Ahoy-ee Matey!

Hi Everyone! I hope you are all doing good! Only 3 more weeks of school left and then I will be able to be back in blogland! YAY!!! I am definitely counting down the days!!! Today I have a fun gift set featuring Nico, a digi image over from InStyle Stamps. I thought Nico was perfect for this fun boy gift set that I wanted to make. This set includes a 12 pack of sidewalk chalk that I decorated to match my Nico card. Here is the fabulous Nico. Isn't he an adorable pirate? You could also color him as if he is a Ninja. Since he's a digi image he is so versatile!

A close up of Nico, he was colored with my Copics and Copic Spicas. He shimmers a lot IRL!

Then here is the sidewalk chalk.

(Click on any picture to see it larger.)

This set will be going up on my For Sale Blog soon! If you are interested in purchasing it prior to being placed on my For Sale Blog, please e-mail me here.

Recipe:
Stamps: Nico from InStyle Stamps
Inks: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copics, Copic Spicas
Papers: Stampin' Up cardstock, CM and DCWV dp
Tools: Curved Rectangle Nesties, EK Success Persian Border Punch
Embellishments: Flowers and ribbon from my stash, pirate charms from Archivers

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Happy 4th of July!

I hope everyone is enjoying their wonderful 4th of July weekend! Today I am heading to my hometown parade! My brother is home for the week so he is putting his new truck in the parade! I can't wait to go and take pictures (of course I will share some with you too!) Things have been so unbelievably busy here with school! Most days I get done working on homework at 10PM, go to bed, and wake up to go to school for 9am and study all day again! But in 4 weeks I will have 9 credits out of the way so that will be good! There is a light at the end of the tunnel! I am really enjoying my 2 Dimensional Art Class! It's a lot of work....but so much fun! I was one of those people who said "I can't draw" but after our first assignment I am starting to retract that statement!!!

I thought I would share my first original "Kim's Creation" with all my friends here! For our first assignment we had to create a 7" x 9" piece of artwork only dealing with circles, triangles, and lines. We were only allowed to use a black and white prisma colored pencils. I thought this turned out so aweseome! I can't wait to hear your feedback! And here is a close up of my work that shows you all the different shading elements that I have used!

I can't wait to get back to stamping....but in the mean time the drawing is a fun break away from my craft corner!

If you get a chance hop on over to InStyle Stamps today! Virginia is having an AWESOME 4th of July Blow Out Sale! You dont' want to miss it...there are LOTS of stamps on sale!

I miss you all and can't wait to come and visit your blogs soon!

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Hey Batter, Batter.....Swing!

Meet Alyssa! She's a sneak peek for tomorrow's release over at InStyle Stamps. Isn't it fun to see a baseball girl image? I think she's super cute and when I saw her name I just HAD to have her! This little cutie shares my sister's name....but my sister spells her's Alissa!

I knew as soon as I saw Alyssa that I wanted to make a card shaped like a baseball glove. I am pleased with how the shape turned out. I free hand drew the glove, and just had to put Alyssa in pink and black. I know this card is pretty plain and simple for me....but I didn't want to take away from the glove shape and the cutie patootie Alyssa image. I also used my Twinkling H2o's on Alyssa's hat and uniform shirt which you can kind of see in the below picture. She shimmers a lot IRL.

Recipe:

Stamps: Alyssa from InStyle Stamps (to be release tomorrow)

Inks: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copics

Papers: Stampin' Up cardstock,

Tools: Just my trusty Cutterbee Scissors

Embellishments: Roses, baseball charm from Joanns, and Twinkling H20s.

Don't forget to check out the Summer Sale over at InStyle Stamps! There are some very cute papers and a couple stamps at a great discount!

Thank you to everyone who voted for my Cowboy project!! You are all the greatest, I hope I truly did inspire you! :)

Again, I want to say how sorry I am that I haven't been able to stop by all of your blogs and say hi. Only 4 more weeks after this week and I will be done with classes and can get back to bloggerland! :) I truly do miss you all!!! All of the wonderful comments you have been leaving me are really cheering me up after I come home from my long stressful days at school!

