Altenew 6th Sketch Challenge

Posted in Altenew Challenge, October 2017 by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone!! I’m up on Altenew’s Scrapbook Blog today hosting the 6th Sketch Challenge!!! I’m pretty excited about this.

Take look at the Sketch:

Let’s take a look at my layout:

To see how I created this layout with a complete tutorial and to enter this sketch challenge, head on over to Altenew’s Scrapbook Blog. I can’t wait to see what you create!

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(Thank you so much for stopping by. Compensated affiliate links used at no cost to you. All products were personally purchased. This post was not paid or sponsored. )

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14Oct2017

Craft Fantastic Glass – Part 1

Posted in Craft Fantastic, October 2017 by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone!!! I’m up on Craft Fantastic blog today sharing my love for Craft Fantastic Glasses!!

Take a look:

Stop on by Craft Fantastic blog to read how I use these glasses to create other things besides jewelry.

Thank you so much for stopping by!!

12Oct2017

Altenew September 2017 Release Blog Hop Winner

Posted in Altenew Blog Hop, Giveaway Winner, October 2017 by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone!! I’m here to announce the winner of the September 2017 New Release Blog Hop!

Thanks to everyone who participated and left all of the wonderful comments on my blog. I wish everyone could win but I can only choose one winner.

Are you ready to see who won? Here you go:

Congratulations, Dee!!! You are the lucky winner of the $30 gift certificate from Altenew! Please contact Altenew at winner@altenew.com with the subject line “Altenew September 2017 Blog Hop Winner from Kymona Tracey.

Once again, thanks to all of you for stopping by and leaving some love on my blog.

11Oct2017

Gratitude Junk Journal Workshop Blog Hop + Giveaway

Posted in Gratitude Junk Journal, October 2017 by Kreative Kymona

Hi! Welcome to the Gratitude Junk Journal Workshop Social Media Hop! Join me on a quick, artsy journey towards gratitude and meeting the 10 AWESOME instructors of this workshop! And for a chance to WIN a free spot in the Gratitude Junk Journal Workshop!!

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN

If you are starting here just follow the appropriate link below. I have included a list of all participating artists instructor links for your convenience here. Please visit their blog on their assigned day to learn more and for more chances to win.

October 4 – Sherry Canino

October 5 – Cristin Stevenson

October 6 – Natalyn Bradshaw

October 7 – Jackie Barragan

October 8 – Nicole Edgecombe

October 9 – Tiffany Goff Smith

October 10 – Cindy Gilstrap

October 11 – Kymona Tracey ←you are here

October 12 – Deanna Jinjoe

October 13 – Tiare Smith

Gratitude. A feeling of appreciation or thanks. So simple, yet so mighty. It becomes mightier as we practice it in our lives. Growing it in a group makes it all the stronger. This journal will help to reinforce it and give us a great reference that keeps us grounded. Just imagine after one month how your attitude, those around you and your life will change. Change your heart. Change your mind. Change your life. A month of gratitude. A month of miracles….again!

I’m so excited to be teaching and sharing what I’m grateful for with all of you. I hope you join me on this journey!!

JOIN ME IN THE WORKSHOP NOW

Today I share with you a piece of my art that I am grateful for and why.

My family means the world to me and I am so grateful for them. I’m the oldest of 6 children, 3 boys and 3 girls. We speak every single day. I would not trade any of them for anyone thing else in this world.

My journal is a clean and simple junk journal with some mixed media included.

Now for the other good stuff. Here is how you can win A FREE SPOT

To enter for a chance to win, leave a comment below telling me something that you are grateful for. I can’t wait to hear from all of you. This giveaway ends on October 13, 2017 at 11:55 pm. One winner will be randomly chosen and announced on the October 15th.

In the meantime, click here to find out more about the workshop!

Thank you so much for stopping by!!

7Oct2017

Necklaces for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Posted in Craft Fantastic, October 2017 by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone!! I’m up on Craft Fantastic Blog today with a very important blog post today. Its all about Breast Cancer Awareness!!

