July Challenge #682 - Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps

Good morning and welcome to our 
New Monthly Challenge
at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

Are you ready for another krafty challenge to inspire you and help get your creative mojo going? We've got some fabulous prompts for you and can't wait to see what YOU create!

This month our challenge themes for you are:

Ocean/Beach and or Wild Card
(Wild Card means choose your fave KKS stamp set and stencil combo and create a new project with them!)

You can choose one theme or combine them!
Enter as many times as you like all month long!
It's a Choose Your Own Krafty Adventure!

Every month we post a brand new challenge with a choice of themes to choose from, and a mid month inspiration post with even more creative ideas! 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!

*Our Challenges are now combined with the 

Skrappy Challenge (first Tuesday of the Month)

and the Christmas Challenge In the Krafty Friends FB group! So feel free to enter any or all of these - the monthly prize is a $20 voucher to the Krafty shop!!!

Woohoo! 

My card for this challenge is based 

on the theme of Ocean/Beach!

The brand new GOOD TIMES AND TAN LINES!

stamp set is so perfect for this theme. 

Check out this cute beach scene I created 

with my copic markers for these cute kiddos:

Now it's your turn to share a new 

creation with us! I can't wait to see

what you make and enter in the challenge. 

And don't forget...

We also have a NEW Ink of the Month which will be on SPECIAL all month long!  June features the gorgeous LOVELY LAGOON LOVELY LAGOON ink pad, ink cube and ink refill! Grab it now to add to your collection!

Happy kraftin'!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Sketch Saturday #422 - Drawn With Character Sponsor and Farewell

Hello friends!  

Today is kind of a bittersweet post for me 

as it is my last post as a Design Team member

for SKETCH SATURDAY.

Life has gotten too full for my lately,

especially with my job which doesn't 

leave me much time for much else. 

I feel as if I'm always cramming to get

my crafty stuff in and it's felt more like 

a second job than a joy lately :o(. 

So unfortunately I need to cut back 

on my DT obligations for a while and 

hope to get things back together again.

My last official DT card uses this fabulous sketch

and a few images from this week's sponsor

Drawn with Character - these are SO CUTE!!

I've been so thankful to be part of this wonderful 

and talented team (since January of 2015)

and I'm sad that I have to leave it. 

But, I also hope to be able to continue

to play along with the great sketches from 

time to time because I do love them - a LOT.

Thanks so much for stopping by to visit me today.
Hugs and happy crafting! D

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges #338 - Get Patriot! Red, White & Blue {4th of July - USA} or Red & White {Canada Day July 1st}

Happy Fourth of July weekend to my USA friends!

And happy belated Canada Day to my Candian friends!

This week I'm your hostess for the Saturday theme challenge

at  KRAFTIN' KIMMIE  

and I've chosen a COLOR CHALLENGE  

in honor of these two holidays. 

I'd like to see you use either

Red, White and Blue

or 

Red and White 

as the main colors on your creations this week.

I chose the Red, White and Blue color scheme 

and used an adorable whale from the 

 OCEANS OF LOVE clear stamp set 

and a sentiment from KEEP SWIMMING

 On the inside I used KEEP SWIMMING again.

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

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges - Anything Goes

4 Crafty Chicks Challenges #305 - Anything Goes

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!

Come play along with us this week!  We love to see 

what you make and you have an opportunity to WIN a

fabulous krafty prize too just for entering our challenge. 

So many exciting things!!!  First off, did you see 

the CHRISTMAS IN JULY SALE?!?  

It starts today!!!  

Next, Kimmie will be releasing the 

SURPRISE CHRISTMAS KRAFTY GUEST KIT 

for preorder!  We had such a great time with the last Surprise Guest Group!!  

And last but most certainly NOT least... PEEKS START NEXT WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!  Wednesday to be precise!  See ya then!!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps May Release Blog Hop!

Hello krafty friends!  Do you have a favorite drink

ready to enjoy while you hop along with us today 

at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE 

while we show you a final day of the amazing

NEW clear stamps of May? 

Have you  had a favorite so far? 

That's a tough one to answer for me as

I love every one of them this month. 

Well whether you have a favorite or love them all, 

ALL of these amazing new sets are now available

and in the store for you to snatch up.

My card today uses another one of artist Annie's 

gorgeous mermaids called Treena Twinkles:

I uused some more of my favorite Doodlebug
Patterned papers and the sketch from
MOJO Monday #447 for inspiration.

I'd like to enter this in the following challenge:
613 Avenue Create #176 Anything Goes

I hope you enjoy the hop today.
The Krafty Girls always have some
fabulous inspiration to share with you.
Sea you soon! Hugs D

Kraftin' Kimmie May New Release Sneak Peeks DAY FOUR and Anything Goes Challenge

Oh hooray it's the weekend and time

for an ANYTHING GOES challenge 

as well as another sneak peek of 

the NEW May stamp sets from

KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS!

