Graduation Card

Hello Friends!
I worked on a couple little projects yesterday and wanted to share this graduation card with you. A young lady across the street is earning her college graduation soon and I wanted to make something for her. My original intent was to make the center greeting spin upon opening, but my 3" circle was too big... so I suspended it at quarter marks instead. It's different!
The center circle image was created by coloring dye markers directly to the stamp, misting and then stamping 3-4 times. I used Nestabilities die cuts for the circles and open cut on the front.

Stamp credits: Stampin' UP, Hero Arts
Kimm

On the Shore

Goodmorning Friends
I worked on this mini scene the last 2 evenings. The first evening I worked on the sky and water. I used a BG000 for the coloring in the sky and a colorless blender to lighten the sky close to the horizon. The water was a little easier. I began with a base coat of B21 then added B24 and B37 for the deepest color. I did need to wash out some of the color at the shore line with a blender. A white gel pen was used to give the waves a little bubbly foam.
The second evening I worked on the beach and other images. I'm not terribly happy with how my sand colors look... I wish I had some lighter 'sandy' colors. I used E30 and E53 which seemed the right colors to me, just too dark. What color copic do you use for sand? I did try washing out some color with the blender. I added a little Y21 here and there to give the sand some warmth. Outside of the sand, I'm pretty happy with the end result.
Other Copic colors- girl- E000, E00, RV00, R83, R85, C1, Y11, Y17 foliage-YG00, YG06, YG17, YG63, G99, W1 birds- N4
Stamp credits- Stamps Happen
Have a great day and remember I'll be posting another set of challenge colors tomorrow!
Kimm

Dream for Tomorrow

I was inspired to do a little late night stamping. I started by pulling pieces out of my technique scrap box (a small box where I put sections of backgrounds already made that I know I want to do something with but don't have the time right then). I try not to let the scrap box get too full.
The winged bird was embossed with copper ep on a section of Angels Breath (Technique Junkies Dec. 06), cut out and layered on black cardstock. The middle panel is a section of Scrunchie Art (Technique Junkies Oct. 07) that I die cut with Spellbinders Label 2 Nestabilities. Once cut, I ran the piece through my cuttlebug swirls embossing folder and highlighted with with black ink. The white layer also received a little cuttlebug treatment and was highlighted with copper ink.
Lots of texture to this card!! Hope you enjoy it!
Kimm

Wanna see what I got for Christmas?

Hello Friends and Happy New Year!
I was double excited when I opened one of my Christmas presents from hubby this year! I knew what it was in the package since I had to order and wrap it myself... but I wasn't allowed to open anything early. Oh the torture! Wanna see what I got?
I have been wanting some Nestabilities dies for months but the family budget has been too tight for something fun when food needs to be kept on the table ya know? So I patiently waited.... and was finally rewarded:)
One of the best benefits to these dies is that they do not take up a bunch of valuable space! I adhered several business card size magnetics horizontally to the inside of my shelving... since they are metal dies the nestibilities stick right to the magnetic strip taking up no space at all! Isn't that awesome or what?

Oh the fun I will have!!

Kimm