Newly Organized

Hello from a chilly Memphis!
I'm certain I am not the only crafter out there who has spent some time organizing in 2011. I needed to do a little re-organizing to reflect my stamping needs. My youngest daughter has been stamping frequently and I needed to include her in the re-organizing. Now, the stamping space feels fresh and inviting... for both my daughter and I.

The floral image here is by smARTworks and colored with Copics. I sponged baja breeze around the edge of my oval to soften the focal point before it was layered on black. This image is framed with Torn Frames technique in baja breeze cardstock and layered onto razzleberry. There is a ton of texture with embossed layer, torn paper edges and crochet lace!
Kimm

Stamp credits- smARTworks

Copic colors- BG11, BG72, BG75, Y23, Y26, RV32, RV34, RV69

Merry Christmas!

Wishing all my friends a warm and peaceful Christmas!
All coloring with Copic markers.
Nativity image by Stampin' UP! Greeting by I Brake for Stamps.

Kimm

Coming Soon to Eclectica!

Friends
Are you located in Memphis, TN or the surrounding area? If so, Eclectica Scrapbooks and Stamps has a special treat for you coming Sept. 25 and 26! Mark you calendar and plan to attend!

This special weekend event will be fun with plenty to do, see and participate in! Plan on joining me!
Kimm

Technique by Design Blog Hop

Hello Friends... and welcome to my stop on the Technique by Design Blog Hop!! I'm so thrilled Pat Huntoon started publishing the Technique by Design feature into the newsletter. I'm finding many fun and creative ideas for all the many fabulous techniques published over the years! I hope to inspire you along with all the other TJ designers.

For my card I incorporated technique pieces that had orange and yellow tones. I wanted warm and sunny to show off the main daffodil image.
Panel A is the Sanded Core'dinations- current issue.
Panels B and D are both Painted Pigments technique (Aug. 08 issue) however panel D I ran through the cuttlebug and highlighted the embossing with stickles glitter glue. I liked the touch of pink mixed with the orange and yellow inks:)
Panel C and E are Spritzed Copic Stone (Dec. 09 issue) using Y11, Y38 and YR15 copic sketch markers. My main image is colored with copics.

Don't miss the opportunity to participate in the challenge/contest! Pat will have awesome products from vendors that YOU could win!!

What you need to do:

1. Follow the sketch from the April/May 2010 Technique Junkies Newsletter...Technique by Design sketch is a great way to incorporate technique backgrounds into your cards. Coordinate by colors or mix and match different techniques on your card with a stunning effect! If you make extra backgrounds when trying out the techniques, you will love being able to use them for the sketch. Note: in order to qualify for the drawing, at least two different TJ techniques must be used on the card.

2. Post a link to Pat's Blog

3. The deadline to the challenge is MAY 15.

Your next stop on the Technique by Design blog hop is no other than the technique junkie queen herself... Pat Huntoon!

I love your comments... but to be eligible to enter the contest entries must be linked from Pat Huntoons blog!

Stamp credits: Stampin' UP!

Kimm

For Everything... Thanks!

Hello Friends!
It has been a long couple months since I've posted. Many of you may already know my son was critically ill and had major heart surgery in January. He is a young man so this came as quite a shock to my family. Praise be to God he is now recovering well! God is GOOD!!
I am trying to get back into the creative swing of things in my life. I hope you'll enjoy this thank you card I sent to my sister. She lovingly drove 2 hours each way to come and stay at the hospital while my son was there... it was such a blessing to have her there with me. The main image is by B Line stamps and colored with copic markers. The background technique is antiqued glimmers published in Technique Junkies Newsletter Dec. 09.
Kimm

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas Friends and Followers!

Allow me to share one big reason I've been missing.... our new puppy! This little sweetie pup is a Christmas present for my daughter. She is a long hair chihuahua. Just a day and a half after we picked her up she became very sick and it was several days and long nights of nuring her back to health. I am happy to report that Rosalee is healthy and playful again!

