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By Ann-Katrin, March 9, 2010 2:00 pm

Sweet greetings from snowy Norway and it’s time for a new layout from me (Ann-Katrin).

One of the themes of this month is babies, and I am so lucky to have a baby or  not anymore actually. She is already 17. months old. I have made an layout of my sweet little babygirl. She is only 2 days old at the picture and probably in her sweet dreams.

I have used products from the Amor-line and I want to show you some tips.

This is actually a heart-bling clip in 2 bits:

I have used the frame of heart-chipboards from Amor-line and sprayed with colors.

And the last; this is scrapbooking and we need the scrap. This is a tag from new baby clothes.

So I hope this can inspire you to use both Kiki Art products and scrap. Go on girls, feel the mojo and start scrapping!

Love,  Ann-Katrin

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By Sarah de Guzman, March 9, 2010 12:01 am

Last week, Katrina had the opportunity to “interview” me as a way for everyone to learn more about me. Today, we’ve swapped positions, and I get to introduce everyone to Katrina Hunt.

I’ve been so fortunate to have “met” Katrina through this design team because she is definitely one sweet person. When I’m stuck in a rut, she’s always encouraging me to be creative, and when I negatively criticize my work, she tells me otherwise. On top of that, she’s a “dog mom” just like me, so we have tons to talk about online. Besides talking about our crazy dogs, we love to chat about everything and anything, and I’m so glad to call her my friend.

Now, on to the questions…

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1. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go? Why?

Don’t laugh….Alaska!  I love snow, cold, and beauty….what more is there in Alaska!  Plus whale watching!  If I would pick overseas…probably Italy….love Italian food and from what I have seen on TV the country is beautiful.

Ok… let me answer for both dead and alive.

Dead—- Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the “Little House” books.  I read those books over and over and still love them today.  Love the TV show and still watch the reruns.  The house where she lived when she wrote the books is an hour away.  I have been to visit once and am planning on going back this year.  (hint…watch the Kiki Art blog!)

Alive—-Martha Stewart!  Yes, you knew this one was coming!!! I know a lot of people don’t like her, but I would love to meet her and get a feel of what she is like in real life.  I mean she loves dogs, so she can’t be all bad!  And I know she probably doesn’t come up with some of the things, but I just am drawn to her.

Although I have this “dream” of a scraproom, I love to scrap with friends.  It’s fun just to kick back, relax and laugh.  And sometimes the FUNNIEST things happen at crops!  It is not unheard of for me to come dragging home at 2:30 am from a crop that was supposed to end at midnight.

4. Where do you get the most done?

Ha ha!!  At home, definitely!!  Not as many distractions because I am not so good at shopping from my stash!  hee hee    When I am at a crop, I tend to wander the store looking for extras!

Ok, this is a HARD one for me…I LOVE them all!  You name, I probably have it.  I can say that I have the most trouble with glue dots…luckily no instances of them  winding up in my hair yet.    I probably use liquid adhesive the most….but pop dots are a close second.  I love dimension to my pages.  I found some really thick ones on clearance and use them all the time…I will be very sad when those are gone.

And here I thought you were going to ask me about the Olympics…sneaky!  This is a hard one….I really wanted to make a manufacturer’s team and I made it on Kiki-Art!  So, I guess you could say it already happened.  I guess I would love to be the one that inspires the masses, but I am going to have to get really crafty for that one!!!  I love to see people take stuff and make it their own…combining things from here and there. I have taught a class and a mini-class and my main motto was “do what you want with it, I don’t care and would love to see what you can do”.  Feeding the creativity and seeing people inspired from me makes me happiest!

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Weren’t her answers fun?! She’s such a character!

Below are some of Katrina’s beautiful projects.

To see more of Katrina’s work, head on over to her blog! She’s updates fairly frequently, and it’s loaded with tons of inspiration!

Hope you like the post, Katrina!

Hugs,

sarah.

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By Meghan, March 8, 2010 7:06 am

Greetings from Sunny Florida! Well, at least it’s supposed to be sunny here. I think the groundhog was a meanie-head when he called for 6 more weeks of winter! I live in Florida for a reason. Bring on the sunshine and warm weather!

Okay… enough about that. Now back to our regularly scheduled blog post.

I recently moved from a 4 bedroom house to a 2 bedroom apartment with my dog Pepper. We’ve spent the last 3 weeks unpacking, cleaning, unpacking some more, and getting used to our new surroundings. Honestly, I’ve had a hard time getting motivated enough to sit down and scrap. So I spent last week trying to put a couple more things away and find the top of my craft table. I was very lucky that the same day I planned to sit down and create some brand new Kiki Art product showed up on my doorstep. Sweet!

I knew exactly what pictures I wanted to scrap. I got to spend the weekend with my good friend Laura back in October when things were still pretty yucky for me. We had a GREAT time. It was honestly the first time I’d been happy in awhile. And scrapping these papers made me happy! I can’t wait to use more of these new Kiki Art papers on another page. I promise more fun, happy layouts in the months to come

Love, Meghan

Products Used:

Balloons: Kiki Art #080101

Clouds: Kiki Art #080102

Clouds & Balloons: Kiki Art #080103

Chit Chat Puffy Letter Stickers: American Crafts Thickers

Orange Cardstock

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By Keely, March 7, 2010 11:21 pm

Spring is a wonderful time of year.  In Kentucky, Spring is all about the horse.  Kentucky lays claim to the “Horse Capital of the World” with more than 450 horse farms in the area.  Spring is a busy time of year when fouls are being born and horse are being prepared for competitions and upcoming races.

