KKS August Release Day 2-Troll Trouble

Welcome to Day TWO of the AUGUST Krafty Peeks

at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

Are you ready for something totally ADORABLE!!??

How about this new stamp set by artist Emilie Goulet!

It's called TROLL TROUBLE!

This set is SO versatile!!! It can be used for Halloween but also for birthdays, thinking of you, encouragement and just picture these cuties as holiday ELVES!!!

I hope you can join us for all the fun and excitement and prizes tomorrow afternoon beginning at 2pm EST!! You can come hang out with the me and Krafty Team at our

LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!

All of the Krafty Krew and Guests listed below have lots of super FUN designs to show you featuring these SWEET new stamps! And while you're hopping around, be sure to leave a comment because we are giving away a gift voucher!!! You could WIN some Krafty $$$ to spend at the shop!!!! There will be one winner from all the comments this week and it will be announced at the party tomorrow!

Happy hoppin'!

I made this adorable little note station using a cut file that I bought in the Silhouette Store! The paper is a super fun line that I found several years ago & couldn't resist buying. Lol. This would be such a fun teacher gift!

Copics Used:

Girl

Skin: RV66, RV55, RV52

Hair: Y08, Y06, Y02, Y11

Shirt: YG67, YG17, YG13

Skirt: YR18, YR14, YR12

Suspenders: R83, R81, RV02, RV000

Sucker: G29, YG67, YG17, YG03, E35, E33, E31

Boy

Skin: BV08, V17, V15

Shirt: R59, R46, R35, YG67, YG17, YG13

Pants: B34, B32, B41  

Sucker: G29, YG67, YG17, YG03, E35, E33, E31

KKS August Release Day 1-Happy Fall Y'all!

Happy Thursday!! It's the first day of Release Week at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! What does that mean, you ask?? Well, each month Kimmie releases new stamps to her fabulous line. This month, I am privileged to be part the release! I'm feeling so excited & blessed to be part of this. 😀

Good morning and welcome to

Day ONE of the August Krafty Peeks

with Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!!

We are kicking things off with an incredible new set from artist, Cheryl Grant! You may recognize it if you purchased the Secret Stamp Set from June! If not, you're going to  it so much!

It's called HAPPY FALL, Y'ALL!!

This set is full of scene building elements to create amazing designs! Of course Lulu is the center of attention along with a fun wagon which you can fill with some of the other images like pumpkins, puppies and kitties!! So cute!

Check out Lulu and her pals in action as you hop around the Krafty blogs today! You'll see the list of Krafty design team members and Krafty Guests below and be sure to leave some love at each stop because one lucky commenter is going to WIN a gift voucher to the krafty shop!

All THREE of the new August clear stamp sets will be released on Saturday afternoon! Be sure to join us at the LIVE Online Release Party beginning at 2pm EST! Come join us to help celebrate the new release, check out lots of krafty kreations, have a chance to win some prizes and hang out with all our krafty friends! Hope to see you there!

Copics Used:

Skin: E11, E00, E000

Hair: E19, E09, YR07, YR02

Shirt: YR24, YR21, Y23, Y21

Pants: B26, B24

Shoes: B24, B23, B21

Pumpkins: R39, YR07, YR02, G99, G94, 

YG03, E79, E74, E71

KKS Wonderful Wednesday-Let Them Eat Cupcakes

It's Wonderful Wednesday, again, Anything Goes! Join in the fun & use ANY stamps you have to make a card, a scrapbook page, a bookmark, or whatever strikes your fancy. Link it to the KKS blog & enter for your chance to win a $20 gift card to Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! It must be a NEW creation and you can enter on this post until August 15th at midnight! At the end of the month one random winner will be chosen from all the submissions for the whole month and will receive a $20 Gift Card to the shop!!! What do you think.....wanna WIN?? Let's see your krafty stuff!!

