Let's Build a Snowman!

Oh how I wish it would snow!!!  I LOVE snow and want it to come to Virginia soon.  We're expected to get RAIN tomorrow, but that's NO FUN!  I made a card today to get me even MORE in the MOOD for SNOW!!!  Nothing's better with snow than a little minty hot chocolate too!


I used my new A2 Embossing Folder by Basic Grey to emboss the bg paper...It matches her tights!

 So this little card will be sent to one of my family members in Iowa or Minnesota.  They are having a HECK of a WINTER again and I'm so jealous of their snow adventures.  I wish I could head over there and hitch a ride on a snowmobile!!!  Anyway, I just got a few Your Next Stamp stamps in the mail last week and I just love these little girls.  They are so fun to color with my Copics so I had to buy some.  Since I was given the opportunity to be a guest designer last month, I thought it was only fitting to purchase some of the awesome new collection!  So you'll see more of these wintery cards posted in weeks to come. 

To make this card, I stamped Ellie Building a Snowman on Copic XpressIT Card with Memento Black Ink.  I then colored the image using a TON of Copic colors (they're listed below).  I also used the sentiment "Let it Snow" from the set called Penguin Greetings and you'll see something cute with that set in a few days!

I loved the colors in the paper pack I received last week so I just had to use the colors again in a Christmas card this year.  For some reason, the plum and sky blue color just speak to me this year...I love these colors together for Christmas. 



I added some white snowballs using my multiliner pen.  I removed color using my colorless blender. 

Here are the Copic Deets:

B0000, 00, 02; BG0000, 01; G00;  BV0000, 000, 00, 13; V04, 06; E00, 09, 11, 25, 31, 53, 55; YR02, 20, 61, Colorless Blender, Multiliner .03 

Have a HAPPY DAY!!! See you tomorrow. 

Kerry

YNS...The Borrowers...

I'm having a BALL being the GUEST DESIGNER for November at YNS and today I'm sharing my final post.  Thank you to all my stamping friends who have checked out my projects and have commented too!  Extra special thanks to Karen for supplying the FABULOUS stamps and opportunity to design for her, and to Sem for beautifully organizing such fun HOPS and events!!!   

Every stamper loves a good challenge right? The final November challenge is a DOOSIE for me!  This challenge is called The Borrowers (YNSC30). That means challenge participants should CASE a Design Team Member's card creation...That's a hard one...

Who was I going to CASE and which card would it be???

Would it be Linda C for the simple layouts, use of twine and deelish coloring???

Would it be Jenny for her use of plain cardstock to highlight an awesome image???

Would it be Crystal for her use of stick pins, pouffy bows and deelish color combos?

Would it be Sylvia for her stitching, awesome layouts and rich colors???

Would it be Maureen for her cheery mix of patterned papers???

Would it be Beth for her love of bright pink and lime green???

Would it be Simonne for her awesome layouts and coloring? 

Would it be Kerri for her use of circles and that little banner to display sentiments???

Would it be Wendy for her adorable Have an Ice Day project tutorial???

Would it be Chris for her round layouts?

Hmmmm....lemme see....

I think I'll CASE KERRI today!  Yeah, since we share the same first name, why not choose her, it's only fair!

Now, whenever I CASE someone's work, I always draw up a little sketch and put it in my sketch book.  That way, the inspiration can stay with me forever, and I'll remember where the original *spark* came from.  So here's the little sketch:

And here's my creation: 

Stamps Used:  Your Next Stamp:  Merry Kiss-Mas

Ink:  Versafine Onyx (Clear Embossed), Versacolor Oasis Green, Distress Ink:  Weathered Wood

Diamond SticklesCopic Markers: 

Gold Liquid Pearls

Fiskars Threading Water Punch

Nestabilities Circle/Scalloped circle dies

Plastic Snowflake, DMC thread and BLING from my stash

Body:  E33, E43, E50, E53, E93

Hair/Pants/Shoes:  E33, E35, E37, E53, YR14, E77

Dress/Shirt:  Y21, B32, B95, C1

Anyway, I used patterned paper from The PaperLoft collection called Old Town Tavern and the paper is called "Franklin"...LOVE PAPERLOFT!!!

Hope you find a YNS designer you would like to CASE today! Make sure to post your creation on the YNS challenge blog for your chance to win a special something from Karen!

YNS it!

I'm excited to announce that I was asked to be a Guest Designer for the Your Next Stamp Challenge blog for the month of November and WOO HOO... A stamper NEVER passes up a challenge!!!

This challenge is called YNSC29: YNS it! The challenge is to use at least two of these three items: YELLOW, NESTIES and/or STICKLES...Well, that's not a problem! I've got 'em all! Now, I hardly ever use yellow, but geez...I've got to do it more often so here I am this month, grabbing me some YELLOW!!!

I started out by selecting one of the cutest sets with a little skater dude called Skateboard Dude...Boy cards are few and far between in my collection, so I wanted to make sure I made a card I could send to one of my "boys". Since we're getting closer to one of my favorite seasons, I knew this little dude would make an awesome snowboarder...so I cut out the skateboard wheels and made a little edge decoration to make the remaining wheel lines WORK! I purposfully added yellow in his clothing and on his RADICAL board, so it would fit with the theme. I don't think I've ever seen yellow in a winter card before, but heck...Yellow's a happy color and the sun does shine on the slopes, right?

Adding a little translucent "cardstock" helped mute the slopes a bit to force it more into the background because that DUDE Rocks...and he needs ALL the attention!!!

