Yippee, Krafty Blog Hop!

Okay, so today we are having a Blog Hop! First I'll tell you a little bit about my card. We have revealed all of the Spring Kit images and Accessories, but I have to admit that I didn't get to use all of the accessories on my cards. Sometimes you run out of room or they just don't work with your design. Soooo, I decided to showcase all of them on one card. I had great fun colouring them and I set them on little Blossom Nesties, the second smallest size. I wanted some contrast to the black and white DP I was using, which is DCWV Glitter paper. I'm using that a lot lately, it's all so sparkly and pretty. I also used my brand new Modern Labels Punch, which I know is going to come in so handy. I put some organdy ribbon across the middle and made a bow with my bowmaker, I love that thing! Of course I made this card wide as I wanted to do something different. I haven't made this size of card for years. I made it to fit a 4 x 9 1/2 envelope.

Anyway, back to our fabby blog hop! If you haven't started at Kraftin' Kimmie's Challenge Blog, then you might want to go there and start the hop. If you have come here from the uber talented Jeanne's Blog, then you are in the right place. From here, your next stop is the Vivacious Vicki's Blog, where I'm sure she has something wonderful to show you. Make sure to leave a comment at each stop along the way as two lucky ladies will win stamps from the Spring Kit, which is available right now at Kraftin' Kimmie's Stamps, for a limited time and is discounted 10%. They are going fast too.

Well, happy blog hopping girls,

Blessings to you and your families,

Diana

Last Spring Kit Cutie and Saturday Challenge!!

Good day ladies,

I'd like you to meet our last sweet image from the Kraftin' Kimmie's Spring Kit! This is Gabrielle and I think she's just too cute in her lovely dress with the ruffled petticoats and the card thingies on the skirt. (Sorry, I just can't think of what you call them collectively. Somebody enlighten me, I mean I know they are spades, hearts etc., but there must be a name for them!!)

Anyway, I also made this card for Kraftin' Kimmie's Challenge #20. Our fearless leader Kimmie is the hostess for this week and she wants us to use old papers and embellishments from our stash, nothing new. I didn't have a problem with this as I have lots of stuff that I've had for a long time. The DP is Bali Breeze from Stampin' Up. I'm not sure exactly how old it is, but it's a few years. I'm sure any of you S.U. demonstrators or former demos will attest to that. The ribbon is Baja Breeze, also from S.U. and it was one of the In Colours maybe last year or the year before. Also my flowers have been hangin' about for years too. Hey, I do use the stuff, but it takes a long time to get through it!!

Anyway, to get back to the card, I coloured Gabrielle and cut her out, then put her on an oval of the Bali Breeze DP, then set it on a scalloped frame of Pumpkin Pie cardstock. I also used the accessory stamp, which is a little cup of tea (or coffee or whatever you want it to be). I used my Circle Nesties for it and the smallest Nestie Scalloped Circle in Regal Rose. I pop dotted both the main image layer and the teacup one. I added a little shoe charm to the BB ribbon and put a little sparkle on Gabrielle's hairband and the hearts etc. on her skirt. I used the sentiment 'You're Tea-riffic' from the Tea Sentiments, also on Pumpkin Pie.

Be sure to check out all the Krafty Girls Blogs to see what they have done with Giselle, then go to Kimmie's Challenge Blog tomorrow to join in our fun Blog Hop. At least one somebody will be winning stamps, not quite sure of those details yet.

Have a wonderful weekend,

Diana

Handsome Henri! 3rd. Spring Kit Sample

Welcome to day 3 of the Kraftin' Kimmie Spring Kit reveals. This is Henri, isn't he just dapper? I love him, it's great to have another masculine stamp, he can be used so many ways. It was fun to colour him to match my papers. I have to confess I don't know what they are as I scrounged them from my sweet and generous daughter while I was at her house a week or so ago. I thought they were great for a masculine card.

The base is Chocolate Chip and the squares are all matted onto Always Artichoke. Henri was of course coloured with Copics and I matted him onto Baja Breeze, then Chocolate Chip. I made the tag with my new Tags Trio (well, one of them) from Spellbinders. The sentiment is from the Tea Sentiments, which of course come with the kit, along with the Coffee Sentiments and of course, the 5 main image stamps and accessory stamps.

Don't forget, the kits are only available at Kraftin' Kimmie's Store and for a limited time. Make sure you check out the Henri creations that all the other girls have made for your viewing pleasure. See you back here tomorrow for yet another image from this amazing set.

Have a great day,

Diana

Finally!! It's time for Kraftin' Kimmie's January Release and Blog Hop!!

Good thing it's time for Kraftin' Kimmie's January Release. I can't stand the wait any longer. The new stamps are just fabulous and I want to be able to use them and show them and also to give away cards made with them. The new stamps are now available on Kraftin' Kimmie's website. There are 12 new images, all of which have their own accessory stamp and there are 2 new sets of sentiments. One set has all sayings to go with the Steampunk images and the other set has sentiments to go with the Fairies

There are so many things to talk about, I'm afraid I'm going to forget something. I want to mention that Kimmie has a Special going on for the next 2 days. Every order will have a special something extra for you, also the first 50 orders of $75 or more will receive a free Oliver stamp as well. I love Oliver and since he is a winter stamp, you will still have lots of time to use him!! Of course, as usual every order over $100 will get free standard shipping. Good deals, huh!

Okay, now to my card. I used the beautiful Flower Fairy image, created by our incredibly talented Crissy Armstrong. She has given us 4 fairies for this release and they are all amazing!! I used Lavender Lace for the card base and my M.S. Playful Pink paper pad for the patterned paper. It was perfect for this soft, sweet creature. I matted the main PP on Certainly Celery, then onto the card body. I coloured in the fairy, then punched her out with my largest Labels 5 Nesties. I punched out another piece in the dotted green of my PP, turned it and set it behind the main image. I cut out a panel of the dotted pink matted on Lavender Lace and put it behind the green. I added some Prima Caboodles to the corners, some webbed type ribbon across the centre and I stamped the accessory stamp on Pretty in Pink using heat embossing with Winter Wonderland EP. I also used Stardust Stickles on the Lavender parts of her wings.

Of course this is also the day of our Super Blog Hop! You will see some great creations along your way, so be sure to start at the beginning, which is Kraftin' Kimmie's Challenge Blog. If you have landed here from Melanie's blog, then you are in the right spot. Now I've made you read all my ramblings, it's time to move onto our fabulous Andrea's Blog. There are also some awesome guests along the way, who have very kindly agreed to be a part of our Happy Hop. You can leave a comment on every blog along the way if you like as that will give you more chances to win the great Blog Candy Kimmie is giving away. I believe that there will be 3 selections randomly chosen from 3 of the stops, so get typing, maybe you will be one of them!!

Have a wonderful day, hope I haven't forgotten anything!

Blessings,
Diana