Halloween Banners

I've got some excitement to share tonight.  It's more Halloween fun so I hope you don't mind.  I've been super busy cooking up lots of Halloween projects to finish the decor in my house.  I've got more coming so hang on. 

Tonight's share is a fun Halloween Banner that Denise and I cooked up last week. We were like two little girls! We were giggling the more we added to the banner and once the banner was complete we had an extra skip when we walked. It was just exciting. I've tried to create a banner for each season or occasion.  You can see more of my banners HERE and HERE.

Let me just warn you that the banner uses LOTS of products. There is a retired piece of DSP and a NEW product that won't be available until the after January. Oh BOY!

Here it is:

The goal for me was to add lots of texture and layers.  I love how the fabric is one GREAT way to add texture. My glue gun was used LOTS on this project.  Wanna know something… My Glue Gun has seen more use in the past 3 weeks than in the last 4 years.  I've almost gone through an entire bag of Glue Sticks.  LOL!  I love this little gadget. Do you use your Glue Gun? I  think Stampin' Up! should come out with their own.  Don't you?

It's time for my face to meet my pillow.  I have a BIG day tomorrow. My parents will be here tomorrow afternoon.  This is so awesome.  The kids are over the moon with excitement.  They are in for a ton of excitement this month. (I'll explain a little later.) I still have a little cleaning to get done.  I can't have visible dust bunnies laying around.  CRAZY!

Have a spectacular Friday and if you need a little shopping fun, go ahead and check my store out.  It's cute!

Just click on Kimberly's Online Stamping Palace!

XOXOXO

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Lucky for You…

…I'm not actually chit chatty in person today.  The conversation would be… "Blah Blah stamps -COUGH- Blah-COUGH-Blah-COUGH!"  I thought I was on the mend and I'm really mad I'm not.  Just no time for this "Cold" thing.  We all know how much I talk and the cough is just a big pain.  Who wants to hear all the hacking? I guess the answer to the question would be for me to just shut my mouth.  Ha.  Like that's going to happen! -COUGH!

The good news would be my hands are not broke.  This means I stamped.  Yippie Skippy!!  Lots of stamping going on.  Tonight I was going through a few things in my office and came across the Christmas Simply Scrappin' Kit.  I opened it up and I love the DSP in it.  It's so pretty.  I didn't want to scrapbook tonight because it would mean I would have to go find my photos.  I'm not that organized yet.  I put a few products together and came up with this card. 

It's a simple card but of course I couldn't get away without adding buttons or ribbon.  I'm noticing that EVERY card I make has these two elements.  I think I may challenge myself to NOT use a button on a card. This is going to be a REAL challenge!

In other Kimberly news- It took over a week for us to get the Christmas Tree up.  Russ worked hard on saving the dumb thing.  I  really thought this was the year to get something new.  Grrr… I was super proud of myself this year.  I let the kids put almost ALL the ornaments up.  This is HUGE.  Normally I let them and as soon as they are in bed I do a complete rearrange.  This year I have to say they did a great job.  I haven't moved one. 

I did hang a few.  I had to hang my little angel.  It's suits my personality.  Bwhahahaha!

I hope your week is germ free.  Stay warm.  I'm FREEZING here!

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Monday Inspiration!

Happy Monday!  I have a few more Chirstmas cards I want to share this morning.  We did these over the weekend. 

Last year, one of my favorite stamp sets was from the Holiday mini called Winter Post.  Every one of the images was perfect.  Most of all I loved that snowflake.  I love the modern feel this card throws off with that beautiful Holiday Lounge DSP.  The DSP has Taken w/ Teal, and Sahara Sand in it so I used Sahara Sand as the cardstock base.  I used Bermuda Bay to stamp the snowflakes.  It was actually on accident because I wasn’t paying attention and thought the color in the DSP was Bermuda Bay.  I love accidents with stamping.  Sometimes the outcome comes out better.  The sentiment comes from Teeny Tiny Wishes! 

Here is the last card we did!

This is another set from last year that I adored. A Cardinal Christmas!  In fact, I have a framed card that Shelli Gardner did last year with this set and I keep it up all year.   It was a beautiful card that we received in a swap at Founders last year.  This set is beautiful on tiles.  It would make great decorative tiles or coasters.  I used the Finial Press embossing folder for the background and the new Holiday Best for the sentiment.  It actually has a cardinal on the flourish but he got chopped because he was to chubby.   If you notice the big scallop square in the background, that comes from the Clear Scallop Square Die Cut.  I trimmed off a smidge from one side and attached to the card.  Then lastly I used that oh so yummy Chocolate Chip/Vanilla Striped Ribbon that is to die for.  I used so much of it last year in the Riding Hood Red.  I am SUPER excited to see these colors in this ribbon.  Especially the black.   I will have a ball with that and Halloween!  I must admit that making these cards is gearing me up for the Holidays.  How about  you? 

I hope your weekend is fabulous.  I am off to shop for convention.  I need new duds as I will be on the stage chit chatting.    They said Bikini’s were out.  

Have a fabulous day!

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Cards with a face lift!

I worked on swaps all day and after I did all the designing of the cards they seemed to get a few face lifts along the way.

You may remember this card the other day:

I gave it a little face lift tonight:

Not much difference, however the butterfly now has Iridescent Ice all over it.  Very pretty.  I’ve had a few people ask me about making the banners on the cards so I thought I would show you in a few pics how to make them.  Hopefully this will give you more of a visual and help you when making your own.  They are soooooo addicting. 

Here ya go:

 Here is the close up on a card:

Okay, and now one last card for tonight.  I really do not want to see the stamp set Season of Friendship go.  It’s currently in the Holiday Mini and I adore this set.  I love it because you can use it for sooooooo many holidays.  Here is my take on Valentines with it!

Thankfully the Love You Much stamp set coordinates VERY WELL with the Heart punch.  It made this card much easier. 

Here you can see how dimensional this card really is. 

Have a Super Fabulous Sunday!

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The start of a NEW holiday!

I spent the better part of my day today packing up all the Christmas decorations and pulling out my Valentines decorations.  Once again I have successfully confused my children as I was pulling out the Valentines items out of the closet.  Alexis told me at least 5 times that it wasn’t for another month and was this really necessary?  Jeesh!  I think she was so concerned because her birthday is just a week away.  My little girl will turn six very soon and she seems to think I will forget.  Tonight I proved her wrong.  We sat down and made the invitations to her party.  She was giddy with excitement. 

I used the Large Scallop Die Cut to make the base and then the Scallop #2 for the Kraft Cardstock and my main image.  I stamped Crazy for Cupcakes on the Kraft cardstock using Basic Black ink and then used markers, dazzling diamonds and that puffy stuff for the tops of the cupcakes.  This is when Alexis started dancing around my stamp room.  She thought this was "COOL"!  The Designer Paper comes from the Level 3 Hostess Simply Scrappin’ Kit as well as the Flower that is stamped at the top.  I also added a Button on top of the flower to give it a little more dimension.

Here is a closer look:

Once again, lots of dimensionals.  Most important, she loved them. 

I also made a quick Valentine card tonight using A Happy Heart.  This set is in the Holiday Mini so it won’t be available too much longer.  Super set and fun to stamp! 

I used an eraser to make the polka dots with Whisper White Craft Ink on the bottom of the card. 

Have a super weekend. I will be working on swaps for Leadership this weekend.  Lots of stampin’ is in my future.  Whoo Hoo!

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