7 Kids Crafts: I love you in so many ways

Hello Crafty Friends!


Today I'm sharing a card made with two sets from the latest Penny Black Inc release, make sure to grab some of these cute stamps sets at 7 Kids Crafts Store while supplies last. For this somewhat simple card I used: Penny Black Inc: Take Me Away and Penny Black Inc: Love Language.

To color these cute bears that are floating away via balloons I first used a Spectrum Noirs as a base and then added shading details with color pencils. I wanted the teddy bears to sort of represent my hubby and I so I made one dark brown and one lighter brown.

Penny Black Inc: 

Take Me Away and Love Language

I used both Polychromos and Prismacolor pencils.

Polychromos: 

Burnt Umber, Caput Mortuum, Black, Burnt Ochre, Dark Red,

Fhuchsia, Rose Carmine, Cold Grey VI 

the sky was done lightly with Light Ultramarine

Prismacolor: 

Sienna Brown

Uni-ball Signo White Angelic

Although I stamped my sentiment with my Misti I did not realize that my ink was kind of dry and attempted to go over it several times but my image shifted and had to go over the font with a gel pen.

I hope you like the card even though I messed it up with how my sentiment came out. 

Don't forget to participate all month long with this new release.
Everyone who participates this month will get an exclusive Tot 
next month or you could possibly win all of next month's release as well.

Also, catch special sales or promotions going on at:

7 Kids Create! Facebook group

Thank you so much for visiting.

Katya Bess

7 Kids Crafts: Fauna Meadowdancer Artist Trading Coin

Hello Everyone!

Just wanted to share some of the details for the Artist Trading Coin I created on Facebook live at
7 Kids Customers Create! Facebook page you can check out this video here: Facebook Live Fauna Meadowdancer ATCoin This was my very first Facebook live but I wanted to do something to help celebrate 7 Kids Crafts' anniversary.

To start, I used is digital stamp Fauna Meadodancer by Sweet November Stamps. I reduced the size and cropped her so I can fit her into an Artist Trading Coin size which is a 2 and half inch circle. In this case for the 2 and half inch circle I used a punch from Recollections. The wings I used were from a clear stamp set called Fairy Mouse by Pink Ink Designs - that set is no longer available in the shop but there are other sets from the same company available that have wings you can use, such as this one: BEE-utiful.

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Fauna Meadodancer by Sweet November Stamps 

Fairy Mouse by Pink Ink Designs

Polychromos:

Skin: White, Cold Grey VI, Warm Grey IV, Black, Dark Flesh or Rose Carmine

Eyes: White, Cadmium Yellow, Burnt Ochre, Burn Umber, 

(Copic mulitliner Black or Polychromos color pencil Black for the pupil)

Cadmium Yellow, Sakura Gelly Roll - White for catch lights or eyelights.

Lips: Madder and White 

Flower/Leaf: Permanent Green, Cadmium Yellow, Dark Cadmium Yellow and White

Wings: White, Dark Flesh, Light Cobalt Turquoise, DecoArt Galaxy Glitter (glue)

Hair: (I didn't keep track of my Spectrum Noir marker colors but I used a Red and a Dark Grey) 

White, Madder, Cadmium Yellow

Background: Cadmium Yellow, (Spectrum Noir marker a mid to dark green)

Hookers Green

Here is the full set of Artist Trading Coins.

Don't forget to join us at:

7 KIDS Customers Create! Facebook page

for exclusive stamps, freebies, games, live tutorials, 
Artist Trading Card/Coin Swaps,

and lots more fun! 

Thank you for stopping by. 

Katya Bess

7 Kids Crafts: The Fragrance of a Rose

Hello Everyone!

I hope you are all having so much fun as I am, with these gorgeous Summer Garden ladies Sweet November Stamps. You can find these sweet images at 7 Kids Crafts.

If you checked out the links above you would have noticed that there are several lovely Summer Garden lady fae in this collection as well as a lots of add-ons to fill in a background or foreground. 

Sweet November - Peony Fae

Sweet November - Rose Fae

Sweet November - Dahlia Fae

Sweet November - Gerbera Daisy Fae

A little bit on this card. I wanted to play with Rose Fae again only I wanted to give her some bright colors. Her eyes are already so mesmerizing but I wanted to give her some blue eyes and blonde hair. She has a beautiful red rose as a crown and a bud growing out of her hand. I meant to draw a long stem but I got carried away with coloring her dress and now the bud looks like it's growing out of her hand, but I suppose it still works.  

