Papertake Weekly - It's sketch week!!

Good morning everyone!! We made it through Monday! YAY!! LOL! And that means it's time for a new challenge from Papertake Weekly! Now if you're a Papertake Weekly fan, then you know since it's the last Tuesday of the month that it's sketch week! I don't know about you, but I truly love Dawny's sketches. And we've made it really easy on you, cause you can now use any of Dawny's sketches for your project!  And again, since it's the last Tuesday of the month, that also means that we are being sponsored by Simon Says Stamp!

For my card today, I used #258 Lonely Tilda with her Heart from the new Love Collection available now at Magnolia-licious! She's so adorable! We've got a lot of new things starting soon over at Magnolia-licious! (Did you happen to see the new banners on my side bar?) So keep your eyes peeled and be ready to have some fun!! I stamped her onto Cryogen White paper and colored her with Copic markers enhanced with Conte Crayons. The papers are Doodlebug matted with Bazzill cardstock. The hearts were cut with the Cameo and the horizontal strip was made using a Martha Stewart border punch. The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the ribbon is May Arts Silk. All those pearls were made with a Viva Decor Pearl Pen which I adore!!

So that's it for me today! Please be sure and pop over to Papertake Weekly to check out all the gorgeous creations, and then we would truly 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 - Something old and something new

Welcome back for another awesome challenge here at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!!! We are LOVING your submissions!!! So creative and so many different styles! You're all amazing! It's awesome to see so many of you creating with KKS!!! Keep them coming! 

This week our hostess is me!! My challenge is Something Old, Something New!! So create a card, scrapbook page or altered item using something you've had for at least a year along with something brand new to you (could be stamp, paper,anything at all)! Get kreative!! Have some krafty fun and join us this week because we'd LOVE to see your KKS designs. We hope you can play along!!!

Be sure to check out the Frugal Friday Specials this week!! They're only available until Sunday, so don't miss out!! And don't forget that our NEW January stamps are now available along with our Gimme Kimmies Kits....at a discount!! But only until Sunday night, so grab 'em up!!

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 the gorgeous stamp, Gamer Girl, that I used on my card!

Happy kraftin'!!

For my something old, I used this yellow ribbon that I've had for several years, and chalk on her cheeks that I've had for about seven years or so. LOL! For my new, I have a couple things as well. One of them is this fabulous stamp Gamer Girl! She's colored with Copic Markers and then I used my new Conte Crayons for some deep shading on her. I really like the way it turned out. I found out about them from my long time coloring idol, Melanie Holtz. Thank you so much Melanie!!

Aren't those papers so much fun?? I'm pretty sure they're Authentique. I'll check for you tomorrow as it's currently 2:30 am and I really want to go get some sleep. LOL! Please be sure and pop over to Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge Blog to see all the gorgeous designs by all the Krafty Girls and Guests, and then we sure would love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along! Have a fabulous weekend! Hugs!

Papertake Weekly - Tie up your loose ends

Hey everyone! It's time for a new challenge at Papertake Weekly, and this week your challenge is "Tie up your loose ends". So use a bow on your project. Today I'm showing you another new Little Darlings Rubber Stamps image that was released for CHA! It's a Saturated Canary image called Homework, and he's so stinkin' adorable! I can see this image used for ANYTHING you need to make up an excuse for! Apologizing for an argument, being late with a Birthday card, the list is truly endless. The moral of the story is  ALWAYS blame it on the dog! LOL!

Please be sure and pop over to Papertake Weekly and check out all the fabulous creations by my teamies! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

Love is in the air at Magnolia-licious!!!

Hey everyone! It's time for the Magnolia-licious Design Team Monthly Blog Hop, and this month,  the challenge is "anything but a card with a love theme"!!  Now if you've arrived here from Mary's blog and seeing her gorgeous project, then you're on the right track! If not, you'll want to head over to Magnolia-licious Highlites Blog so you don't miss a thing!

