7 Kids Crafts: Purrrfect Friends

Hello Everyone! 

Happy Saturday and welcome to blog. Today I wanted to work on a Clean and Simple card because I wanted to focus on the pretty kitty girl. Just like a card I created last month I gave her a cheetah print to give interest to her shirt and ears. This Purrrfect Friends set is available in both digi and clear stamp. For the digi click here: Purrrfect Friends digi and for the clear stamp set click here: Purrrfect Friends clear. I have both and love the different ways you can use them. 

Last month I had been hospitalized and I had a people that prayed for me and some took the time to write me or send me cards. This card will be one that I send out to one of those that sent me a card. The image was colored with Copic makers. For the eyes and the shoelaces I used a white gellyroll pen. The die is from Craftin' Desert Divas.

Here's a little close-up

For live crafting supplies, videos, crafty sales and all around fun check out:

7 Kids Customers Create! Facebook page

Thank you so much for stopping by. 

Katya Bess

7 Kids Crafts: You're All Sorts of Wonderful

Hello and Happy Sunday Everyone!


I hope you area all having a wonderful day. First I like to mention that the Vendor of the Month over at 7KidsCrafts.com is Mama Elephant and Nuvo Drops (Does NOT include new arrivals.) To make sure you get the 20% discount make sure to enter the code: MAMA

For my card I used two sets of Mama Elephant sets, one is called Mama Elephant: Big News and the other one is called Mama Elephant: Stackable Cuties.

I first colored the little unicorn with Copic markers on the Catherine Pooler - Premium White Cardstock.  I drew a rainbow and sky for the background with watercolor pencils from Caran D'Ache which are so pretty especially when you add the water on top. I feel that I can control the color a little more with watercolor pencils.  I had drawn some clouds and I did not like how they came out but remembered that I had some small cloud dies from Stamp AnnieThing so I used those
and distressed them a little on the edges.

I'm a little uncomfortable making CAS cards but I think this one came out alright... just the planning took me a little longer than I had hoped for.

Mama Elephant

Mama Elephant: Big News and Mama Elephant: Stackable Cuties

 I dimmed the lights so you can see

the shimmer on the wings and on the unicorn

and I even added a few little sparkling stars

around the unicorn and sky

Here is how the colors look with the light. 

 I added a little bit of embossing powder to the 

sentiment just to give it a little sparkle.

Here is how I started, lightly colored 

then added water in a controlled fashion 

with a small watercolor brush. 

Copic markers:

RV000, Y00, G00, BG10, BV0000, C3 and C1

Caran D'Ache Supracolor II Soft:

080, 060, 010, 210, 140, 120, 110, 005 and 171

Don't forget today is the last day if

you want to get the Sweet November MERMAY Bundle

of course you can buy them individually and I believe

they are here until Friday 5/24

Mermay Vault Release bundle

Shimmer Redkelp and Otto

Bubbles Lostlagoon and Palu

Tidepool and Seamoor

Thank you for so much for visiting.

Katya Bess

KKS Guest: Happiness is Reading

Welcome to another fabulous Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge!

Are you ready for some krafty fun??

We've got a super easy theme for you this week and we hope you can play along!

This week our challenge to you is to make

.....a ONE LAYER CARD!

Now this may be a big challenge for some of you who love lots of layers!! Haha! Use any one of our stamps and try really hard to limit yourself to ONE LAYER! How fun is that??

Submit your design for your chance to WIN! You have until Friday, March 9th to enter this challenge! Keep in mind, all entries are welcome but you must use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp in order to win.

Each Saturday we post a new challenge and you can enter as many times as you like!!! And each submission during the month will enter you into the monthly prize which will be....

a $40 gift voucher to spend in the krafty shop!!! 

What do you think? Worth playin' for? ;)

We've also got a fun sketch for your inspiration for March! You don't have to use it but if you need a little extra kickstart in your mojo, feel free to use it any time!

