Hooray, it's March Release Day and Blog Hop too!!

Hi to everyone out there, hope you haven't been having the rotten grotty weather we have been having, lots of rain and no sun!! Still, we had a few beautiful days before this, so we are very blessed.

Anyway, enough rambling, it's time for Kraftin' Kimmie's March Release. All of the wonderful images we've been showing you since Thursday are now available at Kimmie's Store. Today I wanted to showcase 'Let's Do Lunch, which is the name of this super cute stamp. It comes with two sentiment stamps, one of which is 'Let's Do Lunch' and the other is 'You're So Sweet', which is the one I used on my card. This is a Cindy and Mindy stamp, created by Jean Grant, I love these images.

Now it's time to get you moving on the Blog Hop. If you have just happened on here, you do need to go back to Kimmie's Challenge Blog as that's where the hop starts. If you have landed here from the Mega-talented Michele, then you are in the right place. To continue your happy hopping, you will go to the equally talented Elaine. Be sure to leave a comment on all our blogs along the way as you will then be in the running to win some free stamps.

Have fun and I pray for God's blessing on all of you who pass through here.

Diana

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge #12 and January Release Preview

Hello to all you crafty ladies out there. I hope you're all staying home where it's warm and toasty and safe and you can play with all your stamping stuff. Sounds like a plan to me anyway, I don't know that there's anywhere in this country where it isn't snowy and/or very cold. Come to that, I know that Britain is in bad shape, I have been talking to friends and family in the last couple of days and they are basically shut down everywhere. So I hope all my crafty buddies over there are hunkered down and stamping their little hearts out. Hi Mary, Shelley, Pinky and the rest of you!!

Anyway, I digress, but then I'm good at it! Today is the second day of previews for Kimmie's January Release, which goes live tomorrow morning!! Woo Hoo!! It's also the day for a new challenge on Kimmie's Challenge Blog and this week it's Heavy Metal. Tara is our hostess for this week, so she wants us to use any metal on our cards. You can use anything metal to dress up your card. Anyone can join in Kimmie's Challenge, but to be eligible to win, you need to use your Kraftin' Kimmie stamps.

For my card I used Chester from the new release, I just love him! He is so dapper and fancy! I used my Basic Grey Mellow pack for the background (which I matted on Chocolate Chip), including the strip across the middle with the border. I coloured Chester with my S.U. Markers, sponged around him with Chocolate Chip ink, then matted him on Old Olive, which I also used as the card base. I put a metal brad on either side of the strip, added some yummy chocolate chip satin ribbon (I don't know what I'll do when I run out of it!), made a bow through a metal buckle and set it atop the ribbon and there you go.

Now it's your turn! Since I see that our very talented Tara has used Dance Recital for her Heavy Metal card, I think that is the one that the winner will receive, along with the accessory stamp 'Dance Like Nobody is Watching'.

Have a great weekend,
Blessings to you all,
Diana