Here are the deets for this fun card:

DCWV creamy yellow card base 5.5x5.5

Core'dinations Diamond Blue cardstock

Translucent "cardstock" (similar to gallon milk jugs we find here in the states)

SEI Patterned Paper (Chick a Doo hickups)

Crystal Stickles

MM Blinged Brads

Spellbinders Snowflake Wonder Shapeabilities

Spellbinders Nesties Labels One

Copics:

Snow: Multiliner .03

Sky: BG0000

Shirt, Socks: B00, B12, B14

Board and shorts: Y15, YR23, YR24, Multiliner .03 (Shoe Grips) C-7

Skin: E30, E21

Hair: E25, E34, E15, YR24

Tongue: E08

Now, I couldn't forget the sentiment on the inside! I love that most YNS sets come with a few sentiments you can use to make fabulous cards. I find they are so versatile and can be combined with other sets to make just the PERFECT card for your needs!

Hope you join me in participating in the challenge! If you do, make sure to post your creation on the YNS challenge blog for your chance to win something special from YNS!!! I'll be back again later in the month for another YNS challenge, won't you join me?

PS...Don't forget to use the keywords YNSC29 in your gallery posts everywhere!

Happy Stamping!

Kerry

The Birthday Rush...

I've had this idea popping around in my head since I got this set in the mail the other day. It's such a cute stamp set with Fhiona flying a kite but I thought it would look really cute if she were carrying some balloons...So that's what i set out to do. I drew some assorted balloons, colored them with my copics and attached some black DMC floss to match the string that was holding the kite. I found the perfect patterned paper from Basic Grey in my stash and started coloring Fhiona to match the paper...Oh, and while I was coloring her, I was on a mission to also meet Tami's "Create Something ORANGE" on the fiskateers blog. I decided to give her a little bit of rusty yellow hair this time instead of brown. I'm sure you can also see that I cuttlebugged the background with birthday numbers.

Here's a close-up of the coloring I did on Fhiona. I used lots of colors and just kept adding more...Hee hee...
Doesn't it look like she's late for the party? It works, I think. Now I have a birthday card ready to mail to a friend! YEAH!!!

PS...Did you hear about the earthquake in my neck of the woods? Apparently, I slept right through it this morning. GEESH!

PSS... I'll be back Monday to post a color challenge I'm hosting at the Stamp Shack. Hope you join the fun...I'll be awarding prizes!

Kerry

A Closer Look...

As promised, I'm posting close-up shots of my YNS DT submissions. Thanks so much to all my stamping friends in www land for the lovely comments and support! Kerry

In this shot you can see a close-up of my coloring, faux stitching and my handwritten sentiment... Oh, I can't forget the sparkle I added to the center of the flower too! LOVE MY STICKLES!!!

In this shot, you can see a close up of my coloring. Just a little flicking here and there with various gray copics to create the fur on Fhiona's pooch.

And the final close-up...The tasty bag and the coloring of the tent/grass... Not sure if you can see or not, but I did a little cross hatching on the light part of the door to create the illusion of a screen to keep out those pesky skeetos...Did I mention I had to sample the smore ingredients? I had to make sure they were good, right??? HEE HEE HEE...

On this picture you can also see my stitched buttons...Only used one long piece of twine and just threaded them one by one until they were all attached...Then stitched the button on the "flap" because you know I hate naked buttons!

Hope you enjoyed the closer look and I've got more eye candy to post later tonight...

Ker

Secret Revealed...

Hey stampers! So, did you want to wring my neck for that little tease? Well, sorry about that (not really ")) but I have some exciting news to share with you today. I haven't tried out for a design team position in a long time and thought after reading the DT call for Your Next Stamp on Splitcoaststampers that I would try out again. I tried my hand at Karen's call when she first launched her stamp company and did not make the cut, so why not try again right???

This summer was the perfect time to find a company that fit me to a "T". One that had stamps that were just fun, and YUMMY, DELICIOUS, QUALITY unmounted purple rubber!!! So, I hurried over to YNS and read the details. I bought some new stamps specifically for the call and they arrived yesterday. I tore into the envelope, and ran right up to my room to play!


So you know that image on my sneak? Well, below you'll find the full card. In the next few days, I'll post close-up shots of all my work for this DT call, but for now, I'll just post full project shots.



If you know me, you know that I LOVE ribbon, stickles, patterned paper, and of course my COPICS! You can see I HAD to use those items here. This was the first card I created for the call and I wanted it to be a bit different than what you usually see with this set. I picked out the patterned paper first then went on to coloring FLOWER POTS. I cut those out and then stamped the petal again. SHHHH...I'm sure some may think it's a sin, but I did cut the stamp apart...Now I have a stem and a flower bud... I know I could have masked, but it's much easier just pulling the stamp you want out. Yeah, sure I love bright cheerful colors, but I think this image works so well with the more natural colors too.

After creating this card, I moved on to a more playful stamp set. This set made me smile so I thought I needed to select a happy patterned paper... After selecting the paper, I set off to coloring the image in coordinating colors. I stamped BIG TALL GRASS onto some white cardstock then stamped Kite Flying Fhiona . Of course Fhiona needed her little pooch tagging along, so I added him too. I think he looks like a Schnauser I knew as a kid so I colored him different grays.

My last submission was a little project I made for one of my nephews. It's always hard to find great boy stamp sets but this set (Fhiona's Tent) screamed his name. He's an avid camper and LOVES to rough it in the woods with his Boy Scout brothers. Now I don't think he'll carry it along with him because his pack is the perfect weight, but it will be a yummy gift to enjoy before he heads out on his next adventure.

Yes! you can see it's a canvas bag full of goodies to make SMORES! No camping trip is complete without them right???LOL

So that's my submission for the Your Next Stamp design team call. I had tons of fun making these three projects specifically for the call and am excited to make more. Now that my new stamps are here, I'll be stamping away to make MORE creations.

Stay tuned to my blog within the next few days. As mentioned before, I'll post close-ups of each card/project.

Happy Stamping!