Your stuck with me..bwhahahahaha....

I wanted to post some of the cards I have made recently that I haven't had a chance to post. I have been knee-deep in apple cider and mistletoe but no SNOW!!! I mean I thought I lived in part of the snow belt but we are lucky to get a small dusting and have it melt away fairly quickly- I need me some snow for Christmas! I am hearing about other areas in Canada with tons and tons and I just keep hoping some comes our way- and it is welcome to stay until Jan 2nd ;). I am ready for Christmas, even have all the presents wrapped...so not like me. It will be weird having a relaxing Christmas and not wrapping till the wee hours in the am on Christmas eve.

Here is a card I made with Drucilla from Kraftin Kimmie stamps. I made it for my hubby for the big V-day. We don't do much for that day but we do like to exchange cards and they have to be home-made. Yep the Main Man even makes one for me. They are the sweetest paper disaster you ever saw lolz!!!! I love Drucilla and honestly this saying is hilarious!!!! 

Well I get some good stamping time in the next few days inbetween baking and eating. I hope you also have a great Christmas season! xoxoxo

December card kits at Scrappingreatdeals featuring Kraftin' Kimmie stamps...

It's mid-month in December so it's time for the Andrea and Kimmie card kit release at Scrappingreatdeals. My card uses Josephine from Kraftin' Kimmie stamps which are one of your stamp choices in the kits. You can also choose the ooh soooo schweet Daddy's Little girl stamp from K.K. stamps...I have both...I can't resist. If you want to see a card made with Daddy's Little girl head on over to my partner in crime Kimmie's blog by clicking here to see her creation. What I found so fun with this kit besides the images is the amazing paper from Bo Bunny we used and the clear buttons. I used my circle punches and cut out some of the matching DP and used it behind my clear buttons to give the card a fun look. I also used some of the self-adhesive pearls to add the bling at the bottom of Josephine's skirt. I added the lovely ruffled ribbon across the middle of my card and had to double up on pop dots on the image to make sure it cleared the ribbon- so yummy. Here are the kit contents:

Kimmie and Andrea’s December Card Kit


1- Josephine from Kraftin’ Kimmie stamps

or

1-Daddy’s Little Girl stamp from Kraftin’ Kimmie stamps

6- 6x6 papers from Bo Bunny Love Bandit collection

6- 6x6 Bazzil Card bases (some bling!)

6- Envelopes

Assorted brads

Flowers

½ yard of ribbon (scrummy chocolate ruffled ribbon)

Clear buttons

  
 
So head on over to ScrappinGreatDeals to grab yours before they are sold out!!! Have a fantastic day!

Cheers...

Kraftin' Kimmie stamps- bling it up baby!!!

Oh Josephine.....you be all bling bling baby!!!! I am honoured to be the hostess for this week's challenge over at Kraftin' Kimmie stamps. Click here to go to the blog and read more details and see what the dt has created this. Can you say eye candy! These ladies are soo talented I am honoured to be on a team with them. If you would like a chance to win Josephine yourself all you have to do is follow the challenge details and use sparkles, glitter...anything with bling! And don't forget to add the keywords KKSC10 if you upload your creation to an online gallery, so we can all see them!!

Quick details for this card. I used Basic Grey DP, May Arts Ribbon, lace, crystals, copics and I paper pieced the skirt. Funny story--now---.. I paper pieced the skirt first then I was colouring sweet Josephine. My E00 ran out and I had to refill it. No problem..refilled and started colouring again THEN apparently I over-filled the marker and it threw up extra ink all over my image. After spending 30 mins paper piecing it I was devastated. I then had the idea to cut out the skirt and and glue into on top of my newly stamped image. So I paper pieced what I had originally paper pieced lolz!!! I then painstakingly added glue section by section to the fumes coming out of her potion bottle and added the different colours of glitter. The card took awhile to make but I am happy with how it turned out.

I hope you like Josephine- she's one of my absolute favourites!! Take care and enjoy the creations today!

