Deconstructed Sketch - DS25

Hello friends and happy Thursday. I'm here to bring you a card for this week's challenge on Jen’s Deconstructed Sketch blog, DS25.

Today I used two of the NEW images from ALL THAT SCRAPS. The main image is called C.C. Designs Reindeer Lights. I love this image so much, he's a cutie pie. The sentiment is called C.C. Designs Sparkly Wishes. The paper is from the Bo Bunny Blitzen 6x6 paper pad. Here is Jen's wonderful sketch and my card.

If you’d like to join us this week 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, November 2, 2011 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! We have 2 new girls joining the team this week as Guest Designers. Please say a big welcome to Tracey Pickersgill and Andrea Ewen. YAY .... WELCOME GIRLS.

• Amber Hight
• Andrea Ewen - Guest Designer
• Angela Sowell
• Anna Maria Nilsson
• Arielle Gordon
• Donna Wardle
• Emma Eads
• Jen Shults
• Jessica Diedrich
• Kadie Ensley
• Lori Boyd
• Pam Varnell (you are here)
• Sheri Gilson
• Tracey Pickersgill - Guest Designer

Thanks for stopping by and I’ll see you back here on Saturday with a Kraftin’ Kimmie card.

Hugs,
Pam

KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS Krafty Hop

Do YOU know what day it is???  It’s Krafty RELEASE Day!!  Today Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps is releasing their new October stamps and there’s SO much to SEE!!   


Over the last few days in our Krafty Peeks, we have shared lots of FUN new stamps for you to get inky with!  We’ve got something for everyone!! There is a fun new trio of SNOWPEEPS from Cheryl Alger !  We have a super fun set of five animals having fun in the white stuff from Emilie Goulet called the WINTER WONDERLAND collection!  And of course we have an amazing new set of six EVERYDAY GIRLS from Annie Rodrigue! 

You will get to see most of the new images today as you sit back and enjoy our OCTOBER Krafty Hop!  If you want to start from the beginning, just head over to the Kraftin’ Kimmie Challenge Blog!  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!!

You should have arrived here from the very talented Kerry's blog. If not please go back to the Krafitn' Kimmie blog to get started. 

For my card today I used EVA. She is my all time fav KK stamp now. She was so much fun to color and look how cute and sassy she is. The sentiment "Baby, it's Cold Outside!" comes with her. Here is my card.

Your next stop on the Hop is the sweet Krista's blog. I hope you have a lot of fun Hopping around today. Don't forget to leave those comments for your chance to WIN!!!

Have a great Sunday my friends.

Hugs,

Pam

KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS Previews Day 3 and Saturday's Challenge

Hello friends and happy Saturday. Are you ready for another day of some awesome Kraftin’ Kimmie images? You are going to love the ones we have to show you today that were drawn by the amazing Annie Rodrigue. Don’t you just love her Moonlight Whisper images? I know I can’t get enough of them.

Our hostess for today’s challenge is me and I have a sketch for us today. 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, JULIE, that I'm using on my card. Woohoo!!!

 Here is today's sketch challenge.

My card uses Julie and the sentiment "Let's Party" comes with her.

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 Julie 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 our KRAFTY BLOG HOP.

Hugs,
Pam

KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS - Previews Day 2

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

My card today is previewing the image LET'S GO FOR A RIDE. This precious girl bunny is pulling her stuffed bunny on the sled for a jolly good ride. Wait til you see how adorable this image is. Here is my card.

Wanna win? One person will win a complete set of ALL 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.

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

Hugs,

Pam

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps PREVIEW with a Deconstructed Sketch

Hello friends and happy Thursday. Are you ready for some sneak peeks from one of our fav companies .... KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS? It's time for our October previews and we got some beauties for you this month. Today's images are drawn by the amazingly talented Cheryl Alger. 

I'm using today's sketch from Jen's Deconstructed Sketch challenge. I just adore Jen's sketches each week and I know that you are going to love this one as much as I do. 

My card today uses a new image called SENDING WINTER HUGS. It comes with the sentiment that I used on my card too. I put lots of sparkle and shine on my main image panel with Stickles and Chunky Glitter. Here is today's sketch and my card.

Don't you just love that precious image? One winner will receive all the images from today's previews. 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.


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, October 26, 2011 at 8 pm CST. (If you miss the deadline please leave a link to your card in a comment onJen'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!

• Amber Hight
• Angela Sowell
• Anna Maria Nilsson
• Arielle Gordon
• Donna Wardle
• Emma Eads
• Jen Shults
• Jessica Diedrich
• Kadie Ensley
• Lori Boyd
• Pam Varnell (you are here)
• Sheri Gilson

** I would like to announce a special contest with this week’s sketch. We are looking for a GUEST DESIGNER to join us for three months, November thru January!!! If you have been enjoying the sketches and would like to join the Deconstructed Sketch Girls as a guest designer all you need to do to apply is create a card using this week’s sketch. As always there is no specific image requirement. To be considered please upload your card to InLinkz on Jen's blog by October 19, 2011 at 8 pm CST and include the word GUEST when typing in your name (example: Jen Shults Guest). That’s it! Easy peasy. The DS Girls and I will look over the entries and make an announcement on October 26, 2011.

