Little Darlings Rubber Stamps

Hey everyone! So...are you ready for Christmas yet? Is that a loaded question? LOL! I've still got so much to get done. This year is so much worse than normal because Thanksgiving was so late. So I'm going to really try to remember this next year. LOL! Think it will work? I doubt it, but that won't stop me from trying. :)  I wanted to show you a Valentine's Day card I made using the adorable Stinker image from Little Darlings Rubber Stamps. Is she not the cutest thing this side of the Mississippi??

Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon!! Hugs!

Supplies:

image: Stinker from Little Darlings Rubber Stamps

papers - Authentique Smitten and I can't remember who the other is by - sorry!!

flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts

ribbon from PTI

heart die cut from Silhouette Store

Viva Decor Pearl Pen

trim from Melissa Frances (Thanks Angie!!)

Papertake Weekly Challenge

Hey everyone!! It's time for a new challenge at Papertake Weekly and this week it's Last Christmas......card of the year. So show us those fabulous Christmas cards you've been working so hard on!! We are sponsored this week by Mary and Andrea from the awesome shop The Ribbon Girl!! That store has so much yummy goodness in it!! Be sure to pop over there to give yourself a little gift for Christmas!!

Image is from Whipper Snapper Designs
sign post is from Silhouette
snowflakes are from a Martha Stewart punch
"snow" is three layers of torn white Bazzill cardstock
papers are Bo Bunny Woodland Winter matted with Bazzill cardstock

Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! hugs!!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - It's release day!!!

We're so excited! It’s our DECEMBER RELEASE Day at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS!! And we’re celebrating with a KRAFTY HOP!! So grab yourself a cuppa joe, sit back and be prepared for some krafty eye kandy! We're going to inspire your creations with our new stamps and MORE!

Over the last few days in our Krafty Peeks, we have shared lots of AMAZING new stamps from all our artists for our November release! We’ve got something for everyone!! We’ve got TWO sweet new FAIRYTALE sets featuring our favourite kiddos from Cheryl……ONCE UPON A TIME 1 and ONCE UPON A TIME 2! And we have a sweet new baby set from Thais Narciso called...... A MOTHER'S LOVE! and also artist Rachelle Anne Miller has an awesome new BOY set of stamps called GREAT ADVENTURES! And we are thrilled to share Lastly, we are SO excited to share a SASSY new Moonlight Whispers stamp set....HEY, HOT STUFF!

Not only do we have amazing new rubber stamps for all your krafty creations.....but we've made your creating even EASIER with our *exclusive* new KRAFTY KARDMAKING KITS!!! We've designed our DECEMBER KARDMAKING KIT to make your krafty time more enjoyable and less stressful! And we've also got ADD ON packages, in case you want MORE of the goodies found in your kits! You won't believe all the fabby supplies you'll receive! PLUS you get to CHOOSE your FREE stamp to go with the kit!

You will get to see ALL of the new images today as you sit back and enjoy our DECEMBER 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 available NOW! 

OH WAIT!! There's one more thing!!! Santa has stopped by the Kraftin' Kimmie Shop and he's left a special gift for one lucky shopper!!! All orders placed by Monday night at midnight will be in the draw to WIN!! One random shopper will receive......a $50 gift certificate in with their package!!! What a fabulous prize!!!

Now let's celebrate with our NEW RELEASE and get hoppin' and shoppin'!!

For release day, I chose to use the awesome stork from the new set A MOTHER'S LOVE! 

Supplies:

image - A Mother's Love from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps

papers - Prima matted with Bazzill cardstock

die cuts from the Silhouette store cut with the Cameo

Viva Decor Pearl Pens

A very old vintage button (still has the old thread in it) that I found at an antique shop

ribbon from stash

Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Sneak Peeks Day Five!!

Welcome back to day FIVE of our DECEMBER Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks!!! The awesome new stamps just keep on comin'!!

