CAS Valentine Card

 Hello lovely friends! 

I've been cramming like crazy to get 

Valentine's cards done to send out.

Today I have this super cute CAS card to share with you. 

The plaid patterned paper, stamp sets and

coordinating dies are from Lawn Fawn. 

The skunk is from the stamp set 

called Scent with Love and the 

heart shaped balloon and sentiment are both

in the Scent With Love Add On stamp set.

I used a Quickie Gun pen to add some 

super fine sparkle on the balloon and skunk's tail. 

I learned that glitter tip in one of Jenn Shurkus's 

recent online classes called Love Letters. 

To add a little more interest to this card, but

still keep it CAS, I used my score board to make

a faux embossed plaid background on the main panel. 

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #118 - Clean and Simple (CAS)

little red wagon - Be My Love Valentine #640

Daring Cardmakers: My Sweet Valentine

Critter Crazy Challenges #59 -Anything Goes with a Critter

Crafty Animals Challenge #58 

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #228 - Add A Heart

Thanks for visiting me today! I hope you liked this

card and that I've inspired you to create and join a challenge. 

My Recipe to Happiness

 Hello friends!  

I'm squeaking in under the wire to enter a couple card challenges today.

Here's my card... 

The chef stamp and sentiment are from My Favorite Things, as

are the heart thought bubble dies.  the slim rectangle stiitched

dies are from Taylored Expressions and the large stitched

rectangle background pane is from a Lawn Fawn die cut. 

I colored the image with copic markers - my favorite coloring medium.

 

I'm truly and completely shocked that I managed to make

a fairly CAS card. This is not my usual style as I love to layer it up

and add lots of embellishments and pattern papers.  

But...I think this is just so so cute! 

I hope you like it too! 

The challenges I'm entering today are:

My Favorite Things Color Challenge #181

Krafty Chicks Challenge #595 CAS

Happy Little Stampers CAS January

Crafter's Cafe 15 January #281 CAS

 

Thanks for visiting me today! Have a beautiful day!

Crafty Hugs! D

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps #604 - Use Patterned Paper.

  Good morning and welcome to another

fabulous and fun Saturday Challenge

at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps !

Are you ready for another fun and krafty challenge to inspire you and help get your creative juices flowing?

We've got some fabulous ideas for you 

and can't wait to see what you create!

This week, Krafty Girl Karla is your hostess and her challenge theme for you is: 

PATTERNED PAPER!

Oh I LOVE this theme!! I don't know about you, but... 

I have a HUGE stash of patterned paper. In fact, 

since I've been building my stencil stash my patterned 

papers haven't been getting enough love and use.

I colored up one of the super cute little puffins from the 

PUFFINS AND PALS stamp set and some wintery papers

from my stash to create this clean and simple card. 

I added some Stickles to the snowflakes. I wanted to keep my 

card clean and simple, but I felt it was missing something. 

Why is sparkle so hard to photograph?  

Oh well, hopefully you can see it a little. 

The inspiration for my layout of this card is based on 

the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #508 (see below)

- but I flipped the orientation for my card. 

So I'm entering my card in that challenge too

I hope you like my card and that I've inspired you to 

grab some of your pattern papers and a 

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps stamp set (or two) 

and create something to share with us!

Each and every Saturday we post a brand new challenge for the week and you are welcome to enter as many times as you like.

These must be new creations and you are welcome to use any stamp, however, using Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp products will earn you double entries!

The monthly prize is a $25 voucher to the Krafty shop!!!

Woohoo!  There are two ways to enter: you can link up your creation on the  Kraftin’ Kimmie blog page and if using KKS products,

you can upload your photo to the album in our 

Krafty Friends FB group.

Also, if you need a little extra inspiration or a jump start to your mojo, we have a new sketch each month!

Feel free to use it any time!

Be sure to check out all the fun projects the Design Team has come up with in the links below! Happy kraftin'!

Heard you Got a Bug! Feel Better Soon.

