Sincerely Yours Kimberly, Farmers Market Flowers collection, and changes

Changes. Always changes. I have said that many times through the years, but this one, well, it’s the biggest one yet. As of last week, I am no longer working in the paper crafting industry, due to lay offs. For over 12 years I have been working for manufacturers, designing projects, taking photos, filming video tutorials, and more. I was published over 500 times nationally and internationally in print. 8 book and magazine covers. Became a contributing editor to Paper Crafts Magazine. Then I moved into designing the stamps, papers, and dies that I had been using for years. It has been my job, but my joy, my passion, sometimes my heartache. It has been where I have met my dearest friends. What a privilege it has all been!

Over the past few months, I have fully immersed myself in a new direction. Before I had only dabbled, but now, I know this is my next path. My next adventure. Surface pattern design is my next dream. Surface pattern design is the artwork you see on everything. From sheets to curtains. From dresses to gift wrap. It surrounds us. And it is a new challenge that has helped me find my spark of excitement and bring my creative energy back.

I have not shared much of my journey here, because honestly, I was afraid. Afraid to lose followers. That’s ridiculous. This is who I am. This is authentically me. And I am ok with me and where I am headed. My sweet friends and community on my instagram account have been so loving and supporting. They shared in my secret. In my dream. And their encouragement is why I am making the move to publicly share. 

This is scary. So scary. Yet thrilling. Putting myself out there is not comfortable for me. But I am putting myself out there for my goals. I hope you will continue to follow along. I promise to share. To continue to post beautiful images. Thank you my friends.

To follow along this journey, I encourage you to follow me Sincerely Yours Kimberly on Instagram. You will see my work, how I work, learn more about my process, and be the first to know when I launch new products and designs.

What you are seeing in this post is the very first collection I have ever designed called,

 Farmers Market Flowers. After taking an intense, online course on surface pattern design over the last couple of months, I am tackling this new dream, this new goal, this new brand, head on! It completely amazes me that I could create artwork like this! The entire process has been so very exciting and thrilling! 

My ultimate goal is to have my artwork be licensed. Either by a fabric company, a paper company, or anyone who just loves what I have created.

To begin with, my work will be available for purchase in the Spoonflower shop. Spoonflower is an incredible shop full of fabrics designed by people from all over the world. If you can dream it up, it is probably there! 

Spoonflower allows you to purchase fabric in 8x8 swatches, fat quarters, or yardage. You can also choose which fabric type you want as well. There are over 20 different types of fabrics!

Creating these mock-up images allows you and me to see how the designs look on fabric. Best part is, this past week, I got all my real fabric samples and now they are ALL available for purchase!

When designing a collection, there are usually 2 color ways, or 2 different color palettes. Because I fell in love with a couple of the different results, I ended up with quite a few designs! This second cooler color way is called Farmers Market Flowers-Anemone. 

This color way is called Farmers Market Flowers-Midday.

Again, you can get a good look at the fabrics. If you are not interested in purchasing fabrics, but love the designs. Spoonflower has a sister site called The Roostery. The Roostery has all of my designs put onto home decor items. Bedding, table wear, pillows, and more!

Thank you for all your support. So many of you have ordered already, and I mean it when I say that it means the world to me! Because it DOES! Each time I receive an order, it is a validation of my dreams. It is saying that you are spending your hard-earned dollars on something that I created from my heart and my mind. That is not lost on me. I know what a privilege each order is!

I hope that you will consider following me on Sincerely Yours Kimberly on Instagram. I share so much there. The stories and inspiration behind my designs. It is a piece of my life and my heart. <3 p="">

Sincerely Yours,

Two EXCITING announcements!

I have two incredibly exciting announcements to make about my designs!! Not only can you find my designs on many products at Society6, but now I have two more shops!

Starting today, I have fabric available for sale at Spoonflower!

You can find my shop here: Spoonflower Sincerely Yours, Kimberly

Spoonflower is a website that allows you to shop for fabrics from hundreds of designers. You can choose from over 20 different types of fabric, in any design you find in the shop.

Spoonflower takes care of the manufacturing, production, and shipping. So you will be ordering my designs, but they take care of the rest. Its wonderful for me as a beginner because I can learn how designs look best and not worry about the rest. I earn a small commission on every yard that is ordered.

Rainbows by Sincerely Yours, Kimberly

now available as fabric!

I have a very small start with this one fabric design, but I will be adding more very soon!

Along with Spoonflower, is its sister site, Roostery. This shop allows you to order many household items with my designs. You can choose from pillows, to curtains, to napkins, to placemats, and more!

 My Roostery shop can be found here: Roostery Sincerely Yours, Kimberly

Rainbows Throw Pillows

The throw pillows come in two different styles.

Rainbows Bedding

Sheets, duvet covers, and pillow shams are available.

Rainbows Napkins

The napkins come in standard sizes, but also cocktail size as well.

