July Release Day!

 It’s release day!!!!

Can we talk about how amazing the new July release is!?!? These four adorable stamp sets can be purchased on the Sweet Sentiment Website. Make sure to come back over the next few days to see spotlights on each of the stamp sets.

You will want to make sure to join the Sweet Sentiment Stamps & Friends Facebook group to check out all the amazing projects our Design Team post using the new July 2021 Release!

Well I am off to go fix myself a cup of coffee and have some breakfast! Toodles!

From Christmas to Floral!

 How adorable is this little mouse!

This little mouse isn’t just perfect for Christmas time! You can switch up his hat and change up your colors and completely transform this little guy! For this card, I decided to pair him with a whole mess of flowers. If you hadn’t seen this as a Christmas card then you would have no idea he was even a little Christmas Mouse! Make sure to head over to the store and get your hands on one of these Gift Exchange Mouse Stamp Sets today!

Well I’m off to gift myself another cup of coffee! Toodles!

Do Small Things With Great Love!

 How adorable is the hummingbird and flowers with the geometric shapes in the With Great Love Stamp Set?!?!?

The With Great Love Stamp Set can be used on so many different and fun projects! The projects are endless from thank you cards, to bookmarks, tags or even to homemade gift bags! This stamp set is one of those that you just can’t help but smile when you see it!

I hope everyone has had a fantastic week. Looking forward to a long relaxing weekend with my family! Toodles!

A day at the beach

Hey Oddies and Sweeties!  I'm here today with another card featuring an incredible digital image from Some Odd Girl!   Ok, so I'm actually not a HUGE mermaid fan.  I LIKE them, but it's not a big  "OMG it's a mermaid I MUST have it or I will surely die," type scenario.  With that being said, Kristy has some of the absolute cutest mermaids out there.  The one I'm sharing with you today is one of my favorites! Here she is:

She's rightfully named "Mermaid Queen" given that she is wearing a crown and a lot of other jewelry. Lol! I just picked up a piece of Sweet Sentiment Coloring paper and went to town with my Copic markers!  I love orange and rarely see it used in cards, so I decided to use it as a focal point for her tail.  Man, I'm sure glad I did, because I totally love how it came out. I used a combination of Nuvo Drops and Stickles and a paint brush to make the ocean foam, added a bunch of flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and Magnolia, I stuck on some enamel dots from Doodlebug design.  Boom! Done! The papers are from First Edition and Graphic 45.

Well, as much as I wish I was at the beach hanging out with mermaid royalty, I'm still in Idaho, and it's January and cold.... so I'm going to go make a cup of coffee!  See you all soon my friends, Toodles!

You'd better know how to swim!

Hey there Sweeties and Oddies!  I'm here today to share with you another fun DT project from Some Odd Girl! 

Allow me to introduce to you "Mermaid Piper."   I just adore her and her little come hither look over the shoulder.  I think she's fun with just a little bit of sass going on inside that head of hers.  That's why I chose to use that particular sentiment.  I put it inside the card, but I wanted you all to see it as well! 

I colored this image up using Copic markers on Sweet Sentiment Coloring paper. I didn't write down my color, I'm sorry, but this was one of those times when I didn't want to think about it, I just wanted to color.  When I was finished, there was a massive heap of markers on my desk and I quickly put them all away before I needed coffee (or wine) to make it happen! lol! I added some really cool netting I got from one of my friends (Busy Box Blends) who makes fiber blends for craft projects.  I thought the netting went perfectly with this nautical theme here.  All of the papers are from Authentique and the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. 

Okie dokie, I'm going to go grab that cup of coffee I was talking about because it's time for me to hit the road as I'm on my way to Creativation today! Woohoo!!!! See ya all soon!  Toodles! 

Anyone up for cake?

I know, silly question huh?  We all want birthday cake,  the kind that doesn't find it's way directly to your hips!  I'm here today with another project to hopefully inspire you.... to stamp, not to eat cake.... well, maybe BOTH! I mean, I wouldn't say no to cake!

