Happy Birthday, Bring On The Magic

Hi guys, I'm up on the Blogger with a Challenge from Art Impressions Blog.  Their challenge this week is CELEBRATION: make something that you celebrate so I made this cute birthday card.

I made this card using lots of stamps, a repurposed packaging from a crafty order, some splatters and a cute fairy drinking her coffee (obviously it's her free birthday coffee from SB)!

This came together so fast, it was one of those creative moments after looking at the brown packaging from an order I just received in the mail.  It was so smooth and didn't get wrinkled at all during shipping and I thought to myself, self what can you use this for and all of the sudden I was making a card with it.  The colors were perfect for this cute little fairy image a friend had sent me a few weeks ago that was actually sitting on my desk and wow did it really work for this project!

I started off by cutting the brown packaging down to an 1/8 of an inch smaller than an A2 size and added it to a solid piece of brown card stock cut to an A2 card base.

I then went through some of my birthday stamps and grabbed a few I thought would work and went to town stamping the background.  I also included a couple of my "background" stamps I use specifically for making backgrounds and they really worked great together.

I added some white acrylic splatters (fun tip: I ordered a set of 3 empty nail polish bottles off of amazon...really small with a ball inside...I add some acrylic paint with a bit of water to the bottle and have it sitting on my desk for when I want to make splatters.  It saves a lot of waste at least for me, I'm a heavy hand when pouring acrylic paint and I usually wipe up the rest from my glass board so a huge waste for me.  I love these little bottles because you can put any color inside...here is a link to them (non affiliated) in case you want to order a set).

After the splatters I added the fairy image and some bling and called it done!  Thanks for hanging out with me today.  I hope I inspired you to get into your crafty space and make a card for someone special today!

Stay crafty,

Kimberly 

Halloween inspired card from KCS Design images

Today I am making a card using images from KCS Designs over on Etsy.  I used the same collection (different images) last month for a dimensional art journal page.  This time I am using the collections for a quick and easy card to show how versatile her images are to create with.

This card came together so fast and just goes to show you don't have to spend all day in your craft room to make one card (why yes, yes I have done that)!  I will leave links below for all the items I used for making this quick card.

I started out with 2 images from KCS Designs and since the ghost is a PNG I was able to layer them onto one another in my PAGES (you can do it in WORD as well). I resized them how I wanted and then I added a text box to the top (adding a gradient to the box and picked a font I wanted).  I found the saying on line and loved it so I typed it into the text box, sized it and lined it up to where I wanted it.

I hopped into my stash and grabbed two 6x6 papers and cut them down to an A2 card size (and the other slightly smaller) so I could layer them.  I added the card topper I just made and adhered it together.

I reached back into my stash, grabbed a stitched die set and die cut the word BOO! I used the same paper I used for the layering so it would be cohesive.  I added the spider and the tiny stars to the bottom and called it DONE!  I am not mad at it and it was super fast to put together.

ITEMS USED

1. IMAGES - CUTE HALLOWEEN GHOST & HARVEST LANE PAPERS = KCS DESIGNS (ESTY)
2. BACKGROUND PAPER, SPOOKTACULAR = BRASS & BLISS 
3. BACKGROUND PAPER, GINGHAM JEWEL TONES = SUNNY STUDIO
4. STITCHED ALPHA (BOO) = BRASS & BLISS

I hope I inspired you to get into your crafty space and make a spooktacular card the season.

Stay crafty!

Kimberly

Halloween Art Journal Page - Haunted 31 - KCS Designs Instagram Hop!

Hey guys I'm on the Blogger as part of the Design Team for KCS Designs by Kim, we are up on Instagram with a Hop and a chance to win a $25 gift card from her shop!  The hop is on September 23, 2026 starting at 8:am.  So come join us, let us know what collection you like the best and have a chance to win a gift card! Here is a link to my IG so you can hop along with us!

Today I am starting with another art journal page with lots of dimension, using a couple of Halloween collections.  The first one I used was from her HARVEST LANE PAPERS.  These background papers are perfect for a fall or halloween themed card or art journal page don't you think?

I then downloaded her CUTE HALLOWEEN GHOST collection.  These paired so perfectly with the background papers! I put the background papers in my PAGES and sized it to what I needed and then added the PNG file from the CUTE HALLOWEEN GHOST and sized it and arranged it down on the left corner by the pumpkins that were in the paper.

I really didn't have to do much after printing it, I added a spider web with a stencil and a light hand, stamped the clear bats and the smaller black bats that are flying upwards (she did have one bat on the background paper so those really went well with it).  I also added one more bigger bat from my stash.  

I found this scary tree that I had in my box of goodies for-EVER so when I saw that it was perfect for this page I grabbed it, cut it in half and put one on each side.  I found the numbers "31" that was Halloween themed and wanted to put that in the bottom right corner to balance the page.  

The last of the Halloween goodies I pulled where those cute spiders with googly eyes...EEEK! They were perfect for what I wanted to do to the outside to frame the page.  I also used my 2" hole punch and made a moon, shading it with some GATHERED TWIGS distressed oxides.

Before putting it all together I glued the background paper (with the cute PNG ghost) to a page in my book.  I then put a self healing mat on top and used the previous blank page of the book to add some distressed oxides in DUSTY CONCORD, SEEDLESS PRESERVE, GATHERED TWIGS, BLACK SOOT and then I took a cutting tool and cut the middle out of it and proceeded to tear it.  Then I used the same spider web stencil with some VERSAMARK ink and some HERO ARTS embossing powder in BLACK.  I LOVED how that turned out. 

 

I then put foam tape behind that and taped it down to my background paper.  I adhered all the Halloween goodies to the page and added the spiders and bling and then called it DONE!  I am not mad at it!

Thanks so much for hanging out with me today and I hope you head over to this month's KCS Design's Instagram Hop and get inspired!

Stay Crafty

Kimberly  

Warm Christmas Wishes - Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #57

Hey guys I'm up on the Blogger with a card for the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #57.  If you are a coffee lover (or hot cocoa or even tea) and love to make themed cards this challenge is for you!  Click on the link and join in on the fun and inspiration and a chance to win a prize every month!

I pulled an OLD SCHOOL trick and burnt the edges of that burlap "paper" and then adhered it onto a piece of gold foiled card stock.  I Added the stamped sentiment and a die cut word "SENDING" on top of a curved banner and added the chipboard sticker on top with the pine cones.  So quick and easy...I am so behind on making Christmas cards that these quick and easy ones are for me this year!

Here is what I used for my card:

Images = BRUSH ART DESIGN1 (on Etsy)

Sentiment = YOUR NEXT STAMP (retired)

Banner die = ARDEN SEASON OF JOY(sticker/retired)

Sending word die = cut from my Cricut

Well thanks for hanging out with me, I hope I inspired you to get into your craft space and get some of those Christmas cards prepped because Christmas is going to be here before you know it!

Stay crafty 

Kimberly