A Happy Garden

Good Morning Everyone!!! 

I am back again with another fabulous image from Sherri Baldy's collection. Sherri has so many wonderful designs that it is impossible to decide which one to create with each time I make a card.  This little doll is so  cute, and was so much fun to color.  I thought it very fitting for this time of year as many of us are getting our gardens planted and ready to go.  

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This little cutie I colored with Photoshop, with lots of spring colors.   How fun is that big sun hat with a big bow and lots of flowers?   As you know, I do not add a sentiment to my cards until I need them. This way, any card I make can be used for any occasion.  With Sherri's images, they are perfect for card and any occasion.  

Here is what I have done with this fabulous image.  

Thanks for stopping in today.  

Birthday Wishes

I am back again today with a bright fun birthday card from Sherri Baldy's Besties collection .  This is just the cutest image and just screamed to be made into a young girls birthday card, so I had to use bright colors.  I had to hunt for a long time to find the right paper I wanted to use.   

To make this cute card, I first colored the image using my Photoshop program then I printed it out.  I used my cameo to cut her out, and add the scalloped edge.  I add lavender pearls and a sentiment, which I also cut out on my cameo and I have a card ready for any young lady. 

I am wondering now, if I should have also added a small bow to the card? 

Hello There . . . Sherri Baldy Bestie

Good Morning Everyone!

Today is my day to share a project with you here at Scrapbook Stamp Society.  today I created a card with one of the darling besties drawn by Sherri.  They are just adorable, aren't they?

The digi I used for my card is actually an Easter Bestie.  However, she has such an adorable little face, she just has that hello look about her, so I thought it would be perfect for a card I wanted to send to a friend I had not spoken to in a while.

Because I am mailing the card, I kept it as flat as I could to help keep the cost down!  I added some pink paper flowers around the sentiment.  I topped the flowers off with some small pearls.  I finished the card off by adding two pearls in the top right and bottom left corners of the card. 

I think it turned out darling, I hope my friend likes it. 

Garden Child ~ Sherri Baldy Stamps

Good Morning,

 I am just in love with all of the fun Besties that Sherri creates.  I just wish I had more time on my hands to sit and color all of them.  It is so hard to pick and chose when I am ready to make a card.  I know you will find many you will also fall in love with when you visit the store.  

I am sharing with you a fast and simple birthday card I made.  With the rising cost of postage, I am finding it easier to keep my cards simple and flat.   This adorable Garden Child digi can be found here. 

I colored this beauty using my Prisma Colored Pencils and embellished her with golden pearls.  I used a Spellbinders die to cut the fun shapes. 

I think she would be pretty with some fun purple and lavender flowers around the outside of the frame, yet, for the sake of mailing, I refrained.   Off to the mailbox this Garden Child goes to brighten someone's birthday.

Princess Jasmine ~ SherriBaldy My Besties

 

 

 

Good Morning,

 

Today is my day to share on the Scrapbbook Stamp Society Blog.  Today I am working with another on of Sherri Baldy's great besties.  I just love these digital images and how fast and easy they are to work into a card or other project.

 

Today, I am using Princess Jasmine for my card.  This is a fun image to color, and even easier for me to put into a nice simple card. 

 

I
 colored Princess Jasmine with my Prisma colored pencils and blended softly with my Gamsol.  This is the best technique that I have found works for me.  While it is hard to see the details in the picture, I used my Jelly Roll sparkle pens to color her crown jewels and her eyes.   I also highlighted her best with the sparkle pens.

I topped the card off with a rosette made from the Tim Holtz die, added a button, then a gold gem.  I finished the card off with a beautiful pearl stick pin from Pinque Peacock and three small sapphire gemstones.

I hope you like my soft simple card.  I know I sure do.  I very seldom put sentiments on my cards until I am ready to use them.  This could easily be a birthday card, or even a good luck  card.  When the time is right, I will add a  quick sentiment.

As always, thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving me a comment.  Your comments help me continue to improve my designs.

All American Birthday Bestie

Check out this adorable All American Birthday Boy digital image by Sherri Baldy Stamps.  Is it not the cutest little baseball player you have ever seen?

If you know me, you know that I like clean and simple and when I create my cards, and with images as adorable as this, why add anything to take away from that cuteness. 

A simple bow, a couple of gems and this card is done. 

I hope you like it!!!

Rainning Hearts

Hello everyone!!!!!  Today I have for you a cute card I made combining two of my favorite business. Pinque Peacock and Sherri Baldy Stamps. 

