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Monday, November 15, 2010

Shimmer and shine



Here are two cards I love. I can't take full credit for the design but one thing I love about cardmakers and scrapbookers is we encourage each other to CASE - Copy And Steal Everything. The whole paper craft community shares - just like we were taught in Kindergarten.

I am teaching a workshop in my home. Contact me if you want more details.

Monday, November 1, 2010

30 Terrific Tags



What could be better than making these beautiful, handmade tags for gift giving or using on your own gifts this holiday season? You will make 30 Terrific Tags, 5 each of 6 designs plus a holiday gift bag in which to take them home. All for $15.

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Awash with Flowers

I CASED this card from someone really special and closed the window before I could make note of her incredible blog. I changed out the center of the flower and used the new hostess set Cute by the Inch. The card uses Cajun Craze, Artichoke and Daffodil Delight.

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Welcome to the 3rd
2010 VC Rocks Blog Hop

You might have arrived from Melanie Schulenberg's blog
and your next stop is Brandy Campbell's blog

Friends Never Fade
Stamp Sets: Friends Never Fade, sentiment from Watercolor Trio
CS: Bashful Blue, Marina Mist 2 ¼ x 3 ½ , Whisper White 2 x 3
Ink: Marina Mist, VersaMark
Stampin' Write Markers: Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Certainly Celery
Tools: Certainly Celery Satin Ribbon, Adhesive, Dimensionals
Make card base from Bashful Blue. On the card front, randomly stamp the Ornate flower image with VersaMark.
Using the brush tip end of the marker color the flower stamp. Start with Certainly Celery on the stems and leaves. Then use Bashful Blue on the large flower and the smallest flower bud. Marina Mist goes on the interior petals of the large flower and on the larger flower bud. It is okay for your marker colors to blend or overlap a little on your stamp if you start with the lightest color first.
Layer the Whisper White on the Marina Mist with adhesive. The ribbon is next. Try this the next time your use ribbon. I prefer to cut a piece of ribbon the width of the unit plus two finger widths. I use adhesive to attach the ribbon ends to the backside of the layered unit. Then I go back and tie the knot. Leave the ribbon on the spool, adjust your knot and tales the way you want them and then cut at an angle. You save ribbon this way and the ends won’t fray if you cut at an angle.
Use adhesive or Dimensionals to attach the ribbon decorated layer to the card base.
Stamp your favorite sentiment at the bottom as you desire. I used the Birthday Wishes stamp from the new stamp set Watercolor Trio featured in the 2010 Summer Mini Catalog. Clear stamps make it very easy to see what you are doing and stamp exactly where you intend.
Hope you like the simplicity of this card design. I have had a lot of time to reflect on what my friends mean to me. I opened a book of quotes “Say it with Style” edited by Tayna Fox and these are the ones that jumped out at me. The stampers on VC Rocks have become real friends, not virtual friends. Some of us even got together for a real lunch at a GREAT pizza place in Allen, TX called 5th Street Pizza. I hope to see them after the real convention and eat more great pizza.
A friend is someone who accepts you just the way you are.
A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.
–Ellen Hubbard
My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me
– Henry Ford
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery by doubling our joy and dividing our grief. –Joseph Addison
Friends are the flowers that bloom in life’s garden.
Friendship lightens every burden and makes the sunshine brighter.
Your previous stop was Melanie Schulenberg's blog
and your next stop is Brandy Campbell's blog

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

VC Rocks June 2010 Blog Hop

I am so excited to be part of this VC Rocks June Blog Hop. You are at Stop #24 with www.craftingwithkim.blogspot.com. If you do not know what VC Rocks is… it is a virtual convention for all those who love Stampin’ Up! Click on the links below to go to the previous blog or to the next blog. But most importantly have fun, be inspired & CASE (Copy and Share Everything)! Mark the date: the next Blog Hop is July 17 & 18th

Click here to go back to Angela Walters's blog at www.lifewithawienerdog.blogspot.com and your next blog hop is to Jackie Watson Creative Designs by Jackie http://www.jackielwatson.blogspot.com
Ink: StazOn Jet Black

Markers: Real Red
Basic Black
Uni-ball Signo Gel Pen

Paper: Real Red: 5.5 x 8.5, scraps for punch
Basic Black: 2.25 x 3.25
Whisper White: 2 x 3

Accessories: Brads: Black (Vintage)

Tools: Word Window Punch
Bone folder
SNAIL Adhesive
Stamp-a-ma-jig

1.) Stamp flowers with Jet Black StazOn on Whisper White 2 x 3, use a Stamp-a-ma-jig if you desire. Color with Real Red Stampin’ Write marker. Make black dots in the centers of the flowers.
2.) Punch Real Red with Word Window. Place on WW with a little Snail and use Paper Piercing Tool to poke holes through layers fold back the extra tab and attach with black brads.
3.) Layer on Basic Black 2.25 x 3.25
4.) Fold Real Red 5.5 x 4.25 in half with bone folder
5.) Attach inset with snail. Center it horizontally, but leave a little more room at the bottom than the top for the sentiment.
6.) Stamp little flowers and sentiment with Jet Black Stazon and make wandering dots with a Black Stampin’ Write marker. Color the little flowers with Uni-ball Signo White Gel Pen and color the centers black with marker.

I hope you enjoyed your stop at Crafting with Kim. Mark the date: the next Blog Hop is July 17 & 18th

Click here to go back to Angela Walters's blog at www.lifewithawienerdog.blogspot.com and your next blog hop is to Jackie Watson Creative Designs by Jackie http://www.jackielwatson.blogspot.com

Thursday, April 1, 2010

April Showers





Happy April 1st to you. My son already tried to trick me this morning! Shame on him. Shame on me if I fall for it again later today. This is what I worked on yesterday. As soon as the package from Stampin' Up! arrived I have to get busy with the Vintage Vogue stamp set. I love these colors together! Thanks to Ann for the inspiration - a barely changed a thing.

Friday, January 1, 2010

This is my first attempt to blog. How am I doing so far? This is such creative fun! All these colors and textures and combinations! It can get very overwhelming very fast.

Crafting with Kim has a catchy sound to it, doesn't it? I have been playing with crayons, paint, fabric, paper and the such for as long as I can remember. My mother was a professional decorative painter and my grandmother was a quilter. Once my husband and I moved to Texas I began to work in a a quilt store. WOW! Wonderful eye candy! I spent more than I made (easily). Then I worked for a sewing machine store in the retail part of the store as well as teaching quilting classes. One thing I love about quilting is that there are many different ways to do things. Card making and scrapbooking are similar in this way. Let your creative juices flow!

About 2 1/2 years ago a friend brought me to a card making class. I was hooked. No more shopping at Hallmark for me. Handmade cards are a wonderful expression of your thoughts and creativity all in one. Did I say I was hooked? This replaced quilting as my primary hobby.

In January I joined the Stampin' Up! family. I do not know why I did not do this sooner. I got the "My Digital Studio" software and more stampin' stuff. I have enjoyed sharing my love for card making with others and this blog is a way to share with friends and family both near and far. I invite you to grow, learn and play with me!