The world’s “Most exciting two minutes in sports”, the Kentucky Derby, is held the first Saturday in May at Louisville’s Churchill Downs.

The Kentucky Horse Park, the only park in the world dedicated exclusively to the horse, will host the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. It will be the first time the Games have been held outside Europe.

My family and I love to visit the Kentucky Horse Park.  The park is home to some 115 horses representing approximately 50 different breeds during the main summer season. Most of these horses are housed in barns throughout the main area of the park. Literally thousands of additional horses ship in to the park to compete in horse shows throughout the year.

I created this layout with Kiki Art’s new collection, Hot Air Balloon.  The outdoor theme is just perfect for my recent photos from the Kentucky Horse Park.

Keely Yowler
http://www.keelyy.blogspot.com

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By Sarah de Guzman, March 7, 2010 12:43 pm

Psssst…! We wanted to let you in on a secret. Kiki Art wants YOU to be a winner!

Want to win some of the latest stuff from Kiki Art?! Show us some love by adding our badge to your blogs, and you could randomly be selected as one of our lucky winners just for displaying it proudly! …and don’t forget to link it back to us.

We’re currently on the lookout for all of you Kiki Art fans, so get those badges posted!

Don’t have a blog, but want to join in on all the fun?!

We do frequent giveaways just for our Facebook fans! …so to find out more about these giveaways, you have to be a Facebook Fan of Kiki Art. On top of the giveaways for our fans, the latest news and projects are shared on our Facebook Fan Page, so there is definitely lots of inspiration to share with everyone!

Ready… set… spread the word about Kiki Art.

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By Lynda, March 5, 2010 12:30 pm

I am so excited to share with you the very first exclusive Kiki Art monthly sketch!  A few of the fabulously talented members of the Kiki Art design team also used the sketch to create some fantastic projects that are sure to inspire!!

So…here is the sketch:

Here is a layout that Ria made based on the sketch:

here is a layout that Sarah:

here is a card from Katrina:

here is a card by Annika:

here is a layout by Nicole:

here is a layout that I created based on the sketch…

and a card that I created based on the sketch:

I hope you’re inspired by my sketch and create a layout or card based on it.  If you do and link it up here to this post….you will get your name into a random drawing for a fantastic prize package from Kiki Art!!!  So get busy…and be sure to link it back to this blog post so we can see what you have created…you have until it’s time for our next sketch….April 8th at midnight…what are you waiting for….get busy!!

Happy crafting….Lynda

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By Sophia, March 4, 2010 8:00 am

Hi it’s me again, Sophia…

Can you believe that we have just celebrated Valentines Day, and now we are gearing up to get ready for Easter. It sure is one time of the year I totally love…only because of all those yummy chocolate Easter bunnies.

So today, I have this little project to show you.

Products used:

Antologia Magica

Antologia Amor Bling Heart

Antologia Jardin Fun Tape

It’s my tea towel holder, which I decorated with some photos of the girls at the last Easter egg hunt. I used the bling heart, which I cut in two and added them as swirls on to the corners. Used my butterfly punch to add a touch of spring to it, as well as some random flowers.

I am sure it will brighten our kitchen over the Easter period.

Hope you enjoyed my little project today, now get started on some of your Easter projects and link back here for us all to see…

Sophia

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By KIKI, March 3, 2010 2:35 pm

Hello amigas!

Today I am bringing a layout I did for a little friend that goes to the daycare with my children. I love this boy!!

I  can not believe how much orange I am using in my proyects lately… I always thought that it wasn’t a good color but now I am learning that it can be quite something! I also added some of the new embellishments (that soon will be available in different stores carrying Kiki Art products) and the glitterd chipboards I love so much.  The papers are from JARDIN and CHINA Anthologies.  I hope you like it and get inspired to create!

Besos,

Kiki

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By Katrina, March 2, 2010 9:00 am

Katrina here!  Hi!!!!  We are doing something a little different today on the blog.  We are going to introduce the Kiki Art Design Team members, so you can get to know the faces and stories behind all the creative things that are happening at Kiki Art.

Meet Sarah!!

Look at that smiling creative face!!!

I got the lucky duty of interviewing Sarah de Guzman!!!!  Sarah and I have become quite the buddies thru the wonderful world of  Yahoo chat.  We have lots in common, including we are both dog moms! And I can’t wait to meet her in person.  I am thinking we will be up all night talking. 

Now, you can read more about Sarah HERE, but I had some questions that I wanted some answers to!!!

Continue reading 'It’s Meet the Design Team Day!!! Meet Sarah!'»

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By Ellen, March 1, 2010 3:00 am

I don’t know about you, but in our Family, we LOVE snacks. Sometimes, Owen and I even have a snack party….Shhhhhh!

I wanted to document this and the orange colors from the Kiki Art Familia Collection where perfect. And don’t forget the totally FUN glitter puzzle pieces.

and a close-up……….

Happy Scrapping!
ellen