Kennedy Grace Creations Early Easter card

Using Kennedy Grace Creations Grace's Little Note, I made this early Easter Card. The flowers were a perfect to accent the cute bunny. I used Prisma Color Pencils to color and really enjoyed it.
Have a wonderful weekend.
  Did you see that adorable sequins with the flowers and seed beads?!! Those are some of my favorites and called Sweet Baby Mine Sequins.
We might have just finished Valentines, but I'm wanting to start celebrating so am doing this Easter one, because that's how I roll!! On with the new!!
Supplies: Authentique Papers; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Fiskars 12 inch trimmer, MISTI, Blue cardstock.
Have a great weekend,

                            Head over to the Kennedy Grace Creations blog to see my post there.

Cherish Valentines Card

With Valentines Day upon us, let's get started this February with a mood board to get our mojo on!! Especially with the winter blues, we need to celebrate this month of love and you are going to love these colors. 

Here is my card featuring the Kennedy 

Grace Creations Beautiful Bloom-Rose and Candy Cane Sequins.

Supplies: Kennedy Grace Creations Beautiful Bloom-Rose; KGC Sequins; Hero Arts Platinum embossing powder and Heat gun;

Various Copics, Spellbinders Chantilly Paper Lace die, Platinum 6 Die Cutting Machine, Paper Smooches Cherish die set; Authentique Design Papers; pink and black cardstock; The Funkie Junkie Boutique 3D Heart Diamond Cluster Sticker( they are out of the clear ones now).

February Mood Board

Cotton Candy Sequin Mix

Kennedy Grace Creations Blog

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes #303

Frilly and Funkie: All You Need Is Love #33

Birthday Blessing Card

 I am trying to get ahead on the many winter birthdays so am doing another this month but with a different stamp set. I just love the Vintage Tea cup!

Using the Kennedy Grace Creations Vintage Tea set, I stamped with VersaMark Ink on Black smooth cardstock. I then embossed with Ranger Liquid Platinum embossing powder. It almost looks gold but has a beautiful silver-gold color instead. It also is fine powder and embossed the tiny cursive letters perfectly!! Other tools I used were my EK Success Powder tool and Marvy Embossing Heat Tool. I then colored in the areas with my new Prismacolor pencils making sure as to sharpen each often to get into the tight and small places. I wanted a vibrant color and did a little bit of shading. Hope you enjoy the card today.
  The pattern papers matched up wonderfully and are Echo Park Party Time. Other supplies include: Doodlebug Designs trifold card, and pink cardstock

Challenges:
Double D Challenge Kitchen is the heart of the home: I used black to match the upper black wire basket and the pinks and yellows. I'm #133

Simon Says stamp Wednesday Challenge: Add a Sentiment #226
Craftyhazelnut's Pattern Paper: Jan2018 #275
CAS-ual Friday Challenge: CFC #191 -- More Coffee Please #20
Word Art Wednesday: #318-319: Anything Goes. #185
Coffee Lover's Blog Challenge: Cuppa Joe #12

Kennedy Grace Creations Happy Birthday Card

                                         

Here are the Kennedy Grace Creations challenge for the month of January. I selected the diagonal line: Die Cut, Rhinestones and Ribbon! The easy way for my creativity time during this season of the year, because I am making a birthday card for a close friend. I have so many friends birthdays coming up that I think I may continue to use this as a

jumping off point.

January's Challenge Tic Tac Toe

Time To Blossom

Other supplies I used are: Kennedy Grace Creations Beautiful Sweet Rose for the Happy Birthday sentiment; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; MISTI stamping tool; Copic Markers: RV02, RV13, RV04, C1, C3, C5, YG11, YG13; Fiskars 12" trimmer and small scissors; Offray silver satin 5/8" ribbon; Glossy Accents; Scotch tape runner; Platinum 6 die cutting machine; Spellbinders Annabelle's Trousseau Layering frame from the Chantilly Paper Lace Collection; Spellbinder's Tool 'n One; Pattern paper is Quick Quotes Picadilly Pink Collection QQP-P1200; Want2Scrap pearl embellishments; white and pink cardstock and Neenah 110# cardstock for use with the copic markers.
The Spellbinder's were purchased over Christmas and I just HAD to use them!!! Bought at Simon Says Stamp.

I cut the beautiful die set out in white cardstock and a hot pink cardstock for the frame of Annabelle's Trousseau die set. Then I cut a special piece out of Neenah 100# cardstock for the inner smaller frame again but discarded the white lattice framework and kept the center piece which was stamped with the flower. After coloring it with my copics, I assembled the entire card onto a premade 4.5" x 6.5" card base putting the Quick Quotes patterned paper down first.  When I was assembling the papers, I left room for the ribbon to come through in the middle and be tucked under. So at this point, I inserted that gray/silver satin ribbon under the card base on each side. I used the end of a small pair of scissors to tuck it in and used Glossy Accents to adhere ribbon and close card base. Then I added pearl rhinestones as extra embellishments around the outside frame. I could have gone further but decided to finish it with the "Happy Birthday" sentiment from Kennedy Grace Creations Sweet Rose stamp set. It is such a pretty flourished script font that I thought it would be perfect with the fancy frame.  

