Wplus9 Unforgettable

I received my Simon Says Stamp order yesterday which included the absolutely wonderful set by Wplus9! I have riding on an elephant on my bucket list so all of these really sweet elephants go into my basket right away! I actually made this card for a friend who is frustrated at work lately, here is hoping it will cheer her up!  It is anything goes this week at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday blog challenge, I will submit this one :)

Wplus9 Unforgettable stamp set

PPP Sequins

MFT Square die

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Kim

Inspired by the runway...

Nice quiet Sunday, Gym, groceries, a visit with my parents and time in my craft space while I wait for the Montréal Canadiens playoff game! What an excellent way to end the weekend! I am submitting this one to the Runway Inspired Challenge #82. I just love the black and gold on the dress and for those of you that follow my blog, you will remember that I am pushing myself with watercolour more and more.  I find it difficult so I am pushing my competitive self into using it more!  I used the Gansai Kuretake 36 set, I hope that's right it's all written in Japanese! I am bilingual but Japanese really isn't one of them Lol!

Products used:

Gansai Kuretake 36 watercolour set - Black and Gold paint

Tim Holtz watercolour paper

Mama Elephant Make a Wish stamp set

Gold embossing powder 

PPP sequins

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Kim

Sketch Challenge

Lawnscaping is holding a sketch challenge this month. Sketches are a challenge for me, someone's else's vision is difficult to properly interpret. I changed the layout only slightly as I felt it better represented the design and stamps I chose.  

For anyone that follows my blog, you all know how much I love Lawn Fawn products. For some reason Critters Down Under is one that I still love to use. Maybe it's the fact that Australia is on my bucket list to visit and that I am a huge animal person. I just find Lawn Fawn Critters such fun. The parrot is from the new Critters in the Jungle set. I liked his size for this card.

Lawn Fawn stamps and dies:

Critters Down Under, Critters in the Jungle and Chit Chat (speech bubble)

Lawn Fawn stitched rectangles

Various enamel dots

Copics

Zing White embossing powder

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Kim

Kraft and Prismacolor pencils

I made a card over the weekend for the Casual Fridays challenge featuring Kraft, flowers and twine. I just loved the Prismacolor effect on the Kraft cardstock that I decided to try another featuring one of my favorite Penny Black stamps. I will submit this one to the Casuals Fridays challenge as well!

Prismacolor pencils

Penny Black Blooming Garden

Sentiment MFT Sweet Roses

PPP Sequins

Twine

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Kim

Hero Arts w/OWH Baby Animals!

I ordered this stamp set in January and it finally became available! Waited impatiently for it for three months that's what living in Québec does! Couldn't wait to try this set, modelled the dog after my Duffy! I have been catching up on making cards for some dear friends that live way too far!

Hero Arts Baby Animals

MFT Dies

MFT Wild Cherry Hybrid Ink

Versafine Black

PPP sequins

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Kim

Mama Elephant Sweet Havana

So I am trying to play a little more with watercolour. It really isn't my comfort zone so I have pushing myself to do projects with different watercolour products.  I made this one using distress markers which I do find offers me a little more control... The new abandoned coral colour is one of my favourites in the line so that was my starting point. This Sweet Havana set by Mama Elephant is also one of my favourites to work with and I, again, used my new MFT dies and an assortment of PPP sequins.

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Kim

Cas-ual Fridays - CFC138

I picked-up this MFT (squares with perforated lines) die set this week and I really can't seem to get enough of it!  I haven't submitted a card to the Casual Fridays challenge in quite a while, this month the challenge was to use kraft, flowers and twine.  Here is my submission:

Products used:

Daisy Inkadinkado

Hello die SSS

Friend Hero Arts

PPP Sequins

Prismacolour pencils

MFT Square die

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Kim

Tim Holtz Crazy Birds

I am enamoured with this "Angry Bird" stamp set by Tim Holtz. I have been having such fun playing with them! Here are two featuring my favourite of the birds. I haven't tried watercolour with them yet because I find the Copic blending such fun.  Will try the watercolour next.