I began by stamping the awesome new "Celebrate with cake" stamp from TRHD on a scrap of Sweet Sentiment coloring paper. I colored it with my copic markers in fun teals and pinks.  Then I used some Nuvo drops to created that clear yellow glittery icing. .... then it was time to get to work.

I used an A2 size piece of Sweet Sentiment paper and pretty much all of my T, C and W Copic markers to create this little kitchen background.  I used R83, R81, and RV10 to create the little canisters on the counter, and a silver pen to draw in the hardware on everything. Then I then cut a bajillion layers of pinks and grays to mount the background to and used Distress Oxide inks to "distress" the edges. Then, I drank coffee.... no seriously, because I wanted something else but I didn't know what to do, then it totally hit me! I grabbed my entire bin of flowers and found these tiny roses. I grabbed 6 of them and wrapped them in a square of... wait for it.... brown packing paper! lol! Yup, it was the perfect consistency and thickness to wrap the flowers in and tied them with a little bakers twine bow. Then I used foam squares to give the cake a little pop off the page and stamped a sentiment from "Sassy Birthday" onto a scrap of paper.  I adhered that to the card and BOOM! Done! Now I can finish my cup of coffee...... mmmmmm.......

I know that was kinda wordy, but you all know how I am, so you're used to it by now.  I'm off to make another cup of coffee and see if there's any cake in this house.... there isn't, but a girl can dream.  Toodles!

January Color Challenge is LIVE

Who's up for a color challenge?  I'll be posting a new color challenge every month on the first day of that month.  I'm excited because I LOVE color challenges!  This one is no exception, it's awesome!

These beautiful pinks and grays just spoke to me, not to mention those amazing paper flowers in the photo! Wow!  I just love them! 

I had a hard time choosing an image for the project I wanted to make using this color palette.  I wanted to inspire you all to want to play along, but I also really wanted to challenge myself to get out of my comfort zone and do something that was a little intimidating to me.  Then it hit me!!!!!

Copic markers used:

Tail: R83, RV32, R32, RV23, RV21, RV10

Skin: E15, E11, E21, E00, E000

Hair: C8, C6, C4, C2, C0

Barrel: N6, N4, N2, N0, W6, W4, W2

Background: C, N, W, and T series markers and RV10 along with 0 Colorless Blender

I just ADORE this image from Some Odd Girl called "Mermaid Bath."  In all honesty, I couldn't be happier with the way this turned out.  I added a bit of white jelly roll pen to the snowcaps on the mountains and a glitter jelly roll pen to the mermaid's tail.  I mean, she HAS to be glittery right???

The background papers are from the Graphic 45 Bloom series and the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and a few miscellaneous one that I had from friends sending them to me (thank you Jasmine!). 

I really hope this inspires you to play along with this color challenge.  To enter all you have to do is make a project that uses the color palette above, then post the photo of your project into the album in the FaceBook group.   You can enter up to three times as long as your projects are in the album prior to the last day of the month.  I'll announce the winner on the first of February when I post the new challenge!  Remember, we are a coloring group, so your project needs to have something colored on it! Wanna know what you're trying to win???  OK!!!! 

The winner this month will get:  A Sweet Sentiment Tee Shirt!!!!! Awe yeah!  So much fun!

I can't wait to see what you all create, I'm off to make a cup of coffee.  Toodles! 

You make my heart dance

I'm back with day two of the amazing release from The Rabbit Hole Designs!  This stamp is so stinking cute that I cannot even explain it... so here's the card.

I stamped these cute kids on Sweet Sentiment paper with Momento Desert Sand ink and colored them up with my Copic Markers.  Then..... well, then I got to work.....making a little forest scene for them to be dancing in! hahahaha! I think I told a little bit of a story with them.  I hope you love them dancing away to the sounds of the forest here.  Of course I added a bunch of flowers!  That's sort of my M.O. 

