Lenora Loader!

See this sweet, strong girl? She's got a great message for someone who's been gone awhile, or maybe just overnight! I picked pink for this card - a color I seldom use. But I love this paper and wanted to show her off a little differently from others you may have seen.

All I did was spin Lenny Loader (available for free from Sunshine Stamp Creations) in my software and print her out - viola! Lenora! I love being able to control the image size and direction. Digital images are very versatile. I hope you'll request one from Sunshine, and link up your project in a comment here. I want to visit and see how ya did!

Alrighty - I've got to pop off and get some housework done. Have a fabby day!

Ta for now, ~ky

Recipe: SU! Raspberry Tart PP and CS, Lenny Loader, Sunshine; Colorbok metal dot, Prismacolor pencils, Offray ribbon, SU! markers.

Growing in Unity

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Hello all you peeps out in blogdom! I hope you had a stellar 4th of July! For those of you who don't celebrate our holiday, I still hope you had a terrific weekend!



This is my week to host Unity on my blog. How does it work? All you have to do is visit my blog each day and post a comment on each day's project. I'll be drawing a winner on Thursday and posting the winner in the Unity Hip Hop Winner's Thread, and on my blog. Stay tuned!



Recipe: Pebbles cardstock, Unity in America stamp set, Scenic Route patterned paper, Michael's rhinestones, SU! irridescent ice embossing powder, Gina K star stamp and brads, Colorbok silver star, SU! ink, Prismacolor pencils and a little smooch.



Thanks for stopping by!



Ta for now, ~ky

The Sun is Shining on Lenny Loader!

SUNSHINE STAMP CREATIONS!!

Congratulations on your debut!

I am honored to be able to present this new company, and serve as a design team member. You know, I once thought digital images were not practical. However, I didn't really take the time to explore their applications. Christina Bower (owner) has some wonderful ideas on digital image flexibility, and I am going to be learning and playing with those ideas later this week.

For now, I just want to show you how easily these images create great masculine cards. I made this card using Lenny Loader (of the Big Builder series). This image can be anything from a boy's birthday to a Father's Day or other celebratory card. Here, I made a card for my husband's birthday.

I love playing with my prismacolor pencils to create scenes for images. This time, I went with a simple background to give Lenny the fullest attention. I used my Flower Soft (Spring mix - from my friend Amy! Thanks!), machine embroidery thread (Coates & Clark) to dress up the border, and heavy weight aluminum foil to glam Lenny up a little. Face it - guys wanna look good too!!


I tilted the card to give you a better look at the dimension added by the flower soft, ribbon and stitching. The sentiment is from My Favorite Things (Can Ya Dig It set), paper is Pebbles cardstock, and Lenny was printed in toner rather than ink (no bleeding).

This is the inside of the card. I made a card pocket by folding up the excess paper rather than cutting it off. This is a versatile card - you can put money, a gift card, or just about anything in it (even some MP3 players could fit!). Here I added some seeds for my husband because he loves to garden. I will probably add a gift card too, so he can buy more soil to expand his garden area.

Get this: SUNSHINE IS PROVIDING A COPY OF LENNY FOR FREE!!

That's right. Just visit the blog and email Christina for your free image! Sunshine's email is valleysunshine@hotmail.com

Check back often! I will have another project for you later this week using Lenny or his sister Lenora (or maybe both!). I appreciate you stopping by, and I'd love to know what you think of this project. Have a terrific July 4th celebration!

Ta for now, ~ky

My 100th Post! And not a thing to wear...

Wow. I really thought this 100th post would take way longer to reach, or would feel really different. Yet, it's just another day in my bloggerdom! Kinda like birthdays, I guess. That's an on-going oft-asked question in my mind - why do we get all hung up on 5s, 10s, 100s?? What makes them any more special than the 3rd, 27th, 96th?

So - I'll celebrate a first! My first win with Stamp TV challenges! Wooohooo!! Gina's the best! She's generously giving away one set ($24.95 or less) every weekday! The above project won me my first set. Come over and play! Check out the tutorials - she's teaching us about new products, and showing us new ways to use our older products!

On to other things - I have been selected to be on Sunshine's Stamp Creations first ever design team! Woohoo!! I couldn't believe it when I got the email. Keep your eyes out - we'll be showing you awesome ways to use the digital images. You need not fear digital images!! Stay tuned!

Ta for now, ~ky