Birthday selfies for a friend!

Happy Fri-yay! I am so happy, I took a long weekend I go back to the office only Tuesday! Lots of crafty time this weekend!

This card is a birthday card for a dear friend and when I saw that MFT set with the "believe in your selfie" sentiment I knew it was meant for her!

The "Bellas" in the selfies are by Stamping Bella, I do believe the two on the right are discontinued but the Audrey Hepburn bella may still be available. I Copic colored my images and die cut them from the Mama Elephant small polaroid die. I then die cut the white frame and the backing frame from Lawn Fawn cardstock (the new Rainbow Plaid paper pack). I lightly inked my plaid stencil on the background panel and then die cut it using my go-to Wonky Stitched Rectangle die by Avery Elle. I then stamped my sentiment in Versafine onyx black and Simon Says Stamp Doll Pink. I put the frames on the base panel and added a little washy tape to the top.

I added a few Lawn Fawn hearts and some sequins to finish off the card!

Thanks for taking the time!

Kim

Waffle Flower Treasure!

Happy hump day! I needed a boy birthday card for one of my nephews and I thought this Tiger and Lily set by Waffle Flower was perfect! I believe this set has been out for about a year, but I was finally able to get my hands on it through Butterfly Reflections Ink!

I die cut two bases of Neena Solar White card stock and one out of Tim Holtz watercolour paper using the second largest Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle. One for my base, one for my "sand" and the watercolour is for my waves.  

I stamped my images on Neena Solar White to be able to Copic color them.  I used the accompanying Tiger and Lily dies then added some dot detail and white gell pen for highlights.  For my card base I die cut some Lawn Fawn clouds out of full sticky post it notes for masking and used Tumbled Glass Distress Ink for the sky.  I used the "wave" die from the Tiger and Lily set on watercolour card stock and used Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Inks and spritzed them with my Distress Sprayer for a water droplet effect. 

For the sand, I used a Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Border and added Antique Linen and Gathered Twigs Distress Inks and the accompanying markers for detail.

I then put the card together and topped it all off with sequins by Tailored Expressions!

Thanks for taking the time!

Kim

Shellabrate!!!

I had such fun making this card! I am in love with sea turtles, anytime I travel and the city has an aquarium I have to go only to see the sea turtles! So when I saw this set by Waffle Flower on the Butterfly Reflections on-line shop I had to have it for me!

I started with a piece of Strathmore Bristol paper and used a mix of Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean and Faded Jeans with some masks that I freehand cut to make my waves.  I sprayed the paper with my Distress Sprayer, once that dried I took a Tim Holtz/Sizzix Stencil (Dot Fade) and added a bit of Nuovo Tanzanite Glitter Paste (LOVE that stuff!). The Tanzanite has a mix of blue and lavender glitter, so pretty! I then stamped and coloured my sea turtles with my Copics. I wanted a shaker card so I stamped my sentiment on the Acetate using my StaZon white and I used my Misiti to be able to re-stamp for the best impression.  

The outer frame is by MFT and I cut it from MFT Lavender Glitter paper. I used many different sequins in blue, lavender and clear.

Thanks so much for taking the time!

Kim

Lawn Fawn Friendship Valentine

Had such fun with this card! I love Lawn Fawn birds!

I started by die-cutting a piece of Tim Holtz Watercolor Paper with a Fancy Scalloped Rectangle and used Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry and Candied Apple Distress Inks. I then spray the panel with my Distress Sprayer and dabbed off the water to get the splotchy effect. I then stamped all of my images using my Misti for the best impression by stamping multiple times.  I used my Copics to color in all of my images in reds, pinks and greys (to give a shading effect to my "white"). I then die cut my mailbox from Lawn Fawn Narwal paper and shaded the elements with the matching ink I also die cut the heart from the Tiny Tags with Guava paper and shaded it with Candied Apple Ink after white embossing my sentiment.

I then die cut another panel and used a Simple Stitched Hillside Border. I put me elements together and put the card together.  Then added Lawn Trimmings to secure my Heart Tag.

Thanks for taking the time!

Kim

MFT Otters!!!

Happy Monday all! Kim here with you this morning for Butterfly Reflections Ink featuring the wonderful MFT Otters!

I love otters, I keep telling my husband that if we lived in a warmer climate I would want one in the pool all year long! No can do in Montreal...

