Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Wonderful Wednesday (Pretty Little Pixies)

Welcome to another WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

The weekly Wonderful Wednesday challenges are always anything goes. Since we want everyone to play along, stamps are welcome from all companies. We do love when you show off your KKS, so if you do use one in your project, there is an extra chance for you to win! Create a NEW card, layout or altered item and share with us over at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps blog or in the KKS Krafty Friends Facebook group.

There is a wonderful Wednesday challenge each week (except release week). At the end of each month a random participant will be selected and win Krafty $ to spend in the KKS shop.

This week I created a simple card featuring an image from the Pretty Little Pixies stamp set.

Here is a look at the inside of the card.

Thank you for stopping by today. Head over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps blog for more details on the Wonderful Wednesday Challenge. You will also see more inspiration from the design team.

You can play along with this week's challenge until April 5th (midnight EST).

Have a fabulous and krafty day!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Pretty Little Pixies (Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps)
Dies: Stitched Rectangle Die (Your Next Stamp)
Paper: Echo Park So Happy Together

Your Next Stamp Happy Easter (Hey Chickie)

Happy Easter everyone!

My family got together on Saturday to celebrate Easter.  As a little gift for everyone, I made these treat bags.

I used the Hey Chickie stamp and die set along with the Cool Tags One die to decorate the bags. The paper is Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid.

The bag is approximately 5 inches high by 3 inches wide. You can create the bag from 1 sheet of 8.5 x 11 sheet of cardstock. You will find a tutorial on how to make these bags here.

There is also a die to create a smaller version of this bag called the Scallop Topped Treat Bag from Your Next Stamp. The YNS die creates a darling treat bag that is 3x2 inches.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Hey Chickie, Sprinkles Happy Easter (sentiment)
Dies: Hey Chickie, Cool Tags One
Paper: Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid
Other: Doodlebug Twine (Limeade)

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - New Home (Welcome to the Neighbourhood)

Hello Krafty friends and welcome to another fun Saturday challenge for Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. This week our challenge theme is called.......NEW HOME!

Grab your stamps (all are welcome) and create a NEW card, layout or other craft items that matches this week's theme. You can share it with us on the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps blog or over in the Krafty Friends Facebook Group. You have all week to play along with this challenge. There is a chance to WIN a Krafty gift card, so grab those stamps and let's get KRAFTY!

This week I used one of the new March release images Welcome to the Neighbourhood to create a card that could be use to announce a move or to celebrate someone new to your neighbourhood, or a congrats to someone buying a new home.

Now it's time for you to get Krafty and join our challenge. You will have until Friday April 1st (11:55 EST) to play along.

If you haven't already done so, check out this week's Frugal Friday deals. There are a dozen of stamp sets currently on sale, for this weekend only. All of the rubber stamps once they are sold our are gone!

Thanks for dropping in today and have a Super Saturday!!!

Supplies Used:
Stamp: Welcome to the Neighbourhood (Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps)
Paper: Simple Stories We Are Family

Your Next Stamp Sketch/Colour Challenge # 34 (Sprinkles Knit Happens)

Hello and welcome to another week of sketch/colour challenge # 35 at Your Next Stamp.

Every two weeks there is a new challenge that features a sketch and colour inspiration. Pick the one that inspires you most, or try to use both on your creation for an added challenge. The best part of these challenges, is that you might WIN a gift certificate to the YNS store!

 If you choose to use the colour inspiration, be sure to use at least 3 colours, along with any additional neutrals.

This week I inked up Sprinkles - Knit Happens and played around with the sketch. With only a few simple changes you can add your own flare to most sketches.

Inside of the care I used a sentiment from the Whatnot Sentiment Two set.

For the sketch/colour challenge #35, you have until Thursday March 31st (midnight EST) to play along. Head over to the Your Next Stamp blog for more inspiration and to link up your own creation.

One random participant will WIN at $15 gift card to the YNS store. If you feature a YNS stamp or die (it must be the main focus), you will receive an additional $5. When you use a YNS image/die, there is also a chance of being selected as the YNS Top Pick! The winner and "top pick" are announced on the Your Next Stamp blog, the Sunday following the close of the challenge.

Thank you for stopping in and have a fabulous and crafty day!

Supplies
Stamps: Sprinkles - Knit Happens
Paper: PhotoPlay - Paper Dolls

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps March Scrappy Challenge (Calendar)

Welcome to our March Scrappy Challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

These challenges are a lot of fun and give you a chance to use your stamps in different ways. Your creations can be ANYTHING you would like to create with KKS, anything that is BUT a card! You still have a lot of room for creativity including, calendars, planner pages, bookmarks, pocket and traditional scrapbooking pages and other altered paper craft items. For the Scrappy challenges you MUST use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp. You have all month to play along, so grab some stamps and let's get KRAFTY!

Our theme for March is: ANYTHING GOES

I have a personal planner, however back in December, I created a family calendar page using the Perfect Planner stamp set and really enjoyed how it turned out. I missed getting a page done in February and March, however I am getting ahead of the game and finished both an April and May calendar.

