Stretch your Stamps 2: Day 3 Homework

Hello everyone!! For our third lesson we worked with alphabet and sentiment stamps. We were taught how to really stretch our stamps in such amazing ways.

Julie Ebersole taught us how to create a word search using our alphabet stamps set. This was so much fun.

Take a look at my card:

I used Lawn Fawn’s Clark’s ABCs stamp set to create word search.

I placed my main sentiment on my acrylic block and stamped my card panel with Versafine Black Ink.

I covered the stamped image with clear embossing powder and heat set it.

Then I placed random letters on my acrylic block to finish the word search. I stamped those letters in Hero Arts Soft Granite ink.

After all of my letters were stamped, I used my Koi watercolors to add a small amount of watercolor to the top of my cardstock.

I added some star wood veneers topped with white paint and Stampin’ Up! rhinestones to my project.

On my card base I drew a line around the card to create a boarder.

I added foam adhesive to my word search panel and placed in the center of my card.

So I have to confess, it was hard to line up my letters correctly but I kind of like it this way. I have to try again. Julie made it look so effortlessly.

So what do you think? Let me know!!

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Thank you for stopping by!

~Kymona

30Jun2014

Red, White and Blue…

Posted in Blog Challenge, June 2014, Papertrey Ink Make It Monday by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone! I’m here today with a Papertrey Ink Make it Monday #169: Vellum Overlays. I’m so late in posting this card. I couldn’t decide what I wanted to create for this challenge.

So, I picked the colors that I wanted to work with first. Since July 4 is this Friday, I decided to go with red, white and blue. Once I knew that, I saw it fitting to use PTI’s Cover Plate: Stars Die.

After figuring all of that out, I needed to see how my vellum piece would look attached to my card. Once I added it, I realized I didn’t have a sentiment on my card. That’s when it hit me that I should add the sentiment to the vellum and in silver for an extra pop.

Yes, that turned out neatly!

Take a look at my card:

I attached my vellum with two bronze brads. I must me honest, when I decided to add brads, I knew for sure I had silver ones. Well, I such everywhere and I could not find them. So, I decided to us the bronze brads and I like it.

What do you think? Don’t be afraid to let me know, good or bad.

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I also used Stampin’ Up!’s Retired Pewter embossing power and brads.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

~Kymona

14Jun2014

You Did It!!!!

Posted in Congratulations, Freshly Make Sketches, June 2014 by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone!! Can you believe we are already in June!! It was just January the other day!! Time is flying so fast.

If you were asked what you accomplished in the last 6 months what would your answer be? Wow, for me it would be a lot.

Here is a short list from January to June:

I traveled to Houston, Texas for Stampin’ Up! Leadership Conference.
I traveled to Rosemont, Illinois to become Copic certified.
I entered a lot of blog challenges and have met a lot of wonderful people.
I’ve taken a couple of Creative Live classes and LOVED them.
I participated on my very first blog hop with some of my classmates from April Bowles Blogging Class.
I won and received honorable mention from a couple of the card challenges I participated in.
I traveled to Hanover, Maryland to take a Copic workshop class.
Let’s not forget all of the mothering I’ve done in the last 6 months.

Those are big accomplishments for me so Congrats to me. Speaking of Congrats, June is the month for graduations! I love graduations. My hat goes off to everyone graduating this year. So making a card for this occasion was most fitting.

I’m playing along with Freshly Made Sketches today. Here is a copy of their sketch:

This sketch was created by Linda C.

I love the stripes at the bottom of the sketch. I decided to use Stampin’ Up!’s new in colors for this card.

Take a look:

So my soon to be sister-in-law, just graduated from law school and the WOO-HOO is for her! I remember when she was applying to law school. I can’t believe the time has passed so fast. She is studying for the bar now so she is unreachable but I wanted to give her a shout out on my blog for a JOB WELL DONE!!

CONGRATULATIONS ALICIA!!

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So let me know what you think? I love comments.

~Kymona

24May2014

Seeing Stars…….

Posted in Blog Challenge, May 2014, Stars by Kreative Kymona

Hello, I’m back today with a card for you, yayyyy!!! I know you missed seeing a card in my last post, but I am more than the cards that I make, so there will be times when you will learn more about me! I hope that is ok with all of you.

Today’s card was made for CAS(E) this Sketch #77.

It took me two days to decide what I wanted my card to look like. I tried hearts, circles, and triangles but none of them were eye-catching to me. So I decided to go with stars. I love how it turned out.

I used Stampin’ Up! Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, and Bermuda Bay Ink and Stampin’ Up! Simply Stars (which by the way is retiring on May 31st) to create my card.

I think the stars really stood out to me because I’m in such a good mood today. Today is the first Saturday in a very long time that I get to really play with all of my craft supplies and not feel guilty about it. Yayyyyy! I’m going to try to make a couple of cards that I’ve been dying to make. I’m also going to sit with my nieces and do some water-coloring! They love playing with me. I can’t wait, can you feel my excitement.

Ok, ok, I digress, back to my card, lol.

