Kraftin' Kimmie Friends Krafty Blog Hop

I'm so excited to be a part of the first ever Krafty Friends Blog Hop featuring Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Krafty Friends!  The blog hop is filled with creations by customers, design team members and friends of KKS and we're so excited to share some of our creations!!

Feel free to start the hop from the beginning at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Blog.  Then hop around and check out all the fabulous designs! At the moment there are an amazing 28 of them with more added every day including mine.  Be sure to leave a comment at each stop because there will be prizes and giveaways to some random commenters!

Not only can you comment to win, we'd love to have you JOIN the blog hop by posting your own design featuring a Kraftin' Kimmie stamp.  Just link it up to the main blog post and you will be part of the fun too and you will also have a chance to WIN some goodies for participating.  You have until Saturday, February 28th.  

I am a little late to this party.  Had planned to be there from the start but some nasty flu bug had other plans for me.  Well, better late than never so here is my creation featuring the currently sold out "OH SNAP!" set from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

RECIPE:

Copic Xpress It Card Stock

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Image and Sentiments ~ Kraftin'' Kimmie Stamps "Oh Snap!"

Copic Markers

Card Stock ~ Recollections

Patterned Paper ~ Simple Stories "A Charmed Life"

Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink

Close to My Heart Moonstruck Ink

Stickles ~ Golden Rod

Wink of Stella Clear

Wooden Camera ~ Recollections

Flowers, Lace ~ "Use It Up" Inventory

A close up of our photographer girl:

Copics Used:  B000, B34, B37, B39, E000, E00, E11, E13, E41, E43, E44, E47, E50, E51, G21, G24, G29, R20, W1, W3, W5, W7, YR21, YR23, YR24

Thanks for dropping in and hopping along.  Hope to see you again soon.

{{{{{HUGS}}}}}, Heather

Little Red Wagon Challenge #278 ~ Beachy Keen

Hello once again.  Yep, it's Wednesday and it is my turn to hostess at Little Red Wagon.  Is everyone tired of Winter, snow and cold?  Dreaming of a warm get away???  The theme for my challenge is BEACHY KEEN ~ warm, summery projects to trick our mind into thinking it is warm outside.  Anything having to do with the beach and summer will work.

Back to colouring an image again for me this week.  And to boot, I found the perfect sentiment to match.  Without further adieu, here is my BEACHY KEEN creation.

Inside:

RECIPE:

Copic Xpress It Card Stock

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Image ~ Stamping Bella "Sandy and Her Sombrero"

Copic Markers

Card Stock ~ Recollections, Stamping Up

Patterned Paper ~ Doodlebug Sugar Shoppe

Sentiment ~ High Hopes

Ink ~ Stamping Up Lost Lagoon

~ Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink

Punch ~ Fiskars Apron Lace

Doily ~ Michaels

Flowers ~ Dollar Store

Sakura Green Star Gelly Roll Pen

Glossy Accents

A close up of Sandy:

Copics Used:  B0000, BG53, BG57, C5, C7, C9, E00, E11, E13, E25, E29,

 E31, E33, E35, E37, E50, RV21, RV23, RV25, YR20, YR21, YR23, YR24

As always, thanks for stopping by.  I appreciate it more than I can say when you do.  Join myself and the other girlfriends at Little Red Wagon and show us your BEACHY KEEN projects this week.  I am looking forward to seeing them all and picking my favourites for our featured button.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge:
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Wonderful Wednesday ~ Always Anything Goes 

{{{{{HUGS}}}}}, Heather

Little Red Wagon Challenge #277 ~ Round and Round and Round We Go....

Are you dizzy yet??  Good morning.  Time once again for a new Wednesday challenge at Little Red Wagon and this week our hostess is our other new girlfriend, Collette.  Her challenge is ROUND AND ROUND AND ROUND WE GO....absolutely no squares or right angles, nothing 90 degrees.  Think circles and ovals.

Yep, think circles and ovals.  I thought long and hard about circles and ovals.  And even though I do have a card to show you it is not the card in my head.  This was a TRUE challenge for me, to say the least.  I tried and I tried,,,,,and walked away as many times as I tried.  So, here it is, in all its roundness with no coloured image to boot.  Two weeks in a row....WOW!!!

