November Calling All Sistah's Hop

Hello there!  It's November 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!

My card uses the Hope Ribbon stamp and Ruffled Ribbon die from the CAS Collection, as well as the Sassy Smiles stamp set and Smiling dies.   

I love how awesome that sparkle embossing powder looks!   

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 Laurel'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%!

Colorful Baubles

Hello there, and happy Tuesday!   I'm sharing this sweet card on the Newton's Nook Designs' blog today using the new stamp set, Beautiful Baubles.   Isn't it fun!?!   

I used back stamping to get the look - I stamped the ornaments using the BACK SIDE to achieve a solid shape with several colors of Lawn Fawn Ink.   I then went back and stamped the details using the correct side of the stamp with Versamark ink and heat embossed everything with white embossing powder.   Some Nuvo Drops scattered about added a bit of bling!

I hope you've enjoyed my card today.   See you again soon!

Be Strong When You Feel Weak

Well hello there!   I'm over on the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps blog today with a bright and bold card that will serve as a great reminder to someone going through a tough time.

I stamped the butterfly from 'Be' with Versamark ink and carefully applied several colors of embossing powder to get this look.   A quick tip is to use a straw cut at an angle to pick up just a bit of powder and apply directly where you want it.   I love how bright and bold the butterfly is!   It goes nicely with that fabulous sentiment, also from 'Be'.

Remember to use coupon code KIMBERLY16 if you plan to do any shopping at the CAS-ual Fridays store  to save yourself 15%!  

25 Days of Christmas Tags Day 3 - Newton's Nook Designs!

Hi again, crafty friends!   Today is day three of Tracey McNeely's 25 Days of Christmas Tags event, and today's sponsor is Newton's Nook Designs!   Be sure to check out Tracey's blog for more information on how to link up your own tag, as well as enter to win prizes!

My tag was created with the new Beautiful Baubles stamp  & die set.   I stamped the ornament on kraft paper and colored it in with my Inktense pencils.   To blend the colors, I went over everything with my Spectrum Noir sparkle marker and then coated the ornament with Glossy Accents.  My color scheme for this tag reminds me of a peacock!  I let the ornament steal the show, and only added some sparkle washi tape and my to/from sentiment from Jolly Tags.

Hope you've enjoyed my tag today!   See you again soon!

Guesting at Simon Says Stamp!

I'm super excited to be guesting on the Simon Says Stamp blog today!   Head on over to check out the fun card I made using the Fuse tool and Newton's Nook Designs' What a Hoot stamps & dies.

You can find all the goodies I've used at Simon Says Stamp!

25 Days of Christmas Tags Day 1 - CAS-ual Fridays Stamps!

Hello!  CAS-ual Fridays Stamps is a proud sponsor of Tracey McNeely's 25 Days of Christmas Tags series.   For more information on how to win some awesome prizes, head over to  Tracey's blog!

Here's a fun tag using several CFS sets - Holly Jolly Borders, Sleigh Ride & Christmas Sparkle and the super-duper useful Tag Buddies Fri-Dies.

I stamped the chevron from Holly Jolly Borders with several shades of green ink to create an ombre effect on my tag.   I stamped and heat embossed the words from Christmas Sparkle with black embossing powder.   The holly, from Sleigh Ride was colored with Copic markers and fussy cut.   I adhered them with foam tape for some fun dimension.   The finishing touch is some red ribbon and jingle bells - how festive is that?!  

Remember that if you want to do some shopping you can use code KIMBERLY16 to save 15%.    Some of the sets I used today are on sale already, and the savings can be stacked!!   Woo-hoo!

Precious Metals with Winnie & Walter

Hi there!   I'm super late getting this post up with today being Halloween and all, but I wanted to share a card I created based on Taheerah's Gossip Column featuring Precious Metals over on the Winnie & Walter blog.   Our challenge was to use precious metals in a creative way, and I chose to break out my gilding flakes to create a fun multi-metal sentiment!

I stamped the Mini Scenery - Multifaceted stamp and heat embossed with clear powder.   I colored a few segments in using teal, raspberry, white and gold.   I stamped the sentiment, from The Big, The Bold & You, with Versamark and added sticky embossing powder.  I heat set the powder and pressed my gilding flakes into the powder.   Once it cooled, I brushed away the excess, and was left with the fun variegated sentiment!   I wanted the focal piece to be the star of the show, so I mounted it to some silver glitter paper and added it to a black card base.

Hope you've enjoyed my take on this challenge!    Have a wonderful evening!