Art Journal - Do What You Love, Love What You Do

Hey guys, I'm up on the Blogger with something a bit new for me.  I dipped my toe into art journaling and I am loving it so far.  I'm still very new at it and learning different techniques and what works with what but I jumped feet first into this rabbit hole and so far am really enjoying it.

I did this one for the →Simon Says Stamp Blog← - MAKE YOUR OWN BACKGROUND challenge and the →Classic Design Challenge #02-2026 Feb/Mar 2026 ←- Anything Goes with optional twist: Blooms or Butterflies. Come over and join in on the challenge.  There is lots of inspiration and a fun prize, make sure to click that link and head over.

I got my inspiration from my JN Doll Stamp (this one is called AUDRY).  I haven't played with them in a while so I pulled this one out and dressed her up with some tissue paper, pattern paper and lace and then used my Copic Markers on her. 

I just got my very first ephemera book by Nova Everhart called VINTAGE SOFT STEAMPUNK and took a background page out of it that was perfect for the colors I used in the the JN Doll Stamp.  I then adhered the background paper to the A5 watercolor paper and let that dry.  I added a few background stamps from Whimsy Stamps, some white acrylic paint streaks, and inked the edges. 

After letting it dry, I reached into my dies and pulled some flower and stem dies I had and placed them behind her.  I also reached into my dies and used a thick dotted circle die I got from The Scrapping Cottage.  I used a bright yellow card stock that pulled the yellows from her dress and cut the circles in half and placed them in 3 different spots to balance the page and pull those yellows in her dress out to make it pop.

I found some tulle in my stash and adhered one down with glue and a white heart brad.  I also found a couple of ticket pieces from 49 and Market that went well with my color scheme and adhered it on top of another piece of tulle with a tiny stapler...again to balance the page.

I added the HELLO sentiment, the DO WHAT YOU LOVE sentiment (from a Tim Holtz sticker book), fussy cut a butterfly from the same paper I began with and then added some bling and that completed this page.  I am not mad at it!

I appreciate you guys hanging out with me today through my fun journey of art journaling.  For more inspiration I suggest following Vicky P. on you tube.  She has been a HUGE inspiration for me and has some of the most beautiful art journaling pages you will ever find and she walks you through each step of the process each and every time.

I hope I inspired you to get into your craft room for some well deserved "me time" and just create.

Stay crafty,

Kimberly

Snarky Card - ...That's Why I'm Always Late

Hey guys, I'm up on the Blogger with a snarky card I made for the Pammies Inky Pinkies Blog Challenge.  I have really been in a snarky mood lately!  

I'm starting off with an awesome stamp from CrackerBox Stamps. I will also link this stamp HERE so you can find it fast but it's under the COFFEE themed rubber stamps and well I just want to buy all their coffee themed stamps when I go into that category so you might just want to go directly to this girly.

I used my Copic Markers on Helen with coffee (that's the name of the stamp) and pulled out my glossy accents to do the steam coming off her coffee, and I am not mad at how it turned out.

After coloring her I dug into my AALL & Create snarky words HILARIOUS HEADLINES, be prepared if you buy these because some of them are really mean!  Anyhoo, I liked this snarky saying THEY SAY GOOD THINGS TAKE TIME...THAT'S WHY I'M ALWAYS LATE, because Helen here looks like she is always late!

I set those aside until I could find the paper I wanted to use.  I dug into my Doodlebug, PETITE PRINTS, CHERRY FLORAL-GRAPH and Echo Park- FASHIONISTA (I love this color).  I used the Cherry Floral-graph for my base, adhered one side of the Fashionista (it's double sided with one shade a little darker than the other) and then I cut a piece of black card stock with my Scrapbookcom Nested Wavy Rectangle dies. I also cut the other side of the Fashionista with a smaller nested wavy die from the same set and layered them.  That black really makes everything pop and makes the card cohesive.  

I adhered all of those together, I added Helen with some foam tape and then glued the snarky sentiment under her.

I just love snarky cards!  Thanks so much for hanging out with me today!  I hope I inspired you to put a smile on someone's face today and make them a snarky card.

Have a crafty day!

Kimberly

Hello

Hey guys I'm up on the Blogger with a card for the PAMMIE'S INKY PINKIES CHALLENGE.  (#2606)

Click on the link to see all the awesome inspiration and maybe join in on the fun and prizes!

I started with a sticker pack of flowers that was on a black background that I had in my stash from a blessing box.  I loved the look so much that I used black card stock and backed that with an A2 size white card stock that I inked up with SALTWATER TAFFY distressed oxide.  I love this shade!

After adhering both panels together I added all the stickers and then went into my stash and grabbed my scalloped die frames and used the same SALTWATER TAFFY to ink the edges and added a black panel to the top with a focal point of flowers.

I decided that I wanted a simple sentiment of HELLO.  I went into my stamps and found one that fit perfectly (I really should have thought ahead because everything was adhered down). I stamped it with some VersaMark watermark and then uses some WOW super fine gold powder and held my breath that it would come out.  It did!

This came together super fast!

Thanks for hanging out with me.  Don't forget to head over and get some inspiration and play along with the challenge.

Have a crafty day,

Kimberly

Coffee Lover's Fall/Winter Blog Hop 2025

Hey guys, I'm here hopping along with this years Coffee Lover's Fall/Winter Blog hop.  Here is a link to find all the info and how to hop along with everyone.

Here is my 3rd Coffee Card and I decided to try something I've been trying to figure out how to do for a while.  Have you ever seen a card that looks like it's popped out with the same image but in different dimensions?  I really don't know how it's done but I gave it a shot, you can tell me in the comments if you think I got it right or if I'm close.  

