New Release Hop and Shop - Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

 Woohoo!!!

Today we are celebrating all the new fabulous goodies in our September Release that are NOW available in the

 Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop!

All five of our new stamp sets, plus two new stencils and a new hybrid ink colour were released yesterday along with our exclusive ADD-ON BUNDLE, 

and we're excited to share it ALL with you in a fabulous krafty HOP!

So let's check everything out as we hop around the Krafty Design Team's blogs today!  Grab a nice hot beverage, sit back and relax while we take you on the krafty tour!

Before I show you my creation for today let's recap each of the new release goodies from this week! 

First up we have a sweet, Krafty Komeback set featuring the adorable Lexi, Lulu and Lucas characters by Cheryl Grant

 and it's called CANDY CANE KISSES!

Next, we have a wonderful scenery set by 

Allison Cope called LONG LANDSCAPES!

Third, is a funny and fantastic holiday set 

by artist Michelle Houghton

 called WOOLY WONDERLAND!

Lastly, we have an adorable set featuring those cute mice friends from 

artist Sabrina van Vloten called...

MICE CHRISTMAS! 

 There's a gorgeous new ink colour called 

INCREDIBLE INDIGO available in full sized ink pads, ink cubes and ink refills!

Don't forget about the TWO new Krafty Stencils for this month's release to help add some funky flair to your creations!  They are called....

DIAGON-ILLY!

and CHRISTMAS CANDY!

And if that's not enough...Kimmie has again carefully curated an awesome ADD ON BUNDLE featuring several amazing products which coordinate beautifully with our new goodies!! You'll be all set to start your fall crafting with this month's Add On Bundle, which includes:

• Photoplay North Pole 6x6 Paper Pad
• Craft Consortium Metal Wreath Charms
• Ranger Waterfall Stickles

If you haven't seen this one... the Stamp Of The Month for September is Love Ewe  and it's FREE with your order of $75 or more before shipping/tax!  It will automatically be added to your cart - just like magic!

Okay so now it's time to show you my card.

I used another of the LONG LANDSCAPES stamp set to create another smaller note card. 

I used Karin Brush Markers to watercolor

this image.  Isn't it serene? I'd love to go visit here!

Now head on out on today's celebration blog hop and check out all the new products in action as the Krafty Team shares their incredible designs!  Then jump on over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps shop and grab some of these fabulous goodies for yourself!

Happy kraftin'!  

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

September New Release Peeks - Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - DAY TWO!

 Welcome back to Day TWO of our September Krafty Peeks!

Are you excited about what you've seen so far!?  Are you ready for more?

I hope your answer was yes because we've got more fabulous fun for you today!

The stamp set we are 'peeking' for you today is from artist Allison Cope

 and it's called.....

LONG LANDSCAPES!

This amazing set features four fantastic scenic backdrops that you can use on their own or paired with so many other stamped images! 

These images are so beautiful.  I used two of them to make smaller sized notecards. The sentiment on the first notecard was stamped in that beautiful

new Incredible Indigo hybrid ink. 

This first card was watercolored with my Karin BrushMarkers. 

This card was made by heat embossing the image first 

in copper and then coloring it in with Prisma Color pencils. 

Check out LONG LANDSCAPES in so many awesome creations today as you hop around the Krafty Team's blogs!  You'll also see the new stencils, Add-On bundle and hybrid ink along the way! 

 Be sure to leave some love at each stop on the hop because there will be a giveaway of some krafty $$ to the shop! 

You'll see more of our September goodies all week, and then everything will be released after our LIVE Online Release Party on Saturday afternoon at 2pm ET in the Krafty Friends facebook group!  

For now, check out all the fantastic goodness in today's hop!

See you tomorrow!

 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Heard you Got a Bug! Feel Better Soon.

Happy Monday! Hope the day has been good to you.

Although I don't make new year's resolutions,

I have challenged myself to try and use up some of my crafty

 stash (old, new unopened items, and started but never finished

creations).   In keeping with that personal challenge, I found this 

watercolored panel in the pile things I've colored but 

never actually made it on to a finished creation.   

I had never really loved how it turned out but couldn't seem

to throw it away.  Time to challenge myself to use it. 

Then I dug through my stash of (very neglected) embossing folders 

and found one that I thought would work well.  Here's what

I ended up creating to share with you today. 

 

 

The original watercolored panel was much larger. I cut it down 

to fit on the embossed panel and added the punny sentiment. 