OH WAIT!!!! There's PRIZES!!!!

To celebrate day 2 of inspiration The Rabbit Hole Designs is giving away the stamp and stencil promoted on day 2, to One lucky winner. Winner will be chosen at random from the comments left on participating blogs, so make sure to visit each stop and leave a comment. Leave comments by

11:59 pm PST 11-28-19 on all participating blogs. Winner will be announced on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog 11-29-2019

Meet me back here tomorrow for some bun stenciled cards!  Toodles!!! 

More than doughnuts!

It takes a lot for me to love someone more than doughnuts.... but I'm pretty sure this stamp is the perfect example of that.

This adorable little squirrel is so happy to have this tiny doughnut and tell you just how much he loves it and you.  Gosh he just makes me smile!  I adore him.   

I stamped him with Momento desert sand ink onto Sweet Sentiment Card Stock and colored him up with copic markers. I Thun used a bunch of papers from Doodlebug (the Cream and sugar set) and I made flowers using Heartfelt creations stamps and dies (these are oak berry lane flowers I believe). 

Thank you all for stoping by, you can purchase this stamp here: https://www.therabbitholedesigns.com/product-page/more-than-donuts-4x4

Oh yeah, and there's prizes!!!! 

To celebrate day 1 of inspiration The Rabbit Hole Designs is giving away the stamp set More than Donuts to One lucky winner. Winner will be chosen at random from the comments left on participating blogs, so make sure to visit each stop and leave a comment. Leave comments by 11:59 pm PST 11-28-19 on all participating blogs. Winner will be announced on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog 11-29-2019. This is where you find the participating blogs: https://therabbitholedesignsllc.blogspot.com

I'll see you back here tomorrow for more of the amazing Rabbit Hole Design release! Toodles!!!

Peace out People!

So, here I am trying to get back into the swing of things with this awesome Image from Scrappers Delights!  I love the Anime characters as they are sooooo detailed and so expressive.  They are just a lot of fun to color and they host a lot of personality.

I colored this girl up on Sweet Sentiment Coloring Paper using my Copic Markers in the following colors:

Skin: E04, E11, E21, E00, E000 and R20 for her cheeks and eyeshadow

Hair: E49, E18, E39, E17, E13

Dress: V99, RV66, RV55, RV17, RV52

Eyes: YG99, G16, G000 and the black Multiliner from Copic in .05

The paper I used is from Unity stamps in their new paper line, which I'm so excited about.  It's glossy like a photo and oh so beautiful, it's totally what inspired the colors for this card.  The length of Satin Ribbon was sent to me from my friend, Margarita, and I tend to use it sparingly because I want to hoard it forever.  Seeing as it was the PERFECT shade for this card though, I just had to include it!  The sentiment I added is from Altenew. 

THanks so much for stopping by today, Please leave a comment, you never know when I'm going to choose someone to randomly win a prize!  

Toodles! 

The Mistress of the Dead

Quite the ominous title huh?  Well, that's the name of the newest digital image from Annie Rodrigue over at Moonlight Whispers.  Just check out this creepy lady.....

I'll admit that this image was a challenge to color.  But a lot of that had to do with the fact that I chose to color her using the "no lines" technique.  I'm a glutton for punishment like that. 

I used two Authentique paper pads to make this card.  Nightfall and Romance.  Yeah, they do not sound like they go together at all, but I think, given the subject matter of this card, they worked out just perfectly.  I also created a couple of flowers using the Sweet Peony stamp and die set from Heartfelt Creations, and paired them with some flowers I had from Wild Orchid Crafts. I accented with Distress oxide ink in Candied Apple, a black satin ribbon, and Nuvo drops. 