Let’s take a look at the Necklaces:

To learn more about Breast Cancer, these necklaces and who they are for, stop on by Craft Fantastic Blog.

Thank you so much for stopping by!!

3Oct2017

{Clean and Simple} – Grid

Posted in CASology Challenge, October 2017 by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone!!! It’s CASology Tuesday!! We are back with another Clean and Simple Cue Card just for you!!

This week’s cue card:

Take a look at my card:

For this card, I went with Darkroom Door Mesh Stencil to create my grid patten with distress ink (Worn Lipstick and Spiced Marmalade) and the blending tool.

Nice, simple and easy.

What do you think?

Are you inspired to play along? Please let me know below!

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

Guest Designer

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3Oct2017

Ink Blending Patterns

Posted in October 2017, where creativity meets C9 by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone!! I’m up on Where Creativity Meets C9 blog today, sharing a cared with some simple stamping.

Take a look at my card:

For the full tutorial post, head on over to Where Creativity Meets C9 blog.

Supplies used:

(Thank you so much for stopping by. Compensated affiliate links used at no cost to you. All products were personally. This post was not paid or sponsored.)

Thanks for stopping by!

1Oct2017

Learning How To Sew

Posted in October 2017, sewing by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone!! I’m here today to share that I’m learning how to sew!! Yes, my daughter and a couple of online classes are teaching me how to sew. I have to say I am loving it!!

I use to be so afraid of the sewing machine but my daughter showed me that there isn’t anything I should be afraid of.

Let’s take a look:

First Bag:

This bag is called the Runaround Bag. I learned how to make this bag by taking the Zip It UP class taught by Joan Hawley. Super easy and fun class. Joan made sewing so easy. When I didn’t understand, my daughter stepped right in and showed me what I was doing wrong.

I used my seam ripper a lot for this project, LOL!!!

I learn how to sew a zipper and it wasn’t intimidating at all.

I used Therm·O·Web HeatnBond Fleece Fusible to give this bag some stability but keeps it nice and soft.

The fabric and zipper is from Joann Craft Store. It’s so pretty. I went back the store and they didn’t have any more of this print. It was one of their quarter fat fabric that they replace only if it shows up on their truck.

Second Bag:

The second bag I created is called the Sweetpea Pod Bag!! Now this one is super cute. I made this bag for my mother. She wanted a little bag to carry her change in.

Doesn’t this bag look like a pea? I love how it takes its own shape based on the zipper placement.

This fabric is also from Joann. The outside fabric is called Ah Rain Dots from the Alexander Henry Collection.

Once the bag is open, it sits by itself evenly. You can see right in the bag with ease. The HeatnBond Fusible Fleece gives this bag stability to that it could stand by itself.

Look at how the change sits so nicely in the bag.

The fabric inside is called Ah Polka from the Alexander Henry Collection.

Fits right in the palm of my hand. Perfect!!

What do you think?

I totally love how my bags turned out. I can’t wait to get back to my daughter’s sewing machine so that I could create some more.

I’m thinking about opening a store for these bags. What do you think? Do you like my bags and would these bag sell in a store? I would love to hear from you and what you think.

National Sewing Month might be over but I’m not done with sewing!!!

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(Thank you so much for stopping by. Compensated affiliate links used at no cost to you. All products were personally purchased. This post was not paid or sponsored.)

Thank you so much for stopping by!!

29Sep2017

How To Make A Soft Pencil Case

Posted in sewing by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone!! I have a special guest today on my blog! Let me introduce my daughter, the sewer to you!

She is here today celebrating National Sewing Month 2017!!

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My daughter fell in love with sewing some years ago. She was home one day bored and asked if she could learn how to sew. I wondered were that came from but quickly found a sewing class for her.

She went to her first class twice a week after school. The classes were pretty full. 15 students to 1 teacher. She learned the basics: how to use the machine, all of the different fabric names and how to do a basic stitch. She created one pillow but nothing else. So she left that school and we searched for another one.

She attended the Pinner’s Conference in Atlanta back in April of this year and took 8 sewing classes and quickly fell in love again. So much so we bought the machine she used during the conference.

