Art Journaling - A broken heart still beats in silence

Hey guys, I'm up on the Blogger with a brand new PNG from KCS Designs!  I was just brought on to be on her Design Team and I am super excited about it.  Her designs are so good and are so easy to download and use.  Here is a link to her Etsy shop, head over and check out her stuff. 

This Goth girl is from the HER HAUNTED DREAMS collection and I absolutely love her!  I will say this is my very fist Goth journal page and I am not mad at it!

I started out with sending the image over to my cricut Joy 2 so that I didn't have to fussy cut her.  I love the Joy 2 just for that reason alone!  It cut very detailed and even got the strands of her hair.  After letting the Joy do all that work I set her aside and started on the background.

I rolled the background with some HICKORY SMOKE and BLACK SOOT Distressed oxides with a brayer.  

I grabbed some of my favorite background stamps from:

• STUDIO LIGHT (Grunge collection, clock background - it is one of my FAVORITE stamps right now) 
• PAPERARTSY (EM108)
• BACK PORCH MEMORIES (retired)
• GRUNGE TEXTURES - Amazon

I then added some Shimmeringz in BRONZED BOMBSHELL and some RUSTY HINGE from Ranger and let it dry.

I hopped into my 49 and Market, MOON LIT GARDEN (the paper lace, the greenery, the swirls and the number tags).  I also downloaded some Ephemera bits and pieces from another shop on Etsy by My White Cat Journal, they paired perfectly with my focal image!

I am not mad at it and I can't wait to use more of KCS Designs images on my art journaling pages!

I really appreciate you guys hanging out with me today on my new art journal journey.  I hope I inspired you to get in your craft room and get messy!

Stay Crafty,

Kimberly

Coffee and Gansta Rap

Hey guys I'm up on the Blogger with this month's Just For Giggles IG hop.  If you know me you know that I just love funny and snarky cards!  If you love to make funny, punny or snarky cards this hop is for you.  It's once a month and anyone can join in the fun.  Click this LINK and head over to my IG to join in on the hop and get some giggles in today!

Today I decided to download one of the PNG's that I purchased off of Etsy.  Soooo, I am new to PNG's and I kind of went crazy on buying them.  I mean so inexpensive, you get multiple images and they take up zero room.  So the days I am not in a mood to pull out my Copic or Spectrum Noir markers I can reach into my newly acquired stash of PNG's.

I picked my latest download called FUNNY CARTOON CAFFEINATED QUIRKY BIRDS by HBM Clipart.  If you are interested in PNG's they have a lot to offer, just click on the link.

I used 2 birds for this caffeinated card.  The parrot is so vibrant and the cup it's holding left enough room for one of my stamps, COFFEE AND GANSTA RAP.  That stamp has been in my stash forever.  It was small enough to fit into that cup...but the great thing about PNG's is you can resize them to any size you need so if it didn't fit I could just adjust the bird to size!  The brown bird had a cup that already said "speed mode engaged" so I thought the two sentiments on the cups went well.  I did reach for my fine colored pens and just gave their feathers a little more dimension along with a bit of Copic to help.

After I printed and added some flicks of the markers I used a die from my stash that I had gotten off of Amazon...it's quirky so it went perfectly.  I also used a postage die from Scrapbook.com with papers from Whimsy stamps and Brass and Bliss.  Both are the top 2 companies I love to buy from!

After adhering everything together I printed out the sentiment and added some glossy accents to the whip, the eyes and the coffee beans and called it D-O-N-E!

I hope I was able to make you giggle with this card and don't forget to head over to the Hop for some more funny/punny/snarky inspiration.

Stay crafty!

Kimberly 

Happy Holidays - Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge

Hey guys,  I'm so happy to be a guest designer this month for the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge Blog!  If you are a coffee lover this blog and challenge is for you!  Each month they host a challenge, challenging you to make a Christmas card using either coffee or hot cocoa/tea themed card.  I am a huge coffee lover and I also have a love for coffee cards.  My stash of coffee/hot cocoa and tea is HUGE!  So I was super excited when I was asked to guest design for this month!

I actually made a pretty simple card, because sometimes, life needs simple.  I have recently really gotten into digi stamps.  I think it's more out of the necessity of using less space in my craft room because I have no more space to use...I know I can't be the only one like that.  So today I downloaded a digi image from Angie Bloom Digital Designs, called LOVE YOU MORE, GIRL.

After I downloaded the image I popped it into Canva and put the Christmas tree behind it (the tree is part of Canva's elements) and then added the window in front of her so make it look like you are looking in seeing her relaxed and cozy by the tree sipping on her coffee, or hot cocoa.   The window actually comes with the digi stamp set.  I then downloaded the image to my computer, put it into my PAGES and printed it on some 110lb white card stock.

I used my Copic and Spectrum Noir Tri-blends to color her.  I then used some distressed oxide from Tim Holtz in Mustard Seed to give the tree a glow.

After coloring I reached into my Arden SEASON OF JOY collection and grabbed the frames in green and red to balance the card, added the gold foil card stock and the HAPPY HOLIDAYS sentiment (again from Arden's Season of Joy collection).  I did add a sketchy boarder around it using my fine point black pen just to make it pop.

Well that does it for this digi Christmas card.  I hope I inspired you to dig out those coffee inspired stamps and dies and head over to Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge and join in on the fun.

Stay crafty my friends,

Kimberly

Thanks pocket and floral card

Hey guys I'm on on the Blogger with another card for the Pammies Inky Pinkies Challenge 2610 where anything goes.  Click the link to join in on the fun, get inspiration and a fun prize!

I used a digi stamp from LOTV Digi Stamp over on Etsy.  This was so easy to download and print, cut and  use!  I added some 3D tulip stickers and a few sprig die cuts along with some paper from Stamperia - House of Roses collection. 

This card was so fun and easy to make.  Thanks for hanging out with me today and I hope I inspired you to put a smile on someone's face by making them a handmade card.

Stay crafty my friends,

Kimberly