Author Archives: Kimberly
This week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge is all about layers! A perfectly layered card add so much texture and dimension to your design. I love a layered card, but sometimes it feels torturous to get those layers evenly spaced! But when you do…oh, wow!! I’m trying to remember to use my embossing folders more. … Read More »
This months Challenge YOUrself Scrapbook Challenge is a color challenge! This is not a color palette in my comfort zone of creating. I usually go for bolder color choices in the fall color tone family of colors. This felt like a challenge until I pulled out the Designer Series Paper that I got as the Product of… Read More »
This week’s Atlantic Heart Sketch Challenge is a challenging landscape card with some interesting details! I thought about pulling out my scallop punch and using some scrap strips of DSP to make the details for this layout, but then I realized I had some ribbon that would be perfect for the scallop detail on this card.… Read More »
This week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge is a perfect sketch for using those paper strips we all have left over from our other paper projects. I always find these sketch to be challenging! I decided to confine myself to strips left from one double sided piece of Designer Series Paper. I know that back and front of… Read More »
The new Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge is a great sketch for your favorite floral stamp and die set! I thought this was a pretty sketch. As soon as I saw it, I thought about pulling out some of the Easter Time Mix and Match Ephemera pieces that I haven’t even opened yet! I also remembered the basket… Read More »
I have two stamp sets that I’ve been playing with almost exclusively for the last month! They are the Lovely Arrangements stamp and die set and the Paradise Garden stamp and die set. I did the Stampin’ Up! Virtual Card Retreat about a month ago and then I took the Lovely Blossoms Virtual Class with Stampin’ Up! a… Read More »
This month’s Challenge YOUrself Scrapbook Challenge has a them of FRIENDSHIP! I chose to make a friendship layout with a photo of me and my husband. Part of the challenge means that I have to be in the photo and I have several fun photos of the two of us doing fun things! I… Read More »
This week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge is perfect for using those small Designer Series Paper scraps I know you have on your craft table! My table is currently covered with paper scraps!! I had to pull out the scraps I have from the Lovely Blossoms Virtual Card Retreat that I took with Stampin’ Up! a couple of… Read More »
This week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge is here!! I so enjoyed playing with the Paradise Garden stamp set a couple of weeks ago, I knew that I wanted to play with it again this week. I also really wanted to use the new DSP I got for $5 in January. The True Blue Florals was the Product… Read More »
This week’s Atlantic Heart’s Sketch Challenge is a very challenging sketch! This has all these little squares that need to be aligned and spaced just right for the card to look nice. I don’t have a high tolerance for fussy layers and spacing! This one is a challenge for sure! It’s not perfect and it’s… Read More »
It’s time for a new sketch on the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog for this week! I loved the look of this sketch, so I followed it exactly! I usually modify something on the sketch, but I really liked this one!! I participated in Stampin’ Up!’s Virtual Card Retreat 2026 last week and I really… Read More »
This week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge is perfect for stash diving! As soon as I saw this, I knew that I wanted to use some older DSP from my stash for that big circle and to die cut the leafy stem from. I also pulled out a couple of old stamp and die sets to make… Read More »
I always love the One Little Word Challenge, so I was happy to see that we are doing this again for the January Challenge YOUrself Scrapbook Challenge! 2020 was the first time I did this and I spent the whole year working on my word, which was Journey because I had just retired. I did the whole… Read More »
Do you ever have those stamp sets that you just can’t stop playing with? Pop-Up Petals is like that for me. By the way, this stamp set is currently available for purchase in my Stampin’ Up! store online at ShopWithKim.net! I shared a card yesterday with this set, then today I made 6 more cards with… Read More »
Since I am totally in the mood to make very clean and simple (CAS) cards, I decided to pull out a stamp set that I got on a demonstrator preorder called Pop-Up Petals. This is a stamp and die set that I think will make some cute CAS notecards for my stash to send to friends and family.… Read More »