Paper Cuts

My JiFFy friends and I are back for another challenge!  This one was pretty easy though.  Julie chose this fab Henna paper from Basic Grey’s Origins collection.  Once the paper was on it’s way to everyone, Alli revealed that she had chosen Charlotte from Kraftin’ Kimmie’s Moonlight Whispers line.  (You probably already know how much I adore Charlotte so using her for this challenge was a treat.)

Sending You Smiles

I didn’t do anything extraordinary here.  Just colored with Copics and Prismacolor pencils as usual. 

I don’t know why, but I really like to color her hair.  Today she’s blonde with some darker “low lights.” 

I added a few tiny brads in the upper and lower corners of the patterned panels but they’re hard to see.  And I popped up the whole front panel (again, as usual).

I placed the sentiment on the inside of the card, finishing it simply with some sponging and leftover scraps of the patterned paper.

Be sure to check out what the other JiFFy girls did with this same image and paper!  Can’t wait to see for myself! 

        Julie Campbell

        Kim Hughes

        Carole Burrage 

        Alli Miles

        Lori Craig

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a great day! 

Stamps:  Kraftin’ Kimmie “Charlotte” (Moonlight Whispers) and Kimmie’s Everyday Sentiments   Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Ranger Walnut Stain Distress   Cardstock:  Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate, My Favorite Things cream Perfect Paper Panel   Patterned Paper:  “Henna” from Basic Grey’s Origins   Accessories:  Copic markers (E000, E00, E31, E33, E35, G85, G99, R20, Y00, Y15, YR23, YG0000), Maya Road trim, ribbon, button, brown jute string, Recollections mini brads, Prismacolor pencils, dimensional boosters.  Finished size 5 ¼” x 5 ¼”.

I’m trying to be happy about winter, but it just isn’t happening.  I hate being cold, and to be cold in my home, that is just not good.  Yes, I could turn up the heat, but the gas bill is high enough.  So I just bundle…like a little eskimo, lol.  (It’s not that bad but I do wear a lot of layers.)

Happy Winter

Now, Antoinette from the Moonlight Whispers line at Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps, she’s happy.   She’s likely wearing long-johns beneath that fancy coat/dress.

As always, I colored with my Copics and added lots of sponging (although I’m not seeing it very well here) and stitching. 

I’m off to grab a sweatshirt…because the three shirts I already have on just aren’t enough.  Brrr…

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great day!
Stamps:  Kraftin’ Kimmie “Antoinette” and “Holiday Sentiments”  Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaMagic Wheat  Cardstock: Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream   Patterned Paper: Cosmo Cricket Wonderland 8×8 paper pad  Accessories: Copic markers (E000, E00, E31, E33, E35, R20, R59, W00, W1), Prima trim, ribbon, button, sewing machine.  Finished size 5 ½” x 5 ½”.

It’s Saturday and that means it’s time for a challenge with Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps.  This week Donna has asked us to use no embellishments.    Seriously?  Yep, she’s serious.  I don’t think I’ve ever made a card with nothing on it.  A challenge, indeed.   She did say we can use border punches or any ‘handmade’ paper embellishments so that was a bit of a help.   

You Make Me Happy

Layouts are always a struggle for me, but luckily Kimmie is the sponsor this week over at the Sketch Saturday blog and this week’s sketch worked out perfectly. 

I used my Copics for the image and pencils for the ground. 

You can find Josephine here at Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps or here at Jacksonbelle Embellishments.

If you’d like to play along with Donna’s challenge and have a chance to win a free Lavinia stamp, you can find that info HERE on Kimmie’s Challenge blog.  There’s also a chance to win some free Kraftin’ Kimmie stamps on the Sketch Saturday blog so be sure to check that out too. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a great day!

Stamps:  Kraftin’ Kimmie ”Josephine” and “Kimmie’s Sassy Sentiments”   Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black  Cardstock: Prism Island Mist Dark, Papertrey Ink Vintage Cream  Patterned Paper: Cosmo Cricket Early Bird Mini Deck   Accessories: Copic markers (E000, E00, E31, E33, R20, YR31, YG0000, YG91, YG93, YG95, W00, W1, W3), Prismacolor pencils/Weber Natural Turpenoid, Fiskars Apron Strings border punch, 1/4″ square punch.  Finished size 5 1/2″ x 5 1/2″.

This week Kraftin’ Kimmie is sponsoring the Papertake Weekly challenge.  (You can find it here.)  I decided to use one of Kimmie’s new fairy images for my card. Well, I used most of one of the fairy images.

Have a Magical Day

I omitted the branch, leaves and fairy’s wings, cut her out then sat her upon a chipboard flourish.  I used a green Copic to quickly (and easily) color the chipboard and tied a bit of organdy to the one end.

This is a totally different style for me, but I think I like it.  And I got to use a few of those Primas I’ve had forever. 

Be sure to check out the challenge for your chance to win free stamps from Kraftin’ Kimmie!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a great day!

Stamps:  Kraftin’ Kimmie “Tree Fairy” and “Fairy Sentiments”  Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and VersaMagic Wheat  Cardstock: Prism Herbal Garden Medium and Natural Smooth  Patterned Paper: K & Co. Paper Doll  Accessories: Copic markers (E000, E00, E31, E33, E35, R20, R81, R83, Y21, YG03, YG63), ribbon, Making Memories flourish, pearl stickers, sewing machine, dimensional boosters.  Finished size 5 ½” x 5 ½”.

Hi everyone! Welcome to Kraftin’ Kimmie’s January release hop!  If you’ve just happened upon my blog, you might want to go back to the beginning HERE.  If you just came from Jeanne’s blog, then you’re in the right place. 

This month there are four new images from Crissy Armstrong, four from Annie Rodrigue, four from Jean Grant and two new sets of coordinating sentiments.   Whew! 

Be sure to leave lots of comments along the way as three lucky stampers will win packages of stamps from the new release!   (Even I don’t know from which blogs the winners will be chosen.)

Life is a Journey

Here I’ve used one of Annie’s new Moonlight Whispers images, Genevieve, and a sentiment from the new Steampunk Phrases set (created by Jeanne).

I cut Genevieve’s “tornado” ( ) and map out of the box, colored her with Copics and added grass/ground with Prismacolor pencils.  A clear glaze pen created some shiny lenses for her goggles.

I think she’s another sassy one (and I really like her)! 

You can find all the new releases right HERE (right now) but before you order, there are a few specials going on:

1. Every order placed on Sunday, January 10, and Monday January 11 will receive a special surprise!
2. The first 50 orders over $75 (before shipping and tax) will receive the special surprise AND an Oliver stamp!
3. And, as usual, every order over $100 will receive free regular shipping.

Ok, NOW you can hop on over to Miss Kraftin’ Kimmie herself to see what she has to show you.  Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a great day!

Stamps:  Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps “Genevieve” and “Steampunk Phrases”  Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black  Cardstock: Prism Black, Papertrey Ink Vintage Cream  Patterned Paper: Basic Grey Origins 6×6 paper pad  Accessories: Copic markers (E000, E00, E31, E33, E50, E57,R20, Y21, W3, W5, YG0000), Prismacolor pencils/Weber Natural Turpenoid, American Crafts brads, Fiskars Apron Strings border punch, clear glaze pen, dimensional boosters.  Finished size 5 ½” x 5 ½”.

This week on the Kraftin’ Kimmie Challenge Blog my very sweet fellow design team member, Tara, has challenged us to use metal.  Perfect for the new Steampunk images (available tomorrow)!    

Yesterday my card had a travel theme.  Today it’s goggles and gears! 

Get it in Gear!

I had originally colored Lavinia’s top portion of her dress pink but then decided the pink was too bright and colored over it with a gray marker.  Much better. 

I cut her “tornado ponytail” (my daughter’s term) out of the box and gave her a tiny brad earring. 

The gear is from Tim Holtz Idea-ology.  As much as I like it, I’m not really sure how to use that type of thing, but I think it works here. 

The Lavinia image comes with a small gear accessory stamp which I used here to finish the inside of the card.

Please check out the other Krafty Girls’ blogs (on my side bar) to see more previews and challenge samples.  If you’d like to play along and have a chance to win a free stamp, you can find the info HERE.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day!

Stamps:  Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps “Lavinia” and “Steampunk Phrases”  Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black  Cardstock: Prism Black, Papertrey Ink White  Patterned Paper: Basic Grey Sugar Rush 6×6 paper pad  Accessories: Copic markers (E000, E00, E31, E33, E53, Y11, YG0000, R20, R81, R83, C1, C3, C5), Prismacolor pencils/Weber Natural Turpenoid, Martha Stewart border punch, Recollections mini-brad, Tim Holtz Idea-ology gear and spinner, jump ring, ribbon, dimensional boosters.  Finished size 5 ½” x 5 ½”.

TGIF!  :)   For the next few days I’ll be previewing Kraftin’ Kimmie’s new January releases.   Fun! 

As I mentioned yesterday, this month the Moonlight Whispers line has a steampunk theme.  Kimmie summed it up perfectly…”Think Victorian England, gadgets, mechanics, goggles, time travel and airships.”   I had never heard of steampunk, but I think I like it. 

To go along with the new images, Jeanne created the perfect sentiment set, “Steampunk Phrases.”

Going My Way?

This is Emelia.  I struggled a bit with her, I think mostly because the image itself is not very feminine.  I tried airplane paper but it just didn’t look right to me…too boyish.  So I opted for a semi-feminine paper combination with a semi-flower-ish print (lol).

The arrow is Tim Holtz Idea-ology Harlequin Grungeboard.  I especially like the pieces when colored with a Copic marker.  The coloring creates an almost suede-like appearance.   (I don’t like the weird smell of the grungeboard though.  Do you know what I’m talking about?  Maybe it’s just me.)