Tim Holtz Bird Crazy stamp set

Copics

Sentiments from both Hero Arts and Papertrey Ink

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Kim

Penny Black Mother's Day

This is the last post of the day, I swear! I seem to always turn to Penny Black for my Mother's Day card.  This was totally inspired by Kathy Racoosin on the last day of her 30-day challenge.  This Tiger Lily is one of my favourite flower stamps.

Penny Black Tiger Lily stamp

Copics: Y00, Y02, YR02, Y38, RV06 and RV69 

PPP sequins

Sentiment is from both Papertray "Happy" and Mother's Day is Mama Elephant

White gel pen and Copic 0.1 multiliner

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Kim

Penny Black and Mama Elephant

So I typically make family members a card from my husband and I as well as one from the pets.  The three of them are a big part of everyone's lives so it always seems appropriate and they all love getting them.  Monday is my parents 47 wedding anniversary this is the card from the pets, the Penny Black dog that I love is coloured like our Glory down to the daisy name tag she wears.  I am having a very happy Saturday in my craft room :).

Products used:

Penny Black Doggone Sweet

Mama Elephant Happy die and Happy Everything stamp set

Avery Elle Furry Friends set for the paw and Cupcakes set for the daisy

PPP sequins

Copics

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Kim

Mama Elephant

This one is well, put it this way, a funny anniversary card for my parents (thank goodness they have a wonderful sense of humour!). I can't believe they have been married for 47 years! By the way, they had me late in life and I am the baby of the family...(lol).  I thought this card would be appropriate for the ME Make me Laugh Challenge over at Flickr. 

Love these Honey bunnies from Mama Elephant

Also used the Balloon et Cetera and the second part of the sentiment is from a mix of Happy Everything and Jolly and Merry

The oh blank is SSS

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Kim

Lawn Fawn Critters in the Jungle

This one was such fun to make, like all the Lawn Fawn Critters sets the possibilities are endless.  I do love the fact that most of the LF sets and dies are great to pair together.  I have been producing and enjoying my craft room over the last 10 days work travel has finally ceased for the next week or so. This will be the first of four posts today! I decided to enter this one as well to the Lawnscaping dimension challenge as a second entry.

Lawn Fawn Critters in the Jungle, Thanks die, Polaroid die and Let's Polka pattern paper

Topics and PPP sequins!

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Kim

Avery Elle just for fun

If you have been to my blog before,  I believe it is very easy to see that I am a huge animal lover.  Any die set or stamp set featuring critters but especially dogs and cats are made for me! This Avery Elle stamp set was obviously calling my name!  Made this one for fun and turned the dog into my Golden, Glory. I showed this card to my husband and he assumed I had made it for him ha!

Products used:

Avery Elle Furry Friends stamps and die (dog ((dog, bowl, ball, sentiment and paws))

Paper Smooches dog house and bone die

Lawn Fawn grassy border, fence and cloud dies

Tim Holtz stencil (dog house)

Gathered Twigs distress ink

Copics

I believe it is a Darcy embossing folder

Just had fun making this little scene :)

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Kim

Lawn Fawn - Bonjour!

This card is special to me as it was made for my ailing aunt who still lives in my home town (not easy access for me). I am half French Canadian and my entire family with the exception of my mom are French speaking.  I am so thrilled Lawn Fawn offered a French sentiment in this stamp set as they are hard to come by!  I will also submit this to the current Lawnscaping Dimension Challenge (103) - Lots o' foam adhesive on this one!

Products used:

Lawn Fawn stamp sets: Gleeful Gardens and Life is Good

Lawn Fawn cloud die which I made into a stencil for the clouds

Lawn Fawn Let's Polka patterned paper and Lemon twine

Lifestyle crafts embossing folder

SSS Sea Glass and Maliblue inks for the sky

Copic markers

MFT hybrid black ink

PPP sequins

Ranger platinum embossing powder

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Kim

Avery Elle Watercolour

I love this elephant, just picked this set up from my local scrapbook store - Scrapbook Centrale.  The challenge this month at the aeiheartu challenge is watercolour. I enjoy it but find it difficult to control (control freak anyone lol!). I tried the no-line watercolour with the elephant, I like the way it turned out.

Stamps: Avery Elle "Ellie" and "Cupcakes" (sentiment)

Distress inks

Versafine Onyx Black ink

PPP sequins

Ranger watercolour paper

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Kim