Just a quick post tonight with a quick and easy card. I created this card about a month ago and hadn't posted it yet. There's no stamping. I used one of the Flower Soft Cute Christmas - Festive Teddies toppers and lots of polar white flower soft. The little bird flying with the sentiment is from the Cute Christmas diecut sentiment set that you can punch out to use as accents on your cards or scrapbook pages. I thought it was perfect for this topper.
Have a wonderful week!
Niki
The November release stamps are now officially available at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, including four new images from the Crissy's Cuties line, four new images from the Moonlight Whispers line, and a new set of sentiments, called Kimmie's Holiday Sentiments (which includes 44 sentiments!). To celebrate the new release, we are having a fun blog hop with lots of beautiful creations using the new stamps. And, as if all that inspiration isn't enough, everyone is giving away a little blog candy, too! Be sure to leave a comment on each blog stop and check the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps blog on Monday to see if you're one of lucky winners.
I had to use this adorable Antoinette image on one of my sneak peek cards. Isn't she adorable?! She's so happy and fun! I paired her with some My Mind's Eye Be Merry patterned papers and some SU Taken with Teal cardstock. The buttons are snowflake buttons stacked on spring moss buttons. I love how they look!
I colored Antoinette with copic markers. Then, I added some polar white flower soft for some snow along the edge of my "frozen pond," which I covered with dimensional glaze so it resembles real ice.
Your next stop in the blog hop is the amazing Kimmie Reid herself. Happy hopping and don't forget to leave a comment to win a mystery package of Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! BLOG CANDY is now closed. Look for the winner to be posted in the morning. *wink*
Niki
Recipe
Stamps: Antoinette, Kimmie's Holiday Sentiments (Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps)
Cardstock: white (Papertrey Ink), taken with teal (SU)
Patterned Paper: Be Merry (My Mind's Eye)
Accents: spring moss buttons (Papertrey Ink), snowflake buttons
Tools: copic markers, sewing machine, dimensional glaze (Ranger), polar white flower soft (Flower Soft)
Warm thoughts being sent your way! (And I need warm thoughts, I am not adjusting to the cold weather yet and have been so cold lately!) Anyway, I have a card to share today with some of the stamps from the winter kit from Whiff of Joy Stamps. (They were available for pre-order earlier this fall and will be available for purchase this weekend). I stamped Willow on white cardstock, masked her, and then stamped the sleigh with presents so she was sitting on the end of the sleigh.
I colored her with copic markers and sponged the edges with antique linen distress ink and some dark chocolate ink. Then, I stamped swirls (from the new set by Sonja releasing this weekend also) in dark chocolate ink. I added a mat, distressed the edges with a pair of scissors, and added some polar white flower soft to the bottom of the image. Then, I cut all my pieces, sponged the edges with ink, stitched them and distressed them. I stamped the sentiment (from the winter kit) on white cardstock, cut it out with a label die, sponged the edges with ink. I added a mat layer, distressed the edges, and adhered it to my card with some decorative brads. Finally, I assembled all the layers of my card. I just love how this card turned out with all the sponged ink, stitching, and distressed layers. Not to mention the beautiful images by Elizabeth Bell! I don't know the exact name of the stamps so I will edit this post with the names after the release.
Happy Stamping!
Niki
Recipe
Stamps: willow, sleigh, sentiment, swirls (Whiff of Joy Stamps)
Cardstock: white, kraft (Papertrey Ink)
Patterned paper: Fruitcake (Basic Grey)
Accents: decorative brads
Tools: copic markers, sewing machine, scissors, sponge, label die (Spellbinders)
I have to share my happy news before I get to sharing my card. Smokey finally showed up on our front porch this morning!! I am so happy and relieved. It has been so hard having him missing. It had been a week and very cold here at night so I didn't think we would see him again. They are my fur babies and it has been so hard having him gone. I heard a meowing at the front door around noon and figured it was Otis, our other cat. I opened the door and there was Smokey! He was a little gaunted up and hungry, but otherwise doing fine. I think he was probably accidentally shut in somewhere. I have no idea where. We have been all over our neighborhood for blocks around asking everyone if they'd seen him. I am just so happy he is back! Thank you to everyone who was thinking of us!