Thanks for stopping by. Good luck to everyone. I will see you tomorrow with another sneak peek.

Hugs,

Pam

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps KRAFTY DAY

Hello friends and happy Sunday. I wanted to let you know about a little something going on today with Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. I just copied the post from the KK blog. Here it is:

It’s KRAFTY DAY!!!  As most of you probably know, we are putting on a fantastic event today with all the local stampers and scrappers!!  Since most of our online friends aren’t able to join us, except in spirit, we thought we’d do something special!!

The attendees of Krafty Day will enjoy a lovely KKS tote bag filled with goodies and one of those goodies is a special commemorative stamp, created especially for the event!!  It’s called Best Friends which was created by our awesome artist, Annie Rodrigue!  Well, how would YOU like to get one too?!!  Beginning today and runningonly until Friday, October 21^st, each and every order over $75 before shipping and taxes will receive this stamp (worth $10) for FREE!!  How about that??!!  

Do you wanna know what the stamp looks like??  Well, it just so happens that some of the Krafty Girls have been playing with the new stamp and they're posting their creations today for you to see!!!  Go check them out!!

MELANIE

DIANA

ELAINE

CAROLE

MICHELE

KERRY

NICOLE

KRISTA

TARA

Even if you can't join us in person for Krafty Day, we hope you'll be with us in spirit!!  We plan on posting pictures to our Facebook page during the day, so keep your eyes peeled!  We'd love to see what you're working on also, so be sure to share!!!

So hop on over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps shop and get YOUR Best Friends stamp for FREE!! 

Happy kraftin'!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Challenge 100

Hello friends and happy Saturday. It's celebration time at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps today!! Do you know why??? Well, actually it's for a couple of reasons! Firstly, if you've noticed the challenge number.....today is our 100th KKS Challenge!!! Woohoo! And secondly, this month marks Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps' SECOND BIRTHDAY!!! Can you believe it?? So we're doing something special to mark the occasion!

Have you ever wanted to be a Krafty Girl?? Think ya got what it takes?? Well, here's your chance to show it!! Our challenge for this week is to USE YOUR FAVOURITE KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMP! That's it...nothin' fancy! Just make us a creation featuring one of your fave KKStamps and share it on the KKStamps blog! Link it up with the little blue froggie and leave us a message in the comment section telling us that you're applying for the job! The winner will receive a package of new release stamps and will be joining us for the challenges and krafty peeks for the month of December!! (You can still play along if you're not applying to be a Krafty Girl and we'll have our regular weekly winner!)

Also, you've probably heard that tomorrow is our annual Krafty Day that we are holding for the local stampers and scrappers!! Well, we thought we'd like to do something special for our online krafty friends who can't be with us in person......so come on back tomorrow to find out what we've got goin' on!!! It's exciting!!

For my card today I used Raychel. She is so cute and sassy. Here is my card.

Thanks for stopping by today and I'll talk to you again tomorrow about Kraftin' Kimmie's Krafty Day!!

Hugs,

Pam

Jen's DECONSTRUCTED SKETCH

** Edited to Add: Guest DT info below.

Hello friends and happy Thursday. I'm here to bring you a card for this week's challenge on Jen’s Deconstructed Sketch blog.

Today I used one of the NEW images from ALL THAT SCRAPS called C.C. Designs Laugh Lines Christmas Car. I love this image so much. I wanted to show you that it could also be used as an every day image and not just for Christmas. The sentiment is from the AmyR set Fence Sentiments. The paper, which by the way has my fav colors purple and green, is from the Bo Bunny Garden Girl 6x6 paper pad. Here is Jen's wonderful sketch and my card.

If you’d like to join us this week 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, October 19, 2011 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!

• Amber Hight
• Angela Sowell
• Anna Maria Nilsson
• Arielle Gordon
• Donna Wardle
• Emma Eads
• Jen Shults
• Jessica Diedrich
• Kadie Ensley
• Lori Boyd
• Pam Varnell (you are here)
• Sheri Gilson

** I would like to announce a special contest with this week’s sketch. We are looking for a GUEST DESIGNER to join us for three months, November thru January!!! If you have been enjoying the sketches and would like to join the Deconstructed Sketch Girls as a guest designer all you need to do to apply is create a card using this week’s sketch. As always there is no specific image requirement. To be considered please upload your card to InLinkz on Jen's blog by October 19, 2011 at 8 pm CST and include the word GUEST when typing in your name (example: Jen Shults Guest). That’s it! Easy peasy. The DS Girls and I will look over the entries and make an announcement on October 26, 2011.


