November Skrappy Challenge - Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps

 Good morning, my Krafty Friends!

It's November and that means it's time for a new
Skrappy Challenge
at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!  

The theme of course is ANYTHING BUT A CARD!

For this challenge you can make anything that strikes your fancy....except a card!  So design a new scrapbook page, bookmark, tag, altered item, planner page, art journal, ATC cards...whatever you like! 

Just make sure to include some Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps products and make sure it's a new creation!  

I recently had the opportunity to use an old

but "new to me" technique of using shaving cream

to make a unique background. 

Here are the tags that I made with the 

Magical Midnight and Purple Pansy  

KKS re-inkers and the shaving cream.

Here's the tags featuring three of the

super chill and adorable snow peeps and 

their furry bunny friend from

FLAKY FRIENDS!

The sentiment on this tag is

from SKATING FRIENDS! stamp set.

The sentiment on this one is from 

the new HOLIDAY POSTAGE! stamp set. 

And here's the last one that I made

with the tiniest bit of the swirl pattern 

(it was just so pretty I had to find a way

to use it all).

The background of the larger

tag base was made with the 

COOL CRYSTALS! stencil and

Magical Midnight and Purple Pansy

KKS hybrid inks.  The sentiment

is another of the fun options 

in the SKATING FRIENDS! stamp set.

That's a wrap for me this time.

I hope that you enjoyed the inspiration

that I've shared with you! 

*NEW - Our Challenges are now combined with the 

Saturday Challenge 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!  To enter, be sure to upload your photo to the November album in our Krafty Friends FB group.  

You have until November 30th to enter, and you can submit as many new creations as you like for more chances to WIN!  Also be sure to share your designs on the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps' Krafty Friends facebook page because we love to see your stuff!

Check out some awesome creations from the Krafty Team below and be inspired to get skrappy!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

October Skrappy Challenge

 Good morning krafty friends! 

It's October, and that means it's time for a brand new

SKRAPPY CHALLENGE

with Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

 The theme of course is ANYTHING BUT A CARD!

For this challenge you can make anything that strikes your fancy....except a card!
So design a new scrapbook page, bookmark, tag, altered item, planner page, art journal, ATC cards...whatever you like!

Just make sure to include some Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps products and make sure it's a new creation!  

*NEW - Our Challenges are now combined with the 

Saturday Challenge 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!  There are two ways to enter: you can link up your creation on the  Kraftin’ Kimmie blog page (at the bottom of this page) and/or upload your photo to the album in our Krafty Friends FB group.  *These are all challenges we have done in the past but now when you upload them, please put them all in the one challenge album!

Today I’m sharing with you a couple of sweet tags I made with some leftover bits and pieces of other crafty creations. 

I started with a leftover panel made from the beautiful Holly stencil. 

That adorable little cottage 

is from the 

Santa’s Village stamp set. 

Both tags use a couple of 

the sentiments from 

Mix &Match Sentiments 

(This was the final stamp set from the 2022 Krafty Advent calendar) with 

Ruby Red and Fresh Fields 

KKS inks. 

I also had one little 

Doodle pop penguin and package sticker that were added to the other tag 

and a couple ribbon scraps. 

Ta-Dah! 

Two sweet tags done and ready to add to a special 

little package. 

Hope you liked my 

tags and that I’ve inspired you to join the Skrappy Challenge this month! 

You have until October 31st to enter, and you can submit as many new creations as you like for more chances to WIN!  Also be sure to share your designs on the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps' Krafty Friends facebook page because we love to see your stuff!

Check out all the details from the Krafty Team below and be inspired to get skrappy!!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

September Skrappy Challenge - Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps

   Good morning krafty friends!

It's September and that means it's time for a brand new
SKRAPPY CHALLENGE

with Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

 The theme of course is ANYTHING BUT A CARD!

For this challenge you can make anything that strikes your fancy....except a card!
So design a new scrapbook page, bookmark, tag, altered item, planner page, art journal, ATC cards...whatever you like!

Just make sure to include some Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps products and make sure it's a new creation!  As soon as we have at least five people playing along, we'll be giving away a $10 gift voucher to the krafty shop as the monthly prize!  

