let's flamingle

Is there anything better than a punny card? Well, maybe a card with a flamingo! For this week's 

We R Memory Keepers design team project, I used the new Word Punch Board and Happy Jig. The new Word Punch Board will rock your card making, scrapbooking, and planner world!!! Any words you want, punched out from any papers you want. Yessssssss!

Feeling all beachy and summery, I knew I wanted to create a flamingo with the Happy Jig wire tool. The instructions for the flamingo come in the instruction booklet included in the tool. How cute is that?! Having this adorable embellishment required a great sentiment, but I did not have any stamps that worked. Which is where the Word Punch Board came in awfully handy. DIY sentiment. Whoop!

Add in some sand paper for the beach texture and you have one fun card to mail to someone! For more details, visit the We R Memory Keepers Blog.

P.S. I hope you are following me on Instagram the handle @kimberlystamps! I share so much there. With the stories feature, I try and share small clips of projects and tools, plus a ton about our garden and whatever else is happening. To make it super easy, there is a button you can click on the right side of my blog that will allow you to follow me instantly. I would LOVE to see you there! :D

Sincerly Yours,

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Father's Day Card - tie candy holder with FREE template

Dads and chocolate, and also in our case, grandpas and chocolate! Its a great combination and makes for a super fun Father's Day card! With the FREE template I have provided and your We R Memory Keepers Fuse tool, it is easy to create!

To start with, print this FREE template using the link to download HERE:

Father's Day Candy Tie Template

Cut the tie from the paper, making sure to leave the outer edges of the paper intact(so it maintains its basic shape for more tracing). Trace the tie onto patterned paper and cut out. Using the left-over paper from the tie template, as a guide, place it over a Fuse Clear Sheet. Trace along the edge of the paper with the Fuse to create the candy pocket. Do not seal the top, so that the candy can be pushed inside the tie-shaped pocket. For more tips on creating this candy tie with ease, visit the 

We R Memory Keepers Blog.

Customize your card with letter stickers, papers, and more. This is a fun project and tasty too! I love when my design team assignments are exactly what I need to create at the moment. And of course the chocolate doesn't hurt either. Hey, I am my father's daughter. :D

Sincerly Yours,

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We R Memory Keepers Evolution Advanced

The details that embossing folders and dies add to cards is pretty incredible! It gets even better when its easy to change from embossing to cutting! I hate fumbling around with all the plates. It seems like I always create the wrong sandwich. The We R Memory Keepers Evolution eliminates the need for all the changing. By turning a simple knob on the side of the machine, you go from embossing to cutting in no time. With the same plates!

Visit the We R Memory Keepers blog for a closer look at the machine, and all the details on how to create these cards with amazing texture and shine!

thanks for stopping by!

kimberly

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DIY Cupcake Stands

Long time, no see! I have been SO busy creating and making, but haven't had the time to share with you! Hang on, because you will be getting a bunch of posts from me over the next few days! And soon, so very soon, I will be sharing a HUGE secret I have been keeping. :D

Over on the We R Memory Keepers Blog, I have these adorable cupcake stands! My love for cupcakes runs deep, as well as my love for cake stands! With the new DIY Party Board, look at what you can create! I love the DIY Party Board for so many reasons-it makes party hats, cupcake wrappers, ice cream cone wrappers and more! Visit the blog for all the details on how to make these. And, its easy!

thanks for stopping by!

kimberly

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3 ways to use embossing folders or my love of pineapples

 I am thrilled to be sharing a fun post over at the Scrapbook & Cards Today Magazine blog on their Card Cafe Thursday! Stop over and learn three ways to use your embossing folders, and see how deep my love for pineapples truly is!

thanks for stopping by!

~kimberly

Trend watching from CHA

CHA was an absolute blast! Hard to complain about sunshine, temps in the 70's and 80's and palm trees! It truly was wonderful to see friends and new products! (and eat out and not have to cook...) I thought I would share with you the trends I noticed at the show. And I will be back soon with all my favorites in another post. Well, these are all on that list too, but I have even more cool things to share!

1. Gold, gold, gold!

From washi tape, to vellum, to gold foil papers! It's all about the gold! Watch for other metallics sneaking in too.

Gold Doilies-Studio Calico

Washi tape-Little B

Foil papers-Fancy Pants

Gold bows-Maya Road

Vellum-WR Memory Keepers

2. Pinks
Bright and intense, pale and soft, and everything in between, pretty much everyone had a shade of pink.

Bright-American Crafts Amy Tangerine Plus One

Basic Grey-Highline

In the middle-Lawn Fawn Hello Sunshine and Polka Dots

Chickaniddy-Twirly Girly

Sorry, my photo was awful.

3. Black as the neutral. 

We have watched this move from kraft to grey and now black.  All the vivid colors being shown this time around are really popping against the black.

Pink Paislee-Hello Sunshine

Simple Stories-DIY Boutique

Basic Grey-Highline

4. Brush script or handwriting

Love this trend. Its stemming from the chalkboard trend. Which moved us into using handwriting and drawn fonts. I love this. Big time.

Basic Grey-Highline 

This is a background stamp, but there is the same design in the patterned paper from the collection.

WR Memory Keepers/Lifestyle Crafts-6x6 Embossing Folder

American Crafts Amy Tangerine Plus One

Technique Tuesday stamps

5. Chalkboard

Yay! So happy to have this one continue.

Penny Black

My Mind's Eye-Chalk Studio

Melissa Frances

American Crafts-DIY Shop

There is so much more goodness in this line!

Martha Stewart-these are new reusable silk screen stencils and washable chalk paint, simply wipe away with water and add your next design!

6. Shaped enamel dots and gems

Fun ways to expand your basic dot collection!

Basic Grey-Spice Market

Basic Grey-Capture

My Mind's Eye-Now and Then

7. Stencils

By far the biggest trend I saw. Everywhere. Used with inks, sprays, modeling pastes, and a million more creative ideas.

Hazel and Ruby-repositionable stencils! Peel, use, remove, use again and again!

Jillibean Soup. Again repositionable, but they also have coordinating stamps!!

Mod Podge/Plaid Crafts

Heidi Swapp/Pink Paislee-mini stencils! How cute!

Other observations:

• Washi tape-metallics, shaped, sheets for die cutting
• Arrows
• Dies for everything
• Lots of basics-stripes updated with diagonals and thick stripes, and polka dots updated with hearts
• Pocket page scrapbooking-tons, loving the die templates from Technique Tuesday to make your own cards
• Home decor-chalkboards, pallet wood for altering, canvas items
• Woodgrain-real wood sheets, decoratively cut 12x12 wood sheets, wood 3x4 cards, woodgrain papers, stencils, stamps

There you have it. My look at the trends from CHA. See anything that looks fun? Anything you cannot wait to get your hands on? Stay tuned for more paper crafty goodness!

thanks for stopping by!

~kimberly