I'm Lovin' These Premade Cards!

Hi again!

I'm just lovin' these premade card bases from My Minds Eye.  I'm having so much fun adding to them!  And with the base print already there, it seems to make everything go quicker.  I made 8 cards yesterday!  And today... well I cleaned the girls room, my ensuite and purged the playroom, so I only got one card done tonight.  It was my reward for all the hard work today!

I made four each of these two cards.  :-))

And only one of this one.  I do like the sketch and might have to try this one again!

I better get to bed.  Noah starts his hockey tournament tomorrow bright and early!  Ohh it's going to be hard getting out of bed when I've been up late all week crafting!!

Kimi

Pre-made card bases

When I was in White Rock a couple months ago Heather and I bought these pre made card bases done up from My Minds Eye.  The prints are so pretty!  I finally got inspired to add to them!  I pulled out some old Basic Grey die cuts, some old paper flowers that I haven't used in ages and some new Mini Buttons and colored buttons from Stampin Up. 

And take a look at the new pleated ribbon from Stampin Up! 

The card above has Cherry Cobbler.  :-))  ohh I love it!

The cards are all pretty simple and didn't take too much time to throw together.  Plus I LOVE it when I use up old stuff from my stash!  That makes room for new stuff!  heheh...

Hugs,

Kimi

Cards, cards, beautiful cards!!

Yip I've been making cards!

Dwayne and I went to see Sherlock Holmes the other night, which I would totally recommend this movie by the way, we both thought it was great!  And as we watched the credits roll, they had made all the pictures and text look antique and vintage and sooo inspiring!

I came home and made these cards.  I 'soot stamped' the red paper and the vintage labels tag that I punched out.  Soot stamping is when you gently rub your paper upside down over a lit candle.  It blackens the paper and did exactly what I wanted.  I am going for vintage!  Then I paired it with some picture stickers from Tim Holtz, some red flowers I made out of a napkin, and gotta have ribbon to finish it off!

Doesn't the girl in this card above look like Jill!! 

Dwayne and I both thought so. 

Merry Christmas!

Kimi

Cards

I recieved a bunch of NEW things from my pre-order with the new Stampin Up Mini catalogue that comes out in January.  I just LOVE love love the new die cutters -- they are called Framelits and this set is called the Labels Collection.  It works awesome with the Big Shot or Cuddlebug.  :-)))  I also recieved the stamp set called "Apothecary Art" and I love it as well!  I was trying to use up some old chipbaord supplies I had and some other embellies I wanted to clear out.  I paired it with this fun paper from The Paper Girls and came up with these fun cards.  So pretty!

Blessings,

Kimi

Layouts

One of the great perks I'm finding from my two 8 for 8 layout clubs is that I'm getting lots of layouts done!  I like to have a layout ready to demo to the ladies as I teach them... it helps them visualize what I'm talking about and gives me a sample to try my techniques on.  Plus... I get some extra layouts done!  I think I'm only about a year and a half behind... okay maybe two years.  But I have jumped around a bit to fit the right pictures with the layout I'm demo'ing. 

This layout was inspired from the "Hello Wonderful World" layout I did in Nov for my Group A. 

This layout is also from the "Hello Wonderful World" sketch but I tweeked it a bit for my Group B which we did in December.  And yip, one cool layout!

This layout is scraplifted from my "Whoo's Cute" layout that I did in December for my Group A.  The dots on the background are actually candle wax that I dripped all over the page.  It looks super awesome!

Merry Christmas!

Kimi

Inspired by May Belle

Okay so May Belle is such a creative amazing crafter!  I love her designs, they are so fun and cute... hey just like her!

May Belle was over a while ago and she showed me this cool slider card that has a changing picture in the circle window when you slide the card open.  So I tried and tried and tried and had such a tough time making these cards!!  It wasn't the fun stuff on the front... it was the measuring and punching and figuring out exactly where that window needs to be.  Trust me, even with the sample she left me, I wasted a lot of paper!

Trinitee even said to me at one point... "I guess this is May Belle's thing (the foldy funky cards) and not yours."  Yes my daughter!!!  Okay yeah she's right.  Give me glitter and swirls and glimmer mist and vintage and I'm in.  but all this brain power to figure out a window cards... yeah it's not my thing.

But I persisited and came up with this card.  The pictures aren't great at showing what it really does, so you'll have to come over some time and I'll show it too you.  :-)))

Kimi

See how the orange window picture changed... cool hey!?

A Sounding Joy

I just LOVE this stamp set called 'A Sounding Joy' from Stampin' Up.  I love the star and words and how they are double stamped in different colors to compliment each other.  I also used the Cherry Cobbler seam binding ribbon, cardstock and embossing powder to make this card pop.  Enjoy!

Kimi

WE love the Canucks!

I had fun the other day creating this CANUCKS layout to celebrate Noah's 10th birthday.  It is hard to believe that was already two years ago.  Wow time flies!

I also made 4 cards like this one with my left over papers.  :-))

Merry Christmas!

Kimi

Mom and Kids Stocking Class

Thanks so much friends for coming to the Christmas Stocking Class today.  it was super fun!  And your stockings turned out awesome!

Kimi

Koral, Jen & Arianna

Leslie & Timothy did help!  But he was off to play... :-))

Sam, Tamara & Elijah

Carolyn & Emily

Kezia & Monica

James, Claire & Stashia

Christmas Cards

Okay so I should REALLY REALLY be writing my essay right now... I have a 2000-2500 word essay due next Tuesday and I need to get on it.  But it's been soooooooooooooooo long since I created! 

I had to make 60 card kits for a church group today and that got the creative juices flowing.  :-))  This is my happy space!

So I pulled out the new K & Co embellishments I got at Michael's and literally whipped these cards up!  They are so simple and easy but very pretty.  It's all in the patterned paper and glitter embellishments in these cards!  It probably took me two hours to make 16 cards.  This is the way to go when Christmas is around the corner.  :-)))

Kimi

One Sketch... Many Cards

Okay so I did it again... I found one sketch that I really liked and then made up a bunch of cards using that base sketch.  I LOVE doing that!  It makes it so easy and fun trying out different embellishments but then I get lots of cards made.  With limited time these days I like it when I feel I accomplished a lot.

Enjoy!
Kimi

8 for 8 layout club

We met last week for our first 8 for 8 layout club for one of my groups.  It was super fun!  And I wanted to show you the layout I did... it's the same sketch as the original but I used different papers and photos.  I hope it inspires you too!

Kimi

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!

I hope you have a wonderful day filled with friends and family.  And don't forget to GIVE THANKS to the LORD for HE is Good!  HIS love endures forever!

Blessings,
Kimi

Beautiful Season Card Class

I guess I hadn't posted the picture of the other card for the "Beautiful Season" card class.  Sorry i thought I had!  Thanks Christine for noticing!

Here it is....

A reminder this class is on November 7th at 6:30-9:30pm if you would like to sign up.  Please email me. 

Kimi

Tim Holtz cards

Yes I LOVE Tim Holtz products!!  I recently bought this stamp set from Tim's line and just had to create some fun cards.  I dug out some old TH paper that I had... alcohol inks... yes gotta love those alcohol inks... and some embellishments to create these pretty cards.  I was having so much fun I ended up making 12 cards!  yeah same sketch in a few differnt color combos.

Okay but enough fun, I need to get into my school work!  I'm taking an online course with Trinity Western University and really need to get into the books, not the paper!  ohhh but the paper is always so much fun.  :-))))

I'm happiest when I leave my desk and my hands are stained from ink pads and alcohol inks and my face is covered in glitter.  :-))

Kimi

Another Card Sample for the Beautiful Season Card Class

Hello!

I did up another sample for the Beautiful Season card class.  In the class we'll make 12 cards... four in three different styles.  I posted the first sample card a couple weeks ago and just finished this one yesterday.  Only one more sample to make!  I'll post as soon as I'm done.  :-))

Kimi

8 for 8 Scrapbook Layout Club

Here are the first four layouts we will do for the 8 for 8 scrapbook layout clubs. 


October: 

November:

December:

January:

ttfn,
Kimi