Second Post for today
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Hello everyone!! I’m up on So Suzy’s blog today sharing a watercolor card with you.
Here is a sneak peek of that card:
For the full tutorial, please stop on by So Suzy Stamps Blog, to see how I created this card!
Thank you so much for stopping by.
~Kymona
Hello everyone!! I’m excited to be here with you today to share some amazing projects created for the Home is Where the Heart is Blog Hop!! This is the design team second blog hop and we are delight to full you with inspiration.
The new Let Love Grow and Hoppy Easter stamp sets are so cute and playful. I used both to create my two tags.
Take a look:
I just love these little tags. They are perfect for any Spring/Easter gift.
Here’s how I created them:
So tell me what you think? I can’t wait to hear what you think of these tiny tags!
Now onto my super cool and talented design team member Yuki to see what she has in store for you!! You will not be disappointed!!
What is a blog hop without a great giveaway!! Here are the rules: Leave a comment on all of the blogs participating in this hop for a chance to win a great prize. That’s it, super simple and easy!!
Supplies used:
Thank you so much for stopping by!
~Kymona
Hello everyone!!! It’s Top Dog Dies Wednesday!!
Today I’m working with the Top Dog Dies Pretty Petals #3 Die Set!! I love this set! You can use it on just about anything you create. This die set is my go to set for dies!
Take a look at my project:
I created this notebook for my daughters teacher!! My daughter and I are having a rough time this year because of the common core. The way they teach math is unbelievable hard. It makes no sense to me and teaching my daughter the way I learned it may not going to help her on test day. So its been a struggle for both of us.
I talk to her teacher almost everyday so that I can stay on top of what she is learning and I wonder if she is tired of me, LOL!
I decided to create this notebook to show her that I truly appreciate her time, patience and her helpfulness as it pertains to my daughter. I’ve said it before teachers really need all of our support because they have a tough job.
Creating this notebook was super easy! I used my We R Memory Keepers Cinch and We R Memory Keepers Journal Kit!!
I decided that I loved how the chipboard looked just as it was. I simply stamped my sentiment from Stampin’ Up! For Being You Stamp set (it was a sale-a-bration item) with My Favorite Things Hybrid Ink.
Then I used my Faber-Castell Polychromous Colored Pencils #140 and #125 to color my image in. The coloring is so beautiful to me.
Then I die cut my petals attached them to the front of the book, drew in a stem that attached to the sentiment.
I added wink of stella to the letter and rhinestones to the petals. I added the tabs to the pages to finish it off.
I love how this notebook turned out.
What do you think? Will my daughter’s teacher love this book?
I’m also entering this project into Jennifer McGuire Share Handmade Kindness Challenge. We are on Week 2: Community
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Thanks for stopping by!!
~Kymona
Second Post for today
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Hello everyone!! I’m here with CS Take It Make It: Take a Technique Challenge for our August.
Our theme is Take a Technique!
This months challenge is going to be super fun!! Its all about Pens and Pencils!
This means using your pens and pencils on your projects!! You could draw or sketch a design, or use your pens and pencils for coloring. Copics, Distress Markers, Spectrum Noirs, Watercolor Pencils, Paint Pens, and markers, whatever floats your boat!! You could add detail with fine liner pens, gel pens or smudgy Stabilo pencil…..the only limit is your imagination!! Remember there, MUST be real stamping on your projects. Digital images CAN be used, but must be used alongside rubber/acrylic stamping!
So with allll of that being said. On to my card. I LOVE how it turned out!
Take a look at my card:
I used WPlus9 Doodle Buds Stamp Set for this months card!! It is so appropriate. The flowers look hand drawn don’t they. Nope its a stamp!!! Wait the stem looks hand drawn too!! I love it!!
I used Prima Watercolor Pencils and a waterbrush to achieve the watercolor look on my flowers. Then I fussy cut them out and adhered them to my card with dimensionals. I stamped the stem using My Favorite Things Hybrid Ink. I die cut the Love from WPlus9 Love Showers Layers Die out of black cardstock.
Nice and easy!!
Now its your turn to play along with us.
We have a great prize pack for you.
