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

Neat and Tangled Valentine's Day Tag!

Happy Monday! Kim with you this morning and I can't believe Valentine's Day is around the corner, 2017 is going by fast! My project today features the wonderful Neat and Tangled My Favorite Nut stamp set and dies :)

I thought the size and dimensions of the acorn with the squirrels was perfect to make my husbands Valentine's Day gift tag! I am in love with this set and the tag dimension is perfect. I colored the images with my Copics and used more caramel colours for the bottom and traditional browns for the top. I decided on warm greys for the squirrels to make them stand out.  I then did some surgery for the sentiment because I felt the "you are my nut" represented the recipient well! Lol! I embossed the sentiment in white. I then felt the tag needed some hearts, so I used a mix of Lawn Fawn heart dies to finish off the tag!

I used my We R Memory Keepers hole punch and then made the box out of Kraft card stock using my gift box punch board (also by We R Memory Keepers). Then attached the tag with Lawn Fawn Peppermint Twine and natural twine.

I think he will get a kick out of this! Have a great week!

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

Cat Birthday Card!

Quick post today! I have a tradition of making birthday cards for my family from my pets. I have two fantastic dogs and one crazy cat.  It was my husband's 40th birthday this week and the family cat is really attached to him. Dogs to me and he has a cat! lol 

This stamp is from a company that is new to me Dare 2B Artzy. I picked it up because the cat made me think of our cat Tigrou (French for Tigger).  I colored him like my Tiggy!  The stamp set is called Purrfect Day. The border die is by My Favorite Things... Love this set of border dies and I want to pick up the new die-namics set like this in different shapes.  The silver glitter paper is also by MFT the hearts are by Lawn Fawn. Have a great day, finally Friday!!

Thanks for taking the time! 

Kim

Simon Says Stamp Sunday!

Have had a nice long-weekend which has given me time to play in my craft room :) Simon Says Stamp has a wonderful fun challenge over at Flickr and this week's theme is Sparkle and Shine!

I started with a Neena Solar White Panel and used the SSS Big Birthday Wishes stamp set.  I used my Misti stamp tool to position the candles and be able to double stamp them for the best impression. I used Mama Elephant Piggy Bank, Simon Says Stamp Doll Pink, MFT Hybrid Red Cherry, Simon Says Stamp Melon, Hero Arts Soft Vanilla, Hero Arts Green Hills, Simon Says Stamp Spring Rain, Hero Arts Cornflower, Simon Says Stamp Lavender and Simon Says Stamp Hot Mama inks for the candles. For the flames I used Delicata Gold and Glossy Accents.  I cut a piece of the Simon Says Stamp Lavender cardstock with my new MFT Rectangle Frame dies to make a shaker card.  Pretty Pink Posh and Martha Stewart sequins in rainbow colours.  Two sided foam tape for dimension and three Lawn Fawn heart dies. Pretty simple!

Thanks for taking the time!

Kim