Concord & 9th 2nd Birthday Celebration

Posted in August 2017, Concord & 9th by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone!! Today I’m so excited to be here celebrating Concord & 9th 2nd Birthday!! Yes, they turn 2 today!!

Time flies when your having fun is such a true statement. I remember when they first started out and to see them grow in such a way feels good as a customer.

I’m so happy that I get to celebrate with them!

Take a look at the card I created:

Concord and 9th, Seriously Thank You for trusting me to showcase your products within my creations!! I truly appreciate it.

This stamp set is totally amazing. The sentiment is so meaningful and powerful. It lets the receiver know that you really thank them.

Here’s how I created this card:

Use distress inks to create the watercolor background on watercolor paper.
Then heat set it so that the watercolor dries completely.
After that, prep the watercolor panel using an anti-static tool.
Stamp the sentiment using Versamark ink.
Pour silver embossing powder of the stamped sentiment.
Brush off the excess and heat set the powder.
Die cut the panel using Neat and Tangle Scalloped Die.
Cut and score the card base to 4.25 x 5.50 scored at 5.5o.
Use a star embossing folder and emboss the card front with stars.
Adhere the watercolor panel to the front of the card base using 3M foam tape.
Add some clear gumdrops to finish the card off.

Nothing to it!!

Announcement:

Head on over to Concord and 9th website to get a look at the entire release. You will not be disappointed.

Supplies used:

(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!!

18Jul2017

{Clean and Simple} – Diamond

Posted in Clean and Simple, July 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:

Who doesn’t think of a diamond ring when you see the word diamond, LOL!!! I used an old die from Top Dog Die, which closed 2 years ago, called Wedding Die Set. I die cut Rinea’s Silver Foil for a realistic look.

I comes with this pretty diamond ring and the wedding band to match. I decided to create a thank you card that you would give to your wedding guest.

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

Lana

Our sponsor this week is STAMPlorations!

Supplies used:

Thank you so much for stopping by!

2Jun2017

Masculine Thank You Card

Posted in Concord & 9th, June 2017 by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone!! I’m up on Where Creativity Meets C9 blog today, sharing a repeat stamping card.

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.)

Dotty Turnabout Stamp Set

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9Sep2016

Using Different Fonts – Sketch and Color Challenge #47

Posted in September 2016, Your Next Stamp Sketch and Color Challenge by Kreative Kymona

I’m here today with Your Next Stamp (YNS) and the Sketch and Color Challenge #47!!

Each challenge has a sketch and a color combo to choose from.

Take a look at the color combo:

ynscolor-47

Take a look at the sketch:

ynssketch47

Take a look at my card:

thank-you-thank-you-yns

YNS Supplies: Plant Some Kindness, Paint Swooshes and Splatters, Scribble Fun Set One

Other supplies: Stampin’ Up! Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Crumb Cake, Neenah Desert Storm

What do you think? Did I follow the color palette? Let me know below.

So are you ready for the new challenge?

You have until September 15, 2016 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 f0r a total of $20. The winner will be announced on the YNS Blog the Sunday after the challenge closes.

I hope to see your projects!!

Supplies listed above!!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kymona

7Aug2016

Concord & 9th Birthday Bash Blog Hop

Posted in August 2016, Blog Hop, Concord & 9th by Kreative Kymona

C9 Birthday Bash RECTANGLE

I’m so excited to be here today!! Concord & 9th is celebrating their First Birthday on August 9th and I couldn’t be more excited to celebrate with them. Let me tell you why!!

I first ran into Concord & 9th on Instagram. I was browsing through different post and ran into this post:

Concord & 9th Watercolor 1

I was instantly intrigued. I wanted to know more about this company so I headed straight to their page.

Then I saw this post:

Concord & 9th Watercolor 2

I was sold!! I had to follow them. I love watercoloring and these cards were perfect. I noticed that they were new a company and only had a couple of post so I knew this would be fun to see what they had in store for me as a follower.

Then on September 9th, one month after they opened, I received an email from Angie and was blown away!! She complimented me on my work and asked if I would like to do a guest social media post with them. What??

ABSOLUTELY!! I was so excited for a couple of reasons:

Here it was a new company who liked my work, and
They asked me to represent their brand new company.

That was big to me!! They put their faith and trust in me to represent them. I am grateful!!

You can check out what I created here and here.

Angie and I spoke back and forth for quite sometime. I learn some much about Concord & 9th and Angie and Greg!! Super cool company and amazing people behind it!!

