Finding Inspiration by CASEing Cards and Sketches

Have you ever had a day where you just needed a little help to get your creativity started? Every now and then I have those.  Sometimes I am also looking for a challenge that will get my creative ideas flowing. One of the ways I find inspiration is by CASEing a card!  CASEing means to Copy and Share… Read More »

Beautiful Butterfly Meets Bloom Impressions: 1 Sketch, 3 Cards

I’ve been creating a new card sketch every week to try to challenge myself to try different card layouts.  It’s so easy to fall into a pattern of creating the same few cards over and over again. I pulled out the Beautiful Butterfly stamp set and the Bloom Impressions FREE Sale-A-Bration DSP to play with for the new… Read More »

Ocean Friends Fun Fold Card with a Gift Card Pocket

I have participated in several of Stampin’ Up!’s Creating Connections Virtual training sessions over the last few months and I’m loving the virtual stamp nights that I have been invited to.  They always show us some sneak peeks and they do a Mystery Stamping event each time as well. I wanted to share the clever project that I… Read More »

Simplest Card Ever! Make and Elegant Single Layer Card

I love single layer cards.  There is something so elegant about simply stamping on the front of a card and calling it done.   I used the Elements of Text stamp in Gray Granite to create a subtle background.  The large image from the Beautiful Butterflies stamp set was stamped on top of the background in Blueberry Bushel. … Read More »

Challenge YOUrself Scrapbook Challenge for January

This month’s Challenge YOUrself scrapbooking challenge is to create a page that is all about YOU!   I decided to focus on something new about me for this layout.  Of course, the newest thing about me is that I now have a granddaughter!!!  So my layout focused on that!   I fell in love with this new Mixed… Read More »

Sketch of the Week: Featuring Toadstool Gardens Papers

I’ve been creating sketches and making card recipe cards for card layouts.  I have the digital version to share with my January customers!   I wanted to create some cards that would use the new Toadstool Gardens DSP from Stampin’ Up! as my focal point.  This is one of the Sale-A-Bration freebies that you can get with a… Read More »

Let’s Celebrate! It’s Sale-A-Bration!

There is so much going on at Stampin’ Up! today!  It’s crazy! The new Spring Mini Catalog was released and it’s good!! The catalog runs from January 7-April 30, 2025. Sale-A-Bration starts today! This is Stampin’ Up!’s biggest sale of the year.  You get free stuff with qualifying orders.  Details below!  New Online Exclusives were released today.  So… Read More »

New Weekly Card Sketch Challege at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

It’s time for a new card sketch challenge for this week at the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.   I am not going to fib.  I struggled with this sketch!  It’s such a simple sketch and I’ve made cards using the 4 small squares like this before.  I don’t know why I just couldn’t make those 4 squares work… Read More »

December Daily Days 2-5

I haven’t had much time to do any crafting during November and December.  I’ve been staying in an Air BNB around the block from my daughter so that I can watch her new baby while she and her husband work.  I am enjoying every minute of time with my daughter, her husband, and my sweet little granddaughter! One… Read More »

3 Days Only! FREE SHIPPING with Stampin’ Up!

I love FREE SHIPPING! Stampin’ Up! is giving FREE SHIPPING on orders over $75 in the US from December 9-11, 2024.   You can shop online at ShopWithKim.net and get all the stuff you want!  Shipping is 11-12% of your order so to get that in savings at this time of year is amazing! Don’t forget to check… Read More »

Challenge YOUrself Anything Goes Scrapbook Challenge

I love an Anything Goes challenge!  Doing anything I want makes me happy! This month’s Challenge YOUrself scrapbook challenge is an anything goes challenge!   I decided to use my December 1st layout in my December Daily notebook for my anything goes layout for this month.   I’m helping my daughter and her husband out with their newborn… Read More »

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge for Week of December 2

It’s time for a new sketch challenge over at the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.   This is a great sketch for using that scrap strips of card stock or DSP that you have left over from your projects.   I used the Decorative Trees Dies to create my focal point and the Christmas Labels stamp and die set… Read More »

New Nature’s Paintings Kit from Stampin’ Up!

I so love this new kit from Stampin’ Up!  This is one of their online exclusives kits and it is one of my favorite kits.  I loved the A Look Back Kit from October.  This one is just as fun!   The kit comes with a 24 page coloring book that has 2 each of 12 different images. … Read More »