perfect pair with Avocado Arts

Today its more projects with Avocado Art’s current kit, Ho Ho’s and Holiday Blessings. I thought it would be fun to make a quick and easy holiday gift, one that would be great for just about anyone on your list.

These stretch gloves were in the dollar bin at Michael’s and made me think of the sentiment in July’s kit, Hello Friend, that said, perfect pair.

I die cut a circle in the front of this small gift bag and then stamped the wreath from Ho Ho’s and Holiday blessings around it. Then holly leaves and berries were stamped and colored. A gift card fits perfectly inside too!

Check out the rest of the team:
Avocado Arts Blog
AJ Otto
Latisha Yoast
Julia Stainton
Becky Oehlers

Have a great weekend! thanks for stopping by!

~kimberly

Supplies: Stamps-Avocado Arts (Ho Ho’s and Holiday Blessings, Hello Friend), Ink-Palette, Copics, Bag-Canvas Corp (Small Kraft), Spellbinders-Standard Circles Large, Twine-May Arts, Large Clothespin-Canvas Corp (Red)

Merry Christmas with Avocado Arts

Its time for a project share from Avocado Arts! This month’s kit is called Ho Ho’s and Holiday Blessings.

I stamped the ornament onto kraft cardstock and colored the outside in with a Copic marker. Then I stamped and heat embossed the snowflake. It was cut out and foam mounted. To hang the ornament from the card, I added a small, red clothespin and a twine bow.

Check out the rest of the team:
Avocado Arts Blog
AJ Otto
Latisha Yoast
Julia Stainton
Becky Oehlers

thanks for stopping by!

~kimberly

Supplies: Stamps-Avocado Arts (Ho Ho’s and Holiday Blessings), Patterned paper-Echo Park (Happy Days), Ink-Memento (Tuxedo Black), Versamark-Watermark, Twine-May Arts, Clothespin-Canvas Corp (Red)

Spellbinders and Core’dinations Blog Swap

Welcome to the Spellbinders and Core’dinations Blog Swap!

This week Spellbinders™ has teamed up with our Core’dinations Color Core
Cardstock® to showcase the wonderful ways our products work together! For more details and information please visit the Spellbinders blog.

For my project today, I used Core’dinations Black Magic cardstock and Spellbinders newest product, Grand Impressabilities. (Grand Impressabilities will be available for shipping starting 10-6)

Black Magic cardstock is black, with a colored core. By embossing the cardstock and then sanding away the raised surfaces, you bring out the core color. The results are beautiful and elegant.
GI-003 Sea Flowers was the Grand Impressabilities used, along with S4-310 Labels Eighteen.

To see how to create this piece of cardstock here is a quick video tutorial:

Spellbinders Grand Impressabilities and Core’dinations cardstock.

For those that need a direct link: Spellbinders Impressabilities and Core’dinations cardstock

Sophistication, value and maximum versatility make Spellbinders™ die
templates #1. Beautiful Details Inspiring Creativity…Spellbinders unique
triple function die templates allow you to cut, emboss, and then stencil
through the die template for unlimited possibilities. The Spellbinders Grand
Calibur® machine and Spellbinders Grand Nestabilities™ die templates cut and
emboss up to 11¾”, taking die cutting to grand proportions.
Follow
Spellbinders on Facebook , Twitter and the Spellbinders Blog.

Core’dinations ColorCore Cardstock is the only sand able cardstock with a
color core. Sand it, tear it, emboss it and so much more! The Core
Essentials line comes in over 160 colors with matching color families. Or
maybe you are looking for something a bit more contrasting like the Black
Magic or Chocolate Box collections. The sand able core will shine through the
unique black and brown colors once it is sanded. Core’dinations has also
teamed up with industry leading companies such as Pink Paislee, BasicGrey,
Graphic 45 and more to create new and unique pre-embossed cardstock that
perfectly accents their patterned papers.But there is more! Check out Core’dinations website for the new Cardmaker Series, Kraft-Core and various other wonderful cardstock lines.
Follow Core’dinations on their blog, website, and Facebook page.

Check out today’s designers:
Julie Overby
Tina McDonald
And visit the Spellbinders and Core’dinations blogs for the rest!

And of course there is winning involved!!!! Leave a comment on each designer’s blog post. Spellbinders will choose two names from all those comments and they will win!

thanks for stopping by!