I have a couple projects I've worked over the past few weeks. Below is an art piece that began as a stretched canvas. I created this for a santa gift exchange at my LSS. I used Primary Elements with solution #2 for all the painted parts- canvas, tissue, grungeboard and silk flowers.

Tilted view... there is a double layer of ribbon covering the sides.

This card is for my hubby... we celebrated our 10th anniversary right before Christmas as well. The puppy was very sick during our special weekend so we stayed home to care for her but friends invited our human daughters for sleep overs so at least we had some snuggle time;)

(stamp credit- Rubbernecker)

I will be working on a bunch of projects this next week... some I can share and others you'll have to wait to see. But in the meantime enjoy your families and stay toasty warm!

Kimm

Warm Midnight Wishes

Warm and cozy greetings to all my friends and followers. It is a little chilly around most of the USA the past few days, Memphis included. Oh, how I hope that might bring us some Christmas snow!

This Christmas card is my personal favorite of all those I've made this season! It is for my mom but I hope you will enjoy the view:) The stamp is by Stampin' UP and colored with Copic markers with touches of a Spica glitter pen here and there. The background is a technique called Antiqued Glimmers (from the current issue of Technique Junkies) that I embellished with some embossing.
Enjoy your weekend and stay toasty warm!
Kimm

Christmas Penguins and Blog Winner

Hello Friends!

Tis the season to be busy!! Parties and Parades... shopping and snowflakes... cards and crafts to be made! I have a trio of three cards to share today all featuring this super cute stamp of penguins. The last one I actually colored first... then the next two I figured out to color over the black in the penguins with Copic neutral gray 7... boy do those cute little guys pop out with that touch of extra gray!

Also, I want to congratulate our Black Friday blog winner.... Vickie K.... hope you enjoy your goodies!!

Kimm BT

Happy Thanksgiving and a Black Friday giveaway!

Happy Thankgiving to all my faithful readers!

I have a few Thanksgiving cards to share with you and a black friday giveaway!

This one here is my favorite. I saved this ribbon for a long time for just the right card... and this one was it!

Thanksgiving pumpkins... the bottom layer I sponged distress (applied in smooth circular motions).

This harvest wreath card has alot of coloring detail... but it was very relaxing to make!

Now onto the giveaway!!

In honor of Thankgiving, I have an unmounted Thanksgiving stamp by Hearts In Touch, a Nutmeg Mini Deck by Cosmo Cricket and a pack of precut Neenah cardstock for all your copic coloring!

Write in the comments if you are a Black Friday shopper...

or maybe you prefer your black friday shopping online?

You have until Sunday, Nov. 29th  at midnight to enter (US addresses only please).

Kimm

A Little Something...

Hello Friends
I've been out with a virus and now my girls have it so my regular blog challenge needed to take a mini break. While we recover at my house, here is a little guy that I hope you will find super cute! This stamp image is by The Greeting Farm.... arent their images so darn cute?? I wanted to make this little guy a red head with freckles:) I think he wants to say, "The dog ate it."
I used copic colors E21, YR04 and E25 for his hair.
Be healthy!!

Kimm

Artful Sentiments Challenge #32

A happy BOO to you! I have some fun fall and halloween colors for you to try this week! I hope you have a haunting good time working your own magic on this witchy brew of colors. Any shade of warm gray works this week... so mix up a color potion and fly on down to Mr. Linky and share!
This weeks Copic Challenge Colors are: YR04, Y15, W5 (or any shade of warm gray)

Kimm BT

Copic warm gray W10

(stamp credit- Close To My Heart)

Jane Bosi

Laurie Gatton

Sharon Briss

Kimm

Artful Sentiments Challenge #31

Welcome Friends! Don't you just love this time of year? I do! The crisp coolness in the air, the musty smell of fallen leaves and harvests from the bounty of the earth. Maybe a little football;) Hayrides and cornstalks inspired the color challenge this week. This weekend my daughters are participating in harvest festivals complete with outdoor BBQ, games, contests and hayrides, of course!
Challenge Colors this week: YR23, E37, E59

Here are the design teams cards to inspire you! Show off your harvest and leave your link in the Mr. Linky section!