You have until Monday, October 4th to enter, and you can submit as many new creations as you like for more chances to WIN!  Also be sure to share your designs on the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps' Krafty Friends facebook page because we love to see your stuff!

Today I have a fun shaker tag to share with you! 

I used one of the super cute images from 

SQUIRREL FUN and papers and the Cosmic

Shimmer Opal Blaze (sunset orange) from the August Add On bundle. 

To make this tag I first used some Lunar Paste (in traffic cone orange) through the Falling Leaves Stencil on top of one of the papers from the bundle.  Then I sprayed some Distress Oxide paints over the top of it. The outer frame of this tag is chipboard but you can't tell that because I used the gorgeous Cosmic Shimmer over the top of it. The sentiment is stamped with the new Cool Canteloupe hybrid ink (such a gorgeous fall orange!).  

Here's a close up 

If you haven't grabbed the August Add On bundle (still available in limited quantities) you are missing out on some seriously awesome fall

products that work so well with the recent fall release (and previous ones too) at KKS. 

The idea behind the Add On bundles is that you can immediately start crafting and creating when you open the package. There are FIVE full size products in this bundle!! Everything is coordinated so wonderfully and you don't have to dig for things or think too hard about what goes with what.  

Anyway... as I said, it's a great value and awesome bunch of goodies so grab it while you can cause when it's gone, it's gone! 

 

Thanks for visiting me today! 

Check out some more inspiration from the Krafty Team below and be inspired to get krafty!!  

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

After Christmas Christmas Card - Beary Big Hugs!

Hello friends and followers.

Once again I found myself scrambling in December 

to get enough Christmas cards done to send out. 

I LOVE making Christmas cards - but I also love

making cards for every other reasons (LOL) which puts

me behind when I need them.  

So...this year I'm going to try to make at least one Christmas

card a month. Hey 12 by December is better than 0 don't you agree?!

This is my first one using an adorable stamp set called 

BEARY BIG HUGS! by Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

Here's a little bit more about how I made this card:

The background is the negative (or reverse) side of 

a stencil that I had swirled a bunch of Nuevo glimmer

paste on.  I misted the panel as well as the paper

and pressed down the stencil as firmly and evenly 

as I could.  If you zoom in you can see the snowflakes.

I think a thinner paper (this is watercolor paper) might  have

shown details of the snowflakes better.

It wasn't quite what I was expecting by I really like it. 

The stencil is Sparkling Snowflakes (also by Kraftin' Kimmie). 

The blue tag is actually a recycled Christmas tag from

one of my packages.  I used it as a template to cut the 

second tag and then sponged all over it with Sparkling Sapphire

(KKS hybrid ink).  I pressed a bit hard a couple times 

to get more of a smudged look to match the background.

I forgot to tie on a piece of twine before I glued down the

white tag (shucks!) so I covered the hole with an enamel dot. 

Stamped a few extra snowflakes from the Snowflake Kisses 

(after sponging) and fussy cut the copic colored bear.  

I'm sharing this card in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Use A Stencil

Little Red Wagon - Challenge #532 "After Christmas is Before Christmas"

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie - Challenge #133 (photo prompt)

The Holly and Ivy Challenge - Challenge #63 Anything Goes

Fun Friday #130 - Shades of Blue

Winter Wonderland Challenge - Little Friends

Addicted to Stamps and More! Challenge #372 Make Your Mark

Cards 4 Galz - Challenge #113 White and Blue

Thanks so much for stopping in to visit me today!  Hugs! D

Krafty Skrappy Challenge - January 2019

Hello sweet blog friends and followers.

It's the end of the month so that means we have

a new Krafty Skrappy Challenge starting again

at Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges.

What's a Krafty Skrappy challenge you might ask?

The short answer is that it's a challenge where you can make 

ANYTHING BUT A CARD.  But that's really the only limitation.

Scrapbook pages, bookmarks, gifts, gift bags, tags,

journal pages, planner pages...you get the idea I'm sure.
Just be sure to include a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp (or
stencil).  When we get at least five entries there will
be a prize opportunity for a $20 voucher to the KKS shop. 

