50th Challenge Anniversary at Inspired by All the Little Things!

Hey everyone and happy weekend!! 

I'm super excited today because my very talented friend and DT Sister Karen Day, invited me to join her as a Guest Designer for their 50th Challenge Anniversary today over at Inspired by All the Little Things! Thank you Karen!  So for the challenge today, this is the inspirational photo for you to use to enter the challenge. 

 

And here is what I came up with! How can you go wrong with flowers and cake? :)  I used an adorable image from Lili of the Valley and colored her up with Copic markers. I also used some pretty Prima papers I had. Most of the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. And of course I had to add some May Arts ribbon! 

Please be sure and visit Inspired by All the Little Things to check out all the amazing and gorgeous creations by the Design Team and all the guests! Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs! 

Papertake Weekly anything goes!

Hi everyone! I can't believe it's the first week in November already! It's time for a new challenge at Papertake Weekly and since it's the first Tuesday of the month, it's anything goes with an option of making a Christmas gift. It also means we are sponsored by the awesome folks over at Lili of the Valley!

Today I'm showing you a Birthday card I made for a friend of mine using a couple cute Lili of the Valley stamps

Please be sure to pop over to Papertake Weekly to check out all the gorgeous creations by the Design Team, and then we'd love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon!



Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes!

Hi peeps!! Hope you're having an awesome start to your week!! It's time for a new challenge over at Papertake Weekly and since it's the first Tuesday in the month, the challenge is anything goes sponsored by Lili of the Valley!  The option this week is to not use pattern paper.  Here's what I've come up with for you today. Sorry...these are terrible pics...the colors are much softer and prettier in person.

Please be sure and pop over to Papertake Weekly to check out all the gorgeous creations! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

I'm entering this in the May Lili of the Valley monthly challenge - Fairies

Supplies:

image:  Birthday Fairy from Lili of the Valley colored with Copics

papers: Prima matted with Bazzill cardstock

The Lovely View die from Little Darlings Rubber Stamps

Magnolia Doohickey die

Faux burlap ribbon

Wild Orchid Crafts flower

Viva Decor Pearl Pen

Tim Holtz distressing ink in Vintage Photo

lace from stash

sentiment is computer generated in Silhouette

Papertake Weekly - Spring has sprung!!

Hey everyone!! Did you think spring would ever get here? It was so gorgeous here yesterday! Close to 80 deg!!! WHOOT WHOOT!! The new challenge over at Papertake Weekly is Spring has Sprung, and we're sponsored by the awesome Whiff of Joy! So grab your spring colors and join us for a chance to win!  I used one of my Lili of the Valley stamps today, Milly Just For You. I used the no lines technique to color her and am fairly happy with the way she turned out.

Please be sure and pop over to Papertake Weekly to see all the gorgeous creations by my teamies and the guest designers. And then we'd love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

Entering this in the following challenges:

Lili of the Valley - Happy Birthday

Supplies:

image: Milly Just For You from Lili of the Valley colored with Copic markers

papers: Nitwit Collections

Lovely View viewfinder die from Little Darlings Rubber Stamps

butterfly die from Noor Designs

image panel and banner from Silhouette

May Arts silk ribbon

lace from Live and Love Crafts

rose from Wild Orchid Crafts

Wink of Stella clear

Viva Decor Pearl Pen

Papertake Weekly - Let's play BINGO!!!

Hey everyone!!! It's time for a new challenge over at Papertake Weekly, and this week we are playing BINGO!!  We are being sponsored by the fab folks over at Whiff of Joy! So without any further ado...here's your bingo chart!!  Choose any three in a row!

Here's what I've come up with for you today

Please be sure to pop over to Papertake Weekly to check out all the gorgeous creations by my teamies and our fabulous guests! Then we'd love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you tomorrow for some Kraftin' Kimmie Sneak Peeks! Hugs!

Supplies:

image: Dainty Dancing from Lili of the Valley

papers: Maja Design Vintage Summer Basics from Little Darlings Rubber Stamps

ballet shoes - Silhouette

Small butterflies and doily - Cheery Lynn Designs

Large butterfly - Noor 

flourish - Magnolia Doohickey

lace - Live and Love Crafts

Flowers - Prima and Wild Orchid Crafts

Viva Decor Pearl pen

Vintage Photo distress ink

Entering this into Lili of the Valley challenge - Bingo

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes with Lili of the Valley

Hey everyone!!! It's time for a new challenge over at Papertake Weekly! And since it's the first Tuesday of the month, that means it's an ANYTHING GOES challenge with an option of hand made flowers! It also means we are sponsored by the amazing folks over at Lili of the Valley!! WHOOT WHOOT!!  So here is what I came up with for you today.

