September New Release Peeks - DAY TWO! Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps

 Welcome back to Day TWO of our September Krafty Peeks!

Are you excited about what you've seen so far!?  Are you ready for more?

I hope your answer was yes because we've got more fabulous fun for you today!

The stamp set we are 'peeking' for you today is from 

artist Neda Sadreddin

 and it's called.....

GNOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS! 

These adorable gnomes are working so hard to get ready for Christmas! Of course their sweet accessories are perfect to mix and match with your other sets too!!

Oh my goodness - the cuteness is just off the charts

with this stamp set. I mean COME ON!!

My creation today features two of the gnomes on 

a fun flap slimline card.  Take a peek!

Here's what you see when you open the flap

Thanks for stopping in to visit my blog

today.  I hope you enjoyed my card and 

that I gave you some inspiration. 

I'll be back tomorrow with another peek!

 Check out GNOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS! and our new stencils in so many awesome creations today as you hop around the Krafty Team's blogs!  

You'll see more of our September goodies all week, and then everything will be released after our LIVE Online Release Party on Saturday at 2 pm ET in the Krafty Friends facebook group!  

For now, check out all the fantastic goodness in today's hop!

See you tomorrow!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps November Release Blog Hop!

 Woohoo!!!

Today we are celebrating all the new fabulous goodies in our November Release that are NOW available in the

 Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop!

and we're excited to share it ALL with you in a fabulous krafty HOP!

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

First up we have a funny and festive holiday sentiment set

designed by Sabrina van Vlotten

 and it's called.....

HOLIDAY SENTIMENTS!

Next, is an adorable winter set by

artist  Neda Sadreddin

 and it's called.....

SNOWBALL FIGHT!

Third, we have a wonderful set of coordinating images 

by artist Neda Sadreddin called...

SKATING FRIENDS!

 

We've got TWO new Krafty Stencils for this month's release to help add some funky flair to your creations!  

They are called....

COOL CRYSTALS!

and KRAFTY SCENERY 4!

We've again carefully curated an awesome ADD ON BUNDLE featuring several amazing products which coordinate beautifully with our new goodies!!

 

You'll be all set to start your

crafting with this month's Add On Bundle, which includes:

• 49 and Market Artoptions Holiday Wishes Chipboard Set
• Teal Raspberry Opal Polish Blaze
• Pinkfresh Holiday Vibes Die

And don't forget our awesome Stamp Of The Month!! We have the very cute Sleddin' By stamp, which is FREE with your order of $75 or more before shipping/tax!  (while supplies last!)

I'm just in love with the snowperson and that adorable squirrel that's helping with the nose from SNOWBALL FIGHT! My card features this duo and has a bunch of mixed media elements. 

I used the Sweet Snowflakes stencil (one of my favorites for winter scenes) on the background. I had previously made a panel with gold luster paste and then flipped the stencil over to use the paste on the reverse side of the stencil.  It didn't all transfer as smoothly as I thought it might - but I love the funky look of it.  That beautiful snow at the bottom is from a product called SnowTex (a little goes a long way). Does it make you feel like you're out in the snow with them?  It does me!  

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 Krafting!

PS. You can see everything up close in the Live Release Replay on Facebook!!

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

12 Krafty Days of Khristmas Wrap Up (Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps) and 2017 Winter Coffee Lover's Blog Hop

Happy Tuesday friends and followers!

Congrats for making it past Monday lol!

Have you been following the 

12 Krafty Days of Khristmas
event at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps/Challenges?

Each day we've been featuring one of the 

stamp sets released each month during 2017.

You can see my posts for Day Two here 

and for Day Nine here. 

Today I'm featuring one of the stamp sets from
November 2017 called A BREW-TIFUL DAY
(with a little extra accessories from Shake it Up)
I made some special gift bags for my co-workers
and friends by stamping all over some muslin bags
(one of them I then colored in with my copic markers)
and adding a coordinating tag.  Each gift has a small bag of
ground coffee and special winter/Christmas chocolates.