I recently made up some fun tags to put on goody gifts bags
for my daughter and several of her friends to support them

during their first ever finals week at college. 

I put all kinds of treats in each of them. It was so much fun
and they loved it! I have a feeling I started something that

they will now hope I continue each semester end.  

I used the NEW Hearts and Stars clear stamp set

and combined it with sentiments from Happy Thoughts
to make the tags for each of the gift bags. 

Here they are on some of the bags 

So what will you make to share with us this?

You have until Feb 25th to play along.  

Looking forward to seeing your entry! 

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!

Wonderful Wednesday Anything Goes at Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges

Hey Hey its time for another 

Wonderful Wednesday at 

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges

and that means the theme is ANYTHING GOES!

I love to make small surprises for my co-workers during

the holidays. Today I'm sharing a sweet little gift that I

put together for my co-workers at Halloween 

using one of my favorite clear stamp sets

called MINI MONSTERS.  I realized after I 

had passed out all but one of them that I hadn't 

yet taken a photo of them to share for this 

challenge - oops - so I quickly put this one on my desk

and snapped a quick pic.  I made a few variations of 

tags with the sayings and extra accessory stamps.

My apologies for only having one to show you

but I think you get the idea (smiley face)

I hope that you will find time to join us this week!

Thanks for stopping in to visit me today.  Hugs luvs! D

Sweet Valentine's Love

Happy Valentine's Day crafty friends!

Hope you had a wonderful day and felt very loved.

I made some sweet little valentine's treats for 

my staff and co-workers.  First there are these:

These tags (using Stampin' Up! tag punch) are a CASE of some 

adorable CAS valentines that I saw on the SugarPea Designs Blog 

by Tracey McNeely who used the Barn to Be Wild stamp set 

and coordinating dies,  Click on the link above to see Tracey's 

creations that inspired me. 

And I also made these ones using a sweet little stamp set 

from Neat and Tangled called "My Favorite Nut"

I stamped on Kraft paper with a brown ink and 

then filled in the sweet squirrel with copics.  The 

one darker brown tag I tried colored pencils on

just to see how it would look.  I put a piece of cardstock

matting on the back of each panel so the coloring

wouldn't show through, and wrote a little message on the back. 

I found the jars and twine in the $1 bin at Target. SCORE!
The jars are filled with conversation hearts, sweet tart hearts
and valentine M&Ms.  I can tell you that these were a hit today!
I love to make people happy :o)

I'd like to enter the barnyard tags in the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - CUTE
Pile it On Challenges #126 "Hearts on Fire"
Addicted to CAS Challenge #104 "Pets" 
(I hope barnyard pets count)
Come and Get it Challenges - Love is in the Air
Stampin' Sensations Challenges - February "Animal Magic"

I'd like the enter the squirrel tags in these challenges:

Cards and More Challenge Blog Challenge #178 - Valentine's Day

Addicted to Stamps Challenge #141 "Love"
My Time to Craft #339 "Anything But a Card"

Tag You're It Challenge #65

I'm glad you stopped in to visit me today!
Have an awesome day today and rest of the week.
Hugs! D

Catch the Bug Challenges "Christmas Chaos Day Six - Oldie but Goodie w/Christmas wrapping"

Hello friends! Welcome back to DAY Six of the

Christmas Chaos celebration and challenges

at CATCH THE BUG CHALLENGES!!

 What a fabulous week it's been so far.  Such amazing

creations showing up in the galleries (I'm just starting to

get around for comments) and the DT has really been

rocking it too with their inspirations. 

Today the challenge is "Oldie But Goodie w/Christmas wrapping"

so I've used some images to make tags for my gifts to family

and friends using Christmas tags - ginger, 

Christmas tags - snowman, Christmas tags - Rudolph

and Christmas tags - elf.

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
613 Avenue Create #153 Anything Goes w/twist of bags, tags. boxes...
Clear it Out Challenges Theme: Anything Goes / Stash: Anything Goes
(the ribbons are from my very old stash).
Crafty Creations - #304 Happy Holidays
Simon Says Wednesday Challenges - Tag it!