So please be sure and pop over to Papertake Weekly to check out all my teamies gorgeous creations! And then we'd really love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

Supplies:

image: Skipping from Lili of the Valley colored with Copic markers

Papers: Prima matted with Bazzill cardstock

Flowers - handmade and some from Wild Orchid Crafts

doily - Cheery Lynn Designs

heart banner - Silhouette

rose ribbon trim - The Ribbon Girl

wooden trinket - Prima

Gesso used on flowers

Viva Decor Pearl Pen

Pearl brad on ribbon from Michael's

Tim Holtz Vintage Photo distress ink

flourish - Magnolia Doohickey Die

Entering this in LIli of the Valley monthly challenge - BINGO  (ribbon, pearls, flowers)

Papertake Weekly - Sketch Week

Hey everyone! Hope you're having an awesome start to your week! I had an AMAZING weekend and was lucky enough to get to take three Prima classes this weekend taught by the wickedly talented Frank Garcia! I made three drop dead gorgeous projects and am so very happy with them! It's going to be really hard to give them away. *sigh* but the best gifts are always ones we want to keep for ourselves, right?  So now it's time to pull myself back down to earth and get back to business. It's time for a new challenge at Papertake Weekly, and since it's the last Tuesday of the month, that means it's time for one of Dawny's awesome sketches, and it also means we're sponsored by the amazing folks over at Simon Says Stamp!!

 In business since 2002, Simon Says Stamp is striving to offer you the best selection of Rubber Stamps, Altered Art, Scrapbooking, Artist Trading Cards, and Paper Crafting Supplies in the world. We stock over 100,000 items in our warehouses so that we can offer you quick service and one stop shopping at a great price! We are located in Ohio, the heart of it all. Our team works hard to give you a fulfilled shopping experience and is always open to your ideas and suggestions! Happy customers are the heart of our business. We work hard to find and deliver to you the latest in stamping and paper crafting supplies! Attending classes, workshops, and sales meetings around the world, our goal is to keep our product offerings fresh and current. Make us your one stop easy shop - and we'll deliver right to your door!

There is a .....

.... $25 voucher up for grabs for you to spend in Heidi’s shop  and as there's a whole host of fab stuff there, our winner is  soooo going to be spoiled for choice– woohoooo :)

Thanks so much for the awesome prize, Heidi!!

Here's my take on the sketch

I kept it very simple and just followed the sketch while adding a few flowers. Please be sure and visit Papertake Weekly to see all the gorgeous creations by my design team sisters!! I'm super excited cause we've got three AMAZING guest designers joining us through the month of May! So please welcome them with open arms! And then we'd really love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

supplies:

image: Wish Upon A Star from Lili of the Valley

Papers: Nitwit Collections matted with Bazzill cardstock

flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts

button and twine from stash

Diamond Stickles and Cream Viva Decor Pearl Pen

Papertake Weekly - Lovely Layers

Hey everyone! It's time for a new challenge over at Papertake Weekly, and this week Dawny is asking for layers! No flat cards allowed this week! We are sponsored this week by the lovely ladies Mary and Andrea over at Lili of the Valley. So LOTS of yumminess is up for grabs this week!!

For my card this week, I used the adorable image Together Forever from Lili of the Valley.

Please be sure and pop over to Papertake Weekly to check out all my teamies gorgeous creations. And then we'd really love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you again soon! Hugs!

I've entered this in the monthly LOTV Monthly Challenge - Name That Tune - Swingin' by John Anderson

Supplies: 

Together Forever from Lili of the Valley

papers: Always and Forever matted with Bazzill cardstock

Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts

View Master die - Lovely View from Little Darlings Rubber Stamps

die cuts from Silhouette 

May Arts Silk Ribbon

Viva Decor Pearl Pen

Papertake Weekly new challenge

Hey everyone! Hope you're having an awesome start to the new week! It's time for a new challenge over at Papertake Weekly, and this week it's "something old, something new, something borrowed, or something blue". So you're welcome to use one of them, a combination of them, or all of them. We're sponsored this week by the fabulous folks over at Whiff of Joy! Here's what I came up with for you.