Calendars and planners are fun ways to use any number of your stamps. On this page I was able to use:

• Perfect Planner
• Hello Spring
• You Are My Sunshine
• One Cup at a Time
• Let's Celebrate
• Totally Tubular (sentiment)
• I {Heart Coffee} (sentiment)
• Itty Bitty Friends (retired)
• Fin-Tactic Friends - Sea Horses, Bubbles, Sentiment (retired)

I hope you play along with this month's SCRAPPY challenge! You can head over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps blog to see more inspiration from the other Krafty Girls, as well as full details about this challenge.

Create any project (other than a card) featuring a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps image. You have one month to play along and you can enter as many times as you like. Once the challenge reaches 5 entries, a random winner will be drawn.

Have a fabulous and Krafty day!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Perfect Planner, Hello Spring, You Are My Sunshine, One Cup at a Time, Let's Celebrate,
Totally Tubular, I {Heart Coffee}, Itty Bitty Friends (retired), Fin-Tactic Friends (retired)

Paper: Simple Stories Hey Mom

Your Next Stamp March Feature - Think Spring

Welcome to the March YOUR NEXT STAMP feature post. Each month the design team uses specific stamps or themes to create new projects that will hopefully inspire you!

This month our them is called.......THINK SPRING!

We just welcomed in the first day of spring on March 20th. As we are nearing the end of this month, I decided to use a few different stamps sets to create my April family calendar page. This calendar will hang in the house and is a fun way to keep everyone on track!

Once the calendar is done, I can add the page to my 12 x 12 scrapbook album for a reminder during the year.

I used a number of stamps on this page including:

Love to Plan
Hey Chickie
Word Critters Spring 
Word Critters Cats & Dogs
Mini Party Confetti
Love and Smiles
Birthday Phoebe (books)
Plant Some Kindness

PRIZE ALERT!!!

Head over to the YNS blog to see all of the Design Team member sharing projects for this month's feature. Leave a comment on the blog post for the March Feature and you will have a chance to win a prize. One lucky stamper will WIN a YNS stamp set of their choice!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps March Release Blog Hop (You Are My Sunshine)

Hello and welcome to our March new release blog hop for Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

This release is filled with so many cute stamps, you are surely to find one or two that you will want to add to your wish list. Sit back, grab a snack and beverage and enjoy today's hop!

For my card today, I used the sweet spring inspired set called You Are My Sunshine.

This is such a fun and simple set to work with and one that you can create endless scenes with all of the fun element.

I paper piece the umbrella and added Glossy Accents for an added shine.

Here is a look at the inside of the card. I love this fun paper from Penny Black called Painted Blooms.

My second card is one I made using the current Spring Kard Kit, which includes the You Are My Sunshine stamp.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: You Are My Sunshine (Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps)
Dies: Stitched Rectangle Die (Your Next Stamp)
Paper: Penny Black Painted Blooms
Other: Doodlebug Sprinkles (Lily White)

I hope you enjoy all of the projects featured in our March release blog hop. There is a lot of inspiration today, so please enjoy!

Happy Hopping.

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps March Previews Day Four: You Are My Sunshine!

Welcome back for another fun day of previews. We are now on our forth day of previews for the March release at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

Today's preview by artist and Krafty girl Becky Pearce is called YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE! This stamps set was recently previewed as part of the latest spring card kit that are still available in the shop (here).

This set is a lot of fun to mix and match the different images and it works well with the bright colours in the Echo Park Spring collection.

I used masking paper, to create my little duck and boots scene. I first stamped the image of the duck that sits in front. I stamped it again on masking paper (you can also use a post it note). Cut out the image from the masking paper and place on top of the stamped duck image. Ink up the image going into the background (the boots) and stamp. Once you remove your masking paper the boots will only stamp on the paper in thearea that was not covered with masking paper. It's a lot of fun.

Inside the card I kept everything clean and simple.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: You Are My Sunshine (Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps)
Dies: Stitching Marks Circles, Circle dies (YNS)
Paper: Echo Park Spring
Other: American Crafts Hemp Twine (Straw)

Remember to hop along and check out all of the fabulous previews from the Krafty Girls today. Leave a comment on each of the blogs as you are hopping along. There will be one lucky winner selected from all of the comments this week to WIN some Krafty $ to spend in the KKS store.

Release Party
Join Kimmie and the Krafty Girls as we party and celebrate the March release. The party will be on the Facebook event page (here) on Saturday March 19 at 2:00 pm (EST). I hope to see you there.

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps March Previews Day Three: Welcome to the Neighbourhood

Hello Krafty Friends and welcome to day three of our previews for the March release at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

Today we have two sets by artist Cheryl Grant. The first is a darling set calls HAPPY NEW HOME and the second one featured here, is WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD!

I love colouring the sweet little bird houses in fun colours. I used paper from Simple Stories Homespun collection.

Here is a look at the inside of the card.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Welcome to the Neighbourhood (Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps)
Die: Fence Die (YNS)
Paper: Simple Stories Homespun

Now it's time for you to hop along and check out all of the fabulous projects from the Krafty Girls. Leave a comment on each of the blogs are you hop along. There will be one lucky winner selected from all of the comments this week to WIN some Krafty $ to spend in the KKS store.

Release Party
Join Kimmie and the Krafty Girls as we party and celebrate the March release. The party will be on the Facebook event page (here) on Saturday March 19 at 2:00 pm (EST). I hope to see you there.