Kimberly

I am a lifelong teacher and mixed media maker with a passion for DIY projects, stamping, scrapbooking, sewing and paper crafts.

Author Archives: Kimberly

Scrapping4Fun Birthday Wishes Challenge

The new Scrapping4Fun Challenge is an anything goes birthday wishes challenge. We have 3 sponsors for this challenge: Sheepski Designs Oddball Art by Lizzy Love Fabrika Fantasy I was given an image from SheepSki Designs called Flowering Cherry. I used a simple palette of Copic markers to color these fabulous florals.  I actually added the digital stamp twice… Read More »

Easy Background Technique For A Quick Card

Do you ever have days where you feel like just making backgrounds and playing with background techniques? I sometimes do.  I actually have a whole pile of backgrounds all made just because I wanted to play with my gel plates.  I also have other backgrounds that I’ve experimented with just to play around with inks and colors. I… Read More »

Single Layer Card With Quick Background Technique

Welcome friend!  I am so delighted that you stopped by today.  I have a quick and easy single layer card to share with you today using a simple, but lovely background technique. I’m using the Scrappy Tails Crafts Fairy Friends stamp set to create my card. This card took me less than 10 minutes to put together.  I… Read More »

Happy Birthday Challenge: Birthday Tag

Scrapping4Fun has a new challenge that starts today and it is an anything goes birthday challenge. Our sponsors for this challenge are Bugaboo Stamps and All Dressed Up Stamps.   You can find Bugaboo Stamps HERE! I was given an mage from All Dressed Up to create with today and I got a sweet image called Birthday Butterfly.… Read More »

Patterned Paper Challenge+Free Cutting Templates and Card Sketches + Giveaway!

Phew!  That title has a lot packed into it! There is a new challenge at Kendra’s Card Challenge.  I love this challenge!  It’s all about using your 6 x 6″ patterned paper to make a beautiful set of 16 cards.  Plus you can win a fabulous prize by doing so if you participate in the challenge! This is… Read More »

Make The Cards Challenge: A Sketch Challenge + Zig Real Brush Watercolors

Yay!  It’s time for a new challenge at the Make The Cards Challenge and this week it’s a sketch challenge!   I should have picked the size of my circle to use on the vertical card orientation before starting my project.  But alas, I didn’t plan that far ahead.  So you will see that I turned my card… Read More »