I used a Sherri Baldy Stamps digital image and colored it with my brand new Prisma Colored Pencils.  After I colored her, I blended her with Gamsol to give her the fun look.  I love the pastel colors and always tend to gravitate in that direction when I color.

I love the raining hearts under the daisy, and decided I wanted them to stick out a little bit so I colored them using my glitter gel pens. 

I embellished my card using 3 Girls Jam Ribbon, a denim button and a beautiful pearl stick pin from Pinque Peacock.

Happy Valentine's Day

Today I have a two for one posting to share with you.  I just love it when I can take multiple products and use on one project.  The main products on this posting are from Pinque Peacock and Scrapbook Stamp Society.

 

Today I have a great little card to share with you.  This beautiful little lady is a Sherri Baldy Stamps My Bestie.  I just love the big eyed beauties. There are so many wonderful things you can do with them.

I decided to try my hand at something a little different this go around.  This time instead of making just a card, I wanted to make a step card.  *sigh, what was I thinking*!!!!  Thankfully after a little bit of searching, I found a nice card on the Silhouette Online site and the hard part was done. I did not have to do the measurements. 

I love using my Silhouette and try to use it as often as I can for my craft projects.  So this time around, I tried something really different.  I took my digi and imported her into my software then did a trace.  However, because of the little hairs and other tiny lines, she did not cut out as neatly as I would desire.  So, instead of trying to cut her that way, I did a very small offset on her and it worked beautifully.  I then did an offset of the offset (yes, I realize that does not sound quite right) so that I could have a shadow for the adorable little girl.

I embellished my card with paper piecings from Miss Kates Cuttables, the Silhouette Store, and some stamped images.  However, I felt she still needed something more, so I turned to my trusty stash of fabulous Pinque Peacock pretties to see what I have that night match.  The beautiful pink popper was perfect for this little lady.  A perfect addition, doesn't it look like a tiny carnation?  I then added one of the wonderful pearl stick pins as well.  I think the combination set the card perfectly, what do you think?

 

 

 

 

Thank you for taking the time to stop in and visit my blog.  I always love to read your comments.

 



 

Sherri Baldy Stamps ~ You're In My Thoughts

Hello again everyone,

Once again thanks for stopping in to check out my blog.  I have a super cute card to share with you today.  This is my first easel card, and while it is super simple, it is still super cute. 

I used one of Sherri Baldy Stamps Besties digis to complete this card.  You can find this cute digi here.

 

 I embellished this super cute card with a white bow and a wonderful Pinque Peacock button in the center of the bow.  I also added some Prima paper flowers with a gem stone in the middle and a flashy diamond flourish.

All of the papers were our of my scrap files.

 

 

Curly Sue ~ Sherri Baldy Stamps

Meet Curly Sue from Sherri Baldy Stamps. Isn't she just the cutest little girl.

It is no secret I truely love Sherri's Besties, and turning them into fun cute cards.  However, for some reason today, I really struggled with this one today.  I had a design in my head that I just could not duplicate on paper for anything.

I purchased a couple of new spellbinders dies at a great price at JoAnn's and really like using them.  One is the rectangle (Small Deckled Mega Rectangles) that I used for the sentiment. and the other is the great flourish (Ironwork Accents) that I used in the top right hand corner.

The stamp I bought on a sales with a bunch of other stamps and have no idea who made the stamps.

The roses are cut from the Close to My Heart Artsie cartridge.  I quickly rolled them up and used hot glue to secure them to my card.

The card base is white card stock, size is 5 x 6 1/2.

Join us with this Bestie's Challenge here. 

Fancy Franny ~ Sherri Baldy Stamps

I always appreciate the visits from my friends!!  Thank you so much for stopping in today.  I hope you enjoy your stay.  Please let me know what you think. 

This wonderful image is Fancy Franny.  She is a wonderful stamp by Sherri Baldy Stamps.   I guess I have been in an orange mood lately because I have done quite a few cards in orange. 

For this cute card, I used a paper doily and used an orange ink to ink the edges.  Thou you can't tell, I did not do the whole doily, just the outside.  I think added a colorful bow and a pretty gold pearl button in the center of the bow.  

I topped the card off with a matching button in the top left hand corner, a best friends sentiment in the top right corner (sentiment from Tsunami Rose Designs) and three beautiful yellow roses in the bottom right hand corner. 

Fancy Franny can be found here. 

Best Friends ~ Sherri Baldy

Hello Everyone, I have been sitting on this colored image for a while trying to decide just how I wanted to finish it off.  Last night while scrapping with a friend.

