Digi Stamps ~ Christmas Tags

Wednesday I showed you tags I made from Paper Piecings by Nikki,  today, I am presenting the same tags made in a different method. For these adorable bears, I used my Photoshop application to color the bears, I then sized them to the size I wanted and printed them out on my printer. Once the ink dried, I cut the bears out with my spellbinders die. Staying with the Christmas theme, I used red and green as my back ground colors. However, I can see so many other colors being used as well. Add a nice ribbon and again you have some great tags for packages, gift bags, or ornaments for your tree. Remember to date them so they become a keepsake for whoever is lucky enough to receive them.

I made these cute tags using the Very Beary Chirstmas digital set which can be found here. This is a set you won’t want to miss when it comes time to scrap your Christmas Memories!


Thanks for stopping by
Merry Christmas,


Kimberly



Design Team ~ Tuesday Project ~ Gingerbread Christmas Layout

Happy Tuesday everyone!



Today for my Tuesday design team project I made a 12x12 layout from the wonderful Paper Piecings by Nikki. I used a combination of files for this layout. I used the Baking Memories as well as the freebie file Merry Christmas Peeker. This file won’t be free forever, so you better take advantage of it while you can.

 I wanted this layout to be simple and a way for personal pictures to be added. I like the Pink and Green colors. To be honest, these are not colors that I would have put together, however, after seeing a wonderful card on a blog I visited, I thought, pink and green do make great Christmas colors.

The pink polka-dot ribbons at the top were added in two corners to help frame the picture.  I liked this better than adding the normal photo corners and it added a little bit of color as well. 

On the tree, instead of using paper (dots)ornaments, I decided to use bling for a little bit of glitter and shine. The gems are pink and red.

While on the snowman, I chose to use google eyes and then black gems for his buttons.


The snowman, gingerbread, and the tree are all from the Baking Memories file and the Merry Christmas sentiment if from the Merry Christmas Peeker.

I hope you will take some time to check out Paper Piecing by Nikki http://www.paperpiecingsbynikki.com/ , she has some great files, and I have it on good authority that she has some awesome files in the making. I know you won’t want to miss them.


Thanks for stopping by!

Paper Piecing by Nikki Design Team ~ Monday Card ~ Merry Christmas

With only a week left until Christmas, take a look at this was a fun card I made today. This is a free design from Paper Piecings by Nikki. (http://www.paperpiecingsbynikki.com/) If you are not familiar with paper piecing, this would be a great way to get started. The design is small and does not take up a lot of your time.

I have developed a new love for little bears; soft, cute, cuddly bears. This little bear was so fast and easy to make (I made him while I was watching a football game). Like the Sweet Reindeer card I made on Saturday, I laid out all of the pieces and cut them using my Sure Cuts A Lot application. I have found this to be a super fast method, as I only have to cut once before I start to glue the pieces together.


What I really like about paper piecing is you have a piece created by the designer, yet you can put it together in any way that you want to. Like this little card, I chose to divide the two words and make a two liner rather than just one. I then added the little bear on the words Christmas and finished it off by adding some sparkling snowflakes.


Thanks for stopping by today.


Kimberly

Another Christmas Challenge

As a design team member for Paper Piecings by Nikki, I want to share the following link http://paperpiecingsbynikki.blogspot.com/2011/12/week-2-of-paper-piecings-by-nikki.html that allows you to take advantage of a wonderful prize package offered by Nikki.



Please read the instructions carefully, then post your layout, card, or whatever you decide to make. I cannot wait to see what you create.


Have fun!!!

Design Team ~ Wednesday Tag Challenge ~ I Believe

There are times when something you want to create just does not turn out the way you had envisioned in the planning process. This tag is one of those visions that did not turn out quite like I had hoped. Which of course only means I have to keep working until I get it the way I want it. Crafting is a process for me sometimes, I just keep going until I get the desired results.

This tag was made using the Just Believe Christmas pattern from Paper Piecings by Nikki. You can find the pattern here http://www.paperpiecingsbynikki.com/category_20/ChristmasWinter.htm It is the same pattern I used to complete my cute reindeer card earlier in the week. There are just so many things you can do with the wonderful patterns Nikki creates.


Thanks for stopping by today, I welcome your comments.


Kimberly

Jolly Santa

Here is a  of quick card I did.  This is just the card front.  I am looking for things that are fast and easy to help people make their own Christmas cards.  So many people want to make their own, they just don’t want to (or don’t have a lot of) time to spend doing it

The process for this card is really fast and simple, I took a rectangle sheet of ivory card stock, rounded the edges then used the “Jolliest Time of the Year” santa stamp from Stampin’ Up.    I colored Santa with my Prisma colored pencils and blended them with my Stampin' Up blending pens.  I have really found this to be a great process that is fast and easy.  I was really intimidated by the process when I first started, now I am looking forward to expanding my color palate of pencils.  I bought just the small pkg of 12 to begin with because I did not know if I would like the process or not.   I completed the process by using some dimensional squares and adhering Santa over the top of the snowflake ribbon and added the cute little sentiment from the same stamp set.

If you are interested in purchasing  this stamp set, you can do so by visiting my Stampin’ Up website at http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/kpkre8tions/  You will also see some other creative ideas there. 

Enjoy,

Kimberly

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Christmas Card

It seems like forever since I have posted here. Actually, it has been a few weeks.  I have been busy working on Christmas Cards and have done a few different ones I will be showing you in the next few days.   I also have been constructing a few things for a couple of businesses that I will also be showing you and providing you a link so you can get them yourself if you are interested.

I wanted to make a vintage Christmas card this year.  To me vintage means old.  I have seen some vintage cards that are pretty elaborate, however, I tend to stay with the more simplistic side of things.

This card is made with the Stampin’ Up set “Christmas Lodge”.  This one just screams vintage to me.  I love the lodge all covered in snow.  Because I wanted a vintage look, I stamped the images using sepia toned ink on ivory paper.

I really struggled with the colors for the card and the highlighter piece behind the stamped image.  I think however, with my husband’s help, we chose the right colors.  The paper is Stampin’ Up from two different collections, Wild Wasabi (the subtles collection) and Cherry Cobbler (the regals collection).

I positioned the tree toward the front of the page and put the lodge behind it to the left, leaving room for the scalloped circle sentiment.  Because I wanted the sentiment to stick out a little, I inked the edges and used some of that same ink to blend in toward the center.  The sentiment is stamped from the Stampin’ Up set “Bright Hopes”.  

If you are interested in purchasing either of these stamp sets, you can do so by visiting my Stampin’ Up website at http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/kpkre8tions/  You will also see some other creative ideas there.