So now we are here a year later and they’ve grown in such an amazing way!! I feel honored to call them my friends!!

So here’s my way of saying thank you for a year of great releases:

Happy Birthdary Angie (C9)

Thank you Angie!!

Thank you Greg (C()

Thank you Greg!!

I decided to start with these cards for two reasons:

To say Thank You, and
To display my favorite stamp set of all time from Concord & 9th, the Sophisticated Script Uppercase and Sophisticated Script stamp set!!

This is my go to stamp set if I want to custom create a word sentiment that I don’t already have!! My daughter thought these cards were so cool to make. She wants to stamp out her name now. LOL!!

These cards were super easy to create using Happy Hues Cards/Envelope Pack that Concord and 9th sells.

The next card is a special one for me. Take a look:

Happy Birthday (C9)

Yayyyy, Happy Birthday Concord & 9th!!

When Angie reached out to me about guest posting the Eat Cake & Celebrate Bundle was one of the stamp sets and dies that she asked me to play with. So its only right to use this same stamp set especially since its Concord & 9th Birthday!!!

I’m not 100% sure but I believe that Angie and Greg has a love for watercolor so I created this card using distress inks for that reason.

I just couldn’t stop so I made one last card:

You've got this (C9)

I want to leave the Concord & 9th team with a little word of encouragement with some watercoloring!!

For this card I used the You’ve Got This Die and die cut a piece of watercolor paper.

I’m done now!! I hope you liked all of the cards that I created for this hop!! Please let me know below! I would really love to hear from you.

WAIT!!! Don’t go yet!! I have one more thing!!

What’s a Birthday Blog Hop without goodies!! Well Concord & 9th have really out done themselves this go round!

Check this out:

They are offering one of my readers a $20 gift card to the Concord & 9th store for leaving a comment below. That means you have 31 chances to win. All you have to do is leave a comment on each blog on the hop between 8/1/2016 – 8/31/2016! You can get the complete list here!
If you spend $60 in the store, you will get Lots of Blots for free!!
An exclusive Birthday Bling sequin mix for the first 100 orders placed at the time of the launch on August 9th at 9am MST!
They will have a flash sale when they hit 9,000 Instagram followers!! Follow them here.

For more details about all of the Goodies from this amazing Birthday Bash, click here.

Don’t forget their actual birthday is August 9th, which happens to also be their release date so stay tune for more new goodies!!

Supplies used:

Thank you so much for stopping by!!

~Kymona

28Jul2016

Simple Banner Thank You

Posted in July 2016, Right at Home by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone!! I’m on the Right At Home (RAH) blog today stamp to show you how to use the Right at Home Banner Alphabet stamp set in a non-traditional way!

Here is a sneak peek of my card:

To see the full card and get the tutorial, please join me over on the Right At Home blog today!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Kymona

15Apr2016

YNS Sketch and Color Challenge #37

Posted in April 2016, Your Next Stamp Sketch and Color Challenge by Kreative Kymona

I’m here today with Your Next Stamp (YNS) and the Sketch and Color Challenge #37!!

Each challenge has a sketch and a color combo to choose from.

Take a look at the color combo:

YNScolor-37

Take a look at the sketch:

YNSSketch37

Take a look at my project:

Thank you canvas (YNS)

YNS Supplies: Scribble Fun Set One

Other Supplies: Make Market Decor White Canvas, Recollection Color Splash Watercolor Crayons, Versafine Onyx Black Ink

What do you think? Did I follow the color photos? Let me know below.

So are you ready for the new challenge?

You have until April 28th, 2016 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 f0r a total of $20. The winner will be announced on the YNS Blog the Sunday after the challenge closes.

I hope to see your projects!!

Supplies listed above!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

~Kymona

13Apr2016

Working with Prima Rub-Ons and Deco Foil

Posted in April 2016, Did You Know Series by Kreative Kymona

Third Post for today
If your looking for the A Clean and Simple Mother’s Day Embroidery Apron, click here
If your looking for the 5 Minute Teacher Appreciation Gift – YNS, click here

Hello everyone!! I’m here today with a special feature that will show you how to work with Prima Rub-ons and Deco Foil.

I usually run this feature on Instagram and decided that I need to share these feature here as well.

Did You Know Series!

I’m back again this week with the same product that I talked about last month.

It’s the @primamarketinginc Christina Adolph Adhesive Rub-Ons! I can’t get enough of these rub-ons!! You can do so much with them.