 

I used the absolutely adorable #3058 Up Up And Away from the new Love Collection at Magnolia-licious! Diana has an EXTENSIVE selection of Magnolia stamps and dies, and has the BEST customer service and prices around! On top of the great prices, you earn a 2% store credit with each and every purchase. And did you know that Diana shows you the new images all colored up by the design team so you can see them in their full colored glory? It really helps when you are shopping! And if THAT wasn't good enough, Diana has a "tell a friend on Facebook" deal!! You can earn 5% credit when they order for the first time!!!! Go check it out HERE!

The papers are from Doodlebug called Lovebirds matted with Bazzill cardstock. So now it's time to hop on to my friend and enourmously talented DT Sister, Mindy! You're going to love what she's created for you today! Thanks so much for hopping with us today, and can't wait to see what you create! Hugs!

Little Darlings Rubber Stamps

Hey everyone!  I had SUCH an amazing time at CHA working the Little Darlings Rubber Stamps Booth! I hope you had a chance to see some of the photos of the gorgeous booth! It was filled with so much amazing and stunning inspiration by the LDRS designers! I truly couldn't believe I was fortunate enough to have my own cards mingled throughout! Here is one of the cards I created with the new CHA release stamps. This little cutie pie is called Lolli from the Cutie Pie line.

Along with the new stamp, I also used the GORGEOUS new paper collection also released at CHA called Summer Sorbet! These papers were designed by the wickedly talented Mindy Baxter. As I teach card classes, I am constantly on the search for 12 x 12 paper with a smaller pattern that can be cut down to use for cards without losing all the wonderful detail of the papers. Mindy designed these papers with that exact thing in mind! I LOVE this paper! I also used one of the new sentiments from Friendship Sentiments, also by Mindy! The scalloped oval frame and sentiment frame are from the Silhouette store and cut with the Cameo. The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, and the flourish and small doily are Magnolia dies from Magnolia-licious. I also tucked in a little tulle around the flowers. That ribbon is pink on one side and orange on the other, and was in my stash.  That's it for me today! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope you come back tomorrow for our monthly Magnolia-licious blog hop! Hugs!

Kraftin' Kimmie - Embellish It!!

Welcome back for another awesome challenge here at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!!! We are LOVING your submissions!!! It's awesome to see so many of you creating with KKS!!! Keep them coming!

Have you ever thought you might like to be a Krafty Girl?? Well, if you'd like to try out for a Krafty GUEST SPOT, you have until Sunday night to submit!!! Go HERE for all the details!!!

This week our hostess is Jessie!! And her challenge is A Trio of Embellishments!! So create a card, scrapbook page or altered item either with three different embellishments or even three of the same embellishment! Whatever you like! Get kreative!! Have some krafty fun and join us this week because we'd LOVE to see your KKS designs. We hope you can play along!!!

Don't forget about our Frugal Friday Specials that are on this weekend! Six of our favourite images on special 30-50% OFF but just until Sunday night!

Also our NEW January stamps are now available along with our Gimme Kimmies Kits....at a discount!! But only for a limited time, so grab 'em up!!

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 the gorgeous stamp from our new LOVE IS THE BEST MEDICINE stamp set, as featured on Jessie's beautiful card!

Happy kraftin'!!

Ok, I've got to tell you....I am MADLY in love with Esmerelda!!!! Is she not AMAZING??? I had so much fun coloring her!!!

 

 

 

The papers are digital from Jessica Sprague matted with Bazzill cardstock. The frame and banner are from the Silhouette store cut using the Cameo. That fabulous sentiment comes with her! I LOVE that she is not afraid to flaunt it! LOL! The flowers as always, are from Wild Orchid Crafts, the buttons and pearls are from my stash. So that's it for me today! Please be sure and pop over to Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Blog and check out all the gorgeous creations by the Krafty Girls and  Guests, and then we'd really love it if you'd join us!! Thanks for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you again soon! Hugs!

 

 

 

 

Kraftin' Kimmie Frugal Friday Specials!!

