Light It Up Blue For Autism Awareness Blog Hop Winners!

Posted in August 2014, Autism Awareness, Giveaway Winner by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone!! I stopping by really quick to announce the winner of the Light It Up Blue For Autism Awareness Blog Hop Winners!!

First lets see what they will get:

Isn’t it supper cool that their mugs have a hint of blue in them!! I love it. I search high and low for these. I hope they love them.

Now on to the winners!!

Congrats to Liz Cavill and Eva!! Thanks for stopping by and checking out my blog on that day. I hope you ladies come back again.

I will be commenting back to all of you now that the winners are announced. I didn’t want to create more work for those tallying the winners. Thanks to all of you who stopped by and shared your thought with me. I had a pleasure reading everyone’s comment.

I hope we get to do this again soon!! Have a great day!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kymona

31Aug2014

L-E-T-T-E-R…….

Posted in August 2014, CASology Challenge by Kreative Kymona

Second Post for today!!

Hello everyone!! I’m here today with CASology Week 110 and their Cue Card word is LETTER.

I have to say when I sat down to create I had to think really hard on what I wanted to create. All of the ideas that came to mind someone already bet me to the punch.

I felt stuck. So, I took out a stamp set I’ve never used and one piece of color card stock and decided that I had to come up with something using these two items.

I choose Papertrey Ink Wet Paint Alphabet and Stampin’ Up! Basic Black cardstock.

I ponder over what in the world I make that represented a letter. I thought about having all of the letter be my background but the word is singular so that wouldn’t work.

Then a light bulb went off and I came up with this:

I decided to spell out the word L-E-T-T-E-R and emboss it with Stampin’ Up! Tempting Turquoise Embossing Powder (which happens to be on sale for next to nothing, let me know if you need it).

I added a Stampin’ Up! Rhinestone and my card is done.

Nothing much to it but I like it.

What do you think? Let me know below.

Thanks for stopping by.

~Kymona

Supplies used:

31Aug2014

Thanks…

Posted in August 2014, Blog Challenge, CASology Challenge by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone!! I’m here today with CAS(E) this sketch #90! Today’s sketch was created by Chrissy Larson.

I’m also here with Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge.

I’ve noticed recently that I’ve ordered stamp sets and do not use them. So, I decided that I will start creating cards with stamps sets that I’ve never used.

So, today’s card was created with Papertrey Ink’s Fancy That stamp set. I also wanted to use some cardstock that I haven’t used in a while. So I decided on Stampin’ Up! new in color Blackberry Bliss and Lost Lagoon cardstock.

These two colors together really look so nice together.

Take a look at my card:

Take a look at my rhinestones. I colored them with the same colors that’s in the medallion.

The colors in the medallion are Blackberry Bliss, Lost Lagoon and Hello Honey all from Stampin’ Up’s new in colors markers.

I die cut the Simon Says Stamp Thanks die from Lost Lagoon card stock 4 times for dimension.

I cut white cardstock using Avery Elle’s Custom Panels Die to get that odd shape.

What do you think?

Supplies used:

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kymona

27Aug2014

Fruits, Fruits and more Fruits!!

Posted in August 2014, Blog Challenge, DoubleClick Blog Challenge by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone!! I’m back again for the third DoubleClick Challenge! The theme is, you guessed it, its fruit!!

The summer time is full of delicious fruits from all over the world.

Let me tell you what surprised me the other day. My friend who lives off of one of the busiest streets in Queens, has a neighbor who has a pear tree in the front of their house. I was blown away. I never saw a fruit tree in city, upstate yes, but not down in the city. Can you eat the fruits? Are they sweet? I wanted to know but was too scared to ask for one. So what I did was take a picture of the tree as proof that it exist.

Take a look for your self:

How beautiful is that tree full of fruit!! Makes you want one. Ok, ok I digress! On to the challenge. Its all about fruit!

I choose to go with tangerines! They are so delicious and you can peel it by yourself. The sweeter the better for me.