1. I showed you how to use foil with them last month and this past Saturday.
2. Yesterday, I show you how to use them with embossing powder.
3. Today, I’m going to show you what they look like on top of a watercolor panel using all of the goodies you see above!

The shine is amazing!! No stamping required!! These cards were done in 6 mins tops. The watercolor was heat set.

Here are some closeups:

Note: you have to rub just a little bit harder since the watercolor paper has some tooth!

I created a video to show you how I used the rub-ons with foil to create the purple card above.

Any questions? Let me know below!!

Supplies used:

Thank you for stopping by!

~Kymona

1Apr2016

How to use a Stencil to Watercolor – a2z Scrapbooking Challenge

Posted in a2z scrapbooking challenge, April 2016 by Kreative Kymona

Third post for today
If your looking for Your Next Stamp Sketch and Color Challenge, click here
If your looking for CS Take It Make It Challenge, click here

Hello everyone!! I’m here today with a new a2z Scrapbooking Challenge. Its all about watercoloring and I have a super fun technique for you: using a stencil to watercolor!

Yup, you can use stencils to watercolor. Go figure!!

Take a look at the card I created:

Creating this card was simple, although it looks complicated.

Take Hero Arts Bold Daisy Stencil and turn it up side down.
Tap Distress Mini Ink Mustard Seed and Spiced Marmalade ink pad onto the stencil.
Spray the stencil with water moving the ink.
Turn the stencil over and place it onto your watercolor paperr.
Press down and use a napkin to wipe away the excessive ink and water.
Let the watercolor paper dry.
Stamp the sentiment using Hero Arts Handwritten Thank You using Versafine Ink.
Add Hero Arts Sunshine Mixed Accents to finish the card off.

What do you think?

I hope you love what you see and that it inspires you to join us this month. You have the entire month to create a new project and enter it into our challenge. By entering you will have a chance to win a $25 Gift Certificate to the a2z Scrapbooking Store. Winner will be announced on the 7th of April. Good Luck!

If you would like to purchase any Hero Arts products please head on over to the store and use the coupon code KYMONA15 to get 15% off your purchase.

Supplies used:

Thank you for stopping by!!

Kymona

1Dec2015

So Suzy Stamps Design Team Anniversary Blog Hop

Posted in December 2015, So Suzy Stamps, So Suzy Stamps Design Team by Kreative Kymona

Anniversay - friendship

Today marks the 1 year anniversary of the So Suzy Stamps Design Team. As a special thank you to everyone who has been on the team, followed our blog and made new friends, we are doing a Friendship Blog Hop with some of our past and present Design Team members.

If you arrived here from my talented friend Jenny, then you are on the right path. If you arrived here otherwise, you don’t want to miss out on the hop stop which starts at the fabulous Suzy’s blog.

Now on to my card:

Thank you (SSS)

I wanted to say thank you to Suzy for staking me on Instagram, that is how we met if you didn’t know. Once we started talking, there was no stopping. I don’t think she knew I was in my car, parked and ready to catch my train but waited so we could finish our conversation. I can’t believe its been a year!!

I also wanted to say thank you to all of my teammates!! All of you have been super doper awesome to work with. I love this team, stress-free and fun as hell!!

Do you want to see where the inspiration came from for this card?

Take a look:

I just love these gift cards from Starbucks. They are such a great source of inspiration for me. It screamed So Suzy card!! LOL!!

Here is how I created this card:

I used Create a Smile snowflake stencil and I used Versamark ink and stamped on top of the stencil.
Then I sprinkled Hero Arts White Embossing powder on top and heat set the snowflakes.
I allowed the paper to cool down, then I stamped the Thank you So Suzy Stamp with Versamark ink and sprinkled Hero Arts Liquid Platinum Embossing and heat set it.

Super simple and easy to replicate.

So what do you think? Please let me know!

Now what is a blog hop without a prize!!

Giveaway

Join in on the hop, leave a comment at each stop and you’ll be entered in to win a $15 gift certificate to So Suzy Stamps! How awesome is that. This contest ends, Friday, December 4th, 2015 at 11:45 MST!!

Just in case you missed your way, here is a complete list of everyone who is participating.

Blog hop:

Suzy
Kim
Jenny
Kymona
Steph
Martha
Jennifer
Monica
Justine

Before I go, stay tune tomorrow, So Suzy Stamps December Release goes live!! Super cute stamps to brighten your day!!

Supplies used: