Happy Hummingbirds - watercolour, masking, stencilling, interactive

My card today is a birthday card featuring stamps, inks, and a stencil from Kraftin' Kimmie stamps, watercolour markers from Color It, and iridescent watercolours from Cosmic Shimmer. Happy Hummingbirds is from the February release from Kraftin' Kimmie and I simply adore this set.

This card is interactive with a retired tab die from CC Designs. Pull on the heart to fly the hummingbird over to the flowers.

Get Well Kitty - Through the Craftroom Door, coloured pencil

This week's sponsor for Through the Craftroom Door is Knitty Kitty!

Knitty Kitties started life as quirky hand-knitted cats made by Annabel to sell at craft fairs. As their
popularity grew, Annabel began to design digital images based on her own gang of mischievous pets. The antics of cats Georgez and Berts, along with their long-suffering doggy housemate Holly Poocherson, have inspired digital stamps for you to download, colour, and use for your own projects
at home.

Join the Knitty Kitty Digis group on Facebook for membership freebies and follow knittykittydigis on Instagram for alerts on the next giveaway!

To shop the full range please take a look at the KKD Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Eekers

For my project, I decided to use the Knitty Kitty Cone of Shame because I'm scheduled for a surgery later this week and will be healing kitty myself for a few weeks.

Cupcake Cutie - Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, alcohol ink, stenciling, coloured pencil

For the month of September, I am a Guest designer on the Kraftin' Kimmie design team! Today is Saturday and the new blog challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

Hello and welcome to our FIVE HUNDREDTH Saturday Challenge! Can you BELIEVE THAT?! Five HUNDRED challenges over the last TEN years! So why don't we celebrate?!

How about a SPECIAL WINNER for this week's challenge? I'm giving away YOUR CHOICE of FIVE of our amazing Krafty Stencils!!! Enter with YOUR creation either on this blog post OR in the Krafty Friends facebook group by Friday, October 4th at midnight for your chance to WIN! Let's GO!

Our hostess with the mostess this week is Krafty Girl, Anna! And her challenge for you is....

USE ONE OR MORE KRAFTY STENCILS!

Each and every Saturday we post a brand new challenge for the week and you are welcome to enter as many times as you like! These must be new creations and you are welcome to use any stamp or stencil; however, using Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and products will earn you double entries! Each submission will enter you into the monthly draw of a $40 gift voucher to the krafty shop!

Don't forget to check out this weekend's SPECIALS! We've got FOUR of our fabby stamp sets on SALE 40% OFF in our FRUGAL FRIDAY SPECIALS so hop on over to the shop to check them out!
We've also got a sketch to inspire you for the month of September! You don't have to use it but it's there for you to use if you need a little kickstart....feel free to use it any time!

Happy kraftin'!

For my stencil inspiration, I used the new So Many Circles stencil with Brea Reese and Pinata alcohol inks and Posca paint marker, pairing it with Let Them Eat Cupcakes coloured with Prismacolour pencils, and a CC Design die cut. 

Inside, I used Kimmie inks and the So Many Circles with a blender brush to create a background for the sentiments. Life is short, keep calm and have a cupcake :)

If you would like to see more details on how I made this card (along with some flubs and re-thinks, too), check out my detail post: https://rijacki.blogspot.com/2019/09/cupcake-cutie-detail-kks.html.

Since this is the last Saturday of the month, this also brings to a close my guest month on the Kraftin' Kimmie design team. I have loved being a guest on the team this month. It was a great experience. 

Kraftin' Kimmie supplies used

Challenges

Tuesday Throwdown: Anything Goes
Penny's Paper-Crafty: Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday: Anything Goes
Sketchy Challenge: Anything Goes
Outlawz Festive Friday: Theme - Anything Goes

Kraftin' Kimmie Blog Hop

Hop along to see the inspiration projects by the design team!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Cupcake Cutie detail - KKS, alcohol ink, stencilling, coloured pencil

For the month of September, I am a Guest designer on the Kraftin' Kimmie design team! Today is Saturday and the new blog challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. The theme this week is Use One or More Stencil. Sadly, it's also the last Saturday of the month so the last week of my guesting with the team. 

For more information about the challenge and to see the inspiration by the rest of the design team, check out my main post: https://rijacki.blogspot.com/2019/09/cupcake-cutie-kraftin-kimmie-stamps.html.

Paint My World - TTCRD, Distress crayon

This week's sponsor for the Through the Craftroom Door challenge is Stamp On It!

Stamp On It had it's humble beginnings in Holland MI 25+ years ago.... started out as a "home" business, soon became a storefront on the north side of Holland, grew to a 2nd storefront in Grand Rapids, before closing the Holland store and enlarging the Grand Rapids one! We began doing small craft shows years ago, slowly adding rubber stamp conventions to our schedule, expanding to almost full-time shows on the road before making the decision in the fall of 2009 to either close or sell the store. Before we were able to close the store, one of our employees voiced her desire to purchase the store! Long story short, we "sealed" the deal by the end of 2009 and became pretty much full-time rubber stamp convention vendors on the road.

