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: Gingy have a holly jolly Christmas

Hello Crafty Friends!

Last week over at 7 Kids Crafts there was a vault release with sweet Gingy. There were 5 images in total.

For today's card I used Gingy with Popcorn by Sweet November Stamps. I colored him up with Polychromos pencils and I used both a soft and burnishing techniques depending on the area I was coloring. I used an older Hello Bluebird sentiment from the Typed Christmas sentiment set. I stamped the sentiment with VersaFine Clair: Nocturne.

I loved coloring and giving little Gingy a background setting for his little popcorn and holly berry garland. I started with some big pine tree needles to emphasize on Gingy's small stature. Then I sort of filled in the background with a big Christmas tree skirt. Then added a dark wood floor, white baseboard and a creamy yellow wall. To add some shine to the frosting and holly berries, I added glossy accents and let dry overnight before cropping down with the rectangle die by My Creative Time.

I hope you get a chance to play with theses cute little Gingys if you grabbed them

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

Summer/Beach Swap Card

Hello Everyone,

This card is for a swap buddy in Florida, so I wanted to create a beach scene using the image that was sent to us by Ann Kelly from Stamp AnnietThing.  I've done several cards with beach scenes before but the waves here were totally inspired by Amy Young's latest beach cards. My daughter has a similar hat but I actually took the color inspiration from multicolored hat I saw online. 

I used Copic markers to color entire image but I did add a little color pencil on the eyes to make her blue eyes stand out. I added uni-ball Signo Angelic to the eyes and to the foam details at the edge of the shore. At the end I drew in some flying birds (but don't look too closely... heehee) I chose this hair and skin color because I wanted the little chibi to sort of look like her. :D  

Thank you very much Ann for the free digi stamp and 

for having this little swap. 

Thanks you for stopping by,

Katya Bess

7 Kids Crafts: Hello from the Beach

Hello Everyone!


It's Vault Week over at 7 Kids Crafts with 3 images by Sweet November digital stamps. Hit the newest button and you'll get right to them and don't forget these vault images are out for just one week.

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

Here is some excerpt for Lily Tadpole: "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'.

Sure, little Lily loves to jump into the waves and splash around with all her pals but she may just love lounging on her beach towel even more. There's nothing more relaxing than sunning on that white sand with a good book and a friend or two to chat and gossip with. If you have the time to settle down next to her I promise that you will get an ear full of all the latest going-ons in Sweet November Land. Just be sure to borrow some of Lily's sunscreen so you don't get burned while hanging out. ;)"

Today I'm sharing the card I created with Sweet Pole - Lily Tadpole and a Make It Crafty Background rubber stamp is called The Beach. The "HELLO" writing on the sand drew/wrote in myself. I created a frame with two rectangle dies from My Creative Time. The paper is from Doodlebug called Sweet Summer still available at 7 Kids Crafts.

When I was done with the skin I put the image aside and put the markers away so I only
have the skin colors and the hair colors.

Copic Markers:

E0000, BV00, E00, E21, R11

W00

Polychromos:

Caput Mortuum

W5, W7, W9

Don't forget to add your Sweet November projects with last month's and this month's Sweet November digital stamps releases over at 7 Kids Customers Create! Facebook group

Thank you so much for stopping by

Katya Bess

LMMS: Things that go Bump!

Hello Everyone!

Hope you're having a nice weekend. New rubber stamps available for a limited time at Little Miss Muffet Stamps. The design team is sharing so many projects we made with these very cute stamps. This time it's with a carnival theme. You can purchase then individually or buy five and receive a sixth ONE FREE. Free Shipping on all US orders. The event starts on Monday March 25th and will end midnight, Central Daylight Time, on April 1st. (No joke!)


The Little Misses will be sharing fun inspiration on the Little Miss Muffet Facebook Group all week so come check out the fun!

Here is my second card with these super cute stamps.

Little Miss Muffet Stamps: Swings 'n Slides: Bump!

