Happy Hanukkah!

Happy fourth day of Hanukkah to all of you who celebrate it!   I'm stopping in today with a fun card using the Star of David stamp set from  CAS-ual Fridays!

To make my card, I printed a Star of David image I found online and cut it out with an x-acto knife, creating a stencil.   I taped the stencil to my panel and then used the long Star of David border image and stamped through the stencil, covering it completely.   The magic happens when you lift your stencil to reveal your stamped image!  How fun is that?!

I stamped the sentiment with Versamark and heat embossed with gold embossing powder.   I added a few Nuvo drops here and there for even more shine!   I added some super thin gold washi tape to the edges of my focal panel and then mounted it to a black card base.

Hope you've enjoyed my card today!   If you are interested in shopping the CAS-ual Fridays store, be sure to use code KIMBERLY16 for a 15% discount on your entire purchase!

A Fun Announcement!

Hi crafty friends!   Just stopping in to share some exciting news!!   I'm joining the DT for A Blog Named Hero in 2017!   I'm super excited to share my creations with you - starting with this one!   Here's just a quick sneak peek.   To see the entire card, head over to A Blog Named Hero for all the details!

BRI #Hashtag Stamps Blog Hop

Hello, hello!    I'm joining the fun over at Butterfly Reflections, Ink., today as a stop on the #Hashtag Stamps Blog Hop!     You should have arrived via Coralynn's fabulous blog.  

Vanessa from BRI has collaborated with Bossy Joscie on two fun new stamp sets featuring large words with supporting hashtag sentiments - these are so much fun to use!   Let me show you the fun card I created with the larger 4x6 #Hashtag stamp set....

So I recently ordered some of the Nuvo Glimmer Paste from BRI - and this stuff is AH-MAZING!!!!!   I can't say enough about how awesome this stuff looks - especially on black cardstock!   Wowza!  I used a stencil from Echo Park and the Sapphire Blue glimmer paste to create my background panel.   And since it was so awesome, I didn't want to add a ton to it - I stamped and heat embossed the "Whatever - #itiswhatitis" sentiments onto a strip of Lush Lagoon cardstock from MFT (a perfect match for the Sapphire glimmer paste).   I bordered the sentiment strip with some black cardstock strips and foam mounted the strip across my glittery panel.   

And there you have it!   A simple, and rather elegant reminder to just relax and deal with whatever is coming at ya....it is what it is, right?   

Your next stop on the hop is my sweet & talented friend, Samantha Mann.   Be sure to hop along and leave comments at all the stops for your chance to win one of two prizes - a 4x6 #Hashtag Stamp Set or a 3x4 #Hashtag Bossy Stamp Set.   Leave your comments by Monday, December 26 at noon.   Winners will be announced on the Butterfly Reflections, Ink. blog on Tuesday, December 27th!

Calling All Sistahs December Blog Hop

Hello there!  It's December 17, and that means it is time for a self-breast check!!   Michele, owner of CFS is a breast cancer survivor, all because she found it early by doing a self check.   Every month,  CFS hosts a blog hop as a friendly reminder to do a self check.  We'd absolutely love it if you joined in  our monthly hops - head over to our Facebook group for more information!!

And did you know that 50% of the profits of the Calling All Sistahs products available from CFS go to the NBCF!   That's so awesome!

This month, the theme is 'Make Time' - how perfect for December, when we are all super busy getting ready for the holidays, right?!   

I wanted to create a really quick and easy card, showing that you don't have to spend hours on something - there is time to make a quick card to send off to a friend!

I used the heart images from Calm & Loving to create an ombre of falling hearts.   I die cut the Friend Fri-Die from black paper and added aqua glitter to the bottom half and stamped the rest of the sentiment from the Calling All Sistahs stamp set.  A few Nuvo drops completed the card!

Be sure to hop along, starting at the CAS-ual Fridays blog.   Leave a comment at all the stops for your chance to win some awesome CFS prizes!  Your next stop on the hop is Ceal's awesome blog!

Be sure to use my coupon code, KIMBERLY16 if you want to do any shopping in the CFS store - you'll save 15%!

Advent Calendar Extravaganza with Taheerah Atchia!

Well hello there!   So nice to see you!    Welcome to my door of Taheerah's awesome crafty online Advent Calendar!

Advent Calendar Extravaganza is -the- festive event of the season! This ‘hop with a twist’ was dreamed up by Taheerah Atchia and features surprise destinations each day! Joining in the fun with Taheerah are ONE HUNDRED special guests - each serving up some fantastic Christmas inspiration! Just like an Advent Calendar, you’ll never know where you’re going to be visiting next until you ‘open the door’!

And that’s not all! With 25 *amazing* sponsors taking part as guests as well, your crafty wish list is bound to get a boost with a chance to win a prize EVERY SINGLE DAY!!

Join in the fun every day at taheerah-atchia.com to see what special surprises await behind the door!

I used supplies from Newton's Nook Designs and Impression Obsession to create my woodland shaker card!  

