Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps January NEW Release Blog Hop

Hello everyone!
Woohoo!!! It's finally here!!!
The January Release is NOW available
at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS!

ALL six new clear stamp sets that we've been sharing
this week are now up in the krafty shop and
we're celebrating with a Krafty HOP!
So grab a nice hot beverage, sit back and relax while you
hop around and enjoy all the amazing creations from the
Krafty Design Team and Guests!

Do you have a favorite set from this release?
I adore them all but I think the BUDDY BEARS
set is my favorite. It's nearly impossible to resist
the two sweet teddy bears stamps and fun sentiments.

Here's my card to share you today:

You will get to see ALL of the new sets in action as you sit back
and enjoy the hop!  Thanks for stopping in to visit me
now off you go to the next stop. Enjoy!!! 

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - January NEW Release Day Five Peeks

Hi again friends and followers! 

Welcome back to my blog today for 

another sneak peek at the brand

NEW clear stamps being released this month

at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS!

Today we're making your jaw drop yet again with a set
of cuddly teddy bears from artist Emilie Goulet called
BUDDY BEARS! It comes with 2 bears & FOUR sentiments!

 I just heard you say "Ahhhhhhh!" :o)

Here's my card to share with you today.
How can you not smile when you see this
adorable bear?  He's just so sweet!

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

The Crazy Challenge #239 - 3 of a Kind (I used 3 red enamel dots)

Crafting When We Can Challenge  #135 - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenges - Be Square 
(the blocks in the patterned paper panel are my square element)
Crafting From the Heart Challenge #142 - Anything Goes
City Crafter Challenge Blog Week #344 - Blue Monday
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges #311 Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping in to visit me today!
Be sure to join us at the LIVE Online Release Party
on Saturday afternoon at 1pm EST! We'll be checking out
ALL the SIX new clear stamp sets, sharing fabulous creations,
giving away prizes and having tons of krafty fun!

My Time to Craft Challenge #299 - Paper Piecing

Hello again friends! 

Hope you are having a fabulous weekend so far!

I'm back again with another DT card to share with you 

for the newest challenge at MY TIME TO CRAFT.

But before I get to that I wanted to tell you that we are

going to a fortnightly (every 2 weeks) schedule 

for the next couple of months. 

Summer time is short (at least here in Montana it is)

and peeps have lots going on, so we thought it would be 

a good idea to switch things up a bit for the summer and  

give us all a chance to enjoy the season a bit more.

So for the next two weeks the theme for MTTC #299 

is PAPER PIECING!  So get out your stamps and those

little scissors and get to cutting and pasting :o) 

Here's my card using a super sweet stamp set called

"Twinkle Twinkle" by Sugar Pea Designs

I paper pieced the comforter, the girl's pjs and the curtains.

I first colored the parts that wouldn't be paper pieced 

(let's just say that I have learned that lesson the hard way 

in the past - hehehe).  Then added the extra parts I had stamped

onto scraps of designer papers by Doodlebug and Stampin Up.

This card is going to my precious daughter.  She's a bit

old for it (15 now) but I still think it will make her say "AWWWW".

She will always be my baby - no matter how old she gets :o).

I used the current sketch - Sugar Sketch Challenge #27

(w/a bit of my own spin)

to make this card so am entering it in that challenge.  

I'm also entering it in these challenges as well:

The Outlawz Monday Greeting Challenges - Anything Goes (6/29/15)

Addicted to Stamps Challenge Blog  Challenge #151 - Anything Goes

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges #234 "Anything Goes"

The Pink Elephant Challenges #305 - Anything Goes

The rest of the lovely ladies at MTTC have also made

some wonderful creations to share with you as well.  

Please go visit them and say "hi"!

I hope that you will decide to play along with us for 

MTTC299 - Paper Piecing!  You have until July 17th to enter.

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

Kraftin' Kimmie February Release - Sneak Peek Day TWO - Book Pals

Hello again crafty friends and followers!

 Welcome back to day TWO of the FEBRUARY Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks!!! 

Today we are SO thrilled to share the newest set of 

fun literary characters by artist CHERYL GRANT! 

 This adorable set features our kids Huck Finn, Laura Ingalls and Pippi Longstocking 

and is called BOOK PALS!! This fun set includes THREE main images 

plus FIVE sweet sentiments!!

This set is especially dear to my heart as I LOVED all of these books 

as a child.  I read every one of the Little House on the Prairie books,

and Pippi reminded me so much of my middle sister.

My card today features Laura Ingalls (of course :o) )

 I wanted to keep it sweet and simple with a country feel

so I limited the embellishments, paper pieced her jumper and bonnet 

and added a big gingham bow (the first time I've done a bow like this).

Here's the rest of this fabulous set:

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Simon Says Wednesday Challenges - All Creatures Great and Small
Penny's Paper Crafty Challenges # 214 - Embossing
Crafting from the Heart Challenge 46 - Anything Goes
Sassy Cheryl's Neighborhood (facebook) - February Anything Goes

Have you been enjoying the peeks so far?? 

I think the Krafty Gals and Guests have knocked it out of the park!

 All of our brand new rubber stamp sets will be 

released Saturday night after the LIVE party!

Are you planning to join us for our LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!!! 

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

Saturday night beginning at 6pm EST!! 

 Hope you can come hang out with the me and 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 Cheryl!

 And while you're hopping around, be sure to leave a comment because we are giving away a gift card!!! You could WIN some Krafty $$$ to spend at the shop!!!! 

