Halloween FREEBIE from KCS Designs by Kim

Hi guys, I'm up on the Blogger with a cute Halloween Art Journal page and a FREEBIE from KCS Designs by Kim.

I had so much fun making this art journal page and I loved playing with all of the distressed oxides and stencils with this one.  I even used a FREE printable from KCS Designs by Kim (click here) for these fun Halloween words, or here to check out all of her other designs in her Etsy shop.  This download has all the colorful Halloween colors and words and is so easy to print out so you can have all the fun spooky words for all your Halloween cards and art pages or layouts!

For this page I used:

• Distressed Oxides in: Squeezed Lemonade, Wild Violet, Twisted Citron, Carved Pumpkin and Blueprint sketch
• Vicki Boutin's Color wheel in the Reds/oranges and the Blue/Greens
• Stencil from Whimsy Studios - Beaded Curtain Stencil (retired)
• Star Stencil from Scrapbook. com
• The Halloween words from KCS Designs By Kim
• The Fairy Witch from a Quirky Fairy Clipart on Etsy

I had the miscellaneous ephemera pieces from an Amazon order...I love how I made her look like she is walking out of the door to get into some Halloween mischief. 

I hope I was able to inspire you to get into your crafty space and make something that makes you happy, and don't forget to click the link and get the free download for your Halloween craft needs.

Stay crafty

Kimberly 

Halloween treat bag tag

Hey guys I'm up on the Blogger with a fun mixed media Halloween treat bag tag featuring KCS Designs by Kim. This is part of her new Fall/Halloween Collection, I will leave links below on all the stuff I used.

How CUTE is this little witch??? This Peculiar Halloween Society Surreal Characters collection is so GOOD!

I sized her to fit on this tiny treat bag that I made into a tag, I don't think she was much bigger than 3". I printed the image out and fussy cut it. I set her aside and I used a spiderweb stencil to do the background. I added the black cat, the material buttons and the word ABRACADABRA, because doesn't she just look like she would put a spell on you! 

I also pulled out this stamp (love the fancy bracketed frame around the sentiment) and I stamped it and heat embossed it in fine gold and adhered it to the bag along with the image and buttons. I punched a hole in the top to make a tag, added the ric rack ribbon and the hole enforcer and called it done!

• Image of Girl with halloween dress -  Peculiar Halloween Society Surreal Characters
• Ink - Black Soot distressed ink from Tim Holtz
• Happy Haunting Stamp - Prima Marketing, Juliet Nutting Witchy Poo stamp set 
• Embossing Powder in Fine Gold - WOW Embossing 
• Spiderweb stencil - Carta Bella (retired)
• ABRACADABRA sentiment - GOOSEBUMPS Collection from Pretty Little Studio
• Black rubber cat - from my stash
• Felt Buttons - Joanne's (that's how long I had them and was so happy to finally use them up)

I hope I inspired you to get into your crafty space and make some cute Halloween tags for this season or a goodie bag for a Halloween Party.

Thanks for hanging out with me,

Stay Crafty 

Kimberly 

Halloween Tag - Happy Haunting

Hey guys I'm up on the Blogger with a fun mixed media Halloween tag featuring KCS Designs by Kim.  This is part of her new Fall/Halloween Collection and I will leave links below on all the stuff I used.

I was in a messy mood and I have really been in a Halloween mood lately as well, so this was so fun to work on!

I started out with a tag I cut out using my Joy2 from Cricut (appx. 6x4").  I added some distressed sprays, let them dry and then came in with a stencil and some modeling paste.  I love how the modeling paste soaks up the colors from the sprays. 

While letting that dry I printed out both of the images from KCS Designs by Kim onto some rice paper and fussy cut them.  After the modeling paste dried I added the background with some rice paper glue, let that set and dry and then added the spiderweb and the wired gold glitter ribbon.  I added the image of the girl up on some foam tape and adhered her down...I mean how cute is that Halloween dress!

I reached into my stamps and found this HAPPY HAUNTING stamp from Prima Marketing that I thought was perfect.  I stamped and fussy gut it, popped it up on some foam tape, added the black ribbon to the top of the tag and called it done!

• Background paper - Autumn Lingers 
• Image of Girl with halloween dress - Peculiar Halloween Society Clip Art
• Distress sprays - Tim Holtz in Ground Espresso,  Frayed Burlap
• Modeling paste (from Amazon)
• Tiny spiderweb die (retired)
• Wired gold glitter ribbon (from Hobby Lobby)

I hope I inspired you to get into your crafty space and make some cool, scary and/or cute Halloween projects!

