Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge #556 - Fall or Winter Creations

Hello to all who are popping in to visit me today!

Happy weekend to you - hoping it's a good one!

It's time for another weekly challenge for 

KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS and I have

the honor of choosing the theme this week.

For Challenge #556 the theme is...

FALL OR WINTER CARD/CREATION. 

I love Fall and all the beautiful colors, hiking, college football

and of course Thanksgiving.  Winter also though has it's own

sort of beauty and is right around the corner (as is Christmas). 

I just couldn't decide at first which theme I really wanted 

so I'm leaving it up to you as to which one inspires you the most!

Our family will not be having the big turkey day celebration this

year due to COVID so I'm sending out more Thanksgiving cards

than usual to stay in touch.  What awesome time it was to

have the super adorable IT'S TURKEY DAY! stamp released

this year.  I've wanted a stamp set like this for while!

My card today is an easel card.  Here's the front

using a sentiment from Pumpkin Kisses

 and here's the card open

So now it's your turn. What season will you pick?

I can't wait to see your creations in the blog or in

the Kraftin' Kimmie Friends Facebook Group folder. 

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

creation must be a NEW and different creation. 

There is a monthly prize offered and every time you

enter it give you a shot at it.  Using KKS products 

doubles your chances.  Go get Krafty!!! 

Oh and before I go... check out the FRUGAL FRIDAY

specials for this weekend and the ink of the month

(which is my favorite - Salty Sea)!

Check out the other creations from my lovely Krafty DT teammates

too by clicking the links below!  Hugs! D

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Challenge #550 - "Things with Wings"

Happy happy weekend! The last Saturday of September - wow!

Saturday's are the start of a new weekly challenge theme at

KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS!

Our theme this week for Challenge #550 is...

THINGS WITH WINGS. 

My card features the stamp set called It's Turkey Day!

Look at that adorable and quirky turkey!  

Does he look a bit nervous to you? LOL

I stamped the images with Marvellous Mocha hybrid ink

and colored the images with copic markers.

Then I added a few of  the NEW little Christmas enamel dots. 

You can join us this week by entering your creation in the

KKS Blog link or in the challenge album in the 

Krafty Friends Facebook Group!  You can enter as many

times as you'd like but each creation must be a new

creation.  Every entry counts as a chance toward the 

monthly prize of $25 krafty $$ to spend in the KKS Shop. 

See all the details on the main KKS Blog post. 

 If you wanna win you gotta play! 

We also have a sketch posted for this month if you like or 

need a little more inspiration to jump start your creativity.

I think it's a goody! Take a look. 

Thanks for visiting me today! Hope you join our 

challenge this week cause we love to see what you

do with your KKS stamps, stencils, inks and dots! 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Challenge #547 "CIRCLES"

                                         

Happy Saturday everyone! Each and every Saturday

at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS we give you 

a new challenge theme to create with.  

This week our hostess krafty gal Delphine has chosen the

theme for Challenge #547 of CIRCLES! 

One of my favorite shapes! 

I got a little overly ambitious and decided to make

a slimline shaker card featuring three circles.

That absolutely adorable quirky turkey and fun 

sentiments are from the NEW IT'S TURKEY DAY!

clear stamp set.  What do you think?

Do you like it? I will admit it was a bit of a challenge

for me after only making one fairly simple shaker card

previously. But I persevered and I love it!! 

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Stamp It!

Crazy 4 Challenges C4C551 - Shaker Card

Krafty Chicks Challenges #523 - Stamp Act

Crafty Catz - Challenge #517 Anything Goes w/Twist Not a Square

Simply Create Too - Challenge #164 Make a Shaker Card 

Time Out Challenges - Challenge #169 - Season

What will you make to share with us this week for 

the CIRCLES challenge?  I can't wait to see!!

You can submit your entry in the KKS blog link

or in the Krafty Friends Facebook Group (look for the 

folder to upload it there).  Every time you enter a new

creation in one of our challenges you get a chance toward

winning the monthly prize of a $25 gift voucher to spend

in the Kraftin' Kimmie Shop! And...if you use KKS

products on your entry it counts twice!  

Before I go... there's an awesome VIRTUAL krafty event

happening next week (starting on Friday, September 11th).

This going to be so much FUN!  I'll be doing a couple of the LIVE

craft alongs on Saturday and Sunday.  If you aren't in the group already

come join us so you can be part of the event.  

The schedule of the events is posted in the group so you can 

see what all is going on and when.  

Don't forget that the new FRUGAL FRIDAY specials also posted yesterday 

and are only good through the weekend! Lots of great sales! 

Thanks for visiting me today! Hugs! D

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Happy Fall/Thanksgiving

Hello friends!  Thanksgiving is just around the corner

are you ready?  I have my stretchy pants in the closet just

waiting to jump into them on Thursday morning.

Ohhhh I literally can hardly wait for my favorite dish

PUMPKIN PIE - yum!! I could be happy with just 

that and sweet potatoes and scalloped oysters. 

What's your favorite?

I only made two Fall/Thanksgiving cards this year. 