Soooooo what will you make for this challenge as a Christmas wrapping?
A gift bag, a gift box, a set of tags, a wrapping sheet??
I can't wait to see!!

I'll be back tomorrow with another creation so stay tuned!!

Catch the Bug Challenges - Christmas in July {Color Challenge}

Hello friends and Happy Monday!!
Today's Christmas in July challenge at
CATCH THE BUG CHALLENGES
is a Color Challenge using some awesome
greens and blues (see below)

Usually Monday's are Anything But a Card days
for the DT projects so I stayed with that theme
and made a Christmas tag - take a look:

This cute little elf is from the Mini Set - Christmas Blocks
The other images are Santa, Mrs. Clause, Rudolph, Frosty
Gingerbread Pal and an Angel - Adorable and perfect for
making your own tags for gifts.

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
ABC Christmas Challenges - N for Not a Card
Creative Card Crew #91 - Die Cuts

For those of you who are just finding me and/or
Catch the Bug Challenges, this whole week is chock
full of Christmas Challenge themes to help you get ahead
on your Christmas cards/creations.  There's an awesome GRAND
PRIZE up for grabs for one lucky participant who participates
in ALL the challenges this week.  More information is on the
main blog.  I hope that you will join us!!

Thanks so much for stopping in to visit me today.
Please go visit the rest of the talented DT and
see their creations for your inspirations.

I'll be back tomorrow with another Christmas creation
to share with you.  Hugs!! D 

Merry Christmas Tag

Hello friends and followers!

A special hello to my newest follower Debra.
So happy to have you along for the ride in my creative journey.

A quick post for me tonight as I have a crazy day
tomorrow at work and need my beauty rest :o)

I don't make a lot of tags as I'm kind
of fussy about the tag matching the package.
And usually by the time I get my gifts wrapped
I'm completely out of time to make a tag.
However...I made one tonight that
I think will go with most any wrapping.
Take a look:

Dog stamp from Kraftin' Kimmie - Snow Much Love (set)

Sentiment from Kraftin' Kimmie - Christmas Cheer (set)

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

Kraftin Kimmie Challenge #259 - Tag, You're It!

613 Avenue Create Challenge #101 - Anything Goes w/optional

create your own challenge.  I used: 

stamped image, charm & sentiment, solid color paper, buttons and ribbon.

Come and Get it Challenges - Merry Christmas (anything but a card)

The Corrosive Challenge Blog #214 - Anything Goes

4 Crafty Chicks Challenge #223 - Animals

Holly Jolly Christmas - Merry Christmas - AG

So... it's off to bed for me now. 

Thanks so much for stopping by to visit me today!

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

MTTC#263 - Tag It!

Hello friends and followers - happy weekend!!

The month of October is just practically evaporating for me.

This 3rd week of the month at My Time to Craft (MTTC) 

we have a little different and fun challenge for you.

MTTC #263 is Tag It!

We want to see your tags - not attached to a card or project.

Just a good ol' tag!  Here's mine for this week:

I mustache you...do you like it?  LOL

I used my new mustache die - just love it -

and popped it up using dimensional dots.

I colored the image with my Stampin' Blendabilities markers

and added some rhinestones for added bling.

I don't very often make tags but with images as cute as this

I think I might need to make a few more!

I'm entering my tag in the following challenges:

The Crafter's Cafe - Challenge #86 Use an Image with a Hat

Crafting from the Heart - Challenge #40 - Anything Goes

Craft Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra for October 

I also made a second tag from the from set (Stampin Up!) 

but attached this one to a card. 

Fun huh?  

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge #86 Use an Image with a Hat

Craft Hazelnut's Patterned Paper October Challenge  

Inky Impressions Challenge #181 - Anything Goes

Penny's Paper Crafting Challenge #199 - Anything Goes

I hope that you will decide to join us this week at MTTC.

My lovely DT pals have made some amazing tags for your inspiration.

Please go visit them and say "Hi".

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