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Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Something New #208

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday: Something New #140

                    Word Art Wednesday Challenge #316-217: #49
Double D Challenges are celebrating their 2Year  Anniversary/Birthday: Celebration
Craftaholics R Us #1 Challenge: Celebration: #16

Sparkling Blessing Vintage Tea Card

For today's post I wanted to share how to make a glitzy card for the holidays or a special birthday like this one I made. I started with the Vintage Tea Cup Set, which as you know is my favorite of all the Kennedy Grace Creations and was my first stamp set of theirs. The sentiment reads: Blessings to you. You're as special as a vintage tea. Using Neenah Crest White in 80 pound cardstock, I stamped with Memento Tuxedo Ink which is compatible with coloring with Copic Markers. To make the card more luxurious I used Deep Red paired with a hot pink deep red. Markers used were: R29, RV29, RV13. Further, to give the leaves a deep romantic yet vintage feel I pair deep olive greens with blue green: YG63, YG67, BG13. Then to add shadows and make it look three dimensional: C1, and C3.

Next, I chose the newest Spellbinders Chantilly Lace collection called Bella Rose Lattice Layering Frame by Becca Feeken, to frame the beautiful tea set. Using the Tonic Mirror Gold cardstock really made it POP!! I backed it with a stiff American Crafts Glitter cardstock. Also, I had die cut the stamped panel with the frame previously and then adhered all 3 layers (stamped panel, mirror gold, and glitter cardstock) to the card base.

Next came the embellishments and I loved this ribbon with the gold edge and matching deep magenta colors to bring out the colors even more. I made a triple bow, but that didn't seem like enough so I decided to add the vertical ribbon piece with the rhinestone buckle to really bring the sparkle to the already glitzy card! Also, added Wink of Stella in clear to the roses to add glitter to them.

Please take time to go over and see my post on Kennedy Grace Creations blog.

Frosty Shaker tag or ornament

December Mood Board for Kennedy Grace Creations is so gorgeously done!! Love all the soft blues and silvers together!! Just love the inspiration for today!! You can see my post over there by going to the Kennedy Grace Creations blog is HERE.
I love to embellish gift bags as well as making ornaments and today's creation can be used for either. I first die cut the pretty window frame using mirrored cardstock, and then made it into a shaker. The first thing was to trace the shape, and it out with cardstock that I could use my Copics on. Using the transparency of the stamped image that comes with the set, I arranged the rose cluster where I could see them peeking through the window.  I lined up the stamp where the picture was and then stamped exactly where I wanted to with my MISTI. Coloring is so relaxing and I used the mood board to choose my colors. The stamp I chose was the Kennedy Grace Creations Splendid Rose stamp set. Afterward, I cut a piece of transparency to the size of the window shape by tracing with a marker and then fussy cutting it out. I dusted it with the powder tool so as to keep it from having static cling with the sequins. I then cut the foam tape to go around the edge of the shape and made two layers so that it was thick so the sequins could bounce around more. Using the Crystal Lacquer to ensure that the frame stayed tightly glued, I then put Kennedy Grace Creations Frozen Sequins in and adhered all of the layers. Once everything was dry, I adhere a piece of blingy string to the back. Viola!  
Other Supplies included:
Copic Markers: BG05, BG02, B02, B0000; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; MISTI, Ranger Crystal Lacquer; Transparency; Fiskars scissors; Neenah White 110 lb cardstock; Tonic Silver Mirror paper Metallic Gloss; Spellbinders Heartfelt Creations Decorative Oval Window die; Platinum machine; Scotch foam tape; tweezers; EK powder tool; May Arts Blingy String.

Hope you will join in on the Kennedy Grace Creations challenge using the gorgeous mood board!! Be sure to share in the comments on the blog.
Simon Says Stamp Christmas Card Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Gift It

Baby's 1st Christmas using Kennedy Grace Creations

Hello, it's Beverly here today!! I know you all may be out shopping this being Black Friday but with Christmas around the corner, I am hustling to get holiday greeting cards out for all my favorite people in the world! One of those is my girlfriend who just had her baby girl, and I have delighted in "playing helper" to her and her family.  Such a pleasure to have a newborn baby in your arms, isn't it!! Well I felt I really wanted to make her an extra special card using Kennedy Grace Creations Baby Be Mine Stamps set paired with Sweet Baby Mine Sequins to make this delightful shaker for Baby's 1st Christmas.
First I started with a trial run of coloring this cute giraffe in pink. It just didn't make me happy. I tried again and made her yellow with pink dots, and that seemed to be a more natural look, so I went with that one. The original mock up was not as bright, so I tried more intense colors. Also, I had this fabulous paper pack from Basic Grey that had vibrant pinkish reds and I felt it carried the colors so much better than stark reds or vibrant solids.