We have two prizes to offer this month, the first is our sponsor prize. This winner will be chosen randomly from all of the entries in the challenge! The sponsor for August is: Chocolate Baroque
Stamp Plate Artistic Affirmations
Our second winner is our Design Winner. This winner is chosen by our DT, who all vote for their favorite design from all of the entries. This winner will have their winning project published in Craft Stamper Magazine, they will have a GDT slot for an upcoming challenge, and will also feature in their very own Winners Profile blog post!
Now if that isn’t a reason to play along I’m not sure what is!!
I can’t wait to see what you come up with.
Supplies used:
Thank you so much for stopping by!!
~Kymona
Hello everyone!!! I’m here today with Your Next Stamp (YNS) and this week’s Sketch and Color Challenge #20!!
Each challenge has a sketch and a color combo to choose from.
Take a look at the sketch:
Take a look at the color combo:
Once again I choose to go with the sketch!! Take a look at my card:
YNS: Plant Some Kindness, Teal Gumdrops
Other Supplies: Lawn Fawn Sweater Weather, Copic Markers, My Favorite Things Hybrid Black Ink, Clear Wink of Stella, Foam Tape
I have to say this was a hard sketch for me. I couldn’t figure out what to do or what stamp set I wanted to use.
So I decided to go with a stamp set that I haven’t used yet.
This card was easy to create. I simply cut my cardstock and pattern paper to different size and adhered them to the card base.
I stamped my image using MFT Hybrid Black Ink and colored the images with some Copic markers: Y06, R29, G17E25, E31.
I pop the stamped panel up with foam tape.
I add three gumdrops to the bottom right corner.
So are you ready for the new challenge?
You have until August 20th at midnight EST to play along and submit your project on the YNS Blog post. One random participant will win a $15 gift certificate to the Your Next Stamp Store. If YNS stamps or dies are the focal point then the winner receives and additional $5 gift certificate fro a total of $20. The winner will be announced on the YNS Blog the Sunday after the challenge closes.
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Thanks for stopping by!!
~Kymona
Second Post for today
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Hello everyone!! I’m so happy to be here today. I’m playing with the Muse Challenge today. I haven’t played in a long time. I just haven’t had the time.
So it feels good to be able to play now.
The Muse this week is Ardyth and here is her card:
Take a look at my card:
I totally love this stamp set from Lawn Fawn. Its called Our Friendship Grows.
To create this card, all I did was distress the background with Distress Ink Broken China and Mowed Lawn.
Then I stamped and die cut three of the flowers. I used Copic Marker E33, E35, E37 to the center of the flower.
I attached the flower with foam adhesive and used my ruler and Copic Multiliner to draw in the stem.
I added Clear Wink of Stella to the center of the flower.
I stamped the sentiment using My Favorite Things Hybrid Ink.
I trimmed my card panel down and adhered it to the card base.
Super easy and Fun!!
You will see more of theses flowers this week. Such a pretty set of flowers.
Supplies used:
Thank you for stopping by!
~ Kymona
Hello everyone!!! It’s Top Dog Die Wednesday!! I’m here to showcasing Top Dog Dies Pretty Petals Die Set #2!!
This die set is such a versatile set. You can use it to create some many different crafty things.
For my card today, I decided to use only my dies and no stamping on my card.
Take a look:
I love how my flowers turned out and this card didn’t require any stamping.
For the card panel, I used retired Stampin’ Up! Polka Dot Embossing Folder to create the dots.
I die cut each flower out of Lawn Fawn Hello Sunshine pattern paper and attached them with foam tape. I used my Copic Multiliner to draw the stem. I added some Stampin” Up! Rhinestones to the center of each flower.
To add a sentiment, I die cut the Top Dog Dies Hello from the same pattern paper and used Tombow Liquid Glue to adhere it to the card panel.
I added my card panel to my card base and WaLa!!!!
Super simple and complete!!
What do you think? Let me know below!!
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Thanks for stopping by!!
~Kymona
Hello everyone!! I’m here again with CS Take In Make It: Take a Stamp Inspiration for our March Challenge.
Our theme is Take a Stamp!! That means take any stamp and create something, anything goes!!! Now if that isn’t easy, I’m not sure what is!!
