Scrumptious

Out of town guests, my daughters dress rehearsal this AM, my twin nieces b-day party this afternoon, and the big recital tomorrow - phew, what a weekend! But I wanted to quick share this card that I kreated using this weeks SCS Sketch 234. My card was kreated using a lot of Last Chance Accessories. Don't forget, you only have until Tuesday June 30th to stock up on any of your favorites. Kreated with Last Chance In Colors, Pink Pirouette starts my 4-1/4x5-1/2 base. Bella Rose DSP kreates a little whimsy with those big polka dots and the reverse side, a softer pink pirouette pattern, is added to the vertical elements of the sketch. Stamped my scrumptious cupcakes from the Crazy for Cupcakes set in Basic Brown onto Whisper White and used my Blender Pens to color them in with Pretty in Pink and Riding Hood Red. Squeeze your SU ink pad together and you will kreate a little pool of ink in the lid when opened. Dab your Blender Pen to pick up a little ink and begin to 'color'. Hint: I always start at the edges where I want the most concentrated color to appear and then the Blender Pen will gradually fade out - gives the images a 'natural' shadowing and watercolored appearance. Scribble off excess ink on your blender onto scrap and you are ready to pick up your next color. I used my 2-way glue pen and some Dazzling Diamonds glitter to that oh so yummy frosting. Punched out two Riding Hood Red Scallop Squares and adhered them to opposing corners of my image and popped it up on dimensionals.

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Supplies:
Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes (111618)), A Little Birthday Cheer (115018)
Paper: Bella Rose (112041 - Last Chance), Riding Hood Red (111348- Last Chance), Pink Pirouette(111351- Last Chance), Whisper White (100730)
Ink: Riding Hood Red (111836 - Last Chance), Pink Pirouette (111838 - Last Chance), Basic Brown (104315), Creamy Caramel Marker (100078)
Accessories: Corner Rounder (109047), Word Window Punch (105090), Scallop Square Punch (112081), Pretty in Pink Striped Ribbon (113882), Dazzling Diamonds (102023), 2-way glue pen (100425)

Egg-stra Special

Isn't this little bunny cute? She is from a new line of stamps that Jennifer Meyer has designed. Every Thursday, she announces a new sketch design challenge, so I played along with the current sketch and her Egg-stra Special stamp set.
Since the sketch called for a circle, I couldn't wait to play with my new Circle Scissor Plus. It is now so quick and easy to make the perfect circles. (I used it for a few scrap pages too that I'll show you soon - I just love how easy it is!) Anyway, I stamped out my images in Basic Black onto Whisper White and used my blender pens and my Aquapainter to color. TIP: You want to be careful when blending colors or using your Aquapainter on cardstock, as too much water or blending with start to curl and/or pill your paper - it's best to use the heavier weight Watercolor paper (105019), makes things much easier (next time I will heed my own advice - LOL). The final touch was a piece of Organza Ribbon and matching bow.
Make sure to hop on over to Jennifer's blog, she has some blog candy for you :)

For now, go kreate,
Kim

Supplies:
Stamps: Egg-stra Special (non-SU)
Paper: Whisper White (100730), Kraft (102125), Baja Breeze (111352)
Ink: Baja Breeze (111833), Pretty in Pink(101301), Certainly Celery (105217), Yo Yo Yellow (102717)
Tools: Mat Pack (105826), Paper Piercer, Circle Scissors Plus (112530), Glass Mat (112531), Aquapainter (103954), Blender Pens (102845)
Accessories: Organza Ribbon (114319), Glue Dots (103683), Dimensionals (104430)

A Cardinal Christmas

My hubby teases me that I'm having an affair with my UPS man, but its really just an affair with the new SU goodies he brings :) Who doesn't love new goodies?!! So I just received this beautiful set, A Cardinal Christmas, from the Holiday Mini and I had to play with it right away! I stamped my cardinal on Whisper White in Basic Black and then used Ruby Red and Riding Hood Red with my Blender Pens to color his body. He is perched on a Close to Cocoa branch with Certainly Celery and Mellow Moss leaves. Then I took my Aquapainter (which by the way is on sale this month for $7 for 1 lrg tip brush) and dipped it in a pool of Baja Breeze ink and lightly went over my background to kreate a sky effect. TIP: If not using watercolor paper, you want to use very little water to avoid your paper becoming too saturated and curling. I mentioned 'pool of ink'... take your closed SU pad, squeeze it together and when you open it you will have a little pool of ink in the cover to use with your Aquapainter or Blender Pens. Used the Only Orange Marker to highlight his beak and feet. Placed this on a piece of Riding Hood Red and decorated the bottom with the Scallop Edge Punch and layered it on a Baja Breeze base. The leaves from this set were stamped in Mellow Moss and carefully snipped out. Adhered three 'berries' from Button Bouquet with Mini Glue dots and inked my sentiment with Ruby Red Craft ink and embossed with Clear Embossing Powder. I happen to love how it turned out, but I'm thinking its alittle too involved to mass produce :( I'll find my Christmas card yet - at least its fun to keep trying! Leave me a comment below and let me know what you think - love it when you do!

For now, go kreate
Kim

Little Bundle

I love this Hostess set (lev 2), Serene Spring. When I saw that little bunny peering out of the basket, I just had to have it. So I finally got around to introducing it to some ink :) I inked in Basic Brown and stamped onto Whisper White. TIP: In order to do any type of watercoloring you want to make sure you stamp your image in a waterproof ink to avoid your image bleeding. SU has 3 colors to chose from: Basic Black, Basic Brown, and Basic Gray. So after stamping my image, I took my Blender Pen to various inks and colored in my image to give it that watercolor effect. TIP: Squeeze a closed SU ink pad together and when you open the lid, there will be a pool of ink in the lid ~ dab your Aquapainter or Blender Pen in that ink and you can begin to color. Pretty neat, huh!? My Little Bundle of Joy sentiment came from another Hostess set (lev 1) , Punches Three. Inked in Close to Cocoa first and then again in Pretty in Pink. Used my paper snips to cut out the middle sentiment, added some brads and layered that with dimensionals on the top of the Close to Cocoa piece. Don't have the new Large Oval punch, yet :) , but easy enough to snip this out as well. If you read my post yesterday, I gave you a tip on using VersaMarker and Embossing Powder, well, once again I was able to use this technique. Hard to see in the picture, but the little carriage in the sentiment was embossed with Clear Embossing Powder. Love it! Placed my oval on Choc Chip Grosgrain Ribbon and this baby is ready to be delivered :)

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For now, go kreate
Kim

Delightful

This is my last card of all the Flower for All Season images. This is a great little set for only $14.95. If you'd like to place an order at anytime, feel free to contact me or click on the Online Ordering Icon on the top right of my blog. This will redirect you to my SU website where you will click on the SHOP NOW (below my name and other info) for convenient and easy ordering anytime you'd like :)
So, todays card is just a Delight. That little bird looking at that cute basket of tulips...just adorable, as is each image in this set. To keep the look of my card set, I again used my SU Blender Pens to color in my image on Whisper White. I then took to piercing again at each corner using my Mat Pack and piercing tool. And then mounted this on Barely Banana and used my Scallop Edge Punch to decorate the bottom. I also pierced the Pretty in Pink base at two corners. Baja Breeze is offset and placed vertically behind my image and faux stitched using my white Signo Gel Pen. My sentiment, from Define Your Life,is inked in Regal Rose craft ink and heat embossed with Clear Embossing Powder. A Baja Breeze double stitched ribbon adds some fun and the finishing touch to the card. So there you have it, all four images from this set are complete and can be viewed if you scroll down my blog. Now I have to create a cute little box to hold them in and I have a great little gift :)
As promised I will have some very cute projects from my fun class, Sweet Treats, so make sure to check back :)
PS Don't forget, the end of this great promotion, 15% off Never Before Seen Stamps is Sept 30th, make sure to email me with your orders or click on the Online Ordering Icon as I talked about in the beginning of the post.
For now, go kreate
Kim

Seasonal Cardinal

Stay tune for two more images from this adorable set, Flower for All Season, but I had some scraps and another cardinal and poinsettia that I had already colored in with SU Blender Pens and ink. I figured why not throw together a quick card with some stuff already out on my table. The 4x4 card base is Ruby Red with a diagonal strip of Old Olive. Like I said I already had my image completed - stamped in Basic Black and colored in with Blender Pens on Whisper White. Kreated score lines around the image and popped it up on dimensionals. I used the stamp from Punches Three (current hostess set lev 1) and inked it in Ruby Red Craft Ink (wiped off the excess ink with a baby wipe so just 'Merry Christmas' was inked. Then sprinkled Clear Embossing Powder over it and heated it up to really make my sentiment 'shine'. Punched out the sentiment with my large Oval Punch and then placed an oval piece from the Silver Hodgepodge Hardware (had to use my paper snips to trim a bit of the Whisper White oval) Gave it a bit more 'shine' with two Circle Fire Rhinestone Brads to hold my hardware in place. Really was a quick card, but I guess I had a big advantage with some already 'prepared' items :) But really, the only task on this card that will take a wee bit of time is coloring your image, other than that it was a cinch! So, don't forget about those scraps, because if you are in a pinch, you could make that quick and cute card just like I did :)
I have a fun class set up for tonight - Sweet Treats, see some of you ladies later :) I'll be sure to show you our fun projects at the end of the week, so make sure you check back.
For now, go kreate
Kim