I thought it would be fun to share them with you

and join a couple challenges too. Hope you like them.

Here's the first:

Details: Stamp set "Grateful Pumpkins" (Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps)

Inks: "Mossy Meadow", "Pumpkin Patch" and "Marvellous Mocha"

(all from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps). Cardstock (Stampin UP!)

Designer paper and twine from stash.

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

 Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #222 Lots of Layers

Kraftin Kimmie Stamps Challenge #457 Fall Colors

Cardz 4 Gals Challenge #84 Pumpkins

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #318 Holiday

Crafting by Designs - Give Thanks or Autumn Colors

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Mood Board

and here's the second

 Details: Image and sentiment stamped with Marvellous Mocha

hybrid ink (Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps) and colored with copic markers.

Stamp set: "Happy Fall Y'All"  (Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps)

Designer papers from my stash. Cardstock from Stampin UP!

I'd like to enter this card in these challenges

Through the Purple Haze Challenges #150 Everything Fall

Crafting with an Attitude -Challenge #45 Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenges - November Anything Goes

Thanks so much for letting me share with you. 

I hope that your Thanksgiving holiday is full of love,

blessings and good food (including my favorite pumpkin pie)!

Guest Designing for the Card Concept #100 challenge celebration

Well hello crafty friends!  So nice of you to visit me today.

After many months of a crafting break, I was thrilled when

 the lovely Kim asked if I'd like to be a guest designer 

for the Card Concept #100 challenge.

And when I saw the beautiful inspiration photo 

for this challenge I was even more excited. 

Oh my gosh! Seriously sooo many things

you can take for inspiration from this.  

I was drawn to the pink and gold colors

and the pumpkins (I LOVE pumpkins!)

I pulled out a bold sentiment stamp called 

called Be Full from Neat and Tangled and

made this Clean and Graphic card. 

I swished pink distress ink around on my

base panel and then heat embossed the 

gorgeous sentiment in gold.  

Here's a close up so you can see the embossing a little better

There's a special celebration for this 100th challenge going on

over at the blog so be sure to check it out as well

as the amazing inspiration from the DT there!

Hope my card inspired you in some way. 

Hugs and happy crafting! D

My Time to Craft Challenge #306 - Autumn Colors

Hello again friends! It's a busy day on my blog

today with some wonderful challenges and new inspiration

to share with you!  I hope that you are here to see my

newest DT creation for MY TIME TO CRAFT #306.

The theme is "Autumnal colors".  Your creation can 

be of any theme or type but must use the colors of fall.

Here's what I made - hope you like it:

I've had this cute little fella colored up for a while

now which was handy to grab out of the pile and 

put on a quick card for Thanksgiving.  Ummmm

I can smell the turkey dinner now and taste the 

pumpkin pie.  Fall is my favorite season!

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

Stamping Sensations - October Challenge "Colors of Autumn"

Stampin' Royalty Challenge #298 "Falling for Fall"

The Challenge #45 - Sketch

I hope that you will go visit the rest of our lovely team

 and see their creations as well.  Leave a little love along 

the way in the form of a comment and make someone's

day!  Thanks so much for stopping in again to visit.

Til next time...hugs! D

Happy Thanksgiving

Hello friends and happy Friday!!

I'm looking forward to the weekend for sure.

I plan to do some shopping so I have food

for our Thanksgiving.  

I'm hoping that I  haven't waited too long

and there are still some smaller turkeys 

available.  The last time I waited this

long I had to buy a very large bird.

Suffice it to say that we had LOTS of 

left overs and we wanted ham the next year :o)

But...before I can get to the weekend  

I need to get myself off to work - so I best 

get on with this post and out the door.

I colored this darling image over a week ago 

but finally got my card finished last night

take a look please:

Stamp "Merry" by Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps

I'm pretty sure this stamp was intended to be

a Christmas stamp (her name is Merry and she

comes with a Christmas sentiment) but with the big 

turkey in the pan I decided to make it into 

a Thanksgiving card.  

Really looking forward to time with family

and some delicious food.

Our Thanksgiving tradition is to serve

scalloped oysters with the turkey - yum!

What's yours?

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Kraftin Kimmie  Saturday Challenge "Anything Goes"

Addicted to Stamps and More! #122 - Make Your Mark

Come and Get it Challenges - Thanksgiving Traditions

The Corrosive Challenges #212 "Girly"

Sketch Saturday #336 

Updated to also add: Simon Say's Wednesday Challenges - Thanks/Thanksgiving

As I said...got to get myself to work (no rest for the wicked).

Thanks so much for stopping by to visit me today!

Happy Thanksgiving wishes.

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

Gobble til you Wobble - YNSFFC17

Hello lovely crafty friends.

Who's looking forward to turkey dinner 

and Thanksgiving?  This gal is!

I have a fun  card to share with you today - take a look:

Stamp and sentiment from Your Next Stamp "Gobble, Gobble"

This makes me smile as I definitely overeat each Thanksgiving.

In fact I usually wear stretchy pants so that I won't be as miserable.