Be sure to hop on over to the Krafty Shop this weekend because our FRUGAL FRIDAY SPECIALS are up with FOUR of our amazing stamp sets on 40% OFF! Plus we've got a bunch of fabby sets back in stock and some of them will not be restocked!

ALSO the Krafty Vault has been OPENED! We have rereleased a retired stamp set and you can NOW get it in unmounted red rubber! GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN is back in the shop for a limited time so if it's on your krafty wishlist, add it to your cart this weekend!

Can't wait to see your krafty kreations!! Happy stampin'!

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Hey Everyone!

I'm delighted to say that for the month of March I will be guest designing for Kraftin' Kimmie!  Yay!

For my first card, in honor of Dr. Seuss Day, I decided to color up a cute little stamp called Happiness Is Reading. I love the cute little images Cheryl Grant creates for Kraftin' Kimmie so my collection is slowly but surely getting bigger. While we were at Bible Club and since it's not at our own school, I stay with them but tucked in a little corner and sometimes I take a little nap but usually I spend my time coloring. This time I decided to pull out my Prismacolor Pencils again.

 t has been raining a lot but the sun decided to come out for a bit so I decided to take another shot with some natural light. 

Here is a close-up.

My Prismacolor Recipe is:

PC947, PC945, PC997, PC1013, PC929, PC140

PC908, PC909, PC913

PC925, PC924, PC923

PC915, PC942, PC917

PC903, PC208

PC1102, PC933, PC208

PC935, PC1099, PC1058, PC1060, PC938

Distress Ink:

Vintage Photo

I hoped you liked my card and hope that you can enter the Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge at:

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge: One Layer Card

Thank you for visiting!

Katya Bess

Entering this card to:

http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/2018/03/challenge-420-one-layer-card.html

create a one layer card

Latte Birthday Wishes

Hello Everyone!

I'm latte! I'm latte! I'm latte for a very important date.... LOL  Today I have a coffee themed birthday card for you... it's a little belated birthday card. I'm thinking I need to make more of these (when I get time) with different skin tones and different hair colors and just have them ready for when I forget a birthday or just cause I'm busy. ha! I found this coffee themed 12x12 paper at Michael's and I had a few coffee cards for friends and teachers in mind but I love how clean and simple this one looks.

I colored her up with Copic markers

some of the colors I used are:

BV000, E55, E53, E51, E50 E21, R21, R20 and R30

for the clothing G07, G46 and G94 also N6, N4 and N2

The dotted circle die is from My Creative Time 

as well at the new sentiment.  To make the black outer layer 

I just traced around the die and cut with scissors.

the design coffee paper is from Recollections (found at Michaels)

and the base cardstock are from Michael's as well only the black

cardstock is the 110 lb paper I love to use for bases and the

white is 65 lb I like to use for simple layering. 

I was going to go for an otter bounds image and circle so I had cut out the face

and the latte/coffee but the head ended fitting inside the circle because

I didn't align it right LOL    so the only thing that is outer bounds is the 

latte/coffee but it ends out working out because the person receiving it doesn't

wear skirts or dresses and now it just looks like a trench coat which she does wear

sometimes. LOL   

Anyway, I hope you liked my card.

Have a wonderful day. 

Katya Bess

Stamp AnnieThing Preview Day #1 Brooke

Hi and welcome to Day #1 of 

Stamp Anniething's November release!  

We got some really fun new Chibi Kids to share with you today!

Brooke is available in the store FRIDAY along with the other 2 stamps we show you  this week!!

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Here is the card I created with Brooke she is looks

so sweet holding her giant candy cane so I had

to use the Christmas paper from Doodlebug Design

that has all of that sweet candy and kept the 

card pretty simple. 

I colored her with Copic markers. 

I used blends of

R39, R29 and R24

G05, G06 and G85

Y08 and Y13

As you can see I kept it very simple but she still pops

against the busy candy background IMO.

Here is a close up of the coloring.

I ended up fixing her eye lights with Copic White after I 

photographed it... I might come back to show how it looks

my Uni-ball angelic white is not being my friend lately. LOL 

I hope you enjoyed our November release!