I rounded the corners of all three pieces of cards and adhered them together. I also added rhinestone to the stars for a little bling. I’m pleased with what I came up with and I hope it’s a great fit for the challenge.

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Please let me know what you think.

~Kymona

9May2014

How to Create an Envelope Wrap in 5 Minutes & Giveaway

Posted in Envelope Wrap, Giveaway, May 2014 by Kreative Kymona

Imagine getting a beautiful card in a beautiful envelope. Yes, a beautiful envelope.

How many times do we send out cards or even receive cards in plain white or colored envelopes. No, one really thinks about creating an envelope to match the card inside. I’m guilty of that myself. I spend a lot of time on creating my cards, I don’t even thing about the envelopes that they are going in.

That’s why I’m so excited that Papertrey Ink has a great Make It Monday #163 challenge going on this week called Envelope Wraps! This challenge has challenged me to really think about the envelopes I’m using to send my cards out in.

Making my envelope wrap was entertaining. I changed my mind seven times on how I wanted my envelope to look. I finally decided on the style I liked.

Front of the envelope

Back of the envelope

Close up of the other end of the envelope wrap

Wouldn’t you want to receive an envelope that looked like this? I would. I probably wouldn’t open it for fear of missing it up.

How about creating this envelope wrap for your next envelope. I created a PDF for you view on how to re-create or create your own envelope wrap.

Click here for the PDF instruction on how to make your own envelope wrap. Please let me know if this was helpful.

Giveaway time!!!! I have an extra Wrapped Mailing Label Die from Simon Says Stamp that I am giving away. Just leave a comment below by 11:59pm on May 11, 2014. The winner will be randomly chosen and sent an email.

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~Kymona

30Apr2014

Paper Scrap Starburst Pie Chart

Posted in April 2014, Blog Challenge by Kreative Kymona

Third Post for the Day

I’m back again with my third post of the day. I’m off from work today so I’m catching up with all of my posting. It’s a great feeling to catch up on everything I needed to do.

This card is for the Papertrey Ink’s Make it Monday #162: Paper Scrap Pie Chart Challenge. It was amazing to come up with a design for this challenge.

I used Stampin’ Up!’s Starburst Framelits and Lawn Fawn’s Hello Sunshine pattern paper to create my Pie Chart. It came out so cute.

I also used Papertrey Ink’s Simple Stars for the sentiment and their Cover Plate: Stars Die.

Take a look:

The purpose of this challenge was to gather all of the scrap paper that we have collected over time and “actually” use it on a card. So I gathered all of my “Hello Sunshine”pattern paper to make my card.

My pick lemonade lawn trimmings just won’t stop twisting, lol. I wanted my bow to look like a bow, but you get it!!!

I hope my card pass for this challenge.

Please leave me a comment, I would love to hear from you.

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24Apr2014

My Daughter’s Water Splats

Posted in April 2014, Blog Challenge, Sanaa's Cards, Watercolor by Kreative Kymona

I’m so excited today!!!! I have a guess designer visiting my blog. Let me introduce my special guest.

Sanaa is a 7-year-old crafter. She is new to the public eye. She wanted to debut her first appearance here on the Kreative Kymona blog. I’m so happy she choose me to showcase her. She is also my beautiful daughter.

Sanaa wanted to play along with Papertrey Ink’s Make a Monday #161 Water Splats challenge. She had a lot of fun creating her card.

Take a look:

Take a look at her final card:

She used Papertrey Dye Ink Aqua Mist and Berry Sorbet to create her card. Sanaa had a blast adding her Water Splats. She was totally amazed at how the ink reacted to the water. Once she started adding water, she couldn’t stop. The look came out so good.

After adding the Water Splats, she die cut Lawn Fawn Hello die and Papertrey Ink’s Sketched Stars Die Collection and adhered it to her card base.

I love how her card came out. This was her first time working with her inks and water. She said she wants to do another card.

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Please leave her a comment, she would love that!

-Kymona for Sanaa

8Apr2014

Virginia’s View Challenge #2 Stencil + Hand Stamped Sentiments #183

Posted in April 2014, Blog Challenge, Clean and Simple, Color Combo, Stencils by Kreative Kymona

I’m back again with two more challenges. I love all of these challenges. They allow me to put my creative hat 0n more often. I’m having a lot of fun.

Today’s challenges are Virginia’s View Challenge #2 Stencil and Hand Stamped Sentiment. Yes, stenciling with Gumball Green, Crushed Curry and Coastal Cabana. I love working with stencils since my Online Card Class.

When I got home today, I had a couple of boxes of craft stuff waiting for me. My “Make a Wish” stamp set from Mama Elephant and my “Hexagon Hive Thinlits Die” from Stampin Up were amongst my new stuff. I knew I wanted to use both of these products.

Take a look:

I used my blending tool and added each of my colors in a circular motion to make sure to completely cover my stencil. Take a look at my finished card.

After lifting the stencil, I added my sentiment and the stars to the one layer card. I love the way my card came out. The actually stencil, came out just a nice. I will add that to another card and share it with you.

Please let me know what you think, I would love to hear what you think of my card.

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