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Double The Fun!

This week over at Embellish-Online we have 2 Friday challenges for you! First Danni is hosting the normal weekly DT Friday Challenge which is to "Bring on the Fireworks!" Make a creation to celebrate the 4th of July!

I have used this cute Sarah Kay - Picnic of Daisies stamp! I love how the little girl is looking over her shoulder....so when I created the card I made it as if she is looking over her shoulder to see the fireworks! Cute? Every year friends of ours invite us over to their house to watch the annual fireworks in their city. We always have a great time, and after the fireworks they have a campfire with lots of treats and goodies. For their kindness I have made this thank you card for them!

A close up of my Copic Coloring:

The 2nd challenge is put together by the whole design team! We snuck around behind our Head DT IT-Girl's (Suzy) back and surprised her for her Birthday! We gave her, her very own challenge! So, our second challenge this week is: Happy Birthday Suzy! (Create a Birthday card for Suzy! ) Happy Birthday again hun...I hope you had a wonderful day!

Here is my Birthday card that is going postal to Suzy:

Bring On the Fireworks Card Recipe:
Stamps: Picnic of Daisies by Sarah Kay, Oval All by SU, Background stamp by Inkadoo

Inks: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copics, Versamark Dazzle in Champange

Papers: Misc. cardstock and dp from my stash

Tools: SU scallop oval punch

Embellishments: Ric Rac by May Arts, Holographic embossing powder (used on the background stamp), Flowersoft, Ribbon by Walmart, and Firework brads and glitter stars from Archivers

Suzy's Birthday Card Recipe:
Stamps: Swiss Pixie Heidi by CC Designs, SU sentiment
Inks: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copics
Papers: Stampin' Up cardstock, Basic Grey Urban Prairie Collection dp
Tools: MS butterfly punch, EK Success border punch, SU label punch
Embellishments: Roses, Primas, tulle from HL, and diamond stickles used on pixie wings

Don't forget that if you go to my side bar and click on the Embellish-Online link you can get to the shop to get your goodies, and by using the code: GLITTER you will get 20% off your total order! Happy Shopping!

I hope you are all enjoying your weekend!

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Can I Get A YEE-HAW!!!

Put on your boots...
Grab your cowgirl hat...
and yell YEE-HAW!

Welcome to the InStyle Stamps June Blog Hop!

Our Theme this month is:

"Cowboys"

We have lots of fun in store for you today! The DT put on their cowgirls hats and went to work on all the cowboy projects! There are many new releases over at InStyle Stamps today so make sure you head over to the store to check them out and place your order....let me tell you they are ALL AWESOME and you definitely don't want to miss them (besides the fun cowboy/girl images you see today there are also new sports, and school images as well)!!! Like last month, after you go and view all of the other DT's projects (their links are in my side bar), make sure you head on over to the InStyle Stamps Blog to vote for your favorite project (I hope it's mine...hee hee)! The DT member who gets the most votes will win a prize....AND YOU CAN WIN A PRIZE JUST FOR VOTING!!! All you have to do is place your vote; then leave a comment on the post with the poll to be entered for a PRIZE! You need to leave a comment to be entered into the drawing. The contest will remain open until 11:59pm EST on Saturday, June 27th, and winners will be announced on Monday, June 29th.

Now....onto my project:
I picked Cowgirl Kimmie as my image for this month....of course I loved that she had my name!!! She is so darn adorable, and when I saw these Debbie Mumm papers at my LSS I knew they would be perfect for my project! When I think of cowboys, I think of the western theme of cowboys with the sheriffs. I immediately knew I wanted to do something with a star to represent the sheriff, so I found this fun wooden star keepsake box and the rest is history!(Please click on any pictures to see them bigger.)

Here's my Cowgirl Kimmie card and star keepsake box:

Close up of the card...aren't these papers so adorable?
A close up of Kimmie, she's a darling:
Here's the keepsake box. I painted the edges of the top and inside of the box with a metallic white paint and it's so pretty and shimmery IRL!

Another view of the keepsake box so that you can see the fun paper:

The top of the keepsake box....again, look at that awesome paper...love the cowgirl rodeo paper, and of course it's PINK!!! Woo-Hoo!