Sweet November - Rose Fae

Sweet November - Rose and Gerbera Daisy Background Set

The sentiment is from Create With TLC

Here you can see the shimmer- Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen

Don't forget to join us at:

7 KIDS Customers Create! Facebook page

for exclusive stamps, freebies, games, live tutorials

and lots more fun! 

Thank you so much for stopping by,

Katya Bess

7 Kids Crafts: You've been in my thoughts

Hello Crafty Friends,

Welcome to the Summer Garden by release Sweet November Stamps over at 7 Kids Crafts. The design team has some really beautiful cards to share and I really enjoyed coloring this month's release. Because these images have many details I really wanted to use my colored pencils to give them justice. I am sure that anyone can color them beautifully with markers or other mediums but for my ability I wanted to use pencils. I get a little more control using colored, plus I hadn't used mine in a while. I wanted to use only Polychromos pencils but I didn't realize that I grabbed a couple of Prismacolor pencils as well.... shows my organization heehee but I did like the colors when I laid them down on Kraft Cardstock..

August 1st and 2nd there will be a Sweet November Summer Garden Bundle Deal Just click the link for the special price.

If you checked out the link you'll notice that there are several lovely Summer Garden lady fae in this collection.

Sweet November - Peony Fae

Sweet November - Rose Fae

Sweet November - Dahlia Fae

Sweet November - Gerbera Daisy Fae

Here is an excerpt of Sweet November - Gerbera Daisy Fae:

Next along the garden path the happy Gerbera Daisy Fae welcomes all with a cheery disposition that matches the flowers she so loves. There is a happiness in this corner of the garden that is completely irresistible. One can't help but smile as you watch the daisies sway and dance atop their long stems and Gerbera Daisy dancing right along with them.

To create my card I use 4 different sets listed below: 

Sweet November - Gerbera Daisy Fae

Sweet November - Rose and Gerbera Daisy Background Set

Sweet November ToadStool Background set

Sweet November - Bud and Beezer

I used lots of colors to color my image. 

Polychromos  + a couple Prismacolor Pencils:

Ivory, Burnt Sienna, Walnut Brown, Dark Flesh, Light Flesh, Cinnamon, Indian Red, Dark Chrome Yellow,  Black, Warm Grey IV, Warm Gray II, White, Chrome Oxide Green, Pale Sage (Prismacolor)

Kelly Green (Prismacolor), Limepeel (Prismacolor), Emerald Green, Hooker's Green,

Dark Cadmium Yellow, Dark Cadmium Orange, Deep Red, Dark Red, 

Don't forget to join us at:

7 KIDS Customers Create! Facebook page

for exclusive stamps, freebies, games, live tutorials

and lots more fun! 

Thank you so much for stopping by,

Katya Bess

7 Kids Crafts: Day Dreaming

Hello Everyone!

I hope you are all having so much fun as I am, with these gorgeous Summer Garden ladies Sweet November Stamps. You can find these sweet images at 7 Kids Crafts.

August 1st and 2nd there will be a Sweet November Summer Garden Bundle Deal Just click the link for the special price.

If you checked out the link you'll notice that there are several lovely Summer Garden lady fae in this collection.

Sweet November - Peony Fae
Sweet November - Rose Fae
Sweet November - Dahlia Fae
Sweet November - Gerbera Daisy Fae

Plus lots more  add-ons

A little excerpt on Sweet November - Peony Fae:

"Finally we come to the beds of peonies at the end of the garden and resting among her blossoms is Peony Fae herself. This dreamy little Fae is a bit of a romantic and much like the frills and ruffles of the petals on her flowers she loves all things girly and pretty."

For this image I kept thinking she looked very dreamy and she had a vintage vibe going on so I wanted to color her in grey tone but with a pop of color. I used Polychromos on Kraft paper to color her up but I didn't press very hard or tried to burnish to keep the soft look.

I love the way Amy Young drew her with a big natural afro and her big Peony flower on her head looks like a very large fascinator, you know like the ladies from church wear.

I am using Sweet November - Peony Fae (cropped)

Here you can see some of the shimmer on her sleeves. 

I know it's a little hard to see the shimmer with my lighting. 

Polychromos:

White, Warm Grey II, Warm Grey IV, Black

Dark Flesh, Dark Cadmium Yellow, Chrome Oxide Green

Wow! That was probably one of my shortest complete color lists 

I have besides when I color sepia. LOL 

Distress Oxide:

Pumice Stone, Black Soot

Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen

Don't forget to join us at:

7 KIDS Customers Create! Facebook page

for exclusive stamps, freebies, games, live tutorials

and lots more fun! 

