Oh Darn Moment

Ever have one of those, "Oh, darn!" moments?  That's what happened to me with this card.  I was rocking along putting this card together when I made a rather big boo boo...my "Oh darn!" moment.  Rather than cutting a circle around the image, I cut an oval.  Oops!  Big brain cramp!  An oval just doesn't make sense here.  Now I could fussy cut her out entirely, but at the moment, I'm too lazy.  I suppose I'll put this card aside for a few days and see what I think and how I feel about it on Monday.  I'll post the card again if I make any changes.  Who knows, I may take her off the card and put her on an entirely new one.  I really like the image and the way I colored her and want to use her.  Btw, the image is Talullahbelle by Kraftin Kimmie Stamps.  I altered her a bit, by getting rid of the cones she had on her head.

 
Have a fabulous weekend!

Vivienne the Vixen

This gorgeous paper has been in my stash for what seems like ages (back to my early scrapbooking days), but I never found the right project for it.  It was so colorful and the pattern was soooo busy; how was I ever going to use it?  Then I saw Kraftin' Kimmie Vivienne.  Wow!  Talk about a match!  For those of you who know me, you know I'm a digi girl at heart, but sometimes you have to do what you have to do.  I physically stamped an image!  And I'm so glad that I did, because Vivienne allowed me to use this wild paper and love it.

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge 148

When I saw Lana, from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, I knew I had to have this stamp.  Funny thing was the song "Santa Baby" immediately began playing in my head.  So, why fight it?  Adding a little holly to Lana's hair, she became the sultry Christmas vixen singing "Santa Baby".  I added glittered flocking to her stole and some shimmer to the card knowing that the lady who asks Santa for all those Christmas goodies has to be surrounded by sparkles.  For the background paper, I typed up several lines of the song and printed them on cardstock.

Lucky me that the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge Blog issued number 148 as "Show Us Your Fave" this week.  Since I already have Lana colored, cut, and crafted (yes, I did just reference my blog title, hehe) I might as well play along. 

Fairy Isabelle

As I've mentioned previously, I have an affinity for Fairies, and Isabelle from Kraftin Kimmie is a gem!  Don't you just love her flowing dress?!  I'd like to have a cocktail dress made like that, only a touch longer.  It would be flattering to any number of body shapes and especially for those of us with curves.  With such a feminine dress, I had to choose soft colors, hence the pink, blue, and cream.  I cut her out before I bought a good pair of scissors (if you are going to cut out your designs or paper piece, please invest in a decent pair of scissors...trust me, it makes a HUGE difference) so I had to replace her antennae.  I cut the stems off the blue flowers and used them as the replacement.

Water, Water Everywhere!

The past several days, thanks to Tropical Storm Debby, have been wet, wet, wet!  Do not really like what I call a "wash out" day, but we needed the rain, and it did give me a great excuse to hunker down in my craft room.  Today's card was influenced by all that torrential rain.  This paper was part of an old Me & My Big Ideas pad (everyone say it with me..."honey, I'm using my stash"...okay, I promise no more teasing my very tolerant husband...at least for a few days, lol).  Cordelia by Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps seems to float among the reeds as I attached her with foam dots and cut out some extra reeds to place around her.  She does blend a little into the background, but maybe that's to keep her safe from predators.  Do mermaids have predators?  Hmmmm...