I colored this stamp with Polychromos pencils

and used Distress Oxide around the image

then added little stars with a Uni-ball Signo Angelic pen.

Polychromos:
Ivory, Burnt Sienna, Light Flesh, Medium Flesh, Burnt Flesh
Black, White,
Permanent Carmine, Deep Red
Permanent Green, Hookers Green
Cadmium Yellow, Light Yellow, Brown Ochre
Cold Grey VI, Warm Grey IV, Cold Grey III, Warm Grey III

I hope you are able to get your hot little hands on these

and get to play and share your creations with us at

Little Miss Muffet Stamps & Inspiration (Facebook page)

Thank you for visiting. 

Katya Bess

LMMS: Chrissie Let It Snow

Hello Crafty Friends!

I hope you've been having a lovely day/evening. It's almost that time again... Christmas time and some of us (me actually) don't have enough Christmas cards created! Yikes! Every year I grab a new Christmas cardstock or paperpad because I think I'll be working on Christmas cards all year long and then I don't get to make as many as I want. Luckily it's still November and have a chance to make cards for a few family members, some teachers and some of my crafty friends- I hope!

On to my card....

I started with a rubber stamp Polka Dot Pals Chrissie from
Little Miss Muffet Stamps and I also used Polka Dot Pals Add-on Faces clear stamp set
I had lots of fun coloring her up on Kraft colored cardstock- to me it gives her
a slight vintage look.
I colored her up with Copic markers and then went in with a few stores of
Polychromos colored pencils.

Some of the Copic colors I used were 

B32

R17, R46, R59

Y15, Y35, Y23, Y26, Y28, 

W9, W7, W5

YG63, G94

W3, W1

then I laid a little color pencil on top for lighting

Uni-ball Signo White Angelic for the snow and eye lights. 

For the colored layered background I used a die from

My Creative Time and the die for Let It Snow sentiment

is a die from Our Daily Bread Designs.

Here's a close-up

I really enjoyed making this card. 

I think I will make more in different colors- at least to practice.

I've been playing along with 

#thedailymarker30day coloring challenge and really enjoying it

especially with this card- I finished all of the coloring in one day.

Don't forget that there are Anything Goes challenges over at

http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com/

There's also a sale going on at the shop various stamps

http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com/

Thank you for stopping by,

Katya Bess

Entering card at:

https://creativecraftcottage.blogspot.com/2018/11/challenge-113-christmas-is-coming.html

Christmas Is Coming (#143)

LMMS: Polka Dot Pals Febiana

Hello Everyone!

I hope you're having a lovely day. Today I am showcasing a card using Polka Dot Pals Febiana, one of the newest digital stamps from Little Miss Muffet Stamps shop. I also, used one of the faces from Polka Dot Pals Add-on Faces set.

Here is what I've created for this Inspirational Thursday. I had so much fun coloring Polka Dot Pals Febiana I colored Polka Dot Pals Febiana as my interpretation for Storm from X-Men. Storm is very powerful and a leader among her mutant and human peers. Because she is so powerful I decided to add that hashtag #girlpower instead of leaving the card without a sentiment.

Copic colors: 

E13, E17, E27, E29, R35

Y23, Y26, Y28, R30, R46, R39

C9, C7, C5

C3, C1

Copic Multi-liner Black

Prismacolor: 

PC PC1063 and PC938

I colored her up with Copic Markers and to add a few gold details I used the Uni-ball Impact Gold, as well as a little bit of Prismacolor to give her some hair strands to her white hair. For her eyes, I colored over the pupils and added Glossy Accents over the entire iris.

For the background I used Distress Ink Weathered Wood from the center and up, then Evergreen Bough to represent an ocean or large body of water. When I was satisfied with covered I went in with Black Soot on the side edges and the top. 

When I was done adding color to the background, I drew tiny lines with my Uni-ball Signo Angelic white pen going in one direction to represent rain.

 Then I mapped out where I wanted to add lighting bolts from where she is lifted in the air. 

