Merry Monday #40

Happy Monday!  It's Monday and that means there's a new challenge sketch up at Merry Monday~ Check it out HERE! So many beautiful creations!

The sketch:

 And here's my creation:

 I have to say this was not my original plan for this card.  I played with the inside of the ornament for a while and finally ended up with this cute sentiment.  My original plan was to cut out '25' on my circut but I just couldn't make the colors come together and ended up not happy with the result.  But, I'm happy with how this card turned out.  I love the small Merry Christmas Sentiment at the bottom and of course the bling :)  Since the cardstock is a shimmery chocolate, I created a spot on the inside of the card to add a personal message.

Thanks for stopping by and have a good night!  ~ Kim

Hello Friend

I was excited when I came across Artful Delight- check it out HERE!  This is the sketch challenge for November:

I wasn't quite sure what I was going to do with it but the ideas starting rolling around in my head and I was able to create this card:

Clementine (Close to My Heart) is one of my favorite paperpacks and I knew I wanted to use it for this card.  Isn't the paper beautiful?  The sentiment is from Memory Keepers Chip board.  Thought it was perfect with this paperpack.  The "You Make Me Smile" sentiment is from the border along the Clementine pack.

Thanks for checking out my creation and have a great rest of your weekend!

~Kim

Peace and Joy

While searching blogland, I came across one more card sketch I wanted to try at unscripted sketches. I pulled out My Mind's Eye pack again and this is what I came up with:

5x5 card

Thanks for stopping by!  ~Kim

Fall Pages

happy Sunday!

I just thought I'd pop in to share a few fall pages I scrapped.  I love fall and all the things that come with this time of year!

This is from the flirty paperpack (ctmh) and the dimensional elements- those little pumpkins are my kiddos :)

I'm linking this up to Crazy for Challenges-Anything But a Card and The Pink Elephant- Yellow Green Brown and Cream.

I'm also joining in on the fun at Stuck on You Sketches- Fall or Autumn.

Thanks for visiting and enjoy your day!  It's beautiful here in MN!

Liebster Blog Award!

Hello! Today I was given the Liebster Blog Award from Amiee Cretsinger!  How sweet of you amiee!!  Check out her awesome blog Here!  I'm so honored to recieve this!  Thank you Amiee!

ABOUT THE AWARD

This award was designed to be a blog award in the pay it forward fashion. Once you've been nominated, you award it to blogs that you like that have fewer than 200 followers, to encourage new visitors to visit these new blogs.

RULES FOR ACCEPTANCE

Thank the person who gave you the award and link back to their blog. Post the award onto your blog. Give the award to five bloggers who you appreciate that have fewer than 200 followers. Leave a comment on their blog letting them know that you have given them this awesome award!

PAY IT FORWARD
Here are the list of WONDERFUL blogs that I would like to honor as well:

Jen Zimmerman
Lynn- From my Bungalow
Kati Taylor- An Inside to my Heart
Dania's Stories in Pictures
DeStampin Corner!

Please visit these blogs!!  These ladies are so talented and I love seeing all of their beautiful creations!  I know you will too!!

Have a great night! ~Kim

Small Wonder

2 posts in one day....I'm on a roll! 

This week's sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch (check it out here) caught my eye and I knew I had the perfect brads that I wanted to use on it:

My CAS card:

I thought it would make the perfect baby card.  These colors are great together. 

Thanks for stopping by!
~Kim

Grown with Love

Happy Saturday!  It's deer opener so the kids and I are hanging out around the house.  They are napping now so I'm getting a little scrappin in.  Today I wanted to play along with a few challenges:

Here's the sketch I'm using from Freshly Made sketches:

And for the colors I'm playing along with Dynamic Duos:

I love these colors together and I immediately think Christmas but I challenged myself not to make a Christmas Card....Here's my card:

I love this stampset- it's one of my favorite's!  It's called Grown with Love.  For the paper I used Pear and Partridge from ctmh.

Have a great rest of your day!  Thanks for checking out my card!