Thank you so much for stopping by,

Katya Bess

7 Kids Crafts: Bee Awesome!

Hello there Crafty Friends,

I hope you are having a wonderful day. Today I had so much fun creating a card with Sweet November - Poly Tadpole and the super versatile Pink Ink Designs - Bee-utiful clear stamp set. As soon as as I saw Poly Tadpole I had a few ideas in mind, one of those ideas was to give her wings. 

Oh yea, remember that it's Vault Week over at 7 Kids Crafts with 3 images by Sweet November digital stamps. Hit the "newest items" button and you'll get right to them and don't forget these vault images are out for just one week... so by this Saturday they go back in the vault.

Sweet November - Lily Tadpole
Sweet November - Tadpole
Sweet November - Phoebe Tadpole

Here's a little excerpt of Pixie Poly Tadpole's story:

"It's summer in Sweet November Land and while the mermaids are migrating off the coast we are going to hit the beach and meet some very special pixies who are always up for fun and exciting times when the weather starts to warm up. So grab a towel and slip on your flip flops 'cause we're heading down to the sandy shore where the Tadpole swim team are chillin'.

 

Pixie Polly is the fastest swimmer on the team and wins all the races that she enters... well, unless she challenges a mermaid, but even then it is close. And if she's not splashing in the waves Polly can be found catching a few rays on the beach sipping her favorite strawberry lemonade. She's simply a spunky little gal who is always looking for the next good time."

Okay here's my card:

Sweet November - Poly Tadpole

Pink Ink Designs - Bee-utiful

Here is part of my process in photos:

I hope you can see the sparkle better. 

Copic colors used:

E0000, E00, E21, E13, R21, R30

E79, E29, Y21, Y32, E57, T8

T8, T6, T4

Y18, Y21, E31

Y23, E30, Y21, E70, E71

Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle on the veins of the wings

and on the tiny little bee, in between the Bee Awesome sentiment. 

Uniball-Signo Sparkling Gold for parts of the honeycombs.

Distress Oxide:

Scattered Straw, Fossilized Amber, Brushed Corduroy

Brusho:

Light Brown and Gambogue

I painted fragments of the honeycombs with a little bit of Brusho.

I tried to control the Brusho by mixing a tiny bit of Light Brown (not really light by the way)

and some Gamboge on a separate piece of paper. I also didn't want to went the paper very much because it's not intended for water use. Some of the crystals have other colors so I noticed that some

looked more blue, more sienna or more red. Because of the variation in colors

I only used a very little amount with a small watercolor brush.

Don't forget to join us at:

7 KIDS Customers Create! Facebook page

for exclusive stamps, freebies, games, live tutorials

and lots more fun! 

Thank you so much for stopping by,

Katya Bess

I am this deep...

Hello Everyone!

I want to share a bookmark I created using a Fathom Calmsea a Sweet November vault image as well as Bobber (the nicest looking angler fish out there.) Since she is deep in the ocean I wanted to create a dark scene and light up or glowing in certain areas with stars and with the bioluminescent anglerfish. I created the sentiment myself that says, "I am this deep..." That is to represent the deep ocean waters but also to represent how deep someone gets in a book but only stop because your eyelids won't give in anymore. haha I used lots and lots of colors that I just play around with my desk has lots of markers all over it at the moment... I was really fun to create this bookmark that I just may make another one soon.

Sweet November Stamps: Fathom Calmsea

& 

Bobber also from Sweet November Stamps

I have this rainbow thread that I like to use for bookmarks and the Bead Landing 

star with pearl charm I purchased from Michael's.

I used Nuvo Dream Drops - Dragon Scales for Bobber and 

Nuvo Dream Drops - Fairy Wings for her peal belt.

You can't really see it on these photographs but I added lots 

of shimmer to the stars with Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen.

Here is the back

I was debating if I wanted to laminate this bookmark but
I wanted to show off the Nuvo Dream Drops and I'm not sure
if they would melt in the laminator. So I used 110 paper as a
sandwich between the color image and mermaid tail papers
from Echo park that I got from 7 Kids Crafts the paper is called
Echo Park: Mermaid Dreams. I used a tiny hole puncher
before gluing them together so I can add the little string through it.

I hope you can give this deep in the ocean look a try.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Katya Bess

For A Star Student

Hello Everyone!

Just wanted to share my completed card with the image I colored for Day 24 of the 30 Day Coloring Challenge. To make this card I used Taylor - Think Like A Proton. I created this card for my daughter Jade. I was inspired to use a different hair color copic combination when I saw Stephen's Facebook live video while coloring Cleopatra.

