January 2018 Skrappy Challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

Welcome to another month of Skrappy Fun at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!  In this challenge, we invite you to make anything BUT a card! So that means bookmarks, gifts, scrapbook pages, journal art, planner pages, tags, boxes...pretty much anything that includes a krafty stamp!!

You have all month long to play AND you can enter as many times as you like. Two rules:  make sure to include a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp and make sure it's a NEW creation. As soon as we have at least five entries, we'll be giving away a PRIZE...one lucky krafter will WIN a $20 gift voucher to the krafty shop! You have until Tuesday, February 20th at midnight EST. Also be sure to share your creations on the Krafty Friends facebook page because we LOVE to see your stuff!

For this challenge, I decided to make a bookmark. I know many Kraftin' Kimmie fans share our love of reading, stamping and coffee, so this seemed like a perfect combo. I stamped out a few images from our BREW-TIFUL DAY set and then embossed the title sentiment. The "Think Happy Thoughts" part of the sentiment is from our brand new HAPPY THOUGHTS sentiments set. Love that our sets are versatile enough to combine together! The background was made with Distress Oxide inks and I added a bit of burlap ribbon to finish it off.

Check out some incredible inspiration from the Krafty Design Team below!

Thanks for visiting.

Blessings, 

Melanie

Summer....weekly Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge

Welcome to this week's Krafty Challenge!

For those of us with winter weather, we're sick of all the cold! So let's do a SUMMER CHALLENGE!

Create a card, scrapbook page, altered item etc. with a SUMMER theme and submit your design for your chance to WIN! You have until Friday, January 26th to enter this challenge! Keep in mind, all entries are welcome but you must use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp in order to win.

Each Saturday we post a new challenge and you can enter as many times as you like!!! And each submission during the month will enter you into the monthly prize which will be....
a $40 gift voucher to spend in the krafty shop!!!
What do you think? Worth playin' for? ;)

We've also got a brand new sketch for your inspiration for January! You don't have to use it but if you need a little extra kickstart in your mojo, feel free to use it any time!

Here's my card featuring the fun Sandy Toes set...such a perfect set for summer creations! The image was coloured with Copics and the sentiment is part of the set. Oh, and this set is on sale this week! ;)

Hope you plan to play along! 

Here's the hop list: 

Blessings, 

Melanie

January 2018 Release Blog Hop at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

Today we are celebrating the release of all the fabulous January stamps at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

Included are:

1. Stacey Slapshot
2. Furry Angels
3. Girl Power
4. Happy Thoughts

You'll see all the stamps in action today as you travel around to visit our design team and wonderful guests. The full list is at the end of my post.

The new stamps are all available for purchase at the shop. If you have to have them all, check out the January Gimmie Kimmie Kit...it includes all the stamps at a discounted price, but it's only available for a limited time!

Make sure to check out our FB page for details on a Krafty Guest Designer call!

For the hop today, I made a card featuring Stacey Slapshot. I combined her with our Forest Background stamp to create a winter scene. I applied a layer of gesso to watercolour paper and stamped out the Forest Background scene. I then painted it with acrylics. I did paint over some of the small details of foliage and flowers by covering them with snow; the water surface was painted as a frozen pond perfect for an outdoor hockey game. Stacey Slapshot was stamped on Hammermill paper and coloured with copics. I fussy cut the image and adhered her to the painted background. I intentionally used our Team Canada colours...congrats again to our juniors on their recent gold medal!!

Here's the hop list for today:

Thanks for visiting.

Blessings,

Melanie

Kraftin' Kimmie January Sneak Peeks Day 4! Plus a challenge, and an online crop!

Welcome to Day 4 of our January Krafty Peeks at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! 

Oh, and it's also our weekly challenge! As always, during release week, our theme is ANYTHING GOES. Use any Kraftin' Kimmie stamp to make any project...and don't forget to share them on our FB page! You have one week to play along and at the end of the month, we will announce one winner from all the weekly challenges for January! The prize...a $40 dollar gift certificate to use on anything in the KKS shop! 

Today we are introducing a beautiful sentiment set called HAPPY THOUGHTS!  

The set includes 8 gorgeous sentiments that can be used for a multitude of projects for those special people in your lives who may need a word of encouragement! 