Can you believe it's already release night at Papertrey Ink? Man, the months just seem to be flying by this year. So many cute stamp sets released tonight! I already got to share some peeks at Vintage Ornaments and it's Additions set along with Take Note. Tonight, I'm sharing one of the cards I created with Heather's new Holiday Tree set. I just love that cute little snowman!
I stamped the snowman on kraft cardstock and cut him out. Then, I stamped the trees and the snowman's arms on my image panel. I layered my cut out snowman over the arms, sponged fresh snow ink on the edges, added a pure poppy layer, and some polar white flower soft. Then, I cut the rest of my layers, added some stitching, and more fresh snow ink . I love that frosty look you get by swiping a fresh snow ink pad along the edges of kraft cardstock. The white ink the Holiday Vintage Prints patterned paper was a little too bright for my card so I toned it down a little with one of the tea dye duo inks.
So, what did you pick up at PTI tonight if you went shopping?
Hugs!
Niki
Recipe
Stamps: Holiday Tree (Papertrey Ink)
Cardstock: kraft, pure poppy (Papertrey Ink)
Patterned Paper: Holiday Vintage Prints (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: fresh snow, ripe avocado, dark chocolate, true black (Papertrey Ink)
Tools: sewing machine, scalloped edge punch (SU), polar white flower soft, flower soft glue (Flower Soft)
Today, I am sharing a sneak peek at the new Zoe and Gemma's Snow Fun image. I just love this image! Aren't they cute?! Reminds me of my daughter and how badly she wants to make a snowman even though the snow has all melted away now. The image is a fairly good size so I went with a simple sketch for my card.
I colored the image with copic markers and added ivory flower soft to Zoe's hat and the snowman's hat, and polar white flower soft for the snow.
Be sure to check out the other design team members' blogs for more sneak peeks! (Links to all their blogs on the Wags 'n Whiskers blog.)
Have a great day!
Niki
Recipe
Stamps: Zoe and Gemma's Snow Fun (Wags 'n Whiskers), Holiday Wishes (Papertrey Ink)
Cardstock: white, kraft, scarlet jewel (Papertrey Ink)
Patterned Paper: (Kelly Panachi)
Tools: copic markers, sewing machine, ivory flower soft, polar white flower soft, flower soft glue (Flower Soft)
Is it fall yet? The weather here sure seems like it. It's cold every night, but just about right during the day. School is going well. My son is enjoying it so far. And I actually got some time to stamp this morning. Been a pretty good day!
I created this card a while ago, but hadn't had a chance to take a photo of it until today. I was in the fall mood and decided to pull out one of my cute little Riley stamps and some autumn flower soft to create a card. I stamped the pumpkins from 2009 Autumn Tags and then inked the edges of my card. I also inked the edge of my patterned paper. I colored my Riley image with copic markers and added the autumn flower soft under him. While my image was drying, I stamped my sentiment using Borders and Corners: Circles and a sentiment from 2009 Autumn Tags.
I'll be back tomorrow night with a Papertrey Ink sneak peek! Wait until you see the set we are sneak peeking! I love it! *wink*
Niki
Recipe
Stamps: Pumpkin Patch Riley (Hanna Stamps), 2009 Autumn Tags, Borders and Corners: Circles (Papertrey Ink)
Cardstock: white, kraft, dark chocolate (Papertrey Ink)
Patterned Paper: Autumn Abundance (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: tea dye duo (Papertrey Ink), orangerie (Palette), tuxedo black (Momento), antique linen distress ink (Ranger)
Tools: circle nestability dies, square nestability die (Spellbinders), copic markers, sewing machine, flower soft glue, autumn flower soft (Flower Soft)
Wow, I can't believe it's been awhile since I posted! I have been busy with family stuff and did not had any time to stamp last week except for working on Papertrey Ink release stuff that I can't share yet.
Saturday, we went to visit with my grandma who had come up for her class reunion and we got to see one of my younger sisters and her family. They are moving to Montana next week (she got a teaching job over there) so we won't be seeing them very much once the snow starts to fly. It was good to get to visit a little before they move.
Yesterday, my husband, our kids, and I went for a ride out in the woods on the motorcycles and had a picnic. My son loves trains so we took him to see the old train trestles from when they logged with trains out in the woods. The trestles are falling down and there isn't much left of one of them (one was actually in pretty good shape still for how old they are), but it's fun to go look at them and talk about the way people used to do things.