It's Friday once again and at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop, that means Frugal Friday Specials are UP!! Several of our most popular stamps are on special 30-50% OFF, but just for the weekend, so scoop them up while you can!

This week's Frugal Friday Specials are:

HELENA

KATHERINE

AURORA

HANGIN' WITH MY GNOMIES

MERRY

SPRINGTIME LULU

**Don't forget our NEW January stamps are now available, as well as our Gimme Kimmies Kits at a discount!!

Little Darlings Rubber Stamps 12 x 12 papers!!

Our 'Summer Sorbet' and 'Fruit Basket' 12x12 Paper Collections are available for pre-order in collection packs! This is the first time we're offering 12x12 papers. They're heavyweight AND double-sided. We've sized them at 12x12 for your scrapbooks, altered projects and to use with your grand sized dies for those awesome non-square cards! You'll get 12 sheets in each pack, including 2 sheets each of 6 sku's...12 designer patterns in all! All this for only $9.99 each pack!!! 

AND, WE KEPT THE PATTERNS SMALL SO YOU CAN USE THEM ON YOUR CARDS!!! HOW COOL IS THAT?!!!Check them out at Little Darlings Rubber Stamps in the New Products section!!!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! It's Release Day!!!!

Well welcome back!! It’s Krafty RELEASE Day at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS!! And we’re celebrating with a KRAFTY HOP!! It's our first release for 2013 and it's a doozy!!!

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!! We've got TWO sweet new sets with the kiddos from Cheryl Alger........SWEET DREAMS and LOVE IS THE BEST MEDICINE! We also have a fun new set from Emilie Goulet called BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED! And of course we have an amazing new set of SIX awesome NERDS AND GEEKS from Annie Rodrigue that are simply stunning! OH and don’t forget the incredible new Trinket stamps for the backs of your cards, envelopes,... gift bags and tags .... called HANDMADE TRINKETS by the lovely Nicole Aspinall!!!

You will get to see most of the new images today as you sit back and enjoy our JANUARY 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!!

**ALSO we are having a Krafty Guest Contest right NOW! So if you'd like to submit, please check out this POST HERE!

Now let's get hoppin' and shoppin'!!

I've got two cards to show you today, the first being the adorable Robot with Heart from Batteries Not Included

I'm sorry, but I'm at CHA and can't remember who makes these papers. I've had them in my stash for at least a year. The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and I used an adorable embossing folder with hearts for the horizontal red layer.  Next up is the precious Lexi in bed from Sweet Dreams!

These papers are from Nitwit Collections matted with Bazzill cardstock. The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the tag is from the Silhouette store cut using the Cameo.

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Sneak Peeks Day Four! Time for a new challenge!!

Now how AWESOME were those robots that we previewed yesterday in the BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED stamp set?? So fun!! The Krafty Girls cards were SO awesome!! Wanna know the random commenter who is getting a set of those cuties?? Well, ALL the winners of this week will be announced at the LIVE online RELEASE PARTY on SATURDAY!!! Go HERE to get all the details!!!

So are you here for a new challenge or are you here to check out the brand new ANNIE stamps for JANUARY 2013???? Well, not to worry! We've got BOTH!! Not only do we have a new weekly challenge but we also have SIX new AWESOME stamps!!...!

This month we have a set of FABULOUS...... NERDS AND GEEKS!!! Don't we all know a few nerdy peeps in our everyday lives?? If you can't think of anyone in your circles......it's probably YOU!! Haha!

Just wait 'til you see all the FUN creations by the Krafty Girls and Guests featuring Astro Boy, Bookworm, Computer Nerd, Gamer Girl, Lab Geek and Robot Boy!! It's another incredibly fun release!! You will D.I.E.!!

Check out all the amazing creations on today's hop in combination with this week's challenge!! The lovely JENNY is our hostess this week and her challenge is ANYTHING GOES!! We want EVERYONE to play along and have a chance to win the new GAMER GIRL, as featured on Jenny's gorgeous creation!! We really hope you are inspired by this week's challenge and share your inky creations!!! We SO enjoy seeing your beautiful designs inspired by our challenges!

