{iSSC10/TCPTUES204} Easter Greetings

Today I have another double-duty card for you! It's time for a new weekly sketch installment with iSSC, as well as fellow Catpacker Susan's TCP Easter stamp challenge: use any Easter-themed stamp and one or all of the following Cutups- Grass, Clouds and Eggs in A Basket. Fun, right?
This weeks sketch was inspired by Debbie Olson, and you can see her card here.
Here is your sketch:

I made a pretty simple, kind of shabby-country looking card. I've used a few Cutups: Grass border, Queen of Hearts border, and Eggs in A Basket.
The only stamping that I did on this card is the sentiment!! It is from the set Spring Fling.
I've also used some lucious seam binding from the TCP store in Cream.

The paper (woodgrain and yellow panel) is some new MME 6x6...not sure which one. The eggs are the same, and the grass and text-sky are from the scrap bin.

If you would like to play along in these challenges, simply link up your cards to TCP's Dancing in Pajamas blog or the iSpy Sketch Challenge blog!

{iSSC09/YNS} ROCK ON!

Hey there! Today I am combining this weeks newest iSpy Sketch Challenge with Your Next Stamp's FUN FRIDAY! Head on over to the iSSC blog to have a look-see at the sketch and the original card that inspired the sketch!

I used a cute little rocker boy image from the YNS set Rock Star Fhinn for my card. As you all know, I love little boy images and YNS does not disappoint with their selection of masculine stamps!

Okay friends. Here is my Fun Friday tip for you today- Two-toned hair. I wanted Fhinn to have blue hair highlights ar the tips, so I used B93 and B95 and started with the lightest blue, working with a 'flicking' motion from the tips towards the base. I then did the same with the darker blue, and back over with the lighter. I then worked from the base of the hair towards the tips, using my cool grey copics. I wanted a white highlight where the light hits his hair, so I did leave some white space in between the blue and the grey. I then colored some dark grey onto my stamp block, and picked up some of the colour with my lightest blue marker brush tip, adding a bit of dark grey to those ends. Easy! A cool 'rocker-chic' look! Subtle, though effective, I think;)

The pants and guitar were paper-pieced and I added some blingage with Taylor's Tiny Twinkles. Spica pens and glaze were applied to the guitar and shoes, as well as some streaks of silver spica in the hair. I used an MFT speech bubble die for the sentiment and since I stamped it on WAY too high, I just added a row of rhinestones underneath to make my mistake look purposeful;) hehe! Some crazy zig-zag stitching adds a rough touch to this rock and roll card! I used some black netted ribbon (cut in half) and orange bakers twine from the Ribbon Carousel and changed the orientation of the sketches ribbon treatment to suit my card better:) This week's challenge at the Ribbon Carousel is ANYTHING GOES (RCC46)...

If you would like to see more Fun Friday cards from the YNS designers, head on over to the YNS blog! And I would love to see you play along with this weeks iSSC! You can upload your creation to the blog here!!

{KKS} Special Release: Going Places!

Join Kraftin' Kimmie's Klubhouse!!

Okay, all you Kraftin' Kimmie KEENERS (and you KNOW who you are), we have some VERY exciting news to share with you today!!! Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps is GOING PLACES!

Remember at the beginning of the year when we said we've got some awesome new stuff in store for 2012? Well, we've been planning this for months!!

On Friday, March 30th, Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps will release an EXCLUSIVE Moonlight Whispers stamp set!!! GOING PLACES is the first of our special Krafty Klubhouse Kits…..we'll be releasing a new one every few months!!

Be part of the Krafty Klub and order your exclusive set which features THREE special edition stamps designed by Annie Rodrigue, PLUS FOUR coordinating sentiment stamps! Going Places will be sold ONLY as a set and ONLY at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop!! Not only will you get this special set, but you will also receive a special coupon code for 20% OFF, to be used on any additional online order at the Shop the following month!

This new set of three images and 4 sentiments will be available for purchase March 30th in the KKS store!
Here is my sample using the retro girl on the swanky cruiser bicycle....I love her! My dad recently bought mom a cruiser when they were snowbirding this winter in Arizona. I haven't seen her bike yet, and was guessing she might have picked red...I found out that its actually light tan and coffee brown...This image reminds me of the pics I've seen in my baby album of mom wearing shorty-shorts and tube tops, hair pulled back like this...the only thing thats missing is me on the back in a baby seat!

I used some fun new retro-ish paper from Cosmo Cricket... The edges were all distressed using creamy brown chalk ink. Two yellow SU brads along with riding hood red punched circles add some interest to the left upper corner. I coloured her up with copics and added silver spica pen and glaze to the bicycle. The button/flower/twine embellie was made with the Flower Button Cutup (TCP) and cappuccino twinery twine, available here...

Here is a shot showing the glitter and glaze.....

And here is the inside. I left it blank for a nice little note, decorating it a bit with some paper scraps.

Check out the Krafty Blog today, Friday and Saturday for some more peeks of this fun new set!

I am entering this card in the Ribbon Carousels challenge this week: Anything Goes (RCC46)...

Supplies- Stamp- KKS; Ink- memento, chalk ink; DP- CosmoCricket; CS- SU (close to cocoa, pool party, riding hood red), Xpress it (white); Brads- SU; punch-SU; button- unknown; Twine- Twinery; Die- TCP; copics, glaze pen, spica

Sketch- MFTWSC

Kraftin' Kimmie's Klubhouse!

Join Kraftin' Kimmie's Klubhouse!!

Okay, all you Kraftin' Kimmie KEENERS (and you KNOW who you are), we have some VERY exciting news to share with you today!!! Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps is GOING PLACES!