Whimsie Doodles Christmas card- soooo schweet

I have only used digi stamps a few times but I love the ones that Whimsie Doodle offers. Because I am an awesome enabler you can find them by clicking here, lolz!!!! I used some of my cherished Purely Pomegranate card stock and ribbon and paired it with some My Mind's Eye colorful Christmas which I picked up at my fave store www.scrappingreatdeals.com and oh I got the snowflake Martha Stewart punch there too. This digi is called Snow friends and was offered for free to their Papercraftplanet members but I missed joining while it was offered HOWEVER I had to have it so I bought it. They are super cheap so I didn't bother finding ways to justify the purchase to myself. FYI- if you ever need help justifying a craft purchase I am really talented in that area and I offer this skill up for free to my fellow crafters tee hee!!! I added some snowflakes, glitter and polar white flower soft and then stopped before I went into embellishment overload. Sooo easy to do and I am prone to it. Many times my friends have had to yell at me to walk away from a card before I add so many embellies that it would cost $10 to mail and likely won't stand up without tipping hee hee.

If you are not one of my subscribers you may want to check back in as I will soon be offering some schweet blog candy to celebrate Christmas. I already know there will be some adhesives and some Kraftin' Kimmie stamps- yep I said some not one :). I am gathering up some more stuff to make it awesome! If you want to become a follower there will be extra chances to win. I am trying to build my blog readership back up after moving here from Typepad. I kinda feel like I have started a new school in a different city and I am making up a new circle of friends with the support of my old friends who came along already (luv you guys :).

Btw...I want to share some pics of my friend Jen while we tried to figure out how to use the Bow Easy...as you can see if was so NOT easy to follow using their explanation and thankfully I found this video (click here) and this lady made it easy...Jerri Kay you saved me from going absolutely insane!!! Thank you!

Kraftin Kimmie weekly challenge- make a gift card holder...

This week's challenge is to make a gift card holder for Kraftin Kimmie stamps. Click here to go to the challenge blog to read more of the deets and see what stamp is up for playing along this week. I used what I like to call the gift card 'classic'. This is the first style I learned and it is super easy. You take a piece of paper cut in a square or rectangle shape (cut it the same size as your card or close to it) and then cut it down the middle to make it into a triangle. You then put adhesive close to the edge of the paper on two sides of the triangle on the outside edges of the card leaving the inside adhesive free. This creates a pocket for you to slip a gift card or cash to help complete the card. I used Maxwell to decorate this card as it's for one of my nephews and Maxwell seems like such a cool dude.

I hope you get a chance to play along and have a great weekend!!

Bella Christmas Card and a huge anniversary sale at Scrappingreatdeals!

I made this card from a Bella image my friend Judy gave me awhile back that I was hanging onto until this time of year. Luckily I found it today as I usually tuck it away until the season and then lose it and don't find it till the season has passed lol!!! Please tell me someone else does that tee hee. It was just a quick and simple card using what I think is last year's holiday collection from MME and lots of stickles. Scrappingreatdeals carries Bella's, MME paper and stickles and is having a massive anniversary party and sale. Read on for the info PLUS and hubby shopping night info below that to help get what you really want for Christmas.

Happy Birthday To Us!! - Save 20% Storewide!!

It's been ONE full year!! Oh my gosh, can you believe it .... our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY of having the store is here!! Join us in an all-day celebration here at Scrappin' Great Deals!!

Saturday, December 5th: 10am - 5pm!!

Free make and takes ... demos ... cake ... goodies ... refreshments ... all day long!

LOADS of door prizes, including a CRICUT machine!!

Every 30 - 45 minutes we will be drawing for door prizes!! We are giving away TONS of stuff!!

When you come on Saturday, enter your name - you do not need to be present to win

(must be 10 years of age or older to enter draw)

Our talented designers will be on hand offering FREE make and takes from 10am - 5pm!! Join Kimmie, Angie, Andrea, Rose, Carol, Kim, Marie, Cheri & ME for a day full of fun!!

Whether you come at 10am or 4pm - there will be FREE events happening!!

All shoppers; both online & in-store, will receive a 20% discount off all regular-priced merchandise!!

this is valid until Sunday, December 6th @ midnight!!

To redeem online, enter the code ONE-YEAR (all cap's) into the coupon box

(coupon box is located at the bottom of your shopping cart)

Men's Night at Scrappin' Great Deals!!

Oh and love this!!!! Check out the info below on their men's night. Send them on over and not only will they help him fill your wish list but they wrap it for him too- we make it soooo easy for them don't we ladies lolz!!!