~kimberly

Supplies: Spellbinders-S4-345 Picot Edge Circles, GI-003 Grand Impressabilities Sea Flower (AVAILABLE 10-6), S4-310 Labels Eighteen, Core’dinations Cardstock-Black Magic (Awake ), Color Core (Nightfall), Patterned paper-My Mind’s Eye (Lost and Found Two Sunshine 6x6), Stamps-Flourishes, Ink-Ranger (Distress Ink-Frayed Burlap), Tsukineko (Memento-Tuxedo Black), Button and Twine-personal stash

photos on Friday

Happy Friday! Have a wonderful weekend!

thanks for stopping by!

~kimberly

stamped fabric photo mat

Out shopping the other day, I saw a line of frames with fabric photo mats. They were beautiful and interesting, and of course I ran home to see if I could make my own! :)

I picked up a $5 frame at Michael’s that included a mat. Muslin fabric was cut larger than the mat. Then the corners of the fabric were cut in towards each corner of the mat, creating a mitered edge.

Wrap the fabric around the mat, working one side at a time. Scor-Pal tape was used because its holds great and because the mat would be held inside the frame.

Cut an X on the inside of the mat, where the photo would be located. Cut almost all the way to each corner. Fold each triangular part in. You might have to apply a small drop of glue to each corner of the mat to get the tuck perfect.

The fabric covered mat.

Martha Stewart has an entire new line of paints and paint tools. You really must check it all out. Amazing colors and products! These are multi-surface paints. Perfect for all my paint needs. Quick drying too, at least on muslin.

The paints are all displayed in shades of colors. I chose two that I thought were father apart. So if you are looking for contrast, grab colors that aren’t sitting right next to each other. :)

This Cling Jumbo stamp from Stampendous (Think of You) is beautiful! I knew it would be an excellent choice for this project. The paint was brushed onto the stamp surface with a foam brush. Stamp as usual. Repeat as desired.

A close up look at the stamp on the fabric.

I am thinking Christmas presents…thanks for stopping by!

~kimberly

Supplies-Stamps-Stampendous! (Cling Jumbo Think of You), Paint-Martha Stewart, Frame-Michael’s, Fabric-Hancock Fabric

a playing card challenge

Did you see the challenge up at Moxie Fab World? It’s a playing card challenge! I am jumping up and down with excitement!! I happen to know of a perfect stamp set for this challenge. *big smile* Its from Mint Motif and its called, “What a Card!”

(ok, honestly, I might also be jumping up and down because I was out in front of a trend! *another big smile* let’s face it, that doesn’t happen often!)

This set is all about card playing! So, I thought I would share a project with you today using it.

I have been stamping on wood buttons a lot lately. It’s a great way to make a very custom embellishment. Palette ink was used to stamp on these. It’s a super formula meant to work on many surfaces. The buttons I picked up in the LA Fashion District back during the bonus CHA-W adventure. :) The supply is getting low, so I will have to check out the local fabric stores here and see what is available.

Have fun with the challenge, the deadline is October 3. thanks for stopping by!

~kimberly

Supplies: Stamps-Mint Motif (What a Card!), Patterned papers-My Mind’s Eye Lost and Found 2 (Rosy 6x6), Tag-My Mind’s Eye So Sophie, Twine-Jillibean Soup, Ink-Stewart Superior Palette (L’Amour, Noir), Memento (Tuxedo Black), Ranger Distress Ink (Frayed Burlap), Buttons-LA Fashion District

photos on Friday

I went shopping at a local greenhouse and home décor store the other day and took some photos of pieces that I liked. I thought I would share them with you.
These pumpkins were cute all corrugated like cardboard. Love the wall hanging behind too.

This wall hanging was screen printed onto burlap. Swoon! Wonder if that would work with ink and stamps?

This cloche is lovely and delicate, but what really caught my eye was the burlap-wrapped votive candle holders, with text printed upon it. Definitely another idea to try!

That is a stapler! Too pretty to use! It would look awesome in a home office.

Faux carmel apples! Cute or kitschy? I can’t decide.

Another item that was cute or weird. Little planters that look like ice cream cones. Maybe writing this out makes them just weird. :)

Hope you are inspired by something today! Have a super weekend! thanks for stopping by!

~kimberly

Happy Halloween with Avocado Arts

Its hard to believe that Halloween is already approaching. The little man has his costume already. What are the odds of his changing his mind before then? :)

Todays project is simple and very easy to mail. The pumpkin, from Thankful for You, was stamped onto patterned paper and pieced together. A chevron (my absolute favorite) was stamped with watermark onto the base. The twine was way too white for this card, so I went over it with some Distressing Ink. Much better!

