of the flowers and stamp word sentiment. Adhere this finished section to the card using foam dots.

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 :)

HEART CARD

Hello all-

Let me first apologize about not having the HEART Card uploaded. I am not sure what happened, but I uploaded it...twice, and for some reason it came up as "done" but when folks viewed the post, nothing was there. In any case, I think the issues have been resolved after much help.

Here is the card with the Coluzzel Heart as the focal point.

Enjoy, and thanks for stopping by!

Kimba :)