Copic Markers used: 

Skin: E04, E11, E21, E00, E000, R20, FYG1, YG0000

Hair: T9, T7, T5, T3, T1, Jelly Roll silver glitter pen

Eyes: YG0000, E37, YG99, C2, 0 colorless blender

Dress: BV25, BV34, BV13, BV23, BV01

Chair: YG99, YG97, YG95, YG93, YG91, E37, E34, E31, E30

Skulls: W3, W1, W00, Y08, FYG1, YG0000

Walls: C3, C1, C00

Carpet: R89, R39, R29, R24, R14

If you're interested in this, or any of the images (both physical and digital) from Moonlight Whispers, please visit Annie's Etsy store at this link: https://www.etsy.com/shop/moonlightwhispers

Hope you all enjoyed today's post, and I hope to see you all back here agin soon! Toodles!

A whole bunch of cuteness from Scrappers Delights!

Today I have a little something for everyone from the newest release at Scrappers Delights.  I've been busy making some of the cutest cards ever!!!!!! 

First up to bat is.... well, this adorable little batter!!!

I colored her up using my copic markers.  And placed her on a very simply laid out card using Doodlebug papers, some Nuvo drops, and a length of sheer ribbon. 

Next up is a girl after my own heart..... she's STUCK in an airport waiting for her flight.  If any of you follow my group on Facebook you know exactly how close to home this image hits! 

Again, I used my copic markers to color this sweet girl up.  She's doing exactly what I did when I was stuck last time, drinking coffee and reading a book, trying to keep a smile on her face.  I used papers from the brand new Doodlebug I <3 travel paper pad, some Nuvo drops, and a length of satin ribbon to bring this card together.  I also used Distress Oxide Ink in Vintage Photo and a sponge to add some light tan around the edges of all the papers. 

Third, is the one I think is my most favorite of them all.... and the subject of my September Sweet Sentiment coloring class.  I present to you: Marigold!

This sweet little girl I think is super excited to go back to school!  Look at all of those amazing ringlets and that adorable little summer dress!  I colored her with my trusty copic markers and placed her on papers from the ned Doodlebug Back to School paper pad.  I also used flowers that I made bu hand using the sets from Heartfelt Creations.  I finished it off with a length of sheer black ribbon and a bunch of glitter all over those flowers! 

I really hope you loved everything you saw here today.  If you'd like to purchase any fo these Digis you can get them from https://www.scrappersdelights.co.uk/#/ 

and if you're interested in the Sweet sentiment classes, simply scroll to the top of this page and then click on the "Classes" tab.  

Hope you all have a wonderful Weekend! Tootles! 

I like flowers

I"m sure it's not any surprise to any of you all that I'm totally into flowers on my cards.  Like, I sorta LOVE them.  A LOT! hhahaahaha! So much so, that I decided to invest a lot of money to buy dies and stamps to make my own flowers!  I enjoy it so much that I now find myself creating cards around my flowers.

When I was blessed with this new image from Moonlight Whispers by Annie Rodrigue, I KNEW I was going to go heavy on the florals. It just HAD to be done!  So...... here we go!

I began the process by stamping the flowers onto Sweet Sentiment Coloring Paper along with printing the Digital Image on the coloring paper.  I then used the coordinating dies from Heartfelt creations to cut out the flowers.  I used Distress Oxide inks to match the Graphic 45 papers I planned on using. I hand formed the flowers and then dipped them in clear glitter (of course). I colored the image with my trusty Copic markers. 

Skin: E04, E11, E21, E00, E000, R20, G00

Hair: E29, E27, E25, E23, E31

Eyes: E57, E23, E31, G000, C2

Headband: RV69, RV66, RV17, RV55, RV02

Shirt: YG99, YG97, YG95, YG93, YG91

Pants: 100, N9, N7, N5

Banner: E53, E51, E50

0 Colorless Blender

After coloring and fussy cutting the main image, I used the sketch from Sweet Sentiment July Sketch Challenge to create the layout for the card.  I matted everything with black card stock, and distressed all the edges of the papers with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide ink and a sponge. I tied the organza black bow on before I glued everything down.  Then.... well you all know what happened then.... I added flowers!!!!1 Lots and lots of flowers! 

