Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps January 2019 NEW Release DAY FOUR and ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE - Hearts and Stars

Hello again! Are you loving the sneak peeks of the 

NEW Release stamps sets and other products for 

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps?!

I'm sure having fun playing with them and sharing with you!

Today we are featuring HEARTS and STARS
by artist Melissa Baker-Nguyen! This is a fantastic and 

very versatile clear stamp set. There are TWENTY-THREE stamps!!
So many options for making backgrounds, tags, added elements, etc. 

But wait there's more! We also have an
ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE starting this week!

That means you get to make and enter ANY type of crafty
project to be eligible to WIN a $40 voucher to the Krafty Shop!
The entries from all the January challenges are eligible for
the prize drawing.  The more you enter the better your chances
to win!  You have all week to (until Jan 18th) to enter this
this current challenge. The winner will be drawn at the end of
the month.  We can't wait to see your cards, scrapbook pages,
tags, trading cards, altered items...you get the idea.
And we LOVE when you use KKS products too!
We hope you'll play along and submit your fabulous creations!

For my card today I combined the hearts from the set with

one of the sweet bears from BEARY LOVE to make another

one layer card.  All of the hearts were stamped with the 

lovely NEW hybrid ink called "pretty in pink". The
bear was stamped using KKS Marvellous Mocha hybrid ink.

I created a strip of grass also using the mossy meadow

hybrid ink and the Sweater Weather stencil.  All the
KKS hybrid inks are available in both a full size pad & mini cubes.
They blend so beautifully and work with all coloring mediums!
Do you agree that these new products are perfect for Valentine's Day?! 

 Here's a little closer look at the card. Can you tell

that I used hearts from both sets? So fun!

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

2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge #22

Cardz 4 Galz: Challenge #87 New Year New Stash

As You Like it Challenges 1/3/19 - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday Challenge #564 "What's New"

Hope you will be joining us today for the 

LIVE Online Release Party in the Krafty Friends

Facebook group at 2 pm EST! ALL the new 

products from this release will be available then!  

I know that there's lots more inspiration from the DT and guests

that will have you swooning.  All you have to do is click on the 

links below for each of their blogs to see.  Don't forget to leave

a little love along the way too!  Hugs! D

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps January 2019 NEW Release DAY TWO - Beary Love

Welcome back for DAY TWO of the sneak peeks

for the fantastic NEW RELEASE at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

Today is all about some sweet cuddly love with  

this new clear stamp set called BEARY LOVE by

artist Melissa Baker-Nguyen! And....we also
have some other new goodies you might notice!

I created a one layer Valentine card to share with you today.

Those pretty pink hearts are made with the brand spanking NEW 

(and absolutely wonderful) HAPPY HEARTS STENCIL for the background 

panel.  I stamped the sweet little bear with KKS wicked black

hybrid ink (so perfect for all coloring mediums and it's available

in both a regular ink pad and a mini cube) and then masked around
it with a die cut circle before I inked up the background. That beautiful
color of the hearts is from the NEW KKS "PRETTY IN PINK" hybrid ink.  

I finished the card by coloring the image with copic markers.  

A very quick and fun card! Stencils are so awesome to create with!

Oh and did you notice those pretty enamel dots?!

These are also NEW to KKS - EEEeeeee!  

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

Addicted to Stamps and More #323 - Holiday 

(mine is Valentine's Day)

The Card Concept Challenge #106 - Pink Party

(I was inspired by all that wonderful PINK in the photo

and my style is CAS)

Always Fun Challenges #92 One Layer

Crazy for CAS #13 Animal

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenges - Use Something New

(I used lots of new: stamp set, heart stencil, and ink)

Here's what the rest of the adorable stamp set looks like. 

FOUR adorable cuddly bears - oh my!!!

Please make sure you pop on to the other blogs from

the rest of the KKS DT to see some more awesome

and inspiring creations using BEARY LOVE and

more fantastic NEW products!  

Don't forget that ALL the NEW products will be 

available following the LIVE Online Release Party

in the Kraftin' Kimmie Friends Group (Facebook)

on Saturday, January 12th at 2 pm EST!  I'll bet you're 

already making your wish list. Am I right????! 

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps January 2019 New Release DAY ONE - You Are Super

Hello! I have some wonderful krafty news to share with you!

I'm back on the Design Team for Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

I'm so delighted to be sharing all the fantastic KKS products

with you again and to be part of this fantastic team.

Today is DAY ONE of the January 2019 NEW RELEASE

and we are showcasing a stamp set that I think is particularly SUPER!

It's called YOU ARE SUPER by brand new artist Neda Sadreddin.

This SUPER FUN set features a main full sized image plus two smaller
portrait sized images.  You can add a mask and different letters to her chest
to make it personal.  You can also make your own special sentiment or use
one of the fun ones already provided. I can imagine so many creative 
ideas for this SUPER set! 

Here's my card featuring this fun set

I started with the KKS January sketch for my layout. 

I love sketches to jump start my inspiration.

The image and sentiment are both stamped using

the fantastic KKS Wicked Black hybrid ink.

I found this perfect paper from my old stash

and used a piece of gorgeous red glitter paper

for the background.  Love how fun this turned out. 

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

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenges "Use Something New"

(my NEW is the new stamp set)

Path of Positivity - Challenge #65 Option "Inspiration"

Get Creative Challenges #76 - Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart #234 Anything Goes

Try it on Tuesday - Something Old Something New

(my old is the patterned paper - my new is the stamp set)

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Make it Sparkle

You'll get to see the new goodies over the next few days 

of the January Krafty Peeks.  They'll ALL be released at our 

LIVE Online Release Party on Saturday (January 12th) 

at 2pm EST in the Krafty Friends group.