Suddenly I liked it much better! Funny how that happens.

I never seem to have "Get Well" or "Feel Better Soon" cards

on hand when I need them.  But I'll have one now! 

Really so glad I used this panel instead of tossing it.

And I had honestly forgotten how satisfying it is to use 

an embossing folder!  Instant gratification with a few

cranks of the handle!  Pretty sure I'll be using some of the

other embossing folders in that box soon too. 

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - A Bit O' Green

"Just Us Girls" Challenge Trend Week #575 - Use an Embossing Folder

Simply Create Too Challenge #168 Dry or Wet Embossing

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges "Anything Goes - March 13th"

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Recycle

Thanks for popping in to visit me today! 

Crafty cyber hugs! D

 

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps March Release Hop and Shop!

   Woohoo! I'm happy you are here to visit me. 
Today we are celebrating all the new fabulous goodies in our March Release that are NOW available in the
 Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop!

All four of our new stamp sets, plus two new stencils and a new hybrid ink color RICH RUST  were released yesterday along with our MARCH ADD ON BUNDLE, and we're excited to share it ALL with you in a fabulous krafty HOP!

My card features another of the gorgeous flower images from the new 

WILDFLOWER WONDER stamp set. 

I added splatters of gloss spray (Dina Wakely Marina)

once the panel had dried and then added some of 

the clear Shimmerz dots from the March Add-On Bundle.

 

So let's check everything out as we hop around the Krafty Design Team's blogs today!  Grab a nice hot beverage, sit back and relax while we take you on the krafty tour!

First up we have a fearsome set by Sabrina van Vloten called.....

DRAGON FLIGHT! 

Next, we have a coordinating sentiment set by 

Melissa Baker-Nguyen called MY HERO!!

third is an adorably cute set by artist 

Neda Sadreddin called HAMMIN' IT UP!!

And lastly we have a beautiful floral set 

by Michelle Houghton called...

WILDFLOWER WONDER!!

In addition to the fabulous stamp sets shown above, there's also a gorgeous new ink colour called RICH RUST!   As always it will be available in full sized ink pads, ink cubes and ink refills!

And TWO new Krafty Stencils for this month's release to help add some funky fun to your creations!  They are called RADICAL RECTANGLES Stencil! and ROYAL Stencil! But that's not all, there's also an amazing specially curated Add-On Bundle too!

And don't forget our awesome Stamp Of The Month!! We have Gnome Greetings FREE with your order of $75 or more before shipping/tax! He's the perfect addition to your Spring projects!!

Now head on out on today's celebration blog hop and check out all the new products in action as the Krafty Team shares their incredible designs!  Then jump on over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps shop and grab some of these fabulous goodies for yourself!

Happy kraftin'!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

March Sneak Peeks Finale and Anything Goes Challenge - Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

  Today is our final day of Krafty Peeks for the March Release
 at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

We are so excited to share a beautiful floral set 

by our newest artist (and Design Team Member) 

Michelle Houghton called...

WILDFLOWER WONDER!!

These gorgeous set is perfect for your Spring projects, 
and the sentiments are so wonderful and full of hope!

I'll be the first to admit that I'm not often comfortable with coloring 

flowers. But I fell in love with these beautiful images!  

I pulled out my watercolors and this is what I did with them.

I just kept imaging them kind of softly blowing in the breeze.

My colors were inspired by this background that's been 

laying on my craft desk for quite some time just waiting

for the perfect thing to go on it.  Truthfully, I know I'm

not the best at this watercoloring technique but the

process of doing this and the end result just makes 

my heart happy.  I love how it turned out and can't wait

to try other things with these beautiful flowers and 

uplifting sentiments.  I hope you like it too! 

Those pretty clear dots that look like raindrops are part of 

the March Add-On Kit (Shimmerz Embellishments).  Just put a 

drop of clear glue on the bottom and your good to go. Very easy.

As you hop around the design team's blogs today you'll be able to check out WILDFLOWER WONDER in action in combination with a lot of our other new March Kraftin' Kimmie products!  

Of course today is also challenge day and as always during release week, it's Anything Goes!  So create a card, scrapbook page, altered item, planner page....with some Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps products for your chance to WIN the monthly prize! 

 We can't wait to see your creations and you have one week to enter!  Feel free to link up your creation at the bottom of this post and/or upload your pic to the folder in the Krafty Friends facebook group!  You could WIN a gift voucher to the krafty shop!

We've also got a brand new sketch for you!  

