Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Kraftin Kimmie & One Crazy Stamper BLOG HOP!!!!

Welcome to One Crazy Krafty HOP!!  Today Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps is combining forces with One Crazy Stamper to bring you an incredible blog hop filled with lots of krafty goodness and PRIZES!!
Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps is an online Canadian stamp company with whimsical stamps from several different artists, catering to cardmakers and scrapbookers with lots of different styles!  If you like to colour….you’ll love our images!!!  Check us out at our krafty SHOP!  
 
One Crazy Stamper is a fantastic Canadian crafting store with an online site as well as a brick and mortar store located in Bolton, Ontario!  They carry all kinds of paper, embellishments, Copic markers and SO much more!!  Check them out here:  
 
Our blog hop today features both Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps and crafting goodies from One Crazy Stamper with projects created by design team members from both teams!!  Be sure to hop around from blog to blog and leave a comment at each stop, because some lucky random commenters are going to win some krafty goodies!!!   
**Please make sure to hop through the entire list of participants since we will be giving away some super cute Kraftin Kimmie Stamps to random commenters on the DT member's blogs!  And be sure to become a follower of the OCS blog, we will be posting winners of the blog hop candy on the OCS blog,  Dec 4th!


Wanna see what we are giving away?!




Here is the order of the hop! Happy Hopping!

1.       KKS Challenge blog – http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.com

2.      Jacilynn - www.jacilynndashwood.blogspot.com


4.      Michelle - www.inspirationblooms.blogspot.com


6.      Sue – http://craftcreations.ca   


8.      Joni - http://joni52.blogspot.com








Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Winter Vacation

For my last post for this months Food/Drink challenge, I stamped the hilarious Art Impressions Girlfriends image - just imagine yourself on a beautiful white beach in a tropical location gossiping with your gal pals - wouldn't that be lovely!!!

The image was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Copic Xpress It paper, colored with Copics and fussy cut, then mounted on to two papers from Fancy Pants Beach Babe paper collection that was available this past summer.  I used a Versamark pad and a light tan embossing powder to imitate the sand.
Today is the last day to enter this months challenge and the winners will be announced tomorrow.  Thursday will be the start of December's challenge, so keep checking back to see the theme.
Don't forget that tomorrow is also an extra special day for us here at One Crazy Stamper, our first blog hop with Kraftin' Kimmie, come back and check out all of the wonderful cards that the dt's have created.

Monday, November 28, 2011

Loves to Knit!


....Ellie that is!!  Ellie Loves to Knit is the name of this cute stamp set from Your Next Stamp.  You can check out all of the new winter images at One Crazy Stamper!

I chose my colors from the sheet of Bo Bunnydesigner paper from the A Gift of Love collection.  The Copic markers I used are pictured below:
I fussy cut my image an mounted it with foam tape.  I used some Martha Stewart snowflake punches and embellished them with Candi. 

Other items on this card are a metal embossed sticker strip and an edge punch.
Warm Winter Wishes!!
Michelle Pearon - Inspiration Blooms

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Gatefold Card and Variation Tutorial

It's Sue here and for my post today I have a Gatefold Card and Variation Tutorial.

Layered Poinsettia Gatefold


Snowflake Gatefold Variation


Supplies used for Layered Poinsettia

Supplies used for Snowflake

Steps:

  1. Using a 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" piece of cardstock, score at the 2 1/8" and 6 3/8" . Scor-Pal has these markings on it. I used red for the Poinsettia and a blue for the Snowflake
  2. Fold both ends in to meet in the center.

Layered Poinsettia

1. Cut 4 pieces of gold cardstock 1 7/8" x 5 5/8" and 1 piece of cardstock 4 x 5 5/8". Also cut 4 pieces of Father Christmas Berries (BoBunny) 1 3/4" x 5 1/8" and 1 piece of the same paper 3 13/16" x 5".

2. Using the X-Press It Double Sided Tape, the designer papers were adhered to the gold, which was adhered to the appropriate panels.

3. Using the Spellbinders Layered Poinsettia, and paper that was hidden in my stash, the various layers were cut and embossed.

4. The poinsettia was then assembled using glue dots and a brad. X-Press It Double Sided Tape was then added to one side of the poinsettia and adhered to the right side front panel.

5. The sentiment Snow Brackets (Stampendous) was stamped on a piece of X-Press It Blending Cardstock that has been cut and embossed with Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Eighteen and adhered to the center inside panel of the card.

Create-a-Flake Three (Variation)

1. Cut 4 pieces of silver cardstock 1 7/8" x 5 5/8" and 1 piece of cardstock 4 x 5 5/8". Also cut 4 pieces of Snowfall Blizzard (BoBunny) 1 3/4" x 5 1/8" and 1 piece of the same paper 3 13/16" x 5".

2. Using the X-Press It Double Sided Tape, the designer papers were adhered to the silver cardstock, which was then adhered to the appropriate panels.

3. Using the Spellbinders Shapeabilities Create-a-Snowflake Three and a sheet 12 x 12 Snowfall Drift (B0Bunny)the various pieces were cut and embossed. As the dies wouldn't cut completely through, an extra piece of cardstock was used as a shin.


4. The snowflake was assembled using Sticky Thumb Dimensionals.

5. A Tear Drop Circle was cut and embossed using a piece of Snowfall Drift (BoBuny) and the Spellbinders Nestabilities Tear Drop Circles.

6. The Snowflake was adhered to this circle which was then taped on one half and adhered to the right front panel.

7. Using the Spellbinders Shapeabilities Grommet Tags, a tag was cut and embossed. The Holiday Greetings sentiment from the Cardinal Holiday Mailbox (Heartfelt Creations) was stamped onto the tag which was then lightly inked with Polar Blue (Versa Colour) ink. X-Press It Double Sided Tape was added to the left side and the tag was adhered to the left front panel.

8. The sentiment Snow Brackets (Stampendous) was stamped on a piece of X-Press It Blending Cardstock that has been cut and embossed with the Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Eighteen and adhered to the center inside panel of the card.