I hope that you check out all the new images from Moonlight Whispers by Annie Rodrigue. She is my absolute favorite artist ever and I know that one day I'm going to meet her..... it's on my bucket list! hahahaha!  I also hope you all join in the Sketch Challenge from Sweet Sentiment this month!  Have a wonderful week!  Tootles! 

Live like there is no midnight

Hello all, I'm here today to share with you a card I made on a whim.  Sometimes you just have to color something because there is no reason at all to color it.... that's what I did today.

I was speaking with a friend and she showed me a card she'd made "many moons" ago, and it totally inspired me.  I ask her permission (sort of) and used some of the ideas from the layout of her card.  Sometimes you just have to find inspiration wherever you can. I'm lucky to have super talented friends who allow me to use their layouts as the basis for my own.

So, without further adieu, here's my card.

I started by coloring the image with my Copic markers, and then fussy cutting it out.  I added Glossy Accents to the shoe and jewelry as well.  then I added a lot of glitter to the dress although it's tough to tell in this photo.  All of the papers I used are from Graphic 45, because I'm slightly obsessed with their papers!  I then added way too many flowers from Prima and Wild Orchid Crafts. I used a sentiment from CC Designs and embossed it on a piece of white card stock.  I used Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide ink to distress all the edges of every layer and the sentiment as well. Then I finished it all of with a beautiful black satin ribbon.

Colors used:
Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20
Dress: B37, B26, B45, B12, B41, B000
Gloves: C9, C7, C5
Eyes: B37, B45, B12, G00, C2, 0
Hair: E35, YR23, E55, E53, Y000

As always, if you're interested in learning any of the coloring techniques I use, you can find my classes online at www.sweetsentiment.us

I totally appreciate your comments and I'll see ya again soon!  Tootles!

A sweet little Unicorn

Hello there Bloggie Buddies! Today I'm going to share with you another project I've done for Kinda Cute By Patricia Alvarez.   I chose to use the little Unicorn with Cotton candy image. I mean, once you see this little Unicorn, you'll know why I couldn't resist.

I printed this image (because it's a Digi) onto Catherine Pooler 80 lb. bright white card stock.  I then colored the image with my Copic Markers.

Body: C3, C1, C0, 0
Hair: YG67, YG09, YG17, YG25, FYG1
Cotton Candy: RV17, RV04, RV02, RV10
Hooves: C7, C5, C3
Horn: Y11, Y00, Y000
Jelly Roll Clear Glitter Pen

The ribbon is from my massive stash and I cannot tell you what it is.  I can tell you it was a gift to me from Leah Tees! So, it is a ribbon from Canada if that helps at all.  That massive amount of flowers mostly come from Wild Orchid Crafts, but some are from Prima Crafts as well.
The stitched oval is from Gina Marie Designs and was cut from good old fashioned 65 lb white card stock, I then used three colors of Distress Oxide inks to create a gradient.  Festive Berries is the darkest color, then Spun Sugar for the mid tone, and Worn Lipstick for the lightest color.  After using a sponge to smooth the ink onto the card stock and then used the Ranger Distress Ink Sprayer to create the water droplets and a tissue to blot off the excess water and ink. I adhered that to the card and then used foam squares to pop that little unicorn up from the background and give it a bit of dimension.
I picked a bunch of flowers out and used Nuvo glue to adhere them to the card base after tying the ribbon and fussing with it for about 15 minutes.   All in all, it was a fairly simple card.  I had a lot of fun making it, but I always have a lot of fun coloring and gluing flowers to things! Lol!

Ok, so I'm off to get some more coffee and color some more things! Hope you all have a wonderful month of March! Tootles!