I also made one special little bag for a friend who doesn't
like coffee (the horror) using cocoa mix, a peppermint
and chocolate covered cookie stick (YUM!)
and some awesome large snowflake marshmallows
(one just can't have cocoa without marshmallows!).
 

here's a couple close ups of the coffee bags
(I apologize for the poor lighting on the photos )

I'm also sharing these gifts in these awesome challenges:
2017 Winter Coffee Lover's Blog Hop (my third entry)
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges - Gift it!
Brown Sugar Challenge Blog - #273 Anything But a Card
Little Red Wagon Challenge #422 Holiday Tags & Gift Card Holders
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Christmas/Winter Holidays
Use Your Stuff #292 - Christmas is Coming

Thanks so much for visiting me today!  Happy holidays to
each and every one of you.  May your days be merry and bright!

2017 Winter Coffee Lover's Blog Hop - Card #2

Hi again!  I'm back with my second card for the 

2017 Winter Coffee Lover's Blog Hop.
It's only the 3rd day of this fun hop and there are already
well over 400 entries and 80 sponsors - WOW!

This time I'm using a sweet bear and his favorite mug

of coffee (or cocoa) from Neat and Tangled 

(one of the hop's Super Sponsors) called 

BEARY MERRY (and coordinating dies). 

The sentiment is from Santa's Wonderland.  

I colored the bear on kraft paper with copics and then 

used the coordinating die.  The paper is from my Doodlebug

Designs stash - I love to use pink on my Christmas cards.

I'm also entering the following challenges:

Crazy 4 Challenges - C4C415 - Previous Sketch

I used Sketch #403 from September for my layout

Crafting from the Heart Challenges #187 - Anything Goes

Winter Wonderland Challenge Blog - Anything Christmas Goes

Merry Monday Christmas Challenges #269 Color Challenge

(I used pink, light blue and green)

Animal Friends Challenge Blog - #57 Anything Goes w/an animal

Crafty Animals Challenge #9 - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Blog - Christmas Card Day $100 Giveaway

Thanks again for visiting me!  I'll have one more post in the 

morning with some special coffee/cocoa treat bags and tags

to share with you but for now I need to be off to bed

for my beauty rest.  Tomorrow I'll also start hopping myself

and leaving some love for other CLBH crafters.  Hugs! D

12 Krafty Days of Khristmas - DAY NINE (Mini Monsters)

Hello sweet friends and followers!

Welcome back to my blog if you've visited me before.

If you are new to me - welcome...I'm so happy you're here!!

The 12 Days of Khristmas event continues at

KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS!

Each of the first twelve days of this month represents

the corresponding month of  2017 (for ex: January is

Day One, February is Day Two, etc.).  The Krafty DT

is showing their past creations with the stamp sets 

and a NEW creation too.  Each day of this special

event you get 30% OFF that day's stamp sets!!
But only during that day and while supplies last.

What a gift!  Kimmie will combine shipping so that you can keep

shopping each day for the special sets that have been on your
wish list.  Just leave her a note in the comments in the order window
telling her that you wish to do this.  How awesome is that?!

I get the pleasure of featuring the uber adorable 

MINI MONSTERS from September 2017.

This was a halloween stamp set BUT I put 

a Christmas twist on it - take a look

What do you think?  Would you like to receive a Christmas

card with a monster on it?  I would if it was this cute!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Jo's Scrap Shack FFC#218 - Always Anything Goes

Jingle Belles - Holiday Wrap Up

Winter Wonderland Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes

Addicted to Stamps and More #271 - Anything Goes

Before I go I wanted to share some of the other creations 

I've made with this sweet little set.  I've had a lot of fun with it!

As you can see I've really enjoyed using this sweet set. 

It will stay in my "all time favorites" category for sure.  

Thanks so much for popping in to visit me today! 

Happy holiday hugs! D

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges #410 "SNOW"

Hello crafty friends! 

Holy smokes it's December 2nd!  

Do you have your Christmas crafting and shopping done  yet?

We have our decorations up and I've done a little on-line
shopping but still need to do more and will be making
several small gifts for friends and co-workers and doing the 

traditional holiday baking with my sweet daughter. 

I just honestly can't believe how fast time is going by!

Kind of sad really - but so looking 

forward to my family time on Christmas Eve.

Oops I digress... the real reason for this post

is because it's time for another weekly challenge 

at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE CHALLENGES!

The theme this week is SNOW.  

You can make any type of project to enter but

please remember it must be a new creation and 

follow the theme with some snow on it.  

My card today features MERRY AND BRIGHT BIRDIES

with a white background and snowflakes.  

Isn't this duo all snuggled up together in the boughs adorable?

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Crafty Cardmakers Challenges #201 Animal Magic

Shopping our Stash #331 - Snow Much Fun

Freshly Made Sketches #315 (I used this sketch)

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #270 - Photo Inspiration

(the word JOY and the Christmas theme for my inspiration )

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie #83 (photo inspiration)

(my inspiration is the red and white colors, snow and Christmas theme)

4 Crafty Chicks Challenges #379 (4CC379) - Anything Goes
Fab n' Funky Challenges #373 - Christmas
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes (11.28.17)
The Merry Christmas Challenge #45 - Anything Christmas Goes
The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #20 - Anything Christmas Goes

Thanks so much for visiting me today!  I hope that you will join
us this week and share your own SNOW themed creation.
Happy holiday hugs!  D

12 Krafty Days of Khristmas - Day TWO (30% off on February 2017 release stamps)

Good happy Saturday friends!

I'm happy you're here to visit me because today

is DAY TWO of the 12 Krafty Days of Khristmas

at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE!!

Each day from the 1st through the 12th the Krafty DT

is showcasing a creation from one of the new releases

of each month of 2017 by Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.
PLUS each and every day during the 12 Days the stamp sets
that we released during that particular month will
be ON SALE but ONLY for that day!

DAY TWO represents the  month of February 2017
where we released ALL ABOARD, SKY'S THE LIMIT,
SPORTY BOYS and YOU'RE MY HERO.
Such a great month of masculine stamps!

I chose to feature SPORTY BOYS today and
put a Christmas twist on it - take a look!

I had a little help from a couple other stamp sets 

Merry and Bright Birdies (embossed snowflakes) 

and Shake It Up! ("Christmas").  To create the 

sentiment I masked off part of two different ones

and then embossed one and then the other.  

The main image was stamped on a kraft card blank

in a very light brown memento ink and 

then colored with Prisma color pencils.  

Oh boy this card should go in the record books 

for me.  I can count on one hand the number of

times I make a completely one layer card!!

I really love how it turned out. The distress inks

and embossing really helped add some depth to it.  

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
4 Crafty Chicks Challenges #379 (4CC379) - Anything Goes
Fab n' Funky Challenges #373 - Christmas
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes (11.28.17)
The Merry Christmas Challenge #45 - Anything Christmas Goes
The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #20 - Anything Christmas Goes
Cards In Envy - It's Only Paper Cards
Use Your Stuff Challenge #290 - Heat Embossing

Here are a few of the cards I made previously with
SPORTY BOYS  and SKY'S THE LIMIT

Remember...today only these February stamp sets
will be 30% OFF while supplies last!

Thanks for stopping in to visit me! Holiday Hugs! D

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges #401 - HOLIDAY

Hello hello - how are you?!

It's the last Saturday of September already - wow!

The theme challenge this week at 

KRAFTIN' KIMMIE 

CHALLENGE #401 - is to make a Holiday creation.

There's a couple easy peasy ones coming up...

Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

I chose Christmas as my holiday.

These two lovely carolers are from HOLIDAY STYLE 

which happens to be on sale this weekend as part of the 

FRUGAL FRIDAY Sale (through the weekend while 

supplies last).  The sentiment is from another 

beautiful Christmas set called Holly Jolly.

 I used my Prisma color pencils on this 

and then added distress oxide ink for shading and

liquid pearls for the snow fall.  

Boy those colored pencils are not as easy for

me to use as my copics are.  Mostly I struggle with 

which shades are supposed to be blended or shaded into 

the others (like EO2 goes with E04 etc.).  I am pretty happy 

though with the skin this time as that's been my biggest 

challenge with pencils so far.  I just keep practicing :o)

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

Winter Wonderland Challenges - Anything Christmas Goes

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #261 -Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin' Christmas - September Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges - Anything Goes

The Merry Christmas Challenge - #36 Anything Goes + Christmas

I sure hope that you will decide to join us for this challenge

and share you own beautiful holiday creation with us. 

I can't wait to see what you make! 

4 Crafty Chicks Challenges {4CC #343} - Punches or Dies

Wow! The month of March is just well...

Marching right along!  I can't believe there's only 

two weeks left of it already!  

Soon it will be Easter! 

This week the theme challenge at 

4 CRAFTY CHICKS CHALLENGES 

 4CC #343 (chosen by Lori) is Punches or Dies!

Ohhhh this is a favorite one for me! 

I love to use both as often as I can! 

Especially dies that coordinate with stamped images 

such as these adorable "Peep" bunnies that  I used on my card

 The bunnies are from last year's Simon Says Stamp March 

stamp kit (yes it took me that long to actually use it - shameful!).

The stitched panels are from dies (Lawn Fawn) as are the bunnies

 and their bows (Simon Says Stamp).  The grass is a punch 

(Martha Stewart)  which I then ran the punched strip through

the Big Shot again with the stitched rectangle for the bottom part. 

The plaid paper (Echo Park) and sequins were also in the kit.

The pretty springy inks are from Stampin' Up! 

Here's the finished inside too

Peeps on cards are really the only type of Peeps I like.

I think I ate too many of them once when I was young

and haven't been able to touch them since - lol.

But I sure do think they make cute Easter cards! 

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

613 Avenue Create:Challenge #195 "Anything Goes w/twist of stamping"

(I did use the twist)

Come and Get it Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges #321 Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges: Use More than One Die or Punch

(I used 3 dies and 1 punch)

Stampin' Royalty Challenge #365 "Spring"

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenges - Layer it Up

Thanks so much for visiting me today! 

See you again soon! Hugs! D

4 Crafty Chicks Challenges {4CC #342} - Buttons

Hello friends and followers! 

Happy St. Patrick's Day to all of you who

are Irish and/or celebrate this holiday :o).  

I'm still enjoying my month of guest designing 

with the 4 CRAFTY CHICK CHALLENGES!

 This week our hostess is Tamie and she has chosen

BUTTONS as the theme for 4CC #342. 

Buttons are something I don't use very often on my 

cards and yet I have a pretty good sized stash of them.

I love the look of them on cards but I really struggle

with placement and adhering them properly.  

I feel like I did a fairly good job on this card

(and I used 6 of them out of my stash!) - take a look!

This cute little fella is peeping through the front panel.

Here's a view of the finished inside:

The paper (12 x 12 panel) is from Doodlebug Design Inc.

 - one of my favorite companies for fun patterned papers.  

It's been in my stash for over a year and I've finally

used it to make 2 cards :o).

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

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges: "Bit o' Green"

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #233 "Holiday"

Sparkles Monthly Challenge Blog Challenge #90 "Let's Go Green"

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #114 - Buttons

Shopping Our Stash #294 - Luck of the Irish

Thanks so much for stopping in to visit me today!

4 Crafty Chicks Challenges March 2017 Guest Designer - Challenge #340 Green

Hello crafty peeps!  Happy March 2017! 

This month I am a guest designer at

4 CRAFTY CHICK CHALLENGES!

I'm so delighted!! Thanks to the chicks for having me!

The theme for Challenge #340 - hosted by Leanne 

is "GREEN" and here's my card to share with you. 

This little sweetie and her big basket of shamrocks

is from SugarPea Designs called "A Bushel & A Peck". 

I'm not Irish but I do have a couple friends who are

and they really celebrate St. Patrick's Day!

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

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #231 - Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart Challenge #148 - Anything Goes

Crafty Card Makers Challenge #183 - Go Green

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenges - Inspiration "Green"

Come play along with us this week at 4CC! 

Thanks for visiting me today! Hugs! D

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges - Wonderful Wednesday Nov 29th

Hello friends! Happy last day of November 2016!

Oh my heavens...seriously where has the time gone?

Tomorrow is the first day of December and Christmas 

is right around the corner.  I need to get shopping!

This is also the last Wonderful Wednesday of the month

at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE CHALLENGES

and as always the theme for WW is ANYTHING GOES!

Since I'm behind with my Christmas cards I decided to

make another one to share with you today using the

super adorable and FUN clear stamp set called 

TREAT YOURS-ELF!

I kept it fairly simple but added a few of my favorite 

embellishments - enamel dots.  The layout is from 

the MOJO MONDAY #476 sketch

I'd also like to enter these challenges too:

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #422 Make Your Mark

Christmas Card Challenges Week 50 - Anything Goes

Christmas Cards All Year Round - November Santa and/or Elf

Holly Jolly Christmas Challenges #86 - Two Part Challenge

Create a Christmas card (which I did) or ABC

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges - Anything Goes

Come play along with us this week! 

You can make ANY type of creation with any type of 

color scheme, layout or theme.  

We love to see your creations too!!!  

Be sure to tune in here tomorrow as we kick off 

our 12 Days of Christmas - Yearly Faves Review!

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges #359 - Use Ribbon,Lace and/or Twine

Happy weekend friends!

We had such a lovely Thanksgiving

with my parents and my best friend and

her family.  Lots and lots of good food.

great company and lots of of laughs.

It's time for another weekly challenge theme at

 KRAFTIN' KIMMIE CHALLENGES

and there's an amazing 

BLACK FRIDAY SALE

going on right now!  

Our hostess this week is Marilyn and she has challenged

us to use ribbon, lace and/or twine on our creations.

Although I absolutely adore cards using any one of

these terrific elements I must admit that they are the

 most drastically neglected items from my crafty stash! 

This past week was an absolute blurr

for me. I lost track of what day of the week 

it was due to the holiday and almost forgot that 

I had signed up to share a card with you

for this week's challenge. Yikes!!

Thankfully I had this adorable image colored up

and waiting to be put on a card.  Whew! 

This sweet, smiley elf is from 

GIFT WRAPPING ELF  and guess what...?

She's on SALE this weekend  as part of the

BLACK FRIDAY SALE for only $1.99. 

Holy Smokes! That's a great DEAL!

The sales are good through the weekend. 

But when this stamp is sold out its gone

forever so HURRY if you want it!

I finished the inside quickly too

with a sentiment from Shake It Up!

I'd like to enter my card in these wonderful challenges too:

Addicted to Stamps and More #221 Anything Goes

The Brown Sugar Challenge Blog #226 Anything Goes

Christmas Cards All Year Round - November "Santa and/or Elf"

Crafty Creations Challenges #329 - Christmas

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges #305 Anything Goes

Do you have some lonely and unused ribbon, lace or twine in your 

crafty stash?!  If so grab that stuff and get busy crafting this 

week so you can play along with us.  

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!! You have until Dec 2nd at 11:59 pm EST

to get  your creation linked up.   Can't wait to see what you make!

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!

Thanks for visiting me today!  Hugs! D