And my sneak peek of sorts for today. We are all giving you a peek at the next set to be released by Avocado Arts. This is outside the box. Not even close to what the next set is intended for. Is that cheating? :)

  

A closer look at the flower. The image was stamped onto kraft cardstock and cut out. The same image was stamped onto patterned paper and the middle was cut out. Which equals a funky flower. I love when I can do things like this with stamps!

Be sure and visit the rest of the team today:
Avocado Arts Blog
AJ Otto
Julia Stainton
Becky Oehlers

If you could continue to keep my mom in your prayers, we would all greatly appreciate it. Her surgery went well on Tuesday, very well. And it went as planned, which means much less hassle for her in recovery. We are hoping she can go home on Friday. Its hard to be so far away from “home” right now. Phone calls just don’t cut it.

thanks and thanks for stopping by!

~kimberly

Happy Halloween Supplies: Stamps-Avocado Arts (Thankful for You), Patterned paper-Basic Grey, Pink Paislee, Cardstock-Bazzill, Ink-Memento, Watermark, Twine-The Twinery,  Spellbinders-Label Trio

Thankful Supplies: Stamps-Avocado Arts (Thankful for You, Ho Ho’s and Holiday Blessings), Patterned paper-Authentique (Blissful), Button-Crate (Emma’s Shoppe), Twine-May Arts, Ink-Memento, Spellbinders-Label Trio, Classic Bracket Edgeabilities

scooting by to say hi

Aren’t Paper Smooches stamps just the cutest? Trendy and funky and drawn by the wonderful Kim Hughes. Spiffy Scooters is a darling, clear photopolymer set, with this image, a motorcycle, and cute building pieces to create a scene. Love that in a stamp set!

For this scooter, I stamped the image onto a couple pieces of patterned paper (My Mind’s Eye Everyday Flair) and cut out the parts I wanted to use. One thing I am sure to do with this technique, is to cut on the outside of the stamped line, to keep the image lines intact.
The wheels were colored with Copic markers. And that means that I built up the image on a stamped piece of Copic XPress paper.

Look at these cute little puffs!

Hope you had a wonderful weekend! I had a make and take at the store where I teach and we took in Orchestra Iowa on the lawn of a historical mansion here in town. It was a great weekend!

thanks for stopping by!

~kimberly

Supplies: Stamps-Paper Smooches (Spiffy Scooters), Patterned paper-My Mind’s Eye (Everyday Flair 6x6), Ink-Memento (Tuxedo Black), Copics-C0, C1, C3, C5, C7, Copic XPress Cardstock, Spellbinders- LF-110 Grand Ovals

Photos on Friday

Welcome to the second Photo Friday! These photos were taken with my phone camera again, using the same app, Hipstamatic. When my parents and sister were here for a visit, we went to a national historical site called the Amana Colonies. It’s a great community to visit. They were of German ancestry and lived communally. The buildings are still around and they are filled with wonderful stores and candy shoppes and restaurants.  There is a wonderful book store and fabric store as well. It made for a wonderful afternoon of walking outside, shopping, and hanging out together.








I should have bought these!
















Don’t you love those zinnias? Hope you have wonderful plans for the weekend!

thanks for stopping by!

~kimberly

Want to Make It Fabulous blog hop

Want2Scrap™  , Spellbinders™ Paper Arts and JustRite® Stampers Designers have teamed up to bring you an amazing four day Blog Hop Event Sept 6 -9, filled with fabulous designs that are sure to inspire all!! Each day we will be sharing a link list with you for the featured designers!

Today my project is about sisters because it is my sister’s birthday today. Happy Birthday to an amazing, supportive, hilarious sister!!

The whole project started with Eggplant colored bling from Want 2 Scrap. It is designed to work with Spellbinders S4-319 Lattice Rectangles.

ETA: Yes! The Want2Scrap bling really is that easy to use! Peel and adhere. Look at the detail from this shape!!

And then I stamped the images using JustRite Stampers Family Garden and Because I Care.


What would a blog hop be without prizes? Yes, we will also be giving away
prizes!!
*Want2Scrap will be giving away 2 $25.00 Gift
Certificates.
*Spellbinders Paper Arts  will be giving away 2 Die Template sets with a value of $24.99 each.
*JustRite Stampers will be giving away 2 Stamp Sets of the winner’s choice.

The winners will be drawn from the designer’s blogs, so be sure to visit them
all and leave a comment at each one to increase your chances of winning. The
contest for the prizes will be open until midnight Saturday, September 10th.Winners will be announced on Monday September 12th on the company blogs.