We are SO thrilled to share the newest set of THREE images with matching sentiments from Rachelle! This fabulous new boys set is called GREAT ADVENTURES!!

This week our challenge hostess is ALICE! And her challenge is ANYTHING GOES!! So create a card, scrapbook page or altered item with a Kraftin' Kimmie stamp with no restrictions! Use any sketch, any design, any embellishments because Anything Goes! Have some krafty fun and join us this week because we'd LOVE to see your KKS designs. We hope you can play along for your chance to WIN some NEW Kraftin' Kimmie rubbah!!!

Would you like to know who won the new stamp sets that we previewed yesterday???!! Well, you'll just have to wait until Saturday night at this month's ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!!! Hope you can join us for all the fun and excitement and prizes!!! We'll be releasing all the new stamps you've seen this week PLUS our fabulous new DECEMBER Kardmaking Kit!! You can read all the details about how you can join us RIGHT HERE!

All the Krafty Girls listed below have lots of super FUN designs to show you featuring these sweet new stamps from Rachelle! And while you're hopping around, be sure to leave a comment because we are giving away some stamps!!! You could WIN the new collection of stamps!!!!! {All of this week's winners will be announced at the online party tonight!}

So come and hang out with us tonight for all the LIVE action krafty fun at the release party and then come on back here tomorrow to check out the release day blog hop! ALL the new stamps and the KRAFTY KARDMAKING KIT, will be available on Saturday night at the KKStamps Shop!!

Happy hoppin'!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Sneak Peeks Day Four!!

Welcome back to Day FOUR of the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps DECEMBER previews!!! We are back with a fabulous new Moonlight Whispers stamp set!! You'll love these two SASSY girls along with the FOUR fun sentiments!!

Today the Krafty Girls and I are thrilled to share with you.....HEY, HOT STUFF!! There are lots of amazing creations on today's hop featuring both new images and sentiments from the set!! We know you are just going to LOVE these images and be inspired by all the fun designs!!

Below you will find all the Krafty Girls who have goodies to show you today and while you're visiting their blogs, be sure to leave some love at each stop because one lucky stamper is going to WIN a package of today's stamps!! Woohoo!!!

ALL of our DECEMBER stamps and our new Kardmaking Kit will be available on Saturday night at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop!!! We'll be celebrating at our LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!! It's over at our KKS Facebook fan page! Join us for all the fun!! You can find more details here!!

Happy hoppin'!!

I am so in love with both of Annie's images! Who am I kidding, I love ALL of Annie's images!! I kept the card very simple. 

Supplies:
image: Hey Hot Stuff from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps
papers: Authentique Peaceful matted with Bazzill cardstock
flags cut with Silhouette
sentiment panel on Spellbinders ovals

Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again tomorrow! Hugs!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Sneak Peeks Day Three!!

Welcome back to day THREE of our DECEMBER Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks!!! Today we are sharing a LOVELY new set by artist Thais Narciso! It is called.......A MOTHER'S LOVE!

Would you like to know who won the new stamp sets that we previewed yesterday???!! Well, you'll just have to wait until Saturday night at this month's ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!!! Hope you can join us for all the fun and excitement and prizes!!! We'll be releasing all the new stamps you've seen this week PLUS our fabulous new DECEMBER Kardmaking Kit!! You can read all the details about how you can join us RIGHT HERE!

All the Krafty Girls listed below have lots of super FUN designs to show you featuring these ADORABLE new sets, so be sure to hop over to each of them! And while you're there, be sure to leave a comment because we are giving away one of EACH of the new sets!!! YOU could WIN one!! {All of this week's winners will be announced at the online party on Saturday night!}

Then come on back tomorrow to check out even MORE new stamps....this time from the wonderful ANNIE!! And ALL the new stamps will be available on Saturday night at the KKStamps Shop!!

Happy hoppin'!

I made a door hanger with some cuts from the Silhouette store and embellished with some flowers and butterflies. 

