CAS Christmas Card

Hello!  Thanks for visiting me today.

Last weekend was World Card Making Day.

 I colored the beautiful and sweet image on

my card below that day, but didn't get the 

card finished until Wednesday.  

I very seldom make CAS or one layer cards, but

felt a calling on this one to give it a go.  The main image 

is from Santa Paws and the sentiment is from 

Holiday Wishes (both by Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps).  

  

A big bold sentiment and a colored main image = viola!

I really love how it turned out.  Hope you do too.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges - CHRISTMAS (10/9/19)

Winter Wonderland Challenge - Merry and Bright

Addicted to Stamps and More! Challenge #362 "Make Your Mark"

Try it on Tuesday - Animal Magic

I also sent this in to Scrapbook and Cards Today for the WCMD 

 4:00 pm Challenge  - CAS.  

Thanks for sharing with me today! Have a lovely weekend. D 

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge #501 - Black & White Only

Good happy weekend crafty friends!

Today is the first challenge of October

for Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps 

(where has the year gone?) and the theme for 

CHALLENGE #501 is "BLACK & WHITE ONLY".

I was intrigued and pushed a bit by this challenge

as I love color so much.  But hey...that's what 

challenges are for, to help us stretch our creative

muscles and try something new.  So, I looked 

through all my KKS stamps and realized that 

there were many that would work nicely for 

this theme but I settled on an image from 

POLAR PALS.  Take a look:

 The whole image is colored with copic markers in different

series of the blacks/greys.  The polar bear is colored with

the T series, the penguin bodies are colored with the

N series.  It actually looks very striking IRL. 

As a last touch I added 3 black dots from the 

SPOOKY DOTS series (also from KKS). 

I am also entering my card in 

The Rainbow Card Challenge 10 - Brazenly Black

October is a very special month at KKS

as you might see by the banner below.  TEN 

awesome years to celebrate.   This weekend

we have some awesome deals for you ! Hope you

find some krafty products you've been wishing 

for in this SALE.  

I hope you will join us this week for the challenge.

I can't wait to see how you interpret the B&W only theme!

Thanks for visiting me! Krafty hugs! D

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges - #500 "Use 1 or More Stencils"

Hello friends and happy weekend.
This week at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS
we are celebrating 10 wonderful years and
the 500th Challenge!!! What an amazing milestone!

This week our hostess for Challenge #500 is Krafty Gal Anna.
She is challenging us to  Use 1 or More Stencils on our creations.
And guess what??? Kimmie is offering a special prize to 
one lucky winner from this next week's entries...
5 - yes FIVE - stencils of the winners choice!

Since Kimmie started carrying stencils in the krafty shop

I've hardly used my patterned papers.  The stencils are so fun

to use and they work so beautifully with the KKS hybrid inks.
They also work great for dry embossing.
If you haven't checked them out you should!

My DT card today uses 3 of the stencils for the background
BATS & MOONS, CREEPY COBWEB and LOTS O' DOTS
and one of the not so spooky monsters from
MONSTER MASH with a sentiment from PUMPKIN KISSES
and added couple of the fun enamel SPOOKY DOTS.

This is one of the funnest cards I've made in a while.

The first color I used on the background was 

GOBLIN GREEN (leaving some white space around the bottom

and outer edge.  Then I added some SPARKLING SAPPHIRE

in the white areas I had left.  For the stenciled layers, I first 

sponged some GRANITE GREY over the top of the 

Creepy Cobweb stencil.  Second layer was to add some bats

through the Bats & Moons stencil. The sentiment was 

added in Wicked Black (same as the bats) and then I

sponged with PURPLE PANSY ink through the 

Lots o' Dots stencil.  Isn't it fun? I love how the green

glows through the web! Spooky Cool!

Thanks for visiting me today! I hope you find some time

in your weekend to get krafty and join the challenge. 

Your entry needs to be a new creation and you can use

any type stamp product. BUT...  We love to see what you make

with your KKS Stamps, inks, stencils and dots!  

So.. if you use KKS Stamps and products you'll

and products you get double entry points!

I'm also entering the following challenges today

Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenges - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar Challenges #293 -September "Anything Goes"

Crafty Catz Challenges #473 - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting me today! Krafty Hugs! D

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

New Release Blog Hop - Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - September 2019

Wow wow wow what a month right?!

The new products released this month for

KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS are 

just so awesome!  I'm in love and I'll  bet you are too!


ALL the new products are in the KKS shop now and in
plenty of time to make those Fall and Christmas cards
and projects.  Wanna know a little secret...?
If you loved it all you can get a special deal
with the GIMMIE KIMMIE KIT special
(limited to stock on hand while it lasts).