Thanks for stopping by and I’ll see you back here on Saturday with a Kraftin’ Kimmie card.

Hugs,
Pam

Some Bright Hats

Hello everyone and happy Wednesday. I made three hats for someone that I thought I would show you today. These are for a little girl that loves bright colors as much as I do. What do you think?

If you would like a hat like one of these please email me at stampingpam@catt.com.

I will be adding different style hats, arm/wrist warmers and scarves shortly so please check back.

Have a great day friends.

Hugs,

Pam

HAT Anyone?

Hello friends and happy Monday. We have been having the most beautiful and awesome weather here in the Southern US lately. It’s going to be in the 70’s all week this week. The leaves are changing and it’s just absolutely gorgeous. I love this time of the year, with a nip in the air and a ball game on the TV. What about you?

I have had a lot of requests for the hats that I wear during the fall and winter. I actually make these cute hats and probably have one in about every color, LOL, that way I always have one to match any outfit. Here are a few pics of some, if you are interested in having one.

or no flower

My sweet friend Jess

and Jess’ sweet daughter Ava (yes I can make them smaller for a child)

I’m selling them for $15 (which includes shipping to the US and Canada) or $12 for one with no flower. If you would like one for yourself or for a gift please email me at stampingpam@catt.com and we’ll get you set up. I should be able to get one in the mail to you within 48 hours, unless I have a back log, BUT I would let you know that up front. All you need to do is let me know what color you want and if its for an adult or a child. I take PayPal only.

I hope that I can make someone else as happy with one of these hats as they make me when I am wearing them. Have a great day friends.

Hugs,

Pam

Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps SATURDAY CHALLENGE

Hello friends and happy Saturday. I'm here to bring you a card today for Saturday's challenge on the Kraftin' Kimmie's blog. Our hostess for today’s challenge is the awesomely sweet and very talented Michele. Her challenge for us today is SPARKLE AND SHINE. You can win the image that Michele used on her card from today. It’s the Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus from the O Holy Night stamp set. 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. You can see all the samples from the rest of the DT there also.

For my card today I used the O Holy Night set also, but I used the Shepard Boy image. This set has 3 adorable images and a sentiment for each. LOVE it!!! My sparkle and shine is in two places, the snowflake has Stickles and the ground under the image has Martha Stewart chunky glitter (which is hard to see from my pic, sorry). The inside is decorated using the Nativity Sentiments set. The paper is from the Bo Bunny Blitzen 6x6 paper pad. Here is my card.

Thanks for joining me today friends. I hope you all have a wonderful, blessed weekend.

Hugs,

Pam

Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps–Frugal Friday

Hello friends and happy Friday. Can you believe it’s the weekend already? I hope this one goes by slow. I feel like I blink my eyes and it’s Monday all over again. Do you ever feel that way?

Here are the Frugal Friday specials for KRAFTIN’ KIMMIE STAMPS. All 40-50% off:

• Monique
• Lisette
• Fanny
• Pumpkin Miles
• Skiing Miles
• Bookworm Jaime

Thanks for stopping by today. Tomorrow is our Saturday challenge day so I will see you right back here with a challenge card. Have a great weekend!!!

Hugs,

Pam

I’m a DECONSTRUCTED SKETCH GIRL

Hello friends and happy Thursday. I am so happy to be bringing you a post today as the newest member of Jen’s Deconstructed Sketch Team. Thank you Jen so much for asking me to be a part of this team that is loaded with tons of talented ladies.

We bring you a sketch each week and this week we are sponsored by the FANTASTIC Christy Croll of Tiddly Inks. Tiddly Inks digital stamps range from adorable and cute to funky and dark. There is something for everyone to love at Tiddly Inks. All of the images are hand drawn by Christy Croll and are high resolution digital images. You can find Christy's images at the Tiddly Inks store and the Tiddly Inks Basement, discount store. As our sponsor this week Christy is offering a $10 gift certificate to one lucky sketch participant! Can I hear a HECK YA!!!

For my card I used the newly release Angel Spice Halloween. She is so cute and adorable with her little purse. I paired her with some paper from the 6X6 Prima Marketing Paisley Road paper pad. Talking about some bright paper, right down my alley. LOL. Here is our sketch for this week and my card.

If you’d like to join us this week 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, October 12, 2011 at 8 pm CST. We are playing for a $10 Tiddly Inks Gift Certificate this week so make sure to get your entry in! (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!

• Amber Hight
• Angela Sowell
• Anna Maria Nilsson
• Arielle Gordon
• Donna Wardle
• Emma Eads
• Jen Shults
• Jessica Diedrich
• Kadie Ensley
• Lori Boyd
• Pam Varnell (you are here)
• Sheri Gilson

Thanks for stopping by and I’ll see you back here on Saturday with a Kraftin’ Kimmie card.