Happy Monday! Hope the day has been good to you.

Although I don't make new year's resolutions,

I have challenged myself to try and use up some of my crafty

 stash (old, new unopened items, and started but never finished

creations).   In keeping with that personal challenge, I found this 

watercolored panel in the pile things I've colored but 

never actually made it on to a finished creation.   

I had never really loved how it turned out but couldn't seem

to throw it away.  Time to challenge myself to use it. 

Then I dug through my stash of (very neglected) embossing folders 

and found one that I thought would work well.  Here's what

I ended up creating to share with you today. 

 

 

The original watercolored panel was much larger. I cut it down 

to fit on the embossed panel and added the punny sentiment. 

Suddenly I liked it much better! Funny how that happens.

I never seem to have "Get Well" or "Feel Better Soon" cards

on hand when I need them.  But I'll have one now! 

Really so glad I used this panel instead of tossing it.

And I had honestly forgotten how satisfying it is to use 

an embossing folder!  Instant gratification with a few

cranks of the handle!  Pretty sure I'll be using some of the

other embossing folders in that box soon too. 

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - A Bit O' Green

"Just Us Girls" Challenge Trend Week #575 - Use an Embossing Folder

Simply Create Too Challenge #168 Dry or Wet Embossing

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges "Anything Goes - March 13th"

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Recycle

Thanks for popping in to visit me today! 

Crafty cyber hugs! D

 

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps March Release Hop and Shop!

   Woohoo! I'm happy you are here to visit me. 
Today we are celebrating all the new fabulous goodies in our March Release that are NOW available in the
 Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop!

All four of our new stamp sets, plus two new stencils and a new hybrid ink color RICH RUST  were released yesterday along with our MARCH ADD ON BUNDLE, and we're excited to share it ALL with you in a fabulous krafty HOP!

My card features another of the gorgeous flower images from the new 

WILDFLOWER WONDER stamp set. 

I added splatters of gloss spray (Dina Wakely Marina)

once the panel had dried and then added some of 

the clear Shimmerz dots from the March Add-On Bundle.

 

So let's check everything out as we hop around the Krafty Design Team's blogs today!  Grab a nice hot beverage, sit back and relax while we take you on the krafty tour!

First up we have a fearsome set by Sabrina van Vloten called.....

DRAGON FLIGHT! 

Next, we have a coordinating sentiment set by 

Melissa Baker-Nguyen called MY HERO!!

third is an adorably cute set by artist 

Neda Sadreddin called HAMMIN' IT UP!!

And lastly we have a beautiful floral set 

by Michelle Houghton called...

WILDFLOWER WONDER!!

In addition to the fabulous stamp sets shown above, there's also a gorgeous new ink colour called RICH RUST!   As always it will be available in full sized ink pads, ink cubes and ink refills!

And TWO new Krafty Stencils for this month's release to help add some funky fun to your creations!  They are called RADICAL RECTANGLES Stencil! and ROYAL Stencil! But that's not all, there's also an amazing specially curated Add-On Bundle too!

And don't forget our awesome Stamp Of The Month!! We have Gnome Greetings FREE with your order of $75 or more before shipping/tax! He's the perfect addition to your Spring projects!!

Now head on out on today's celebration blog hop and check out all the new products in action as the Krafty Team shares their incredible designs!  Then jump on over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps shop and grab some of these fabulous goodies for yourself!

Happy kraftin'!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges #523 - Clean and Simple (CAS)

Happy weekend krafty peeps!

It's Saturday and you know what that means!

It's time for another weekly challenge at 

KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS!

The theme for Challenge #523 is CAS.

We hope that you'll share what you create with us

using the CAS theme this week.  Each newly created 

and entered project gives you a chance to WIN the 

monthly prize of a $40 gift voucher to the KKS Store! 

You can enter as many times as you want but each entry

must be a NEW creation.  The challenge is open all week. 

