Masculine Anniversary Card

Hi guys I'm up on the Blogger making a masculine Anniversary card.  I'm not gonna lie, I do like how this turned out.

This is for the following challenges: PIP Challenge 2606, and Creative Fingers Challenge #315, make sure you head over there and check out their fun challenges and all the inspiration!

I used a 6x6 paper pad from THE PAPER STUDIO called SUN BLEACHED FLORAL and I am in love with ALL the papers!  It's rare that I love all the papers in a paper bad but this one I do!

I picked a tiny floral pattern from the pad and then pulled out some 49 and Market rub ons.  The theme of the rub-ons was world/travel so I thought it was perfect for my sentiment YOU MEAN THE WORD TO ME.  Since I didn't have a stamp that said that I ran the A2 card panel through my printer.  I also wanted the words Happy Anniversary on it and since some how I don't have a stamp that says that I ran it through my printer again.

I die cut some stitched hearts I got from THE SCRAPPING COTTAGE and inked them with some lost shadow and adhered them to the front.  I wanted to match the blues from the rub ons so I reached into my stash and found a card stock that went perfectly with it.  I used a marker to put the lines under the sentiment HAPPY ANNIVERSARY and I was done.

I am in love with rub ons right now.  Do you use rub ons on your cards?

Well thanks for hanging out with me today, and if you would like to join in on any of these challenges be sure to click the links!

Have a crafty day!

Kimberly

Word Art Wednesday Challenge

Hey guys, I'm up on the Blogger with a new challenge group I just found - WORD ART WEDNESDAY!  This is a Challenge that happens every Wednesday.  Today I am playing along with ANYTHING GOES WEEKS 738-739 and the word prompt is:

I'm also playing along with PAMMIES INKY PINKIES...there is a new challenge every Monday so click on the link and head over there to see some great inspiration and join in!

Even though they have a word prompt the Rules say you don't have to use it, anything goes as long as it's family friendly.  I chose to use the scripture and make a card with it.

I went into Canva and used one of their Apps to shape the scripture into a heart and then downloaded it to my Pages.  From there I sized it and printed it out on some Vicki Boutin Vellum paper. 

I reached into my stash and pulled out a 12x12 paper pad with 2 different pattern papers for the base of the card and the word LOVE.

I also reached into my and pulled out a dark gray and a black piece of card stock to back my pattern paper on.  I adhered everything down including the bling I had in my stash just to give it a little extra.

I then reached into my extensive, die collection...lol, I say that because I just took inventory of my dies and you guys...I have some how opened my own little store! hahahaha, Funny not funny (don't tell my husband) and pulled out this LOVE die.  How cute is that?  I will say I got it off of Amazon for cheap and it cuts great!  

I cut the word LOVE out of the pattern paper and backed it 3 times in the grey just to give it a bit of dimension.  I glued it down to the bottom left and added that flower from one of my 49 and Market collections.

Well that was a quick card and I like how the vellum softened it up.  Do you use vellum on your cards?

Don't forget to hop over to the challenge for some great inspiration AND prizes!!

Thanks for hanging out with me today,

Have a crafty day!

Kimberly 

Inky Paws Challenge #248

 Hey guys I'm up on the Blogger doing the Inky Paws Challenge #248.  I just love these colors and they are perfect for Valentines day!  Here is the link to the Challenge and all the rules, I hope you join in on the fun.

Since you have to use an Inky Paws product I went to their website and downloaded a FREEBIE (how super sweet for them to do that).  They had a few so after looking at them I decided to go with this sweet bird "YOU'RE TWEET!". 

After downloading it I colored it in (and tried my best to do some shading but guys I am STILL learning).  I used SPECTRUM NOIR tri-blends in PV1/PV3/PV4 and PP1/PP4/PP6 and then I grabbed a Copic Marker RV42.  

After I finished up with the image I used a cloud stencil with some Saltwater Taffy and Lilac (CTMH) and die cute a big heart these Newton's Nook heart dies are perfect!  I also pulled a stamp that had some cursive writing on it and stamped using the LILAC from CTMH on 2 different scraps that matched the colors of the Challenge.

I pulled out a piece of 6x6 paper with ALL the colors from the challenge on it (Brass & Bliss) and cut and 1/8 smaller than a A2 card.  I then reached into my stash and pulled another color from the challenge  to back it at an A2 size.  

I glued everything down, popping up one of the smaller hearts, and called it done!

I'm not mad at it.  Don't forget to head over to the Challenge and see all the amazing inspiration for this challenge.

Thanks for hanging out with me today...have a crafty day!

Kimberly

Today's Good Mood Sponsored by Coffee - Layout #14 of the 365 scrapbook challenge and what lessons I learned with this layout

Hey Newbies,

I'm here working on number 14 of my 365 Page Layout Challenge 2019 (and the lessons I learned).  I will try to list everything I used below and try to link up to where you can purchase them if you happen to like any of them.