RECIPE:

Card Stock ~ Recollections

Patterned Paper ~ Dovecraft Princess Fairytale

Spellbinders Nestabilities Petite Scalloped Circles (LG)

Creative Memories Circle Cutters

Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch

Sentiments ~ CARDZ TV "Think Spring"

Close to my Heart Chocolate Ink

Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink

Flowers, Pearls ~ Michaels $1.50 Bin

Ribbon ~ "Use It Up" Inventory

Glad you dropped by today.  Link up your corner-less creation at Little Red Wagon for a chance to be featured.

Have a GREAT day and until next time, keep crafting!!

{{{{{HUGS}}}}}, Heather

Another Card of Love and A Creative Blog Hop

Good Monday morning.  For those of us in Ontario and some of the other Canadian provinces who celebrate today, I wish you a happy Family Day.  I hope you are enjoying your holiday and are spending some time with your family as the name of the day implies.

 Today I was asked to participate in a CREATIVE BLOG HOP by my fellow Canadian crafter, Karla ~ Creative Love Affair.  Thanks for including me Karla.  It means a lot.

There are four questions on this hop that I need to answer so here goes.  Following the questions, I will have a card to show you too.

1.  What are you working on now?
Right at the moment, I am working on some design team commitment projects for the next few weeks.  But I also need to make a couple of birthday cards for special people in my life and Easter cards for my grand kids.  I promised myself I would not get behind in both commitments and personal projects I needed to do this year.  So far so good!!!

2.   How does your work differ from others in your genre?
This question was a tough one for me.  I am not sure how my work differs except to say that every one's style is different and I admire lots of styles and emulate a few of them but hope  I have developed a "style" of my own.

3.  Why do you create what you do?
I create scrapbook pages to preserve the memories for the next generation.  I create cards as a way of giving myself to others on special occasions.  And yes, I create what I do for design team obligations too. But creativity is so much a part of me I would not survive without it in my life.  It is my way of dealing with stress.

4.  How does your creative process work?
My creative process for things can be pretty chaotic at times and my mind changes as the project progresses from start to finish that is for sure.  When creating a card, I will choose the image first and then think of colours I would like to use for colouring.  At this point, I pick out paper to match so that I know the colours will go.  Sometimes I use a sketch as my starting point and go from there.  Embellishments are always chosen last. I never stick anything down until I am certain I want it to go there and that is one of the last things I do as elements are arranged and rearranged many times.  I am not fast at creating and enjoy the therapeutic effects it gives me.  I don't create well under pressure.

This is the card that I made for my hubby for Valentine's Day.

RECIPE:

Copic Xpress It Card Stock

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Image ~ Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps "Together is Better"

Copic Markers

Card Stock ~ Recollections, Bazzill

Patterned Paper ~ My Mind's Eye Filled With Love

Sentiments ~ Michaels $1.50 Bin

~ Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps "Hannah Hearts"

Ink ~ Memento Rosebud

~ Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress

Canvas Hearts ~ Recollections

Wire Heart ~ Two Scrapbook Friends

Wink of Stella Clear

A close up of the couple:

Copics Used:  E00, E01, E11, E13, E25, E29, E31, E40, E41, E42, E43, E44, E47,E50, E51, E81, R20, R22, R24, R35, R37, R39, W00, W1, W3, W5, W7

Thanks once again for dropping in today.  I hope you learned a little more about me and my creative journey.  And, please remember to visit my friend, Anita at her blog ~ Scrappy Happy Mommy, next Monday, February 23 for the next stop on the CREATIVE BLOG HOP.

{{{{{HUGS}}}}}, Heather

Valentine's Day Is........