I used one of my new Lili of the Valley stamps along with a new pad of My Minds Eye paper. The image is colored with Copic markers. Please pop over to Papertake Weekly to see all my teamies fabulous creations, and then we'd love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes!!

Hey everyone!!! Happy New Year!! I hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday! Can you believe it's 2012?! Well, it's the first Tuesday of the month, and that means it's a new challenge from Papertake Weekly. We're sponsored by Lili of The Valley, and we have an optional extra of making a card FOR something new (house, baby, year, etc), or USING something new.  For my card, I used one of my new Lili of the Valley stamps.

DP's are We R Memory Keepers matted with Bazzill cardstock. The image is Milly Cuddle Time colored with Copic markers and then cut out with circle and petite scalloped circle Nestabilities.  The flourish is a Magnolia Doohickey die.  The bow is made with May Arts silk ribbon and the flower is from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Please be sure and pop over to Papertake Weekly to see the gorgeous creations by my talented teamies, and then we'd really love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!!

Papertake Weekly - To Die For!!

This is my second post for today. If you're looking for the Magnolia-licious Blog Hop, please scroll down one post.  It's time for a new challenge from Papertake Weekly! Dawny's challenge is to use something die cut (not punched) on your project. For this challenge, we're being sponsored by Dies to Die For, a fabulous shop and wonderful source for your die cutting needs!  For my card today, I'm using one of my new Little Darlings stamps! Is he not the absolute cutest??? Oh my gosh, I totally LOVE him!! And he was sooo easy to color! I'm sure I'm going to be a regular customer over at Love to Stamp!! LOL!

I stamped him on X Press It Blending Card and colored him with Copic markers, then he's cut out with a Nestabilities circle die and then matted on top of a petite scalloped Nestabilities die.  His britches are BG70's (one of my new favorite colors) which matched with the Basic Grey perfectly!  I colored the star with Y21, 23, and 26 and the skin is E11, 01, and 00.   For his shirt I used W1 under R30's.  The sentiment is from Lili of the Valley also cut out with Nestabilites. I used a Magnolia DooHickey die for the vertical trim. The Basic Grey papers are all matted with Bazzill cardstock, and then machine stitched.  For the ribbon treatment, I measured out a length of ribbon four times longer than the width of my card, and then basted it with two rows of stitches.  I then pulled the thread to gather up the ribbon and used double sided tape to hold it in place. I then attached a bow on top of that. What do you think? I kind of like it, but don't look too close! I need to get some colored thread! LOL! This is not the kind of thing to use white thread with. LMBO!

So that's it for me today! Please be sure to pop over to Papertake Weekly to check out all the fabulous creations by my teamies, and then we'd love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

I have entered this in the Stamp Something challenge - Something to say Thank You

Papertake Weekly - Getting Cute

Hi everyone! Hope you're having a wonderful start to your week! We went to see Harry Potter yesterday and it was awesome! I went with my oldest daughter and son (we're all Harry Potter freaks - LOL!)  It's so sad though, knowing that this is the last one.  So anyway, it's time for a new challenge from Dawny at Papertake Weekly, and this week it's "Getting Cute". This challenge is being sponosred by Wendy's Digital Delights.  For my card this week, I totally fell in love with Dawny's card HERE, and CASEd it. Thanks (as always) for the wonderful inspiration, Dawny!

I colored this little cutie hAnglar & stAnglar about a month ago, and have been wanting to use her on a card. Usually I work the other way around, pick the papers and then color the image. It's so much easier that way!  This layout was a Papertake Challenge a couple weeks ago that I missed, and I so love Dawny's sketches! So I simply utitlized it for this weeks challenge. She's colored with Copic markers and then cut out and popped up off the panel. The DP's are from Nitwit Collections matted with Bazzill cardstock. All the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, the ribbon is May Arts from Stamp and Create, as is the charm. The sentiment is from Lili of the Valley and cut out with Nestabilities. I machine stitched the panels, and added a couple buttons from my stash. I've had some of you ask questions about my stitching and how I do it. I use a cheap machine I bought from Sears about three or four years ago (It's a Kenmore brand). It only does a couple stitches, but all I wanted was straight and zig zag so the lack of fancy stitches was not important to me. It only cost me about 70 bucks, and it's probably the best 70 bucks I've ever spent. It is constantly used, and the stitches always look fabulous.

So that's it for me today! Please pop over to Papertake Weekly to see all the wonderful inspiration, and then we'd love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs! 

This card is for sale in my Etsy shop if you're interested!