This one will double as a Valentine's Day card for one of my best friends, who loves otters too :)

This guy below was my inspiration from a Google search:

Look at that dude! Lol

For my card I started with a Neena Solar White card base and embossed it with a Tim Holtz/Sizzix embossing folder. I then die cut my frames (Poppy Scribble Trio Frames) out of Kraft and Neena. The Kraft for the actual frame and the Neena to stamp my otters.  I Copic coloured my otters and tried to get the same colours as my inspiration photo (E42, E43, E44 and E47 for the body, E30, E31 for the nose surround and R22, R46, R37 and R59 for the heart). I made my own waves using B00, B02 and B04) I then used Tumbled Glass Distress Ink for the sky. I put my frames together and then used Stick It adhesive with craft foam and my red shiny card stock then die cut it with the Avery Elle Simply Said Hugs Elle-ments. I then embossed my "Otter" sentiment from the same MFT Otter set with white embossing powder and cut my black card stock to size. 

I put the last elements on the card and added some Neat and Tangled sequins from the Peppermint Stick Sequin Mix and I also die cut the hearts from the same foam/shiny paper with Lawn Fawn hearts.

Hope you all have a wonderful week! 

Kim

Needed a summer-like project!

I don't know about you, but I am not a fan if winter.  I don't know why I still live in Montreal in the winter months.  It hasn't been too cold or successive snow storms but we have had a mixed bag of precipitation which is frustrating.  So, I needed to be on a beach! What better than a fun beach scene featuring Lawn Fawn!

I used Octopi my Heart, Mermaid for You (rock and sentiment) stamp sets and the tree is from Critters from the Past.  I Copic coloured the images then used the coordinating dies.  For my background I die cut a Neena Solar White panel with the largest of the smaller Dotted Squares. I then used the Stitched Hillside Borders and the Spring Showers cloud dies to cut masks.  I used a mix of Tumbled Glass and Salty Ocean Distress Inks for the water and only Tumbled Glass for the sky/clouds. I then die cut another square and used one of the Simple Stitched Hillside Borders for my "beach" then used a mix of Antique Linen and Gathered Twigs Distress Inks. I added some dot detail with the Gathered Twigs and Ground Espresso Distress Markers along with my White Gellyroller. 

I stamped my sentiment with mix of Lawn Fawn Pink Flamingo Ink and Versafine Onyx Black. I then put the card together and added some sequins.

Thanks for taking the time!

Kim

Altenew and a rainbow

I don't know about you, but I am in serious need of happy colours! What better than a rainbow and Altenew flowers!

I needed happy colouring, it is a day of freezing rain here in Montreal. Happy to still be on vacation but the grey day imposed the need for fun colour! I used the Altenew Adore You stamp set with my Misti and lots of masking. I used Copics for my flowers: 

Pinks: RV52, RV55 and RV17

 Orange: YR01, YR04 and YR09

Yellow: Y11, Y18 and Y19

Pool: BG10, BG11 and BG13

Purple: V12, V04 and V06

The sentiment Hugs die is by Simon Says Stamp and the Sending is by Mama Elephant. I topped it off with a rainbow of sequins and some gems!

Thanks for taking the time!

Kim

Quiet New Years Day with Avery Elle

Nice quiet New Years Sunday :) Spending the day with my husband and pets, quit nice really after the hustle and bustle of the last week! I am playing with some new sets that I ordered before Christmas. Must say it's fun to work on different projects.

I love Puffins, they are the sweetest birds, I was lucky enough to see some on a trip to Newfoundland.   thought sending love and hugs on New Years was appropriate!  I used Distress inks on Neena Solar White if you use a light hand the blending is beautiful! For the sand, I used a mix of Antique Linen, Gathered Twigs and Ground Espresso then added some white gel pen dots for texture. For my water, I used some PostIt tape and a mix of Salty Ocean and Mermaid Lagoon. My sky is a mix of Tumbled Glass, Shaded Lilac and Wilted Violet.  I then used the puffins, seagulls and rocks from Avery Elle's Love Puffin set and I coloured the puffins with Copics.  I also used the tree stump from Wood You? And finished it off with he Avery Elle Hugs die and the smaller sentiment is from the accompanying Simply Said Hugs stamp set and, of course, Pretty Pink Posh sequins.

Hope you all have a great New Years Day :)

Kim

Merry Christmas!

A quick post today to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. I hope you all have time with family and friends. The holiday season is a wonderful time to reflect and simply be happy. I know that I am enjoying mine tremendously with my loved ones!