I created my soft background blending several shades of green Distress Ink.  I then spritzed the Impression Obsession Pine Cover-A-Card background stamp with Perfect Pearls Mist and stamped over top of the inked background.    The result is a soft, shimmery pine background.   I die cut an oval, slightly offset, from the background panel to create my shaker.   

For the background of my shaker, I created a night sky with Distress Inks and stamped the deer and rabbits, as well as several of the snowflakes from Newton's Nook Designs'  Serene Silhouettes stamp set.  The shaker card is filled with Flower Soft - it makes the perfect snow!

The sentiment, from Newton's Nook's Holiday Tweets, was heat embossed onto a black strip with gold embossing powder.   The entire piece was mounted to gold glitter paper and then a black card base.

I love how it looks like you're catching a glimpse of a sweet woodland scene through the pine trees! 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!   If you'd like to see more of my cards, I'd love it if you'd subscribe to my blog or follow me on Instagram!   Have a fantastic holiday season!!!! 🎅


🎄 GIVEAWAY 🎄

It’s not a party without a prize - and with prizes every day there are several chances to win! Today’s prize is generously supplied by Newton's Nook Designs so you’ll definitely want to win! Simply leave a comment on this post - then head back to taheerah-atchia.com and leave a comment there too! You must leave a comment on Taheerah’s blog as well as mine in order to be eligible to win! Don’t forget to grab the other surprise destinations from Taheerah’s blog and head over to them to leave comments there as well to improve your odds even more! You have until 23:59 EST on December 31, 2016 to enter.

Don’t forget Advent Calendar Extravaganza runs from December 1 - 25 inclusive so make sure you visit taheerah-atchia.com every day for fabulous inspiration and amazing prizes every single time! Merry Christmas!

Sending You a Cup of Happiness!

Hello there!   I'm stopping in with a card for the Winter Coffee Lovers Bloghop - and since today is National Cocoa Day, what better way to celebrate than with a nice big cup of hot chocolate?

I used stamps from Your Next Stamp to create this adorable scene.   How freaking adorable are the marshmallows swimming around in the cocoa?   I can't even handle it!  

I hope you are having a blast checking out all of the awesome coffee/tea/cocoa cards along the hop.   A big thanks to you for stopping by my blog!   If you'd like to see more of my work, you can find me on Instagram!   Hope to see you soon!

Happy Holidays & Some News

Hi there crafty friends!   I have some news to share as well as a card today - but lets get to the card first, shall we?

I've used the Newton's Nook Designs' Tag Sampler stamp set to create the background for my card.   I stamped the back side of one of the tag images repeatedly on my kraft cardstock using brown, red and green inks from Lawn Fawn.   Then I heat embossed the stitched tag shape over top with white embossing powder.   I like the random look of the tags going in different directions!

To finish off the card, I stamped the sentiment, from Holiday Smooches, onto a black cardstock strip and angled the end.   I adhered it to my card and added a die cut tree, complete with glitter star, from the Festive Forest die set.   The tree fits perfectly on the tag!

Alrighty, so now for the news - sadly, this is my last official post for Newton's Nook.   I want to thank Jen & Jeff for such an awesome opportunity!!  I've had a blast these last two years!   Also, a huge thanks to all of you who have left comments on my posts - I've appreciated every single one, and I hope you still stop by my blog when you get a chance!   

Happy Tuesday, everyone!

Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Blog Hop!

Welcome to my stop on the Deck the Halls With Inky Paws Blog Hop!  I've created a spinner card to share with you today!

I stamped two of the ornament from Beautiful Baubles  and colored them with Copics and a Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen then die cut them out.    Love the sparkle!!  I sandwiched a piece of gold thread between the two ornaments and set it aside.

I embossed the cardfront with an embossing folder from Taylored Expressions and then die cut a circle from the front.  I added a red circle frame die from MFT to give it a nice finished edge.

To complete the card, I adhered the ornament on the string to the inside of the card.  To cover the string, I adhered another piece of paper (with another circle cut out) to the inside of the card.  

I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment, from Holiday Tweets, onto a strip of red cardstock and adhered it on the inside of my card.

Thanks for stopping by today!  Your next stop on the hop is Yuki's blog! Read on to find out how to win a prize and for a great sale at NND!

GIVEAWAY

Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Sale! 

Newton's Nook Designs is also having a sale starting today! Spend $25 and get a mini tree tag stamp for free along with FREE shipping on US orders ($3.50 off international) Use code TREETAG to redeem this special! Free/Discounted Shipping is valid through Friday, December 16th. Free stamp is also valid through Friday, December 16th or while supplies last. 

Enter to Win! Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Hop Prizes! 

We will be choosing two lucky winners to win a $20 store credit for Newton's Nook Designs online shop! To enter, just leave comments on the Design Team Member and Guest blogs (see list below)! Two winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the blog hop. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Sunday, December 11th at 9 pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, December 12th.

Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Blog Hop

Newton's Nook Designs 

Melody Rupple

Lynn Put

Ruby Naz

Jessica Frost-Ballas

Lydia Evans

Jess Gerstner

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Crafty Math-Chick

Stephanie Muzzulin

Danielle Pandeline

Naki Rager

Kimberly Rendino

Yukari Yoshioka

Gladys Marcelino

Anika Lerche

Double Rainbow!

Hi friends!   Today I've got two cards to share with you using the CAS-ual Fridays Butterbows stamp set.   I couldn't decide whether I wanted to do white embossing on black cardstock or black embossing on white cardstock.....so I did both!

These were super simple to put together.   I just stamped and heat embossed the rainbow and sentiment in the center of my card.   The MISTI tool made positioning a breeze!

The fun pop of color along the sides was created by coloring and blending a rainbow of Copic markers onto white cardstock.   Once I had it nicely blended, I added some colorless blender solution onto an old sweater and pressed it onto the colored sheet.   When I lifted the sweater, there was some nice texture to the colored piece.  

To finish the cards off, I cut thin strips from the colored piece and adhered them to the sides of my cards.  And the best part is, I still have some of the rainbow piece left that I can use for other cards!   

Thanks for stopping by today, crafty friends!!    

Something Fun at CAS-ual Fridays!

Hello there!   Something extra-fun is going on over at the CAS-ual Fridays blog!   I can't tell you exactly what it is, but....there may be prizes involved!   And a whole lotta inspiration too!   Here's a peek at my project.   Be sure to head over and see what we've got up our sleeve! ;)

Santa's Tic-Tac-Toe Magnetic Board Game

Well hello!   I have been looking at all of the awesome holiday stamps sitting on my desk, and trying to think of ways to use them other than for traditional Christmas cards.   I absolutely adore the Sunny Studio Christmas Icons stamp set and thought that I could use several of the images to create a cute magnetic tic-tac-toe board that everyone can play throughout the holiday season!

I had an unfinished easel magnet board kit, so I pulled it out and started my project by using Mod-Podge to adhere several holiday patterned papers to the board.   Once dry, I added the magnetic piece with double sided tape.   

I stamped the snowman and Santa images and colored them in with Copic markers.   I used my Scan-n-Cut machine to cut them out with a small border, and saved the file so that I could also cut them again from magnet paper.   I made sure to cut the mirror image (reverse)  - and this time I cut them without the border so they'd fit just right.  You can see what I mean about the mirror image in the picture below - see how the holly leaves in the snowman's hat are on the opposite side of the magnetic piece?

I stamped and heat embossed the game title with the Sweet Script alphabet set and cut it into a banner shape.   I added a piece of magnet to the back of this as well.

The board itself is made up of leftover pieces of  the magnet sheet - they aren't perfect, but they are completely fine for this!

I love that everything is removable!   I can use the easel without the game title and board to keep shopping lists, addresses, etc. handy with the cute snowman and Santa magnets when the game isn't in use!  

Thanks for stopping by today!   Hope you've enjoyed my project.    See you again soon!

CHALLENGES

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes 

Newton's Nook Designs Inky Paws Challenge #38

Hello, hello!   Can you believe it is December already?!   My Christmas cards are all done, so now it's time to start thinking about the thank-you cards I will need to send out after the holidays.

  Today marks the beginning of a new Inky Paws Challenge (a color challenge this time!), so I decided to play along and start my thank-you card stash.  Here's what I came up with!

I stamped and heat embossed the trees from the Festive Forest stamp set on a strip of red cardstock.  The sentiment is from Vegetable Garden - I performed a quick bit of "stamp surgery" to change the horizontal orientation to a stacked orientation so that it fit a bit better.  I finished pulling all of the colors from the challenge in by adding a strip of aqua cardstock above and below the stamped piece and adding some patterned paper from Lawn Fawn which included hints all of the colors.  Super simple and easily replicated if you want to create a set!   

I hope you have a chance to play along with this month's challenge!    For full details, head over to the Inky Paws Challenge page of the NND blog.

#seriouslyawesome!

Hi friends!   Stopping in quick today to let you know about the fun new stamp sets you can find now at Butterfly Reflections, Ink.!   BRI & Bossy Joscie have collaorated to bring you the #Hashtag stamp set and the #Hashtag Bossy stamp sets!  There are a ton of fun hashtag sentiments in these sets....stuff I'm always saying, lol!

I received my stamps the other day, and wanted to share a quick card with all of you! 

I used the fun Heartstrings die from Concord & 9th and created a pink ombre with Distress Inks.   I flicked on a little water for interest and once dry, I stamped and embossed some of the fun hashtag sentiments on a few of the pieces.   They fit perfectly!!   I stamped the large 'seriously' sentiment on acetate and fussy cut around it.   The card looked a little plain, so I stamped the heart included in the #Hashtag set a few times in a coordinating grey ink.   Not sure if I'm loving that, lol!   

So this card goes out to Vanessa from BRI - seriously, girl -  you #nailedit!   :)