I hope it inspires you to make all your Holiday cards early, as it takes me quite a long time for special treats to my dear friends!! But I love every minute of it!!
Here are some close ups:

Such a delightful mix of pastels in the Sweet Baby Mine Sequins including little seed beads:

Supplies also included: Copics: BG53, BG11, BG10, YG13, E000, E21, E11, Y15, Y13, RV21, RV13, R22, R00, R20, C1, C3 and blender solution; Neenah Bright White 110#; Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad; MISTI, Basic Grey Christmas Evergreen 6x6 pad, Spellbinders Platinum Die cutting machine; Prickley Pear D043 Flourished Oval Nesting Die; Hammermill Transparency; Scotch foam mounting tape.
You find my post on the Kennedy Grace Creations blog as well.

Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Food and/or drink-Baby Bottle on mine
Word Art Wednesday #310-311

Marker Pop #132

Tis the Season to Make Christmas Cards

Don't these colors just ooooze Christmas?

                          Using Kennedy Grace Creations November's Mood Board I made my card.

Taking my Neenah 110 lb paper cut at 4.25 by 5.5 inches, I put it through my Xyron Creative Station to put adhesive completely on one side of the thick cardstock. I started with Cosmic Shimmer Egyptian Gold Gilding Flakes, picking up some of the deeper golds, and red flakes to make it match the gorgeous mood board above.  As you can see in my picture, I put some of the silver flakes aside and added all reminding flakes back into the jar. Once the flakes were covering the entire piece, I began smoothing and buffing the front with a Swifter Sweeper Dry Sweeping cloth. I cut one sheet in half to make it easier to use. I buffed it all out being careful to not push down too hard but only used a buffing motion until I got the shiney piece you see now.

  I stamped the Kennedy Grace Creations Grace's Little Note bouquet onto the same Neenah cardstock. Copics I used were the deeper reds: R59, R39, and a touch of RV19, as well as YG97, YG95, YG93. Fussy cutting the flower out, I then used my Xyron to add the adhesive again to the back.

For the front sentiment, I liked using Paper Smooches Merry Christmas die.  I cut it in two colors of white, and a deep red. I then adhered both layers together and added both the flower bouquet and the sentiment to the front. I added Wink of Stella in Glitter Gloss to add more sparkle! Viola! Simple and yet stunning to see in person!

I loved using the gilding to bring a festive feel to my holiday greeting card. Hope this inspires you to try some of the products I showcased today and thank you for visiting my blog!
Yours truly,
Beverly
You can find this post on Kennedy Grace Creations Blog for today!

Spellbinders Mystical Scripture Card

In light of this time of year, I wanted to do something inspiring a sense of mystery and fascination as well addressing how I fear the future in today's times. Here is what I came up with.
Using my Spellbinders Mystical die set which is so beautiful alone, I matched it with old Basic Grey Curio prints and the new stamp set from Kennedy Grace Creations Inspirational Verses. I really loved the verse, "Fear Not".  Such an important part of having faith that God is in control despite what evil men are doing.  I hope it gives you comfort as it did me.
You can view more of the Kennedy Grace Creations inspiration on their blog where you can see this post, HERE.
Entered in the following:
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Monochrome
Simon Says stamp: Wednesday Challenge Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday #306-307 Anything Goes

With Loving Kindness Card

For today's card, I am using Kennedy Grace Creations Kindness Medley stamp set and Autumn Blessing Sequins Mix from their Fall 2017 releases.
First I stamped the flowers from the set and colored it in with my Copics in the following colors: YR04, Y35, YG06, YG13, V15, V17, C1, C3.  I chose colors that would match with this month's mood board!! So yummy!!
Other supplies include: Rectangle stitched dies, the curve die is from stash as well. Embossing powder: American Crafts Brand Zing Metallic finish Copper used with Versa Mark ink pad, and two way glue. Black cardstock and Neenah Bright White. Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad.
I hope you join us over on Kennedy Grace Creations Blog to see more inspiration using the October 2017 Mood Board! 
Here is my post on their blog HERE
Challenges I also entered:
Stamping Sensations: October Autumn Glory

Kennedy Grace Creations 2017 Fall Release

                    Good Morning Crafty Friends and Welcome to Kennedy Grace Creations September Blog Hop!

We are so happy you have stopped by and joined us for this very special event!

     Our newest release of Stamp and Sequins is now live and available for purchase in the store!

                                            Here is what I have created for you

We will be giving away a prize package to one lucky winner.

         

Chance to win

All you have to do is join us for hop and leave a comment on each project. The more you comment the more chances you have to win!! Winner will be announced on Monday.

We hope you have enjoyed this release and will hop along to see what our talented designers have made using the Stamps and Sequins from our September release.

Your next stop is the lovely and talented:

But just incase you miss some one along the way I have included the entire hop for you!

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                     Beverly-You are here

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Thank you for stopping by today! 

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                                   On my sample I used the new Kindness Medley stamp set,

and Autumn Blessings Sequin mix.

Look at all these luscious colors!!

These are two of the new Kennendy Grace Creations 2017 Fall releases. 

Other supplies: MISTI, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, American Crafts Zing metallic copper embossing powder, Versamark ink pad, Daisy D's Halloween Plaid papers (yes I still have old stash), Deep Plum seam binding, Scrapbook Adhesive 3L, Copic Sketch markers in the following colors: B0000, Y35, YR04, YR18, V17, BV08, YG13, YG21.