Take a look at my inspiration card:
Take a look at those flowers!! I masked and stamped them in clusters.
I used Simon Says Stamp Flowers on my Mind stamp set to stamp my flowers.
I stamped the flowers using My Favorite Things Wild Cherry Die Ink and Lemon Drop Die Ink.
I cut a very thin strip of black cardstock and adhered it to the bottom of my card base.
I added Your Next Stamp Black Gumdrops for added interest.
So what do you think? Are you ready to play along with us? I hope so!! The prize pack is awesome.
Our sponsor is PaperArtsy!
Check out the prizes:
Set of Lin Brown New Limited Edition Paints
New Release Darcy Wilkinson Stamp Set
Now its your turn!!
I hope you join this challenge!! Check out my fabulous fellow DT members creations on the blog. I hope to see all of you there!!
Supplies used:
Thank you so much for stopping!!
~Kymona
Hello everyone!!! It’s CASology Tuesday!! We are back again with another Cue Card for you!!
When I saw this cue card I thought of fun under the sun!! Especially since we are covered in snow here. I can’t wait for the sun to start shining bright here.
I created two completed different cards for this challenge.
For the first card I blended 4 different colors to create a beautiful tropical background.
Take a look at my card:
The colors are so pretty!! To create this card:
1. I die cut the circle using Simon Says Stamp Stitched Circles Die.
2. I die cut the buttons turned into “flowers” out using Papertrey Ink Button Stacks Die.
3. I used Distress Ink Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed and Salty Ocean to create my tropical background.
4. My sentiment is from Lawn Fawn, they sent it to me with one of my orders as a thank you. It was super fitting for this card.
5. I stamped the sentiment then I flagged the thin strip of cardstock. I attached it to my circle using my regular tape runner.
5. I attached my stitched circle and buttons using foam adhesive.
6. I attached Doodlebug Design Sprinkles Birthday Boy enamel dots to the center of the buttons.
I love how that card turned out.
Now onto my second card:
This card is for Kathy’s 30 day coloring challenge. I’ve been practicing my coloring so I wanted to stay with that challenge.
Take a look at my card:
For this card I used a retired Stampin’ Up! image and colored it with Prisma color pencils just to see how the look. I’m ok with this image but I’m not satisfied with it. I want to practice this type of coloring more.
I used Distress Ink Salty Ocean and the sentiment stamp is Lawn Fawn Hello Sunshine.
This card fits the tropical theme, the sun, the ocean water, the kids in the sunshine. Who could ask for anything more.
I hope my cards have inspired you to join us this month.
For more inspiration, check out my fellow Design Team members blog for more awesome work.
Kymona Tracey ←Me
Our Guest Designer this week:
Our Sponsor this week is STAMPlorations.
Supplies used:
Thank you for stopping by!
~Kymona
Hello everyone!! I’m here today with Waffle Flower Crafts Photo Inspiration Challenge!! This is our fourth challenge and I’m getting better at this as the time past.
These photo are really an inspiration to me. I would never think to put these colors together so I’m totally grateful for them. I get to venture out into new “color” territory. No more red, blue, and yellow, LOL!!
Take a look at my card:
The colors for this challenge are amazing. They remind me of spring. So I decided to create a spring card. I can’t wait for the snow to disappear.
To create this card:
I started with a textured creamy caramel cardstock, (sorry I can’t remember the name), cut to an A2 size card.
I stamped stem, flower and leaves from Waffle Flower Rock My World Stamp Set, with Versamark; add white embossing powder and heat set the images.
I used my Stampin’ Up! Mellon Mambo and Bermuda Bay Blendabilities and a YG13 Copic marker to color my flowers. Practicing my color skills for Kathy’s 30 day coloring challenge.
I stamped “Hello ” from Waffle Flower Rock My World Stamp set and “Hola” from Waffle Flower DT Mix Stamp Set.
I added Stampin Up! rhinestones the center of each flower.
Done!! So what do you think? Please let me know. Now its your turn! I can’t wait to see what you come up with!!
I’m also linking this card up to Virginia’s View Challenge: All Things Embossed
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Thank you for stopping by!
~Kymona
Kreative Kymona 