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps December Sneak Peeks Day Two!!

Welcome back to day two of our DECEMBER Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks!!! Today we are excited to share TWO supah cute new sets by artist Cheryl Alger with a fabulous theme.....FAIRYTALES!!! We are sharing samples today featuring.......ONCE UPON A TIME 1 and ONCE UPON A TIME 2!

All the Krafty Girls listed below have lots of super FUN designs to show you, so be sure to hop over to each of them! And while you're there, be sure to leave a comment because we are giving away one of EACH of the new sets!!! You could WIN one of the new FAIRYTALE! stamp sets!!!!! {All of this week's winners will be announced at the online party on Saturday night!}

Then come on back tomorrow to check out MORE fun new stamps we have to share with you! And ALL the new stamps AND the new DECEMBER KARDMAKING KIT will be available on Saturday night at the KKStamps Shop!!

Happy hoppin'!

I used the adorable Mad Hatter from ONCE UPON A TIME 2.  What can I say other than I am so in love with how cute he is!! 

Supplies:

image: Mad Hatter ONCE UPON A TIME 2 from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps

papers: Graphic 45 matted with Bazzill cardstock

ribbon from The Ribbon Girl

card shape and image frame cut with the Cameo

Papertake Weekly - Christmas Critters

Hi everyone!! Hope you're enjoying the holidays and that you're staying nice and warm with all the frigid weather! Since it's Tuesday, it's time for a new challenge at Papertake Weekly, and this week Dawny is asking for your projects to have a Christmas Critter. Can't wait to see all the adorable critters out there!! We are sponsored by the fabulous folks over at Whiff of Joy!!  I created a set of fun Christmas tags from some print and cut critters I got from the Silhouette store!!

The papers are Handmade Holiday from Simple Stories matted with Bazzill cardstock
The to and from tags were also a print and cut file created with the Silhouette edged with some chalk ink
Added a couple of buttons and called her done. The critters are popped up off the tag for more visual interest.

Please be sure to pop over to Papertake Weekly to check out all the amazing projects by my teamies, and then we'd love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again tomorrow for the Kraftin' Kimmie sneak peeks for the December release!! Hugs!!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - 12 Days of Krafty Kreations!!

At Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, we're back with Day SEVEN of our 12 Days of Krafty Kreations!!!  Continuing on with lots more inspiration for you and our fabulous SALE at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!!

For twelve days we are posting gorgeous creations featuring a different stamp set every day to inspire you and to help you get krafty!!  Each one of these stamp sets (plus a few extras) will be on SALE 20-50% OFF over the whole twelve days!!!  PLUS each order placed during this time will receive a FREE GIFT....as a little thank you!! 


Today we are featuring VIRGINIA!!  Virginia is on 25% OFF right now along with so many other awesome stamps!  If you haven't already, hop on over to the KKS Shop to check out all the great stamps on special NOW!  Hurry because some of the sale stamps are almost sold out!!

Kimmie will be sharing more projects on our KKS Facebook page today, so be sure to stop by and check them out!!  Then hop on over to the KKS Shop and check out what's on special!!

Happy kraftin' and happy shoppin'!! 

Supplies:
image: Virginia from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps
papers: Bo Bunny matted with Bazzill cardstock
ribbon and buttons from stash

Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

Papertake Weekly Anything Goes

Hey everyone!! It's time for a new challenge at Papertake Weekly, and since it's the first challenge for December, it's anything goes!! The optional element is clean and simple!!  We are sponsored by the awesome folks over at Lili of the Valley!! This is a cute and simple little card set I made for a Home for the Holidays event at our local scrapbook store. Sorry!! This is VERY picture heavy!!

Supplies:

to/from tag from Whipper Snapper Designs

Magnolia images colored with Copic markers 

papers: Bo Bunny matted with Bazzill cardstock

May Arts silk ribbon

Martha Stewart border punch

Viva Decor Pearl Pen

Stickles

Tree on front of box from Silhouette store cut with the Cameo

Please be sure and visit Papertake Weekly to check out all the gorgeous creations by my teamies, and then we'd love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! hugs!!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and everyday activities!