 Taylor - Think Like A Proton.

I colored her up with Copic Markers.

The Background is done with Distress Oxide. 

The Stars are from a Memory Box stencil called Stars Star Show

The tiny little stars are from one of the Grab and Box- I think it was the Star Wars one.

The letters are from a Tim Hotlz/Sizzix set I got on Clearance from 

7 Kids Crafts clearance section. 

Thank you for visiting

Katya Bess

I will be entering my card at:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.2676431445700614&type=3

Stars! (Must have some stars on the project)

7 Kids Crafts: But I'm a Mermaid

Hello Crafty Friends,

Here's just a short blog today showcasing: Sweet November: Minnow, Sweet November Ocean Background Builder #1 and Sweet November Ocean Background #2

For the sentiment I just created it myself by finding some random mermaid quote online. 

Sweet November: Minnow 

is the newest release for July 2019

Thank you very much for stopping by!

Katya Bess

7 Kids Crafts: You Blow My Mind

Hello Crafty Friends,


I hope you are having fun with all of the mermaids as much as I am coloring them up and mixing them up with their marine friends. The stamp I colored up today is Treasure Tempestwind and Eddy (instead of using Eddy I used Hootie from the Sweet November - Squishy and Hootie set
For the sentiment I was inspired by Hootie and being a blowfish I had this song stuck in my head ever since I first saw him. The song is called: "Outstanding" by The Gap Band. 
I just couldn't shake the idea every time I saw Hootie so I created a digi sentiment saying, "You blow my mind!" because she's so amazing to him... hehee even though in reality the blowing up for a puffer fish is actually a defense mechanism.

Keep in mind that if you want the 3 newest mermaid sets, they are only available until July 1st 2019

Treasure Tempestwind and Eddy (from the vault)

Sweet November - Squishy and Hootie set

Copic 

colors used:

E00, E11, E13, E25, R21, R20

E18, E15, E11

R22, R29, R89

B01, BG45

YG95, BG96

R05, R27, R22, R29, R89

Y08, Y15,  Y32, YR23, YR24

Then embellished with 

Nuvo

Crystal Drops - Metallic - Mustard Gold

for the gold belt chain, earring and hair brooch

Jewel Drops - Sea Breeze

for the bubbles

Crystal Drops - Gloss - Simply White

for more texture on Hootie 

Then I used 

Spectrum Noir Sparkle brush pen

for the scales, bra and some on the sand

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Katya Bess

7 Kids Crafts: Hello Gorjuss

Hello Crafty Friends,

This is my first time making a card with a Santoro Gorjuss girl stamp that Kelly sent me to work with, it's called Santoro - Gorjuss Girls Stamp - Summer Days. Actually, this month, Kelly at http://www.7kidscrafts.com/ is having a sale with the Docrafts Santoro Gorjuss Girls. It took me a little while to work on this image but it came alright in the end. I also tried out a new technique that I learned from Amy Young's at athousandsheetsofpaper.blogspot.com. The technique was the very first Walk Thru Wednesday theme on the 7 Kids Crafts Newsletter. This die overlay or "Eclipse Technique" is a pretty neat way to use words especially when you want to say a message but don't want the word to overshadow the image which is the focal point. I really loved trying that technique out and I think any person that loves handmade cards will especially appreciate.

On to my Gorjuss - Summer Days

I colored her up with Copic markers which Kelly has at the 7 Kids Crafts store

and one Spectrum Noir marker on Spectrum Noir Paper.

Ink to Stamp the image:

Memento Tuxedo Black

Copic colors used:

E000, E00, E11, R20, R30, R33

RV02, RV04, RV09

V06, V09, V12 

Y15, Y23, Y26

Y14

Y32, R26, Y28

T0, T1

Spectrum Noir:

TN2

The embossing enamel on the sand is from Stampendous! Aged Ivory

The Hello die is from The Greeting Farm

and the rectangle die is from My Creative Time

The A Happy Hello stamp on the envelope is from 

Gina K. Designs.

Here is some of the process photos I did to create this card.

Here I was trying to figure out a sentiment
and position, finally I picked a "hello" from The Greeting Farm

After cutting  down the card layer with the large
rectangle die, I then cut the hello word die.
Make sure to save all of your little negative space
or colored bits, you'll need them later.
(See photo below)

 I cut the "hello" die several times with white cardstock (all not shown)
then glued one down along with the little colored bits.