In addition to the great Krafty Challenges & Wonderful Wednesday, each month we will post a Sketch. The sketch will last all month long and if you use it in ANY of our Challenges or WW's during that month you will get an additional chance to win a store gift card! You do NOT have to use the sketch, it's just a little extra boost for your mojo if ya need it!

PEEKS START tomorrow!!!!!!!! Be sure to tune in here and on the FB Friends page for the first set of peeks!

Let's get this started! Here's my Wonderful Wednesday Challenge!

For today's challenge, I wanted to make something different. So, I went for this cute little Tic Tac holder that would have been so much better had I purchased the right size of Tic Tacs for the holder! Lol. 🙄 I used my Cricut Explore Air & a file from Narelle Darley to make the holder. I colored the Let Them Eat Cupcakes image from KKS with Copics. The "You're Sweet" was done on my Silhouette Cameo 3.

Copics Used:

Skin-E000, E00 E11

Hair-V06, E35, E53

Shirt-YG06, YG23, YG03

Headband & Shoes-100, C7, C5

Cupcakes-E39, E35, E33

Apron-C3, C0, C00, RV55, R83, R81

Pants-B45, B95, B41

Mitts-E93, E51, E50, V06, V04, V01

Muffin-W7, W5, W3

Shadow-N5, N4, N2, N1

KKS Saturday Challenge #393 Pearls & Enamel Dots

Hi everyone! Welcome to another challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

We always enjoy your creations so be sure to submit them so you can have a chance to WIN a $20 gift card to the Shop!! Show us your stuff!! In keeping in line with the rest of our challenges (Wonderful Wednesday and our NEW Krafty Scrappy Challenge), we will be drawing one winner per month from all Saturday Challenge entries to win a $20 gift card!! You can enter as many times per month as you'd like!!

Have you joined the Kraftin Kimmie's Krafty Friends FB group?? It's the best place to keep up with all of the goings on as well as sharing YOUR creations and getting inspired by other Krafty Friends' creations!!!

Frugal Friday specials are up and there's a new Krafty Komeback in the house!! The super cute Smarty Pants set has made a comeback in CLEAR!!!

Don't forget peeks start this coming week, this time on THURSDAY! Mark your calendars and see ya here!

In addition to the great Krafty Challenges & Wonderful Wednesday, each month we will post a Sketch. The sketch will last all month long and if you use it in ANY of our Challenges or WW's during that month you will get an additional chance to win a store gift card! You do NOT have to use the sketch, it's just a little extra boost for your mojo if ya need it!

Now create a card, scrapbook page or altered item with a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp or any other stamp and be sure to use our THEME as a starting point for your creation!!! You will have until August 11th at 11:55 pm EST to get your entries in!

Pull out those fabby stamps and play along! Have some krafty fun and join us this week!!

This weeks Saturday Challenge is challenging us to pull out those pearls & enamel dots that you've had in your stash! This time, I used the KKS sketch as inspiration

to make this card. I love how it turned out!

I hope that you join in & play along!

Wonderful Wednesday at Kraftin' Kimmie Stampss

Good morning!! It's Wednesday & here's my first participation as a Guest Member of the KKS Design Team. 😊 I hope you can play along!

It's Wonderful Wednesday time!! We hope you can play along!! As always....it's ANYTHING GOES!! Break out your Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and get krafty!!

We want EVERYONE to be able to play along so your submission can use ANY stamp and can be any theme, any style, any design and it can be a card, a scrapbook page, an altered item....you name it!! It must be a NEW creation and you can enter on this post until August 8th at midnight! At the end of the month one random winner will be chosen from all the submissions for the whole month and will receive a $20 Gift Card to the shop!!! What do you think.....wanna WIN?? Let's see your krafty stuff!!

In addition to the great Krafty Challenges & Wonderful Wednesday, each month we will post a Sketch. The sketch will last all month long and if you use it in ANY of our Challenges or WW's during that month you will get an additional chance to win a store gift card! You do NOT have to use the sketch, it's just a little extra boost for your mojo if ya need it!