Take a look at my card:

These tiny tangerine halves look so good, you almost want to eat them all. Let’s talk about how I create this nice CAS card.

1. My Stampin’ UP! Tangerine Tango card base is an A2 card which measures 4.25 x 5.50 scored at 5.50.

2. My Neenah Solor White card panel measures 4 x 5.25. I rounded the corners with a retired Stampin’ Up! punch.

3. I used Stamp’ Up! retire Tart and Tangy Stamp Set to stamp my tangerines 3 times out of Tangerine Tango ink.

4. I used Stampin’ Up! 1-1/4″ Circle Punch to punch out my tangerines.

5. I adhered the tangerines to the card panel with Stampin’ Up! Dimensionals.

6. I used Stampin’ Up! Hi There Stamp Set to stamp the Hello at the bottom of my card base with Versafine black ink.

7. I adhered the card panel to the card base using Stampin’ UP! Dimensionals.

7. I added Wink of Stella to the tangerine petals for added glare.

8. For my finishing touch, I added my PUMPKIN SKITTLES to the center of my tangerines and after my hello.

Clean and Simple at its best.

So tell me what do you think?

Now its your turn to play along. You have until September 2 to enter the challenge.

The lucky winner will win the nice prize pack you see below:

Good Luck to all of you!

Supplies used:

Thank you for stopping by!

~Kymona

25Aug2014

Hero Arts and A2Z Scrapbooking Digital Blog Hop!

Posted in August 2014, Blog Hop, Hero Arts and a2z Scrapbooking Blog Hop by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone and happy Monday to you!! Today we are excited that Hero Arts will be hosting a blog hop with A2Z Scrapbooking, their new digital retailers. Currently, a2z Scrapboooking offers a selection of Hero Arts digital goodies, but in the coming weeks, they will be adding to their collection and stocking Hero Arts entire range. To celebrate Hero Arts new collaboration, a number of artists from a2z Scrapbooking and Hero Arts, teamed up to provide you with a whole host of inspiration and fun. Just hop along and see how our digital products can be used.

You should be arriving from Kelly Latevola’s blog. If this is your first stop you’ll want to begin at Hero Arts blog so you don’t miss out on any of the fun, interesting projects we are sharing.

And to add to the excitement, a2z Scrapbooking will be giving away a $50 gift certificate to one lucky commenter. Prize winners will be randomly selected from ALL Comments received on the participating designer’s blogs. The more comment you leave along the hop, the better your odds of winning, so be sure to comment on every blog, starting with this Hero Arts blog!! You have until Sunday August 31st at 11:59 EST to leave your comments and the winner will be announced on the 3rd of September on the a2z Scrapbooking blog.

So now on to the fun!! I wanted to stay with a2z scrapbooking current theme of encouragement so I created a series of cards that boost encouragement. I used Hero Arts Digital Artistic Circles!! This set of circles are amazing!! They are a must have.

With that said, lets take a look at my cards:

Be Fearless was colored with Copic Markers V04, B06, V12, and V17

Be Generous was created with Inktense color pencils Poppy Red, Apple Green, Sun Yellow and Tangerine

Be Strong was colored with Distress Ink Markers Peacock Feathers, Ripe Persimmon, Tumbled Glass and Squeezed Lemonade

Be Yourself was created with Copic Markers B00, B04, B12 and B14

The “Be” Series!

So what do you think? Its a must have digital set, right!! I totally agree! These cards were so easy to create.

I created these card panels in Photoshop, but any photo editing software would work.

I sized and resized each circle so that they were centered on each card panel. That didn’t take long at all. Once my placement was create I printed one sheet and cut my panels down to 4 x 5.25.

Then I colored each of the circles with different mediums and added Hero Arts Gems to the center of each circle. I used each medium to color the gem.

To stay with the digital theme, I created each sentiment in Photoshop and cut them out, flagged them and added them to the front of the card.

