Father's Day Surfing Miles

Hi there, I'm actually posting in the week again. I made a Father's Day card for my hubby and I decided to use Surfing Miles because he's so cute and I love playing with these guys. (It does say 'Happy Father's Day' on the inside). This time I decided to be really crazy and I coloured Miles mauve. I was getting a bit tired of browns and greys and besides, lots of the cartoon characters you see on TV are weird colours. Besides, then he matched the papers!! That's my excuse anyway.

Once again I used my 'A Day at the Beach' patterned papers, which I'm using as much as I can as summer will soon be over, then I'll have to put them away again. I used the sentiment 'Make a Splash' from the Mermaid Sentiments, which come with the Mermaid Kit, which is now on sale at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps for 20% off the regular price. A great deal, I might add. I punched out the sentiment layer using my Double Ended Tags Nesties, which worked perfectly. I attached it using matching purple brads. It's a simple card, but that's what's great about these Miles images. You can make an A2 size simple card with them, or you can gussy them up on a 6 x 6 and use more embellies etc.

Well, that's it for me for today, lots of non-crafty stuff to do around the house, yuck!!

Have a blessed day,

Diana

Sandcastle Miles in Blue, Yellow and Tan!

Hi everyone, it's Saturday again and time for yet another Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge. This week our hostess with the mostest is Jeanne and she wants us to use Summer Colours of blue, yellow and tan. I had a bit of a struggle with this to begin with, but by the time I had finished, I wished I had time to make some more cards with this colour combo, just to see what different styles and shades and layouts I could come up with. Oh, life does get in the way of our crafting sometimes, doesn't it? My husband and I are retired, but there just aren't enough hours in the day. Now if I just didn't have to clean house and cook etc., I could probably get a lot more done. Okay, now there I go, daydreaming again. Back to the matter at hand.

I used Sandcastle Miles for this card as I hadn't yet found time to ink him up, he was the only one left, poor little fella, out of the new Kraftin' Kimmie Release. To be honest, I can't even say I used him because of the sand in the picture and that it would work with the tan I needed to use. I'm not that clever!! I used some more of my 'A Day at the Beach' papers, which I am just loving. This lovely yellow paper has suns all over it, so it was perfect. I paired it with a piece of Martha Stewart Brights Pad as it has mostly yellow and blue dots on it. I coloured in Miles and then used my rectangular and scalloped Nesties to mat him onto. I then popped him up on the dotted paper, which I had matted onto some Creamy Caramel, which I had used my 'drippy goo' border punch on. I set that on the yellow sunny paper, matted it onto Baja Breeze, then onto a card base of Creamy Caramel. I tied some Caramel gingham ribbon across the bottom, attaching a shell charm to it. I finished it off with a Beachy Sentiment, 'Sandy Wishes'.

Now it's your turn to make a card using blue, yellow and tan. Be sure to stop over at Kraftin' Kimmie's Challenge Blog to see what the other girls have created. Their work is fabulous!! Don't forget that the randomly picked winner will win Tubing Miles as that's the stamp Jeanne has used on her card. If you upload your cards to a website like Splitcoast, be sure to put KKSC34 in your keywords so that we can find you there.

So have a great weekend and try to find some time to create. You know you wanna!!

Blessings,

Diana

Day #2 of Krafty Peeks. Meet Aurora!!

Okay, so it's Thursday and I'm back again as promised, with another Krafty Peek. This is Aurora, one of the fabulous mermaids from the new release. Isn't she just lovely? As I mentioned yesterday, there are 6 of them and they all come with an accessory stamp. They are so much fun to colour. Only 3 more days and they will all be available from Kraftin' Kimmie's Stamp Shop as a kit for a limited time and to make the deal even sweeter, Kimmie will be selling the kits for 20% off the regular price.

I coloured Aurora with my Copics as always, on Neenah cardstock. I added some Orange Peel Stickles to her tail, although you can't see that in the picture. I also added some Stardust Stickles to the stars in her hair. I cut out the image with one of my Labels 10 Nesties, then pop dotted it onto an assortment of A Day at the Beach papers by Paper Studio. I used some Summer Sun cardstock for the base, added some flowers and a shell charm, then stamped 'Something's Fishy' from the Mermaid Sentiment Set and put it at the bottom right, after punching it out with my trusty Window Punch.

Now don't forget to check out all the other Krafty Girls' creations, either by clicking on their names from my sidebar, or you can go there from Kraftin' Kimmie's Challenge Blog. Also be sure to come back tomorrow for more Krafty Peeks.

See you then,

Blessings,

Diana