If you're needing a little inspiration feel free 

to use this sketch any time you like!

Check out WILDFLOWER WONDER in so many amazing creations today as you hop around the Krafty Team's blogs!  You'll also see the new stencils, RADICAL RECTANGLES and ROYAL, our new RICH RUST hybrid ink and the beautiful MARCH ADD ON BUNDLE along the way! 

Everything will be released after our LIVE Online Release Party TODAY!  All the fun takes place in the Krafty Friends facebook group beginning at 2pm ET!  See you there!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - October NEW Release Blog Hop

Hi!  Thanks for popping in to visit me today!

We at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps have a special

Blog Hop for you today in celebration of the

fantastic October NEW Release.  

Settle back and get comfy and then enjoy hopping

to each of the links below to see some awesome 

creations from the krafty krew and guests 

using the NEW products for this month.  

My card features a combination of 

Caroling Cuties (from Day Three) and
Snowflake Kisses (from Day One) stamped
with the new gorgeous Stormy Sky ink. 

Kind of makes you wanna sing doesn't it?! 

Maybe it's just me but suddenly I'm ready 

for Christmas music lol!

ALL the new products are in the shop now 

so you can go shoppin' after you go hoppin'.

And if you loved it all this month, you are in 

luck because there's the GIMME KIMMIE Kit

which is a fantastic deal.  

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Kraftin' Kimmie May 2019 New Release Peek & Anything Goes Challenge

Hello lovely friends!  The May 2019 NEW Release

peeks from KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS continue.  

It's also the start of a new challenge and the theme is

ANYTHING GOES (as it always is during peeks week).

I'm totally lovin' the NEW "MAKE A WISH" stamp set

by Nedra Sadreddin (you can order this tomorrow afternoon)!
It's just so cute I can hardly stand it!

To make my card, I pulled out my very lonely watercolors 

and made a fun background for the genie and Aladdin. 

Then I added some fun polka dots with the NEW

PINK PIZZAZZ hybrid ink and LOTS OF DOTS stencil 

before adding the fussy cut images and a few of the 

FRUITY DOTS.  I added some die cut vellum clouds also

because I thought it would be fun to make it seem

as if the genie were floating in the clouds with a mist 

of magic around him from the bottle being opened.

Here's how it turned out. I kind of like it!

I'd like to enter this card in these challenges as well:

Creative Craft Cottage Challenges #118 - Use INK - as 

much or as little as you want.  I colored with 

copic markers and inked through the stencil (as well 

as the sentiment).  

Jo's Scrap Shack Fun Friday Challenges FFC#281 -Always Anything Goes.

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog #218 - Make your Own Background and

use Dies and/or punches.  

I hope that you'll join in on the Anything Goes Challenge 

this week! I can't wait to see what you make and share! 

Tomorrow is the LIVE ONLINE PARTY in the 

Kraftin' Kimmie Friends Facebook Group.  You'll get to

see all the new products and can purchase them from 

the store right after the event.  I hope that you will

join us! It's always a fun time with Kimmie!!

Until then pop on down to the link below and go

visit the krafty team to see their fabulous

creations using the last NEW stamp set to

be release this month - BERRY SWEET. 

  

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Krafty Komeback "DandyLion"

Happy Fri-YAY!  

Today we have another fantastic re-release of

a retired rubber stamp set.  We call it the 

KRAFTY KOMEBACK at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS!

If you aren't familiar with the krafty komebacks they are

previously retired rubber stamps.  When Kimmie

switched to the fabulous clear stamps the original

rubber ones were no longer made.  When they were sold 

out they were gone for good. However, Kimmie was able to
have her artists re-make some of the fan favorites
in the new fabulous clear sets.

I'm so excited about this month's krafty komeback 

because she was on my wish list for a long time 

and then when I decided to get her she was gone.

I was jumping for joy to see her again (with some 

new subtle differences that  make her even cuter)!

Meet DANDYLION! She was one of the most popular
images from artist Annie Rodrigue!

Here's my creation using this AhhhhDorable stamp

My background is made with Distress inks and the NEW 

Distress Oxide inks.  I love love love how fun they are

to use.  I only  have two colors right now but will most

definitely be getting more! I also watercolored 

Miss Dandylion with the regular distress inks and 

added some depth with Prismacolor pencils. Such a

fun card to make!  I'm so tickled to share it with you today!