The inside of the keepsake box. I shurnk Cowgirl Kimmie so that she would fit on the inside. She's about 1" x 1" here.

A close up of Cowgirl Kimmie inside the keepsake box:

And then some more detailed pictures:

Now....Don't forget to go vote for my project....I mean your favorite DT member's project (LOL) over at the InStyle Blog!

Recipe:
Stamps: Cowgirl Kimmie from InStyle Stamps

Inks: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copics

Papers: Stampin' Up cardstock, Debbie Mum dp

Tools: EK Success leaf punch

Embellishments: Roses and Cherry Blossom, other flowers from my stash, tulle from HL, Diamond stickles, white metallic paint

Hope you are having a GREAT Friday!
Thanks for stopping by!

School Bells Are Ringing!

I have a new image from InStyle Stamps to share with you today! Meet Janice....she is our cute school girl new to our anime collection! Seeing how my summer classes just started I thought it would be fun to make a school gift set! I decided to try my hand at making a mini backpack (found Becky's wonderful tutorial here) to go along with my Janice the School Girl card! Janice is so adorable with her cute messanger bag....wish I could carry one of those to class with me...instead I am lugging along my HUGE backpack with a gazillion books. I thought it would be sweet to have Janice carrying flowers so she could surprise her teacher with them. Janice will be available for sale at InStyle Stamps this friday! Make sure you mark your calendars because there are a BUNCH of cuties being released and I can tell you they are a MUST have!!! A close up of my card with Miss. Janice. I adore her big eyes....she definitely looks like she is ready to go and learn.

And of course we have the backpack. This would be so adorable to fill with fun goodies for your child....or to put some treats in and give to a teacher or even a friend!

We certainly can't have a backpack without straps! Make sure you wear both shoulder straps! I sure do or else my back would hurt!

Recipe:
Stamps: Janice from InStyle Stamps (she will be available to purchase Friday)
Inks: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copics
Papers: Stampin' Up cardstock, MME Penny Lane Collection dp
Tools: Oval Nesties, EK Success border punch
Embellishments: Roses and Cherry Blossom, ribbon and lace from my stash, and school charms from Joanns.

School is keeping me very busy, so I want to appologize for not getting to your blogs and commenting lately! I go to school from 9-4 with an hour drive each way, then by the time I eat supper it's time to do homework and then go to bed so I can do it all over again the next day! During my class breaks I do sneak on my blackberry to check out what you all are creating and I have to say I have seen some GREAT projects in blogland! I can't wait to stop in at your blogs and say hi again! Hopefully once we get the 1st week of school out of the way things will settle into place (I doubt that will happen with these accelerated classes, but it's wishful thinking!) Plus I am missing my craft room LOTS!!!! I daydream in class about things to make while I am supposed to be learning....ooopppss! :) Hope you are all enjoying your week! Miss you all!!!!

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Diploma Style Graduation...

I wanted to share with you the graduation card that I made for my cousin. This was for his high school graduation. Most of the paper used was right from his invitation....when I saw it I immediately knew I would use it to create his card! Plus his school colors (red, black, and silver) were so much fun to work with!!! I had to use the diploma style card again, which I used before HERE. I love shaped cards!

Had to create a stand on the back so that the card could be displayed:

I really wanted to personalize this card as much as possible, so that is the reason for the charms. Of course you need a graduation cap for a graduation card....but the other charm is of a guitar....why a guitar you ask??? My cousin plays guitar in a band so I thought this would be a perfect, and suit his style! (Click any picture to enlarge for a better view.)

Recipe:
Papers: DCWV cardstock, CM metallic,
Tools: Scor-Pal, scissor
Embellishments: flowers (primas) and others from my stash, charm from HL, brad, and metallic floss.

Tomorrow is my 1st day of my summer school session classes! Eeekk! I am nervous as I have 3 classes to complete in 6 weeks! Hopefully they go smoothly! I'm not used to going to class all day...4 days out of the week! LOL! Hope I still get crafty time in the next 6 weeks.

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