Hugs,
Pam

ALL THAT SCRAPS–October Previews Day 3

Hello everyone and happy Wednesday. Did you enjoy all the sneak peeks yesterday? Well wait until you see what we have to show you today from All That Scraps. And remember these new October release images and dies are already in the store so go grab them up.

Today’s previews are from the amazingly talented Amy Young. She has several adorable Sweet November images for you to see. For my card today I used MISTLETOE JOSIE. The sentiment is from the set HANDY CHRISTMAS GREETINGS. The mistletoe I have used in two different places on the card is a new die called MISTLETOE. The paper is from the 6x6 paper pad by Jillibean Soup called Christmas Eve Chowder.  Here is my card.

Amy has several cute Sweet November Fairwees that are new for this release. You’re going to love them all.

Make sure you head over to the ATS blog to see what the other designers are previewing today and to enter for your chance to WIN. These images are available in the store NOW.

Thanks for stopping by and I’ll see you back here tomorrow with another card and an announcement.

Hugs,

Pam

ALL THAT SCRAPS–October Previews Day 2

Hello everyone and happy Tuesday. Did you enjoy all the sneak peeks yesterday? Well wait until you see what we have to show you today from All That Scraps. And remember these new October release images and dies are already in the store so go grab them up.

For my card today I used REINDEER LIGHTS. The sentiment is sold by itself and its called SPARKLY WISHES. The gorgeous string of lights across the bottom is a new die called CHRISTMAS BULBS. I cut it out in several colors and pieced it to make different colored lights on the string. If you look at the close up pic you can see that I added Crystal Effects to make them look like they are really burning. The inside of my card uses a NEW sentiment set called HANDY CHRISTMAS GREETINGS. Here is my card, inside and out.

I am just so in love with this little guy. Isn’t he adorable?

Make sure you head over to the ATS blog to see what the other designers are previewing today and to enter for your chance to WIN. These images are available in the store NOW. We will be showing you previews through Wednesday though. That way you can get some ideas of different ways to use the new stamps.

Thanks for stopping by and I’ll see you back here tomorrow with another preview for you.

Hugs,

Pam

ALL THAT SCRAPS–October Previews Day 1

Hello everyone and happy Monday. Can you believe it’s October already? There is definitely a nip in the air here which I am totally enjoying after the 100 degree weather all summer. How is your weather?

We have some adorable images to show you today from All That Scraps. Our October previews start today and all I can say is WOW!!! You are going to LOVE what we have to show you. We have some cute holiday images for this release.

For my card today I used BABY JESUS and ANGEL. It comes with the sentiment “A Child is Born …..” that I have on the bottom outside of my card and the star image is also included. The inside of my card uses a NEW sentiment set called HANDY CHRISTMAS GREETINGS. Here is my card, inside and out.

Isn’t it fantastic? I just LOVE this mini set. Can’t wait to make some Christmas cards with it.

Make sure you head over to the ATS blog to see what the other designers are previewing today and to enter for your chance to WIN. These images are available in the store NOW. We will be showing you previews through Wednesday though. That way you can get some ideas of different ways to use the new stamps.

Thanks for stopping by and I’ll see you back here tomorrow with another preview for you.

Hugs,

Pam

KRAFTIN’ KIMMIE Sat. Challenge and Some ANNOUNCEMENTS

Hello friends and happy Saturday. I'm here to bring you a card today for Saturday's challenge on the Kraftin' Kimmie's blog. Our hostess for today’s challenge is the immensely talented Nicole. Her challenge for us today is PAPER PIECING. 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. You can see all the samples from the rest of the DT there also.

For my card today I used Witchypoo. I paper pieced her hat and her dress and then colored the rest with Copics. I just love this cute image and had to use bright colors on her. Here is my card.

Now for some FUN announcements (out of the mouth of Kimmie herself):

• We've decided to throw a SURPRISE SALE this weekend!!! Whaddya think of THAT!?! In order to celebrate World Cardmaking Day, Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps is having a big 'ol KRAFTY SALE!!! Over 100 of our awesome stamps from ALL of our different lines of images will be on sale 25-50% off beginning Saturday morning and running until Monday night!! So scoop up some amazing new rubber for someone on your Christmas list (even if that person is YOU!)! And don't forget our September Gimme Kimmies Kits are only available until Monday night as well!!!
• The Frugal Friday Specials for this week are: Noelle, Valentine Willard, Thankful Sentiments, Sledding Pals, Shovelling Miles and Butterflies Flutter By! These stamps are on special 40-50% off until Sunday night only! YOU CAN SEE SAMPLES WITH ALL THESE STAMPS ON YESTERDAY’S POST ON THE KK BLOG.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great weekend friends.

Hugs,

Pam