Men's shopping night..

Ladies, fill out your wish lists & send your partner on over! Don't worry, we'll tell him EVERYTHING you need!

Free gift-wrapping!

Thursday, December 3: 5pm - 8pm

Thursday, December 10: 5pm - 8pm

Thursday, December 17: 5pm - 8pm

Papertake Weekly Challenge and Kraftin' Kimmie team up

Good morning to you all! I woke up today to find snow on the ground finally. I was beginning to wonder if I lived in Canada after all with the warmer weather we have had till now. I have been able to just wear a sweater outside most days which is crazy! I have to say I love snow up until just after New Year's then...well it's time for it to go. Nothing beats spending an afternoon with a hot drink, good book and being able to watch big fat fluffy snowflakes coming down. bliss...

Today Kraftin' Kimmie stamps is hosting the weekly challenge over at Papertake Weekly. You can click here to go on over and enter for your chance to win a 'bundle' of Kraftin' Kimmie stamps- schweet! I have to say I am finding more and more inspiring challenge blogs to help the ole mojo trucking along. Here is my take on the sketch and I used Shy Emmylou. I also used one of Kimmie's cheeky new sayings because many of my sweet nieces look at me like this before they fess up to something or sweet talk me into doing something with them and I am a puddle in their wee hands lolz!!!

Hope you have a winter fun filled day!

Kraftin Kimmie Stamps- Maxwell slicing thru some snow...

Good day fellow card makers! Did you not just fall over yesterday with all the gorgeous creations from Kraftin Kimmie's new stamp line. Let me tell you that not only did my fellow Krafty girls rock but the guests we had....lets just say after I saw this one card coloured I told Kimmie I am selling my copics on ebay and quitting lol!!! Click here to see the card I am talking about...holy cow...Linda I bow to you...

Here is a card I hadn't posted yet made with Maxwell who was released last month. You can click here to go to the store and check him out. I challenged myself to add as much texture as I could after last Saturday's challenge on the blog. I added flower soft polar white, crystals, die cut stickers, buttons and ribbon. Even though the mittens are pink this one is for my 12 year old nephew who lives up North. This nephew is a total skater dude and sooooooooo pretty tee hee. He doesn't like to hear that but he has gorgeous pretty eyes.

I have such a soft spot for this nephew because as cool dude'ish as he is...he keeps all the cards his auntie makes for him...sigh...luvs him...here's a quick pic of him just for embarrassment's sake lolz. Oh and my sis is an AMAZING photographer and actually has her own show now on Cogeco cable. Here is her website if you want to check it out...click here.

Kraftin Kimmie's Dec release...it's here...it's here!!!!

Today marks the release of the December images from Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps! There are 4 new images from Crissy Armstrong, 4 new images from Annie Rodrigue, two new sets of sentiments and two new images from a brand new artist, Jean Grant! Today's card uses one of Jean's delicious new images and one of Kimmie's new sentiments. You’ll get to check out all the images throughout our fabulous blog hop!! Also if you want a closer look at the card just click on it and it will come up larger. I actually put a lot of detail into this card but unfortunately I can't make the picture larger on blogger in the post. I added glitter to her shoes and hair bow and used clear liquid dimension on the birdie and the leaves. I also didn't have any red crystals so I used my copics to colour this crystal decoration to match. This card size is actually 5x7.25. I made it this size to fit all those weird shaped envelopes I have that someone gave me for free lol. I also used a sketch from Mercy to help design this card. Thanks Mercy!

If you want to start from the beginning, just head over to the Kraftin’ Kimmie Challenge Blog! As you hop from blog to blog, be sure to leave a comment at each and every stop because three lucky stampers will win packages of stamps from the new release!! And when you’re done hoppin’, be sure to head over to the Kraftin’ Kimmie store, because ALL the new images are NOW available! Click here to go right to the store and shop right from your couch and hopefully still in your pj's lol. If you are already hopping along next stop after me is Linda's blog, click here to go on over and say hey!

Here are all 18 participants today....the talent on this list is OUTSTANDING!!!