Remember at the beginning of the year when we said we've got some awesome new stuff in store for 2012? Well, we've been planning this for months!!

On Friday, March 30th, Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps will release an EXCLUSIVE Moonlight Whispers stamp set!!! GOING PLACES is the first of our special Krafty Klubhouse Kits…..we'll be releasing a new one every few months!!

Be part of the Krafty Klub and order your exclusive set which features THREE special edition stamps designed by Annie Rodrigue, PLUS FOUR coordinating sentiment stamps! Going Places will be sold ONLY as a set and ONLY at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop!! Not only will you get this special set, but you will also receive a special coupon code for 20% OFF, to be used on any additional online order at the Shop the following month!

The Krafty Girls have been busy playing with the new stamps and creating gorgeous samples which we will preview on Thursday at the KKS Challenge blog, with the release going live in the Shop on Friday, March 30th!! We know you'll be as excited as we are for the fun to begin!! See you Thursday!

{TCPTUES202} Smile!

Long time, no blog! I told you my life was going to get hectic, and boy oh boy if that ain't the truth!!! Idid manage to sneak in some stampin' time this weekend, in between marking. Julie is our hostess with the mostess this week over at The Cat's Pajamas, and she has challenged us to use Grass with Class...any stamp set featuring grass, our fabulous Grass Cutup die, or any other form of the green stuff;)

Here's the deets: I used the clear set, Kick Some Grass, and although there is grass on the image, I covered it up with some loopy Divine Twine grass. Simply use a row of double sided tape and lay down the sod...super fun, but not for those who are a little tight with their twine stash...this technique used a fair amount of the stuff;)
The little flower is a diecut from the Flower Buttons Cutups die...

I am just under the wire with this one, but you still have time to play...If you don't make it for the weekly draw, there is still time to use this challenge to help you become Swanky Stamper of the Month! Check out Alma's blog here for details...And tomorrow is a brand new colour challenge, so be sure to keep your eyes peeled for that;)
Sketch: Last weeks Mojo, turned on it's end.

{Kratin' Kimmie} New Release Hop

Do YOU know what day it is??? It’s Krafty RELEASE Day at Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps!!! And we’re celebrating with a KRAFTY HOP!! There are SO many incredible new SPRINGY stamps to SEE this month, so let’s get started!

Over the last few days in our Krafty Peeks, we have shared lots of AMAZING new stamps from all our artists! We’ve got something for everyone!! Lulu is back from Cheryl Alger.....we know how much you love her!! So we have a new set called SPRINGTIME LULU! We also have TWO fantastic sets of adorable GARDEN GNOMES from Emilie Goulet called HANGIN’ WITH MY GNOMIES AND WHAT’S UP GNOMIE?!!! And of course we have an amazing new set of six FLOWER GIRLS from Annie Rodrigue! 

You will get to see most of the new images today as you sit back and enjoy our MARCH Krafty Hop! If you want to start from the beginning, just head over to the Kraftin’ Kimmie Challenge Blog! As you hop from blog to blog, be sure to leave a comment at each and every stop because some lucky stampers will win packages of these incredible stamps from the new release!! And when you’re done hoppin’, be sure to head over to the Kraftin’ Kimmie shop, because ALL the new images are NOW available! 

And of course, as always, we have our Gimme Kimmies Kits available for those of you who ‘need it all’!! The stamps are grouped together by artist and are available at a discount, but only for a limited time!!

You should arrived here from the lovely Pam's blog...did you see her Daisy Mae card earlier? It was fabulous!!!! If you want to start back at the beginning, then head over to the Challenge Blog and you won't miss a thing!

Here, I've used Dandy Lion, and isn't she dandy indeed?! I love her so much, because this is pretty much what my hair looks like;) If I wore two pig-tails, that is.....

 
I glittered up her fluffy skirt and hair poofies with distressed stickles and a scattering of chunky clear glitter (SU)......you can see little bits of yellow copics throughout the glitter. Not really sure what I was going for with that, but I like it;) Of course the paper is my favorite new MME 6x6's (not sure which one this is...just buy them all- they are fantastic!! lol)

An iridescent little white flower button (PTI) anchors the sentiment flag (this is the sentiment that comes with Dandy Lion, btw!

And a nice big blank area on the inside to write a special message!

Your next stop on the hop is none other than one of Kraftin' Kimmie's talented stamp illustrators, Cheryl Alger! Be sure to give her props for the super cute Lulu's she designed this month!!

{KKS Previews} Annie's Flower Girls

I am so excited to be able to show you the new Kraftin Kimmie Moonlight Whispers by Annie Rodrigue.....Annie has brought us some beautiful flower girls this month!
Along with our Annie Peek, we have a brand new sketch challenge (#120) this week and we'd love for you to join us! Here is Nicole's sketch:

This is my card, featuring Calla Lily:

Oh, I wish you could see how sparkly she is IRL! I covered her whole dress, scarf and hairclip with lilac and clear spica pen, and even added some shimmery highlights in her hair. She is one elegant lady! I cut off a small marquis shaped diamond from a flourish and stuck it in her clip.

Another, straight-on picture...

Honestly, I have all my flowers and buttons and bits in jars, so I have no idea who is the maker of what! I can tell you that the DP is Webster's Pages....

Alrighty...check out the Krafty blog for links to the other Krafty Girl's creations:) Don't forget to leave some love along the way! Two lucky commenters will each win THREE Flower Girls! WOW! And we'll see you later for the new release hop, when all the new images will be available for purchase at the store!