Clean and Simple is truly always a challenge for me

as I'm a layer it up and add lots of pattern paper kinda gal.

Products such as the NEW Confetti Stencil make CAS cards so 

much easier to make though.  My card features several of the 

NEW products for March - the stencil, the Party Time Dots, the 

Morning Marigold hybrid ink and the giraffe from ZOODLES.  

I'm pretty happy with how it turned out!

Even though it has some layers, it also has lots of open 

space and very few embellishments. It may not be CAS to 

the technical degree but I think it fits the challenge.   

Did you see that there's a special SALE going on too? 

There are lots of products on SALE in the shop, and there's

no coupon needed - the discounted prices are shown.  

What a great excuse to have some krafty fun during the

topsy turvy Corona Virus situation and social distancing. 

Please excuse me as I don't mean to make light of this

awful and scary time, but I'm an eternal optimist and always 

try to find the positive where I can. The whimsical and fun

KKS stamps and stencils, and pretty inks and dots always make 

me feel happy.  Crafting with KKS is like therapy for me - 

maybe it is for you too.  So why not get it on SALE?!

Thanks so much for stopping in to visit me today! 

Stay healthy and positive! 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Sending you SNOW much love!

Hello crafty friends.  I'm back with another

card to share with you.  It's a one layer and CAS 

 card (gasp!) - and I love how it turned out.

The finished size is 3 1/2" x 5".   

I used a new stamp set from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps

called Snowflake Kisses.  I  showed you another 

peek of this set early today on this blog post 

if you missed seeing it. The snowflakes are stamped

in three different pinks: Berry Bliss, Pink Pizzazz and

Pretty in Pink (all from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps). 

The enamel dots are also brand new and will 

be available Saturday afternoon - Festive Dots. 

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches #407 - (see below)

Addicted to Stamps and More! Challenge #363 "Holiday"

Time out Challenges #146 (see below)

Craft Rocket Challenges #64 PINK

and Simon's Says Stamp Monday Challenge 

"All Things Pink"

Thanks so much for visiting me today! Hugs D

CAS Christmas Card

Hello!  Thanks for visiting me today.

Last weekend was World Card Making Day.

 I colored the beautiful and sweet image on

my card below that day, but didn't get the 

card finished until Wednesday.  

I very seldom make CAS or one layer cards, but

felt a calling on this one to give it a go.  The main image 

is from Santa Paws and the sentiment is from 

Holiday Wishes (both by Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps).  

  

A big bold sentiment and a colored main image = viola!

I really love how it turned out.  Hope you do too.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges - CHRISTMAS (10/9/19)

Winter Wonderland Challenge - Merry and Bright

Addicted to Stamps and More! Challenge #362 "Make Your Mark"

Try it on Tuesday - Animal Magic

I also sent this in to Scrapbook and Cards Today for the WCMD 

 4:00 pm Challenge  - CAS.  

Thanks for sharing with me today! Have a lovely weekend. D 

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps August 2019 New Release Blog Hop

It's blog hop day at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS

and we are celebrating the NEW products introduced

this month!  You'll get to see lots of awesome inspiration

from the krafty krew today as you hop around.

So get comfy, grab a snack or favorite beverage and 

hop to your hearts content.


When you're done hopping you can hop on over to the
KKS Shop and get your favorites from this release
as they are ALL now available! And in case you LOVED
it ALL this month there's the GIMMIE KIMMIE deal
where you can purchase everything at a discount
(for a limited time and while supplies last)!!!

Let's review what the NEW GoODies.
For stamp sets we started off with SCARDEY CATS


Then there was the awesome sentiment set PUMPKIN KISSES


which was followed by MONSTER MASH


and finally I WANT CANDY!


The other fabby products this month are...
GOBLIN GREEN hybrid ink

TWO Stencils - CREEPY COBWEB and
BATS AND MOONS

and the fun accessory that I'm kind of addicted to
SPOOKY DOTS!