For more inspiration check out:

7 Kids Crafts' Instagram Page

#7kidscraftstore

#7kidscraftingsupplystore

and the

7 Kids Customers Create! Facebook Page

Thank you so much for stopping by

Katya Bess

Kraftin' Kimmie Guest: Glitter Challenge

Welcome to another fabulous Krafty 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's challenge is all about GLITTER!!!

Submit your glittery design for your chance to WIN! You have until Friday, April 6th 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! Some of these sets will NOT be restocked in the future so it may be your last chance to snap them up!

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

Here is what I created with Glitter!

I wanted to create a fun bookmark for my 10 year old daughter 

Jade Bess she also has a crafty blog http://writteninjade.blogspot.com/ :)

I used Rosie Fair as well as the sentiment that came with it. 

The little magical stars are actually from one of the new releases

Kick Ass Birthday  I used Distress Ink Broken China for the background sky

then I also stamped the stars with Distress Inks Broken China 

to give the background a magical look.

I used Copic Markers to color my image

Check out those glittery wings and stars!I love it! :D

For Glitter I used Spectrum Noir Sparkle Glitter Brush pens for the

wings and skirt. For the Stars I used Sakura Gellyroll Stardust Clear Pen. 
For the gold necklace, wraps on her wrists and waist I used a new
pen I recently found at Michael's and it's called Uni-Ball Impact Gold.
The gold pen pools a little so I used it sparingly and I manipulated it a
corner of a tiny scratch paper . 

Since it this is a book mart I wanted to make sure the glitter didn't rub off

so I used some Stampendous! Stampin' Stuff Embossing Powder: 

Star Dust Transparent and hit that with an embossing/heat gun I found at

Michael's. Oh yea, even the ribbon looks glittery because of it's iridescence.  

Here is how I embossed it since I didn't have yellow glitter paper. 

It's a cheater method... LOL 

Here's the link for the 

Glitter Challenge

at the Kraftin' Kimmie Blog

Thank you so much for visiting.

Katya Bess

March Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks Day 2

Welcome back to Day TWO of our March release of 2018

at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

In keeping with our birthday theme for this month,

we're introducing a super fun set by artist, Annie Rodrigue!

It's called BIRTHDAY BIANCA!!!

This lovely stamp set comes with one large main image and FOUR super sassy sentiments!!

All of the Krafty Krew design team members and Krafty Guests listed below have lots of great designs to share with you today featuring the BIRTHDAY BIANCA stamp set! Be sure to hop around and leave lots of love at each and every stop because one lucky commenter will WIN a $10 gift voucher to the krafty shop! Plus we're doing a GIVEAWAY of the ENTIRE release on the Krafty Friends facebook page! 

The winners will be announced at the party so don't miss it!

You'll get to see all the incredible creations for March as we share them each day this week! Be sure to join us at the LIVE Online Release Party on Saturday afternoon at 1pm EST! We'll be checking out ALL of the THREE new clear stamp sets, sharing fabulous creations, giving away prizes and having tons of krafty fun!

Happy hoppin'!

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Hey there! So here is my take on this Birthday Bianca. Isn't she just
so fabulous! Love this image!

I've been listening to Melanie Martinez music on iTunes but I was

inspired by her music video Pity Party.

I gave her the two-tone hair, the gap in her teeth, sat her on an antique couch similar to her video. LOL

I had so much fun creating this scene. Of course she isn't crying though. haha

I think I will do more coloring inspired by Melanie Martinez style.

Then I felt like there was too much of a white background so I colored in a wall color with 

Y23 and used Distress Ink to antique the edges.

Then I tried to do a wooden floor... I think I should have used guidelines or at least a ruler...
Either way I had loads of fun recreating a scene from a music video without the tears. LOL 

I hope you liked my card. 

Don't forget to hop on to see more inspiration from all of the Krafty Peeps on the inlinkz lineup. 

Thank you for visiting!

Katya Bess

Wild Wild West

Hi there!

Today I'm sharing a card I made with Savannah - Howdy Partner and a Magnolia background stamp called Golden Creek.

 I colored her with Copic markers except for one Spectrum Noir marker (TB1 for the sky)

For the hat, lasso and booths I used E51, E34 and E35

for the scarf R27, R35 and R46

for the jean outfit B91, B93, B95 and B45

I wanted to create a simple card to be used for any occasion so I left the 

sentiment out for now. 

The die is from My Creative Time

and the background paper is from Kaiser Kraft: Summer Breeze

Here is a close-up of the image.

Thank you for checking out my blog.

Katya Bess

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