By now I'm pretty sure that you've caught on to

the underwater and fantasy theme of this month.

So Awesome - am I right?!! 

Here's another set that I absolutely adore!
It's called "OCEANS OF LOVE" by artist Becky Pearce
it's Fin-tastic and I am in LOVE with it for sure!

There are so many sweet little images that you can put together 
and mix and match to create amazing scenes! 
Plus six kraken coordinating sentiments for a total 
of TWENTY ONE amazing stamps!

 I will be using this one for a long time!

Here's my card using this sweet set:

I used my rolling hills dies to create the waves.  The colorful

seaweed floor was created by stamping the little plant stamp

first in green then in orange and finally pink.  I did a lot of 

fussy cutting but thankfully these images were pretty easy to

do this with.  Oh hey...I just realized that I didn't use a stitch

of patterned paper on this card. That's very rare! But I was

just having so much fun stamping the bubbles and seaweed 

that I didn't even notice :o).  

All of the new May clear stamp sets will be released this 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 just have fun with Kimmie and the Krafty Girls! 

Hope to see you there!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps May Sneak Peeks DAY THREE

Hello!  It's DAY THREE of the May

release sneak peeks for the NEW clear stamps

at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS!

Did you think we were done with the MERMAIDS??? Nope!!
 Today we are sharing previews featuring a set that I KNOW
will make a splash! We're so excited to share the new set of fin-tastic
images by artist Emilie Goulet called MERMAID FRIENDS!

The 4x4 clear stamp set features two beautiful mermaids
with their water-ful friends PLUS five awesome sentiments!
They're such fun!

For my creation today I wanted to use watercolors 

and create what I hope looks like an underwater image

take a look and let me know what you think!

I embossed this lovely mermaid first and then 

watercolored over the entire panel with distress inks.

After it  had dried a little I washed out some of 

the color from the mermaid and fish and then added

some other colors.  As a last touch I added some

shimmer to her tail using Wink of Stella clear pen

and some Stickles glitter glue on her hair pin.  

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

Creative Card Crew #112 Anything Goes

All of the new May clear stamp sets will be released this weekend! 

 Be sure to join us on Saturday 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 just have fun 

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

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps May Sneak Peeks DAY TWO

Oh hey there! Welcome back for another day of 

krafty peeks of the NEW clear stamp sets of May 

from KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS!

Did you like what you saw from day one?

Yes?! Well... get ready to ooh and ahh over 

the sneak peek today!  It's and Ahhh-dorably

sweet and fun set by artist Cheryl Grant called 

"KEEP SWIMMING" and we think you'll WHALE-Y love it!

The set features cute kids Lucas and Lulu having some
splish splashy fun with some underwater friends!
 There are FOUR main images PLUS FIVE fabby sentiments
for a total of NINE awesome stamps in the set!

I am not kidding you, I absolutely fell in love with this set! 

I've always loved turtles and this one is extra CUTE!

Here's my card to share with you today

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

613 Avenue Create #175 - "AG w/optional twist of My Sentiments Exactly

(use a die cut to frame a sentiment)

Creative Card Crew #112 Anything Goes

All of the NEW May 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 just have fun with Kimmie and the Krafty Girls!  Hope to see you there!

I'll be back tomorrow with another peek! Hugs D

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Sneak Peek DAY ONE!

Oh my goodness I'm so glad that you are here because....

it's DAY ONE of the fabulous sneak peeks of May for 

KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS!

I am over the moon for this month and I think you

are gonna love it too! Especially today if you 

are partial to the SEA!!!

The theme is UNDERWATER and we are kickin' things off
with THREE FIN-tastic new designs to inspire you
from artist, Annie Rodrigue!

First there are TWO new stamp sets featuring BRAND NEW MERMAIDS!
Each stamp set has several super cute and funny coordinating sentiments!

They SHORE are beautiful and they are called 

 SERENA SPARKLES

 and TREENA TWINKLES!

Annie has also designed the perfect BACKGROUND stamp set
to go with these new mermaids and many other summer stamp sets
 OR to just use it by itself!!
 How gorgeous is this underwater scene called THE OCEAN!!?

I combined The OCEAN background stamp and the 

SERENA APARKLES stamp to create this fun card.

I wanted to make the coral and plants look like they were 

moving a bit in the water so I double stamped the image.

I used various distress ink colors for the watercolor effect. 

You can't see it very well in the photo :O( but I added 

some wink of stella on her tail and fins and face.  

It's very pretty IRL.  Sometimes I wish I was a mermaid :o)!

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

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenges "Emboss It"

(I used dry embossing on the botton panel and heat

embossed the main image and background scene)

The Alphabet Challenge Blog - E is for Embossing Folders

Crafty Catz Challenges #323 - Females Only 

All the NEW May 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 just have fun with Kimmie and the Krafty Girls! Hope to see you there!

See you tomorrow with another sneak peek! Hugs D