Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges - Wonderful Wednesday Nov 23rd

Hello and Happy Wednesday!

Thanks for stopping in to visit me today :o)

Wednesdays are always Wonderful at

KRAFTIN' KIMMIE CHALLENGES

because the theme is Anything Goes! 

I fell in LOVE with the NEW Eskimo Pals 

stamp set that was just released last week!

So I used it for my DT card to share with you today.

I stamped the image in grey instead of black and then colored

it with my copics.  It's a baby step for me toward the 

no-lines coloring technique that I really admire. 

I also used the November KKS sketch 

but I flipped it on its side

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

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenges - Trio Tastic

(use 3 of something - I used 3 enamel dots)

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenges #221 "Anything Goes"

TheBrown Sugar Challenge Blog #225 "Anything Goes" 

Craft Your Passion Challenges #339 Always Anything Goes

I hope you will find some time this week to get krafty and

enter your own fabulous creation! 

In addition to the great Krafty Challenges & Wonderful Wednesday, 

each month we 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!

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 until 

November 29th at midnight (EST)! 

I can't wait to see what you make!

Thanks so much for stopping in to visit me today!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges #355 - Lots of Layers

Hello sweet friends and followers!

Happy "nearly" Halloween!

It's the last Saturday of October (how does that happen so fast?!)

and time for a new weekly theme at 

KRAFTIN' KIMMIE CHALLENGES!

Larisa is our krafty hostess and she wants to see us
use "Lots of Layers".  Ohhhh I LOVE this theme!

If your style is usually a CAS or One layer this could be a
fun challenge for you to stretch yourself. Or... if you
already love layers (as I do) this is right up your crafty alley ;o).   

I choose to make a Halloween card because I still needed two
more cards for a couple special people  (AND I STILL need
to get them mailed - gulp)! I often wonder how it is that I
make so many cards over the course of a year and yet am often
late getting them sent out to my family and friends. 

Do you do that too?  It's kind of embarrassing really :o/

Anyhoo...here's my lots of layers halloween card
using the super sweet (and not too spooky) stamp
set called "HAPPY OWL-OWEEN"

I used my favorite paper line of Doodlebug design 

and several die cuts and punches for my layers.  

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges - Anything Goes
My Time to Craft Challenges #332 - Autumnal Colors or Halloween
If You Give a Crafter a Cookie Challenges #55 (photo inspiration)
The Alphabet Challenge Blog - R is for Recipe (use at least 3 from grid)
I used sentiment, stamp, dies and punches for my 3

Crafty Catz Challenges #344 - Anything Goes w/twist of using die cuts or a punch
Jo's Scrap Shack FFC#162 Color Challenge - Use Orange, Purple and Green
Fab N Funky Challenges #324 - Halloween
The Crafty Addicts Challenges #27 - A.G. with Halloween Colors

I hope that you will decide to play along with us this week!
  We LOVE to see your creations so be sure to submit them 
so you can have a chance to WIN a $20 gift card to spend 
in the Kraftin' Kimmie Store! 

And OH MY GOSH... I don't want to forget to tell you about 
the NEW Surprise Krafty Guest Kit! 
Details are on a 'pinned' post on the KKS Friends FB page.
Please go check it out!  You'll be so glad you did! 

Thanks so much for visiting me today!  

Tata for now!  D

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps October NEW Release and Anything Goes Challenge

Hooray! We've made it to the weekend and it's time

for another ANYTHING GOES challenge  AND

the final sneak peek of the NEW Release stamps

this month at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE!!

It's been another great month of NEW sets!

I honestly am not sure which one is my favorite.

Hmmm....I think they all are :o).  

ALL of the new stamp sets you've been seeing all week
will be releasing THIS AFTERNOON after the
LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!

Please join us for all the fun, beautiful cards, giveaways and more!
The PARTY starts at 2 PM EST!  Hope to see  you there!

Today I'm sharing a card made with GOT SNOW?
by artist Annie Rodrigue! This little person seems to be having
a great ol' time making a snow fort! The image could be used
as a boy OR a girl! I LOVE that!

The set comes w/ the main image plus SIX sentiments!

During release week, the Saturday challenge is ANYTHING GOES!
So create a card, scrapbook page or altered item with any stamp
but if you use a Kraftin' Kimmie stamp you'll double your chances to WIN!
Use any sketch, any design, any embellishments because Anything Goes!
Have some krafty fun and join us this week! You have a week to play
with this challenge and at the end of the month, we'll announce
a WINNER from all of the weekly challenges for October!
We hope you can play along for your chance to WIN
a $20 Gift Certificate to use on ANYTHING you want in the shop!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps July 2016 NEW Release Blog Hop

Whoo hoo what a week this has been with the 

FABULOUS peeks at the July 2016 NEW Release

at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS!

