Spotlight On...Kimberly Rendino!

We are proud to bring you our next Spotlight On..Kimberly Rendino!  Kim's bold and striking projects for several of our challenges caught our attention like THESE for our Playdate No. 3 Challenge.  We love the unexpected details and touches that really make her projects stand out and be noticed!  

Wait until you see what she's made today...Kimberly shines bright!        


 <<<ABOUT KIMBERLY>>>

Hello, hello, hello!   I'm so happy to be here on the Winnie & Walter blog for the new 'Spotlight On' feature.   When I got that email from Shay, I confess.....I did a little happy dance!  

So....a little bit about me.   I've been married to my husband, Joe, for 17 years and I am mom to two awesome (most of the time!) kids - Alex who just turned 14 and Arissa, 11.   I just ventured back to work this year, as a substitute teacher's aide.   It's the perfect job - I'm not on a regular work schedule, so I have lots of time to get crafty!  I've been crafty as long as I can remember - scrapbooking gave way to cards a few years back.   I'm a huge fan of w&w stamps - my collection keeps growing and I look forward to each new release!

<<<KIMBERLY'S PROJECTS>>> 

The theme of the month is 'Fiesta', and I may have gotten a little carried away in the craft room!  I thought I'd try to step outside the box a little and work with pastels.   I'm normally a brights kinda gal, so this was a stretch for me!

First up is a card featuring the sets Scenery - The Party Hangover and The Party.   I die cut a window into the front of the card and stamped and embossed the streamers and sentiment onto the front.   I colored the streamers in on the back side of the vellum with Copics for a soft, pastel look.  

I stamped, colored and fussy cut the gifts and arranged them in the corner of the window.   A few Pretty Pink Posh sparkling clear sequins finish the card off! 

Next up is a quick card using The Party. I stamped the flower overlapping itself and added some Copic colored adhesive pearls to the center of each.   The sentiment from The Big, the Bold, and the Happy finished this card off in record time!

For my last card today, I blended several colors of Distress Inks for an ombre background, then added the fussy cut party hat from The Party towards the center.   I added the top and bottom to the hat with embossing powder.  I decided to add some more to the background, so I masked the hat and used Scenery: Big Bang Circle Creative Screenings with some translucent embossing paste (leaving room for the sentiment).   As soon as I removed the stencil I sprinkled some glitter over the top.    I fussy cut the horn and added some more heat embossing to it to tie everything together.

Phew!   That's all for today.   Thanks for hanging in there with me!   I hope you enjoyed these projects - I enjoyed the challenge of creating with pastels - sometimes its nice to step out of the box!   Stop on over to my blog, Kimplete Kreativity, and say hi!   I always love making new crafty friends :)