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

My Favorite Things 2017 Card Design Superstar Contest - CAS Birthday

hello friends!

I was so excited to see this fabulous contest happening

at My Favorite Things - did you see it too???

In case you missed it I'll quickly fill ya in.

MFT is holding a contest for an opporunity to 

be a Card Design Superstar and there are (of course) 

absolutely AMAZING PRIZES

 - more than $4,000 for the FIFTEEN winners!  

The contest ends tonight at 10PM EST.

There are 3 different categories to participate in:

CLEAN and SIMPLE Genius

COLORING VIRTUOSO

INNOVATION MASTER

I love MFT products and have quite a

stash (many of which I haven't inked up or used yet)

but life has been a tad (okay more than a tad) bit crazy 

for me lately and I wasn't sure I was going to have a 

chance to participate.  Well...I stayed up late last night

and was able to get at least one card made to enter.

I decided to stretch myself and go with the CAS category

since that is the one style I make the least amount of 

cards with.  I made a card that I was so super excited about

BUT... as I picked it up from my craft table I somehow had 

gotten my finger and thumb in some red ink and left two

not so lovely fingerprints right on the card. UGH!  

I was so disgusted with myself that I just had to go to bed.

This morning I got up and decided I was going to make a

another card but a little differently (didn't want the bad juju again).

Here's what I came up with 

I used the following MFT products:

Make a Wish stamp set (sentiments)

Die-Namics Birthday Candles

Subtle Plaids Paper Pack (6 x 6) for the candles

So...thanks for visiting me and please wish me good luck!

It would be so amazing to win.  There are some unbelievable

entries so far.  I'm really glad that I don't have to choose :o)

You can find my card and many other awesome CAS creations by

clicking here. Happy Thursday! Hugs! D

Catch the Bug Challenges - BINGO (April 2016)

Hello friends and happy weekend!
Oh how I love Saturdays (happy dancing)!

The challenge this week at 

CATCH THE BUG CHALLENGES

is B...I...N...G...O!!!

Are you singing that song in your head now? I am!

 You know the drill  :o) - you get a BINGO by using

the three elements from any row or column

 - vertical or horizontal.  Or a Black out BINGO

by using all the squares on the board. 

Here's my card using the middle row of the board 

{Flower, Pearl, Butterfly} and the beautiful

digital image called friendship roses .

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
The Alphabet Challenge Blog - D is for Dots
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenges - April 2016
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges - Let's Do the Polka
Creative with Stamps Challenge #1- Butterflies
(this is a brand new challenge started by one of our
former guest designers, the delightfully sweet and
very talented Monika Reek.  Hi Monika!)

I hope that you will decide to join us this week for the
BINGO challenge. So many possibilities with this
great board!  Go see what my lovely DT pals have made
to share with you too won't you?  Thanks so much
for visiting me today! Hope you have an amazing weekend!
Hugs D

Kraftin Kimmie February New Release Blog Hop

Hello, hello hello!!

So happy you are here to visit me today as it's
FEBRUARY RELEASE Day at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS!!
And we’re celebrating with a KRAFTY HOP!!
Woohooooo!!! We're so excited!

I know I say this every month, but this month was

really really awesome for new releases!!

So grab yourself a cuppa joe,or tea or cocoa, sit back and be prepared
for some krafty eye kandy for the Krafty Gals and Guests!
We're going to inspire your creations with our fun, new rubber stamps!

I have a fun card to share with you using another one

of the great stamp sets from the Kraftin' Kimmie

February NEW RELEASE called "SQUISHY HUGS"!!

Here's my card:

Don't these two look like they are having a blast?
Reminds me of when I was younger and the tire swing
we had in our backyard in a HUGE evergreen tree.
I pulled these fun papers out of my very old stash pile -
it seemed fitting for this image to me.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
The Challenge #24 (used the sketch)

Addicted to Stamps and More #131 - Anything Goes
Crafty Calendar Challenge - February - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion #248 - Always Anything Goes
Crafts 4 Eternity - Recipe #213 Twos ( I have two girls on the swing)

Over the last few days in our Krafty Peeks, 
we have shared lots of amazing creations featuring new stamp sets
from all of our artists including a new one, for our February release!
 We know these new stamps will inspire you to make your own
fabulous creations!! This month's sets are all about books and friendship...
two great themes!! We’ve got an elegant new sentiment set 
called HELLO, FRIEND - that is so great for chalkboard stamping!! 
There's a supah cute new kids set from Cheryl called BOOK PALS! 
And of course, we are SO excited to share two new 
Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit inspired sets
from Annie featuring....GANDALF and GALADRIEL!
 Lastly we are thrilled have another incredibly fun set 
from Emilie Goulet called, SQUISHY HUGS!

You will get to see ALL of the new images today as you sit back and enjoy
our FEBRUARY Krafty Hop! As you hop from blog to blog,
be sure to leave a comment at each and every stop because one lucky stamper
will win a $10 gift card!! When you’re done hoppin’, be sure to head over
to the Kraftin’Kimmie shop, because....
 ALL the new rubber stamp sets are NOW available!!

And don't forget...if you NEED it all, we have a Gimme Kimmies Kit
which features ALL the new February stamps at a discount!! But only for a limited time!
Now let's celebrate with our NEW RELEASE and get hoppin' and shoppin'!

Happy hoppin! D

Kraftin Kimmie February Release Day Four 'Squishy Hugs" and Anything Goes

Hello sweet friends and followers!
Happy Valentine's Day!
So glad you are here because today is day FOUR

 of the FEBRUARY Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks!!! 

I hope that you have been enjoying the peeks so far.