I started off with a paper pad from the awesome Brass & Bliss company.  I discovered them (I actually won a gift card on one the the Coffee Lover's Blog hops) and have been buying from them ever since!  

They have some of the most fabulous stamps and dies ever and their paper pads are amazing!  The one I'm using is called Java Good Time.  I used 2 different papers, one for the card front and the other to die cut.

I cut the base down to an A2 card size and then I took my new dies from Whimsy stamps (oh I really have to say this is one of my most FAVORITE stores) This die is called  STAINED GLASS WINDOW and it was on CLEARANCE for $5 so YES PLEASE!  I used ALL the dies at the same time and die cut the patterned paper.  I then adhered the first 2 to my card front, then I used foam tape strips to pop up the next two and then the last two I adhered directly to the card front.  It gives it a dimensional look but still not quite what I was going for but I'm not mad at it.

I then reached for my stamp and dies from Brass & Bliss...how cute is that sloth?  

I used some Copic and Spectrum Noir markers to color and shade in the image.  I also grabbed a coffee stamp from another stamp set from Brass & Bliss and stamped the sentiment.

I added some foam tape behind the middle of the image so it adheres to the card front as well as the pattern paper.  I added some bling to the top and some in the middle but I was going for a steamy kind of flow...not sure that really worked out but they were down and, yeap, not mad at it!

That's it, this one was pretty quick and I do like the dimension of the dies that still show the patterns where they are suppose to be.  What do you think?

Thanks for hanging out with me for this hop and I hope to see you hopping along with us!

Have a crafty day!

Kimberly

Double Trouble Challenge #202

Hey guys, I'm up on Blogger sharing my Autumn Blessings card I made for October's Double Trouble Challenge #202.  Here is a link to their blog and challenge if you want to join in or just get some fun inspiration.  I also entered this into the Pearly Sparkles Challenge #112.  Here is a link to their special challenge as well.  So many challenges that I love, get's those creative juices flowing!

Here is what Thing 1 has challenged us to this week:

I also took Thing 3  up on her twist this month - 

She says, "Fall colors are beautiful, but the pumpkins are my favorite. Hey, what happens when you drop a pumpkin? It goes Squash. Trouble Maker will tell me to stop bean corny.  So let's keep calm and carrot on and don't turnip your nose at me... I yam who I yam. My optional twist is to include any autumn fruit or veggie in your project."  So of course  I chose Pumpkins!  

I started off with an A2 110# card base and inked it with some Distressed oxides in MUSTARD SEED, CARVED PUMPKIN, GROUND ESPRESSO, FOREST MOSS and BUNDLED SAGE.  

After I inked the card base I took a die set of Fall leaves and sticks I had and made a stencil (if you ever want to do a stenciled background and don't have a stencil pull out those dies, cut them with a thicker card stock and BAM! instant stencil).  I used those same Distressed Oxides I inked the background to ink the leaves.  I then added some acrylic paint in brown and some Craft Twinkles (from DecoArt) in gold and mixed them ...this stuff is gold (no pun intended) but seriously it's the first time I'm using it and I loved it.

I then got out my pumpkin dies I purchased from Amazon, die cut them using 110# card stock in white and inked those up along with some of those Fall leaves that I cut to make the stencil...that is a set from the Signature Collection by Sara Davies called AUTUMN MORNING.

I set those aside and pulled out my new La La Land Crafts (their stuff is awesome) clear stamps called CHINCHILLIN', stamped that cute chinchilla and used my Copic Markers on him (E11, E13, E21, E23, E27, and E30).  

I adhered all of it together on the card base and then grabbed the sentiment from the Signature Collection by Sara Davies and stamped AUTUMN BLESSINGS.

Well that wraps it up for this challenge.  Thanks for hanging out with me today.  Don't forget to head over to the Double Trouble Paper Crafting blog and check out all the fun!

have a crafty day!

Kimberly 

Coffee Loving Papercrafters Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #42

 Hey guys, I'm up on the blog doing Challenge #42 for the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge.  If you want to join in here is the link!

I started out with 110lb white paper (oh how I will miss those awesome SALES at Joann's), stamped this cute Sloth stamp, from Brass and Bliss,  (ALL YOU NEED IS COFFEE) I would link it but it was so cute it sold out...and used my Spectrum Noir alcohol markers to color it and then die cut it out. 

I then took the same 110# white paper and inked it in some Vicki Boutin (color wheel, red) and some Tim Holtz Distressed Oxide (in Pine Needles).  I then stamped this awesome coffee to go cup stamp from AlteNew called Friends Forever, one of my fav coffee stamps!  I made sure to stamp it so that the colors were where I wanted them.  I used my Spectrum Noir to color in the lid.

I grabbed my new Whimsy BURST stamp (I LOVE THIS STAMP) to stamp on another 110# white paper (no wonder I go through so much white paper)!  I used the same 2 colors, the red from the color wheel, and the Pine Needles from Tim Holtz, to stamp on the different sides of that burst stamp to give it some added dimension and color and I do love how it turned out.

I reached into my stash and pulled out the sticker that says HAPPY HOLIDAYS and the 2 Christmas foliage stickers to put on either side of the cup.  I also found that cute Christmas hat to add to the Sloth.  I adhered the "Burst" panel on some Christmas red metallic card stock, added the coffee cup and then popped up that Sloth on some foam adhesive and called it done.  Super easy card and I was able to use up some older stash!

I am not mad at it!  Thanks so much for stopping by and hanging out and don't forget to hop over to the Challenge and join in!

Have a crafty day!

Kimberly