1. Challenge blog
2. Vicki 
3. Lacey
4. Jeanne
5. Lori  -
6. Nikki 
7. Elaine
8. Cindy Haffner
9. Diana
10. Michele
11. Paula Williamson
12. Niki
13. Tara
14. Andrea- Me!
15. Linda Heavens
16. Annie Rodrigue
17. Kimmie

Day 2 of Kraftin' Kimmie sneak peeks....and challenge day!

Allo! Hope you are having a fab Saturday so far! For those of you who braved the Black Friday specials I hope you got some good deals..and survived ;) Today I am showing Shy Emmylou. Such a cutie patootie. She was designed after Kimmie's daughter who they nicknamed Emmylou. Em is still a cutie patootie let me tell you! It's also challenge day on our blog and today's challenge is to use textures. Crissy who is the illustrator of this stamp is the host of this challenge. Click here to go to the challenge blog and read more about it. On this card to add texture I used new paper from Kaisercraft- the Lilac Avenue collection. I have the 6x6 pack and many of the papers are textured with either glitter like the one I used or vinyl and velvet. So pretty. I also added stretchy ribbon, metal elements and crystals. I also wanted to have my card work with the challenge on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog which is to use your punches. I used my new border punch, a butterfly punch and also a punch for my sentiment that matched the metal. I made this card with one of my nieces in mind. We both are purple CRAZY and we have a club- the Pretty Purple Princess club- we yell it out all the time when we see something purple then high-five each other. My BIL 's(her daddy) favourite colour is also purple so we allowed him to be a princess too. Here is a pic of both of my fellow Pretty Purple Princesses...This card is for you sweetie!

When you're ready to share your textured creation, be sure to link us up in this post! And if you post to an online gallery, be sure to use the keyword KKSC8, so we can all check 'em out!!


So go grab a hot bevvie..put on the Christmas music and use it as an excuse to stamp...that's what I am doing lol. Come on back tomorrow for more eye candy and the new releases will be up for sale!

Kraftin Kimmie Dec release...oooo...a sneaky peeky ;)

I am sooo excited to share a sneak peek of one of the new Dec releases from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. Her name is Lola Da Vinci...she is adorable!!! My kids and I are big crafters but my oldest LOVES to redo her room and she usually makes her own decorations so I made this card for her to celebrate for when she finally finishes her room. The inside is stamped with one of Kimmie's new sentiments- 'You colour my world' and the 'create' on the front of the card is also part of that sentiment set. Lola was drawn by Annie Rodrigue who creates the Moonlight Whispers line for Kimmie. Annie will also be part of the hop on Sunday making a card with her own stamp- I can't wait to see it! Lola comes with the painting you can see on my card. On one of my future cards with this stamp I am going to cut a pic of one of my girls and put it in the frame...so many possibilities!! Before I forget today's sketch came from a new sketch blog for me- Sketch Saturday's and can be found by clicking here. What's so funny is that this week's sketch is  hosted by none other than my fellow Krafty girl Elaine - hey Elaine!!!!

Tomorrow I am going to share another new stamp but this time from Crissy's line- Crissy's Cuties....here's another sneak...a preview of tomorrow's card...tee hee...this is fun. You will be able to see more previews on Saturday along with our weekly challenge and then you can buy them first thing Sunday- schweet!

All the Krafty Girls are playing today...hop along for more sneak peeks!! Enjoy your day!

Jeanne

Vicki

Niki

Tara

Diana

Elaine

Kimmie

Michele

Kraftin Kimmie stamps- Merry Christmas, Happy Winter

Happy Saturday everyone!!!! How is your Christmas shopping going? I am almost done....I have never been this far along before in my life :) Mind you we all really pared down how many gifts we were buying this year so that did help. Today's challenge for Kraftin Kimmie stamps is to make a card that reflects either Merry Christmas or happy winter. You can click here to go to the challenge blog and read more details and see all the other delicious Krafty girlz designs. This week's challenge is brought to us by none other than Kimmie's mom- Diana! She is an absolute sweetheart and makes such cute creations. If you post to an online gallery, be sure to use the keyword KKSC7 so we can find and enjoy your creation. Also my card follows the sketch from crazy for challenges where Kraftin Kimmie stamps is the November sponsor. Click here to go to the challenge blog and get further lovely inspiration.