You will see these sentiments in action as you hop around the Krafty blogs...the list is at the end of my post. Be sure to leave some love at each stop because one lucky commenter is going to WIN a $10 gift voucher to the krafty shop EACH DAY this week!!

Plus we're doing a GIVEAWAY of the ENTIRE release on the Krafty Friends facebook page! The winners will be announced at the online release party today at 1pm EST. We'll be checking out ALL of the FOUR new clear stamp sets, sharing fabulous creations, giving away prizes and having tons of krafty fun!

As if that wasn't enough fun, we are also having a WINTER KRAFTY KROP on the FB page! Hang out with Kimmie, the Krafty Team and krafty friends from all over the globe as we host challenges, give away prizes and most importantly, have fun together! 

I created a tag with one of my favourite sentiments from the set. I used some pretty Graphic 45 paper, some distress inks, a doily, a few pearl sprays and a piece of crocheted lace...super quick and easy to put together! 

Here's a look at the full set.  

Here's the hop list: 

Thanks for visiting!

Blessings, 

Melanie

January 2018 Kraftin' Kimmie Sneak Peeks...Day 3

Welcome to Day 3 of our January Krafty Peeks at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

Krafty artist Emilie Goulet has designed an awesome new teen set called GIRL POWER. 

The set includes two main images plus an assortment of great sentiment to encourage and empower all the young women in your lives. They are perfect for cards, scrapbook layouts, tags, planner pages, altered items...sky's the limit! 

You will see these images in action as you hop around the Krafty blogs...the list is at the end of my post. Be sure to leave some love at each stop because one lucky commenter is going to WIN a $10 gift voucher to the krafty shop EACH DAY this week!!

Plus we're doing a GIVEAWAY of the ENTIRE release on the Krafty Friends facebook page! The winners will be announced at the online release party Saturday afternoon at 1pm EST. We'll be checking out ALL of the FOUR new clear stamp sets, sharing fabulous creations, giving away prizes and having tons of krafty fun!

I stamped the book worm from GIRL POWER on Hammermill paper and coloured her with copics. I used a text stamp and Distress Oxide inks to create the background. The sentiment is included in the set. 

Here's a look at the full set.  

Here's the hop list: 

Thanks for visiting!

Blessings, 

Melanie

January 2018 Kraftin' Kimmie Sneak Peeks...Day Two!

Welcome to Day TWO of our January Krafty Peeks at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

We all have lost furry friends over the years and know friends and family who have also been through such a devastating ordeal. It's hard to know what to do in these situations but I think sending a sweet handmade creation with warm thoughts and hugs is so helpful. With that in mind, we introduce you to a sweet new set called FURRY ANGELS. 

This sweet set features both a dog image and a cat image plus several heartwarming sentiments for your creations.

You will see these images in action as you hop around the Krafty blogs...the list is at the end of my post. Be sure to leave some love at each stop because one lucky commenter is going to WIN a $10 gift voucher to the krafty shop EACH DAY this week!!

Plus we're doing a GIVEAWAY of the ENTIRE release on the Krafty Friends facebook page! The winners will be announced at the online release party Saturday afternoon at 1pm EST. We'll be checking out ALL of the FOUR new clear stamp sets, sharing fabulous creations, giving away prizes and having tons of krafty fun!

I stamped the dog from Furry Angels on blue Canson Mi Tientes paper and coloured the image with polychromos coloured pencils. I also used the black and white pencils from the Derwent Drawing set. (see below for the colour list; PC denotes polychromos, DD denotes derwent drawing). The sentiment comes with the set. 

Dog: Black (PC), Ivory (PC), Dark Sepia (PC), Burnt umber (PC), Walnut (PC), Bistre (PC), Brown ochre (PC), Warm grey 1 (PC), Warm grey 4 (PC), White (PC), Paynes Grey (PC), Sanguine (PC), Sky blue (PC), Light yellow ochre (PC), Chinese White (DD), Black  (DD), Yellow Ochre (DD)

Clouds: Violet (PC), Sky blue (PC), White (PC), Cold grey 1 (PC), Smoke blue (DD), Chinese white (DD)

Here's the hop list: 

Thanks for visiting!

Blessings, 

Melanie