All the new stamps are available NOW in the store!

 Have a great day!

Thank you for visiting.

Katya Bess

Stamp AnnieThing September Theme Week

It's time for another Theme Week!

Black and White with a Burst of COLOR

We would love for you to participate with us in our THEME WEEK and it's quite easy to do so!  Simply create a project using ANY Stamp Anniething product (as your main focal point) in the set "theme" for that month. Post your project to the corresponding album over at our Face Book Group page (Stamp Anniething Stampers)! You may enter as many projects as you wish, but you will only be counted as ONE entry person.  A minimum of 5 people (not including DT Members) is needed in order for a prize to be given.

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So here we go for September's Theme Week!

Make ANY project that is Black and White with a burst of color!

For my card I used Annie - Such a Beauty
and I drew on her calavera face for a 
Dia de los Muertos theme and of course
I chose red as the main pop color and a tiny bit
of yellow accents. 

I used:

C0, C1, C3, C5, C7 and C9

R24, R35, R46 and R59

and Y17

The letters I just hand wrote with a Paper Mate felt pen.

Here is a close up of her red dress and her Calavera face. 

I hope you will play along with us in our Monthly Theme Week! You can see and post all your projects in our Facebook Group HERE

Thank you for visiting.

Katya Bess

Stamp AnnieThing June Release Day #1: Brittney

Hi and welcome to Day #1 of 

Stamp Anniething's June release!  

I love animals and my furbabies.... so this release is homage to PETS!

Remember Brittney? She's back with her feline companion!

Brittney will be available in the store Friday along with the other 2 stamps we show  you  this week!!

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Here is my CAS card using Brittney and her little kitty.

I love kittens and love coloring long hair 

so this image was so much fun to color. 

This image is so adorable by itself I didn't want to put too many details

but one thing I did add was a ball of yarn for the kitty cat. 

I just made the ball of yarn myself and glued it with hot glue...

I wanted the kitty to look like it's playing with the yarn so I used

my X-acto knife to carefully cut the paws to make it look like

its grabbing on to the yarn but I used glossy accents and a fine

applicator tip to glue the rest of it down.

Here is a close-up.

Some of the Copic colors I used were:

B93, B91, R20, Y23, and Y21

BV31, E0000, E000, E01, E21, R20 and R30

 RV02. RV11 and R81

W7, W5, W3 and W0

The die is from Craftin Desert Divas Fancy Frame Dies

I hope you like it and I hope you come back for 

days 2 and 3. :)

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Thank you for joining us for our June Release

 and have a great day!

Katya Bess

Entering card at:

http://showusyourpussies.blogspot.gr/2016/05/show-us-your-pussies-cats-challenges-6.html

Show us your pussies cat challenges / Furry friends

http://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/feel-love-blog-hop.html

Feel The Love Blog Hop

SAT May Release Day 3 Holly Dreams

Hi and welcome to Day #3 of 

Stamp Anniething's May release!  

This month is all about being a girl and hanging with the girls, its also about pampering yourself a bit too!

Meet our newest stamp,

Holly, Sweet Dreams

Holly is available in the store NOW along with the other 2 stamps we show  you  this week!!

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Here is the project I made!

I first colored my image with Copic markers on 

100 lb Spectrum Noir Ultra Smooth Premium White Cardstock.

The hair is W9, W7 and W5

I experimented with the skin this time

I used E53, E11, E13, R21 and R30

I wanted to give her a light African American skin tone.

Next I stamped another Holly on 

Inkadinkado Stamping Mask Paper -fussy cut it

and place on top of my colored Holly

Then pretty much rub on some mini distress ink pads at random

but I chose sort of bright colors and try to blend at the edges.

After that I blended some black distress ink on the edges 

and very little in between the bright colors.

When I was satisfied with the night sky background

I removed the masking paper and colored up the edges

by coloring with W9 Copic marker

not too much clean up to do but there were

a few very white spots.

