Fall is coming…..

Hello everyone!! Fall official starts tomorrow, can you believe that? I can’t. Where in the world did the summer go. I didn’t really get to do much. No vacation. That is so shameful.

For those of you who know me well, knows I DO NOT like the cold. I hate it with a passion. The only thing I like about this time of year is a mug full of soup or a tea!! Yes, I love drinking tea or eating soup out of large mugs. It makes me feel cozy!!

So today I’m here with the Muse Challenge #85. The Muse this week is Marion Vagg! I really like her card. The flowers are so nice and simple.

Take a look at Marion’s card:

I wish I had such luck with flowers. I don’t even own a flower die cut, so I needed to come up with something else.

I’m also entering my card into the NBUS Challenge. The stamp set I used is new and I just received it in the mail.

Take a look at my card:

I love this little tea cup of “warmness”! Can you imagine sitting on your sofa with a cover, good book and this cup of tea!! Yes, I’m ready for the fall now!! My new mug from the 2014 mug swap came just in time for the chilly weather.

My color inspiration came from this mug which I love:

Photo Credit

I didn’t have a Copic marker close to this color so I choose the next best color. I think it turned out just great!

So what do you think? Please let me know.

Before I go I wanted to Thank You everyone over at the Muse for voting for my card last week. I received Honorable Mention for this card.

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Thank you so much for stopping by!!

~Kymona

12Sep2014

Stamping Onto Tissue Paper Part 2

Posted in Blog Challenge, CS Take It Make It Design Challenge, September 2014 by Kreative Kymona

Second Post for Today

For the Die-cut, Turn Stencil, How? click here

I’m here today with CS Take It Make It Design Team Challenge! This card is to provide you with some inspiration so that you could stop on by and play along.

Do you remember how to do this technique? If not click here.

Take a look at my card:

Isn’t my Dragon, from the Sweet Stamp Shop, just the cutest little creature you’ve seen!! So what was stamped on tissue paper here? Give up?

Only the dragon was stamped on tissue paper!! I stamped him in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored him with my new Copic Markers YR16 and BG49.

I used a mask and blended Distress Ink Broken China with my Mini Ink Blending Tool to create my night background.

My sentiment comes from a special stamp set from Mama Elephant and Kelly Purkey that I was given when I attended Mama Elephant’s event early this year.

I added Lawn Fawn Into the Woods Sequin to the card.

So, what do you think? Please, let me know.

Now its your turn to give Stamping Onto Tissue Paper a try!!

This challenge runs from Friday, September 5th to Midnight Wednesday, September 24th, 2014.

The winner will be announce on the CS Take It Make It Blog on September 26th, 2014.

The sponsor for the September Challenge is Julie Kirk!! This link is to her Esty store, which is full of fun stuff. I have my eyes on some stuff!

Also, check out Julie’s Blog: Notes on Paper

The prize for this challenge is a set of TWO washi rings and a set of washi tape!

The picture below shows the exact washi tape ring and tape that you could win. The tote isn’t included.

I’m also adding this card to Simon Says Stamp: Create Your Own Background.

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Thanks for stopping by!

~Kymona

15Jun2014

Fresh and Fun Stenciling..

Posted in Blog Challenge, June 2014, Simon Says Stamp Challenge, Stampin' Up! In Colors, Stencils by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone! It’s Father’s Day!! Happy Father’s Day to all of the dads out there and to the moms who do both job. I’m one of those moms who play both roles. So my kids take me out both days to celebrate, I love it!!

In any case , I’m here today playing along with Simon Says Stamp Wednesday’s Challenge. Their theme is Stencil It.

I used a Heidi Swapp stencil and Stampin’ Up!’s new in colors to create my card.

Take a look:

I love how the three colors I used blended together. I’m really excited about Stampin’ Up!’s new in colors. They are really great colors to work with.

You will see much more of these colors.

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I also used a Heidi Swapp stencil but I don’t think its available any longer. I don’t even know the name. If I find it online I will update this post.

So, what do you think?

~Kymona

10May2014

What’s Your Favorite Watercolor Color?

Posted in Online Class Homework, Watercolor, Watercolor Backgrounds by Kreative Kymona

I must say this Watercolor for Card Makers is an awesome class. I’m learning so much and sharing it with my daughter has been even better. Both of us are having a lot of fun learning about colors and how the work with one another. Once her cards are posted I will link them here in my blog so you can see what her take on the lessons were.

Today’s card is a Stamped Emboss Resist and Watercolor Wash Card. Kristina Werner taught us how to add ink on top of an embossed image, the ink just happens to be watercolor. I’ve practice this technique a couple of weeks ago and it took me a while but I got it down pack and my card came out really nice. You can check out my post on April 30.

For my new card, I wanted to create a male card. I don’t have many of those, I wanted to make sure I tried colors that were suited for men. I love blues, yellow, and coral. I also tried something new. ADDING STITCHING TO MY CARD!!! I’ve never done that before but I wanted to finally try it. It was exciting!

I love how the colors blended to make colors that weren’t in my original palette. When I added the yellow to the tip of the blue it create that pretty green. The same when I added the coral to the yellow, it created the orange. It was amazing.

Creating the background was pretty easy.

I used Impression Obsessions Honeycomb Stamp to create my background. I stamped it with VersaMark and embossed it with Stampin’ Up! clear embossing powder.

I used my Koi Watercolors, I used number 23, 24 and 8.

My vellum and card stock was attached with my small sewing machine. I had that sewing machine for two years and never used. I pulling it out to create this card and I’m so glad I did.

Guess what, I didn’t know how to use the sewing. I had to ask my daughter to help set up the machine. I thought that was funny and she loved teaching me.

All and all, my card came out the way I had hoped it would. I’m very pleased with the look. I hope you are too!

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