Crazy4Challenges with Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps C4C12

I can hardly believe that we are on Challenge 12 for C4C. It seems that our group just started. I am so excited that we have so many followers and players each week. I truly appreciate your support for this blog and although I don't have time to comment on each and every creation, I am so happy that you play along. As you can see, our Challenge Hostess Frances, has designed a fabulous sketch for us this week.

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps is our November Sponsor! I took a fairly loose interpretation of this challenge and although it isn't exactly as specified, I think it will pass.........hmm well I hope so anyway!!!

As for our Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge- It's a Winter/Christmas Theme and is hosted this week by our very talented Diana! Be sure to hop on over to her blog and take a look to see which stamp you can win by participating in the Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge.

Deets on the Card??? I used this Years Christmas Paper from SU!, One of my last purchases before I retired as a demo. IT is a rather pretty colour isn't it? I coloured CLARA with Copics, using the BG and Warm Grey series of marker. I made a rather interesting Ribbon Slide with a Metal Frame...........still not sure whether I like it or not. The sentiment is also from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps........you can find both stamps on the website!!!

Please feel free to play along with both challenges!!! and don't forget to see what the C4C Crazies have come up with for you this week as well as Kimmie's Kraftin' Girls! The talent of all of these women never cease to amaze me!

Link up your creations on the C4C Blog and Over at the Kraftin' Kimmie Blog

Happy Stamping!

*****Vicki~~~~~

Today's the Day! Our Craft Lounge Blog Hop and Candy Giveaway reveal!

Oh my gosh! When I first saw this set, I laughed out LOUD!!! Hang it up Cupid!!!! Now THAT is hilarious!!! I've heard a LOT of people and even those in loving relationships, say that they are not a celebrator of Saint Valentines Day! The reason? some say that it's a money grab, that the retailers just monopolize on an occasion that should be celebrated every day, which brings me to the second rationale that i've heard.........Every day in a relationship should be Valentines Day, that we should always treat our partner with the utmost of love and respect and that we don't need a holiday for that.............makes some sense, but pshaw!!!! Bring on the Chocolates and Wine and Romantic dinner....................I'm game.........but wait a minute, if we no longer celebrate Valentines Day and act accordingly with our partners EVERY day................well maybe that would be a lifetime supply of wine and chocolate.........oh my, I just visualize myself flopped out in a brick alleyway having gained all my weight back, and reeking of Valpolicella (that's MASI)...........WHICH would be my favourite wine, JUST in case someone special is READING this..............Or well if anyone feels compelled to send me a gift!!!! Okay enough silly babble........when I get on a tangent, I get ON a tangent!!!! lol

So this set is called Hang it up Cupid and I LOVE it.......................I used some Rusty Pickle DP as a border for this card as well as some K&CO that I purchased in a Valentined Themed Pad last year. The card worked up very fast, as the colouring is minimal. I used some Pink Sparkly Fluff on her Bow and Eyepatch..........a product exclusively from Our Craft Lounge.

Here is the set in it's entirety............How Cute eh?

Okay, now want to get in on the Candy! This is the set that's up for Grabs on my Blog!!!! If you've been visiting for the last few days, you'll know that leaving a comment will give you a virtual "ticket" to win this set. I'll be randomly choosing a winner on Saturday Morning and I'll have an announcement sometime over the weekend. Be sure we have a way to contact you!!!!

Now hop on over to the DT and Friends Blogs to check out their awesome artwork and the opportunity for more Candy...........hmmm candy.......one can never get enough!!!!

Bird and Groom - Beth ,

Hang it Up Cupid - Carol, Vicki

Hearts & Hugs - Holly, Joy

The Journey - Charmaine

Life Is -Amber

Love Notes - Heather, Beate

Out for a Spin - Pam

Fairy Dust is a Must - Cami, Broni

Granny's Truffles - Val

Jungle Love - Deb, Kendra

Shamrock Blessings -Cindy

Sweet on You -Kisa

Wanted - Lila

Just want to take another second of your reading time to wish Our Craft Lounge a very very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! and much more success in the following years. I am very happy to have formed long distance friendships with Cami, Joy and Kendra the DT Coordinator. These ladies are lovely women and I am blessed to know them

Happy Stamping

*****Vicki~~~~~

Our Craft Lounge Sneak Peeks Day 2

I'm back with some more sneak peeks from Our Craft Lounge. This set is called Fairy Dust is a Must. With Sweet Fairies and Frogs, Mushrooms and such, this set is sure to be a hit!

