CASology 162 – Write

Second post for today
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Hello everyone!! It’s CASology Tuesday!! We are back with another Cue Card for you!!!

I have to say I really love this week’s cue card. I love to write but handwriting is the worst!! LOL!! I wish I took penmanship classes more seriously when I was in grade school.

I just hated writing, “The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog“. Do you remember writing that over and over and over again. I never understood why we had to write that. The reason is, that sentence contains every letter in the alphabet!! Writing it, allowed us to write every letter!!!

We had a entire penmanship book. The pages were similar to this but with more space to write:

If I knew what I know now, right, LOL!!!

This week’s cue card is:

Take a look at my card:

Here is how I created this card:

I used Papertrey Ink’s Pencil Me In Patterned Paper to create my card front.
After that I used Papertrey Ink’s Pencil Me In Die to cut out my pencil. I adhered all of the pieces together using Plus Glue Tape Runner.
Then I used Papertrey Ink’s Lunchbox Notes Stamp Set to stamp my sentiment using My Favorite Things Hybrid Ink on the card front and pencil.
I used a black pen and scribbled in the line below the pencil.

Super fun and simple!!

Here are some closer looks:

Super doper easy!! What do you think? I would love to hear what you think below.

Now its your turn!! I can’t wait to see what you come up with!

For more inspiration, check out my fellow Design Team members blog for more awesome work.

Kymona Tracey ←Me

Our Guest Designer this week:

Diana

Our Sponsor this week is: Cindy B Designs.

Supplies used:

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kymona

28Apr2015

So Suzy Stamps Baby Featurette Part 3

Posted in April 2015, So Suzy Stamps Baby Featurette by Kreative Kymona

Second Post for today

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Hello everyone!! I’m here again for my third and last installment of So Suzy Stamps Baby Featurette!!

Today, I’m going to show you some thanks you cards and some party favors.

Check out what I created:

Here is a closeup:

I decide to go with blue this time around because I haven’t created anything for a baby boy’s party!! Such a cute set to give to a mom so she can thank everyone who bought her gifts.

For this thank you card, I used So Suzy Stamps Thank you stamp and stamped that sentiment on the front of the card front. I used the second to smallest Stampin’ Up! retired heart die to cut out a heart from Lawn Fawn Hello Sunshine paper.

I also created some favors for the party-goers to go home with.

Take a look:

I stamped So Suzy Stamps Pretty Baby Mobile stamp on Stampin’ Up! Mini Muslin Bag with My Favorite Things Hybrid Ink .

At the bottom of the bag, I stamped “It’s a boy“! I love how this back turned out.

That was it! Super Duper easy and so doable!! I had a blast creating baby stuff for the past three weeks. I hope you had a blast checking out the baby goodies.

Before I go, did you know that So Suzy Stamps can be found on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter? Yes, you should join us there and find more inspirations and fun!!

Supplies used:

Thank you so much for stopping by!!

Kymona

28Apr2015

CASology 144 – Flight

Posted in April 2015, CASology Challenge by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone!! It’s CASology Tuesday!! We are back again with another Cue Card for you!! The weeks are flying by so fast. This is the last week in April and still no sign of Spring.

I hope May brings a lot of sunshine.

This week’s cue card was super easy for me!! I know which stamp set I wanted to use as soon as I saw the word flight.

I went super clean and simple on this card. Take a look:

I used Simon Says Stamp Quite The Pear Stamp Set to stamp my paper plane.

I used Copic Markers C4 and C6 to color my paper plane.

I stamped the dash line from the bottom of my card to the paper plane using Simon Says Stamp

The dash line gives the paper plane some motion.

I stamped my sentiment using Technique Tuesday Take Flight Stamp Set using My Favorite Thanks Hybrid Ink.

I rounded the right hand bottom corner with my We R Memories Corner Chomper.

I decided at the last minute to add one rhinestone to the sentiment for a nice finishing touch.

So what do you think? Now its your turn to give this cue card a try.

For more inspiration, check out my fellow Design Team members blog for more awesome work.

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Gillian Ross (taking a break)

Kymona Tracey ←Me

Our Guest Designer this week:

Melissa

Our Sponsor this week is Serendipity Stamps.

Supplies used:

Thank you so much for stopping by!!

