Splitcoast Wed Sketch!

I love doing sketch challenges, but I really love doing them when I am actually making a card for someone for a special occasion! One of my closest friend's husband is having a birthday tomorrow so this card is for him. He's a pro-golfer so the Many Mower stamp set from SU! was par-fect....LOL.

I used Always Artichoke with Manchester DP...I love those colors! I added a few vintage brads for some masculine embellishment.

Happy Birthday Doug!

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Mojo Monday #103

Here's my submission for this week's Mojo challenge along with the sketch. I did another Christmas Card, you'll probably see a lot of Christmas from me for the next few months.

For this I used Real Red again for the base as well as more of the same left over Christmas paper I used for the Cuttlebug card. The verse is from the Snow Swirled set and I embellished the card with some Real Red brads and large/jumbo white brads....I stamped a snowflake onto the jumbo brad with red stazon ink.

Thanks for coming by to take a peek!

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Cuttlebug Sunday

OK....so this challenge wasn't posted until after I went to bed last night,but better late than never, right?

This week's challenge was to use your cuttlebug anyway you wished but to use the sketch provided. Here's the sketch and my card, my FIRST Christmas card for 2009! I fiqure I better start making Christmas cards since before I know it December will be here!

The base is Real Red embossed with the snowflake folder. I used some left over Christmas paper from last year for the side stripe and my scalloped oval nestie for the verse. the stamps are from the Snow Swirled and Scenic Season SU! sets.

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Time to Smarten Up!

Things have been sooooo crazy around here since I last posted. Now that the kids are back to school it's time I got back into finding more time to stamp and keep this blog updated! Since I last posted I also decided to end my maternity leave a few weeks early so I'll be headed back to work on September 14th. I've been trying to think up ways that I'll be able to balance work, baby, the kid's schedule AND my paper crafting.

I have come up with a "Stamping Schedule" for me to try and follow so I can do some of the weekly challenges that I love as well as do some stuff on my own. Here's what I came up with and what you can expect to see on my blog starting this Sunday:

Sunday - Cuttlebug Challenge on Paper Craft Planet

Monday - Mojo Monday

Tuesday - Paper Makeup Stamps Weekly Challenge

Wednesday - Splitcoast Stampers Sketch Challenge

Thursday - Kim's Own Thang!

Friday - Stamping Bella Challenge

Saturday - Paper Craft Planet Sketch Challenge

My goal is to spend at least 30 min after the kids are in bed in my craft room every night. So hopefully my little schedule will help to keep me on track, especially once I return to work. I'm excited to start with the PMS & Stamping Bella challenges, I've had some of their stamps for awhile now so it's about time I start participating!

Thursdays will be my time to plan out what I'll be doing at my Stampin Up! workshops and Stamp Club and share it here :)

Now I'm off to draft my monthly newletter for my customers, have a GREAT day and I'll be back on Sunday with a Cuttlebug creation.

Thanks for dropping by,

Kim :)

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Mojo Turns 100 - Day 4

As promised here is my card for Day 4 of the Mojo 100 celebration!

I decided to do a simple card with only 2 colors, Rich Razzleberry (my new fav) and White. White ribbon, a big flower from the SU pretties kit & a few large brads added just enough embellishments. I embossed the sentiment in white, this card only took me about 10 minutes :)

Hope you're all having a great week, see ya tomorrow!

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Mojo Turns 100 - Day 3

I didn't have a chance to post this yesterday, so here is Day 3 on Day 4!

For this one I used a basic white square for the base and Raspberry Tart designer paper from SU! The rub ons & buttons are also SU and the stamp was an old one I had for years.

I'll be back later with my card for Day 4, thanks for dropping by!

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Mojo Turns 100 - Day 2!

Here's the sketch and card I did for day 2 of Mojo's 100th week long celebration. I used Certainly Celery, So Saffron and some designer paper from the Sunshine Garden Scrappin kit. I love those colors together!

See ya tomorrow for Day 3, thanks for checking in :)

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Mojo Turns 100 - Day 1

After about a week "off", I'm getting back at it with today's Mojo Monday, which is actually the first for the week. They are going to post a different sketch each day this week and I'm going to do each one even if it kills me...and in this heat that may very well happen! LOL

For today's card, I used Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo & Razzleberry Lemonade designer paper. The stamp set is Crazy For Cupcakes and I embossed one of the brads from the Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware kit with some Razzleberry ink. The ribbon is some stuff I've had around and I think it could pass for Crushed Curry another one of the new SU In-Colors.

Thanks for looking!

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Mojo Monday #98

Here's my submission for this week's Mojo Monday. I used the Because of You set from Verve with Very Vanilla cardstock and Candy Lane designer paper from SU! I used Versa Fine ink in Sepia which works great with clear stamps!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope your having a fab weekend :)

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Art by Abby :)

We got back from Maine Wednesday evening and man it's been hard to get back into the swing of things!!! I'm going to be spending some time in my craft room this afternoon and get at least my Mojo Monday card done for this week, can't miss out on the monthly contest they have!!

Until then, here is a card that my 11 year old daughter made last week for her Grandparent's wedding anniversary. I think she did a pretty good job!

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Mojo Sunday???