We arrived back home found a sewing school and she has been on the go ever since. She decided that she wanted to start her own business. In her own words, “Mom, I want to create things that people will see all over the world”!

Totally awesome! So she went to work!

soft pencil case

Let’s take a look at what she created:

Soft Pencil Case

She had so much fun creating her first soft pencil case. This was the first time she add a zipper to a project.

She used a new product to her called Therm·O·Web HeatnBond Lite to bond both fabrics without the extra weight or stiffness. She liked working with this product because it was easy to use and it was sewable.

Let’s Look Inside:

She uses this pencil case in school. Her friends asked her where did she get it from. When she tells them she made it herself, they are blown away. Now they all want one. She is please to make one for them.

Here’s how she create this bag:

She cut two pieces of Waverly Cotton Fat Quarter fabrics and one piece of HeatnBond to 11 x5.5.
She placed the outside fabric down right side up.
Then she placed the zipper down, zipper side down against the fabric and sew them together.
Then she placed the lining fabric right side down and placed the HeatnBond down on top of it.
Using the iron, she fused the HeatnBond to the lining fabric.
After that she sewed the lining to the zipper and the outside fabric.
Once one side of the zipper was sewed, she did the other side.
Now it time to complete the bag and sew the outside edges. Before doing that, remember to pull the zipper to the middle so you can open the bag and flip it inside out.
Box the corners and cut off the extra fabric.

Nice and easy.

My daughter did an amazing job and I can’t wait to see what she creates next!!

Wait Before You Go:

Therm·O·Web is having a sale. It ends in two days, so hurry and pick up some of your favorite sewing goodies.

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(Thank you so much for stopping by. Compensated affiliate links used at no cost to you. All products were personally purchased. This post was not paid or sponsored.)

Thank you so much for stopping by!!

28Sep2017

Altenew September 2017 Release Blog Hop Day 2 + Giveaway

Posted in Altenew Blog Hop, Altenew Scrapbook, September 2017 by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone and welcome to Altenew’s September 2017 Release Blog Hop!! Today we are showcasing the all of the new Stamps, Dies and Re-inkers. If you’ve arrived here from the talented Agnieszka Malyszek blog, then you are on the right track. If you arrived here on your own, then you will want to start at the beginning, the Altenew Scrapbook Blog so that you don’t miss a thing!

Take a look at my layout:

I love how this layout turned out. The funny thing is I do not drink coffee, LOL!!! I’m a tea lover but I totally love sending out mug swap packages to individuals who do love coffee.

I stamped Altenew Coffee with a Splash stamp set with Altenew Coffee Break Oval Ink set on pattern paper from Altenew Reflection Scrapbook Collection. Super fun page!!

Here’s how to create this page:

Using the Memory MISTI, stamp the coffee splatters randomly on the right side of the pattern paper using all four colors from the Coffee Break Oval Ink set.

Use the Memory MISTI again to stamp all three sentiments at once.

Round the photo corners using the We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper.

For added texture, add a piece of coffee ribbon on the left side to the photo.

Adhere the photo to the pattern paper using foam squares.

To finish the page off, use Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Glitter Gloss to all of the splatters. It adds dimension.

Let’s take another look:

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

What is a blog hop without an amazing gift? Yayyy!!

Prizes

Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to THREE lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Scrapbook Blog by Thursday, October 5 at 11:59pm EDT for a chance to win. The winners will be announced on the Altenew Scrapbook Blog on Saturday, October 7th.
In addition I have a $30 gift certificate to giveaway from comments left on this post by Thursday, October 5th at 11:59pm EDT for a chance to win.

Next Stop on this Blog Hop is the talented:

Virginia Lu

You do not want to miss out on her amazing creations!!

Just in case you lose your place along the way, here is the complete list of participants so that you can find your way back:

Altenew Scrapbook Blog

Kymona Tracey ←you are here

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(Thank you so much for stopping by. Compensated affiliate links used at no cost to you. All products were personally purchased. This post was not paid or sponsored.)