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

Skill Check Traveler’s Notebook Sketch Play

Deciding to use sketches created by traveler’s notebook experts was a brilliant plan on my part!  I’m currently working through the 25 sketches created by Lisa Hidy and I’m entering her monthly challenges.  I love playing along with challenges.  I think it really helps you practice skills and using sketches helps give you ideas for future projects. I… Read More »

Slimline Cards, Alcohol Ink Background, And Digital Stamps

Slimline cards are popping up everywhere these days.  I decided to create a fun one using a couple of fabulous slimline die sets that I purchased a while ago when the trend began. I’m using a very cute set of 3 Little Pigs digital stamps from Kinda Cute by Patricia and a sentiment from my stash.   These… Read More »

Valentine’s Day Mini Album With Star Stampz Digital Image

2021 finds me still pursuing my rekindled love of scrapbooking in many forms.  I’m loving making mini albums and I have a quick and simple one to share with you today! I created a sweet little mini album using a Star Stampz K-I-S-S-I-N-G Valentine’s Day image for the cover.  I added some coordinating patterned papers I’ve had in… Read More »

Traveler’s Notebook Sketch Challenge With Interactive Element

I had several projects I wanted to create today and all I felt like doing was scrapbooking in my little traveler’s notebook, so I combined all the projects into a fun little documented story in my traveler’s notebook!   If you have been one of my long time blog readers, you know that I’m all about stretching my… Read More »

LOAD Challenge: Layout-A-Day Challenge With ScrapHappy

Last year, I participated in an event called ScrapSmarter and it has cascaded into a renewed love of scrapbooking in all forms.  I’ve been taking scrapbooking classes, participating in live events for it, and I have joined a couple of scrapbooking forums that have virtual live crop events and classes. I’m enjoying it immensely!  One of the groups… Read More »

Valentine’s Day Gift Box With Sarcastic Digital Image!

The Scrapping 4 Fun Challenge Blog has Friendship, Wedding, or Valentine’s theme this challenge and you can create any type of project.       The sponsor for this challenge is Bugaboo Digi Stamps.         I was given the Frame It-Stella, Valentine’s Day digital stamp to create with and I had fun making a little… Read More »

Digi of the Day: The Tooth Fairy’s Tree Background

Kinda Cute by Patricia has a new digital stamp coming out every day during February.  Today’s digi is the Tooth Fairy Background.  I’ve tucked a little fairy into the picture by layering two digital images together to complete the picture! I love coloring backgrounds, but it is nice to have a premade background that you can layer another… Read More »

Ombre 4 Ways!

The Make the Cards Challenge for this week is a fabulous Ombre challenge using shades of purple!  Purple is one of my favorite colors, so I could not resist this challenge!!  (Well…I did some resist for the challenge for card #4!) I don’t have a ton of colored cardstock in my craft room, so I opted to use… Read More »

Quick and Easy Card and Mixed Media Bookmark

I used the TLC Designs Daisy Frame set intending to make an interactive card. I got distracted by the daisy.  Once I die cut one of those out, that was the only part I wanted to play with for the day! I ended up making a very quick card and a couple of mixed media bookmarks because I… Read More »

Kinda Cute Digi-of-the-Day: The Bride

I’ve been enjoying the Kinda Cute Digi-of-the-Day so much that I decided to participate again for February.  This is a very special deal where you get a brand new, newly created digital image sent to your inbox every single day for the entire month of February for around $1 a day!  That’s like 75% off each image for… Read More »