Horse Sympathy Card for a friend

A good friend of mine lost her horse unexpectedly last week. My heart just breaks for her. :'(  I finally got the time to make her a card this morning.

Please overlook the pieces of paper. I meant to take pictures BEFORE I wrote in it. Obviously that didn't happen.

Stray Ducklings July 2016 Card Swap

I'm part of a group of Stampin' Up demonstrators out of Peoria, IL. This is a group of amazingly talented ladies that loves what they do and loves to share what they love. We had a meeting and card swap yesterday then we toured a new scrapbooking store in the area. I really love hanging out with them. They're so positive and encouraging. We shared our swaps with the world yesterday on youtube thanks to our fearless leader, Lori Helvick.

The Magic of Fairy Celebration

I've been wanting to make a magic slider card for a while now. I finally took the time to do it today :)  I had been hoping to make the fairy work with it and it did :)

I hope you enjoy the card as much as I do.

I used the Fairy Celebration stamp set on Whisper White cardstock. The fairy on the Window Sheet was stamped with black Staz-On ink. I used Stampin' Write markers to color the other fairy. The Oval Layer Framelit Dies  were used to cut the opening and frame it in Island Indigo. The DSP is from the Blooms & Bliss pack. The ribbon is the silver 1/8" ribbon. 

May all your days be as magical as today's card :)

Love You Lots meets Jar of Love

This is one of the cards we made at my last class. It was CASEd from Danny Hikade HERE

I just love adding items to the jars from the Jar of Love bundle and turning them  into shaker cards. This little froggy from the Love You Lots stamp set is no exception.

I used Old Olive cardstock. The splatter stamp is from Gorgeous Grunge, stamped both full on and stamped off in Old Olive ink. The frog is water colored with my aqua painter in Old Olive as well.

So, so cute!!! I LOVE this card! :)

Until tomorrow...happy stamping!

Bonus Days is happening now

Just a reminder that the Bonus Days Promo is happening right now! 

Did you get everything you want from the new annual catalog yet? Since it only came out a month ago, you probably still have some items on your wish list, and we have some great news for you! For every $50 you spend in between July 7 and July 31 (before shipping and tax), you’ll get a $5 Bonus Days coupon that you can use August 2–31. This is a great opportunity to shop from your wish list, whether you buy your favorite products now or later in August with your coupons!

DETAILS
• Promotion Period: July 7–31, 2016
• Redemption Period: August 2–31, 2016
• An email address is required to participate in this promotion; Bonus Days coupon codes can only be delivered via email.
• It is strongly recommended that participants both save emails containing their Bonus Days coupon codes AND write down the coupon codes in a safe place. Codes cannot be resent if the email is lost, and lost codes cannot be recovered.
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Fairy Celebration meets Jar of Love

I saw this fairy in a jar idea on Pinterest here made by Elizabeth Green of stampscrapandmore.com and just knew I had to make my own version of it. I love the Jar of Love bundle and anything I can fit inside that little jar to turn it into a shaker card! :)  Add a little fairy with sparkly wings and hey, I'm all about that!  

The base is just Whisper White CS. The DSP is from the Blooms & Bliss DSP Pack. The fairy, twinkle & sentiment are all from the Fairy Celebration stamp set. I stamped the fairy twice and punched the wings out with the Bitty Butterfly punch. I added some clear Wink of Stella to make the wings shimmer. The ribbon is the Silver 1/8" Ribbon

I just love the way this card turned out. I hope you like it too. 

Happy Stamping :) 

Kim

Little Stinker

 I was so excited to finally have time to make this card today. I've had it in mind since I first saw the Foxy Friends bundle and the sentiment in the Here For You stamp set. I used a Whisper White CS base and layered it with Basic Black. I cut through both with a Layering Oval Framelit die. I made a frame out of Real Red cardstock by using two of the Layering Ovals and running them through the Big Shot. I stamped the trees and stump on Whisper White and fussy cut them. I glued them, the stump and the skunk on the inside of the card so that they'd be centered through the opening in the front.

 

I hope you enjoyed today's card. I would love to hear from you. Please leave me some love :)

Baby Bear Card Swap

Good morning everyone! The weather here in Illinois is gorgeous today! The humidity finally dropped and I think the day might just call for a pony ride :) But first, I'd like to share the card that I made for our Stray Ducklings basket swap a couple of weeks ago. The theme was "Black & White with a Pop of Color." Now, I don't know about you, but I just can't get enough of this baby bear stamp! It's everything I hoped it would be when I first saw it in the new catalog.