This card features Neat and Tangled products and was my husband's Christmas card. It sincerely is the most wonderful time of the year!!!

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah!!! 

Kim

My Favorite Things - Polar Bears!

The following project is a card that I made for the daughter of a good friend.  She loves scene cards and these polar bears by MFT fit the bill perfectly!

I used many different companies to build this card. The frame used to die cut the base panel and the subsequent layers is by Avery Elle (Wonky Stitched Rectangle).  The mountains are by Mama Elephant and the snow hill is by Lawn Fawn.  I coloured my bears, the ice and background trees with Copics then put the entire scene together and popped up my bears with foam tape.  I die cut a few MFT hearts and uses Christmas Red Stickles on them. I finished by stamping my sentiment by Papertrey Ink and adding some Pretty Pink Posh sequins!

Thanks so much for taking the time!

Kim

Avery Elle Kitsch Christmas

I have been waiting so long for this stamp set! It was backordered everywhere to the point that I had the die set for six weeks before getting my little hands on it!  I apologies, I haven't posted in a while due to work (day job...jeez) and I have received holiday card orders for a company I deal with annually.  I should be positing regularly now :)

I am madly in love with the deer in this set and the retro looking sentiments! I coloured her with Copics, I will be using these a lot this year.  Aside from the Avery Elle deer and bow (Kitch Christmas) and sentiment the remaining products are Lawn Fawn (snow in the background, the birch trees and the snowy hill dies) and MFT red foil frame. I topped it off with (huge shocker!) Pretty Pink Posh sequins :)

Thanks for taking the time!

Kim

Lawn Fawn Thanksgiving!

Just a quick post to share the nameplates I made for Thanksgiving supper. Canadian Thanksgiving was yesterday (my favourite long-weekend of the year) and I made a bunch of these for our family supper.

I seem to always turn to Lawn Fawn products for projects like these! I die cut the base with an older Spellbinder die and then stamped the apple basket from Thanks a Bushell and the sentiment from cutie pie using my Misti.  I then stamped a series of apples also from Thanks a Bushel and the Pie from Cutie Pie. I Copic coloured all of my images and then die cut my letters from the Lawn Fawn Finley's ABCs using Perfectly Plaid papers.  I put everything together and finished them off with a few stitched leaves on Kraft with some Distress Inks.

Thanks for taking the time! For those of you who celebrated I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Kim

50th Wedding Anniversary

Just popping in to share a card that my Mom asked me to make for family friends that are celebrating the big 50th wedding anniversary!

Gold is the colour for a 50th anniversary and I wanted to keep the card classy so I opted to gold emboss my flowers that are from Hero Arts Marianne's Flowers stamp set.  I really didn't need watercolour paper but I just love the texture, so to stamp my flowers I used my Misti to be able to get good coverage with the Versafine ink. I then decided to add a little shading with my Copics to the flowers to give them a little dimension and life.  The die cut sentiment is by Simon Says stamp that I cut twice, once in black and the second time with gold paper. I glues the two with Stick It (offset to see the shadow).  The smaller sentiment is from Avery Elle and I simply gold embossed it. Finished it all off with some Pretty Pink Posh sequins in gold and a little twine on the flower to the far left.

Thanks for taking the time!

Kim

More Lawn Fawn Christmas scenes!

I seem to be getting my Christmas on lately with the newest Lawn Fawn release! Again, I am a sucker for critters!

For this one I started with a piece of watercolour cardstock and die cut it with the Snowy Backdrop die (released last year) with a mix of Salty Ocean, Weathered Wood and Faded Jeans Distress Inks. I sprayed the panel with my Distress Sprayer and reapplied for more texture. I then decided to die cut a piece of vellum to mute the colour just slightly.  I stamped my images from the Lawn Fawn Cheery Christmas (using my Misti to double stamp for crisper lines) and coloured them with my Copics. I used my Lawn Fawn Simple Stitched Hillside Borders for the snow. I love these little critters but I must say the squirrels are my absolute favourites!

Thanks for taking the time!

Kim

Simon Says Stamps Fall Colours!!!

I love fall, love everything about it. I love the colours, the fresh air and I just wish we could have fall until April but unfortunately winter follows, lol!!! The challenge over at the Simon Says Flickr Challenge page is fall colours!

