News Flash!!!

Hello everyone.  How are you enjoying your weekend so far??  Today, I am sharing a card I made for one of my sisters-in-law's birthday using Paper Smooches Boob Tubes stamp set.  I totally love the retro and goofy feel of this stamp set.  Kim sure had a lot of fun making it for sure.  It's got to be one of my favorite Kim Hughes sets (including her retired CHF sets) of all time.

I started out by stamping one of the old TV sets as a background in Stampin Up! soft suede on matching card stock before stamping it twice more onto white card stock in memento tuxedo black.  Once all of that was done, I pulled out my prismacolor markers and colored the TV's, and highlighted sections of the "News Flash" saying before sponging Stampin Up! soft suede around the edges of the card and image panel and layering. 

I then pulled out my MFT die-namics and die cut both the Jumbo Ric Rac (a staple of mine) and the Leafy Flourish in scrap card stocks before adhering my main image panel by popping it up over the die cuts.  Once that was done, I then adhered the second cut out TV, popped it up with pop dots, and finally adhered some silk flowers, primas, and gem stickers to highlight the TV knobs, flower centers, and parts of the leafy flourish.  A quick and easy card done in 15 minutes.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: Paper Smooches Boob Tubes
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Soft Suede
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Soft Suede, Summmer Sunrise, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Sponges, Pop Dots, Gem Stickers, MFT Die-namics, Silk Flowers, Primas, Glue Dots, Brads

Hey There Friend - Paper Smooches July Sparks Challenge

Hi and Happy Tuesday!!!  Today I'm sharing a card I made a few days ago for the Paper Smooches July Sparks Challenge.  First I have to say I love Kim Hughes' stamp sets and was sooooooo bummed when CHF closed up.  Thank goodness Kim has her own company now. Yippee!!!

For this month's challenge, I chose to go with the color portion of the challenge and use: navy, kraft, sky blue, orange.  I thought these colors would be perfect with Kim's free bird digi stamp and some awesome Costco old world map designer paper I bought over a year ago.  Once I downloaded the digi and printed it out twice onto white card stock, I then colored it with prismacolor markers (no I don't own copics yet) before layering onto the navy, kraft, designer paper combination with some Stampin Up! bashful blue brads.  To "age" the bird a bit, I added some lightly stippled caramel dye ink around the white spaces before cutting out the second bird to pop up later.  Here's a close up of the popped up bird with a googlie eye center.

Once I was finished with my bird, I pulled out my only Paper Smooches stamp set, Sentiment Sampler, and stamped two of the sentiments from the set before layering those and stippling caramel ink over it.  For my final touches, I pulled out some navy grosgrain ribbon, and some light blue primas to finish off the front of the card before sponging navy ink around the edges.

If you haven't thought about participating in the Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge, you still have time.  Check out all of the details here.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: Paper Smooches Digital Bird, Sentiment Sampler
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Night Of Navy, Creamy Caramel
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Night Of Navy, Kraft, Costco Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Googlie Eye, Martha Stewart 2-Way Glue, Primas, Glue Dots, Ribbon, Stampin Up! Brads, Stipple Brush, Sponge, Pop Dots

CHF Summer Challenge Week 2 - Paper Piecing

The first week of Cornish Heritage Farms' Summer Design challenge is over, the second week is all about paper piecing. It's not one of my favorite techniques, but one I am beginning to like a lot.


For my entry this week, I chose to use a couple of Kim Hughes' sets, Pretty Birds and The Landing Pad and stamped them on different patterned paper scraps before stamping onto white cardstock. The limb, leaves, stems and humming bird are colored and the rest is cut out.

Stampin Up! soft sky is lightly stippled around the birds for a softer sky effect.



Stamps: Kim Hughes Pretty Birds, Landing Pad
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Soft Sky
Accessories: Stipple Brush, Prismacolor Markers, Brads, Ribbon Bow
Cardstock: White, Pretty In Pink, Celery, Making Memories Spring DP, Patterned Paper Scraps

An Evening With Kim Hughes

I've had these Kim Hughes stamp sets sitting on my stamp table for some time now and I finally figured it was time to ink them up. I'm so glad I did! Wow! Kim Hughes created some awesome sets with her last release.

I started with Forest Friendzy and the gnome that's in there and some Die Cuts With A View paper I found a Joann's a few weeks ago. Stamped my gnome in memento tuxedo black in and colored him with prismacolor markers then stippled Stampin Up! soft sky ink around the edges to soften my image up a bit before layering and adding vintage brads. Doesn't he look cute?

My next gnome's background paper came from the same Die Cuts With A View mat stack and again I stamped him in memento tuxedo black (my new favorite ink for coloring with prismacolor markers), colored him up, then stippled Stampin Up! soft sky ink around the edges again before layering and adding brads. I then stippled Stampin Up! real red ink around the edges of the entire card before adding a red prima flower, layering a white one and then adding a blue robin's nest dew drop to the center.

My last card of the night was made with the Zooper Fun set and I had a blast with that one too! I decided to use the peacock since it was late at night and who could mess up a peacock card? Using some designer paper from a Die Cuts With A View safari mat stack as a background, I stamped my peacock in memento tuxedo black and colored with prismacolor markers. Once I was done coloring, I then took the bush stamp and repeated stamped it in two different memento green inks for depth and did the same thing again with a fern/leaf stamp for "overhanging" branches. I then lightly stippled Stampin Up! soft sky ink to soften the image up a bit before layering and adding brads. I added a couple of prima flowers, bling and a ribbon to the card before stamping the inside saying and diamond ice stickles to the peacock's tail feathers to finish it off.

Gnome & His Flower Card

Stamp: Forest Friendzy

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Soft Sky

Card Stock: White, SU Chocolate Chip, Gable Green, DCWV Green Mat Stack

Accessories: Brads, Stipple Brush, Prismacolor Markers

Whimiscal Gnome

Stamp: Forest Friendzy

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Soft Sky, Real Red

Card Stock: White, Green Galore, DCWV Green Mat Stack

Accessories: Stipple Brush, Primas, Glue Dots, Dew Drops, Prismacolor Markers

Peacock Card

Stamp: Zooper Fun

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, New Sprout, Bamboo Leaves, Pear Tart, SU Soft Sky

Card Stock: White, SU Bashful Blue, Gable Green, Taken In Teal, DCWV Safari Mat Stack

Accessories: Primas, Glue Dots, Gem Stickers, Prismacolor Markers, Stipples, Brads, Diamond Ice Stickles