I used a blue ink, thou, I can't remember what color and inked the edges.  I decided I wanted to ink a little farther in, and I love the results.

I topped this adorable little girls off with a couple of fabric flowers and a friendship sentiment from Tsunami Rose Designs.

The Best Friends digi can be found here.

Bestie With Balloon ~ Sherri Baldy Stamps

Good Morning,

I am so excited to be sharing with you today another wonderful digi stamp by Sherri Baldy.  I have fallen in love with digi stamps and coloring them.  I have a passion to learn all the different methods I can use to create them in the most beautiful manner.  This adorable digi was simply colored using my Crayola Colored Pencils then blended with Gamsol.

I am so ready for spring and some warmer temps, and I thought this little darling reminded me of a nice spring day and a walk in the park.

This adorable bestie with balloon, does not yet have a name, but you can still purchase her by clicking here.

I hope you enjoy her, I know I had a blast coloring her.  I embellished the card with some floral ribbon purchased at Michael's in the dollar bin, and a fabulous rose from my friend Daisy. The completed look is accented with two flat back pearls, also from my friend Daisy.

What do you think? Isn't she just adorable.

I will be entering this adorable little lady into a couple of SSS challenges.

The Besties Challenge Blog found here and the Anything Goes Challenge found here.

January Calendar Girls

Welcome to our January Calendar Girls' Blog Hop. Its absolutely amazing when you do a google search the interesting facts you may find. Such a find is special and unique occassions throughout the yea!!! These unique holidays are our inspiration. As Neil Sedaka sang in his song "Calendar Girls" - "January you start the year out fine".

The hop starts with Edwina at . You won't want to miss a single calendar event!!!!

The line-up for January includes:

Edwina - http://edwinascreations.blogspot.com/
Miriam - http://miriamscreations.blogspot.com
Lucy - http://love2createitall.com
Janet - http://www.ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/
Kimberly - http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com
Lynne - http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/
Anita - http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com
Jearise - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/
Tabetha - http://tabethascreations.blogspot.com/
Vicky - http://crafting-vicky.blogspot.ca/


January Occassions We Wish to Share:
Hot Tea Month - Edwina
National Oatmeal Month - Miriam
National Soup Month

3 Festival of Sleep Day - Vicky
3 Fruitcake Toss Day
5 National Bird Day - Lucy
6 Cuddle Up Day - Janet
8 Bubble Bath Day - Kimberly
11 Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend's Day -
12 National Pharmacist Day: Lynne
14 Dress Up Your Pet Day: Anita
15 National Hat Day: Jearise
17 Ditch New Years Resolutions Day: Tabetha
18 Winnie the Pooh Day -The Birthday of Winnie's author A.A. Milne: Lynne
20 Penguin Awareness Day:Anita
21 National Hugging Day: Jearise
21 Squirrel Appreciation Day- Tabetha
23 National Pie Day - Miriam
27 Chocolate Cake Day - Lucy
28 National Kazoo Day
29 National Puzzle Day:  Lucy
29 National Cornchip Day -Janet
31 Backward Day

We have a super sponsor this month - The Stamping Chef, http://thestampingchef.oo.gd/index.php?route=common/home, who has graciously offered 3 digis of the lucky winners choice.

This is FiFi and Bubbles, she is a great digi stamp by Sherri Baldy Stamps.  You can find Fifi and Bubbles by clicking here.  I colored this great digi using my Crayola Colored Pencils blending them with Gamsol.  I also used two of my Copic markers, I used B000 Pale Porcelain Blue, which i used to high light the bubbles, and i used E01 Pink Flamingo to color the flowers on the bath tub and the tub legs.  I embellished the  card with some white lace, then added a string of pinkish lavender pearls and three pink roses with pearls in the centers.

Your next stop along the way of the calendar is Lynne. Thanks for stopping by and mark your calendar again next month to see what Holidays to Celebrate on February 9, 2013, for the next Calendar Girls Blog Hop!

Thanks for stopping in today for a visit!
Kimberly

Bashful Bettie ~ Sherri Baldy Stamps

Bashful Bettie is as cute as she is bashful.  I had a blast coloring this beautiful digi by Sherri Baldy Stamps.  I love being on the Scrapbook Stamp Society Design Team, getting the opportunity to play with all of the wonderful digi's created by all of the wonderful artists.

I won Bashful Bettie in a name this digi contest, so please make sure you always add your ideas for a name when you see them posted.  You too could win a great digi.