ALL FOUR of the MAGICAL new clear stamp sets that
we've been previewing all week are now available 
and we're celebrating with a super fun krafty HOP! 

So grab yourself your favorite beverage, get settled

in your favorite comfy place and be prepared to 

ooh and ahh as you see what the Krafty Girls have

in store for you today in the hop!

My card today used the July KKS Sketch for inspiration

and the ever so adorable WITCH WILLA.

She has definitely cast a spell on my heart!! 

I used the Kraftin' Kimmie July Sketch for the layout.

Once again I've used some cute Doodlebug halloween

papers but she could easily be on some birthday 

papers or some bright flowery papers or all on her

own as a CAS design!  The sentiments that are 

included in this set are perfect for so many things!

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

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenges #201 Anything Goes

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges #285 - Anything Goes

If you Give a Crafter a Cookie Challenges #47 - Anything Goes

Cards in Envy - Stripes Card Challenge

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps July 2016 Release - Sneak Peek DAY ONE!

Hello and Happy Wednesday krafty peeps!

I'm so excited because today is the start of the

July NEW Release Sneak Peeks at

KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS!!!

Kimmie and her artists have outdone themselves again!

We are starting off with a bang with TWO wicked new stamp sets
by artist Annie Rodrigue!! The first is a hauntingly cute witch
called WITCH WANDA! This 4x4 clear stamp set comes with the
sassy main image PLUS three fun coordinating sentiments!

The second set features another silly little witch called
WITCH WILLA! This 4x4 set comes with the sweet main image
PLUS five coordinating sentiments!

I'm using Witch Wanda on my card today 

( I absolutely LOVE her!!!)

I paired her with some adorable and bright Doodlebug Design

halloween papers but as you can see she would be great to use 

in lots of different ways - not just halloween.  

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

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #201 - Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenges - July - AG

Creative Moments Challenges #97 Anything Goes

Creative Calendar Challenges - July {Punches and/or Dies}

If you Give a Crafter a Cookie Challenge #47 - Anything Goes

Fab N Funky Challenges #312 Two or More Patterned papers

All the new July clear stamp sets will be released on Saturday night! 

 Be sure to join us at the LIVE Online Release Party 

beginning at 6pm EST! Come join us to help celebrate 

the new release, check out lots of krafty kreations, 

have a chance to win some prizes and just have FUN 

with Kimmie and the Krafty Girls!  Hope to see you there!

Happy hoppin'!

Super Teacher {SugarPea Designs}

Hello friends and followers!

A special hello to my two newest followers - 

thanks so much for joining my creative journey.  

Today I'm sharing a card I made for one of my 

daughter's favorite teachers - Mr. Straub. 

The stamp sets I used are from SugarPea Designs - main image 

& part of the sentiment "You're a SUPER" (my hero)

and Your Next Stamp - "Teacher" sentiment (A'dork"able).

The papers are from Doodlebug Designs and the little glasses

are from my local craft store.  I used a die cute for the 

double banner and colored the main image with copic markers. 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
Crafty Calendar Challenges - June Challenge "Fathers Day/For a Male"
The Corrosive Challenge Blog - June - Lots of Layers

Thanks for stopping in to visit me today!  

Til next time...hugs and happy crafting! D

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges #330 "Layers"

Hello and welcome to my blog! 

Every Saturday there's a new challenge 

at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE CHALLENGES

and this week the theme chosen by 

Krafty Girl Marilyn is "LAYERS".

Ohhhh I LOVE layers! Using layers is the 

perfect excuse to use up some of my 

patterned papers stash (so of course I can 

then buy more - bwahahaha).  

Today I've used one of the super fun

stamps and a sentiment from the newest 

release from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps called 

A BIT SMART ASSY 2

Here she is (drumroll).....

She looks like she is having way too much fun to 

be exercising to me!  I certainly don't look that good :o)

Let's see how many layers do I have on this?

I think I count 10!!  Swoon!

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
Addicted to Stamps and More #192 Make Your Mark

Crafty Catz Challenges #323 - Females Only
4 Crafty Chicks #297 "Sassy Woman" and GDT call
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges #276 "Anything Goes"

Next week we start giving you  some sneak peeks at the 

ahhhmazing NEW May release of clear stamps.

You are gonna love love love them!!!! 

Please come join us this week and play along for a 

chance to win some Krafty $!

Thanks for stopping in to visit me today! 

Hugs and happy kraftin'! D 

Catch the Bug Challenges - Anything Goes {May 2016}

Happy Saturday to all my crafty followers!
We've got a very busy weekend planned - how about you?

Today is the start of a new month of challenges 
at CATCH THE BUG CHALLENGES!
How in the world did that last month go by so fast.
It seemed as though it was only a few sleeps 
and viola it was a new month.  