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

The Crafty Addicts Challenge 36 "Anything Goes"

Always Fun Challenges #7 Anything Goes

Crafting From the Heart Challenge #160 Anything Goes

A Bit More Time to Craft #40 Anything Goes

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges #330 anything goes

DANDYLION is now available in the Krafty Store!!!

Ready set GO!!! You know you want her :o)

It's also Frugal Friday and there's FOUR fabulous sets 

on SALE 40% OFF! But only for the weekend and only while 

supplies last! So be sure to check them out!

Thanks for visiting me today! Please pop on down to the links 

below and see what some of the other krafty crew have to 

share with (and tempt/enable) you too!  Hugs! D

Wonderful Wednesday at Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges - May 24th

Hello friends!  Happy hump day! 

The end of my work week is in sight 

and it's a long holiday weekend!

Today we have another WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY

challenge for you at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE and you know 

what that means...the theme is ANYTHING GOES!  

We hope you can play along! Break out your 

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and get krafty!

We want EVERYONE to be able to play along so your 

submission can use ANY stamp and can be any theme, 

any style, any design and it can be a card, a scrapbook page, 

an altered item....you name it!! It must be a NEW creation and you 

can enter until May 30th at midnight! At the end of the month 

one random winner will be chosen from all the submissions for 

the whole month and will receive a $20 Gift Card to the shop! 

What do you think.....wanna WIN?? Let's see your krafty stuff!!

A little birdie told me that something fun is happening 

on Friday! Make sure ya tune in to see what's going on! 

My card today features the NEW clear stamp set called 

BUGS and KISSES combined with some pretty 

flowers from BUDS and BLOOMS.  

I used a combo of copics, zig clean color markers

and distress inks to make this card.  I cut the sentiment 

apart (gasp!) so I could arrange it a little differently.

I'm pretty tickled with how it turned out and I 

absolutely ADORE these little bees!!

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

City Crafter Challenge Blog Week #363 "Sunshine"

Crafty Creations Challenges #342 Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart Challenge #160 Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting me today!  Have a wonderful 

rest of your week! Hugs D

Kraftin" Kimmie Stamps - May NEW Release Peeks DAY ONE

Whoo Hoo!  I'm so excited that  you are here to visit me

because it's DAY ONE of the fabulous sneak peeks for

the May release at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

This month is so fantastic I can  hardly believe it myself!

The first set we have to show you has so many sweet 

little images and lots of ways that it can be used.

It's called BUGS & KISSES by new artist Melissa Baker-Nguyen!
We are so excited to add her to the KKS team and can't wait for you
to see her unique flair in our new stamp sets!
This fun set features lots of cute little bugs, accessory stamps,
sentiments and of course a fabulous jar to put them in!!
There is a total of THIRTEEN awesome stamps in the set!
I am totally in LOVE with this set!

I used my mini Misti (my birthday pressie from my kiddos)  

to line up my stamps, then I embossed everything on 

watercolor paper.  This is colored with Zig Clean Color 

markers.  I fussy cut a few extra leaves and popped them 

up a bit around the bottom. A last step was to add some 

glitter glue around the little lightening bug's bums

for their special glow :o).  Someday I hope to actually

see a lightening bug.  Have you seen them before?

I wonder if they are as adorable as these guys :o).

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #241 Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Challenges #369 Anything Goes w/optional

twist of Use 5 of Something (I have 5 red hearts)

Crafty Creations Challenges #341 - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for visiting me today.  Please go visit

my lovely DT pals and guests (links  below) to see what 

they have to share with you today too!  Hugs! D 

The Daily Marker 30 Day Challenge & Your Next Stamp Sketch Challenge #59

Hello friends and followers!  I've been coloring a little

something every day this month as part of 

The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge (March 2017).

The idea is to color something every day this month - 

even if it's just for a few minutes.    

So far I've been successful with the coloring part

but have only actually finished two cards to share.

On Day 7 I colored the tiny little sun shown below. 

Today - Day 15 - I had some fun water coloring 

the background panel and finished this card

using the little sun I has colored earlier too!

This adorable stamp set is from Your Next Stamp. 

It's called Little Notes and it also has coordinating dies.

I used the YNS Sketch Challenge #59 for my design. 

I'd also like to enter this card in these challenges too:

Creative Moments Challenge #113 - Anything Goes w/option "Blue" 

Crafting from the Heart Challenge #150 "Anything Goes"
Happy Little Stampers - March Watercolour Challenge

Thanks for stopping in to visit me!
Hope you have a very sunny day today and every day!