Thought that might get your attention.  Valentine's Day is.....what is your answer?  For many years Valentine's Day to me was a made up commercial day that had florists and chocolate manufacturers jumping for joy.   It was a day where there was romance everywhere you looked.  The expectations I put on myself and others NEVER lived up to the image in my head. It was NEVER perfect. But for me this year, I am choosing to put a positive spin on things.  I am choosing to celebrate the people in my life with all of their imperfections.  I am choosing to spend tomorrow being happy, not grumpy because things weren't as planned (or lack of plans in most cases that disappointed me!) I chose to make and send Valentine's cards to my grandchildren which you can see HERE.  I am choosing on Monday to have the card up that I made for my hubby as part of a creative blog hop.  And it will be after Valentine's Day because I am blessed with a wonderful husband who is part of my creative support system, that is, he reads this blog.  I am choosing to make treats with my Mom and spending time laughing as we get it right.  I am choosing joy.

I do have a creative project to share with you today.  It is a Valentine's card that I made for an on-line friend whom I have never met as part of a swap.  My hobby has given me a chance to meet some incredibly talented people and I am so glad I get to be a part of the paper crafting world on line.  One goal for this year.....to grow that connection.

RECIPE:

Copic Xpress It Card Stock

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Image ~ Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps "Hannah Hearts"

Copic Markers

Card Stock ~ Recollections

Patterned Paper ~ Doodlebug Lovebugs

Spellbinders ~ Nestabilities Lacey Ovals

~ Nestabilities Classic Ovals (LG)

Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink

Sentiments ~ Michaels $1.50 Bin

~ My Creative Time "Just A Note to Say"

Ink~ Memento Rosebud

Stickles ~ Xmas Red

Canvas Heart ~ Recollections

Glossy Accents

Flowers, Bling ~ "Use It Up" Inventory

A close up of Hannah:

Copics Used:  E00, E01, E11, E13, E25, E29, E35, E49, R11, R12, R14, R20, R22, R24, R27, R29, W1, W3, W5, W7

I am glad you could come by.  And to all who are celebrating tomorrow, I wish you a HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!!  And to those of you who are not enamored with the day like me,  I wish you joy.  

{{{{{HUGS}}}}}, Heather

P.S.  I would like to enter this card into the following challenge:

Crafting for all Seasons #95 ~ Have A Heart

Through the Craft Room Door ~ Anything Goes

Crafting From the Heart #46 ~ Anything Goes

Little Red Wagon Challenge #276 ~ Winter Washi Land

Good morning!!!  Yep, it's that time in the week again where I ask you to join me for the next challenge at Little Red Wagon.  Our hostess for this week is one of our new girlfriends, Susie, and she wants us to walk in a WINTER WASHI LAND ~ or to put it in different terms, use washi tape on your project.  :)

I made a very simple card with no colouring involved for this week.  I think it would be great for a masculine birthday card or for a friend who was into photography.  The use of the black and white only makes it seem more dramatic.

Inside:

RECIPE:

Card Stock ~ Recollections

Washi tape ~ Recollections

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder ~ Spots and Dots

Camera Stamp ~ Inkadinkadoo

Sentiments ~ Inkadinkadoo

~ Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps "Oh Snap!"

Versamark Ink

Stampendous White Embossing Powder

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Bling ~ Studio G Clear Rhinestones coloured with

C9 Copic Marker

Glad you were able to visit today.  Take some time to craft and link up to our WINTER WASHI LAND challenge at Little Red Wagon this week.  Have a great day!!!

{{{{{HUGS}}}}}, Heather

Valentine's Cards ~ Kraftin' Kimmie Style ~ for the Little People in my Life

Hey there.  Yep, I know.  I have not got my days confused.  I know it is Friday and some of you are looking forward to a great weekend.  Me...well I work retail so enough said about that.  But I did say a couple of posts ago (like two weeks now) that I was going to try and post more between challenges for my design teams.  Here is one of those posts.

Last weekend was my one weekend off a month.  So I had a girl's weekend with my BFF, Shari, and we crafted almost the whole time.  It was also a celebration weekend for Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps as Kim has reached 2,000 fans on her Facebook page and she celebrated her birthday this week too.  It was an on line crop where we had challenges every two hours.  My personal goal for the weekend was to get my butt in gear and get Valentine's in the mail for my grandchildren.  Combining all of the above, I can say that these two little cards are entered into two of the challenges and are winging their way across country to my grand babies....and on time even.