I had a lot of fun with this image.  I knew when I first saw her that she needed to be pink. Of course, those of you who know me well, know that pink is my favorite color and I do a lot of my cards with pink tones.  However, being this bashful, I thought she needed a really pretty pink dress with lavender and yellow highlights.

Bashful Bettie as shy as can be wants to profess her love to her sweet heart.  So, after I colored her up using my Crayola Colored Pencils, I framed her first with a pink sheet of card stock, then layered that over a yellow.  both colors were intended to bring out the strips in the plaid card stock I used for the base.  I complemented Bashful Bettie with a bright pink bow to match her dress, a little bit of ivy to highlight the green in the plaid and the leaves on her dress then used a stick pin to hold the "I Love You" sentiment.  I topped the whole look off with three pink pearls in the bottom right hand corner.

What do you think?  Isn't she just the cutest?

Bashful Bettie by Sherri Baldy Stamps

You can find Bashful Bettie by clicking here.   You can also visit the Scrapbook Stamp Society Facebook Group by clicking here, and see all the great designs by my design team sisters.  Finally, everyone loves a good challenge, so make sure you stop in and check out the Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge Blog by clicking here.

Thanks for stopping by today!
Kimberly

Meet Mary Muffler by Sherri Baldy Stamps

Oh the weather outside is frightful . . . .  or it is somewhere anyways.  Today is a nice day here in my new home town.  I don't mind at all that somewhere (but not here) the weather is frightful.  I know many have been slam-blasted the last few weeks with snow and ice. For those of you who are, I hope you are finding ways to stay warm.  I know I sure don't miss all that cold weather and snow!!!!

All of this cold weather sends people hunting for ways to stay warm when they are outdoors.  As such, this wonderful Sherri Baldy Stamps digi is a perfect reminder of just how cute we can look when we go outdoors in the cold.

Meet Mary Muffler. Isn't she beautiful all decked out in her pink?  I colored this digi using my Crayola Colored Pencils blended with gamsol.  However, I used my Le Plume fine tipped pink marker to highlight the fur on her skirt, jacket, and boots.

The card is embellished with two white carnations and one maroon carnation as well as some very pretty ribbon and lace. Of course, it wouldn't be complete without a few pearls to go with the lace now would it.

It is not uncommon for me to leave a sentiment off of a card I make when I do not yet have a specific reason for making the card. thus, I don't have a drawer full of cards that I can't use.  I think she would make a great "cheer you up" card, or even a "birthday" card for someone.

You can find this great digi in the Scrapbook Stamp Society Store here.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

• Scrapbook Stamp Society monthly challenge, which you can find here.  This card is for the Pink Challenge.
• My Craft Spot Monday Challenge Frosty Days, which can be found here.
• Perfect Sentiments Challenge Winter Wonderland (PSC61) which can be found here.

I hope you will join us for this fun month long challenge!

Kimberly

Rowena ~ Dressed to Impress by Sherri Baldy Stamps

Little Miss Rowena, all dressed in blue, is coming out to model for you today.  Doesn't she look all sweet and innocent?  

I colored Miss Rowena with my Crayola Colored Pencils and blended with gamsol.  She is embellished with a couple of blue flowers and a "Totally Perfect" sentiment.

You can get this adorable Sherri Baldy digi here.  Rowena is one of the Bestie Big Head Series designed by the very talented Sherri Baldy.

Thanks to Sher and Amanda, my DT sisters for their helpful suggestions with the completion of this card.

Kimberly

Happy New Year

Happy New Year, and may 2013 bring you much joy and happiness.  

Today I have for you a quick card that I made using the Happy New Year digi from Sherri Baldy.  I love the Besties Big Head Dolls.  I do believe they are one of my favorites to color. 

To color my digi, I simply used Crayola Colored Pencils and blended with Gamsol (an odorless mineral spirits).  I added a sentiment from Inkadinkado.  The paper I used for this card is from the Deja Blue stack from The Paper Studio.  The sparkling blue flower is from my sister in law, and unfortunately I do not know what brand it is. 

Thanks for looking today, make sure you stop by The Scrapbook Stamp Society Facebook page and see other great cards from other design team members.  

Kimberly 

Snowgirl Ragamuffin

Hello,

I am back today with a cute little card I made this evening.  This adorable snowman, I mean snow girl, is one of the Sherri Baldy Ragamuffin line of digis.  I would like to say the cute colored image makes me miss the home I just left a few weeks ago, but I would be telling stories as deep as the snow fall they recently just received.  Really, I do love snow, but I don't like the cold weather that comes with it.