I didn't use the sketch for this card but I sure love how it turned out! I just love this little set by Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps called Let Them Eat Cupcakes. There are 2 main images & 5 fun phrases.

Please play along with this challenge & have some fun! Remember, your project doesn't have to use a KKS stamp! We want everyone to be able to play along!

Enjoy!

T-Shirt Giveaway!

I just got back from our annual trip to Nebraska last night! We try to go once a year to visit family & friends. This year also happened to be my 25th high school class reunion! Say what?!? We had a great time reminiscing & catching up. There was only a few of us that were able to attend but we still had a wonderful time!

While I was there, I was able to spend some time with my friend, Gretchen Garrison. We did lots of visiting. While we were visiting, she asked if I'd be willing to sponsor a giveaway on her blog, Odessey Through Nebraska. I gave her a resounding, "yes"! The fruits of our labor have resulted in me offering a t-shirt that can be won by merely commenting on her blog! If you would like to enter her drawing, please go to her blog here. While you are there, check out her posts & have a look at all the neat things you can do when you visit Nebraska!

Thanks, Gretchen, for allowing me to sponsor this giveaway for you!

Enjoy!

Cuteness Overload!

These cards using Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps sets came out so cute! Kimmie is running a contest this month for a Guest Design Team spot. To enter, I needed to make two projects using KKS stamps. I have several sets so it was hard to choose. I decided to use 4 different sets to make these two adorable cards!

First up is You're Nifty. I thought this was a really sweet set. It comes with a great main image & 7 phrases! After coloring it, I used my Silhouette Cameo 3 to cut around the image. I pop-dotted  the image onto the square of turquoise paper that I had stamped with the '50's-style glasses from Love Chemistry in turquoise ink. The "Thank You" greeting is from Sincere Thanks and "You Are Spectacular" is from You're Nifty. The card cut is from the Silhouette Software. I really love how this card turned out!

Unfortunately, as I was literally putting the final touches on the image I had just colored, I got red ink on his white shirt! I had some on my finger that I didn't know was there & touched his shirt! I almost cried. Well, what do I do? I used my Copic blending pen to get out as much as I could & then changed the color of his shirt! Thankfully, his shirt was white so it wasn't too big of deal. Here's the before & after of what I did!

Copic Colors:

Skin

Girl~E11, 21, 51, 50

Boy~E43, 53, 50, R000

Hair

Girl~E09, YR24, 21, Y23

 Boy~E79, 57, 35

Clothes

Girl~Sweater-E57, V17,15    Top & Bow-RV66, 55, 52    Skirt-E79, 57, 35, 33, 31    Socks-C3, 1, 0    Shoes-100, C8,7, 5

Boy~Pants-B26, 23, 21     Shirt-C3, 1, 0, 00 (first color) R29, 05, 02 (new color)    Shoes-C3,1, 0, C8, 7, 5, 4, 1

Sundae

R59, RV29, C3, 1

Table & Chairs

C7, 5, 3, 1, 100, R59, 46, 35

Second card is Fancy Francy. She is so cute! I love the armoire & the shelf of crowns. She gave me some good hair practice, too. The armoire took some thinking to make sure I got it right. The "Happy Birthday" phrase is from another company. The flowers have been waiting in my studio for some time waiting for just the right project!

 I really like to use sketches when designing my cards. Sometimes I follow them to a "T", sometimes I just use them for inspiration. I got this one from Freshly Made Sketches. I'm also entering this card in their contest! Here's the sketch I used:

Copic Colors:

Skin

E11, 21, 51, 50

Hair

E79, 25, 33

Armoire

E79, 57, 35, 33, 31

Bloomers & Corset

C3, 1, 0, 00

Dress

R83, 81, RV02, 000

Crowns

YR24, 21, Y23, 21, RV55, Y08, 06, 02

I really hope you enjoy these super fun cards! All products link directly to Kraftin' Kimmie's site. Please feel free to check them out!

Enjoy!