Kimm BT
I used a layer of Polished Wrinkles (Technique Junkies Dec. 08) right under my main image with some mustard colored raffia. Almost looked like a piece of corn husk:)

Kimm BT

Laurie Gatton

Ann Clack

Sharon Briss

Have a wonderful weekend ya'll!

Kimm

Artful Sentiments Copic Challenge 29

Welcome Friends to another Artful Sentiments Challenge!!
I'm still having so much fun with these autumn colors I'd like to share more fall inspired copic artwork!
This weeks color challenge is: YR18, G99, E29
Each of these are in the deeper color tones. If you do not have the exact colors try going lighter with your choices. We would love to see your cards... post a link in the comments:)

Laurie Gatton

Ann Clack

Cathy Edgar

Sharon Briss

Kimm BT

(stamp credits- Stampin' UP!)

Have a wonderful Autumny day!
Kimm

Artful Sentiments Copic Challenge 28

Welcome friends to a warm and wonderful challenge this week! I was visiting Northeast Ohio last weekend and noticed the leaves were changing into those warm autumn colors. Here in Memphis the autumn leaves are muted, not nearly as vivid as up north. The Good Lord has blessed our northern neighbors with a bounty of beauty! This weeks colors celebrate those vivid autumn leaves.
This weeks color challenge: R08, YR18, Y17

If you do not have the exact color matches... choose any red, orange and yellow and show off your autumn colors!

Sharon Briss
Cathy Edgar

Ann Clack

Kimm BT

(stamp credits- PSX, Stampin' UP)

Remember to share your art with Mr. Linky or the through the comments. Happy Fall!

Kimm

Sweet Stop sketch

Hop on over to the The Sweet Stop for a fabulous chance to win some blog candy!
Copic colors used: Black 100, E43, E47 ribbon colored with E43
Stamp credit- Sweet and Sassy Stamps
Kimm

Artful Sentiments Copic Challenge 26

Welcome Friends
I hope you enjoyed last weeks color challenge and had a chance to play and try out the colors for yourself.
I'm happy to announce the lucky winner of last weeks blog candy- #12 Pat from Maryland! Pat said, "What amazing creations. What a wonderful color combination. Thanks for the opportunity to win such great blog candy." Congratulations, Pat!

This weeks color challenge is: YG63, Y26 V95
This weeks colors moves us into some more muted tones and the design team did a fabulous job with their cards! Check them out!

Laurie Gatton

Cathy Edgar

Ann Clack

Kimm BT

(stamp credits- The Greeting Farm, Stampin' UP)

Remember to share your artwork with us and be on the lookout for more blog candy soon!

Kimm

Artful Sentiments Copic Challenge #25

Hello Friends!
Today is a celebration of 25 great weeks of copic challenges on Artful Sentiments and we have BLOG candy to give away! This blog candy includes 2 Copic Sketch Markers- RV11 and E51 plus the goodies you see here.

Leave a comment on this blog to be entered to win (USA addresses only) and a way for me to contact you. I've enjoyed planning these color challenges and challenging myself too! Good Luck everyone!
I have a bit of summer and a bit of autumn in this weeks colors... warmth of the sun in a deeper yellow and a bright pink with a hint of the changing leaves to come in a deeper red.
This weeks challenge colors: RV25, R59, Y38

The design team did a fabulous job (as usual) with their interpretation of the color choices! Such variety in the images they choose, beautiful coloring and overall composition of the final piece.

Kimm BT

(I airbrushed Y38 behind the main image, stamp credit- Rubber Stamp Ave.)

Sharon Briss

Laurie Gatton

Jane Bosi

Cathy Edgar

Ann Clack

Remember to leave your comment!

Kimm