Hehe..........you sure do have to kiss a lot of Frogs before you find a Prince.........well some of us are luckier than others I guess and perhaps you never had to kiss any Frogs at all!

Check out the rest of the Fabby Designs from the OCL Design Team

Bird and Groom - Beth

Hang it Up Cupid - Lila

Hearts & Hugs – Holly, Kendra

The Journey - Charmaine, Beate

Life Is – Charmaine, Beate

Love Notes - Kisa, Joy

Out for a Spin – Carol

Fairy Dust is a Must - Kendra , Vicki

Granny's Truffles - Broni

Jungle Love - Heather

Shamrock Blessings - Pam

Sweet on You - Cami

Wanted - Kisa

Don't forget to leave your comments to be eligible for Friday's Blog CANDY!!!!

Here's a list of Stores where the new sets will be available:

Memories of Time
300 Central Ave.
Coos Bay, OR 97459
www.memoriesoftime.com

eclectic Paperie
www.eclecticPaperie.com

Addicted to Rubber Stamps
www.addictedtorubberstamps.com

i{heart}papers
http://www.iheartpapers.com/

Collective Journey

1755 Orange Tree Lane

Redlands, Ca 92374

909-793-2200

http://www.collectivejourney.com/

Jazi Crafts
4747 Oceanside Blvd Suite G
Oceanside, CA 92056 - United States

http://www.jazicrafts.com/

Paper Maniac
6616 W 82nd St
Bloomington, MN 55438 - United States

http://www.papermaniac.com/

Custom Impressions Scrapbooking

9737 Flower St
Bellflower, CA 90706
ph: (562)925-5927
fax: (562)925-5937

http://www.ciscraps.com/home

For my Fairy Card, I used Cosmo Cricket Earth Love Collection. The Darker Rust DP is a retired paper and no longer available, but it sure did match well with the CC. Image is coloured in Copics and I added a couple of Prima Flowers to finish it.

The Frog Prince Card was quick and easy. I cuttlebugged the soft pink base to add some dimension, cut out the main image with a nestie and added some wide Olive Ribbon to create a border. Some Pink Gingham Ribbon and a Queen and Co Brad pull the pink theme all together. The image is coloured with Copics, Gold Gel Pen and Sakura Red Glaze pen.

Don't forget to join us tomorrow for the Final Blog Hop!

Happy Stamping!

*****Vicki~~~~~

Pink Cat Thursday!

And that means new Digital Images!! This week, poor Lily and Billy are under the weather! Seems to be the norm for people this last month. Almost everyone I know has had the flu or a lingering cold that won't seem to go away!

Gee, I wish that I could look this good when I am under the weather! Not a chance, my hair is usually sticking up all over the place, my complexion pasty, but I have a chair that looks almost identical to Billy's. It's very comfy and even at 5'10", I can curl up in it just like that!!!

Head on over to Pink Cat Digi Studio to check out the new sets. And don't forget to show the Pink Cat DDT Girls some love by following the links on my sidebar!

Did I mention that I LOVE the way this card turned out? I coloured him with Copics and got a really nice blend on that chair!. DP is from Basic Grey Mellow and the Base Paper is Spring Willow Medium from Prism.

The sentiment for this set is from Kraftin' Kimmie's Everyday Sentiments. There's 30 awesome phrases in this set.

Additionally, you can get some very cool free sentiments to go with Billy over at the Digi Studio!

Happy Stamping!

*****Vicki~~~~

The {Stamps} of Life-Joy2Christmas Scrapbooking!

Here's a quick and easy project completed with the StampsofLife Digital Joy2Christmas Set. If you visit the website in the next few days, I've created a project sheet on exactly how to complete this page!