~Kymona

27Apr2015

Waffle Flower Crafts – Photo Inspiration Challenge

Posted in April 2015, Blog Challenge, Waffle Flower Craft Blog Challenge by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone!! I’m here with our new Waffle Flower Crafts Photo Inspiration Challenge!!!

This is our seventh challenge for 2015. I can’t believe we are at the end of April already!! It just started yesterday, LOL. Seriously, where did the time go? Spring is creep in slowly on the Northeast coast. I can’t wait for it to get warmer.

These colors remind me of spring!! Which I hope gets here soon. I have to admit, this photo really gave me a run for my money. I had a hard time figuring out what I wanted to do.

It took me two weeks and some new stamps to figure out what I want to do.

Take a look at my card:

Once I received my new stamps and dies, I figured out what I wanted to do.

I decided to go with the mirror in the photo! So that is what I created, a mirror with no glass!

Here is how I created my card:

1. I cut my Simon Says Stamp Mint cardstock to 5 x 10 scored at 5.

2. I die cut Waffle Flower Crafts Doily Square die out of Stampin’ Up! Brushed Gold cardstock.

3. I placed my cardstock on my new Misti so that I could place my stamps inside my frame for perfect placement.

4.I used Waffle Flower Crafts Planted Stamp Set to stamp my potted flower with Waffle Flower Crafts Spring Blend Inks.

5.I used Waffle Flower Crafts Doily Circle Stamp Set to stamp my sentiment and hearts with the same Spring Blend Ink.

6. I attached my frame with foam adhesive.

7. I added Clear Wink of Stella to the hearts and smile.

I’m super excited about my card. It turned out very pretty. I’m glad I waited for the new release.

So what do you think? Please let me know.

Now its your turn!! I can’t wait to see what you come up with.

Supplies used:

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kymona

24Apr2015

a2z Scrapbooking Birthday Blog Hop Bash

Posted in a2z Scrapbooking Birthday Blog Hop, April 2015, Blog Hop by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone, and welcome to a2z Scrapbooking Birthday Blog Hop Bash!!! You should be arriving from the fabulous Kristina’s blog . If this is your first stop you’ll want to begin at a2z Scrapbooking blog so you don’t miss out on any of the fun and beautiful creations we are sharing today.

I’m super excited to share my card with you today. I’m bursting out of the seams with excitement. You want to know why? Well, check it out:

(Photographing this technique was a bit of a challenge because when I stood the card up the foil looked black so I had to lie it down.)

Yes, Foiling!!! I did some foiling!! It was super easy after I got the hang of it!! I messed up a couple of pieces of cardstock but what is perfection without errors!!!!

My first mistake was putting the foil on my image upside down. LOL!!! I ran it throught the laminator a bunch of times and couldn’t figure out what to do. Then it dawn on me to turn the up face side up!!

Magic!!! I ran it thought the laminator a couple of times to make sure I was doing it right and BAM!!! It was!!

Now I need every color they own. Especially since I bought a laser printer and laminator just for this technique!! Don’t judge me!!!! I’m addicted to crafts.

So how did I create my card:

1. I printed my Hero Arts Special Birthday Digital image and sentiment from my new Brother Laser Printer. There is a newer model to this printer but I didn’t need up to date since I will just use it to foil.

2. I cut my Deco Foil sheet to fit the size of my sentiment and image. I place each piece on top of the sentiment and images, gold side up and ran it through my Royal Sovereign 9-inch Laminator. I used regular printer paper to run my cardstock through the laminator.

Note: a2z Scrapbooking will carry the Heidi Swapp Foil which has gold and silver on one sheet!

3. I attached my foil cardstock to my black card base and that was it!!

Super duper easy. What do you think? Will you try foiling now?

Now your next stop will be the talented Lisa from the Purple Place but before you go let me tell you about our GIVEAWAY!!!

What is a blog hop without a giveaway??

a2z Scrapbooking is giveaway one $25 gift certificate to the store. All you have to to do is leave a comment on every blog in the hop to be included in the random drawing to win the $25 gift certificate to the store.

So what are you waiting for, don’t walk run to the other blogs and leave my fellow design team members some love.

