Ice Cream, Ice Cream, everyone get your Ice Cream! Ice Cream Corner bundle that is! This Suite is in the Occasions Mini retiring on June 30, 2021. It is an absolute must to make some "cool" projects. See what I did there? 

I got the inspiration for this card from the Annual Catalog Page 88. To make the card I started with Thick Basic White Cardstock (159229) and then I eyeballed the DSP. I won't make you eyeball it...I'll give you the measurements (Insert Smile Emoji here). There are 9 scraps, remember our DSP is double sided, so it amounted to 5 pages being cut. They are all 4 1/4" across. The first piece is 1/4". The second piece is 3/4". The third is 9/16". Fourth is 3/4". Fifth is 3/8". The sixth piece is where I stamped Happy Birthday from Sweet Ice Cream Photopolymer Stamp(158224) in Blackberry Bliss and is 1". Stamp to the far left to have room for the Ice Cream. The seventh piece is 1". Eighth piece is 1/2" and ninth piece is 1/4". When you glue these pieces I went top and bottom and then inwards for the rest. This allowed me to get a tight seal and no white comes through. I then used my Ice Cream Cone Builder Punch (154241) and cut out the Cone with the DSP and then the Ice Cream I also used the DSP in Blackberry to make the sweet treat. I finished it off with the Ice Cream Corner Sprinkles ( 154568) and glued them using the Shimmer Crystal Effects (150892).

I love this card and hope you do to! I would love to see what you create with this Bundle. Follow me on Facebook at Kim's Creative Stampede and upload your project. Have a great day. Till next time! Kim

 April 1, 2021

Happy April 1st! Welcome back to my Blog...it's been awhile. I wanted to start with a project I shared on Facebook on Monday. This blog will give you the measurements and instructions for you to copy or change the way you see fit. Let's get started

Supplies Needed

5 1/2" x 8 1/2" Night of Navy Cardstock
scrap of Smoky Slate (at least 2" x 2")
4 1/4" x 5 1/4" Basic White (2) might need another scrap for the flowers.
5 1/2" x 1 1/4" Silver Foil

Silver Embossing Powder

White Embossing Powder

Country Home Stampset 

Buffalo Check Stampset

Stitched Shapes Dies

Pinewood Planks Embossing Folder

Tin Tile Embossing Folder

Smoky Slate, Just Jade, Mossy Meadow, Crumb Cake & Night of Navy Stampin' Blends

Night of Navy & Memento Ink

With the Night of Navy Cardstock score the 8 1/2" side at 4 1/4" (right down the middle). Emboss the Smoky Slate with Pinewood Planks, using the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine. Emboss the Silver Foil with the Tin Tile Embossing Folder. With the Basic White cardstock you'll need to diecut the 2 1/4" square (Stitched Shapes Dies, 2 5/8" Square and the 1 3/16" square. 

On the 2 5/8" square stamp the milk can. You can either stamp the flower on the milk can (it will not fit but you can use it for lining up the flower). Then stamp the flower on the scrap paper. Color the milk can with the smoky slate blend, using both light and dark to create dimension. color the flowers and leaves. Fussy cut the flowers. 

Ink up the Buffalo Check Stampset with the Night of Navy Ink. Line up the 2 1/4" square up wherever you want with the stampset facing up. You will place the square down and then place a scrap paper over and run your hands on the scrap paper so that the square gets inked with the design. Lift the square up and put aside. Ink the Tile piece of the stampset and stamp on the smaller square.

I highly recommend placing the squares and foil piece in the area of the Night of Navy cardstock and playing around with the layout to your satisfaction before taping the pieces down. This will also help you determine where you will stamp the Thanks and the Tin Tile. You will want to do the white embossing powder separate from the Silver. Once you have decided and heat embossed the wording and tile you are ready to tape down the design. You will use dimensionals for the flowers above the milk can. 

Let me know if you have any questions and Happy Stamping!

Kim

August 7, 2017

HO HO HO! Okay so Christmas isn't for 141 days so you can relax, a little. The Holiday Catalog is being released on September 1st. However the Annual Catalog has some AWESOME products available now. I made this card, derived from an idea by Carolyn Bennie. I watched her youtube video and needed to create it at that moment. I love this and will be using other colors to make a rustic look. I'm thinking of using Country Livin' next. What are your ideas?