I then added the sentiment that comes with this stamp

which I die cut with one of 

My Creative Time dies

and added finishing touch by adding stars

with a white Sakura Gellyroll.

That's pretty much it. 

I kept this card simple like my previous cards

just adding some color to the background

with either a patterned paper or 

adding distress ink. 

Thanks for joining us for our May Release

 and have a great day!

Remember today is release day. Woot Woot!

Thank you for visiting,

Katya Bess

SAT May Release Day 2 Lucille Relax & Enjoy

Hi and welcome to Day #2 of 

Stamp Anniething's May release!  

This month is all about being a girl and hanging with the girls, its also about pampering yourself a bit too!

Meet our newest stamp,

Lucille, Relax & Enjoy

Lucille will be available in the store Friday along with the other 2 stamps we show  you  this week!!

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Here is the project I made!

I loved coloring Lucille I think it's the

cute little curly hair or that it brings

me memories of going to a spa. 

I colored her with Copic markers

E0000, E000, E21, R20, R30, BV01

The robe and the head towel were colored with 

different grays and greens in dots.

The paper is from an old DCWV stack I believe

since I don't have the cover anymore but

long ago I used to only buy that brand. Ha!

I made my card Clean and Simple

which is a little bit hard for me and

I would have fancied up my card more but

I imagine some spas would have lovely flowers

or decor the spa I have been going to 

for almost 7 years now... I don't recall seeing 

flowery wall paper in the rooms but that's because

I usually go in to get muddy. LOL  

 We start with super hot Mud bath which

is so relaxing on the body and nice the skin but you have to keep

drinking some cool lemon and cucumber infused

water to keep cool... While on the mud the attendant usually 

paints on some green clay mask on our faces

then you shower off that mud

and get into a jacuzzi with natural hot springs water... 

from there we either get a full body massage

or just get a blanket wrap to some soothing music.

I would rather not skip the full body massage though- that is the best. 

Aaaaaah so relaxing... I so want to go now

especially since I've been dealing with this

Sinus Infection or I don't know what it is... 

Actually for a moment there while visualizing being a 

Golden Haven I didn't feel like my head and face 

was going to explode...

Need to go back there very soon. LOL  

Maybe one day I will do the over night thing

but for some weird reason I start missing my kids

who on a normal basis drive me nuts. LOL   jk 

Anyway, if you are in the Calistoga, Napa Valley area 

I so recommend this place to enjoy and relax.

Golden Haven Hot Springs Spa and Resort

Thanks for joining us for our May Release

 and have a great day!

Thank you for visiting

Katya Bess

I Pikachoose You to be My Valentine

Hello Crafty Friends!

Happy Valentine's Day!

I hope all is well and you're having a lovely day. Today I am sharing a card using Lorraine - Hello. I colored Lorraine  as Misty from the show Pokémon. My kids love Pokémon and all of their characters, they collect and trade cards, and sing the song all day long. LOL    So for Valentine's Day at school I made their Valentine's goodie bags with instead of Pokéballs into a Pokéhearts and included snacks. For Jade since she loves getting cards I made her one with the Pokémon theme.

Misty is a Pokémon trainer, she has very bright orangey hair, green eyes,

she wears a yellow crop top,

with short-shorts, red suspenders

what appears to be Converse shoes so I drew some laces...

Don't look too closely though....

I randomly drew some "Pokéhearts" with my Copic multiliner

and colored them in like Pokéballs. haha

I wrote out "I Pikachoose You!" as sentiment as a play with words

of "Pikachu" the main character (I think.)

here is a close-up. I had to color her again because for some reason

my Copic multi-liner bled and the back got picked up by the

marker... I made have contaminated it with one of my Sakura pens. :(

but this one came out okay I just had to do the eyelid and eyelashes after I was done

coloring the face.

I hope you like it.

Happy Valentine's Day or Happy Friendship for some.

