Lucy

December 3, 2011 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 8 Comments

It’s a Kraftin’ Kimmie Challenge day! The challenge this week is to use embossing, be it dry or heat, we want to see it. I chose to go with dry embossing and used an embossing folder on one of the background papers. ;D The hostess this week is Diana and the stamp she is using on her card is Takara, so that will be the blog candy prize for the week!

Most of you know that each Friday (except for release weeks), we run a Frugal Friday Special! Usually there are six stamps on special 40-50% off and the special runs from Friday-Sunday only. This week’s specials are Mr. Punkinhead, Rudy the Reindeer, Billy Blyth, Speedy the Turtle, Roxy and You Are A Treat!!

For my project I chose to use Lucy. She is one of those that I had to get and placed a special order just for it… well, not really *just* for her as I had to slip in a few extras too. ;D But she was the main reason I spent my money. ;D I just love how immersed in the book she is and it’s also a great stamp for school, teachers or graduation too. Hope you enjoyed and thanks for stopping by! *Hugs

Stella Strawberry

November 26, 2011 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 8 Comments

I’m excited to bring you my first project as a Kraftin’ Kimmie Guest and today is the start of a new challenge themed “Thank You/Thankful/Gratitude.” I chose to use Stella Strawberry from Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps and giver her a more chocolate covered strawberry feel. Mmmm, I’m grateful for those delectable delights! LOL

My card was made with no intentional plan and came together with elements that I haven’t used in a while. I was excited the crochet flowers looked like they finally matched as I’ve had those for years! With Valentines coming up I hope to use the rest of them too and get on with the next package… which, by the way, are a gorgeous white and can be customized with any Copic marker!! The rest is pretty standard run of the mill supplies, however, the plastic leaves were from a beaded garland I found at the hobby store.

The hostess for this week’s challenge is Kerry and the prize for the random participant is always the stamp featured on the hostess’ project. This week Kerry has used one of the images from the new Snips and Snails set, so the winner will receive that image and a sentiment.

There is also a HUGE sale at the site right now… almost everything is 25-75% but only until Monday!! Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps was also featured in the Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine and is having a giveaway on the blog so be sure to check it out.

Holly Jolly Ginger

November 13, 2011March 8, 2020 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 3 Comments

It’s is the second day of Sketchy Zombie previews from Simply Betty Stamps and today we’re showing off Holly Jolly Ginger! I’ve done another half journal page and the background I used this time from Make it Crafty is Mistletoe Archway and with some more Mix ‘n Match Centres chippies. Again I went with the melding of Halloween and Christmas themes but I’m not sure how this one turned out.

The small bottle of potion is an accessory stamp from Kraftin’ Kimmie. If you’re curious, the background was colored with YG91, 92, 93, 95, N2 and N3. Then the moon was colored with E50, E51 and E53. This was a fun zombie to color and she can even be made into a cute Christmas sweetie too. Of course, the other half of the project will be shown in a couple of days. ;D

12 Days of Halloween

October 31, 2011 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 16 Comments

Here are my final projects for the Simply Betty Stamps 12 Days of Halloween and it’s a good thing that a blog post doesn’t count toward the project! LOL I’ll be coming back in to add more pictures, descriptions and details. Until then… enjoy!

… okey, dokey, I’m back! I’ve put in a vampire movie, grabbed the kids’ Halloween candy and I’m ready to sit back and relax. ;D So let’s get to it…

Sixth day of Halloween
My true love gave to me…
Six goblins gobblings!

The Simply Betty characters I used are Raven & Rio, Max & Miller and Louie & Lola and they were colored green for good measure. The combination I used for the skin was YG91, Y28 and YG93 (maybe YG95).

I had originally planned to color all six Teen Scenes gobbling and place them on a journal page but time ran away from me. It was a good thing that these three brought along their pets to help gobble down that barbecue to count as six! The background is made up of images from Make it Crafty including Aussie BBQ and Urban Street elements; I also used Fine Swirls chippies on two of the cards.

Eighth day of Halloween
My true love gave to me…
Eight monsters shrieking!

Everyone knows that kids are monsters, right? So in this project I used Jude from Simply Betty Stamps jammin’ on his electrical guitar. The other seven monsters are in the Spooky House which is from Make it Crafty, peeking out the windows.

This scene actually reminds me Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends so I had to include Master Blooregard Q. Kazoo in the top window, also known as Bloo. (Love that cartoon!) The other monsters (imaginary friends) are just eyes peeking out of the darkest side of the house. The house was colored the same way Jane did as I loved how hers turned out.

Eleventh day of Halloween
My true love gave to me…
Eleven casks a-leaning!

I didn’t exactly have any casks on hand so I improvided and used a potion bottle plus ten glasses of leathal doses! Remember my plan to use all my Simply Betty Stamps to color with? Well, I was getting down to my last four to choose from (so I’ll have to get more now!) and none really worked so I used one of my first stamps instead, Lola.

I’m sure you’ve noticed that huge eye by now, which is from Inkadinkadoo, and something I’ve been wanting to incorporate into a project all week now. For inspiration I looked up eyeballs in Google… and did you know some people are getting them tattoed?! Nope, didn’t know that either! Lastly I used a left over tombstone from Epitaphs, also from Inkadinkadoo, and the potion and drinks are accessories from Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps.

This completes the 12 Days of Halloween challenges. If you have a favorite of the 12, then I’d love to hear about it! 😀 I’ll lave you with a parting shot of Jude who will provide the music for the credits. Happy Halloween!!

Update: I’m the 2012 DT winner of the 12 Days of Halloween at Simply Betty Stamps!

Abigail Apple

October 28, 2011 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 9 Comments

Here’s a card I made using the cute Abigail Apple from Kraftin’ Kimmy Stamps – I just discovered their “fruit” line and absolutely love these gals! Of course I could color her any which way but I wanted to choose an apple to inspire me so I picked a Golden Delicious. ;D

The sketch I used is for the Kraftin’ Kimmie Challenge #101 which I’d like to enter this card into. The clock face is a die from Tim Holz and I’ve shamlesly used the sample that was provided with the packaging! LOL

Lastly, here’s a closeup of Abigail in her Golden Delicious dress.

Kreepy Kitty

October 18, 2011March 8, 2020 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 6 Comments

Here’s another project for the Make it Colourful monthly challenge this month … to create a Spooky Night Sky! Head on over there to check out my tutorial and hopefully get your creative juices flowing. ;D For this page, I used Kreepy Kitty from Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps.

I saved all the coloring tips for the tutorial at Make it Colourful so I’ll just ramble on about the embellishments and journal page that I created. The best part is the Mini Dragonfly chippies from Make it Crafty – I colored them with Copic markers to give them a greenish look.

The mean looking pumpkin is actually a felt sticker from Martha Stewart and thought it would give a fun whimsical look to counter the creepy feel. Here’s a close up of the colored image and be sure to head on over to the Make it Colourful site to join in on the challenge…. I super-duper-double-dog-dare you!!

I’d like to enter this into one challenge, the Kraftin’ Kimmie’s 100th Challenge! The theme was to use a favorite KK Stamp – it was hard to choose just one but for the occasion and current atmosphere I chose to go with a Halloween image.