WOWIE!  Isn't it all awesome?!
ALL the NEW goodies from this month's release are now
loaded in the shop and ready for purchase! If you loved it all
(I know I did!) there's a special deal called GIMME KIMMIE
that you might want to check out.

My card today features I WANT CANDY stamp set 

with the BATS AND MOONS STENCIL.

Thanks for popping in to visit me today.  The links to

the other talented krafty krew are below. Hop on your way!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - August 2019 NEW Release sneak peeks DAY TWO

Hello! It's DAY TWO of the August 2019

New Release Sneak Peeks from 

KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS!


Today we have an awesome fall/halloween sentiment
set that's sure to be a must have in your collection.
The fonts are so neat - and I LOVE the larger scale!
It's called PUMPKIN KISSES by artist Melissa Baker-Nguyen.


I combined one of the halloween sentiments with another
image from yesterday's new release set SCAREDY CATS.
That beautiful spooky green glow was made with the new
GOBLIN GREEN hybrid ink.  Of course, I also had to
add some of the SPOOKY DOTS too.  (I honestly think I
might be addicted to using enamel dots as an accent on my cards).

Hang on to your halloween hats, brooms, pointy shoes

because there's another day of peeks coming tomorrow

and I guarantee that you will love it! 

Don't forget also that Saturday at 2 pm EST

is the LIVE ON-LINE RELEASE Party with 

Kimmie and krew in the Krafty Friends Facebook Group.

It's always a fun time so I hope you'll join us.  

ALL the new goodies will be available in the KKS Shop

immediately following the event.  Whoo Hoo!

 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Super Cool Pals

Hello friends!  How's the weather in your neck of the woods?

Today was very cold but no snow.  I'm hoping that the

snow holds off for a couple more weeks until both my

kiddos are home for the holidays.  I'm generally not a fan

of snow UNLESS it's at Christmas AND I can build a

snowman.  Speaking of snowmen check out this adorable

fella from the UBER Cute stamp set called SUPER COOL PALS

from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.  I LOVE this set!

Those sweet sparkly snowflakes were made using the brand 

spankin' NEW Sparkling Snowflake Stencil  and some 

 BoBunny glitter paste in Torquoise.  The strip of snow along 

the bottom was made using Liquid Applique (all can be found in    

the Kraftin' Kimmie Shop  - follow the links to get your own).   

I'd like to enter the following challenges with this card:

Cardz 4 Guys - Challenge #209 Snowman

Kraftin Kimmie Challenges #459 SNOW 

Stinkin' Inkers Challenge Blog - Winter Wonderland

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #42 - Anything Christmas Goes

Try it On Tuesdays - Winter Wonderland at TioT's 

4 Crafty Chicks Challenge Blog #431 Crazy Egg Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog - Team Abi Snowmen and Snowladies

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges - Anything Goes

and last but certainly not least

{PIN}spirational Challenges #230 (see photo below)

My inspiration is the snow and the scarf

Thanks so much for visiting me today!  

Have a wonderful rest of your week! 

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges #409 - Christmas

Hello everyone.  I'm glad you've taken a break from 

the Thanksgiving weekend shopping to visit me.
It's time for another weekly challenge at
KRAFTIN' KIMMIE CHALLENGES
and this week the theme is CHRISTMAS!

I completely avoided the stores on Black Friday but 

did some internet shopping.  Found one gift for me family

and a couple for myself fell into my cart(s) too. Oops! 

Speaking of Sales...Did you see this from 

KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS?!!

This is an awesome time to get some of the krafty goodies you've

been wishing for.  You can wrap them and put them under the

tree from "Santa" (winky face).  

Okay so back to the reason for my post today and that would

be to share my Krafty DT card with you that was made for

the current KKS Challenge #409!

I used the brand new A Brew-tiful Day and added a 

"Christmassy" (um..yes that is a word) sentiment from 

Reindeer Games to make a Clean And Simple (shocker!)

and festive Christmas card.   This is a super easy and fun

to make for my coffee (or cocoa) loving friends. 
It will be very easy to tuck a coffee shop gift card inside. 