Hop on down to the links below to see more inspiration from 
the crazy talented Krafty Team.  You might also notice some
other new goodies that will be announced tomorrow (hint hint).
Stop by tomorrow to see another NEW set! Hugs D

Super Cool Pals

Hello friends!  How's the weather in your neck of the woods?

Today was very cold but no snow.  I'm hoping that the

snow holds off for a couple more weeks until both my

kiddos are home for the holidays.  I'm generally not a fan

of snow UNLESS it's at Christmas AND I can build a

snowman.  Speaking of snowmen check out this adorable

fella from the UBER Cute stamp set called SUPER COOL PALS

from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.  I LOVE this set!

Those sweet sparkly snowflakes were made using the brand 

spankin' NEW Sparkling Snowflake Stencil  and some 

 BoBunny glitter paste in Torquoise.  The strip of snow along 

the bottom was made using Liquid Applique (all can be found in    

the Kraftin' Kimmie Shop  - follow the links to get your own).   

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

Cardz 4 Guys - Challenge #209 Snowman

Kraftin Kimmie Challenges #459 SNOW 

Stinkin' Inkers Challenge Blog - Winter Wonderland

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #42 - Anything Christmas Goes

Try it On Tuesdays - Winter Wonderland at TioT's 

4 Crafty Chicks Challenge Blog #431 Crazy Egg Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog - Team Abi Snowmen and Snowladies

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges - Anything Goes

and last but certainly not least

{PIN}spirational Challenges #230 (see photo below)

My inspiration is the snow and the scarf

Thanks so much for visiting me today!  

Have a wonderful rest of your week! 

Happy Fall/Thanksgiving

Hello friends!  Thanksgiving is just around the corner

are you ready?  I have my stretchy pants in the closet just

waiting to jump into them on Thursday morning.

Ohhhh I literally can hardly wait for my favorite dish

PUMPKIN PIE - yum!! I could be happy with just 

that and sweet potatoes and scalloped oysters. 

What's your favorite?

I only made two Fall/Thanksgiving cards this year. 

I thought it would be fun to share them with you

and join a couple challenges too. Hope you like them.

Here's the first:

Details: Stamp set "Grateful Pumpkins" (Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps)

Inks: "Mossy Meadow", "Pumpkin Patch" and "Marvellous Mocha"

(all from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps). Cardstock (Stampin UP!)

Designer paper and twine from stash.

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

 Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #222 Lots of Layers

Kraftin Kimmie Stamps Challenge #457 Fall Colors

Cardz 4 Gals Challenge #84 Pumpkins

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #318 Holiday

Crafting by Designs - Give Thanks or Autumn Colors

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Mood Board

and here's the second

 Details: Image and sentiment stamped with Marvellous Mocha

hybrid ink (Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps) and colored with copic markers.

Stamp set: "Happy Fall Y'All"  (Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps)

Designer papers from my stash. Cardstock from Stampin UP!

I'd like to enter this card in these challenges

Through the Purple Haze Challenges #150 Everything Fall

Crafting with an Attitude -Challenge #45 Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenges - November Anything Goes

Thanks so much for letting me share with you. 

I hope that your Thanksgiving holiday is full of love,

blessings and good food (including my favorite pumpkin pie)!

Stenciled Background Sympathy Cards

Hello sweet friends,

I'm sharing a couple sympathy cards I made yesterday

using a beautiful and versatile new stencil called Sweater Weather 

from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. I also used the hybrid inks from 

Kraftin' Kimmie - Bubbly Blue (brand new) for the background, 

Purple Petunia for the setiment, and Purple Pansy for the 

floral image on the second card.  I love these new inks. 

Here's the first card.  I sponged a little "heavier"

on the stencil to get a deeper background color. 

For this card, I wanted the background to be very subtle

so I sponged very lightly through the stencil.

The sentiment on both of these cards is a retired 

rubber stamp set from Kraftin' Kimmie. 

The flower image on the second card is from Stampin' Up.

 I tend to only make sympathy cards as I need to send them out.  

Making sympathy cards seems to be such a struggle for me. The reason 

for them makes me so sad, and yet I know that they are probably

some of the most appreciated cards that I send out. Do you 

struggle with making these as well?   

I was seeking inspiration to help me make these cards and found the 

following card challenge themes to help me 

Crazy 4 Challenges - C4C460 "Use less Stuff Day - One layer cards"

Little Red Wagon Challenges #471 "Just A Sentiment"

I'm also entering the Kraftin' Kimmie Release Week Anything Goes Challenge 

and Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #317 Make Your Mark

Thanks so much for stopping in to visit me today.

Big crafty hugs to each of you! D

Guest Designing for the Card Concept #100 challenge celebration

Well hello crafty friends!  So nice of you to visit me today.

After many months of a crafting break, I was thrilled when

 the lovely Kim asked if I'd like to be a guest designer 

for the Card Concept #100 challenge.

And when I saw the beautiful inspiration photo 

for this challenge I was even more excited. 

Oh my gosh! Seriously sooo many things

you can take for inspiration from this.  

I was drawn to the pink and gold colors

and the pumpkins (I LOVE pumpkins!)

I pulled out a bold sentiment stamp called 

called Be Full from Neat and Tangled and

made this Clean and Graphic card. 

I swished pink distress ink around on my

base panel and then heat embossed the 

gorgeous sentiment in gold.  

Here's a close up so you can see the embossing a little better

There's a special celebration for this 100th challenge going on

over at the blog so be sure to check it out as well

as the amazing inspiration from the DT there!

Hope my card inspired you in some way. 

Hugs and happy crafting! D