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

ALL of our JANUARY stamps will be available TONIGHT at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop!!! We'll be celebrating tonight at our FIRST EVER 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'!!

For my card, I chose to use this adorable guy, Astro Boy! I LOVE him!!!!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Sneak Peeks Day Three!!

Welcome back!! We hope you enjoyed all the sweet new designs we shared yesterday featuring the new LOVE IS THE BEST MEDICINE and SWEET DREAMS stamp sets! And before we go any further, would you like to know who won those sets??? Well, ALL the winners of this week will be announced at the LIVE online RELEASE PARTY on SATURDAY!!! Go HERE to get all the details!!!

Today at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps we are sharing a new set by the totally talented Emilie Goulet!!! We've got something super fun and so unique for you!! Let us introduce..... BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED!! Emilie has created a fun set of ROBOT images for your cards and scrapbook pages! You're going to get a real kick out of these guys!!!
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Below you will find a list of all the Krafty Girls who are sharing PEEKS with you today!! And as you're hoppin' around, be sure to leave a comment at each stop because someone will win a package of BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED!! {All of this week's winners will be announced at the online party on Saturday night!}

All our new JANUARY 2013 stamps will be available on Saturday at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop !!! And don't miss the online PAR-TAY to celebrate! Come on back tomorrow because not only will we have a fantastic new challenge for you, but we'll be revealing the NEW stamps by Annie Rodrigue!!! Get ready to celebrate with......NERDS and GEEKS!!

Happy hoppin'!!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Sneak Peeks Day Two!

Welcome back to our JANUARY Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks!!! Today we are excited to share TWO ADORABLE new sets by artist Cheryl Alger!!! You'll recognize these characters from previous sets.....Lulu, Lexi and Lucas! And they are just as cute as can be!!! These new sets are.......SWEET DREAMS and LOVE IS THE BEST MEDICINE!!

Would you like to know who won the new HANDMAD TRINKETS stamp set that we previewed yesterday???!! Well, you'll just have to wait until Saturday night at our very first ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!!! Hope you can join us for all the fun and excitement and prizes!!! You can read all the details about how you can join us RIGHT HERE!
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All the Krafty Girls and Krafty Guests listed below have lots of super sweet 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 the new SWEET DREAMS or LOVE IS THE BEST MEDICINE stamp set!!!!!

Then come on back tomorrow to check out MORE new stamps we have to show you , this time by artist Emilie Goulet!!! And ALL the new stamps will be available on Saturday night at the KKStamps Shop!!

Happy hoppin'!

First up is Lulu from the Sweet Dreams collection. Isn't she just too precious?? The papers are digital from Nitiwit Collections and the tag and stars were cut using the Silhouette Cameo.

Next we have Lexi from the LOVE IS THE BEST MEDICINE collection. So sweet!!!! I'm sorry, but I can't think of whose papers these are off the top of my head.

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps January release - Sneak peeks day one!!!

Well it's 2013 and Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps is startin' things off with a BANG!!! We have tons of awesome new stamps for our first release of the year AND we're having our very first ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!!! It's happening this SATURDAY at our Facebook fan page....and you can get ALL the details HERE!!! All the new stamps we're sharing over the next few days will be released on SATURDAY NIGHT!

Now let's get on with our JANUARY 2013 RELEASE!!!!! 

We are kicking off the *New* JANUARY Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps previews today and first off, we’d like to introduce you to a beautiful new set of Trinkets!!! We are very excited to share with you our GORGEOUS….HANDMADE TRINKETS!!

What a fabulous new set of Trinkets, wouldn't you say??? Here you are, creating all these gorgeous cards and gifts to give to your family and friends....and now you can stamp them up to show YOU made them!! 