I tied bakers twine around the card panel for more detail. I added foam adhesive to back of each card panel and adhered that to the card base.

Easy as pie!!

Let me know what you think!!

If you would like any of the products that I used on this card please head on over to the a2z Scrapbooking store and use the coupon code KYMONA15 to get 15% off your entire purchase.

Now on to the Fabulous Lisa Spangler blog to see what she has come up with!!!

Just in case you missed anyone here is the entire list of blogs participating in the hop!

Hero Arts
Tami Hartley
Kelly Latevola
Kymona Tracey ← You Are Here
Lisa Spangler
Michelle Liimatainen
Kathy Wade
Lucy Abrams
Chitra Nair
Char K
Ruth Bosner
Jocelyn Olson
Zoey Scarpelli
Stephanie B
Kelly Rasmussen
a2z Scrapbooking

Supplies used:

Have fun on your hop today!

~Kymona

24Aug2014

Mug Swap Send Off!!

Posted in August 2014, Mug Swap by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone!! I’m back again with an update on my Mug Swap!! I sent my package off on Friday, August 22nd to my surprise swapper!! I hope she really likes her package!

Take a look at what she gets:

She gets her purple Mom mug, a personalized card from me and a set of greeting cards to send to who every she wants.

Inside the “You Make Me Happy” bag you will find these cards with matching envelopes:

I hope a gain a new friend from this exchange. I can’t wait until next year to do this again!!

Thank you for stopping by!

~Kymona

20Aug2014

You Rock Teacher!!

Posted in August 2014, Back to School, Blog Challenge, Simon Says Stamp Challenge by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone! I’m here today with Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Blog Challenge and Word Art Wednesday.

The theme is my favorite!! It’s Back To School! Yayyyyy! If you’ve been following my blog you know how I feel about new paper, pens, pencils, notebooks and crayons. I love the smell of new school supplies. I get excited when my daughter gets her list from school. We are one of the first people in the store. I end up buying way to many supplies, LOL.

The card I made is for all of the teachers in the world. Teachers have the hardest job in the world to me. They deal with little people all day and those little people have different personalities. Can you imagine all of them talking at the same time, lol!! Oh no!!

On a serious note, they are responsible for preparing our children for life. They teach them all of the fundamentals they will need to be great people in this world. That is a big job. With that said, I like to let my children’s teacher know they are appreciated.

Take a look at my card:

I just love how this card came out. The embossing looks so good against my favorite color cardstock, Audrey Blue. I also used Simon Says Stamp Teacher’s Pet New Release for this card.

Here is how I created this card:

1. My card base measures 4.25 x 5.50 scored at 5.50 is Simon Says Stamp Audrey Blue cardstock!! So pretty to me. My card panel measures 4 x 5.25 and its Neenah Solar White cardstock.

2. I used Simon Says Stamp Scrambled Letters Stencil and Wendy Vecchi White Embossing Paste to create my background on my card panel.

3. Then I used Simon Says Stamp Lunch Box Notes Craft Die to cut my frame out of Stampin’ Up! Daffodil Delight cardstock, the stars out of Stampin’ Up! Real Red cardstock and the small window out of Simon Says Audrey Blue cardstock.

4. I used Simon Says Stamp Teacher Craft Dies to cut the word teacher out of Stampin’ Up! Real Red cardstock.

5. Now its time to put my card together. I stamped “You Rock!” from Simon Says Stamp Lunch Box Stamp Set with Versamark Ink and then embossed it with Hero Arts White Embossing Powder.

6. I attach the square piece to the frame and two of the stars to the embossed panel using foam adhesive. I attached the teacher die and one of the stars with Tombow Multipurpose Glue.

7. For the finishing touch, I added a Clear Wink of Stella to the stars and the die cut teacher.

Nicely done! What do you think? Let me know.

By the way, this card was made for my Blogging and Instagram friend Malini from My Little Pink Craft Kitchen. She is a school teacher and I wanted to show her my appreciation. Enjoy!!