And finally, placemats! Thanks to my sister-in-law, I have quite a few ideas for these in the days ahead! 

Dear friends, thank you as you continue to support me in all my creative adventures! All the orders you have placed (WOW!) and all your sweet messages mean the world! This is all so exciting and new and scary, and having wonderful friends in my corner lifts me up so! Hugs to each of you!

Sincerely Yours,

Valentine's Day Decor - We R Memory Keepers Fabric Quill

Love is in the air! I have always loved decorating for holidays, and other than Christmas, the most decor I have is for Valentine's Day. Is it because I am 100% a sappy romantic? Probably? That red is my favorite color? Yep. Is it because the heart image has always been one of my favorite icons? Totally! 

We R Memory Keepers has some pretty amazing tools out there right now. Using several of them, I was able to create this adorable banner. And honestly, it didn't take me very much time at all! Good tools help make that happen. And I don't know about you, but I sure love sitting down and creating and having everything work well and end up with a successful project! 

I began by adding color to my canvas banners with the Cordless Marker Airbrush. Using both pink and orange made an interesting background. I also like how subtle the color ended up being once it dried on the fabric. 

Then I used the new Fabric Quill to draw the hearts on each part. Well, I didn't draw them, my Silhouette drew them with a pink marker in the Fabric Quill Kit. The Fabric Quill comes with an adapter for each major digital die cutting machine and markers. It utilizes the pen tool feature of the machine. The results are pretty darn great and I was really impressed!

I grabbed The Works All-In-One Tool to create the tassels. That tool has every possible paper crafting need you could have-all in one tool that is the size of a paper trimmer. One that's been folded in half! I added some punched hearts, letter stickers, and enamel shapes to finish things off. This looks SO cute hanging in our kitchen over the table!

I have a full and complete tutorial on the We R Memory Keepers blog. I also have some peeks on my Instagram account (@kimberlystamps). I love sharing quick tips and tricks with you in the stories. Plus, you can see my fat cat and my handsome teenager often too. :D

Sincerely Yours,

Supplies used. Affiliate links. Thanks for the support!

stamping on fabric - MFTv

This week's episode of MFTv is about stamping on fabric using the MFT Stamps Hybrid Inks. The Hybrid inks are formulated for a surface such as this, and look at how beautifully the image details shine through. The fabric sheets are new to the MFT Stamps store and are self-adhesive! Paired with the adorable images and dies from Snuggle Bunnies, you end up with a soft, sweet card, full of texture!

Watch the video Stamping on Fabric and see how to also color in your stamped images with Hybrid Inks. So much fun!

thanks for stopping by!

kimberly

Supplies:

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favorite altered items of 2011

Today it’s a look back at a few of my favorite altered items from the past year. Hope you enjoy!

Boo to You: Avocado Arts, stitching over your stamping

Hydrangea Frame: Stampendous, with video tutorial

Video tutorial: Coloring with Distressing Inks

Faux Slatted Wood frame

Stamped fabric photo mat

Snow globe with Avocado Arts

Coffee Cozies: Spellbinders

thanks for stopping by!

~kimberly

favorite cards of 2011

Happy New Year! I hope that your year is off to a wonderful start! It seemed like it would be fun to share some of my favorite projects from the past year. Today cards, then altered items, and scrap pages. Its fun to look back and remember all the projects and ideas and work! If the link is worth visiting, I added it underneath the card. Some of the projects have video tutorials, so there are links for those as well. Enjoy!

CardMaker Magazine blog post: Faux Letterpress, Spellbinders, Hero Arts, my very first blog post on the blog team

Faux Letterpress: Spellbinders, with video tutorial
Video tutorial: Faux Letterpress

Sorry, this project has been removed for publication. :)
friends: a favorite publication reject

just saying hello: another reject, and its ok :)

another hello: resist embossing technique

Sorry, this project has been removed for publication. :)
those you hold well: Moxie Fab World challenge card

my favorite pattern-chevron: Spellbinders, Mint Motif

SORRY! This project had to be removed for publication. :)
Look for it in the June 2012 issue of CARDS magazine.

thank you: die cutting felt, Spellbinders, Technique Tuesday, Kaiser Craft


pair of socks: Avocado Arts

the little things: Hero Arts, with video tutorial
Video tutorial: Acrylic block stamping
Its great to be back home after visiting both sets of families in MN last week. We had a great time celebrating Christmas and eating way too much good food! Snow tubing and ice fishing, board game playing, and movie watching also rounded out our time together. Its tough to get back into the groove of things! CHA is approaching quickly, which means tons of artwork to complete. The Spellbinders Abilities and Beyond Blog Frenzy is also on its way…oooh fun stuff to share! It means that the old blog here will be a bit neglected again, but I am learning to say no, even to posting. :)
thanks for stopping by and for all of your comments, encouragement, and emails!!!
~kimberly