Just in case you miss anyone’s blog, I’ve attached the entire list for you below.

a2z Scrapbooking
Barb
Betty
Char
Donna
Elena
Greta
Jennifer
Kelly
Kristina
Kymona
Lisa
Sandra
Sarah
Stephanie
Taru

Supplies used:

One more thing before I go, did you know that we are on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook?. If you haven’t done so already, please follow us on these different social media outlets!! You don’t want to miss out on any fun promotions!!

Thank you for stopping by!

Kymona

22Apr2015

Thanks So Much!

Posted in April 2015, Papertrey Ink Make It Monday by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone!! I’m here today with Papertrey Ink Make It Monday Challenge.

This week Lexi showed us how to create a white on white die cut card with a pop of color. Totally love this idea.

Take a look at my card:

Isn’t this apple die cut the cutest!! I love their new Apple Die with the Apple Mini Stamp Set.

I simple die cut the apples and then die cut the thanks with Simon Says Stamp Schoolhouse cardstock.

After die cutting the “thanks”, I carefully cut the sentiment away from the apple. I adhered the thanks and the apple outline with Tombow Multipurpose Glue.

I stamped the sentiment with My Favorite Things Hybrid Black Licorice Ink.

I adhered my apple to the card base with foam tape.

Super easy and totally fun. I love these stamp and die set. I can’t wait to play again.

I took another photo with a different background, playing around with my new Foldio in the middle of the night.

So what do you think? Let me know below.

I’m also linking this card to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Clean and and Simple

Supplies used:

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kymona

22Apr2015

Top Dog Dies – Warm and Cozy

Posted in April 2015, Top Dog Dies Tutorials by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone!! Its Top Dog Die Wednesday!! I’m here today showcasing Top Dog Dies Coffee Die Set.

This die set is super cute and what I love about it is, coffee and tea drinkers can use it. Personally I’m not a coffee drinker so tea is a much better option for me.

Today’s technique is super clean and simple, just the way I like it.

Take a look at my card:

I told you, super clean and simple.

I went with the white on white tea cup because I wanted the Audrey Blue heart to pop.

Here is how I created this card:

1. I started with an A2 size (4.25 x 5.50, scored at 4.25) card base.

2. I die cut the coffee cup, band and lid out of white cardstock.

3. I die cut the heart out of Simon Says Stamp Audrey Blue cardstock. I put the cup together with Tombow Extreme Adhesive.

4. I stamped the sentiment from Mama Elephant Cup of Wishes stamp set using My Favorite Things Hydrid Ink and Simon Says Stamp Audrey Blue Ink.

5. I adhered the cup using foam adhesive.

6. I rounded the corner using We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper.

See nice, clean and simple. You can make a set of these cards for a coffee/tea lover. Awesome gift set.

So what do you think? Let me know below. I would love to hear from you.

Supplies used:

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kymona

21Apr2015

So Suzy Stamps Baby Featurette Part 2

Posted in April 2015, So Suzy Stamps Baby Featurette by Kreative Kymona

Second Post for today

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Hello everyone!! I’m here again for the second installment of So Suzy’s Stamps Baby Featurette!!

I hope you like the invites in your mailbox. Baby Shower invites are always super fun and nice to get in the mail. Everyone loves new babies. So when you go to a shower you expect to have super fun and time with the expecting mom.

The host goes out of their way to make sure the is super cute and full of fun stuff for you to see and touch.

Take a look at some of the baby shower goodies I created:

If you want the full tutorial on how I created these cute baby shower goodies, head on over to So Suzy’s Blog for all of the juicy details!!!

You will not be disappointed!! This series will last for one more week so stay tuned for more goodies!!

Before I go, did you know that So Suzy Stamps can be found on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter? Yes, you should join us there and find more inspirations and fun!!

Thanks for stopping by!!!

~Kymona

21Apr2015

CASology 143 – Ombre

Posted in April 2015, CASology Challenge by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone!! It’s CASology Tuesday!! We are back again with another Cue Card for you!!!

I love this week’s cue card. Creating ombre cards are always fun. I love how the colors go from dark to light or vise versa.

Its all about baby stuff for me this week so I decided to stick with that theme. Last week I received the new Tim Holtz Mini Blueprints 8 stamp set and I fell in love with the onesie stamp!!

Take a look at what I created this week:

I just love how this baby onesie turned out, don’t you? Soooo, do you want to know what colors I used on my onesie?

