A KIS Goodbye...

Sadly it has come time for the Keep It Simple Challenge blog to close. I had a ball on the Design Team, but with a couple of teamies choosing to step down, Anni made the difficult decision to close. I may have considered taking up the reins, but my one year of high school German is not up to the task of a bi-lingual challenge!

Here is a card I had prepared in advance, which fits nicely into the Festive Friday Challenge, with its gorgeous red and white photo inspiration, as well as Catered Crop Seeing Red, and Virginia's View Clean and Simple Challenge.

I love this Santa and sentiment by Darkroom Door, which Cecilia brought to our weekend retreat, stamped and embossed in red tinsel.

Keep It Simple By 3...

As soon as I saw this fortnight's Keep It Simple "3" challenge, I knew I wanted to use this super cute trio of animals and notes by Tara Wakefield. Coloured in three colours, with heart patterned paper covering one third of the card, three corners rounded, and a three word sentiment by Simon Says Stamp (even two of the three words have three letters!).

Remember to visit the Keep It Simple Design Team blogs

for some more triple FABULOUS inspiration!

Anni

Carolin

Tanja

Tenia

I can't wait to see what you create!

Playing along with Catered Crop Seeing Red,
The Pink Elephant Anything Goes Challenge and 
Virginia's View Clean and Simple too.

Merry, Festive, Seasons Greetings, a KIS with No Stamps...

OK so, I realise I may be leaving it a little late to start on my Christmas cards this year, but isn't that what October and November are for LOL! Inspired by the pinks, silvers and sparkles over at Festive Friday and Merry Monday The Words Have it! Christmas Challenges, I whipped up this card using an A5 sized piece of Princess Pink metal sheet from Add a Little Dazzle, ran it through the cuttlebug with a Tim Holtz Christmas sentiments folder, dipped a cotton bud in acetone to remove the pink layer from the "Seasons Greetings" sentiment and reveal the silver underneath, added some American Crafts silver glitter sheet, and voila my first Christmas card of the year!
Reminder for Keep it Simple No Stamps, and FUSION Shiny Pink too! 

 

P.S. Keep It Simple with No Stamps...

Keeping it Simple No Stamps, just die cuts! What will you use? Die cuts, stickers, paints, paste, stencils, mixed media? 

Created using patterned paper scraps from my stash and Paper Smooches Flowers and Get Well sentiment die cuts. 

You can catch some more FABULOUS DT No Stamps inspiration over at 

Keep It Simple.

Anni

 

Carolin

Tanja

Tenia

I can't wait to see what you create!

Playing along with Paper Smooches Sparks Picture Perfect, 
Clean and Simple Sketch, Catered Crop Good Medicine Challenge, 
Color Throwdown and Curtain Call Wishing Well (emphasis on well!)

  

P.S. A CAS(E) of Sugar & Spice & all things Patterned Paper...

Super inspired by this weeks CAS(E) this Sketch, and playing along with Paper Smooches Sparks Anything Goes and Virginia's View Patterned Paper. Created by using Paper Smooches die cut Fishtail Flags, Onesie and Hearts (for pegs), Each heart clothes peg was created by die-cutting 2 hearts and adhering the tops of the two hearts together, then "clipping" them over the onesie. Clothesline stamped with Paper Smooches Pip Squeaks and Little Lady sentiment. As always, I have stamped in brown (Momento Luxe Rich Cocoa) instead of black for my baby card.

I just realised that this is the first time I have used the Hearts and Onesie diecut, and the first inking of Pip Squeaks and Little Lady, so I'm joining in the fun @ the gorgeous Darnell's NBUS Challenge #2 too!

    

Keep It Simple Baby (reminder)

FUSION (reminder)

Keep It Simple Baby...

I can't wait to see what you create for this fortnights Keep It Simple Baby Card Challenge. 

I created my baby bib shape using two Lil Inkers Stitched Circle dies, inked up this cute Mama Elephant Nursery Deco bear, and Everyday Greetings sentiment in Versamark Watermark ink and heat embossed in Zing Denim. The teddy bear is created using Doodlebug Design Snips and Snails patterned papers

You can catch some more FABULOUS DT Baby Card inspiration over at Keep It Simple.

Also playing along with 

Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember® ‘Stamp-It’ and Blog Hop

Keep It Simple with Ombre...

I can't wait to see what you create for this fortnights Keep It Simple Ombre Challenge. I broke out my Gelatos again to create this watercoloured ombre background. The cute little owl and friend from Hero Arts Operation Write Home Lil Hoot, was stamped in Versamark Watermark and Zing Copper embossing powder and coloured with Copics (N0, N3, E00, E03, E37, YG03, YG17, B95, and BG11). The Hero Arts Find Joy sentiment, was also stamped in Versamark Watermark and Zing Copper embossing powder.