A little Magic

Well, I know that Halloween is over, but it's Saturday and the challenge is Magic, and I had some of these papers still on my desk, so I decided to put them to use... Here is my "Magical" card.

I used the adorable "Teacup Fairy"  and I actually paper pieced the cup using some Doodlebug paper! The spoon is from Tim Holtz and the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. 

Ok, so get out those magical KKS images and get crafty... you have until November 10th at 11:55 pm to get your Magical creations in, we always enjoy your creations so be sure to submit them so you can have a chance to WIN a $20 gift card to the Shop!! Show us your stuff!! In keeping in line with the rest of our challenges (Wonderful Wednesday and our NEW Krafty Scrappy Challenge), we will be drawing one winner per month from all Saturday Challenge entries to win a $20 gift card!! You can enter as many times per month as you'd like!!

Have a wonderful weekend! Tootles! 

Fall is in the air

Hey hey hey Crafty People!!!! It's SATURDAY!!!!!!

That means it's time for a themed challenge... this week's theme is Fall colors. To some people that's rich tones of reds and oranges, and to others it's soft washed out yellows and tans.... whatever it means to you, make a card (or other project) and show us your "fall colors."

We always enjoy your creations so be sure to submit them so you can have a chance to WIN a $20 gift card to the Shop!! Show us your stuff!! In keeping in line with the rest of our challenges (Wonderful Wednesday and our NEW Krafty Scrappy Challenge), we will be drawing one winner per month from all Saturday Challenge entries to win a $20 gift card!! You can enter as many times per month as you'd like!!

Have you joined the Kraftin Kimmie's Krafty Friends fb group?? It's the best place to keep up with all of the goings on as well as sharing YOUR creations and getting inspired by other Krafty Friends' creations!!!

Sp, without further adieu, here's my Fall colors. 

One of my sweetest friends asked me to make a card to congratulate her brother on getting engaged! She sent me a photo of the couple and I modified the stamped image (Let's Celebrate) a tad to fit the subjects.  He is well known for his super full goatee and she has amazingly beautiful chocolate colored hair.  I had a lot of fun color these two up and dressing them in soft fall colors for their engagement. 

Ok, so.... October Peeks start on Wednesday!! Visit us on our FB Page or here to join in the "Merry Celebration"!

ALSO: It's our Anniversary! Kraftin Kimmie is celebrating 8 years in October and to celebrate we're doubling the Frugal Friday Fun! Every Friday during the month of October, Kimmie will be posting 8 Krafty Sets for 40% off!!

Now create a card, scrapbook page or altered item with a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp or any other stamp and be sure to use our THEME as a starting point for your creation!!! You will have until October 13th at 11:55 pm EST to get your entries in!
Pull out those fabby stamps and play along! Have some krafty fun and join us this week!! Tootles! 

Flowers

Well hello again, ready for some more fun release stuff from KKS?  Well yeah, here ya go!

How about we stick with the amazing floral theme we started yesterday?? We are thrilled to present the second set of stamps from our new artist, Melissa Baker-Nguyen! We know how much you loved her first set from last month called Bugs & Kisses and we're sure that you're gunna love this set as well!

Check out FANCY FLORALS!

This gorgeous set of blooms is so versatile and is perfectly designed for so many themes and reasons to send cards to the ones you love! There is a basket of blooms, a trio of single blooms and of course fantastically designed sentiments, which, just happen to fit inside the basket!

Ok, so you all know that flowers aren't really my thing.  I just have a hard time arranging them and making them work for me.  But when I saw this set I thought that they were so versatile that they ere was no way that I couldn't make them work.  So... I stamped a bunch out and colored them up.  Wanna see? Well, of course you do, or you wouldn't be here!!!! He he he Silly me! 

I used copic markers in B99,97,95,93, and 91, and greenery from Wild Orchid Crafts. The oval stitched die is from Gina Marie Designs.  I put them all together to made this awesome gift card holder! 