All of the challenges were sketches with an added twist.

Challenge #1 ~ Posted by krafty girl and my friend, Tracy ~ the following sketch and the twist was distress it.

My take on this:

Inside:

RECIPE:

Copic Xpress It Card Stock

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Image ~ Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Off We Go

Copic Markers

Card Stock ~ Recollections, Stamping Up

Patterned Paper ~ Doodlebug Lovebugs

Inside Sentiment ~ Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Hannah Hearts

CTMH Distressing Tool

Tim Holtz Rusty Hinge Distress Ink

Punch ~ EK Success

Recollections Canvas Hearts

Creatology Wood Hearts

Doodlebug Love Sprinkles

 A close up of Lucas:

Copics Used:  B00, E000, E01, E11, E13, E23, E25, E29, E42, E43, E44, G21, G24, G29, R02, R12, R20, R22, R24, R29, R35, R39, W1, W3, W5, W7

Challenge #2 ~ posted by krafty girl, Christine ~ the following sketch and the twist was to add pink.

My take on this:

Inside:

RECIPE:

Copic Xpress It Card Stock

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Image and Inside Sentiment  ~ Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Sending All My Love

Copic Markers

Card Stock ~ Recollections

Patterned Paper ~ Doodlebug Lovebugs

Sentiment ~ Michaels $1.50 Bin

Memento Morocco Ink

Recollections Canvas Hearts

Creatology Wood Hearts

Doodlebug Love Sprinkles

Glossy Accents

Stickles ~ Christmas Red

A close up of Lexi:

Copics Used:  B000, B00, B01, E000, E01, E11, E13, E42, E43, E44, E97, E99, G21, G24, G29, R02, R12, R20, R22, R24, R29, R35, R39,  W00,W1, W3, W5, Y11, Y21

So I hope you have hung in there until the end.  This is probably the longest post I have made for a while that's for sure.  And if you have just looked at the pictures that's okay too....LOL!!!  Thanks to my friend Kraftin' Kimmie and my friend Shari for making it a special weekend.  Bonus points for being a good grandma too.  I sure hope I have inspired you to get some Valentine's cards finished.

Until next time, keep crafting.

{{{{{HUGS}}}}}, Heather

Little Red Wagon Challenge #275 ~ Peek~A~Boo!!!

Hello there, my friends.  Today starts a new challenge at Little Red Wagon and our hostess for this week is Carolyn.  Her theme is PEEK~A~BOO ~ meaning she wants you to create a project with a window in it.  The over ambitious girlfriend that I am I made two cards for this theme.....one is a literal translation of a window and the other one is a cut out window.

This is the literal window card.  I thought it looked like a good card to make into a sympathy card as I never seem to be in the mood to make one of them when I need it.

Inside:

RECIPE:

Card Stock ~ Recollections

Patterned Paper ~ Authentique Summer

Window Die ~ Memory Box Small Madison Window

Trees ~ Stamping Up Lovely As A Tree

Sentiments ~ My Pink Stamper Everyday Occasions

~ CARDZ TV Encouraging Thoughts

Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink

CTMH Chocolate Ink

Crimper

Stampendous Crystal Snow

Flowers ~ Prima

Bling ~ Kaisercraft, Recollections

For the cut out window I used a tutorial I found HERE on Pinterest.  These cards are known as flip cards if any of you would like to see more examples.  Mine is pretty simple and straight forward but it will be a great note card to send to someone needing a bit of encouragement in these Winter months.

RECIPE:

Card Stock ~ Recollections

Patterned Paper ~ BoBunny Altitude

Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Eight

Sentiment ~ Michaels $1.0 Bin

Versamark Ink

Stampendous White Embossing Powder

Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink

Snowflake Punch ~ Martha Stewart

Gems ~ Kaisercraft Island Lagoon

Thanks for dropping by once again.  I appreciate all of your visits. Come see what all of the girlfriends have made and join the PEEK~A~BOO challenge at Little Red Wagon this week. See you there. 

{{{{{HUGS}}}}}, Heather