Are you new to Want2Scrap , Spellbinders Paper Arts or JustRite
Stampers? Here is a little information about all
three of these amazing companies. Each company offers a unique line of
products that work wonderfully together to make some fabulous designs.
Sophistication, value and maximum versatility make Spellbinders die
templates #1. Beautiful Details Inspiring Creativity…Spellbinders unique
triple function die templates allow you to cut, emboss, and then stencil
through the die template for unlimited possibilities. The Spellbinders Grand
Calibur® machine and Spellbinders Grand Nestabilities™ cut and emboss up to
11¾”, taking die cutting to grand proportions. Follow Spellbinders on
Facebook , Twitter and the Spellbinders Blog.

Want2Scrap™ manufacturers rhinestone lines
including the specialty Nestabling™ line along with the newly released
Nestaboard™ chipboard line that coordinates perfectly with the Spellbinders
Nestabilities® die templates. Want2Scrap also manufacturers their own line
chipboard albums and accents, acrylic albums, and multi-layered laser
designs and other fine scrapbooking products. Want2Scrap brings ease of use
and flexibility in their product lines by offering products uniquely
tailored to its customers’ needs. Follow Want2Scrap on Facebook
and the Want2ScrapBlog.

JustRite Stampers entire collection of stamps are designed to be compatible with Spellbinders die templates. JustRite Originals interlocking
stamp system allows you to mix and match borders and centers to create
dozens of design possibilities. Since the spring of 2008, JustRite Original
stamps have been designed to coordinate with the Spellbinders Nestabilities,
Decorative Elements, and Basic Shapes. In January of 2011, JustRite began introducing Cling Stamps Sets designed to coordinate with Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels.  JustRite Cling stamps are deeply etched pre-cut red rubber mounted on Static Cling Foam made in the USA . Cling sets come on a colored 8 1/2 x 6 1/2" Storage Panel for easy storage in our Cling Mini Binder Box. For thousands of ideas on projects using JustRite and Spellbinders die templates visit the JustRite Design Gallery and the JustRite Blog.  You can also follow our blog by following us on Facebook and Twitter.
Subscribe to each company’s blog!
Want2Scrap Blog, Spellbinders Paper Arts Blog and JustRite  Stampers Blog.

Today’s featured bloggers are:
Debbie Olson 
Shanna Vineyard 
Michelle Woerner 
Mimi Leinbach 
Kimberly Crawford 
Judy Hayes 
Sankari Wegman 
Dana Gustafson 
Angela Barkhouse 

Thank you, I hope you enjoy the Blog Hop. Your comment will count as an
prize entry!

~kimberly

Supplies: Spellbinders-S4-319 Lattice Rectangles, Stamps-JustRite (Family Garden, Because I Care), Want2Scrap (Eggplant Lattice Rectangles), Patterned paper-My Mind’s Eye (A Beautiful Life 6x6), Cardstock-Bazzill, Ink-Clearsnap (Colorbox Chalk-Pumpkin Spice, Dark Moss, Maroon),  Memento (Tuxedo Black)

first day of kindergarten

Its hard to believe that the little man is into his 4th week of kindergarten! He loves every minute of school and cannot wait to get out the door in the morning. Its quiet around here, but the highlight of my day is when he gets off the bus and tells me all his stories.

 

This piece is where this layout started. I used a cling stamp set from JustRite stampers called, You are the Best. It’s a great set because of all the ways you can create a fair ribbon, but also because it can be cut with Spellbinders die templates. You are the Best coordinates with Blossoms Three and Nested Pennants.

I created a notebook edge, using this hole punch and scissors technique I have shared in the past here: Video Tutorial Notebook Edge.

A couple other things to note; I used black cardstock as the base to look like a chalkboard. The flash cards were cut from the patterned paper. (My new patterned paper love. Seriously! I bought the 12x12 and the 8x8!) The photo was edited to remove color, to work with the papers.

All this week there is a blog hop going on with Spellbinders Paper Arts, JustRite Stampers, and Want 2 Scrap. My day is tomorrow, so be sure and stop back and check out all the fun, and as always, the chance to win great prizes! To see the previous days designers, check out the Spellbinders Blog.

Have a wonderful day! thanks for stopping by!

~kimberly

Supplies: Stamps-JustRite Stampers (You are the Best), Patterned paper-Graphic 45 (An ABC Primer; One Two Buckle My Shoe, Jumping Joan, The Three R’s, School Days), Cardstock-Bazzill (Beetle Black), Buttons-Nikki Sivils, Letter stickers-October Afternoon (Mini Market; Black and Cream), Jenni Bowlin, Spellbinders-Blossoms Three, Standard Circles LG