I used Whisper White cardstock for the base, basic black cs for the 1st layer, whisper white for the 2nd layer & stamped the lace image from Grateful Bunch in Smoky Slate. I also stamped this image inside the card on the right edge. The sentiment is from the Suite Sayings stamp set. 

I stamp my Baby Bears backwards: 

First, I stamped the #3 bear (the most detailed one) in black Memento Ink

Second, I stamped the #2 bear in full strength Smoky Slate Ink

Third, I stamped the #1 bear in Stamped off Smoky Slate Ink

I cut the bear out with my Layering Squares Framelit Dies & cut a panel of Sweet Sugarplum to place behind it. I tied a fork bow using a piece of Sweet Sugarplum Ruched Ribbon and glued it to the bear. I cut a Delicate Doily in quarters to place behind the frame but added a small square of black cs to make it pop. 

Well, that's it for today. I'm off to enjoy this beautiful weather while we still have it. You know it is the Midwest; our weather changes in 5 minute increments ;) 

Anniversary Card

Good morning stampers! It is really humid here in Illinois today. The forecast is stormy so it's a great day to be in the craft room.

Today I'd like to share the card I made for hubby for our anniversary.

I started with a Night of Navy cardstock base. I stamped one of the Timeless Textures stamps on the background  with Night of Navy ink and wrapped it in a piece of Dapper Denim Ruched Ribbon. 

I cut out one of the Layering Circle Framelit Dies in Chocolate Chip CS using my Big Shot. I also cut out one of the Sweet & Sassy Framelit Dies from the Affectionately Yours DSP with the Big Shot. I heat embossed the numbers from the Number of Years stamp set  in Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder and cut them out with the Large Numbers Framelits on the Big Shot. 

The Happy Anniversary Sentiment is also from the Number of Years stamp set; stamped in Chocolate Chip ink inside the Thoughtful Banners stamp and punched out with the Duet Banner Punch. The "I Love You" sentiment in the card is also from the Thoughtful Banners stamp set. 

I hope you've enjoyed today's card. Have a wonderful day. 

Happy Stamping!

Baby Bear Step Card

I entered a Product Challenge with my Upline, Linda Bauwin. She sends us several current items to use to make a card. We send that card back to her to be judged. Her team judges the cards and the winner wins all of the cards that were entered. I had the honor of being a winner this month! :) The items she sent this month included some of the new In-Color Enamel Shapes, delicate white doilies and bow paper clip embellishments.

I'm in love with the new Baby Bear stamp set so I couldn't wait to use it in the Product Challenge. The idea was CASEd from images I found online. There are a lot of step cards made into dressers out there! I wanted to make the drawers look real so I scored them and raised them with 2 Stampin' Dimensionals on each side underneath of the drawers. The base of the card is done in Very Vanilla cardstock. The drawers are Soft Suede cardstock. The doilies are sponged with Soft Suede ink and one is backed with a circle cut from the new Layering Circle Framelit Dies and backed with Sweet Sugarplum cardstock. The bow is wrapped in Flirty Flamingo Ruched Ribbon. I used the Lots of Labels Framelits Dies to cut out the base of the dresser. The sentiment is from Suite Sayings and cut out with the Layering Squares Framelits Dies using Peek-A-Boo Peach cardstock as the background.

 I stamped my bear backwards. I started using the #3 image with Tip Top Taupe. Then I stamped the #2 image over the top with full-strength Sahara Sand. Lastly, I used Sahara Sand ink again, but I stamped it off on scrap paper before stamping the #1 image over the top of the other two. I feel that you can see through the #1 image best, which makes it easy to line up. This bear is so life-like! You just wanna pick it up and give it a squeeze!

I hope you enjoy today's card. I would love to hear from you so that I know someone out there is reading my posts ;)

New Stampin' Up! promo starts July 7th!

For every $50 you spend* between July 7 and July 31, you’ll get a $5 Bonus Days coupon that you can use between August 2–31, 2016! This is a great opportunity for you to get items from your wish list, whether you buy them now or with your coupons in August. This is the first time Stampin' Up! has offered this type of promotion, and it’s a deal everyone will want in on!

NOTE: Bonus Days coupon codes will be delivered via email, so an email address is required to participate in this promotion. Stampin' Up! cannot resend emails with coupon codes, so make sure you save the email and write down the codes in a safe place so you don't miss out on the coupons you earn.
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Details:

• An email address is required to participate in this promotion; Bonus Days coupon codes can only be delivered to participants via email.
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