I hope you all have a lovely day, enjoy your Saturday!

Andrea :)

Whimsie Doodles- Peas on earth to you all this holiday season tee hee

I got this sweet digi stamp for free from Whimsie Doodles by joinin their group over at Paper Craft Planet and I love it soooooo much. It just cracks me up!!! I bought a few of their winter images and sentiments and seriously cute folks!!! I will show some more of my creations with their images over the next few days. With this card I used a 6x6 piece of paper that already had a great design with the tree and snowflakes. I was feeling creative so I added some clear glaze to the trees and sprinkled glitter over them while still wet. In person in now makes the trees look 3D. So proud of myself on that one let me tell ya tee hee... I then kept the rest of the card simple to let the image shine through. I had to explain the joke to my  youngest then it cracked her up for a few good mins lol. Gotta love kids... Well, I hope you all get some good stampin time in today while it's so dreary outside..or at least some stamp blog hopping lol ;)

The Angry Stamper comes over to visit me at blogger.....

One of my besties came over to stamp the other night and made these great cards that I wanted to share. If you were a follower of my previous blog on typepad you would know her as Stampin Dee or more famously as 'The Angry Stamper'. Click here and here to go and read previous (funny) posts about my angry stampin friend tee hee. The first link tells you how she came to be called the Angry Stamper and the second link isn't a funny story in itself but... well Stampendous honoured me by featuring the card I designed and Dee made on their website. They used a direct link from my blog for their post so Dee was forever immortalized as the angry stamper whenever people clicked on that link as that is what the title of the post was tee hee. She even had a mom at her child's school come up to her and say she recognized her from my blog- and wasn't she the Angry stamper?? OMG....soooooooooo funny, to me anywya. LOL. She is a big Bella stamps fan- as I am- and made these great cards for upcoming birthdays. She wasn't very angry this time at all, which was kind of a let down...she was probably calm on purpose so I can't tell stories about her on the web tee hee! I hope you enjoy these cards and feel free to leave some luv for the cards for Dee, I will make sure she reads it :)

oh fyi- I am listening to Christmas music on purpose while typing this...is it too soon? It's my guilty pleasure. I am listening to my fave artist Sarah McLachlan's Winter song album- a must have!! (I also once listened to it in the SUMMER and kept the curtains closed so no one would see me lol)

November Card Kits at ScrappinGreatDeals and the blog candy winner!

It's time for the November card kit at Scrappingreatdeals.com. Before I forget my card was based on a layout from I heart to stamp- thanks Jen! Click here if you want to go to her blog and see the great sketch. My card was made with Shy Kiki La Rue from CC designs, so cute. I paper pieced the shirt and skirt, I hadn't done that technique in awhile and thought it would be fun. I made this card from the kit contents and I already know who I am sending it to. One of my nieces pointed out that I hadn't yet mailed the card I promised even though she'd been checking the mail everyday...owch!!! Bad Auntie will get this card in the mail asap! The kits will go up for sale either later today or tomorrow. Sheila at SGD has a family celebration today so she is enjoying the day off. Click here to check and see if they have been added to the site for sale yet. I would grab one as soon as you see one as 25 of the 34 for sale have already been snapped up by card kit members- wowzers! That leaves just 9 for sale so grab it while you can.

Not only that...enabler alert!!! Sheila at SGD has a 'buy it before they count it' inventory sale and the prices are amazing!!! Most items they won't even be making a penny on but to Sheila, the less to count the better lol. Click here for the inventory sale and click here for the daily 10 items sale...phew....Sheila changes these almost every day so you have to check it every deal so a deal doesn't slip past tee hee.

In this month’s card kit you get:

1- Kiki stamp from CC Designs
6- 6x6 papers from Basic Grey Wisteria
6- 6x6 Bazzil Card bases
6- Envelopes
3- Glazed brads from Basic Grey Wisteria collection
3- Flowers
1 yard of ribbon
Assorted buttons
Assorted brads from BG Wisteria collection

Okay...my blog candy winner...thanks for your patience everyone....please follow the photo display to see the winner- thank you to my youngest daughter for playing along with mommy's idea with her unwashed face and messy hair tee hee...

