A Dear Friend

The yin to my yang (as she dubbed us) is watching my kitty for me next week while we're on vacation.  I bought specific stamps for her last year (on vacation) and never used them.  I *had* to get her a card made for when she comes to check up on our little Pippa.

Here is the card:

The card base is Papertrey Ink's True Black cardstock.  The pink plaid is from the scrap pile.  The black spots are from DCWV's Dots and Plaids paper pack.  The confetti paper is from Stampin' Up!.

The sentiment is by Impression Obsession and the embelishments are Jolee's Boutique.

The Zebra is from Kraftin' Kimmies.  He might be discontinued because I could find him on the website.  I colored using Copics and applied the shine with my beloved Stickles.

Some Odd SFYTT Inspiration Challenge: Six Impossible Things

I used this month's SFYTT to complete Some Odd Girl's Inspiration Challenge.

Here is our SFYTT:

And here is our Some Odd Girl Inspiration Challenge:

Here is the Card I made using Some Odd Girl's Alice Mae. 

The card base is Papertrey Ink's White Cardstock.  The heart and tree papers are both from Stampin' Up! (Thanks, MAL!)  The Confetti paper is also from Stampin' Up!.

 I colored using Copics:
Skin: E11, E00, E000, R81
Hair: E15, E13, Y18, Y15
Dress/Bow/Tights/Shoes: B14, B02, B00
Apron/Bloomers/Tights: N02, N00

The butterfly is Recollections, the ribbon is Celebrate it!, and the buttons are Bag o' Buttons.

The sentiment is from Kraftin' Kimmies Wonderland Sentiment Set.

Thanks for looking!

Happy Birthday, Picklehead!

Tomorrow is my cousin's birthday.  His name is Brian Junior.  I grew up calling him BJ.  He hit high school and realized BJ would get him teased.  He refused to answer to anything but Brian.  I suck at calling him Brian.  Growing up, our beloved Uncle Greg dubbed him Picklehead.  Thus, I call him Picklehead.  Hey...it's not BJ.

Anyway, he's turning 29 tomorrow.  He's a veteran of two Iraqi tours which resulted in him being rewarded with a purple heart and an honorable discharge.  Now, he works at the VA Hospital in Oregon.  All in all, he's a pretty super kid.

I wanted to make him something I though he would like, so, per my Mom's suggestion, I busted out my Kraftin' Kimmie Betty. 

Here is his card:

I made the background paper by repeatedly stamping 'Happy' and "birthday', then separating with some shiny red ribbon.

I colored using Copics and accented with my Stickles.  I {puffy heart} Stickles.

Thanks for looking!

A Get Well Kimmie

I had another Kimmie I had yet to try, so I figured I would keep the Kimmie going!  I had the distinct pleasure of using Kraftin' Kimmie's Betty to make a get well card for a special friend.

 

The card base is Papertrey Ink's True Black.  The background papers are from DCWV's Dots, Stripes, and Plaids paper stack.

I colored Betty using:
Hair: E11, E13, E17, E19, and R35
Skin: E11, E00, and E0000
Eyes, BG15, BG18, C9, C7, and C5
Shirt: BG78, BG75, and BG72
Shorts: B69, B66, and B63
Lips: R35 and R27
Flowers: Y18, Y15, and E59

I blinged her up a bit with BBP white blings....

 ...and blue blings.

Lastly, I made her super fantastic with my beloved stickles.  I would let you know which ones they were, but by 140 lb dog is lying in front of that drawer and I don't feel like dragging him out of the way.  =o )

Thanks for looking!

Kraftin' Kimmies goes Monochromatic!

This week's Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge was to go monochromatic.  I had so much fun with the Some Odd Girl Monochromatic that I *had* to participate!  I believe this is my first official Kimmie Challenge card.  I had an absolute blast coloring Danny to make the card below for my Papa.

The card base is Papertrey Ink's True Black.  The background layer is ... I must've thrown away the strip...so, I'm not sure who it is!  Sorry.  It's a fanastic black and white plaid though!

 Both the Danny and the sentiment are from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. I colored the image using C9, C7, C5, C3, C2, C1, and 0.

I highlighted areas of the image using a white gel pen.

The strips along the top, bottom, and around the sentiment are from DCWVs Alphabet Stack.

To finish it off, I added black and white eyelets at the corners of the image.

No Stickles!

Thanks for looking!