The lightning bolts were too light so I used a white Prismacolor to make them stand out a little more- not quite as white as I had hoped but it was good enough. 

It was a pretty simple card to make, the only thing that took me longer was the coloring because I was experimenting with other colors. 

I hope you are able to join in on the 

Anything Goes Challenge 

hosted at Little Miss Muffet Stamps Challenge Blog 

and also check out the other fabulous designs from the 

Design Team and Guest Designers.

Thank you for visiting,

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

LMMS: Vega Rise Above and Shine

Hello and welcome to another Inspirational Thursday over at Little Miss Muffet Challenge Blog

Today I'm showcasing a card I using Polka Dot Pals Vega

I used Kraft Cardstock and to start off I used

Copic markers. To brighten up the eyes, background,

star and skin I used a little Prismacolor over the Copic marker.

(Not a good idea to do it the other way around

if you want to keep a good Copic brush any. I Actually purchased a Prismacolor

colorless marker to blend/melt away Prismacolor Pencil wax but I hardly ever use it.)

It's a little hard to see but I added a little bit of Sakura GellyRoll Metallic Gold

to line the inside of the star that PDP Vega is holding. I then added some

Glossy Accents to the star to give it a 

little shine and emphasis to whomever looks at the card in person.

Another part I like to focus on especially with the 

Polka Dot Pal images is the big beautiful eyes. 

I used a White Prismacolor to color the sclera (aka whites of the eyes) 

then go in with the Black Prismacolor pencil to line and highlight

the eyes, eyelashes, and eyebrows. I used a little bit of PC 947

and a little more with PC 945 to define the her facial features such as:

jaw line, chin, sides of cheekbones, hairline, temples, eye crease, sides of nose

and a little for shadowing the ears, hands and legs.
When I was done coloring her face I went in with
Uni-Ball Signo Angelic White pen for the eyelights.

For the background I used Distress Inks:

Evergreen Bough and Black Soot

then I used a PC1011 PDP Vega to illuminate the area around her.

Then I added little stars all around with my Uni-Ball Signo Angelic White pen
when I was done just for a little more interest.

The clear stamp sentiment and square die is from My Creative Time.

The scalloped die is from Craftin' Dessert Divas

Remember to link up your cards or projects over at

http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com/

The challenges are ALWAYS Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting. 

Katya Bess

LMMS: Kaari butterfly

Hello there!

I'm back with another Inspiration Thursday card for Little Miss Muffet Stamps. Today I had a little fun working with Polka Dot Pals Kaari digi stamp plus a Polka Dot Pals Add-on Faces clear stamp and The Corner Park Background. The I had started coloring some of the Polka Dot Pals Kaari image for Kathy Racoosin's 30 Day Marker challenge and I finally finished coloring it. When Barbara, artist and owner of Little Miss Muffet Stamps posted the The Corner Park Background, I was inspired to color and add PDP Kaari to create a scene. I was undecided on the sentiment so for now.

I used Copic markers to color her up.

For the eyes and wing details I used a

Uni-ball Signo Angelic White pen as well as a Yellow Sakura Gelly Roll.

and I was inspired by the colors of a Monarch butterfly.

Another reason I was inspired is because someone I know

is moving; not very far away but she rented the same home for 

close to 30 years... sometimes even though we may not want to 

change is necessary. The situation is very sad and frustrating at the same time.

She will have to downsize immensely, travel further for work

 and leave or give away most of her precious plants. 

For that and many other reasons I wanted to make her a card to cheer her up 

during this difficult transition. 

I specifically chose these images: because of the butterfly and the outdoor scene .

Close-Up

Please make sure to link up at: 

http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com

as always the challenges are ANYTHING GOES

Thank you very  much for visiting. 

Katya Bess

March Kraftin' Kimmie Release Day Hop

Woohoo! It's here! It's here!!

Today we are celebrating the 

amazing release of ALL of our 

NEW March Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!!!

ALL THREE new sets will be available this afternoon 

in the Krafty Shop!

