Crafty Bo (Kimberly R)

Happy Holidays! Wow, the holidays are quickly approaching and I've been busy working on our Christmas cards for family and friends. I make a set of cards for family and a different set of cards for friends so I will be sharing them in several posts instead of one because I feel each one is special and deserves their own spotlight. The first card I am sharing with you today, is a card for a wonderful friend and her husband.  She loves crocheting and her husband is always there to help her untangle the yarn or support her when she's frustrated with a pattern.  We have been blessed to receive many of her beautiful creations especially crocheted angels that I proudly display.  So with that in mind, I was so excited to see a new product released from Concord & 9th - the Granny Square Turnabout stamp. Here is the card I will be discussing below: Since I will be needing four colors, one for each turn, I picked out Rhubarb and Cranberry for the red colors and Spring and Lucky...

Hey There! Today I have a fun fold card that makes you go "Hmmm...how did she do that?". I was looking for some inspiration for a card that was unique and had a fun element.   Upon searching on YouTube, I came across this fun design by Simply Simple Stamping.  I will link her video below so you can see my inspiration.  Her instructions were easy to follow and of course, pausing the video helps too! Here is the card I will be discussing below in further detail: When I received this stamp I knew I needed his card to be fun and interactive.  So that's when I decided that the fun fold card would be great for him.  All of the products I used are from Kat Scrappiness and are at the end. You will need the following: Fun Fold Card Base  I cut an 8 1/2" by 11" blue cardstock to 5 1/4" x 11".  Score this at 1 3/4", 3 1/2", 5 1/4", and 7". Inside Card Base  I cut white cardstock to 5" x 7 1/2" and scored this at 3 3/4". Back Pan...

Hello there! Time has gone by since my last creative card post.  Life's been busy the past month or so, but it will be quiet again in a couple weeks - yeah!  I can get back to my crafting journey! For my next class for Altenew's Educator Certification Program, I chose Color Your Day by Therese Calvird.  The cards she made for this class were so beautiful and she gave many examples on how to find color inspiration such as an item around your home or from your own clothes! But, since I'm pretty boring and basic when it comes to color (😀), I chose to use the color wheel for my color inspiration.  I used three colors that were alongside each other called analogous in technical terms.  On the color wheel, green, blue-green, and blue are analogous.  Using that as my guide, I decided to use Eastern Sky, Pool, and Sweet Leaf from Altenew's Fresh Dye Inks. I ended up making two cards, but one will be my main focus and the other card is used as another example at th...

Welcome back to my crafty blog! What a fun card I have for you today!  Such a cute card especially if they love that famous mouse, Mickey.  I was inspired to make this card after watching Disney's Mickey's Boo-To-You Halloween Parade on YouTube. It was such a fun card to put together.  All of the products used in the card are from Kat Scrappiness and I love how well they go together. For the base of the card, I die cut the house part with orange cardstock and ink blended around the edges with a darker orange.  I  die cut the mouse ears in black cardstock. For the door, I die cut the door with purple cardstock and also used the same door die cut to die cut directly onto the house base.  Oh, and don't forget the doorknob! In order to make this house spooky, you will need the Haunted House Add On Dies.  From that set, I used the boarded window dies in kraft cardstock, the spooky roof in purple cardstock, the bricks in gray cardstock (die cut 3 or 4 times)...

Who loves to wake up in the morning and grab that wonderful, delicious cup of coffee?  I know I sure do!  But sometimes, I'm running late, or ran out of creamer 😞.  So what then?  I check my gift card stash and yippee...there's a gift card from my favorite local coffee shop!  Now, wouldn't you love to give that same joy to someone by giving them a gift card in a special gift card holder? That's what I created here: Kat Scrappiness recently had a fantastic release of products which I used only two to make this holder. Cuppa Joe Gift Card Tag Die - 9 dies to cut everything here (and a stirrer/straw not shown) Brew-Tiful Beans 6x6 stencil First, I die cut the tag die on white card stock and stenciled the part that will be shown on top using three shades of brown and one a burnt reddish color to add some color to the design.  Using what was left on my brown ink blending brush, I lightly ink blended the sides of the cup.  I set that aside to work on the re...

Hello Again! Well, it's Christmas Card planning in my little card making world! This card is so pretty. It gives the look of a shaker card, but surprise - it's really not! As a Creative Crew Team Member for Kat Scrappiness, I was so excited for their new product releases.  From their new release for this card I used Kats Essential Builder Dies 2 and the Fine Line Flowers Craft Dies.  Even though it says flowers, the smallest die looks similar to small snowflakes.  So I decided to make a Merry Christmas card. For the background panel, I used their Stitch Swirling Snow Background Craft die and die cut with white cardstock.  I also used white cardstock to die cut the Builder Die #2. For the blue snowflakes, I did not have any blue glitter cardstock so I needed to be creative.  I have their Glitter Mousse in the Blue Shabby Color and spread that onto white cardstock and let that dry overnight. The next day, I die cut the smallest flower several times with my new blu...