Saturday, May 3, 2014

3 Cards for Saturday and Some Fabulous News!


Happy Saturday! Today I have 3 cards to share today and some fun news...so first with the news. I am still over the moon excited about it...last week I received an email from Arielle Hemp Gordon from Snappy Stampin (she organizes several challenge blogs and is one of the most amazing card makers on the planet) and she invites me to be the Headliner for Retro Sketches and not just for one post for the entire month of May! Now you see why I am so excited.
So now on to my cards. My first one is for the current challenge at Serendipity, there are still a couple of days left to play along if you like. The theme is Shades of Gray #30 and I thought of using their gorgeous dove in silver, it cuts so beautifully.



My next card is for this week's CASology challenge and this week's cue card is "electric" #93...so many possibilities but I went with some electric poles. I have had this stamp set forever and it was fun to pull it out and show it a little love. It is called Hello Friend from Avocado Arts.



I have saved my Retro Sketch card for last....I have to be honest, it took me a bit to get what I wanted to do to work and then it all just fell into place and I started having fun putting it together. I pulled out some NBUS from Verve, Poppy Birthday and decided to use this week's colors from ColourQ #239 and will be playing along with them too! I hope you will find the time to play along with Retro Sketches this week, it will be so much fun.
Thank you so much for taking time to stop by and Arielle, thank you again, I am truly honored.




22 comments :

  1. Congrats on being the headliner for May. That is super exciting. All your cards are fabulous. I especially love those flowers in the last one.

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  2. Wow, Kim, many congratulations ...such a well deserved recognition of your amazing talent! What a beautiful dove with such gorgeous shimmer ... the electricity poles are fantastic (love those sweet hearts!) ... and your poppies ... simply lovely, wonderful balance and yummy pearly flower centres! Anita :)

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  3. Congratulations on the May Gig! Love these beauties! The mirror paper with the dove is just stunning for a Christmas card!

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  4. Yay Kim, great news and so well deserved!! Congrats! I also love your take on the cue card electric!! Have a great weekend!

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  5. Yay, Kim!!! I am so excited for you and not one bit surprised , your cards are wonderful!
    Love the dove card with the ribbon , so pretty and thanks for playing in the Serendipity Stamps challenge. Love the clean look of your adorable electric card and the last one is also perfectly layered. Great job and congrats again!

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  6. BIG congrats Kim, so happy for you!! Amazing cards today. Love the shimmery dove, the adorable electric scene and your fabulous RS card!! Thanks so much for joining us at the ColourQ!

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  7. Congrats Kim! I can't wait to be inspired by your creations at RS!
    Beautiful job on al the cards in your post today!

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  8. Congratulations and what gorgeous cards! I love the metallic bird on the first, but that second one is probably my favorite. Love the image and the dies you used.

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  9. First of all, congratulations on your fabulous news. I have to say that I am not surprised to hear that RS wanted you for the whole month and not just one time. I love all your cards today. The bird is so peaceful and elegant on the first, your telephone wires are brilliant for CASology (thanks for playing along) and your RS card is just gorgeous. I love the colors and those flowers, and am so excited to learn that they are stamps I already own.

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  10. Huge congrats for guest designing at retrosketches for the entire month - they are lucky to have you! So happy for you! Your card are gorgeous - all of them (as usual) - have to play now at retrosketches with you being on board ;)

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  11. Congratulations, Kim! I saw your sweet face smiling at me from the Retrosketch blog and I smiled right back from ear-to-ear!! I am so thrilled for you! Your beautiful cards will inspire tons of card artists!! I also love your other two cards, especially that adorable electric card!! I KNOW you are having a great weekend, walking on air!! Well-deserved!! Hugs, Darnell

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  12. Congratulations on your great news! And what beautiful cards.

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  13. That's fantastic Kim, congratulations! Love the bird die done in silver, beautiful Christmas card. Your second card is perfect for the "electric" challenge. And your Retro Sketch card is awesome! Great to have you join us at the Serendipity challenge :)

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  14. Yah!! Big congrats, Kim! Well-deserved as proved by these wonderful creations--love them, especially that gorgeous dove card!

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  15. Congratulations Kim on your invite to be a guest designer on Retrosketch. That is so exciting. I will have to make visits to that site again. That dove is absolutely beautiful. All three cards are awesome. Great news.

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  16. Congratulations!! That is just the most wonderful news, you must be so excited. I saw your photo just before when I was the Retro Sketches blog and got such a surprise. I had to come over straight away to say 'yay you!!'. And what a gorgeous trio of cards you have slaved over. The dove on the first card is stunning in silver, so shiny and cut perfectly. I saw the cue word at Casology yesterday and I can't believe you had power poles in your stamp collection, how awesome is that!! And I love the squiggly flowers, so sweet and look beautiful in that colour. I will definitely be joining you at Retro Sketches for all this month. With you giving us all inspiration, how can I go wrong!

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  17. Congrats on the Retro Sketches gig Kim - you rocked the colours and the sketch! Absolutely love your Casology card too...the perfect stamp set for this weeks Cue word! Thanks for joining us at Colour Q!

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  18. Woo Hooo *fist pump* on your GD role over at retrosketches! Your fabulous talent warrants as much recognition as possible; so glad that the RS team agrees! Your trio of cards here are fabulous! The dove is beautifully delicate; your 'electric' card is precisely that - electrically awesome; and your RS card, perfect for the sketch, and even more perfect for reminding me that I have that same set (which obviously needs more attention from yours truly!). Now that you're GD at retrosketches, I'll be committed to playing - especially since I'll have a chance to 'case' you!! Yayyy...Hugs~c

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  19. I love the power poles! It made me think of driving along the dirt roads of my childhood. Great card.

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  20. Fabulous cards Kim! The hydro poles (as we call them in Canada) are soooo neat and such a cool way to interpret the challenge! The dove is beyond gorgeous & elegant! And last but certainly not least....your retrosketch card - gorgeous colors, awesome design! Congrats on the headliner gig! Arielle sure knows talent when she sees it! :)

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  21. Woo Woot, so Glad, I saw your little picture there!!!! Hooray!!!! Thanks for joining CASology too. wow, your are BUSY, BUSY, love the 'lectric wires!!!

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  22. Belated congrats Kim...and well deserved of course!

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