Just a super quick card to share tonight. I used one of the small flower soft toppers to create this little 3 x 5 card. I simply stamped my sentiment on the card, added an aqua mist mat and some Shamrock Green Flower Soft before adhering it to my card base with foam adhesive. Quick and easy.
I'll be back tomorrow night with a sneak peek at two of the new sets coming out from Papertrey Ink on the 15th. Have a great day!
Niki
Recipe
Topper: Garden Friends(Flower Soft)
Stamps: In Bloom (Papertrey Ink)
Cardstock: aqua mist, spring moss (Papertrey Ink)
Tools: shamrock green flower soft, flower soft glue (Flower Soft)
It's the first of August (how did that happen?!), which means that it's time for the Flower Soft design team challenge. This month, Jennifer challenged us to use one of the flower soft toppers, a fun and easy challenge! Since the new Christmas toppers are all perforated, it's very easy to pop out all the pieces and assemble them with foam adhesive.
I added some polar white flower soft to the spots of snow on the trees and below the children. Love the sparkle and texture it adds! The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's Made of Snow stamp set.
Stop by the rest of the design team ladies' blogs for more great inspiration using the Flower Soft toppers: AJ, Carole, Charmaine, Deb, Jennifer, Sharon, and Valerie.
Have a great weekend!
Niki
Recipe
Card Topper: Snow Buddies - Cute Christmas Collection (Flower Soft)
Stamps: Made of Snow (Papertrey Ink)
Cardstock: pure poppy (Papertrey Ink), wild wasabi (SU - retired)
Accents: polar white flower soft (Flower Soft)
Tools: flower soft glue (Flower Soft), scallop diamond border punch (EK Success)
I am so excited because I get to share some sneak peeks of the new High Hopes release! (New stamps will be available for sale Saturday night or Sunday morning.) Oh my goodness, there are so many adorable new stamps! Just wait until you see them all! One of the themes for this release is Christmas in July. I had to ink up this adorable bear as one of my first images. Isn't he so cute!?!
I chose some Be Merry patterned papers from My Mind's Eye along with some hibiscus burst and dark chocolate cardstock. I used a dotted wave border punch across the bottom. (Bev has these available in the store.)
I stamped my skiing bear on white cardstock and colored him with copic markers that coordinate with my patterned paper. Then, I masked the image and sprayed the sky using a copic marker and my air compressor. Then, I added some dimensional glaze to the bear's nose and ski goggles and some polar white flower soft to the bottom of my image. Love that stuff!
Not all of the design team ladies have received their stamps yet, but I know there are at least a few of us doing sneak peeks. (All the design team ladies are listed on the left of my blog.) Hop around to catch some more sneak peeks. Crissy also has an amazing blog candy going on along with some sneak peeks at the new release. (Seven chances to win!!!)
Have a good one!
Niki
Recipe
Stamps: Bearly Swooshin (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)
Cardstock: white, hibiscus burst, dark chocolate (Papertrey Ink)
Patterned Paper: Be Merry (My Mind's Eye)
Accents: polar white flower soft - available to order July 24th (Flower Soft)
Tools: copic markers, air compressor, sewing machine, Dotted Wave edger border punch (EK Success), dimensional glaze (Ranger), scalloped scissors, flower soft glue (Flower Soft)
Flower Soft is introducing some fun new products at CHA this month and the design team has been given the go ahead to share some sneak peeks on our blogs. (New products are available to order July 24th.) Two of the new products are the new Polar White flower soft and the new card toppers. I used one of the new Window Shopping card toppers from the Cute Christmas collection. (The sentiment wreath is from the separate Cute Christmas Sentiments.) I have to say I am so in love with the new Polar White flower soft!!! It has a little different composition. It is sparkly and perfectly white. It's perfect for snow on our cards!!
The new card toppers are so much fun, too. We're seeing lots of paper toling in the card making industry right now. These card toppers make it so easy. They come with a solid image and a second sheet of images. All the pieces are perforated and it's so easy to add your layers using foam adhesive. See the dimension it adds to your card (and no cutting!). You can see the sparkly Polar White flower soft up close in this photo, too. Love that stuff!
Have a good one!
Niki
Recipe
Card Topper: Window Shopping - Cute Christmas Collection (Flower Soft)
Cardstock: white, pure poppy (Papertrey Ink)
Accents: pure poppy satin ribbon (Papertrey Ink), polar white flower soft (Flower Soft)
Tools: flower soft glue (Flower Soft)