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #269 - CAS

Happy Little Stamps November CAS Challenge - Christmas
Fusion Challenges - Red Christmas

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges - Food and/or Drink
Winter Wonderland challenges - Traditional Christmas Colors Red and Green
If you Give a Crafter a Cookie Challenge #82 (photo inspiration)


So that's all from me for today!  My daughter has been
dying to put up the Christmas decorations for a week now
but my hubby refuses to let Christmas invade Thanksgiving.
Tomorrow he can stop us no more bwahahaha. 
I hope you will find time to join us this week and
link up your own Christmassy creation.  Hugs! D

Blog hop celebration at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps

Oh my gosh today is the day!

The brand new clear stamp sets at

KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS

are now available in the shop and we have a fantastic
blog hop to celebrate this release.  You'll see lots
of links below to the blogs of the krafty krew and guests.

Grab your favorite drink and snack and 

get ready to see some awesome eye candy!

I love, love, love the sweet new set by artist Cheryl Grant

called BEARY CHRISTMAS!
I went with a clean and simple design that focuses on
this main image.  I seldom do CAS cards but with an
image as ADORABLE and fun to color it makes
the CAS style so easy and pleasing. 

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Happy Little Stampers - November CAS Challenge (Christmas)


Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges - Furry Friends
Crafty Animals Challenge #8 - anything goes
Animal Friends Challenges #56 - Christmas Critters
Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #268 Holiday
Cute Card Thursday Challenge #504 Birds/Animals
Crafting From the Heart Challenge #183 "Anything Goes"

***ALSO it's Small Business Saturday and there's a special surprise!
To say a special thank you every order placed this weekend
will receive a coupon for 20% off your entire order Dec 13-23!

Thanks so much for visiting me!  Now off you go on your
way to the next stop(s) below to see the fantastic creations
that the rest of the Krafty krew and guests have to share with
and inspire you using all the different stamps sets from this month.
Hugs and  happy hoppin'!  D

My Favorite Things - World Card Making Challenges - 4 for 4!

Hello again friends!  

Did you get some good crafty card making time 

in yesterday for World Card Making Day?  

I was able to make three of my DT cards for 

an upcoming October release (which will be revealed

next week) and I also made four - yes FOUR - cards

so I could play along with the WCMChallenges at

MY FAVORITE THINGS.  I'm pretty proud of

myself because I haven't made that many cards in

one day in a very long time :o)! So much fun!

All my cards are much more CAS and simple than

I usually do but I was pressed for time and wanted to play 

along.  I surprised myself and really like how they turned out!

Challenge #1 was to use the colors of the rainbow

Here's my first card for the 9 am challenge ROYGBIV

(Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet - I don't know what 

the I stands for :o)) using the fun mixing bowls from 

Kitschy Kitchen and a sentiment from You Bake Me Happy.

My background was colored with Distress ink oxide.

I thought about splattering it but decided I liked it clean.

The second challenge of the day was Die-namics Designs

to use 100% die cuts on the card.  Here's my card using 

Roses in Bloom.  

The third challenge of the day was By the Numbers 

and incorporate a # on your card.  

I used the sweet Baby Onesie die to make a 1st birthday card

And the fourth challenge of the day was to MAKE and MAIL

a card to someone. This one will be going to a friend that

I haven't had the pleasure of seeing for awhile.  We need to

"dish" and catch up on lots!  I had stamped a bunch of the little

bowls while I was deciding on my rainbow theme so decided to 

use them on this last card too.  

Stamps used are from Kitschy Kitchen, and You Bake Me Happy.

Thanks for visiting me today.  I apologize for the 

poor quality photos.  I was pretty late when I took the

pictures of the cards and didn't have time to redo them this

morning before I'm off to my volunteer clean up day

for the Lions Club.  Have a fantastic day peeps!  

Hugs! D