Are You Ready to Fingerpaint?

Posted in Fingerpaint, July 2014, Less Is More by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone! I’m back again with another card for Less is More Week 180: One Layer Card.

The challenge is to Adapt a Fingerprint. Yayyyy!! This reminds me of my childhood when we just created with no cares or worries and thought everything was beautiful.

My daughter and I had a great time playing with this challenge. She will post her cards later on today and I will link to it when she post.

Take a look at my card:

I used my index finger and Papertrey Ink’s Summer Sunrise ink to create my heart. How cute is that!!

My sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp Stripe Greetings stamped with Memento Black Ink.

I created a couple more cards for this challenge. I couldn’t help myself.

Take a look:

So what do you think? I think all of you should try it. Bring out your inner child this weekend.

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11Jul2014

Giving Thanks

Posted in Blog Challenge, Clean and Simple, July 2014, Less Is More by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone! I’m here today with the Less is More Week 179 Challenge. I haven’t played with them in awhile so I decided to join them with their Earth Tone Color Challenge.

So, you guessed it, it’s the tenth hour and I have to hurry to submit my card. So, no long talking today.

Take a look at my card:

I just received my new order from Simon Says Stamp Kelly Purkey’s sale. I ordered the feathers die and thought it would work well with this challenge.

I die cut the four feathers from Lawn Fawn’s Into the Woods pattern paper.

Then I attached them to each other using a Stampin’ Up! glue dots.

Then I added Stampin’ Up! linen thread to a retired Stampin’ Up! naturals button, tied a bow and adhered it to the top of my feathers.

I stamped my sentiment giving thanks from Simon Says Stamp Giving Thanks Stamp Set with Colorbox Chestnut Roan chalk inkpad.

Nice, clean and simple card with a lot of white space.

What do you think?

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Thanks for stopping by!

~Kymona

9Jul2014

You Make My Heart GLOW!!

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

Second Post for the day!

Hello everyone! I’m back again with CASology Week 103. The Cue Card is “Glow”! Yes, glow. What can I do? I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do so I turn to Pinterest for some inspiration.

As I browsed Pinterest the common theme was glow-in-the-dark. So, I asked myself how can I get my card to glow in the dark. I did some research and I found some glow-in-the-dark paint. Thank you Martha Stewart!!

Now in order to get the full effect of my card the lighting in the picture at a minimum. I was trying to take the picture in complete darkness but my camera wouldn’t take the photo, so I did the best I could.

Take a look at my card:

I added glow-in-the-dark paint to the wood heart and let it sit under the light for a couple of hours. When you turn off the light the heart really glows. My kids thought it was the coolest thing.

Since my camera wouldn’t take the picture in the dark, I turned on a small light in my hallway to the left of my room where the card was located. I set the camera to automatic and it took a couple of minutes to actually take and when it finally snapped this is what I got. I love the glow of the heart from the camera but I really love the glow on the desk from the heart and the the sentiment.

So what do you think?

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The wood heart is from AC Moore craft store.

So, what do you think?

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kymona

9Jul2014

Watercolor Love You

Posted in AAA Cards Challenge, Blog Challenge, July 2014, Virginia's View Challenge, Watercolor Backgrounds by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone! I’m back again with AAA Cards Game #10 Watercolor techniques and Virginia’s View Challenge #5.

Take a look at my card:

I used Simon Says Stamp Mosaic Heart Stencil and Distress Inks Pack 1 to create my beautiful heart on watercolor paper.

I used Simon Says Stamp Big You die to cut out 4 “you” dies out of basic black cardstock and stacked them together to add dimension.

I choose to use black cardstock so that the “you” would pop against the bright watercolor heart. I used clear foam tape to adhere the “you’ to my card. I love this tape because you will never see the tape behind your project. Thank you Jennifer McGuire for that one.

I love how it turned out. I went to my brother and asked him to tell me what the card said and he nailed it on the first try.

So, I’m confident you will see that my card says I Love You!

Let me know what you think. I would love to get feedback.

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Thanks for stopping by!!

~Kymona

8Jul2014

The Joy is in the Journey

Posted in AAA Cards Challenge, Blog Challenge, July 2014, One Layer Card, Papertrey Ink Make It Monday, Watercolor by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone!! I’m here today with Papertrey Ink’s Make it Monday #171: Pop Up Die Cuts, AAA Cards Game #10 Watercolor techniques and Virginia’s View Challenge #5

I’m so excited about this weeks challenges because they combine my two favorite things. Water-coloring and my all time favorite die, Life is Beautiful Butterfly die.

Yayyyyy, I get to use Watercolors for this challenge!!

Besty Veldman showed everyone how to use our dies to create partial cuts!!

Die Cut, perfect!

Take a look at my card:

I created a card like this in the past, when I was taking my Online Card Class on Water-coloring. It was fun so I decided to do it again with different colors, die, and sentiment. You can see my original card here.

To create the watercolor dots, I used a new pencil eraser to transfer the ink from the pad to the paper.

Then I die cut the butterfly over the dots. I only placed the cutting plates over the wing section of the butterfly. That way the body of the butterfly will stay in tack.

