Memorial Day Sharing

Hi Everyone,
Yes my second post today. If you are looking for my Graphicat Sketch Challenge scroll down a bit.

Today here in the USA is Memorial Day and I wanted to take a minute to share a story in honor of the day. So my dad who is going to be 80 in August, is a veteran of The Korean War. He was on his ship the USS Hobson doing maneuvers when it was struck by another ship and sunk. My dad was one of the survivors of his ship. Now this all happened just before he married my mom. We always joked with them that he must have still been in state of shock when they got married a few months later haha.

But on to my story...my dad has a baseball hat with with the USS Hobson embroidered on it which he wears all the time. So while at the Memorial day parade, my dad who was  a spectator, was just standing there as the parade happen to stop in front of him. One of the veterans marching, came out of formation, stood in front of my dad and saluted him. This small act was enough to bring my dad to tears. He was so honored that another vet would salute him.

So just a reminder to all of us who take our country, freedom and live's for granted, remember, there are many men and women who made great sacrafices for us to enjoy what we have. They made these sacrafices because they believed all the above was worth fighting for! So to my dad and all the other veterans I salute you, honor you and thank you!

Love,
Kim

Sketch #9

Good Morning Everyone!
 Happy Memorial Day to all of us in the USA! Hope you are enjoying yourselves this weekend with maybe a parade or a cookout. We had our cookout yesterday and it was wonderful. Lots of food, fun and laughs. It is a nice day spent with family that reminds us of the truly important things in life, which are not things at all, but family and friends!

So today Graphicat Sketch Challenges has a new sketch challenge. Sketch 9.

This is my take on the sketch. So come on now, if I can do it you can too! You can turn the sketch around or on its side as long as we can see the original sketch there.

I used a digital image from Kenny K downloads, I think he is cool! I colord him with Copics. The sentiment is a Graphicat. You should check out all the great sentiments she has they are fun!
I used paper from Prima a 6 x 6 pad called My Little Guy Collection. The buttons and ribbons I had in my stash. The flourish was made using a memory box die.

So go check out the other Graphicat design team members creations, they are amazing!

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

2 Sisters Challenge:  Bring on the Boys
Kenny K Krafty Girls:  Ribbon
Crafty Catz Weekly challenge: Card for a Man
Here Come the Boys:  Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see your entry at this challenge!

Kim

Fairy Magic

Hello Everyone,

Hope you are enjoying your weekend, I certainly am. Today at Whoopsi Daisy we have a new challenge:  Fairy Magic! So come on, we all know you own at least one if not many more Fairy stamps. How can you not, they are so cute. If you need some new ones head over to Whoopsi Daisy and buy some they are amazing!

On my card today, I used one from sheet 280. If you use a Whoopsi Daisy stamp and win you get two sheets of stamps. If you decide to use one of your own stamps and win, you will get one sheet.

I colored my image with Copic Markers and added some stickles for a little sparkle to her wings and skirt. All the paper is from my scrap pile. I used various punches and dies for all the embellishment.

I am entering her in the following challenges:

http://atcswithattitude.blogspot.com/:  Anything Goes
Card Making Mama's:  Punches
Creative Inspiration:  Anything goes

Thank you for taking the time to stop by. Feel free to leave a comment, always love to know what you are thinking.

Love,
Kim

Moon and Stars

Good Morning All,

A lovely day today, and a nice long weekend for those of us in the USA. Have a cookout this weekend to kick off the unofficial start of summer.

Today at Sweet Stampin we have a new challenge, yup you guessed it MOON AND STARS.
Now that is fun, it can be in your image, your paper, or your embellishments but we want to see some moons and stars!

We have two sponsors. Our ever generous monthly sponsor Joanna Sheen is giving away a voucher.

Next we have this week's sponsor, Bugbaoo Digi Stamps, who is giving away 7 digis! Now that should make you want to enter.

So here is my card. Isn't she the cutest? Bugaboo stamps so graciously donated images to the Design Team to work with. (I love this little perk.)