To color my onesie, I applied the 10 + 2 rule to my Copic coloring!!

What is that you ask? Well instead of staying with the natural color blend, I decided to step it up a notch.

1. I started with B00 then add 10 to those zeros then I added 2, which gave me B12.

2. Then I add 10 to the 12 then add 2, which gave me B24.

3. That gave me B00, B12 and B24 – 10 + 2!!

By do that, I intensified my colors. The darker color is truly dark and will stand out more. That goes for the mid-tone color as well.

I’m totally impressed by those colors. I want to practice that technique with other colors to see how it looks.

The rest of the card was easy to pull together. My card base and card panel were die cut with My Favorite Things Die-namics Stitched Rounded Rectangle Stax.

I mounted the card panel to the card front using a piece of white fun foam.

I stamped the sentiment using So Suzy Stamps Welcome Baby stamp featured in her new Baby Featurette Series which you can find here.

Super doper cute and simple.

For more inspiration, check out my fellow Design Team members blog for more awesome work.

Kymona Tracey ←Me

May Park (on a break)

Melissa Chipperfield

Tracey McNeely

Our Guest Designer this week:

Vicki

Our Sponsor this week is Avery Elle.

Supplies used:

Thanks for stopping by!!

~Kymona

20Apr2015

So Suzy Stamps Happy Birthday Blog Hop

Posted in April 2015, Birthday Card, Blog Hop, So Suzy Stamps Birthday Party by Kreative Kymona

Holy cow! Can you believe it is out FIRST birthday?! Yep, last year, on April 20th, Suzy opened her online shop and things have been rolling from there! In that year, she has seen her first customer (Courtney Schloss), her first Design Team, and first brick and mortar shop along with a bunch of new friends!

If you arrived from So Suzy Stamps blog, then you are on the right track. If this is your first stop, then head on over to So Suzy Stamps blog so that you don’t miss out on your chance to win our awesome prizes.

To help celebrate So Suzy Stamps Birthday, I created this card using one of her first sentiment stamps release last year.

Take a look at the card I created for this hop:

(Wow, can you believe I took this photo at 1:46am. In totally darkness. Thanks to my new Foldio. I will do a separate blog post about it.)

I wanted my card to be super clean and simple. I choose to stamp two roses because we are looking forward to year number two!!

I stamped my roses with My Favorite Things Hybrid Ink Pad.

Then I used Copic Marker YR02, YR04, YR07 to color my roses.

On the inside of my card I used Simon Says Stamp Sending and Wishing Stamp set to add the sentiment using the same ink.

Super simple, elegant and pretty!! Happy Birthday So Suzy Stamps!! I wish you many more!!

Now on to our super fun day!

Suzy wanted to do something fun for the day and her wonderful Design Team came up with a bunch of ideas and a scavenger hunt was one of them! Before we get to the Scavenger Hunt, let’s go over some of the other fun things we have in store for you today!

Scavenger Hunt on So Suzy Stamps Website – $10 Gift Certificate – 5 Winners
Blog Hop on…So Suzy Stamps Blog – $10 Gift Certificate – Drawing (1 winner)
Instagram Photo Bomb – $10 Gift Certificate – Drawing (1 winner) – Be sure and use #SoSuzy1stBday
Facebook Birthday Party – $10 Gift Certificate – Drawing (1 winner)
Participate in all of the festivities – $25 Gift Certificate – Drawing (1 winner)
20% off everything in the store – No coupon required

Lots of fun, huh?!

As far as the Scavenger Hunt goes…all you need to do is answer the questions, including the bonus question and submit it via the contact form. Please number your answers so they coincide with the question number.

Out of all the entries, there will be 5 winners. The winners will need to have ALL the questions correct, they must have their answers NUMBERED and all entries will need to be submitted no later than 11:59pm MST on April 20th.

All answers can be found by perusing through the website and by checking out the Blog Hop! We have already had a couple of practice runs and people were able to find them.

The winners will be announced on April 22nd via our Blog.

So what are you waiting for, don’t walk run and play along with us. Next up is the talented Jenny. What till you see what she has in store for you!!

Blog Hop Participants

Kymona ←Me

I’m also linking my card up to AAA Cards: #37 It’s Springtime