This is a 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" gift card holder. Here is a pic of the inside

I used Cherry Cobbler on the Glossy Paper and used Real Red paper. I felt that it was the right amount of contrast. The dimensions of the glossy paper are 3 3/4" x 3 3/4" and the Real Red is 4" x 4". There really isn't any science in making the wood, simply swipe the ink pad down. I would use the side with no lip. Also, it is okay to "drench" a little by leaving it in one spot for a moment. For the black "grain" I used the side and swiped and gently lowered the angle to create more depth. The inside measures 1 1/2" x 4" and I used archival Ink to add the sentiment. Doesn't it look like a wood sign? 

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Graduation is upon us. What a great time to watch these students/young adults moving into their next phase of life. For this card I didn't hold back on the bling 😊 I used the Large Number Framelits. This is a great framelit set as it has all the numbers needed to celebrate a milestone. Whether a birthday or anniversary, it has you covered. Over the past week I used this framelit on about 10 cards (not even kidding). 

I used Pacific Point and shimmer white cardstock (which the camera didn't pick up on). I just realized I used no Stamping on the front! The congrats is from Sunshine Wishes thin lits. There is also Love and Hope die cuts as well. This is a shaker card and what is a shaker card without bling.  I added ALOT to this card lol and it is addicting to keep shaking it. 

So, exciting times have happened. The 2017-2018 Catalog went live yesterday. I was able to upload the new copy for all of you to see. Wow! my wish list is huge and I look forward to sharing the projects with you. This year I am going to make more projects and blog more than ever to help share my creativity. I really love the uniqueness of making my own cards or gifts. I'm allowed the freedom to really personalize it for the recipient. This journey will be fun, I promise! Have a Happy Stamping Day! 

I created this card with my son's teacher in mind. It is Teacher Appreciation Week and I wanted to show her my appreciation for helping my son succeed in school. He is Autistic and nonverbal so this is an extra special Thank You.

I stamped the city scape twice on the 5 1/2" side. I then used a chalk marker to fill in the windows and waited for it to dry. you can use a heat gun to speed this along. I then colored it in using the Watercolor Pencils (a must have!) with various Comic Book colors. The best part was adding the Watercolor Pen to enhance the color. It gave it that vibrant color so apparent in Comic Books. I was so excited that this technique worked and gave it that color I was looking for. I almost jumped up and down (like a superhero)! I triple stamped the WOW in stazon, Pacific Point and Real Red...offsetting each color. I then used the beam stamp and stamped the background. I used this for the Pacific Point and Real Red background as well. I created the faux black background by just using the Stampin' Up! Black Marker. The Superhero was fussy cut after I colored her in.

I love this card! You could use the same design and just turn around the word WOW to MOM and you have a card for this upcoming Sunday...which is Mother's Day.

As always, please leave your comments. I love reading them. Have a great Stamping Day!

Eastern Palace Suite

Today May 1st is an opportunity to preorder this set from the New Catalog, that hasn't been relesed yet! What?, you say? Yep, this kit is being open TODAY. I absolutely love it. So many options with the dies, I haven' even explored all of them yet.

The colors used are Dapper Denim, Tranquil Tide(New) and Fresh Fig (New). The Tranquil Tide and Fresh Fig are part of the 2017-2019 In Colors that will be in the New Catalog (that hasn't been released yet) and you can order starting today! I used the Copper embossing powder for the stamping. This stamp set has so many options. I have a few more ideas that I will be sharing throughout the month. The pieces of card stock behind are 1/4" wide. I lined them up and used the paper snips to make it flush with the Night of Navy cardstock. The pieces that are cut out in the design are 3/4" wide. I temporary taped to a white piece of paper to hold the pieces together and cut. The white piece behind this is our Glimmer White paper. I rounded the corners and taped on another piece of Fresh Fig. Let me know your thoughts :)

Sunshine Wishes for a Happy Birthday

It is almost time to say goodbye to some of the products in the catalog. But don't worry! The new catalog is going to have new favorites for us to love. I created this card to highlight some of the products leaving us by pairing it with products that are staying.

Sadly, the stamp set leaving from this creation is Gorgeous Grunge. I used this in the background. I chose Soft Sky and a 2016-2018 in color Flirty Flamingo. The flowers are from Flower Shop. I cut them out using the pansy punch...no fussy cutting. The yellow cutout flower is from Sunshine Wishes Die cut and is shown in So Saffron. I cut a 1/2 soft sky piece and stamped it with Sunshine Sayings in the same Soft Sky ink color. I used the fringe scissors and accented with Wink of Stella. The silver thread was an afterthought but ties it together. Love this color combo.

With the new catalog fast approaching I will be sending these out as soon as I get them. Please email me your address and I will get your copy out...free of charge :) As always leave me a comment!