CardMaker Blog Team Hop: Metallic Inspirations

Today its all about the bling and anything shiny. Bling is not really my thing, though, so I put a little twist on it.



I embossed a piece of foil with a Spellbinders MBossabilities and then sanded away the raised edges with a sanding tool. See, shiny, but not. :) And to counteract the shiny even more, some twine and a button were added. :) The patterned paper is from my all-time favorite Christmas line from Basic Grey, Jovial. Sadly, it is not available anymore.

Check out the rest of the fabulous team, because I know some of them embraced the bling!

• CardMaker Magazine Blog
• Anya Schrier
• Carolyn King
• Colleen Schaan
• Glynda Wyatt
• Jennie Harper
• Kimberly Crawford *you are here*
• Trudy Sjolander

thanks for stopping by!


~kimberly

P.S. all the personal stuff…we spent a wonderful weekend in MN with my family. I got plenty of snuggles with my nephew, who is almost 5 months old now. And enjoyed some mom and dad cooking. :)

On a sad note, I taught my last class at my LSS tonight. Sadly, it is closing at the end of the month. I will miss it and the lovely ladies that I have had the privilege of getting to know the past couple of years. Please remember to support your local store.

amazing day

Stop on over to the Crafty Power Blog  today and find out more about what the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L team is up to with Core’dinations Cardstock! Blog hopping, winning, eye candy, and all that good stuff!

thanks for stopping by!

~kimberly

Paper Crafts Magazine: Stamp It! 3 Ways Blog Hop

Welcome to the Stamp It! 3 Ways blog hop! This new special issue from Paper Crafts magazine is now available. Its stamping, all stamping!! What I love about this issue is how its set up. Three designers were given the same stamp set and they each created a card based on their own style. The creative ways each designer used the stamps is astounding! So much creativity! And so many ways to be inspired to use stamp sets in your stash.



Today I am using one of the stamp sets I used in the issue, My Mind’s Eye Lost and Found Princess stamps.



I stamped the pennants onto white cardstock with aqua ink. Then I added a piece of twine to the card base. Each of the pennants was cut out and foam mounted to the card. The butterfly was stamped with yellow ink, cut out and foam mounted. The sentiment fit perfectly between the embossed details.

The embossing on the background was created by Spellbinders Paper Arts latest; M-Bossabilities!! These dual-sided embossing folders are brilliant and create such a deep impression! This folder is called Elite. M-Bossabilities will be available for ordering at CHA-W. So look for them soon at your favorite store!!

Check out these talented stampers and see what they have created for today!
Jaclyn Miller
Julie Masse
Laura Williams
Heidi Van Laar
Emily Leiphart
Mariana Grigsby
Julia Stainton
Sarah Moerman
Karen Baker
Laura O’Donnell
Kelley Eubanks
Kimberly Crawford *you are here*

Congrats for making it this far on the hop! :) For your persistence, how about a giveaway? I have a copy of Stamp It! 3 Ways to give to one reader! Leave a comment on this post telling me your current favorite stamp set or stamping technique. You have until Sunday, January 29, at 12 midnight to leave a comment. I will draw a winner when I return from CHA on Feb 3. The winner will be announced sometime on that day.

AND there is an uber-amazing, cannot believe they are giving away all the stamp sets used in the issue give away on the Paper Crafts Connection blog!!! So be sure and leave a comment there for a chance to win too!!

thanks for stopping by!

~kimberly

Supplies:

• Stamps-My Mind’s Eye (Lost and Found 2 Princess)
• Spellbinders-M-Bossabilities (Elite)
• Ink-Clearsnap (Colorbox Chalk-Canary, Turquoise), Memento (Tuxedo Black)
• Twine-The Twinery

This is a scheduled post as I am in California for CHA.