I used the leaves from the Simon Says Stamp Spring Flowers stamp set (seriously, one of my favourites!). I coloured the leaves with Copic markers in a variety of fall colours, I then used the matching dies.  I die cut a postage stamp frame out of Kraft cardstock and stamped a woodgrain background stamp in MFT Hot Fudge. I cut my card base and embossed the sentiment from the Birthday Wishes stamp set (also SSS) and used Cooper embossing powder.  I glued my leaves and topped it off with Pretty Pink Posh sequins!

Thanks for taking the time!

Kim

Lawn Fawn - Let it Snow!

Having such fun with my new Lawn Fawn products! I am even jumping into holiday projects full force! These critters are just too cute!

I started by die cutting all of my "frame" and background elements. I die cut the background in light turquoise cardstock and stamped the snow from the Lawn Fawn Snow Cool set and white embossed. I added some Stormy Sky Distress Inks to add dimension.  I then die cut two of the leafy tree portrait die, one with Lawn Fawn pattern paper and one from watercolour cardstock. I then used a mix of Distress Inks to "grey out" the tree to make it look wintery.  I sprayed it with some water for texture and cut just the tree out then glued it to the pattern paper tree.  I also die cut some snow hills also using Lawn Fawn dies.  My stamps are a mix from both Cheery Christmas and Snow Cool coloured with Copics.  I used some vellum to balance the snow background.  I was so careful to glue it so it wouldn't warp but alas, I added glue for my sequins and yes, it warped!!  

Thanks for taking the time!

Kim

Lawn Fawn - Jump for Joy it's almost fall!

I don't know if any of you feel this way at the end of summer, but finding my card mojo seems to be difficult!!! I got my new Lawn Fawn products over the last few weeks and took the long weekend to try and find my crafting mojo! 

Fall is my favourite season and this new collection suits me just fine!!!

Felt good to get back into my studio and get my hands dirty with some Distress Inks! :) I used the new Jump for Joy stamps and dies as well as the Leafy Tree Backdrop (portrait).  I die cut one panel from the 6x6 perfectly plaid paper and a second from watercolour cardstock. I applied a mix of brown Distress inks to the tree then sprayed some water for the splotches, I then re-applied a bit more Distress Ink to give it more depth. I did the same for the sky background (blue inks) and the "grass" hill. I glued my tree onto the full plaid Leafy Tree.  I stamped my critters and leaves on Neena 80lbs and coloured them with Copics. Put the card together and decided to make a shaker out of it with a mix of sequins!

Thanks for taking the time!

Kim

Tim Holtz Dog Crazy - Loki

I have been away on vacation over the last few weeks. I have had a wonderful time with family, friends and some fun travel. Always nice to re-charge the batteries before the start of another year of intense work! So, I took a little bit of a blog break.  I was so excited to pick-up this fantastic Dog Crazy set by Tim Holtz and start playing! 

I am in-love with these "Crazy" sets by Tim Holtz. This is a birthday card for my best guy friend and it's his dog Loki :)  I paired Loki with the Crazy Accessories also by Tim Holtz, everything is coloured with Copics. The sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp set, I wanted a small sentiment so the focus could all be on the dog!!

Thanks for taking the time!!

Kim

Owls!

I found this stamp at my local scrapbook store - Scrapbook Centrale. It's by Prickley Pear a new company to me. I just feel in love with these sweet owls!

I stamped my image with Hot Fudge MFT hybrid ink and used an Altenew branch to extend it.  I cut masks out of full PostIts to mask the owls and leaves.  I used a mix of distress inks for the moon and the sky.  I then Copic coloured my owls and leaves and the shadows on the moon! The sentiment is by Lawn Fawn which I white embossed! The Wonky Frame is by Avery Elle.

Love this stamp!

Thanks for taking the time!

Kim

Simon Says Stamp!

I have been wanting this stamp set for a while!!! I was so excited when they introduced the matching dies which made it impossible for me not to order the set :) 

The Simon Says Flickr Challenge is all about colouring this week! For those of you that have heard and/or participated in the Kathy Racoosin 30-day colouring challenge, Simon Says Stamp has set the challenge theme in honour of her fun 30-day challenge. I have yet to be able to participate actively because this day job of mine makes it difficult for me to have time everyday even if it is simply to colour an image! LOL

I used my Copics for the flowers and leaves, I love to colour and Copics, Zig Clean Colour and my Prismacolor pencils are my favourite and yes, in that order.  I used the Spring Flowers SSS stamp set and the sentiment is from the SSS Big Birthday Wishes. The panel and banner are both from Avery Elle. I topped everything off with PPP sequins!

Thanks for taking the time!

Kim