Well, welcome back for some more krafty fun here at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!!! Hope you can play along as we've got another great challenge for ya! It's awesome to see so many of you creating with KKS!!! Keep them coming! 

This week our hostess is STEPHANIE !! And her challenge is EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES!! So create a card, scrapbook page or altered item with a Kraftin' Kimmie stamp that features ....well, anything you might do everyday!!! Sounds fun!! Join us this week because we'd LOVE to see your KKS designs. We hope you can play along for your chance to WIN some Kraftin' Kimmie rubbah!!! 

Did you hear about our new SHARE to WIN challenges?? We introduced the new WONDERFUL WEDNESDAYS a few weeks ago, so go HERE to get all the information and play along with us!! Now you have MORE chances to play with your Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and more chances to WIN!! 

Also we've got something special going on right now!! It's called our 12 Days of Krafty Kreations and we're sharing inspiration every day for 12 days!! AND all the stamps sets we're using (plus a few extras) are on SALE 20-50% OFF during the whole 12 days!! Also our November Gimme Kimmies Kits are on right now with the new stamps grouped together at a discount but only until Sunday night!!!

Check out the wonderful creations by our Krafty Girls and Guests featuring this week's challenge!! If you join us and play along, you could WIN a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp! 

Happy kraftin'!!

For my everyday activity card today, I chose to use Angie. 

Thanks for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Frugal Friday

Hey everyone!!! Happy Friday!!! WHOOP WHOOP!!  :)   Kimmie has her Frugal Friday specials up, and this week it's WILLARD,   HOLIDAY TRINKETS,   HOLIDAY LULU AND LIBBY,    EVA, CALLIOPE, and   WICKED WITCH!  So be sure to pop over to Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and grab them up before they're all gone!!  Hugs!!

Little Darlings Rubber Stamps Blog Hop!!!

Welcome Everyone!

It's time for a Blog Hop!!!

LDRS has a brand new set of 10 adorable CandiBean stamps being released on

November 25th!!!

We're so excited about it that we wanted to kick things off with a DT Blog Hop and a 

GIVEAWAY!!!
(see details at the bottom of this post)

This new release features the most adorable images!  These 10 images will extend the joy of the winter season, celebrating the briskness in the air and magic of snowfall.  They will take you right into the love and romance of Valentine's Day, as well as a celebration of friendship.  

We just know you're going to love them as much as we do :-)

You can get a peek at the entire collection right here:  

To show off how utterly adorable this collection is, the amazingly talented LDRS DT has put together some awesome projects to show you.  We hope you'll take a few minutes to Hop on through to see the gorgeous projects that you can create with these CandiBean stamps.

    For my card, I selected FRIENDS FOREVER which an adorable stamps and perfect for so many different occasions! I'm fortunate to have an amazing big sis, and this image reminds me of us. I also used the gorgeous PETALS AND LACE paper pad and the sentiment set SPRING COLLECTION 2013. 

    Why not visit the dt creations along the hop below and enter for a chance to win these adorable new rubber stamps!  

Janiel Corley 

Ann Marie Governale 

Becky Hetherington 

Eulanda Silvey 

Fabi Ormerod 

Sharon Caudle (you are here)

Jenine Siemerink 

Jenny Hodges 

Karita Vainio 

Sara Winter 

Simone Campbell 

Sheri Willshire                      

Tracy Payne 

Ruby Montes

Angie Hunt

  

AND........

We're giving away a FULL SET of this 10 stamp collection to one lucky winner!!!  You can enter very easily by doing the following:  

1.  Add your name to the inLinkz list in the right sidebar of the Inspiration Blog HERE
2.  Be or become a Follower of the Inspiration Blog HERE 
3.  Be or become a Member of our FaceBook group using this link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/203892166380806/


All entries must be in by November 24, 2013 at noon EST.  The winner will be selected using random.org.