Supplies used:

18Aug2014

Life Is A Story…

Posted in August 2014, Blog Challenge, Die Cut, Encouragement, Muse Challenge, Stencils by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone!! I’m here today playing with the Muse Challenge #81. Today’s Muse is Marion Vagg and her card is absolutely gorgeous.

Take a look at her card:

Marion Vagg

When I saw this card, my mouth dropped. I love the colors, the glitter, the butterfly just amazing.

I knew what I wanted to create. I wanted my card to be similar but different.

I’m also playing along with CAS-UAL FRIDAYS Challenge Tic Tac Toe

Chevrons, Black and Sequins is my Tic Tac Toe.

Take a look at my card:

Can you tell how my card is different from Marion?

1. My butterfly is cut out of my stencil card panel.

2. The glitter is on my butterfly wings and not on the rest of the card.

3. I decided to use only two colors but when blended it created a third color.

This is how I created this card:

1. My card base is an A2 size card, 4.25 x 5.50 and my card panel measures 4 x 5.25.

2. I used Simon Says Stamp Zig Zag Stencil and Papertrey Ink Summer Sunrise and Hawaiian Shores Ink to create my stenciled panel.

This stencil is so delicate that you can’t rub the ink onto the stencil, you have to pounce it on the the stencil as to not break the stencil.

3. I used my Memory Box Asti Butterfly Wings to partial die cut the butterfly wings out of my stenciled piece.

4. I used Papertrey Ink’s Building Block Sentiment Stamp Set to stamp “Life Is A Story” on a piece of black card stock.

5. I used Stampin’ Up! Bitty Banners Framelits to cut out a banner out of my sentiment.

6. I used foam adhesive to add my banner to the front of my stenciled panel.

7. I added Clear Wink of Stella to the butterfly wings for some sparkle and Doodlebug Beetle Black Sprinkles in the center of the butterfly wings.

That’s my card for today. What do you think?

This just in:

A friend of mines notified me today that a good friend of hers daughter past away this weekend. The little girl whose name is Katy was only 6 years old. She was dealing with a bad heart. I can’t image how her parents are feeling. I’m a mom of 2 and they are my life-line.

I’m going to send this card to her parents and brother, with hopes of lifting their spirits. Life is a story and they have one to tell. For me the butterfly symbolizes hope and that Katy is in a better place, no more pain or surgeries. Please keep them in your prayers and if you want to send them a card too let me know!

Supplies used:

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kymona

18Aug2014

Back To School!

Posted in a2z scrapbooking challenge, August 2014, Back to School by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone! I’m here with a2z Scrapbooking today. Our month long challenge is still going strong. The theme is Encouragement!

We are in that back to school season, which I love, as you already know. My daughter has a male teacher this year for the first time so I need to stock up on cards and projects for him since I hardly make masculine things. Big change for me.

All of us need encouragement from time to time and teachers are no different. They have such a difficult job everyday. Image 25 little people all with different personalities. Now imagine them all talking at once. OMG!! I hear headache coming on fast.

So to keep my daughters teacher motivated, I created this card:

Want to know how I created this card. Come on over to the a2z Scrapbooking blog to hear all about it.

Its your turn to play along with the current challenge! It’s running to the end of the month. You have a chance to win a $25.00 gift card to the a2z Scrapbooking store.

If you would like any of the products that I used on this card please head on over to the a2z Scrapbooking store and use the coupon code KYMONA15 to get 15% off your entire purchase.

Supplies used:

Hero Arts Numbers Background Stencil SA009	Hero Arts Diamond Gems 5mm Embellishments	Versamark	Scotch Permanent Mounting Foam Tape .5″ x 36 yards
Hero Arts Orange Soda Shadow Ink	Hero Arts Butter Bar Mid-tone Shadow Ink A207	Hero Arts White Embossing Powder	Corner Chomper