I recently moved from the cold climate where they get snow, to a warmer climate (in the desert) where I hope to see little to no snow, unless it is on top of the mountain.

This cute digi is called Snowgirl Ragamuffin and can be found here.   While snuggled warmly in my home, I had a blast coloring this cute little snow girl with my Crayola Colored Pencils.  I imagine, there are many snow people creeping up all over the northeast with the most recent snow fall.

When I color my digi's with my crayola, I seldom ever write down what colors I use.  I just pick a color I think would be fun and go from there.

The pink and blue paper are both from the DCWV "the Cardstock Stack" ~ Brights with a white core.  Normally, I have a strong dislike for white core card stock, but tonight, I needed it.  I used a Stamping Up embossing folder, I then took a very fine sanding block and sanded down the very top layer to turn the flowers (aka snowflakes) white.   I polished off the card with a blue transparent bow and used pop-dots to bring the image up off the blue paper.  I added some diamond bling at the top of the card, but I decided I am not really pleased with the look.

Thanks for stopping by today, and make sure you check out the Scrapbook Stamp Society Facebook page for other great digis and creations from our design team.


I am entering this card in the following challenges:

• My Craft Spot Monday Challenge Frosty Days, which can be found here.
• Perfect Sentiments Challenge Winter Wonderland (PSC61) which can be found here.

Kimberly

Morgan Fitzsimons Blog Hop

Today we are showcasing a few digi stamps by the lovely and talented Morgan Fitzsimons.

We have some blog candy for you too. Winner will be selected Monday Dec 3rd.
Each lady will be giving away a digi stamp and on the last blog we will be giving away all 4 digi stamps to one lucky winner! You won't want to miss this, so be sure you hop all the way through and comment on each blog as make sure comment on the last one for sure.  The rules are really simple, and it won't take you very long to hop and comment on each blog. 

Rules:

1.  Leave a little love (a quick comment)on all 4 ladies blogs.
2.  On the last blog leave a comment letting us know your favorite digi stamp by Morgan Fitzsimons
3.  Be a follower of Scrapbook Stamp Society

Here are the two cards that I made to showcase Morgan Fitzsimmons' wonderful designs. 

The first card is a cute teddy bear duo getting ready to decorate their house for Christmas.  You can find this great image here. 

I colored this image using Crayola Brand Colored Pencils, then blended with Gamsol ( a liquid odorless mineral spirits).  I struggled a little bit with this image because I wanted it to stay soft and fun.  I ended up using to many earth tone colors which in the end, made it look a little dull.  I completed the card by add in a sheet of Christmas paper out of the Recollections Jingle Bells Signature paper pad.  I trimmed it to 6 x 6 size cutting it carefully to retain the ribbon looking swirls on the right hand side.  I then used those swirls as a means of attaching my candy cane buttons.  I  completed the look with a cute bear button in the bottom holding a candy cane.  

The second card I have today is a wonderful vintage image of a mom and her young daughter going to a Christmas Party.  

I truly love this image, but honestly, I was intimidated by the beauty of it.  I decided I was only going to highlight the mother and daughter duo and leave the rest as the beautiful piece that it is.   

I tried to retain the vintage look and feel of the card by using a sepia colored paper covered with snowflakes.  I then added the lace ribbon and a beautiful pearl button to highlight the ribbon.  Finally, I added the sentiment "Together with Family".

This image was colored with Crayola Brand Colored Pencils and blended with Gamsol.

You can find this beautiful image here.

Here is the complete list of participants for this blog hop. If you happened upon my blog by accident, please make sure you start at the beginning with Nataliya and visit each blog along the way.  There is a wonderful prize at the end, so remember to add a little blog love (a comment) on each blog, then stop at the last blog and tell us which image was your favorite of Morgan Fitzsimons.

Nataliya - http://lovecraftsforever.blogspot.ca/
Katherine - www.delightfuldesignsbykatherine.com/blog 
Debbie- http://debbiesstampingadventures.blogspot.com/ 
Kimberly- http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com (You are here) 
Kim- http://theartisansattic.blogspot.com/ (go here next) 
Sher- www.patternsbysher.blogspot.com 
Scrapbook Stamp Society blog- www.addicted-to-stamps.blogspot.com (make sure you like this page to see a lot more work from some very talented ladies)

Thank you for taking time to stop by my blog today.  Your comments area always appreciated and will help me continue to improve my work.

Kimberly