HAPPY BIRTHDAY JENNY

Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear Jenny,
Happy Birthday to you.

See, I can sing in writing. You sure don't want to hear me sing in person. LOL.

Today is very a special day because it's Jenny's birthday. I'm sure you all know her as she and her sister Denise are the creators of Sister Stamps. Please hop over to her blogs and leave her some birthday love.

I said it before and I'll say it again because I really mean it. She's been a true inspiration to me and continues to be with her incredible talent and creations. THANK YOU AGAIN JENNY for introducing me to stamping. I'm having a blast and enjoying the journey. I'm hooked as hooked can be. If there's a cure, don't tell me 'kay. :-)

Just want to share the card I made for her featuring Kiyomi with a bold red background cut with my Spellbinder die and colorful washi paper by Intelligence.



I also gave her some goodies in this fry box by Sizzix.



Other products used: Copics, Happy Birthday stamp by Viva Las Vegasstamps, butterfly punch by Martha Stewart, and rhinestones by Hero Arts.

Jenny, hope you have a FAB birthday!!!

Hugs,
KI

Mimi Delivering Presents

Hi Peeps,
Hope you all had a great weekend. Do you feel Christmas in the air? I sure do and want to share this next batch of cards I made featuring Mimi by Penny Black. She's such a cutie don't 'ya think? You'll notice on this card and a couple of upcoming posts, I'm enjoying my new snowflake embossing folder by Darice which I got at Ben Franklin Crafts recently. Just love the deep and crisp impressions.

Other products used are: pine branch and pine cone stamps by Stampin' Up, Copics, Stickles, Spellbinder dies, and sentiment by Lawn Fawn.

And here are six of 'em.....one for my collection. :-)

Thanks for popping in. Come again and hope you have a super-duper day. Hugs

NOVEMBER C.A.T.S.

Woo hoo, it's the weekend and craft fair season begins. There's a few here in Hilo so I gotta check 'em out.

I got an early start on my swap and mailed it a few days ago so I think my partner received it yesterday or today.

This month's swap calls for bling/rhinstones. Using one of my fave new stamp set "Fairy Princess" by TGF, I thought I'd use glitter paper by Doodlebug to add more "bling." Got both at Island Scrapbooking.

I love to use flowers whenever I can so of course I had to embellish this card with flowers from Wild Orchid.


Other supplies for the card: Lace punch by Martha Stewart, Copics, Spellbinder dies, sentiment by TGF "Fairy Princess" set, Stickles, Distress Ink, butterfly punch by Marvy, leaf punch by Punch Bunch, and rhinestones by Kaiser Crafts.

Here's the matching tag I made for my partner. Same supplies as the card with ribbon from Walmart.

And here's a close-up.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all Have A Scrap Happy Day. Hugs!

Awesome Swap from My October Secret Sis Leanne

Happy Hump Day Friends,
Extending the Halloween fun today by sharing this CUTE card I received from my October Secret Sister Leanne. I was surprised when I opened the envelope because I remember seeing this awesome card posted on her blog. I commented saying, "...guarantee her secret sister would love it." And it was ME. Oh, it just made my day. I'm definitely keeping this in my collection and "not sharing." LOL. THANK YOU LEANNE!!!

If you 'd like to join in this fun swap, check out Kris' blog here.

She also included some cool DP, Halloween stickers, and Dew Drops. I'm ready for Halloween 2012 now. :-)

October C.A.T.S. from Gail

WOW, I must share this awesome swap I received from my C.A.T.S. (Card and Tag Swap) partner Gail. When I opened the envelope I was in total awe. First up, she created this Frankenstein slider card. The black CS is embossed with a spider web design....cool.


When I pulled the tab, up went Frankenstein and the Halloween sentiment appeared. Neat!

Gail also made this folded tag. Can you see the embossed webs. They're so deep and crisp.

She cleverly included two tea bags inside. Awesome! Hmm, which one should I drink first??? They both look "deelish."

And Gail topped it off with some stickers and a neat tag.

THANK YOU GAIL. I know you put your heart into your creations and you made my day!!!

Rolling Out the Christmas Cards

I'm so excited to share with you today my very first of several Christmas card designs that will be sent to family and friends this holiday season. In past years, I made a whole bunch of one design. This year, I just couldn't decide on "just one" so I thought I'd create a few of several different designs.

Aren't these penguins cute and cozy in the sparking snow? It's from Penny Black's "Mimi's Christmas" set. The white glitter paper (snow) is by Doodlebug from Island Scrapbooking. The blue background is embossed with the snowflake embossing folder by Darice from Ben Franklin Crafts. Why not add more shimmer....so I added the sparking tree. I topped it off with twine by Jillibean, snowflake buttons (shank removed) by Dress It Up, "Keep Cozy" stamp by TGF in a "Grommet tag" by Spellbinder.

It's been a while since I last entered a challenge. Thought I'd enter this card in the Lollipop Crafts Challenge #54 "Embellish It" that requires 3 embellies. If you'd like to join in the fun, click here for the deets.

Here's a peek at the inside. Sentiment is by Hero Arts.

And here are the 6 cards I made.....of course, one is for my collection. :-)

Thanks for stopping by and HAVE A SCRAP HAPPY DAY!!! :-)

C.A.T.S. Swap for October

WOOOO-HOOOO, TGIF.....sigh. I can relax my brain this weekend. New program at work did a job on my brain cells. LOL.

I want to share this card I made for Gail, my October C.A.T.S. (Card and Tag Swap) partner. I'm not really into Halloween so I don't have a big collection of Halloween stamps. So I tried to make do with some oldies but goodies. First of all, I created a background with spider webs and distressed the edges. Since my stamps were tiny, I thought I'd sorta create a scene inside a circle then cut a piece off the bottom.

How do you like my "broken" fence? The only fence punch I have is the one by Martha Stewart. I wanted it to look old and scary so I cut off parts of it. Looks kinda creepy huh?

Hey, did you notice I zig-zagged the edge of the orange CS? If you read one of my previous posts, I mentioned that my junky old Pfaff was "going" and I couldn't do any zig-zag stitches on that machine because the thread kept cutting. Well, I finally brought in my mom's Viking (thought it was a Singer) only to find that the foot petal and cord for the outlet were missing. OMG, where in the world could it be???? I hunted for them with no luck then called Discount Fabric Warehouse but the cord is no longer available. And the foot petal cost about $95. YIKES!!! But that wouldn't do me any good without the cord. I hope hubby didn't dump it. I'll have to continue my search. :-)

Anyhoo, I decided to try my the zig-zag on my Pfaff again with a different color thread AND IT WORKED. I guess the other thread must've been "junk." Anyway, for now, I'm a happy camper knowing that at least I can use my oldie machine for that stitch. :-) :-) :-)

Other supplies for the card: Large webs, bats, and cat stamps by Hero Arts, grass punch by Martha Stewart, distress ink, Spellbinder dies, small webs and Halloween stamps (no name on stamps).

Here's the tag...

Supplies for the tag: Stamp (no name), word punch by Stampin' Up with a piece cut off, Copics, "To / From" stamp by Magenta, buttons from Walmart, carpet thread, distress ink, sheer ribbon (no name), and orange/yellow ribbon by Offray.

If you'd like to join in the fun swapping and making new friends who share the same interest, click here to see the deets from Joy's blog.

Hope you all have a fun, relaxing, and most of all crafting weekend. Thanks for stopping by.