My favorite turkey day food items are stuffing and sweet potatoes

ohhhh and of course pumpkin pie.  

What are  yours?

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

YNS Challenge #17 (I used the sketch below)

TIME OUT Challenges #17 - Birds of a Feather flock together

The Pink Elephant Challenge #274 - Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenges #80 - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by to visit me today!

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

Celebrating Autumn and Thanksgiving

Hello friends - how are you today?
Are you enjoying the fall weather in the States?

I love fall - the cool evenings and warm nights with the

gorgeous colors of the leaves. 

I especially love the fall holiday of Thanksgiving

and all the yummy dishes that our family makes

when we get together to celebrate.

Speaking of fall, I have a card to share with you 

using one of Deedee's Digis 

fun NEW releases called  "Pilgrim Owls".

Take a look:

I managed to use up some of my stash from a season 

or two ago (still love that corn paper) - feeling 

pretty good about that, as well as some new 

enamel dots that I just had to have :o)

I love the rich warm color combo of this card.

Hope you like it too. 

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More! Challenge #117 "Make Your Mark"

Crafty Catz Challenge #250 - Autumn

Crafting from the Heart - Challenge #40 - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by to visit me today - 

I'm sure glad that you did. 

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

Addicted to Stamps and More! CAS #4 {Happy Thanksgiving}

Hello friends - hope all is well in your world! The challenge this week at Addicted to Stamps and More! is the ever popular Clean and Simple (CAS #4). I made a Thanksgiving card in honor of one of my favorite days of the year (my first favorite being my own birthday - LOL). Why is it one of my favorites? I LOVE the fellowship of family and friends, the reminder of all our blessings and of course... the food! Our family has a couple favorite foods that we make each year, but this year I'm going to start a new tradition also called the "Thanksgiving jar". I'm going to decorate a large Mason jar and ask each person to jot down something they are thankful for. Then right after we eat I'm going to read off all the responses. Do you have a favorite food at Thanksgiving or a favorite tradition around Thanksgiving? I'd love to hear about it if you do.

I like to combine challenges whenever I can - it helps me be even more creative. I chose the colors for my card based on the color challenge going on over at 'ABC' Challenges (where I'm a DT member too). The layout for me card comes from a friend name Cindi who heads up a local card exchange group that I participate in as well.

I hope that you will decide to join us this week at Addicted to Stamps and More! I can't wait to see your CAS cards. The DT at ATS&M has done a fabulous job creating some beautiful CAS cards for your inspiration - please pop in and visit them as well. Til next time - Hugs and Happy Crafting!!

Supplies (all Stampin Up!): Cardstock - Chocolate chip and Whisper White. DSP - Patterns Designers Series paper stack in Bright collection (pumpkin pie).  Stamps - Full of Blessings (available in the holiday mini) - colored with pumpkin pie, choc chip and old olive inks and a blender pen.

'ABC' Challenges - Color Challenge and Lollipop Crafts #94 {Giving Thanks}

Hello friends and blog followers, so happy that you've decided to pop in and visit me today.  We have a color challenge for you this week at 'ABC' Challenges. We'd like to see your beautiful cards using Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive and Choc Chip. Here's what I came up with for your inspiration:

 

I am also entering this card in the Lollipop Crafts Challenge #94 - We are Thankful.  It's getting close to Thanksgiving and I LOVE Thanksgiving! I love the fellowship of family and friends (so very thankful for each and every one of them), celebrating our freedoms and blessings (thanks to our military personnel who so bravely defend us), I am thankful for our health, and of course the food - the wonderful, delicious food - Yum!! This is the one day I really let myself just enjoy (and usually regret it later) in terms of whatever I eat.  Does you family have any specific food traditions for Thanksgiving?  We usually have scalloped oysters as one of the dishes that is made.  And for me... I just must have sweet potatoes and pumpkin pie.  Am I making you hungry?  Sorry - I almost made myself hungry too :o) Pie anyone???

So... on to this card.   I punched out a bunch of leaves using Choc Chip and Pumpkin Pie cardstock and assembled them in a wreath shape.  The Argyle embossing folder provided some additional texture to this card.  A pretty quick Thanksgiving card really - aside from the time I spent getting the leaves to conform into sort semblance of a circle ( ;o) ).  My layout comes from a sketch that my friend Cindi found on-line for one of our card exchange group get togethers. I am very thankful also for this great group of crafty ladies - they are a wonderfully supportive group.  I will be sharing this card with the group - hope they like it! 

Well... off I go for now. Hope you decide to join us this week at 'ABC' Challenges.  The other DT members have created some beautiful cards to share with and inspire you too.  I'd love to come visit you and see your beautiful cards - so go get crafting.  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!  Hugs! D

Supplies (Stampin Up! except leaf punch): Cardstock - Choc Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz (sentiment strip).  DSP - Brights collection of Patterned Paper Stack - Old Olive.  Embossing - Argyle texture folder. Sentiment - Full of Blessings (available in the holiday mini).  Other - naturals wood button and pumpkin pie bakers twine.