Have you started making interactive cards yet? I’m definitely hopping on board the interactive cards train! I’ve got a card that has a lifting shaker element to share with you today using products from the TLC Designs Shop. How pretty are the colors in this card? I have this pretty Sunny Studio 6 x 6″ Gingham Pastel… Read More »
I’m all about 10 minute cards lately! It seems that so many of the stamp sets that are available are perfect for coloring with whatever your favorite medium is and I LOVE them. I love my alcohol markers and my watercolors, especially if I have an afternoon or evening that I can spend working on my project. Then… Read More »
I’m so excited! I was invited to be a guest designer for STAMPlorations for their Throwback Thursday feature from January-March 2021. As a guest designer, I was given a coupon code to share with my blog readers and YouTube followers! When you order from STAMPlorations, use code: STAMPGIRLKIMBERLY to get 20% off your order. You can use it… Read More »
A fabulous die set can sometimes be all you need to create a beautiful card quickly and easily. The TLC Designs Celebrate Frame Set is a perfect set for creating a festive birthday card or a card for any celebration. I was looking to make a bright and happy birthday card and I think this one screams… Read More »
It’s time to start making the gift bags, tags and gift card holders if you haven’t already! Needless to say, Christmas is looming and you want those last minute craft makes to be as quick and easy as possible! I started with some pre-colored digital images, dollar store gift bags, and some pretty foiled card bags from my… Read More »
I loved the digital images that I was given to create with for the Scrapping 4 Fun Challenge #181! I was excited to be given a snowman image for the Christmas theme challenge. When I received the image, there was a black and white image to color, a colored version, and background paper to go with it! I… Read More »
It’s so easy to get started on a card that you are coloring with your favorite alcohol markers and then just get involved in creating a scene and doing the works with the markers. I love creating scenes around the images that I color, but it can take an entire morning or afternoon to create just 1 card.… Read More »
Do you have one of those cups or bowls of extra die cuts and sentiments on your desk? I have one and it’s fairly empty right now so I can actually see exactly what goodies are in there ready to be used! I used a couple of pieces on the card that I have for you today. My… Read More »
Two of the design teams that I participate in both have cards that are due on Tuesday. Most of the time, I make different cards and do two blog posts. Today, I’m combining them because they work so well together! The Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge this week is a nice sketch challenge. This is another one of those… Read More »
I’m all about making quick cards these days. Thankfully, these days are soon going to be those days when I had no time. Retirement is only 3 more work days away! How sweet it is! For my Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge Design Team card this week, I chose to keep my color palette to just white. The sketch… Read More »
Today was a perfect day to do some craft stash diving! I pulled out some decorative embroidery hoop frames, some older Sizzix dies, my button jar and some pretty papers to create a floral spring wreath for my front door. This front door makes me so happy! When we moved into our fixer upper house a little… Read More »
Falling in love with mixed media is so easy to do. It starts small. You try some glitter glaze here, a distress crayon there, embossing paste comes next and suddenly you are stenciling and watercoloring everything! It is ridiculously addictive. Suddenly you will own every possible color of embossing mousse and then the company comes out with the… Read More »
Sometimes it is a nice thing to give your envelopes some love and coordinate them with your card. I just finished taking a holiday envelope class at Altenew Academy and I really enjoyed it. I thought the ideas were fun and there was at least one project that is a perfect holiday idea that I plan to implement… Read More »
I have just been so excited about a couple of stamp sets that I got a while back from Lil’ Inker Designs. I actually purchased 3 stamp sets and two are large sentiments in lettering that I wish I could do by hand. It’s on my to do list to learn how to hand letter like a pro!… Read More »
Have you seen the Party Pandas stamp set yet? It’s adorable and it is this week’s featured stamp set at the What Will You Stamp Challenge blog. I was invited to be the Guest Designer for the week which I am thrilled about! They have a talented group of designers and I was excited to have the opportunity… Read More »