Today we wrap up this special week with a
fun blog hop showcasing more of the new
stamp sets, stencils, ink and dots.
I know you'll be wowed and inspired by the
krafty DT and guests creations.  I'll get to showing you
my card so you can pop on your way to the next stop!

I'm showcasing LEAVES ARE FALLING!
Lexi has a big job with raking up the leaves.
While she's not watching her kitty decides to take
a flying leap into her basket.  So cute!
I used the new BERRY BLISS hybrid ink to
ink around the main panel and on top of the
embossed leaves pattern. I love the Holiday Dots
for just the right accent to use too!

Thanks for hopping in to see me today! Enjoy

the stops on the rest of the links.  Happy shopping too!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

You're a Squeak-Heart - and ANYTHING GOES Challenge - Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps

Welcome back to more krafty fun as the sneak peeks for
the September release from KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS
continue!  It's also release week Saturday so that means
it's time for another ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE too.
We hope you'll play along with us this week
and share your own fantastic creation.
You can make any type project, with any type
theme - only limitation is to have krafty fun.

So now on to sharing the newest stamp set of the week.
EEEK - Oh my GOODNESS it's just the CUTEST!!!

And it's a super special one because its the debut stamp set 

designed by our very own krafty gal Sabrina Van Vloten!
It's called YOU'RE A SQUEAK HEART.

What do you think?! Are you squeaking with delight?
Look at those little round bodies and sweet faces.  Just too cute!

Here's what I made to share with you today

I stamped the images with the KKS Granite Grey

hybrid ink.  Love to use this for a softer effect when

coloring with my copic markers.  I added three enamel dots

from the Lovey and Springy Dots collections. The sentiment is

from the super cute Hip Hippo-Ray! stamp set (stamped

in Lovely Lagoon ink). 

I designed my card based on the current sketch from 

Sketch Saturday Week #580 (challenge ended just wanted to give credit)

Since my card also meets the current challenge themes at 

these fun challenges, I'm entering my card there too.

Crazy 4 Challenges #502 (International Dot Day)

If you Give A Crafter a Cookie Challenge #125

PS Happy 5th birthday to this challenge!

Brown Sugar Challenges #293 "Anything Goes"

Seize the Birthday Challenge #174 

The LIVE ON LINE PARTY is TODAY at 2 pm EST!

I hope you will join us for some lively interaction

with Kimmie and more peeks!    

And don't forget that you have all week to share your

own wonderful creation in the Anything Goes Challenge.

We love to see what you make with your Kraftin' Kimmie stamps!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Elf-tacular - Day THREE of sneak peeks for Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps September release

Welcome back! 

It's DAY THREE of the September peeks for
KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS!
We are having so much fun sharing these
awesome new products with you!


When you think of Christmas do you have a favorite
image that comes to mind? Mine is of course Santa!
Maybe some of you love elves - or reindeer -most?
Well if so you are going to LOVE this new stamp
set by artist Nedra Sadreddin called ELF-TACULAR!


Here's my card to share with you today.

I loved coloring this adorable fella! 

If you love him too you'll have the opportunity to

snatch him up on Saturday following the 

LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY at 2pm EST

in the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Friends Facebook Group.

It's always a FUN time with Kimmie.  I hope you'll 

join us! 

I'll be back tomorrow with another peek for ya!

Until then I'll leave you with a krafty hug! D

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Holiday Wishes - Day TWO of the September peeks for Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps

Hello friends, DAY TWO of the September 2019
sneak peeks  for KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS is here!



Seriously what an amazing month of new releases
this is! Today there are two new stamp sets to show you
designed by artist Melissa Baker-Nguyen.
There's HOLIDAY WISHES - a fabulous set
of larger Christmas sentiments


and...CHRISTMAS SEALS - a fun set of
circular sentiments and designs.


My card today features one of the sentiments from
HOLIDAY WISHES with a clean and simply design.
The NEW Berry Bliss hybrid ink is such a beautiful
rich color for fall and Christmas. I sponged some of
it along with Goblin Green through the HOLY Stencil
to create a fun and festive background.

Let me tell ya' if you aren't playing with some of

the KKS stencils you are missing out on a whole lot

of krafty fun!  So quick, easy and fun to create your

own backgrounds and elements!  You'll start to feel

guilty about all that patterned paper you have in your 

stash that is being clearly ignored (or maybe that's just me - LOL)!

The HOLIDAY WISHES stamp set is just awesome!

 These sentiments work wonderfully for sentiment only cards

as well as on the inside of cards - tags and scrapbook pages too.  

Don't forget about the LIVE ONLINE RELEASE Party

in the Kraftin' Kimmie  Stamps Friends Facebook Group.

The fun starts at 2pm EST on Saturday!

ALL the new products from this month will 

be released in the KKS Shop right after the Party!

We have more inspiration in store for you tomorrow!

Thanks for popping in today! Hugs! D

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter