Sweet Stamps Sketch

We have a sketch for our challenge this week at Sweet Stamps! 

Join in, we'd love to see what you create!  Plus, you have a chance at winning a $20 shopping spree at Sweet Stamps to get anything you'd like!!  How cool is that?!?!

Sketch:

My creation:

For this card I used a "Rose Bouquet Small" from Sweet Stamps.  I just love this stamp, it is so pretty!  I also used the "Fanciful Flourish" die from Cherry Lynn and "Teal Pearls" which can also be gotten through Sweet Stamps.

Close-up :

I used a my ProMarkers to color in the image.

Have a wonderful week!

Kendra

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Challenges:
Stamps R Us: Anything Goes
Woodward USA: 3...2...1 Challenge (3 Papers, 2 Embellishments, 1 Image)
Bearly Mine: Flowers Flowers Flowers
Passion for ProMarkers: Anything Goes

CI Paints Inspired By: Lots of Layers

This week's challenge at Creative Inspiration Paints is:

Inspired By: Lots of Layers

Here's my creation:

This was a quick last minute card I created for my father-in-law.  He's been starting to ask me to create cards for him, instead of always buying them!  So happy about that!  Anyway he asked for a Baptism card on Monday and needed it Wednesday, geez guys are so last minute! But I managed, and am pretty happy with the turn out.

Anway....I have 10 Layers of paper!! 

I used some Creative Inspirations Paint "Blue Ice" to add shimmer to the cross.

Have a great day!

Kendra

Bay Beach

A fun layout for the kids albums of a recent trip to Bay Beach.  They have all kids of fun rides for the kids!  They had a blast!

Have a wonderful day!

Kendra

Halloween Fun

I have a fun card today using a digital image from The Stamping Boutique! 

 It's called "A Crowded Mash"!

Such a fun halloween image!

I used Creative Inspirations Paint "Fairy Dust" to add some shimmer to the witches boots and a few other parts of the image!  I just love the shimmer from these paints!!  I also used some of their new Metallic Inspirations!

Yeah, I know you're probably thinking, halloween already?!?!

I was going through my digital images the other day and I came across this one that I have been waiting to use, and as I am ready for fall to be here, I thought I would finally use it!! :)

TSB is currently sponsoring "Bitten By the Bug" and their challenge is Halloween.

Have a nice day!

Kendra

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White on White

Sweet Stamps Challenge:

White on White

Here's my creation:

 I used "Daisy Bunch", from the last new release from Sweet Stamps.  I used it to create the background along with a little bit on the front sentiment piece, in which I then colored in. 

I used the French Flair Stackers from Cherry Lynn to create the main focal point.  Then like I mentioned above I used "Daisy Bunch" in the bottom left corner.  We could only use color on our image, so I filled this one in with my ProMarkers.  For the sentiment I used "Thank You Elegant", which I think is so pretty!

I used CI Paint "Citrus" to add a little shimmer to the flowers.  I finished the card off by adding some "Silver Rhinestones" and "Snow Pearls".

Make sure to join us on the Sweet Stamps blog, we'd love to see what you create.  You have a chance at winning $20 to purchase some "sweet" things of your own!! 

Make sure to check out all the other lovely creations from the other DT members!!

Have a great day! And thanks for stopping by!

Kendra

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Birdhouse Fun

My little guy LOVES being outside helping me in my flower beds and feeding the birds!  For part of his birthday gift, his great-grandparents gave him a birdhouse.  He was so excited!  My aunt mentioned that he should paint it!

Well you don't tell a 3year old that as they don't forget much, which is okay!  So he has been on my case to paint it! So I got out a bunch of paints and just let him go to town!

He had so much fun!  He kept telling me, "This is going to be so pretty!  The birds are going to love it!  They're going to have lots of babies in it!" lol Too cute!

He decided to leave it dry and asked me, "Mommy, it would look really pretty with your special paints!" Referring to my Creative Inspirations Paints!  He always enjoys watching me craft.  And went on to say, "I'll be careful and just use a little."  How could I say no?!?!

So I decided to let him use a few of them to add his own shimmer to the birdhouse, so he was happy!

 Just look at the shimmer!!!  I let him use Fairy Dust, Buttercup, Rose Quartz, Royal Purple, Turquoise and Mango.

Finished Birhouse:

All proud of his creation!

Hanging up in the tree!

You can see right were he used the CI Paints here on the front side!  His birdhouse is very shimmery!!

Have a nice day!

Kendra & Sawyer

CI Paints Inspired By: CAS

Would you like a chance to win some of the great Creative Inspirations Paints that I use on so many of my cards?  If so, join in our weekly challenges.  Each month we draw a winner to recieve 5 jars of paint of their choice!

This week's challenge is:

Inspired By: CAS (Clean and Simple)

I just love this image, which is from The Stamping Boutique called "Tulips"!  It's a fairly new digi from Tracey.  Although I know they are done blooming here, I just had to create a card with this pretty digi as I love flowers!

I used Creative Inspirations Paint "Fairy Dust" to cover the frame.  I also used some of their new clear hot fix gems!  I just love them!

Have a great day!

Kendra

Every Flower from D2D

Good afternoon!  We got both kiddos to take a nap this afternoon as we have a big night tonight!  We'll be out late, so we didn't want them crabby!

One of our friends insisted I drive his racecar tonight for the Powder Puff Race!  I'm excited, yet nervous!  It'll be fun to get behind the wheel again!  Sure will bring up a lot of old memories!

Anyway, while they were napping I got to work with this week's freebie from Designed 2 Delight!! 

"Every Flower"

I just love this new digi from Faith!  Under the flowers is the sentiment "every flower is to bloom", but I wanted to use a thinking of you sentiment.  As I plan to give this card to my mom, who hasn't been feeling well.

I printed it twice and cut out two of the flowers to pop them up!

If you missed out on receiving this image as a freebie, you can get it in the shop here.  Create a card with it and share your beautiful creation!  We would love to see what you do with it!  You'll receive next week's freebie in your e-mail then!

Have a nice day!

Kendra

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"Racer Lewis" from Prairie Fairy

Have you seen the adorable "Racer Lewis" from Prairie Fairy?

He is so cute!

I used the color verison, which inspired the rest of the colors on the layout!

I'll be using him a lot as we are so into racing!  He'll be perfect for cards as well!!

Make sure to check out Prairie Fairy Designs, as Roberta has been designing some great digis!!

Have a wonderful day!

Kendra



Bookmark with Sweet Stamps Sentiment

Well there is a first time for everything! 

I have never made a bookmark before!  I had sooooooo much fun!  I think I will be doing this again for those readers in my life!  What fun!

This week's challenge at Sweet Stamps, I'm sure you have guessed by now, is BOOKMARKS!

I decided to do a corner bookmark:

For this bookmark I used a new sentiment from the last release "You Are Loved".  I just love this sentiment for something like this.  I have also been obsessed with the new Cherry Lynn Designs "Mini Exotic Butterflies", which is a set of 3, but I only used one on this bookmark.  The are so much fun to use!  They can be gotten through SweetStamps.com along with the teal pearls and Turquoise CI Paints I used.

Close-up pictures:

The pretty butterfly...

I just love the shimmer!  Adds the perfect touch!

Show us your bookmarks, we'd love to see what you come up with!  You have a chance at winning $20 to purchase some "sweet" things of your own!

Have a wonderful week!

Kendra

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CI Paints Inspired By: Orange and Pink

This week's challenge at Creative Inspiration Paints is:

Inspired By: Orange and Pink

Join in, we'd love to see what you create!!

Have a great day!

Kendra

Pink + Black

Simple Stem Thank You from Design 2 Delight

I created this card for a friend, who uses a lot of Thank You cards.  Every Christmas, as part of her gift I give her a ton of Thank You cards, so this another one to add to the collection.

I really like how this turned out....love pink and black!

I created this card for this week's "Pink + Black" challenge at D2D!  Join in for your chance at winning some D2D digis!!

Have a great weekend! 

 

Kendra

Once Upon A Time...

...a little princess was born!

A layout of my little princess!!

Sweet Stamps Bling It Up!

Sweet Stamps Challenge:

Bling It Up!

Here's my creation:

 I used "Dot Butterfly", a fun stamp from Sweet Stamps that I had a lot of fun playing with!  The things you can do with this stamp are endless. I had so many ideas running through my head, I could have made a ton of cards!!  I decided to do a little paper piecing on this card.

I added some Creative Inspirations Paint "Fairy Dust" to some of the parts of this butterfly to add some shimmer!!  I also used Rose Pearls, Silver Rhinestones, and Soft Pink Rhinestones from Sweet Stamps.

Make sure to join us on the Sweet Stamps blog, we'd love to see what you create.  You have a chance at winning $20 to purchase some "sweet" things of your own!! 

Make sure to check out all the other lovely creations from the other DT members!!

Have a great day!

Kendra

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Challenges:

Creative Craft Challenges: It's Summertime

Pink Elephant: Butterfly

Stamp-N-Doodle: Ribbon, Punch/die cut and Pearls

 

Getting Old

So I've been wanting to try this for awhile now and finally took the time to play with the bubble wrap I've been collecting!

I put a little adhesive on my clear stamping block and adhered some bubble wrap.  What a great stamp it creates!!

I used CI Paints "Sky Blue", "Pumpkin" and "Canary"!

My finished card:

What a fun image!  I used a Gus stamp from Bugaboo called "Collect Wrinkles".  Their Gus and Stella line is so funny!  I've gotten a bunch of them to play with!

Close-up of the "bubbles"....

and of course the lovely shimmer!

I used this same technique on my card from yesterday.

Have a wonderful week!

Kendra

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Challenges:
Catch The Bug: Anything Goes

Fun With Bubble Wrap

This week's challenge at Creative Inspiration Paints is:

Inspired By: A Tutorial

I was inspired awhile ago by a fellow DT member, Kassi.  She had a tutorial on "Bubble Painting"!

She used bubble wrap to "stamp" on her card.  I've been wanting to do this for some time now, so I thought today would be the perfect time to do it!!

Here's my creation:

 I just love how this card turned out!

Close-up of the bubble's and shimmer:

I used Creative Inspirations Paint "Blush" and "Tickled Pink" for this card!

Have a nice day!

Kendra

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Challenges:
Card Makin' Mamas: Birthdays
Clearly iStamp: Things with Wings
The Poodles Parlour: Around the Garden (Love the Butterflies in my Garden!)
Stampin for the Weekend: Spots and Dots
Raise the Bar: Anything Goes

Bling Bling Bling

Good morning!  Hope you are having a great start to the weekend!  I have a fun card to share with you this morning!

I used the adorable "Gardening Kaela" from Designed 2 Delight for this card!  I just love her! When I saw this image I just knew I had to use her and will be using her a lot more in the future.  Being I'm such an avid gardener this digital image is right up my alley. 

I created these flowers with my Cricut.  I used "Walk in My Garden" and then added some bling to them!  I really like how they turned out.

I am hosting this week's challenge at Designed 2 Delight, which happens to be "BLING"!  Join in, we'd love to see your creations!

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful day!

Kendra

D2D Freebie

It's the first Friday of the month, so do you know what that means?

A free digital image from Designed 2 Delight!!

"Cupcake Mouse"

Which is part of this entire set:

What a cute set!!

Join in this fun progressive challenge.  By creating a project with this image and sharing it with us, you will receive next week's image free as well!  Don't miss out!  Faith's images are so adroable!

Have a great day!

Kendra

"Hi"

I'm a little behind on posting this card, I've had it made for awhile, but keep forgetting to post it!

My first easel card I made.  I took a Hero Arts class and we began this card, but I finished it up at home.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Hot Time Summer with Sweet Stamps

Sweet Stamps Challenge:

Hot Time in the Summer

Use Hot Summer Colors

Here's my creation:

 What a fun card this was to create.   I've really had a thing for butterflies since working with Sweet Stamps!!  For this card I used "Bold Butterfly Medium" and "Bold Butterfly Small".  I stamped them a few times and then cut them out.  The sentiment is also from Sweet Stamps, called "Wonderful Day", which I think is a fun sentiment!

Close-up Pictures of a few of the butterflies:

I used some Creative Inspirations Paint to and some shimmer to the butterflies!  I just LOVE these shimmery paints!  They add the perfect touch of shimmer to anything!!  I used Tutu Pink, Sage, Buttercup, Sky Blue, and Amethyst.

Make sure to join us on the Sweet Stamps blog, we'd love to see what you create.  You have a chance at winning $20 to purchase some "sweet" things of your own!! 

Make sure to check out all the other lovely creations from the other DT members!!

I've created this card with my friends in mind, not sure which one it will be sent to yet, but friends are one of lifes greatest blessings, as well as family!

Have a wonderful day!

Kendra

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Challenges:
Craft Your Passion: Anything Goes
Crafty Cardmakers: Butterflies
Make My Monday: Things with Wings
Woodware USA: Anything Goes
Stamping Scrapping Challenge: Summer
Stamptacular Sunday: Friends
Craft Your Days Away: Summertime
ECP Challenges: Summer