Last of the Christmas cards for 2016

Hello friends hope you had the most blessed Christmas holidays!

Things have been very quiet on my blog lately as I've

been really busy with lots of family stuff and the holidays

these past 3 weeks.  Good stuff - just really busy! 

Today I'm sharing the last of the cards I made for Christmas 2016. 

I didn't get nearly as many Christmas cards done this

year as I had planned :o(.  How about you?  

Here's card #1 

I'm entering this card in these great challenges:

Cute Card Thursday #457 Anything Goes

Creative Knockouts #173 - Christmas Delight

613 Avenue Create #192 - Anything Goes w/twist of Holiday Happiness

Christmas Card Challenges #2 - Photo Inspiration

And here's card #2 

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie Challenge #59

Winter Wonderland Challenge Blog - For Someone Special

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra - December Anything Goes

The Alphabet Challenge Blog - U for Use something Red

Holly Jolly Christmas Challenges #86 - Two part Challenge

(Create a Christmas Card or Anything But a Card)

And card #3

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenges #309 - Anything Goes

The Brown Sugar Challenge Blog #230 "Christmas"

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenges - December Anything Goes

And finally card #4

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Crafty Creations Challenges #331 - Any Holiday

Come and Get it Challenges "Christmas Challenge"

Christmas Card Challenges - December "Anything Christmas/Holiday"

Thanks so much for visiting me today!

Wishing  you and your family a very blessed 2017!

Hugs D

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges #362 - Winter

Hello friends!  

Today we have another theme challenge at

KRAFTIN' KIMMIE CHALLENGES!

This week the theme is WINTER - brrr!


My daughter and I made several mason jar 

gifts containing minty hot cocoa mix (from
my own special recipe).  I used the adorable
Beary Big Hugs stamp set to make a gift
tag - take a look.  All I have to do now is
write the "to" and "from" on the tag and
it's ready to deliver with a batch of fresh
cookies next week!  The perfect wintery treat!

I hope that you will join our winter themed challenge
this week!  We love to see your creations!

Thanks for stopping in to visit me today!  Lots
of warm hugs to each of you! D

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps 12 Days of Christmas Wrap Up - My Favorite Stamp Set

Hello friends! Have you enjoyed the 

12 Days of Christmas review at

KRAFTIN' KIMMIE CHALLENGES?

Today we are sharing with you our own personal

favorite stamp sets from the new releases of 2016.

Boy was this one hard for me because I had 

soooo many many favorites.  I mean... 

HELLO? Aren't they all fabulous?

After lots and lots of head scratching

I found that I kept going back to 

SNAIL MAIL as my favorite.  

Here are some of the cards I made with this

adorable set by artist Cheryl Grant 

And here's my newest creation 

which I'm actually going to send as as 

Christmas card this year. 

Can you see why it's my favorite set?
It just doesn't get a whole lot cuter than this!

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

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges #361 - CAS with a Sentiment

Hello friends!
Pat yourself on the back in congratulations for
making it to the weekend - I know I am!

Each Saturday we have a new challenge starting at
Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges and this week
the theme is CAS (Clean and Simple) with a Sentiment.
I hope that you will come play along with us this week.

I played around with some bright colored Zig clean brush
markers and some Ranger distress inks to make my
CAS creation.  The sentiment (from Love Story Sentiments)
is heat embossed on the watercolor paper.
That adorable snail and the mushrooms are
from Snail Mail (one of my favorite sets from 2016).

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

4Crafty Chicks 4CC#328 - No patterned paper

Crafting from the Heart #139 Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments Design - Anything Goes Challenge (12/6)

The Brown Sugar Challenge Blog #229 - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping in to visit me today! 

We always enjoy your creations at Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges 

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!! 

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 others!

And don't forget about the Frugal Friday Specials which are up NOW 

 through Sunday... happy shopping!

Whimsical Gnome Santa

Hello friends and followers! Happy Sunday!

Whimsical Gnomes was one of my favorite stamp sets

released this year from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. 

I decided to color one of the adorable gnomes up like

a Santa gnome and make a fun Christmas card.

I was kind of proud of myself because I used two 

die cut trees and the snow hills that I had laying on my 

table from a previous card.  I love when I actually use 

some stash and/or extras laying on my craft desk!  

One of the trees has an embossed pattern on it which I

was going to leave just as it was and then somehow I

got black ink on my finger and on the tree.  So...

then I grabbed a sponge dauber and added a little green

ink to cover up the black boo boo.  Crafters are so

good at thinking of plan b :o).  The sentiment

is from "Shake It Up!" also by KKS.

This card is being shared on the 

KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS BLOG

as my DT card for 12 days of Christmas.  

I would also like to enter this in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenges - O' Christmas Tree

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #222 Make Your Mark

52 Christmas Card Throwdown -December Pick a Previous 2016 Challenge

( I chose June 2016 - Christmas Landscapes)

Christmas Cards All Year Round - December Anything Christmas/Holiday

The Alphabet Challenge Blog - T is for Trees

The Brown Sugar Challenge Blog #227 - Anything Goes

Crazy 4 Challenges #365 (C4C365) STAR

S = Snow, T= trees, A=aqua (the paper is a light aqua) R= Red, 

Just Us Girls - JUGS 372 Word Week "Christmas Tree"

Sweet Stampin' Challenges - Let it Snow

Thanks so much for stopping in to visit me today! 

Hugs to each of you! 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