Great news...all of the brand new rubber stamp sets will be released TONIGHT!

We are super excited to have another amazingly
fun set from artist, Emilie Goulet!!! 

 This one's called SQUISHY HUGS!  PURE Sweetness is this one!!

This fabby set is all about girlfriends and friendship.

It features THREE sweet images plus SEVEN coordinating sentiments!

So because it's Saturday that means in addition to the New Release debut

it's also a Saturday Challenge.  This week our challenge hostess is TANGII! 

Tangii's challenge is ANYTHING GOES (as it always is during release week)!! 

Here's my card using one of the stamps from "SQUISHY HUGS" and a

sentiment from yesterday's new release set "Hello, Friend":

I have been a fussy cutting fool this release - LOL!!

I went for a bright (maybe a bit too bright?) color combo

to remind me that spring & summer are on their way.

The layout is from Sketch Saturday #348 so I'm sharing it there too.

I am also entering this card in the following challenges:

Sweet Stampin Challenges - Inspired by a Song

(mine is "You've Got a Friend in Me")

Sister Act Card Challenges #93 "Anything Goes"

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenges - February "AG"

Crafting from the Heart #46 "Anything Goes"

Sentimental Sundays #245 - Seeing RED (a lot or a little)

 So create a card, scrapbook page or altered item with any stamp but 

if you use a Kraftin' Kimmie stamp you'll double your chances to WIN!! 

 Use any sketch, any design, any embellishments because Anything Goes! 

 Have some krafty fun and join us this week because we'd LOVE to see your KKS designs. 

We hope you can play along for your chance to WIN a $10 Gift Certificate 

to use on ANYTHING you want in the shop!! Wanna win??

OH and here's another AMAZING PRIZE that Kimmie is giving away!! 

You could WIN the ENTIRE February release!!! How you ask ? Well, GO HERE 

to find out how!!It involves hanging out with us at our LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!!! 

 Hope you can join us for all the fun and excitement and prizes 

TONIGHT beginning at 6pm EST!! Come hang out with the Krafty Girls!

All the Krafty Girls and Guests listed below have lots of super FUN designs 

to show you featuring these awesome new stamps from Emilie! 

Be sure to leave a comment while you are hopping around because we are

 giving away a gift voucher!!! You could WIN some Krafty $$$ to spend at the shop!

{This winner will be announced at the party tonight!}

Happy hoppin'!

House of Cards Challenge - 1st Ever Challenge, Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge #192 - F is for...{friend, fresh} and Divas by Design - "Cute"

Hello and happy weekend!  Two of my dear DT members on 52{Christmas} Card Throwdown have joined together with some other fabulously talented ladies and formed a new challenge called House of Cards.  The thought behind this challenge is that each week the HOC team wants to see a different style of card making. This week the style is Cute & Fun and they want us to use at least 3 of the colors in the photo above.
Cute & Fun is becoming my preferred style I think.  It's certainly the one I feel most comfortable with and I find that my stamp and digital image library is getting pretty full of "cute" images.  So, since this is my favorite type of card to make, and to support my two pals, Mynnette and Ruth,  I've made a card to play along with their NEW challenge.  Here it is:

I hope this works - my shades of blue are just a bit more blue than the sample colors. I used three different shades of blue and two different shades of red (however, that's harder to see). Notice how I pulled in the cherries from the photo as well?  As soon as I saw this pic - I knew just exactly what image I wanted to use to make this card for a wonderful friend.  That little cherry is punched from the Two Step Cupcake punch from Stampin Up!    

I'm also entering this at Divas by Design where the challenge is to create a "CUTE" card, and Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge #192 "F is for...".  I made this card for a friend - but if that's too much of a stretch, I'll say that it also incorporates fresh cherries, one of summer's best treats :o)

Thanks for stopping by to visit me today - I'm sure glad that you did. Til next time...hugs and happy crafting friends. D

ATS - Bingo Challenge #2, Divas by Design #47 - For a Female and C4C149 - White on White

Hello friends and Happy Sunday!  I don't know about you, but for me this past week has just flown by - it's crazy.  Anyway, I'm happy you've decided to pop in and visit my blog today - hope you will like what you see.  If you do, leave me a note - I love to get "mail" :o)

I have a friend that I have recent re-connected with.  We worked together years ago and became fast friends but somehow through job changes and real life events in between we lost touch.  When we recently got together again after a few years, it was as if all that time hadn't even passed (aside from all the things we had to catch up on) and we are still just as good of friends.  I so enjoyed my time with her and wanted to send her a card to let her know how nice it is that we can just pick up where we left off and still be friends. What a blessing!

I used the following challenges to make this card:  Divas by Design #47 - For a Female, Addicted to Stamps (ATS) Bingo Challenge #2 for which I picked the three elements of flowers, embossing and ribbon (see below)

and Crazy 4 Challenges #149 - White on White (a pop of color is allowed in the main image - my image is the flowers). 

Thanks so much again for stopping by! If you have a special lady (mom, friend, grandma, daughter, sister) in your life, send her a card and let her know, I'm sure it would really make her day.  Hugs!

Supplies (all from Stampin Up!): Cardstock - Whisper White.  Embossing - Perfect Polka Dots textured embossing folder (my all-time favorite).  Ribbon - 5/8" Organza Ribbon in Whisper White.  Sentiment is from Blessings from Heaven (stamped in Basic Grey) punched out with the Extra Large Oval punch.  The flowers are from a Sizzix die called Flower, Daisies # 2 (retired). Flower middles are punched on Daffodil Delight cardstock with a 1/2" circle punch.   Buttons - Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons (NEW and fabulous).