Thanks for hanging out with me,

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  

Art Journal - Her Spirit Flows like Stardust

Hey guys I'm up on the Blogger with another art journaling page as part of the Design Team for KCS Designs by Kim.  Click on the link to her Etsy shop so you can take a look at all of her amazing printable images and backgrounds.  

Today I am playing with the HIPPIE DAZE clip art collection.  These hippie chics are so awesome and the colors she used for them, yes please!  I paired it with her Word Snippest: SHE IS collection. 

I started with the background using a brayer with lots of distressed oxides in: BROKEN CHINA, CANDIED APPLE, CRACKED PISTACHIO, GROUND ESPRESSO, PEACOCK FEATHERS, SALVAGED PATINA, SPICED MARMALADE.  I came in with my soft brushes and added the same colors on top...I loved how it turned out!

 

I then jumped into my stash and grabbed a stamp set from Whimsy Stamps called FANTABULOUS and stamped the background using each word in that set.  I used Versifine Clair NOCTURNE to stamp them...I mean how fun are these stamps!  

After stamping I reached into a tiny book I had of papers and PET tape, I got off of Amazon, with colors that matched this Hippie Chic perfectly!  I used the two PET pieces that had the brown curved branches with flowers and cut one in half and used one on each side for a bit of balance.  I then took the papers from that pack and cut these super cool flowers that I was gifted from a friend, I mean talk about hippie flowers, they remind me of the florals from the 60's.  I adhered a couple of different once together to create some dimension.  

I set them aside and went to work on my stenciling using STAMPERS ANONYMOUS - HOCS POCUS stencil. Since the quote says HER SPIRIT FLOWS LIKE STARDUST, I thought this stencil worked fabulously!  I used some white modeling paste with the stencil and with me doing it on top of the distressed oxides it reacted a bit with the modeling paste, ever so slightly and turned the stars the same color as the background ink which was super cool to watch!  

While letting that dry, I fussy cut the Hippie Chic and adhered her to some foam tape to give her some dimension.  I then placed the flowers, the butterflies, that I punched using a butterfly punch, and the same papers I cut for the flowers and placed everything where I wanted and adhered it down.

It was missing a bit of something so I added the thread to pull out that teal color in her and balance the page.  I am not mad at it!

I absolutely love these two collections from KCS Designs by Kim.  I hope I inspired you to get into your crafty space and get a bit messy today.  Thanks for hanging out with me!

Stay Crafty,

Kimberly 

Dream & Discover - Art Journal

Hey guys I'm up on the Blogger with another art journaling page featuring one of KCS Designs by Kim images.  I am in love with this collection and so lucky to be part of her DT!  Here is a link to her shop to check out all of her fantastic images and backgrounds.

The Wistful Petals Journal Papers is one of my favorite collections from her shop.  I started out with an insert from my journal page, it's 140lb A5 paper with pre-cut holes that fits perfectly into my art journal.  I purchased off Amazon (link here, no affiliate - if you are looking for journaling pages that take wet and dry medium fabulously, this is it)!

I started off with a stencil and used a very light hand with some CTMH ink in the color of JOURNEY.  I wanted to pull just a little bit of the blue in her eyes out onto the page.  I then inked the background with some distressed oxides in SCATTERED STRAW.  

I just got some new background stamps from Amazon and wanted to use them with a few of my older stamps I have in my stash.  One of them is a HERO ARTS stamp set...that sun and title was perfect for this page!

After stamping up the background I wanted to add the look of newspaper print or book print.  I have an old dictionary, that I've had laying around for YEARS...it was my dad's.  I was torn on whether to use it or not but it was just collecting dust and he was so talented in the every aspect of art so me using this feels like part of him is with me and he wouldn't mind, so I tore a page out of it starting with the word BEAUTY.  I tore it in 3 separate sections and layered it out on my page.  I was trying not to cover up all the background work I did but sometimes that just happens and that's ok.

I printed out the image I chose from Kim's collection onto rice paper and fussy cut it.  I then adhered it to a 65lb white card stock to give it a little bit more structure.  When I use wet glue on my images I use the glue on the back AND the front and when I do that with rice paper it makes the image more contrasting with the colors which is why I didn't just print it on the 65lb paper to begin with.