 

Congratulations to Crafty Kitten!!!! You have won the Bow Easy, the adhesives and the assorted rubber stamps. The Bow Easy and adhesive package was courtesy of Sheila at scrappingreatdeals.com, thanks Sheila!! Please email me with your snail mail addy Crafty Kitten by Wednesday and we will pop that in the mail for you. If I don't hear from Crafty Kitten by Wed I will draw another name...

I hope you are all having a fantastic Sunday and relaxing!!! Cheers..

Kraftin Kimmie Challenge - use lots of circles!!!

I can't believe it's been a week since I last posted on this blog!!!! Lots of family stuff this week had it flying by....I am sure you all have those weeks lol. I will be announcing the winner of the bow easy and adhesive prize pack tomorrow (Sunday) so be sure to check back then.

I am the hostess of this week's challenge for Kraftin Kimmie stamps and I thought it would be fun to use lots of circles. Click here to go to the challenge blog and read more about the challenge and how to win this stamp for yourself..that's right the lovely Piper is this week's prize. She is one of my fave's :) I also wanted to play along with one of my fave challenge blogs- Crazy 4 Challenges (C4C) which was to use acetate on your card. I used a clear tag (thick acetate tee hee) and one of Kraftin Kimmie's sentiments stamped in Stazon. I wanted to follow my own challenge lots of circles I thought why not start with a circle shaped card! I have ever done one before and I used my circle cutter to cut it out- it wasn't too hard but I did have to use my paper snips to cut the parts where my circle cutter couldn't go through. I have to say it's not too shabby for my first try lol. I hope you can join us and play along. The Krafty Girls are listed on my sidebar- hop on over to their blogs to see what creations they have for today. I know that 2 little girls I know were already inspired to play along....check out the Kimmie cards my girls made for these week's challenge- I sense some budding card makers....a mother can hope :) Oh and for further inspiration click here for the Crazy for Challenges blog :) Enjoy your Saturday!

It's challenge day for Kraftin Kimmie stampers......

It's Saturday which means it's time for another Kraftin Kimmie challenge. Click here to go to the challenge blog to play along and win! What can you win you may be wondering.....it's Oliver!!!! I adore this cute lil guy! This week's challenge from our hostess with the mostest Niki is to use stitching on your card. I went with faux as I am terrified of my sewing machine.

 Also, Kraftin Kimmie stamps is the sponsor in November at the Crazy 4 Challenges blog. You can go there by clicking here and as they always have a prize for the first challenge of the month you can also win a Kraftin Kimmie stamp there! So just by playing along you can have 2 chances to win this week. C4C challenge is to do an easel card. It is my first one and I loved it until I saw the other ladies and how they decorated their bottom panel. I hadn't thought of doing that but I will now! I combined both challenges with this card- the easel and the stitching- just a hint for you so you can do one card for two different ways to win lol.

Well I hope to do more stamping today, I still have 2 Kraftin Kimmie images to play with for this month and I already have ideas floating around in my head! Hope you can get some crafting in today soon but if not at least some blog hopping! Enjoy!!

A Queen Kat Designs share...

I shared this the other day on my other (old) blog but wanted to share it here too. Here is a card I made with one of QKD's new releases Monarch Mia. She is soooo pretty in all her mermaidness... I used copics to colour her then added some random bits of embellishments I had kicking around- die cuts- prima's, crystals and I am happy with how she turned out. I added some crystal glaze to her tail and then sprinkled fine glitter over it to add some dimension to her tail.

Hope you are all having a great night....

The Greeting Farm....this Edward is hawt...(y'all know I love those big headed kid stamps)

Two things to mention before I share about this card:

*please see Sunday's post by clicking here to see who won the Kraftin Kimmie stamp from my blog- congratulations!!

*please click here to enter my blog candy for a Bow Easy and adhesives (and some assorted loose stamps) as the contest has been extended to celebrate my move to blogger

A few days ago I shared that my nephew had been in the hospital for a week and to help cheer him up I made him this card fearturing Edward from The Greeting farm. I had about 10 mins to whip something up before my hubby had to take it to him at the hospital. I stamped Edward on my Copic paper of choice- Neenah and coloured him with my Copics. I then actually used some of my massive quantities of SU paper that I had from my demo days. I think this colour was either Baja Breeze or Blue Bayou....for the life of me I can't remember. I then used one of my new fiskars punches to give the cool punched edging to jazz it up a bit. Pulled out my nesties and done!!! Oops I also used one of my Kraftin Kimmie sentiment stamps which was perfect for the tone of the card. I didn't want get well soon- sending smiles seemed just more fun which is what I wanted. Light hearted and fun to keep his mind on how much we were all thinking of him.