This was a photograph of my sweet babe when he was two years old. Boy oh boy time has flown by! I didn't really like the look of the posed picture in it's entirety, too much grey carpet and faux backdrop, so I cropped it down from 8x10 to 5x7.....I wanted to focus on Jon's sweet little angel face!!!

Supplies:

The {Stamps} of Life Joy2Christmas Digital Stamps

Kraft and Red Cardstock

Wide Ribbon

DP from MME

Buttons, Linen Thread and Brown Thread for Machine Stitching

Chipboard Numbers

Felt Flower

Mini Glue Dots

Hope you enjoyed this project!

Happy Stamping!

*****Vicki~~~~~

Our Craft Lounge Sneak Peeksand some Candy too!

I am totally excited to be playing along with the Our Craft Lounge Design Team to bring you sneak peeks of the newest sets that will be released this Friday at Our Craft Lounge!

This adorable set, out for a spin, is one of 13 new sets that you can check out by following the links to the following blogs:

Cindy

Kisa

Heather

Deb

Kendra

Pam

Lila

Carol

Charmaine

Holly

Amber

Beth

Cami

Joy

You'll be sure to see some fabby previews from this creative crew! Want to win some sweet sweet candy? Make sure that you leave some love along your blog visits today. All of you that do over the next three days will be compiled for one random winner per blog. You have until Midnight on Friday night (est) to enter your comments on any or all of my OCL posts. Please leave some contact info so that I can find you when you win! I'll be giving away the set that I am showcasing on Friday!

I wanted to keep my layout for this card simple, with the focus being on the main image. I coloured with Copics, adding some silver gel pen for the handlebars and various metal parts. The brown layer looked a little dull, so I cuttlebugged some cute daisies in to give it a little ziparoo!

Dotty Ribbon and Red button accents complete the look of this simple card. I really liked this image because it coloured quickly and was easy to use on this clean card design.

Hope you have fun seeing what OCL has in store for you this month! Don't forget to come back tomorrow, I'll have more peeks for you!

Happy Stamping!

*****Vicki~~~~~

PInk Elephant Challenge #41 and a whole lot more!

I have so much to share with you today! First things first though. Today's TPE Challenge is a Sketch Challenge! This is my very loose interpretation of the sketch. I didn't have the patience to cut a double circle for a card, so I used a clean white square as my card base. The circular cutout was created on my Cricut Machine. I thread two different ribbons through the main image, thus imitating the lines on the sketch.

The main image, Pookie, is from our VERY OWN Lori Boyd! Pookie and some of her other fabulous Lollipop images are available over at Stamping Bella. Not too much to say about the rest of the card. I coloured with Copics, cut out lil' Pookie and mounted him on dimesional tape. Tied on the Tag with some linen thread. The sentiment is from Everyday Flexible Phrases.

So if you would like to play along with this challenge, don't forget to link up your creation via Mr. Linky on TPE blog. The Sponsor for today is DiecutsRus and Claudia has generously donated a 10.00 Gift Certificate and a new digi image to one winner.

Totally Stampalicious has a great Shipping Promo going on for the next week. They have waived all Shipping Charges ! Yep! even international customers. Check out Wilimeana.......I like to call her Little miss Micheif! Can't you see it written all over her face? This stamp set comes with all sorts of neat sayings and some cool accessories!

I used Basic Grey DP (Figgy Pudding) and Primary Red as my base cardstock. The image is Paper Pieced and coloured with Copic Markers.

Lastly, and certainly not least, Melissa has some new Rubber Goodness over at Pink Cat Studio.

Today Pink Cat Studio is releasing three “Lily in Winter” themed rubber stamp sets. Each set has 3 stamps which include a large Lily stamp, a small coordinating stamp and a sentiment. Visit the PCS website to see the new stamps: http://www.pinkcatstudio.com/Stamps/Lily/Lily.htm

Phew! I think that is about it for today....... I have a LOT of stuff brewing up in the Studio this week.................Stay Tuned!

Happy Stamping!

*****Vicki~~~~~