This isn't one of my usual 12 x 12 Layouts (but it still counts as part of my 365 Layout Challenge😬).  Today I am working on a card.  I haven't done too many, actually this is my 3rd card I've ever done!  I was inspired by Amy Tsuruta (click here for her IG account or here for her blog) on the Coffee Loving Papercrafters FB page.  Check them out because they are all about cards and COFFEE and discount codes and contests and prizes and all kinds of fun stuff and awesome designs!  I mean who doesn't love coffee, discounts and beautiful cards?  

I did my first blog hop with her and her group which is how I got into coffee loving card making, and won a prize!  (see my blog about that here)

So I woke up I went onto FB and was inspired to make this coffee loving card!  Since it is almost February I chose to do some hearts (with Valentines day coming up and all).  I had this die cut and stamp set (I do love coffee and have a couple of them that I have used on my 12 x 12 layouts in the past).  This one is available at Scrapbook.com.  The hearts were a set I had gotten prior to getting this coffee set and the sentiment is from Ink Roads Stamps (so love her stuff!).  

I started with an actual blank card (I purchased a pack at Michael's in plain white heavy card stock with envelopes).  I found some 12 x 12 card stock in my stash that was a tan color with a faint background design.  I thought it was perfect for this stamp.  I cut the card stock to fit the front of the pre-made card (I think that is considered cheating in the card marking world but not sure...I am really a NEWBIE in the card making department for sure!  I don't have a score board or a lot of die cuts to fit cards so I improvise).   Amy says I will come over to the dark side soon!🤣

After I cut the tan card stock to fit the front of the card, and here comes LESSON 1; make sure that you are perfectly aligned before you let the glued backing hit the front of your card...trying to unstick paper on paper is not easy and bent up the card a bit🤦🏻‍♀️.

After I finish fixing the alignment issue, I started to stamp the hearts on to the front, and here comes LESSON #2; ALWAYS use your stamping platform if you have one!  Just because it is a simple layout doesn't mean you will always get the perfect image stamped so do it right the first time.  So I did use my Tim Holtz Stamping Platform so that I could get a rich, dark stamp. 

I added the "Today's good mood SPONSORED BY COFFEE" sentiment at the bottom and finished it off with some black Decal dots (also purchased at Michaels) on each side.

I was going to leave the inside of the card blank but I  was in a good mood and it WAS sponsored by coffee so I got out a collection of stamps and started stamping away with some feel good sentiments!  I finished the inside of the card with some washi tape that I found at Michael's that says "hello"!   I did leave a little space for some writing room just in case I decide to send it off to a friend.

Well, there you have it...number 14 of my 365 layout challenge for 2019.  Thanks for following along on my journey of 365 scrapbook page challenge that I am doing, and reading about the lessons I'm learning along the way!  Please leave a comment and let me know what you think about my 3rd card ever!

Please join our FB page for more challenges and to share your layouts with the group or come follow me on IG!  

Happy Scrapping🤗

Kimberly

Lessons on Layouts - Going from stash to Sas!

Hi there Newbies!  Today I wanted to blog about creating layouts using your stash (and...we are already at lesson 1). Lesson 1 being, when buying a kit, from say The Hip Kit Club, you get so excited when they arrive (or at least I do).   I mean the pages and embellishments match up so perfectly, you want to see it all!  So you take it all out of the package and  if that's what you want to do to see all of the goodies in their awesomeness of match-e-ness (here is where the lesson comes in) go for it!  Just make sure it's the only thing on your table when you do or, like me, you will be putting it ALL away after ogling it and then it will hit you.  The KIT you just purchased that matched so perfectly together is now all in separate bins/boxes/drawers and you have no idea what was what!  Yes, that is what I did with my very first Kit, key word being...KIT🤦🏻‍♀️

So let's move on from lesson one, shall we?  I have this beautiful grand daughter and she has my heart!  I have done a couple of layouts with her and want to share this one.  When I saw this picture that my daughter-in-law took I just knew right then in there I would be scraping it!  My mind started going crazy with ideas.  

So now that I have this new stash (since I broke my one and only kit up, it's all stash). I went through every drawer, paper boxes, sequence bins, inks and stencils!  I usually only have a few things that a pull but everything I touched went with the colors in my head that I wanted to do for this layout.  The more I pulled the more that came out!  So I started with this huge pile of stickers, washi tape, embellishments, phrases, flairs...you name it I had it on the table!

I knew I wanted to use a stencil heart on this layout (and here comes lesson number 2); lesson 2 being, when buying stencils, stamps, inks and even paper...DON'T BE A CHEAP AS*!  