I hope that you love my creation.  Thank you for stopping by, please leave a comment and have a bunch of fun hopping along to the other blogs of the DT today and all this week.  You know, if you leave comments on all the blogs you will be entered into a drawing for a gift from KKS! BOOYAHHH!!!! 

Just follow the links and have a blast. Talk to you all tomorrow! Tootles! 

Day one of June Release Peeks!

Can you Believe it's June?  I can't!!! But I am so excited for this new release from KKS! Seriously Krafty People, stay tuned, because this weeks is going to be awesome.  Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know that I always say that.... but really... this is a fun one! Full of Summertime cuteness! Ok.. first up..... ya ready for this?

This first set is bloomin' beautiful! It's a gorgeous set from artist Annie Rodrigue!

It's called FLOWER GIRLS!

This fun set features two amazing flower girl images with so much awesome detail to colour! And also two coordinating sentiments!

All the Krafty Design Team members and Guests listed below have lots of springy designs to share with you today featuring the FLOWER GIRLS stamp set! Be sure to hop around and leave lots of love at each and every stop because one lucky commenter will WIN a gift voucher to the krafty shop! The winner will be announced at the LIVE Online Release Party on Sunday night so don't miss it!

So, do ya wanna see what I made?  Suer you do, or you wouldn't be here right? He he he! Okie dokie... here it is..... I give you.... FLOWER GIRL #1:

Ok, so I admit that she is challenging to color, with all of those sweet little Hydrangea blooms and the foliage, but it was fun and I drank A LOT (yeah a lot) of coffee while getting this done.  Seriously, once you break it down into pieces it really is a fun one to color! I used a paper from BoBunny and a zillion green Copic markers.  The pinks are all R89,85,83,81 and 06 for a little brightness. I used a different skin combo on this sweet flower girl, I used E000,00,11, and BV20.  It added a but of a darker shadow that I was looking for since she's totally in the leaves and shadowed for sure.  

Ok, so don't miss out on the hop, it's important, you wanna win right?  So leave a comment on everyone's blogs and maybe you'll get chosen to win! Woot Woot!  See ya back here tomorrow with more Krafty Goodness!  Tootles!!!! 

Wonderfully Dandy

It's Wonderful Wednesday time!! We hope you can play along!! As always....it's ANYTHING GOES!! Break out your Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and get crafty!!

I decided to do something TOTALLY different today for you all... and for me.  I'm trying to push myself as an artist and grow, broaden my horizons.... so..... I present to you a totally out of my wheelhouse and comfort zone card!!! 

This paper.... I just HAVE to tell you, I purchased to make my wedding invitations, and in four days it will be 12 years old! Wowza!!!!! Anyways, I wanted this card to have a vintage sort of feel with just a tiny teeny hint at maybe some color.  If you look really close, the image is colored with my Prismacolor pencils, but just barely. The image is Dandy Lion, which is the Krafty Komeback this month, and the sentiments are from the Dandy Lion set and the Sincere Thanks set.  I used distress ink in "Tea Stain" on a sponge to distress the edges of the kraft paper. then I used an ivory colored ribbon and flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts to embellish the card.  I really hope you guys like it! 

ok, back to business...

We want EVERYONE to be able to play along so your submission can use ANY stamp and can be any theme, any style, any design and it can be a card, a scrapbook page, an altered item....you name it!! It must be a NEW creation and you can enter on this post until June 6th at midnight! At the end of the month one random winner will be chosen from all the submissions for the whole month and will receive a $20 Gift Card to the shop!!! What do you think.....wanna WIN?? Let's see your krafty stuff!!

In addition to the great Krafty Challenges & Wonderful Wednesday, each month we will post a Sketch. The sketch will last all month long and if you use it in ANY of our Challenges or WW's during that month you will get an additional chance to win a store gift card! You do NOT have to use the sketch, it's just a little extra boost for your mojo if ya need it!