You can catch some more FABULOUS DT Ombre inspiration over at Keep It Simple.

Playing along with A Blog Named Hero Ombre Challenge and Crazy for CAS Watercolour too!

A-very Moxie Fab Clicking Cameras Challenge...

Today's card brings together the two trends that are currently shooting for the stars - 

Cameras, and arrows LOL!

Playing along with Avery Elle's AEI{heart}U Kraft Challenge, together with 

Moxie Fab World Clicking Cameras Challenge, Seize the Birthday, 

and a reminder that there is still time to join in the fun @ KIS Arrows.

Created using Amy Tangerine's Plus One Edition Project Life cards, together with Avery Elle #Smile and Oh Happy Day stamps. The Avery Elle #Smile camera icon is paper pieced and Oh Happy Day "Oh Shoot" sentiment stamped on some very old Basic Grey paper from my stash.

Hope you are having a fabulously krafty weekend too! 

Avery Elle AEI{heart}U Kraft Challenge

Moxie Fab World Clicking Cameras Challenge

Seize the Birthday

Keep It Simple with Arrows...

Hooray! It's time for Keep It Simple and the first thing I thought of when I knew this fortnights' KIS inspiration of "arrows" was cupid! So I'm playing along using these gorgeous Mama Elephant cupid stamps and sentiments.

Created by die cutting the MFT heart shaped base, and stamping the Mama Elephant cupid and sentiment in Versamark Watermark ink and Zing Gold embossing powder. The red heart was created by die cutting a Verve heart diecut from a scrap of cardstock and using this as a mask, then filling the heart using a combination of Barn Door Distress Ink, and appropriately, Momento Luxe Love Letters. Whilst the Momento Luxe ink was still wet, I sprinkled a little of the Zing Gold embossing powder over the heart to add some gold cupid dust flecks.

Remember to visit Keep It Simple for some more fabulous DT inspiration.

Also playing along with

Virginia's View Shaped Cards

Addicted to CAS Gold

Keep It Simple with Stickers...

Time to play along with Keep It Simple Only Stickers Challenge! I have to admit, I did find this challenging, until I realised I have a truckload of gorgeous alphabet stickers, just waiting to be upcycled LOL! These American Crafts Topography letters were a perfect match to create this "I'm lost without you" sentiment.

Remember to stop by the blogs of the Keep It Simple DT 

for some more terrific Only Stickers inspiration...

Christine

Mia

Tanja

Tenia

Love to see how you are inspired this fortnight!

Inspired by the subway art with a twist by Shari Carroll, over at CASE Study.

Celebrating with Curtain Call Anything Goes Challenge too!

My Word, A-very Happy Die-cut...

I broke out my Gelatos and watercolour brushes, together with my Avery Elle die cuts and stamps to play along with the current Moxie Fab World: Wonderful Words Challenge - Word Dies, along with a few other challenges, AEI{heart}U One Word Challenge, Virginia's View Die Cut Challenge, Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge 1st Anniversary Anything Goes, and Seize the Birthday With String Topping ;)

My first thoughts for this card were to repeat the "happy" across the watercolour stripes, but I couldn't resist incorporating the Avery Elle balloon die. I achieved the inlaid word die cut by first running the watercolour paper through my die cut machine, then using masking tape across the back of the watercolour paper, to keep the little pieces in place before carefully removing the watercolour "happy" and replacing with white cardstock "happy". I stamped the Avery Elle balloon string before I added the white cardstock "happy", then filled in the missing piece of string with a black Zig pen, so it looks as though the string is looped around the letters. I diecut and stamped the Avery Elle bow onto the balloon a couple of times, as the first few attempts I tried adding the string with the Zig pen around the end of the balloon to make it look more realistic - but decided in the end I preferred the bow floating by itself!

 

 

Don't forget, you still have time to Keep It Simple Take a Bow!

Keep It Simple and Take a Bow...

OK I have to admit, tying beautiful bows is definitely not my forte, so when this fortnights Keep It Simple card is "Take a Bow", what is a girl to do? I had to Keep It Simple of course - and created my beautiful bow by using three loops of ribbon, and two fancy cut end pieces, all cleverly adhered together - you won't tell on me will you?!? The gorgeous sentiment is from Kaisercraft, stamped in Momento Ink Rose Bud, which matched perfectly with this hot pink ribbon from my stash.

Remember to stop by the blogs of the Keep It Simple DT 

for some more terrific Take a Bow inspiration...

Anni

Christine

Mia

Tanja

Tenia

Love to see how you are inspired this fortnight!

Playing along with Sister Act Card Challenge Anything Goes too!