I hope you are all enjoying your day and see you again tomorrow!

My blog candy to celebrate my new blog is extended until Nov 8th.....

Hi all, click here to go to my blog candy to celebrate my new blog.......

It's here It's here.....it's Kraftin Kimmie's Nov Release day...blog candy alert!

**Edited to add the winner from my blog:

Nikki said... What a Sweet Card and lovely coloring too hugs Nikki

congrats Nikki- go on over to our challenge blog and send Kimmie  your info and she will mail out your new stamps!

Come and join us today for Kraftin Kimmie's Nov release! Today you can hop on into the Kraftin Kimmie store by clicking here and scoop up the new images. So right now you can buy the new rubbah including four new Crissy’s Cuties (including this cutie patootie Oliver), four new Moonlight Whispers images and a fantabulous new sentiments set called Kimmie’s Holiday Sentiments created by the incredible Jeanne Streiff and it has 44, yes 44 fun phrases!!! Amazing deal for the money- enabler alert enabler alert!!!!

At every stop on the hop today there are prizes to be won. All you need to do is leave a comment on each blog and we all get to choose one winner from our comments to win a Kraftin Kimmie stamp- schweet!!! I have included the whole list of places to hop to below starting at the Kraftin Kimmie challenge blog. After you have left your comment here to win some lovely stamps you are going to jump on over to Niki's blog by clicking here and then you will drool over her creation and colouring....

Challenge Blog

Jeanne

Nikki

Elaine

Diana

Andrea (me, you are already here tee hee)

Niki

Kimmie

Vicki

Crissy

Michele

Tara

So have fun hopping around, leaving little bits of luv for your chance to win. Have a great Sunday!!!!

My last Kraftin Kimmie sneak peek before release day...

Happy Saturday and Happy Halloween! Today is the Kraftin Kimmie Challenge day, click here to go to the challenge blog to see all the DT samples- gorgeous as always! This is my last sneak peak before the Nov release on Sunday. I am using Holly- she is so elegant and lovely that I told Kimmie asap that I wanted to use her for one of my sneak peeks. I added some glitter to her flowing skirt as I imagined it being made in silk, especially with how swishy it is. I have to say I really love her outfit- I would almost travel back in time to be able to wear lovely dresses such as these. Aren't you already thinking of all the beautiful cards you could make with her!!! What I may also do at times is colour her ivy crown gold and make her into a princess- couldn't you totally see her as a princess too?? She also comes with a holly accessory stamp. Just a few more hours before you can order some of these amazing Kraftin Kimmie Nov release stamps of your own!!

So this week's challenge is to use a tag on your card- easy peasy right??? WRONG...........!!!! I have had my youngest DD home all week with the flu and we had no sleep last night and today she was extremely whiney and hungry and ever so angry her mommy wouldn't feed her because she needed to let her belly rest - it was a water only diet. So I didn't get to make this card during the afternoon like I had originally planned when I sat down with my afternoon tea. So when hubby came home and took over I went over to a friend's house for dinner and much needed girly conversation (quick shout out to V, T.K., Rae and Dee- love you girlz sooo much) and ended up getting home later than planned and still had to make a card. Luckily it came together very quickly, I used an older sketch I found on The Pink Elephant inspiration site. I coloured Holly and rushed downstairs to take a photo and back up again to edit. It was then that I went to review the challenge details and remembered she needed a tag...and I didnt' have one. So I quickly made one and added it to the card- back downstairs for photos...back upstairs for editing...and now chillaxing writing up the post lol. Now..I am new to blogger and I cannot find out how to do spell check on here so please excuse the many spelling errors I am sure I have. If anyone knows where it is on blogger please leave me a comment and let me know lol!!

I hope you enjoyed today's card and remember to hop on over to the Kraftin Kimmie Challenge blog to play along and win a stamp!!! Thanks for stopping by!!!!