I stamped the sentiment and added some heart enamel dots.

Can you say pretty!!! I can!!! Creating this card was very easy and everyone should try water-coloring and partial die cutting.

So what do you think? Please leave a comment letting me know if you like my card creation today.

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Thank you for stopping by and visiting me!

~Kymona

6Jul2014

Happy Birthday to you!!

Posted in Birthday Card, Blog Challenge, July 2014, Simon Says Stamp Challenge by Kreative Kymona

Second Post for the day! I’m on a roll today!

Hello everyone! I’m back again with another post for all of you. I’m here with Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Blog Challenge: Shaker It and a birthday card for Darnell, the party is at Ardyth’s Blog Maskerade.

Take a look at my card:

For this card, I used Mama Elephant’s Make a Wish stamp set to create my birthday card. I used Stampin’ Up! postage punch to create my shaker card. I decided to use gold and red because these colors are perfect for an elegant birthday party.

So what do you think? Will Darnell like this card? I hope so!

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I also used red sequin from my local craft store.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

~Kymona

6Jul2014

Oh Happy Day

Posted in Blog Challenge, Clean and Simple, July 2014, Muse Challenge by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone! I haven’t posted in the last couple of days because my camera card refused to work. What nerve!! We spend all of this money on these cards and they want to act funny. Luck for me I do not reuse cards. Once a card is full I buy another, so I have plenty on hand. Unlucky for me I had to go through one of them and delete some photos so I can take these photos. Yes, Oh Happy Day for me. LOL.

Ok, on to why I’m here today.

I’m here today playing with the Muse Challenge #74. The Muse for this week is Jennifer Wills!

Check out her card:

I have to say, when I saw this card I was a bit intimidated. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do, what I can do or what I should do. My brain was on frozen mode. Then I thought I want to keep my card clean and simple. Then I thought maybe I will die cut, but I knew everyone else would, so I didn’t want to do that.

I decided that I would only die cut my center piece and then add embellishments to give the card dimension.

Take a look:

I die cut my square then added pattern paper.

I rounded the corner, stamped my sentiment, added my twine and button.

Clean and Simple to the max.

By the way, I have been playing with my camera, trying to get brighter pictures that are sharp and crisp. What do you think? Any suggestions.

I used my:

Canon 40D

Shooting Mode: AV (Aperture Value)

50mm lens f/1.4

Aperture: 1.4

Shutter speed: 1/80

Exposure Compensation: +1

White Balance: Daylight (I will try Auto next time to see what results I get)

Please let me know what you think.

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Thank you so much for stopping by!

~Kymona

2Jul2014

Huh..Black Butterfly?

Posted in Blog Challenge, Butterflies, Clean and Simple, July 2014, One Layer Card, Papertrey Ink Make It Monday, Stampin' Up! In Colors by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone! I’m here today with Papertrey Ink’s Make It Monday #170: Masking with Die Cuts.

How cool is this effect! What you have to do is cut masks out of dies that have matching stamps. You create an easy one-layer card that will be striking.

Have you ever seen a black butterfly? They are just as pretty as the colorful ones.

Photo credit

So for those of you who know me, knows that I’m going to draw for my beautiful butterfly stamp and die set. I have to say this is my favorite set. It works with everything.

Take a look at my card:

Here are the steps to creating this beautiful one layer card.

1. I cut my butterfly out using my Papertrey Ink’s Life is Beautiful die and some Inkadinkado masking paper.

2. I place the masked butterfly down on my cardstock where I wanted it to be.

3. I sponged Stampin’ Up! Daffodil Delight, Mellon Mambo, and Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin’ Pad with sponge daubers.

4. I removed the masking to reveal the colorless butterfly surrounded by the beautiful background.

5. I stamp the butterfly detail in Versafine Onyx Black Ink using Papertrey Ink’s Life is Beautiful stamp set.

6. Then I stamped the sentiment using Papertrey Ink’s Wet Paint stamp set using the Versafine Onyx Black Ink.

I decided to use the black ink for my butterfly and sentiment so that they will really pop out of the colorful background.

What do you think? Let me know by leaving a comment below.

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Thank you so much for stopping by!

~Kymona

1Jul2014

Cherry Berry FLOAT..

Posted in Blog Challenge, CASology Challenge, Clean and Simple, July 2014, One Layer Card by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone! I’m here today playing along with CASology Week 102: Float!!!

I have to admit when I saw this cue card, I wanted to do a hot air balloon or just regular balloons. I thought that would be easy.

Then I said to myself, why not be different. Why not be unpredictable. So, I went through all of my stamps to see what would float? What could give the feeling of floating?

Guess what! I found something. Yes, yes, yes! What could we all use on a nice summer day to cool us down?

Yes, yes, yes!! A float! Not just any float or the most common one, A CHERRY BERRY FLOAT with two straws!

Take a look:

D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S

How cute is this!!! Did you see the sparkle on my ice cream!!! I was going to add some other embellishments but decided against it since this is a clean and simple card challenge and white space matters, lol.

The Copic colors I used were R29, BG49

So0000, tell me what you think. Really, let me know. What is a good idea or what!

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