I colored her Copics. Added some stickles to her shoes and halo. The stars were stamped and heat embossed then I embellished with some itsy bitsy rhinestones. The sentiment is a rubber stamp from Recollections and the flowers are a mix of Prima and  Recollections.

Hope you will go check out the other DT members cards at Sweet Stampin' as they are soooo fun! It will also give you a chance to see some more great digis from Bugaboo!

So glad you popped on by and I hope you have a great weekend.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments challenge:  Any Sentiment
ATC and Cards with Attitude: Anything goes.

Kim

Dreams

Good afternoon everyone,

A rainy,dreary day here, but cannot complain because the weekends have been beautiful.
So today's card I made for a reason and then something came up so I made a different card. I will not share that reason right now, but some of my followers may understand.

But any way, this came out very cute in my opinion (hehe). I used a rubber stamp from Inkadinkadoo for the image and a rubber stamp for the sentiment from Studio G. I used Memory box die for the rolled flowers and the flourish. The paper I had in my scrap pile. I used some Liquid Pearl around the image. The charm is from EK Success Create your style. Hope you like it.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

The Crazy Challenge:  3D
Just us Girls:  Color hallenge, yellow, white and blue
2 Sisters challenge: Stars
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards:  For the boys
Love To Create: Sony Lyrics (When you wish upon a Star)

Thank you for all your lovely comments, always nice to hear from you. If I have not stopped by your blog in a while let me know so I can hop on over.

Kim

Graduation 3

Hello Everyone,

So it is the weekend! Lots of fun on weekends. I just got back from the beach where my husband was doing a little recreational clamming, and I sat in the glorious sunshine reading a book. The simple things are always the most appreciated.

Very good news this week. First my adorable card from my post Crafting Weather won the challenge at Pixie Dust, I am very flattered.

Secondly, my husband came home the other night and informed me that he is taking me to Vegas to celebrate my birthday next month. I am turning a very big number this year haha, you thought I would tell, but like I told my husband, if my birthday happens in Vegas, it stays in Vegas so I get to remain the same age!!!!

So for today's post, yup you guessed, my third Graduation card. Hey I warned you I had three graduations this year. She is a cutie from La-La Land Graduation Marci. I colored her with my copics (I know shock), cut her out using Nestabilities. The sentiment came with this adorable digi stamp. I like this one for my oldest niece Nicole as she is graduation college and I am sure everyone feels the same when then are finally done!

Hopefully my next card will not be graduation, but you never know hahaha!

Thanks for taking the time to check out my cards. Leave me a little comment and I will try and stop by and see your latest creation.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Sketch and Stash:  Andies Sketch
La La Land Crafts:  Spots and Stripes
Delightful Challenges:  Add a ribbon.

Take care,

Kim

Graduation Continues

Hello Everyone!
Well look at me getting my cards done a few weeks before I need them. This must be some kind of a small miracle haha!
Just like I said yesterday (if you really read my blog and not just looked at the pictures lol), I went off to make another card. Finished it this morning. This one is for my nephew.

I used a LaLa Land stamp Graduating Luca a digi I purchased just for the occasion. I did not even know they had digi's until I saw it on another blog, I was very excited! See what you can learn from reading other blogs hmmm.

So I colored him in bright blue but used very masculine papers to keep it from feeling too juvenile or girlie. The papers are Basic Grey 6 x 6 pack called Oxford, (very studious). There is one piece on there with the letters that I have no idea where it is from, it was in my scrap box. The sentiment came with my digi (great deal). The wooden button is a Prima that I bought while visiting my sister-in-law Dora in Florida. See Dora I do use all my stuff, do you???????

Let me know what you think.
Thanks for stopping by.

I am entering this cutie in the following challenges:

Basic Grey: anything goes
Lollipop Crafts:  Just for him
Moving Along with the Times:  Keep it real
Paper Pretties: Graduation