Oh well...at least we'll start seeing some beautiful flowers
in the yard and around the area.  Already the lilacs are
budding up and I can hardly wait for them to bloom!

The theme for this first Saturday of the month
is ANYTHING GOES!  Oh I know you like that one!
I do too!  For my DT creation I made this sweet baby boy
card using the adorable image called Hang in there dog

I fussed around for awhile trying to figure out where to 

put a sentiment or die cut word "baby" but finally decided

that I like it just fine without that and it's quite obviously

that its a new baby boy card.  This way it can be for a 

shower or for the actual congrats after.  

Please come play along with us this week! We love

to see your wonderful creations in the gallery! 

See you soon!! Hugs D

Catch the Bug Challenges - Anything but a Card Monday

Happy Monday crafty peeps!

Did you get  your taxes done?

I was up until 2 am working on ours - ugh!

Thus the late post today - I totally spaced updating

my blog for the ANYTHING BUT A CARD

project at CATCH THE BUG CHALLENGES.

We have a couple graduations coming up in our

family so I decided to make a tag and a little 

pillow gift box that's perfect for tucking 

some cash for the graduate in.  

I've used Ava grad diploma on the tag

The best part about this project today is that

it uses up lots of bits and parts of things from my

stash - love when that happens!  

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
613 Avenue Create #172 - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges - Let's do the Polka
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenges - April Anyhing Goes
Sweet Stampin Challenges - Tags

Off to my day job I go for now!  I think

I'll be drinking lots of coffee today to

stay awake and focused.  

 Have a wonderful Monday and thanks

so much for stopping in to visit me!

Hugs D

Sketch Saturday #408 (Robyn's Fetish Sponsor)

Hello and happy weekend crafty friendsl!

 It's time for another weekly sketch 

at Sketch Saturday.  We have a terrific sponsor

 this week...Robyn's Fetish!

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More 
is happy to award 3 digital stamps of the winner’s choice 
to the winner of this challenge.

Here is sketch #408:

and here is my card using the fabulous sketch
and a sponsor image called Perfect Pair

I printed the image on designer paper (doodlebug designs)
and then colored in some of the parts 
(arms, cheeks, stems & leaf) with distress markers 
before fussy cutting it to add to my panel.
Did you notice the pear pattern on the paper? 
Fun huh?!  I think so :o)

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper challenges - April 2016
The Brown Sugar Challenges #194 Anything Goes

Please go check out the lovely designs the rest 
of the Sketch Saturday DT gals have made
for your inspiration this week too.  And then
I hope you will decide to join us with your
own fabulous creation!  
Thanks so much for stopping in to visit me today!
Til next time...hugs and happy craftin'! D

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge #293 "Back to School"

Hello krafty friends! 

Are you ready for the weekend?  I'm usually ready

by Thursday and can hardly wait - LOL! 

Yesterday it was 96 degrees and a bit humid (odd for Montana)

and then last night the sky opened up with the most amazing

lightning and thunder show I've seen in quite awhile.  This 

was followed by the most gorgeous rainfall.  I stood on my front

porch for quite awhile and just reveled in the sound and smell of it!

Not sure what the weather will be today - but I'm hoping not as hot.

So I'm here today to share my latest creation for the

KRAFTIN' KIMMIE CHALLENGE #293 - Back to School.

School starts here at the end of the month. Parents all over

are celebrating and kiddos are mourning this event :o)

Alexis is our hostess and she says that your creation

can be anything that reminds you of school. That's easy - right?!

My card today features the adorable Lulu from  "Smarty Pants" and

some fun papers from Doodlebug 6 x 6 paper pad called

"Back to School". The cute little glossy "School Sprinkles" are also

from Doodlebug. You can get all of these in the KK shop.   

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

Ruby's Rainbow CH#110 "Something for a Little Girl"

(this card is for my daughter on her first day of school)

Sister Act Card Challenges  #119 - Anything Goes
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards Challenges #97 - Frame it
Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #157 - Make Your Mark
Brown Sugar Challenges #159 - School
Crafty Catz Challenge #288 - New Beginnings (Back to School)

Now it's your turn to 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! We always enjoy your creations so be 

sure to submit them so you can WIN a $10 gift card to the Shop!!  

Show us your stuff!!You have until August 21st at 11:55 pm EST 

to get your entries in! 

Frugal Friday specials are up!!!!  Get while they're hot!  

These stamps are on sale only through the weekend!!  

While you're there be sure to grab the Halloween Kard Kit... this too  

will only be available for a limited time!  Once they're gone, they are GONE!

Thanks so much for stopping in to visit me today!

Til next time...hugs and happy kraftin'! D