Our FB link: https://www.facebook.com/Stamp-On-It-189444731096410/
Our web site link: www.stamponit.net

PRIZE; 3 images

For my card, I used the Art Palette and Painter for a colourful, rainbow and paint inspired card.

Tiny Fairy - TTCRD, coloured pencil, gel plate, die cutting

Our sponsor this week for Through the Craftroom Door is Babycakes. The prize is 2 free images.

Etsy Shop - https://www.etsy.com/shop/babycakesdnd?ref=hdr_shop_menu 
Zibbet Shop - https://babycakesdigidesignstwouse.zibbet.com/ 
Facebook Group Page- https://www.facebook.com/groups/1643440135938124/
Merry Whatever Blog - http://babycakesmerrywhatever.blogspot.com/ 

For my inspiration card, I used Staedler coloured pencils and Nuvo glitter markers to colour the shy fairy and then embellished her with die cuts, a background made with a gel plate, and Nuvo gemstones.

Friend Like You - Sheepski Designs, alcohol marker, embossing, die cutting

We all need that one friend who totally gets us and goofs with us. 

June's theme for the Sheepski Designs challenge blog celebrates Someone Special, be they friend, loved one, or just a someone special you want to honour. My inspiration card for June is about friendship and features Bad Hare Day coloured with Copic markers and paired with a Spellbinders die and stamp set.

Birthday Style - gift box with stencilling

Good things come in small packages. This little gift box was made from a Spellbinders die embellished with Kraftin' Kimmie ink, stencil, and stamp along with Nuvo Dream drops.

Everafter - coloured pencil, masking

A girl and her dragon, a match made in heaven? My card features Newton Nook stamp sets with Koh-i-Noor pencil colouring and masking.

A Sign for Love - foiling, stencilling, watercolour marker

My card today features a foiled stencilled background as a background for a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps set using transfer gel to do the foiling and Zig Clean Color to colour the image. Here's a sign for love.

Blast Off - flocking, embossing, gilding, stenciling, coloured pencil, pearlescent watercolour

Blast off! Let's journey to fun! My card features a Kraftin Kimmie stamp set and stencil with pearlescent paint, flocking, gilding and fun.

Coffee and Cake - Sheepski Designs, coloured pencil

Have a coffee with me for the May Sheepski Designs challenge. The May theme is Flower Power! I chose to use the Coffee & Cake digi with the pretty flowers on the cupcake for my inspiration card. I coloured the image with Prismacolor pencils accented with gold Aqua Shimmer and paired it with sentiments from CC Designs and paper from Prima Marketing.

Adventure Begins - watercolour

I love the start of a journey, the beginning of an adventure when anything is possible and the vista is wide open. I love starting out with no specific destination in mind and just going out to get 'lost' and find new places and things. My plaque features a House Mouse and Friends stamp watercoloured with Finetec and plain watercolour and paired with CC Designs die, Tim Holtz frame, and DCWV paper.

Flower - stencilling 3 ways, coloured pencil, masking, embossing

Spring is in the air (ah-choo!) and in puddles all around bring us blossoms that bloom and grow, bloom and grow forever. It's a lovely path that's lined with flowers. My Spring inspired card features Kraftin' Kimmie stamps, inks, and stencil with Faber-Castell coloured pencils and embossing on vellum.

Wonder of Christmas - watercolour, spray mica

One of the hardest things in January is putting away the decorations. The wonder and joy of Christmas should live in our hearts year 'round. My card features Kraftin' Kimmie stamps, watercolouring with Daniel Smith paints, Marabu fashion spray, and layers with CC Designs dies.

Bear Hugs - Through the Craftroom Door, coloured pencil

My project today is heralding the latest challenge from the Through the Craftroom Door blog! Our sponsor this week is Morgan's Art World.

Facebook Shop Link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/163615714504851/

Facebook Group Link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/848616968526756/

Challenge Blog Link: https://morgansartworld.blogspot.com/

My card features the adorable Ted No 2 coloured with Koh-i-Noor pencils on Mi Teintes paper. 

Handy Thanks - Zig marker

Thanks for all the handy things you do! My masculine card features stamps from Kraftin' Kimmie and a sentiment die from Hero Arts. The stamped image is coloured with Zig Clean Colour markers.

Happy Winter - coloured pencil

Rollin', rollin', rollin'.... rollin' down the hillside. This happy winter House Mouse is coloured with Koh-i-Noor pencils and paired with embossing and die cuts.

Melody - Sheepski Designs, coloured pencil

November is upon us and the start of a new challenge for Sheepski Designs challenge blog. The challenge this month is Christmas Anything.  I used the image Melody with Christmas papers and sentiment to evoke a Christmas concert or family gathering with music.

SheepSki Designs Challenge Blog
SheepSki Designs Etsy shop
SheepSki Designs FaceBook group

Teddy Hugs - colored pencil, die cuts

A teddy bear hug can be so warm and comforting. My Autumn card features a House Mouse stamp, dies from Impression Obsession and CC Designs, ribbon, lace, and several papers.