Saturday, August 25, 2012

KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS - Saturday Challenge

Hello friends and happy Saturday. Are you ready for another FUN challenge with Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps?

Our hostess for today’s challenge is the very precious Melanie. Her challenge is to MAKE A SCENE. 
Please join us for this fun challenge and use any Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp image you'd like!! Then be sure to share your project with us by clicking on the little blue frog link at the bottom of today's post on the Kraftin' Kimmie blog to add your card for your chance to WIN!! Winner will receive the image that MELANIE is using on her card today

I used one of the NEW Halloween images from the set TOO CUTE TO SPOOK 1 for my card. Here is my card for today's FUN challenge.
 



Thanks for stopping by today. Don't forget to head over to the Kraftin' Kimmie blog to check out the rest of the Krafty Girl's card.


Hugs,

Sunday, August 19, 2012

KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS August Krafty Hop

Well welcome back!! It’s Krafty RELEASE Day at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS!! And we’re celebrating with a KRAFTY HOP!! There are SO many SPOOKY and SWEET new stamps to SEE this month and we've got them in a fabulous showcase just FOR YOU! 

Over the last few days in our Krafty Peeks, we have shared lots of AMAZING new stamps from all our artists! We’ve got something for everyone!! Lulu is back from Cheryl Alger.....and she's all dressed up in her costumes....it's HALLOWEEN LULU! We also have an adorable set of trick or treaters from Emilie Goulet called TOO CUTE TO SPOOK 1 and TOO CUTE TO SPOOK 2!! And of course we have an amazing new set of six scrumptious CANDY GIRLS from Annie Rodrigue that are simply DELICIOUS! OH and don’t forget the BRAND NEW line of stamps tha
t will coordinate with ALL your images.... called HALLOWEEN TRINKETS by the lovely Nicole Aspinall!!!

You will get to see most of the new images today as you sit back and enjoy our AUGUST Krafty Hop! As you hop from blog to blog, be sure to leave a comment at each and every stop because some lucky stampers will win packages of these incredible stamps from the new release!! And when you’re done hoppin’, be sure to head over to the Kraftin’Kimmie shop, because ALL the new images are NOW available!

And of course, as always, we have our Gimme Kimmies Kits available for those of you who ‘need it all’!! The stamps are grouped together by artist and are available at a discount, but only for a limited time!!



For my card today I used a new image called COCOA CHOCOLATE. I love this image cause I can totally relate to loving chocolate like this girl does. Only wish I looked as good as she does :) Here is my card.



And here is a close up of the bow and some new bling I bought at HL this week.


Saturday, August 18, 2012

KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS - August Previews Day 4 and a CHALLENGE

Hello friends and happy Saturday. Are you ready for another day of some awesome Kraftin’ Kimmie image previews? You are going to love the ones we have to show you today because they were drawn by the amazing Annie Rodrigue. I LOVE her Moonlight Whisper images. This month's theme is CANDY..... Yay!!!

The hostess for today's challenge is me. I have created a sketch for you to use. Please join us for this fun challenge and use any Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp you'd like!! Then be sure to share your card with us by clicking on the little blue frog link at the bottom of today's post on the Kraftin' Kimmie blog to add your card for your chance to WIN!! Winner will receive the new image, CANDY LOLLIPOP, that I am using on my card.

Here is my card using the adorable CANDY LOLLIPOP.



TWO people will win (3) of the images that are being previewed today. Make sure you check out all the Krafty girls blogs for sneak peeks and leave a comment for your chance to win. You can find their links on the Kraftin’ Kimmie blog. Winner will be announced on the Kraftin’ Kimmie blog tomorrow.

QUICK REMINDER: There are two chances to win today. 1) Play along with today’s challenge and win the image I am using on my card today from this month’s NEW release and 2) Comment on all the Krafty Girls blogs today for a chance to win (3) of the NEW images being shown today. Remember 2 people will win (3) images each for commenting.

Thanks for stopping by. Good luck to everyone. I will see you tomorrow with ourKRAFTY BLOG HOP.

Friday, August 17, 2012

KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS - August Previews Day 3

Hello friends and happy Friday. We have more AMAZING images to show you today from Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps. Today all of our preview images are drawn by the fabulous Emilie Goulet.

Emilie has drawn TWO adorable sets, TOO CUTE TO SPOOK 1 and TOO CUTE TO SPOOK 2.  They each have 3 images along with 4 sentiments. ADORABE!!! I used the C.C. Designs Cutters Bats Die again along with a tree die called C.C. Designs Cutters Spooky Tree Die. You can find them both at the ALL THAT SCRAPS STORE. Here is my card for today's preview.


Thanks for stopping by. Good luck to everyone. I will see you tomorrow with another sneak peek and our FABULOUS SATURDAY CHALLENGE.