There are SIX fantastic stamps featuring images from our artists that you can use for the backs of your cards, for gift cards, altered items and all those baked goods you plan on giving out!! *wink* 

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 Handmade Trinkets set which includes SIX trinkets in each set PLUS two tiny little copyright stamps so that you can stamp them in a tiny little obscure spot on your creations if you want! You will get the set as a completely unmounted full sheet of deeply etched grey rubber.

I gotta say....we love our TRINKET stamps, but we all absolutely ooohed and aaahed when these were unveiled!!! Heehee!

Today we have awesome samples that 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 HANDMADE TRINKETS set!!! {All of this week's winners will be announced at the online party on Saturday night!}

Happy kraftin'!

Sorry for the terrible photo of the tag! It looks a lot cuter in person! :)

VERY EXCITING LITTLE DARLINGS NEWS TO SHARE!!

Have we got news for you - we’re taking part in the world’s biggest craft event with Create and Craft TV – the Craft and Hobby Association show in California, USA!

For the first time ever, Create and Craft will be broadcasting live from this amazing show, bringing you stacks of world exclusive products!

Join us and presenters Leonie Pujol and Nigel May from 12^th-14^th January, from 5pm to 10pm daily; only on Create and Craft TV! 

 

There will be a world launch of the Saturated Canary stamps from Little Darlings Rubber Stamps!  The LDRS segment is scheduled to air on January 12^th from 1:30 pm to 2:00 pm.  You can watch live on television or on your computer atwww.IdealWorld.tv .  Go to this site, then click on ‘Watch Us Live’ and select the ‘Create and Craft’ channel in the window to the right.

Papertake Weekly - Happy New Year!

Hey everyone! Hope you're having a wonderful week! It's time for a new challenge at Papertake Weekly, and this week the challenge is "NEW"! So you can use  a new product, a new technique, new idea, or a card for something new like the new year, new baby, new marriage, anything new. Here's what I've come up with for you today

For my card,  I used the adorable Tilda with Heart Spots from Magnolia-licious! She is part of the brand new Love Collection which is available right now! Have you heard that you can see the new stamps in their full color glory at Magnolia-licious? If you haven't seen them, just pop on over and take a peek! It's really awesome to be able to see them all colored up! Diana has an awesome selection of Magnolia images for you, and the prices and service are amazing! You even earn store credit for every purchase!!

The papers are from the new line of Doodlebug matted with Bazzill cardstock. The heart die is from Spellbinders and I just ran it through my printer for the sentiment. Please be sure and pop over to Papertake Weekly to see my teamies gorgeous creations, 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!

Kfratin' Kimmie's Animal House

Happy New Year!!! We hope you had a wonderful holiday and are ready for lots of amazing things for 2013 at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!! Let's start things off with another awesome challenge! Is your resolution to kraft more and SHARE more!?! It's awesome to see so many of you creating with KKS!!! Keep them coming!

This week our hostess is KIM O!! And her challenge is called ANIMAL HOUSE!! So create a card, scrapbook page or altered item featuring at least one animal of some description! Get kreative!! Have some krafty fun and join us this week because we'd LOVE to see your KKS designs. We hope you can play along!!!

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 the gorgeous stamp from our new Best Fur-iends featured on Kim's beautiful card!

P.S. Our January release is quickly approaching....keep your eyes peeled for sneaky peeks starting on Wednesday!!! Trust me, we are kickin' off 2013 big time!!!

Happy kraftin'!!

Ok....if you can't deal with corny...you might just want to head on out of here now. LOL! Cause this is about as corny as corny can get. I made a bottle tag and used the adorable Rudy the Reindeer. But I kind of converted him into Olive, the other Reindeer. You know....Olive the other reindeer, used to laugh and call him names.....

LOL! I warned you it was corny! But isn't he the cutest? And did you notice how I colored the nose to be an olive? heehee  thought it was a perfect combo with the vodka! ok...please pop over to Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge Blog and check out all the awesome creations by the Krafty Girls and Guests, and then we'd love it if you'd join us in the challenge! Thanks for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!