What a week!! Trying to spend as much time with my two oldest before they left for 3 weeks with their father didn't allow for much time for my crafting! I did have my Mojo card done this past Tuesday then time got away from me and I'm just posting it now :)

This week I used my newly aquired set from Paper Makeup Stamps with Chocolate Chip ink/card stock and Bella Rose Designer Paper. I also used some Hodgepodge Hardward and Jumbo Brads from SU!

Tomorrow me & the DH are off to Bangor, ME for a few days. It's our first trip without Liam, whose 9 months and staying home with Grammie :) Ahhh....3 days with NO children!!!

Thanks for stopping by and when I get back from my mini vacation I promise to get back on track with my blogging!!

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Great Blog Candy Over at the Hovey Hut!

Here's some nice looking blog candy over at the Hovey Hut. Check it out and make sure to enter to win!

Here's the link....

http://hoveyhut.blogspot.com/

Congrats Anita on getting 10,000 blog hits!

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Arranged with Love

Wow, the week went by and I haven't posted since Tuesday! That's what a sick baby will do!

I recieved my prize from Gina K almost 2 weeks ago and finally had time to make a card with it :) I LOVE this set, it comes with the flower background stamp and 10 different phrases for the "card" in the middle. I stamped the image with black versafine then embossed with clear EP. I popped the card out by stamping it again and using pop ups. I used watercolor pencils & blender pens to color...not sure how much I like it...the coloring that is...maybe I just need more practice? Oh well, all in all it's a beautiful set that will get lots of use I'm sure!

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Bridal Bella :)

This is the card I did for last week's sketch challenge on PCP. I used another image from Stamping Bella which I think is too adorable! I tried the glossy white card stock from SU! which I ran through my bug with the large scalloped oval nestie. I like the look of the glossy for a wedding card.

I hoping to do some more today, but Liam is cutting another tooth and he has a cold. So it's not looking good for me and my craft room....maybe if he finally crashes for a nap I'll be able to sneak down there :)

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It's Monday!!!

It's Monday, which means it's time for Mojo! For this week's challenge, I decided to kill two birds with one stone and use it for the weekly cuttlebug challenge that I usually do over on PCP.

For the bug challenge this week we were to run a stamped or patterned paper through our bugs with an embossing folder. I chose to use some Raspberry Tart with the Divine Swirls embossing folder. For the images I used one from Stamping Bella, isn't she sweet? I watercolored her with my new watercolor pencils from SU! which I used with blender pens.

Thanks for dropping by!

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Crazy for Cuttlebug & Razzledazzle

Wow...it's Friday ALREADY! The week went by toooo fast, before I know it I'll be back to
work :(
Here are a couple of cards I did this week for two different challenges.

The first one was for the weekly cuttlebug challenge over on PCP. I used both the Swiss Dots & Divine Swirls emobossing folders and the scalloped square die. Then I used the new Love Bug hostess set from SU! I think this card would be cute for a little girl's birthday :)

The second card is for the weekly sketch challenge on Splitcoast. I received some of the new in colors this week from SU! The colors in this card are Rich Razzleberry & Melon Mambo along with the Razzleberry Lemonade designer paper. I also ordered the new Butterfly punch that goes with the Flight of the Butterfly stamp set. This punch will be getting LOTS of use :)

Hope you enjoy my creations, have a GREAT weekend and thanks for checking in!

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Mojo Monday!

In case you haven't already figured it out, Mojo Monday is one of my FAVORITE challenges :) I finally recieved the Verve stamps that I ordered and used them on today's card. This is the "Because of You Set" and it is Beautiful! Because they are the clear stamps I used Versa Fine in Sepia to stamp them with. I find that ink works really good with the clear stamps, although the Stampin Up ink works ok as well just not as good.

I think I'll be making more of these cards for Mother's Day :)

Hope you enjoyed your Monday and thanks for stopping by!

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Oh Baby!

I was blog surfing last night and came across a cute template for this baby card, I thought it was toooo stinking cute!! However, I forgot to bookmark the blog that I found it on and when I tried to find it again I couldn't :( I'm gonna keep looking though and when I find it I'll share the link since I don't want to take credit for someone else's idea! So stay tuned :)

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Mojo Monday #94 - FINALLY!!

OK...so I still haven't received the stamps I ordered from Verve, not sure why they aren't here yet, but I really wanted to finish this card TODAY! So I used a set I DID receive today in my SU! order :) It's from the "A Kind Word" set, another cute one. I used Bella Rose designer paper and practiced more coloring.

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Stand Up!

So far my new verve stamps have not yet arrived *pout* so my Mojo Monday card is still on hold....in the meantime though here is the card I did for the Try a New Technique challenge over on Splitcoast. It's a stand up card, you can decorate both sides, I chose to leave the back alone since I used the Parisian Breeze card stock and the pattern is so pretty. On the inside I added a piece of white card stock and stamp a sentiment from the God's Blessings stamp set from SU! Added a few felt flowers, brad & ribbon and that's it, a cool variation of standard sized card that will still fit in a regular envelope :) Oh yeah, I used one of the Martha Stewert punches as well.

Hopefully TOMORROW I'll be able to finish and post my Mojo card!!

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