Thursday, August 16, 2012

KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS - August Previews Day 2

Hello friends and happy Thursday. Are you ready for more sneak peeks from one of our fav companies .... KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS? Today's images are drawn by the amazingly talented Cheryl Alger. We have a another fantastic LULU set called HALLOWEEN LULU.  The set comes with 3 adorable images and 4 sentiments.

It is also time today for Jen's Deconstructed Sketch Challenge #65. You are going to love today's sketch. It was perfect for my preview image. For my card today I used Witchy Lulu. I also used two NEW dies from ALL THAT SCRAPS called C.C. DESIGNS CUTTER CORNER BANNER, and added some bats from the NEW die C.C. DESIGNS CUTTER BATS. I really like how this banner added to my card. Here is my card and today's sketch by Jen.





If you’d like to join us this week for Jen's sketch all you need to do is create a project using the above sketch as inspiration. There are no specific image requirements for this challenge. Upload your project to your blog or to an online gallery and link it back Jen's blog to Inlinkz by Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at 8 pm CST. (If you miss the deadline please leave a link to your card in a comment on Jen's blog… we’d still love to see it!!)Be sure to hop around and check out what the rest of the Deconstructed Sketch Design Team has made! 

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS - August Previews Day 1

The Krafty Girls and I have been waiting for this release ALL YEAR!!! It's time for our August release and if you're a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps fan, you know what that means!!! It's time for HALLOWEEN!!!!! We are kicking off the *New* AUGUST Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps previews today and first off, we’d like to introduce you to another new set of Trinkets!!! We are very excited to share with you our….HALLOWEEN TRINKETS!!! 

These circular sentiment stamps have been created and designed by the totally talented Krafty Girl, Nicole Aspinall!! They are made especially to fit in your 1 3/8ths and 1 ¾ inch punches, for quick and easy cutting!!! This month we are releasing the HALLOWEEN Trinkets set which includes EIGHT trinkets in each set with four of each size and they come as both positive and negative images, so you can use your black or brown ink with the positive stamps and use your colored inks with the negative ones!!

A lot of the Krafty Girls are cardmakers and we have found these to be such a quick and easy way to add a sentiment to our creations but they are also perfect for your Smashbook pages and your scrapbook pages, not to mention your altered items and tags!! Can't you just see these hanging from your spooky treat bags!!!?!

You will get the set as a completely unmounted full sheet of deeply etched grey rubber. And we've got more amazing Trinket stamps coming your way over the next couple of months!! *wink*

Now wait 'til you see the awesome samples the Krafty Girls have put together for you....and be sure to comment on each and every stop because one lucky stamper is going to WIN the new HALLOWEEN TRINKETS set!!!

Here is my card for today.





Thursday, August 9, 2012

Deconstructed Sketch #64

Hello and happy Thursday friends. It's time for our weekly sketch from the amazing Jen Shults and you are going to love today's sketch, Deconstructed Sketch #64.

For my card today I used one of last year's adorable Halloween images by Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps called Happy Vampy. Isn't she adorable? It's time to start pulling out our Halloween crafts cause we only have about two and a half months until it's upon us. If you really want to see some awesome Halloween goodies, be ready to check out our Kraftin' Kimmie previews that start next Wednesday, August 15th. Here is my card and today's sketch.  



Don't forget to check out what all the girls from the Deconstructed Sketch team have to show you. You will find tons of inspiration.
 
If you’d like to join us for this past week's sketch all you need to do is create a project using the above sketch as inspiration. There are no specific image requirements for this challenge. Upload your project to your blog or to an online gallery and link it back Jen's blog to Inlinkz by Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at 8 pm CST. (If you miss the deadline please leave a link to your card in a comment on Jen's blog… we’d still love to see it!!)
Thanks for stopping by today. Good luck everyone.

Hugs,



Thursday, August 2, 2012

Deconstructed Sketch #63

Hello and happy Thursday friends. It's time for our weekly sketch from the amazing Jen Shults and you are going to love today's sketch, Deconstructed Sketch #63.

For my card today I used one of the NEW images by Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps from the set called BIRTHDAY TRINKETS. I tell you what peeps, you can make up a card really fast with these new trinkets that Kraftin' Kimmie is selling. This card took me 45 minutes, and that includes the stitching and everything. LOVE THEM for that. Here is my card and today's sketch. 





Don't forget to check out what all the girls from the Deconstructed Sketch team have to show you. You will find tons of inspiration.
 
If you’d like to join us for this past week's sketch all you need to do is create a project using the above sketch as inspiration. There are no specific image requirements for this challenge. Upload your project to your blog or to an online gallery and link it back Jen's blog to Inlinkz by Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 8 pm CST. (If you miss the deadline please leave a link to your card in a comment on Jen's blog… we’d still love to see it!!)
Thanks for stopping by today. Good luck everyone.

Hugs,