Good luck everyone and enjoy the amazing Blog Hop!

xoxo

Papertake Weekly - Giving Thanks

Hey everyone! It's Tuesday which means it's time for a new challenge over at Papertake Weekly. Dawny's challenge to us this week is to "give thanks". We are sponsored by the amazing Mary and Andrea from The Ribbon Girl!! I wanna play so I have a chance to win! LOL!!

I used an adorable image from Little Darlings Rubber Stamps.  This little cutie is from the Saturated Canary line of rubber stamps called Canary Love.

Look at that yummilicious paper!! I was drooling over a package ny friend Dori was using, and she gave me a pad of it!! SQUEAL!!!!!  It's Bo Bunny Autumn Song. Gorgeous!!

So please be sure to pop over to Papertake Weekly to check out all the wonderful works of art my teamies have to show you today! And then we'd really love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us for a chance to win an awesome prize from the Ribbon Girl!! Thanks for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again tomorrow for a blog hop at Little Darlings Rubber Stamps! Hugs!!

Supplies:

image: Canary Love from Little Darlings Rubber Stamps

paper - Bo Bunny Autumn Song matted with Bazzill cardstock

flowers - from Wild Orchid Crafts and a couple from my stash from a friend

ribbon from my stash

the card shape, sentiment panel, and image frame were cut from the Silhouette store with the Cameo

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - It's release day!!!!

We're so excited! It’s our NOVEMBER RELEASE Day at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS!! And we’re celebrating with a KRAFTY HOP!! So grab yourself a cuppa joe, sit back and be prepared for some krafty eye kandy! We're going to inspire your creations with our new stamps and MORE!

Over the last few days in our Krafty Peeks, we have shared lots of AMAZING new stamps from all our artists for our November release! We’ve got something for everyone!! We’ve got TWO sweet new sets featuring our favourite kiddos from Cheryl……SENDING ALL MY LOVE! and TOGETHER IS BETTER! And we have a sweet new set of from Thais Narciso called...... LOVE IS IN THE AIR! and also artist Rachelle Anne Miller has FOUR awesome new stamps we'll call the VALENTINE Collcection! And we are thrilled to share THREE new sets from Nicole Aspinall which coordinate beautifully with ALL our other new stamps.....CANDY HEARTS, LOVE BIRDS AND SEW IN LOVE! Lastly, we're SO excited to share a new Moonlight Whispers stamp, HANNAH HEARTS!! Eeeee!!

Not only do we have amazing new rubber stamps for all your lovey creations.....but we've made your creating even EASIER with our *exclusive* new KRAFTY KARDMAKING KITS!!! We've designed our NOVEMBER KARDMAKING KIT to make your krafty time more enjoyable and less stressful! And we've also got ADD ON packages, in case you want MORE of the goodies found in your kits! You won't believe all the fabby supplies you'll receive! PLUS you get to CHOOSE your FREE stamp to go with it!

You will get to see ALL of the new images today as you sit back and enjoy our NOVEMBER 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 available NOW!

Now let's celebrate with our NEW RELEASE and get hoppin' and shoppin'!!

Today I used three stamp sets to make this fun Valentine mailbox! What a fun container for not only Valentine cards, but I see it filled with chocolaty yumminess!  I used LOVE IS IN THE AIR,  LOVE BIRDS, and SEW IN LOVE.

The mailbox is a file from Silhouette by Lori Whitlock. Now if you don't have a Silhouette, I researched and found a template you can get and cut it out yourself!!  You can find it right HERE!! There are other templates out there as well. So if you want to look around, just google 3d mailbox templates. The grass was also cut with the Cameo, but you can use any grass punch for that.  Thanks so much for hopping along with us today, and I can't wait to see all your amazing creations with this new release!! Hugs!!