I saw a YouTube video with Heatherscraftylife using this "Puffy Heart Stencil" from PinkandMain - side note:  I love her layouts! I have learned so much from her, she is definitely one of the scrapping ladies you need to be following - especially on YouTube if you want to learn a few things.

I went on line and saw the price of their heart stencil (which really wasn't that much) but had to order some stuff from Amazon and while on Amazon I saw an entire set of stencils including a similar heart stencil for half the price...an ENTIRE set! So I said to myself, self, this is an amazing deal go for it.  Well...that amazing deal turned out to be crap!  The stencils were cheap, one has already torn and trust me, the heart one was NOT the same!  Soooo, I went back and bought the PinkandMain heart stencil.  It worked beautifully!  The difference was night and day (although, I am a Newbie to using stencils...so it took me a couple of times to get it down...ok, a few times, stenciling is tricky ya'll).  

On this particular layout I started out with stenciling going across the page, white space in the middle and then a row at the bottom.  It started out beautifully but went South pretty quick!  I thought I would add some heat embossing and stamped the embossing stamp all over the page (not using the stencil) which is NOT the way to emboss hearts people...it was a big fat mess (and kinda comical after I thought about it).  So I trashed it and started again (I told ya'll stenciling was tricky). 

Starting from scratch, I decided to do a row of hearts diagonally this time, leaving white space in the middle and then a small diagonal row at the bottom.  I also did some going in a different direction at the top corner because that's just how I am.  That's the way a lot of layouts go, you have something in mind, start out and it ends up a little (or a lot) different than what you pictured it in your head.  But it ends up looking amazing! 

After I had my background done I started pulling from my stash pile (or mountain of stash).  I knew I wanted to keep it mostly pink (because that jacket tho😱) and wanted a little bit of black to pull some of the color of her pants and boots but wanted a little color in it as well.  

I started by backing the photo with some Pink Paislee 6 x 6 pad called TURN THE PAGE.  I found a pink background and a gorgeous flower pattern that had a bit of light teal in it.  I had so many embellishments with that color I knew it would be perfect!

I used some Dear Lizzy (61) Accent and Phrases stickers, the camera, heart and "captured" flairs are all from Scrappin Happy Studios (her Etsy shop is amazing)!  I had some clear stickers from The Paper Studio called CHILDREN PHRASES.  I love these phrases and used them on other layouts but  I didn't like the look of it on the page.  You could still see the clear square edges of the sticker so I had some cute pink polkadot washi tape in my stash that was see-through enough to cover up the sticker and still see it!   

The title I fell in love with!  Not only was it perfect for this picture, I love the script of it and...it's kind of rubbery.  I've never come across it before but will be ordering more of it!  It's from American Crafters Thickers "SKYLER" pack.  

I added a lot of other stickers and chipboards and other stuff I will list below in case you are interested in any of them.  I finished it up with some sequence from Ink Road Stamps (I love Lara's stamps!  She is always working on new lines and her stamps are very well made and worth the price - see lesson 2 above if you are thinking differently).  

I hope you enjoyed seeing this layout and the lessons I learned from it.  For more tips, tricks and challenges come over to our facebook group (follow the link and ask to join, we keep it private because a lot of us are working on layouts as gifts and don't want the friends and family who follow us on FB to see them before we give them) or join us on IG to catch up!  And if you like the blog please follow me!

Happy Scrapping!

1. Heart Stencil - PinkFresh Studios
2. Photo backing - Pink Paislee - TURN THE PAGE
3. The pink heart with "Love", The "Carefree" - American Crafters- FIELD NOTES PHRASES FOIL CHIPBOARD THICKERS
4. Stickers - Dear Lizzy Accent and Phrases (61)
5. Epoxy Flairs - SCRAPPIN HAPPY STUDIO
6. Clear Sticker Phrases - The Paper Studio - CHILDREN PRASES STICKER PACK (Hobby Lobby)
7. Title - American Crafters - PEBBLES GIRL SQUAD PHRASE FOAM THICKERS
8. Be You puffy stickers - PinkFresh Studio
9. Make Your Mark sticker - Bella Blvd Stickers
10. Awesome Smile sticky pix - Paper House Puffy Stickers - Ebay
11. Tiny Hearts - Doodlebug - SHAPE SPRINKLES TINY HEARTS
12. "This is Your Life" sticker - The paper Studio - AGENDA 52 (bought at Hobby Lobby)
13. Escape the Ordinary, chipboard stickers - AMERICAN CRAFTS
14. Find your joy, puffy stickers - Bella Blvd - MAKE YOUR MARK ICONS
15. Pink Sequence - Ink Road Stamps
16. The "Diva", "Fabulous", "this photo" and tags were all miscellaneous stash pile