Be sure to check out the other design team members’ blogs for more previews!  The links are on my sidebar.  I’ll be back tomorrow with another! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a great day!

Stamps:  Kraftin’ Kimmie “Emelia” and “Steampunk Phrases”   Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaMagic Wheat   Cardstock: Prism Black, Papertrey Ink Vintage Cream   Patterned Paper: Cosmo Cricket Earth Love   Accessories: Copic markers (E000, E00, E31, E33, E35, E37, E47, G0000, G21, R12, R14, R20, W00, W1, W3, W5, 100), Idea-ology Harlequin Grungeboard, cream jute string, Fiskars Apron Strings border punch, Recollections mini-brads, dimensional boosters.  Finished size 5 ½” x 5 ½”.

This week Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps is sponsoring the challenge on the Cute Card Thursday blog and this week’s theme is to use something new.  So I used one of Kimmie’s new January release images. 

Top of the Mornin’ to You

This month Annie created four fun and funky Steampunk friends for us.   This is Chester. 

I paper-pieced his hat band and vest using the little sample square from the front of my Cosmo Cricket Everafter paper pack.

Tiny dots of black 3-d glaze pen created some shiny (and bumpy) little cuff links for Chester’s sleeves and buttons for his vest.

I think he’s cute…in an ornery sort of way. 

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Don’t forget to check out the Cute Card Thursday blog for the challenge details and your chance to win some free stamps!

I’ll be back tomorrow and Saturday with more previews, and then Sunday for the release blog hop! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a great day!

Stamps:  Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps “Chester” (Moonlight Whispers) and “Steampunk Phrases”   Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black   Cardstock:  Prism Black and Natural Smooth   Patterned Paper: Cosmo Cricket Everafter “Happily There’s More”   Accessories: Copic markers (E31, E50, E51, Y21, R20, W00, W1, W3, W5, W7), brads, dimensional boosters.  Finished size 4 ¼” x 5 ½”.

We’re back to the challenges this week with Kraftin’ Kimmie and this time it’s my turn to host.  I’m challenging everyone to paper-piece.  (Shocking, I know.)   Anyone can play along, but if you use a KK stamp and link to the challenge blog HERE, you could win a free Drucilla stamp.  (You can see some super-sneaky peeks of Kimmie’s January releases there too.)

You’re Stuck with Me

I paper-pieced Drucilla’s dress, doll and the doll’s heart, colored the remainder of the image with Copics and added some grass using Prismacolor pencils.  Dots of orange glaze pen created some shiny 3-d pin heads.        

The fab paper is from Basic Grey’s new Sugar Rush which you can find at Jacksonbelle Embellishments.

One final thing before I go, be sure to send a warm welcome to Melanie Holtz and Donna Wardle, Kraftin Kimmie’s guest designers for January, February and March.  We’re so excited to have them join us. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a great day!

Stamps:  Kraftin’ Kimmie “Drucilla” and “Kimmie’s Sassy Sentiments”  Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black  Cardstock: Prism Intense Orange, Natural Smooth  Patterned Paper:  Basic Grey Sugar Rush 6×6 paper pad   Accessories: Copic markers (E000, E00, E31, E33, E35, YR16, YG03, B0000, C1), Prismacolor pencils/Weber Natural Turpenoid, orange Sakura 3-d glaze pen, small oval punch, Making Memories ribbon, button, dimensional boosters.  Finished size 5 ½” x 5 ½”.

It’s time for another challenge with Kraftin Kimmie!  This week Andrea is asking us to Glitter it Up!

You Sparkle

Although I love the sparkle of glitter, I hate the mess and so I rarely use it.  Since my craft room is already a disaster, I decided to go the less messy route and use Stickles.  It’s still super sparkly and I don’t have glitter stuck to everything.   I added sparkles to Charlotte’s headband and dress. 

I pieced together the sentiment using two of Kimmie’s sets.  The “You” is from one of the phrases in her Sassy Sentiments set and the “Sparkle” is from Kimmie’s Holiday Sentiments.

Be sure to check out the Krafty Challenge Blog for more design team samples and to find out how you can win a free Kraftin Kimmie stamp. 

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Stamps:  Kraftin Kimmie “Charlotte,” “Kimmie’s Holiday Sentiments” and “Kimmie’s Sassy Sentiments”   Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaMagic Wheat   Cardstock: Prism Intense Pink, Super Smooth White   Patterned Paper: Webster’s Pages Raspberry Truffle “Cream” and “Pokee Dot”   Accessories:  Copic markers (E000, E00, E31, E33, E50, YR20, YR31, R0000, R00, R81, R83, R85, YG91, YG93, YG95, C00, C1, C3), Star Dust Stickles, MFT pink Royal ribbon, Fiskars Apron Strings border punch, dimensional boosters.  Finished size 5 ½” x 5 ½”.