So let's have a big happy hop around the design team blogs and check them all out in action! Grab a nice hot beverage, sit back and relax while you hop around and enjoy all the amazing creations!!

First up is

KICK ASSY BIRTHDAY!

....then BIRTHDAY BIANCA!

and lastly....NINO-MITE PALS!

ALL the new sets will be available individually BUT if you HAVE to have it ALL, we also have our March Gimme Kimmies Kit which includes all THREE of the new sets together and at a discount! But only for a limited time and while supplies last!

Happy hoppin' and happy shoppin'!

_____________________________________________________________________________________

Happy Sunday Everyone!

 I hope you've enjoyedall of the fabulous cards everyone had created for the 

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp Sneak Peeks.

Thank you very much Kim Reid the KKS Guest DT package and  for letting me join in this month. 

I had loads of fun creating all of the cards for the hop/

Here I'm using Birthday Bianca again because I just love this image! :P

I colored Birthday Bianca with Copic Markers,
The sentiments are from the same Birthday Bianca set
and the design paper is from Doodlebug Design.

Here's a close-up

Copic Recipe:
E50, E51, R20, R30, E04, E11
E23, E37, Copic Multiliner Black, Uni-Ball Signo White Angelic
Y08, Y19, Y26, Y28
V04, V06, V05, V06, V09
RV06, RV17, RV09
BG02, BG05, BG07
YG06, YG07, YG17
YR04. YR07, YR09

Distress Ink:
Spun Sugar and a tad big of Gathered Twigs
but then I filled/blended it in with Copic E42 and E43
Dies are from:
My Creative Time and from CC Design

Thank you so much for visiting. 
Don't forget to check out all of the fabulous
Kreations (links below)

~Katya Bess

LMMS: Polka Dot Pal Temoc Cheer!

Good morning Everyone!

Welcome back to another Inspiration Thursday! A new challenge starts over at Little Miss Muffet Stamp Challenges. For the next 14th days you can link your creations to the inlinkz list for a chance to win a $10.00 gift voucher to the Little Miss Muffet Stamp Shop.

Little Miss Muffet Stamps is also holding a Guest Design Team Call for a 6 month term. Just click here for the Guest Designer requirements. Deadline is March 17, 2018.

For today's card I used digi Polka Dot Pal Temoc and combined it with one of the clear stamps from Polka Dot Pals Add-On Faces.

I colored up Polka Dot Pal Temoc with the Golden State Warriors (formerly known as The Oakland Warriors.) Is it bad that I don't know if it's basketball season... Is it? But if it is... Go Warriors!!! LOL I know that it's not football season anymore though. haha I was thinking I should color her as an Oakland Raiderette but maybe next time I use PDP Temoc I will. heehee Some of my friends

might want me to color up a Goldrush Cheerleader. :P

Copic Recipe:

E0000, E000, E21, E11, R21, R30,

E23, E25 +(Uni-ball Signo Angelic)

C9, W7, W5,

B28, B16,

Y19, Y26,

N0, N2

Distress Ink:

Black Soot

Design paper is from Doodlebug Design 

and the rectangle card die is from My Creative Time.

Don't forget to link up your card for the Anything Goes Challenges over at http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com

Thank you for visiting. 

Katya Bess

LMMS Estrella hugs

Hello Everyone!

I hope you're having a fabulous day! Today I want to share an inspiration card that I created for Little Miss Muffet Stamps. I created this card in honor of African American History month and for the American Heart Awareness Month as well. I hope that you're able to find some inspiration with this card, I have listed the Copic Colors I used below.

The digital stamp from Little Miss Muffet Stamp is called 

Polka Dot Pals Estrella

and

Polka Dot Pal Add-on Faces

Here is a little close-up of the image. 

Here is my Copic marker recipe:

E11, E55 and R30 

E99, E33, Muilti-liner Sepia 0.1 and Uni-Ball Signo Angelic

dress: BG32, BG34, BG23

RV11, RV32, RV34 and E04

bear: RV34, R30, E70 and E43

for the hair I used C9, W7 and W5

Spellbinder's Nestabilities dies

Elegant Ovals and the other one is a basic Oval

that I don't remember the name. 

