I have a fun birthday card for you today using a very quick and easy! I used 2 stencils to create a unique background for a fun digital image from Kinda Cute by Patricia! The digital image used for this card is called Birthday Robot and I used the Birthday Basics Sentiments digital set, both from Kinda Cute… Read More »
The new Make The Cards Challenge is a Masculine Theme challenge. I’m making a non-traditional color masculine card for this challenge! I decided to use purple for my card today. When I was helping my son set up his first apartment, I was surprised when he chose a purple, gray, and black color scheme. It was… Read More »
Today, I have a super cute mermaid using the Just Us Mermaid digital stamp from Kinda Cute by Patricia. I’ve created a faux water effect using a stencil technique that I thought worked until my husband said it didn’t look at all like water. **Sigh** I decided that I liked the card so I’ll share it with you!… Read More »
I’m over on the STAMPlorations blog today with the Throwback Thursday feature. I’ve picked an inspiration card and my job was to create 3 variations of that inspiration card. I selected a card created by Maria Fischer which has a black and white stamped image with a small amount of color added to the card with a geometric… Read More »
Hi friends! I am guest designing on the STAMPlorations blog for the Throwback Thursday feature today. I have 3 cards to share with you today featuring quick and easy backgrounds. My job is to select an inspiration card from another designer and re-create their card in 3 new ways. My inspiration card was created by the queen of… Read More »
This week’s Make the Cards Challenge is a Circle Theme Challenge! I had a lot of fun playing with this one and doing a little experimenting with a new background technique! The theme made me think of the STAMPlorations Bubbles stencil that I love so much and I have a drawer full of circle punches. I’ve been… Read More »
I like to participate in the Turner’s Syndrome Blog Hop and Challenge every year to help raise awareness for Turner’s Syndrome which is a genetic disorder that affects females. I was surprise to discover that 1 in 2000 female births worldwide are affected by this genetic defect and that a high percentage of the pregnancies that don’t go… Read More »
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 »
Hi friends! I am the Throwback Thursday Guest Designer on the STAMPlorations blog today sharing 6 cards on the that I created using the Christmas tags created by Karola Rehnstrom for as my inspiration! The Throwback Thursday feature allows me to select a project previously created by one of the other design team members and shared on STAMPlorations. … 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 »
The June card kit for Simon Says Stamps was pretty terrific! It came with a giant stamp set, a stencil, card stock, envelopes, inspiration, 6 x 8″ patterned paper, Tim Holtz Ideaology clippings stickers and Typography Findings, and Gina K. Glitz Glitter Gel. You bet I played with the glitter gel and stencil. Let me tell you…it is… Read More »
The Challenge YOUrself March Scrapbook Challenge is all about POLKA DOTS! I have a ton of actual polka dot patterned paper in all colors, but I was really in the mood for a mixed media project and I just got some new 49th & Market scrapbook papers that are actually AMAZING!! Plus, I got not 1, but 2… Read More »
Here is one more quick card to share with you using the Altenew Artist Marker Re-Inkers on Yupo paper. I used some rubbing alcohol, the Ruby Red, Warm Sunshine, and Desert Night reinkers on the Yupo paper and dabbed the excess off with a microfiber cloth. This gave some fun texture. Once this dried, I used the Atlenew… Read More »
This card today is super quick and it uses a stencil to create an ink blending background for a fabulous sentiment from Pink Fresh Studios Word Series Believe Stamp Set. I used an old favorite Catherine Pooler stencil called Perfect Vines and the Real Red, Sauna, and Blue Suede Shoes CP inks with my Picket Fence blender brushes… Read More »
Once in a while I like to experiment with new techniques and new products. Well…I like to do it all the time. I really enjoy getting sucked into experimenting with techniques and products that I’ve never tried before. I LOVE the card that I made from just such an experiment! This may look like a hot mess to… Read More »