I reached into my smaller paper pads and found a coordinating color that seemed to match her flowers.  I added a white along with a FRENCH WINE color acrylic paint to come up with a color I felt wasn't too light or too dark in order to pull out some of the other colors in the image. I added some brush strokes of color to the paper let it dry and die cut some flowers.  I then reached into my collection of threads and pulled out my BLACK thread and added it to the middle of the flower.  I wanted to blend in some of the wispiness of her hair and the black sketch lines of the flowers in her hair and I think it worked.

Finally, I adhered all the flowers down and then popped the image up on some foam tape and called it done!  I am not mad at it!! 

Thanks for hanging out with me today and don't forget to head over to KCS Designs by Kim and check out her shop.  I hope I inspired you to get into your crafty space and be creative today!

Stay Crafty,

Kimberly

Art Journal Garden Fairy

 Hey guys I'm up on the Blogger with 2 beautiful images from KCS Designs by Kim. The first collection is called WINGS AND WHIMSY and the other is called VINTAGE DOORWAYS.  Here is a link to her Etsy shop so you can look at all of her collections.

I love the colors in both of these collections and thought they would work magically together.  Today I used:

• IMAGES FROM KCS DESIGNS BY KIM (ETSY)
• 9" Wooden Circle (Dollar Tree)
• 3" Wooden Circle (Dollar Tree)
• Stamperia Media Stencil ( Alice in Christmas)
• Little Birdie Matt Chalk Acrylic Paint (MUTED TEAL AND TATTERED LACE)
• Brass and Bliss die (OPEN GREENERY)
• Paper Studio Adhesive gems
• Rub ons from 49 and Market (Moonlit Gardens)
• Spellbinders flower die (PLUMERIA)

It's all about layering starting with the acrylic paints and working my way to those plumeria flowers!  I really enjoyed putting this together.  I even printed out another image from the Vintage Doors collection on a 8 1/2 x 5 rice paper and used it for some of the flowers and the 3" circle.

Thanks for hanging out with me today...I hope I inspired you to get into your crafty space and be creative today.

Stay Crafty!

Kimberly

KCS Designs - Ethereal Fairies Dream

Hey guys I'm up on the Blogger  as a Design Team member with KCS Designs by Kim.  You can find all of her amazing designs over on Etsy.  Her downloads are so easy to print and fussy cut and add as a focal point to any art journal, card, tag or whatever you are making.  Here is a direct link to her shop and one to the fairies.

Today I'm using one of her Fairies from her Ethereal Fairy collection and isn't she beautiful!  These colors just called out to me, they are so soft and gorgeous I just had to use something from this collection.

I started off with a page out of my art journal.  This paper is super thick at 140lb and can take any medium I've thrown at it.  I got it off of Amazon, here is a link (no affiliation) but it's awesome to work with!

I pulled some CTMH inks in Journey and Shortbread and softly inked up the background.  I didn't want to do a heavy cover for this because the image is so soft.

After inking the background I printed the image and cut it twice with my Joy2 Cricut...oh that thing cuts so precise!  I then cut the wings off the second image so I could give the image a bit of dimension with some foam tape on the second pair of wings.  

I decided that I wanted to use some fine gold embossing powder on parts of her wing and while I was at it I wanted to cover the holes with a circle of gold embossing powder just to pull that gold over and balance the page.  I set the image aside so I could finish up the background.

I went into my stencils and grabbed my Tim Holtz HOCUS POCUS stencil, that is my favorite star stencil I have and works beautifully!  I used some CTMH ink in ALMOND to stencil the background.  I then reached for my DECOART word stencil and used the words INSPIRE and DREAM and stenciled them with glitter paste in TOPAZ from DIAMOND PRESS.  

I let that dry and then reached into my 49 and Market rub ons from the SUMMER PORCH ESSENTIALS, I loved that saying from and the colors were spot on.   I used a couple of more rub ons from that collection and then pulled some bits and pieces from the MOONLIT GARDEN cluster kit.  I love when 2 collections work so well together!

I placed her at the top right corner and adhered her down and added those second pair of wings for that added dimension.  I added all the bits and pieces from the MOONLIT GARDEN kit making sure to balance the page and then added some word strips from a very old sticker book called SIMPLE VINTAGE COTTAGE FIELDS from Simple Stories.

I am not mad at it, I absolutely love the colors Kim chose to use for her and the other fairies...so soft and gorgeous!

I hope I inspired you to get into your crafty space and do some art journaling or card making or what ever your crafty outlet is.  Don't forget to head over to her shop and take a peak at all the amazing images she has created!  

Stay crafty!

Kimberly