The flowers I purchased from Jamie's Not2ShabbyShop

The paper is from Tiny Tatty Teddy Girl 6x6 Paper pack

 The sentiment also came from the same paper pack.

I home you like this card and hope that you 

got some inspiration from it.

Don't forget to check out the talented ladies over at

http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com

and make sure to join in on the challenges

Thank you for stopping by.

Katya Bess

LMMS: PDP Kyree Ice Cream Shop

Hi Crafty Friends!

Hope you're having a very blessed day. I'm excited to show you a Little Miss Muffet DT card I created with a super sweet image called Polka Dot Pals Kyree and Flavors of the Month Sentiment from http://www.littlemissmuffetstamps.com/ The digis is currently on sale for $1.00 as well as a some other sweet images- you gotta go check them out for yourself.

I had a fun time coloring Polka Dot Pals Kyree, I also stamped a face from Polka Dot Pals Add-on Faces. I ran out of printer ink right after a test printing on a Kraft cardstock since I planned to some Copic Coloring. I have some ink now but I ended up coloring on that Kraft cardstock and it's a little challenging since the colors show up different than on a white piece of paper. I never throw away stamped paper- there is always a way I can use my stamps even if it's not the paper I intended to use- I can always work on it another time. The good thing is that it gave me an idea (Ding! Lightbulb above my head LOL)  I attempted for it look like one of those vintage Polaroid pictures. I have some pictures from the 1980's that have a certain look to them that I gathered inspiration from.

Polka Dot Pals Kyree

Flavors of the Month Sentiment

Polka Dot Pals Add-on Faces

Copic markers I used:

E000, E13, E11, R22, R21, R30

E23, Y32, E71, E27, Y19, Copic Multi-liner Sepia, White Uni-ball Signo Angelic, 

Y35, E35

E35, E15, E79, Copic Multi-liner Sepia, RV21, RV14, R29, E41, Prismacolor White

BG49, BG15, BG13, BG34, Y35, YR14 and YR16

Prismacolors used

White and Black

Distress Inks Used:

Evergreen Bough

Vintage Photo

Here's a better look at the coloring.

Here is a little snippet of my creative mess. LOL

I was happy just to finish the polaroid picture but I really need to create more cards 

to have on hand for friends, teachers or people appreciate. 

Polka Dot Pals Kyree looks super happy with her massive ice cream cone

and the background sentiment made me think of an ice cream shop.

It's never too cold (even in winter) to eat ice cream, especially if it's indoors. LOL

I sketched in some lines to make a black and white checkered floor.

I could have done the black tiles with a copic marker but I wanted it to have the same

texture or look... I hope I'm explaining my self correctly. I just used Prismacolors

black and white and I colored lightly and maybe adding a little more coloring around the

edges of some of the tiles. After I glued my image on some colored cardstock

I finished it off with some Fun Tickets stamps and dies from 

My Creative Time and attached them with a little brad from BoBunny Isabella collection.

I hope you liked my card.

Make sure to check out the other very talented ladies at

http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com/

the challenges are always ANYTHING GOES

Also don't forget for the mega discount on some of these

super sweet images at

http://www.littlemissmuffetstamps.com/ 

Thank you for stopping by.

Katya Bess

Entering card at:

http://asyoulikeitchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/anything-goes.html

Anything Goes (show us your style)

http://ttcrd.blogspot.ca/2018/01/ttcrd-challenge-for-week-of-january-9th.html

Anything Goes

http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.co.id/2018/01/challenge-170-anything-goes.html
Anything Goes

http://inspirationdestinationchallengeblog.blogspot.com.br/2018/01/141-ag-kinda-cute-by-patricia.html
Anything Goes

http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/2018/01/challenge-358-anything-goes.html
Anything Goes