Thank you for stopping by,

Katya Bess

http://cleanandsimpleonsunday.blogspot.com/2016/02/challenge-76-valentine.html

CAS-  Challenge 76: Valentine

http://cagichallenge.blogspot.ca/2016/02/love-is-in-air.html
Love is in the air

http://craftingwhenwecanchallenges.blogspot.com/2016/02/challenge-112-add-hearts.html
Challenge #112: Add Hearts

http://glitternsparklechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/challenge-175.html

Challenge #175: Love is in the Air

Once Upon a Dream

Hi and welcome to Day #1 of Stamp Anniething's February release!  

If you love Princesses this release will be right up your alley!

Giselle is as pretty as a princess!  Check out her beautiful flowing gown and her curl locks of hair!  She is great for many occaision cards, party decorations/ invites and scrap book layouts!

Giselle will be available in the store Friday along with the other 2 stamps we will be showing  you  this week!!

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Here is my finished CAS card. 

I colored her as Princess Aurora and yes with a blue dress not a pink one. LOL   

I used Copic markers:

My interpretation of Strawberry Blonde 

Aurora's Dress

Her purply blue eyes before the eye lights.

Her skin and Whoops!!!

I misplaced one more maker for skin E0000

I loved coloring her so much. 

Hope you can get your little crafty hands on her so you can

have fun coloring her too.

Stamps will be available in the STORE Friday!

Thanks for joining us for our February Release

 and have a great day!

Thank you

Katya Bess

Wish Big Happy Kelly

Hi Everyone!

I'm showing Kelly, once again.

I love using Copic markers but I really wanted to show this image

colored in the "no lines style" but with my Prismacolor Pencils.

You can see the original card here:

http://www.kattyxotica.blogspot.com/2016/01/head-in-clouds.html

Kelly is part of AnnieThing's January 2016 release!

With Valentines Day next month, we showcased the cards with a "LOVE" theme.

Kelly is so adorable and was so fun to color especially the face and hair. & lt;3 :D

She comes with a sentiment that reads "happy" but since I didn't want to make a copy

of my last card I used another Stamp AnnieThing's sentiment from the Wish Big stamp set.

Since she has heart balloons, you can also make it a birthday card or whatever you wish

it doesn't have to be Valentine... I know I have a few friends who are Anti-Valentine

LOL  but NOT me I love it. (Hahaha)

Here is a close-up of her Cotton Candy colored hair.

(I tried with the transparent balloons... LOL  gotta work on that more.)

Gave her some cute blue jeans shorts, added grass and lightly

colored around the image to give her a background.

Kelly is be available in the store RIGHT NOW along with the

other 2 stamps we will showed  you  this week!

I hope you can grab a few and have fun coloring away. :)

Thanks for visiting. 

Have a happy day!

Katya Bess 

Head in the Clouds

sneak peek preview. :P

Hi and welcome to Day #3 of Stamp AnnieThing's January release!  

With Valentines Day next month, we are showcasing some SAT LOVE images!

Kelly

Kelly is back and she wants to spread some love! You can easily mask her to hold the double heart balloon to send some love!! 

Kelly is be available in the store RIGHT NOW 

along with the other 2 stamps we showed  you this week!!

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here is my completed card using

Kelly

I colored her up with Copic markers. 

I wanted to mainly work with blues and pinks so I gave her a cotton candy 

sort of hair color. I think the hair and the balloons came out pretty cool

but I feel that I may need to redo the face. Perhaps I will redo in a

different medium for you fine people. :D

Other than that I think it's okay and it was kind of simple to do with

My Creative Time dies called Stitched Cartoon Cloud Dies

The Recollections 110 lb cardstock is my fave for card bases

the light blue cardstock is 60 or 65 lb (I don't remember) but it's great for layering.

The clouds are with the 110 cardstock and some I even used the

Scotch mounting tape to pop them up (including Kelly and her balloons.)

That is it for now. 

Check out the AWESOME creations the Design Team made with Kelly at

http://stampanniething.blogspot.com

Don't forget to leave some love for them and

stamps are available in the STORE NOW!

Thanks for joining us for our January Release.

 Have a great day!

Katya Bess