{This winner will be announced at the party!}

Happy hoppin'!!

MTTC #253 - Paper Piecing

Hello friends!  So nice of you to stop by to visit me today.

A special hello to my newest follower - granmargaret :o) 

It's been a busy past couple of weeks for me with not much time for crafting.

Summer is so short here - and there are lots of outside projects to do.

Plus I want to soak up as much of the sunshine and fresh air as I can :o).

This fortnight the MTTC Challenge #253 is Paper Piecing. 

Here's my DT card to share with you:

No one in particular in mind for this card. I was cleaning out some baskets 

of stamps to get ready to sell and came across this darling duck
and it seemed like a perfect stamp to use paper piecing with.

I really enjoyed seeing the Christmas creations in the last MTTC Challenge.
I can't wait to see what you create for MTTC #253 using Paper Piecing.
My lovely DT pals have also made some wonderful creations to share with you.
Won't you pop on over to their blogs and say "hi" too?

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
The Corrosive Challenge Blog - Challenge #230  Forever Young
Crafting from the Heart Challenge #26 - Anything Goes
Divas by Design - Things with Wings
Love to Create - Challenge #123 Fussy and Fancy or Clean and Layered

That's it for me today. Thanks so much for visiting!
Til next time...hugs and happy crafting! D

Just Saying HELLO - DD#85, JUGS223, C4C218

Hi again - here I am with my second post of the day.  I'm feeling giddy and guilty at the same time for being able to make 2 cards today "just because" - that hasn't happened in a long time. Pretty soon I will dash off to start dinner - Lasagna and tres leche cake for dessert. My son is home still for college break and lasagna is one of his favorites.  He gave me his "home cookin'" wish list within hours of being home :o)  As you've probably read in a couple of my other posts, I got the Pioneer Woman Cookbook (vol 2) for Christmas from my daughter and I have been cookin' up a storm from that.  The Chicken and Noodles from last night turned out fabulous!!   The Tres Leche cake (3 milks = yummy) recipe is another one of those recipes. It's cooling on the rack as I write this post.

Thanks for allowing me to share another card with you today.  I'm entering it in three great challenges (noted below) - here it is:

This is a skinny card with an overall size of 3.5 inches by 5.5 inches.  I got those specifications from the gals at Crazy 4 Challenges (C4C218).  This is a fun size that I don't do nearly often enough. I like it a lot.

The bright, cheery color combo is from  Dynamic Duos #85 - Summer Starfruit and Garden Green. Lucky for me they extended the deadline so I could play along.

Just Us Girls #223 Technique challenge is Paper Piecing - something I love to do, but yet again don't do it nearly as often as I could.  Truth be told - I usually think of it after the fact.  This is a good reminder for me.

The sentiment is a digital image from Birdie Brown that I enlarged and printed to allow for the paper piecing. First printed on white cardstock and a second time on the DSP to cut out the letters.  Did you notice the
Sneak Peek?  Hint: it's the twine from Stampin Up! available soon for Sale-A-Bration (1/24).

Well time for me to get going, so thanks again for stopping by to visit. I'm sure glad that you did.  Til next time friends...hugs and happy crafting (and eating)! D

52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown - Sketch #7

Hello friends!  Thanks for popping in to visit me today for my very first post as a DT for 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown - whoo hoo!! Since this is the first week of the month the we have a sketch challenge for you (see below). 

I couldn't decide if I wanted to go cute or classic - so I did one of each for this week's challenge inspiration.  You can add lots of layers (as I have done with the card above) , you can flip this sketch (as I've done below),  you can keep it CAS, or you can embellish it up to the hilt (just make sure the sketch is still obvious).  On both of my cards I expanded the size of the main rectangle slightly.

As soon as I saw this darling new set from Stampin Up I knew I had to have it for the cards I will make for our younger group of family and friends.  This set will also make darling tags for packages - I can't wait to try that!! I used the new Finishing Touches Edgelits.  This is just a single edge strip so I had to run it through my Big Shot 4 times to get the edging all around the primrose layer. I did get it a bit off when I placed the Big Shot clear plate on top though so next time I'll use a dab of dotto to hold it in place a little better. I still like how it turned out though - gives it kind a fun and funky vibe that goes along with the stamps and card in general. I colored the stamps with my SU markers to get the different colors and stamped the deer's scarf on a scrap of pink and then pieced it onto the image. I used a retired SU snowflake punch and snipped off the ends to create the green snowflakes which mimic the snowflakes on the DSP.

Here's the other card I made with this week's sketch:

Please pop into the 52 {Christmas} Card Challenge blog and see the wonderful creations the rest of the DT has created and shared with you for inspiration. I hope that you will decide to join us in this fun challenge - we are seeing our numbers growing and the inspiration I'm getting from all of you is just amazing! Remember, the sketch is just a starting point for your creativity - can't wait to see what you do with it!

Supplies for "cute" deer card (all from Stampin Up! except as noted): Cardstock - I used 3 of the NEW In-Colors on this card called Gumball Green (base),  Primrose Petal and Raspberry Ripple.  I also used Very Vanilla.  Stamps - sentiment and deer from No Peeking.  DSP - Be of Good Cheer.  Misc - colored rhinestones.

Supplies for "classic" deer card (all from Stampin UP!): Cardstock - Cherry Cobbler and Very Vanilla. DSP - Be of Good Cheer. Stamp - Christmas Deer (NEW). I snipped the little bird out and placed in the deer's antlers.  I used a 1" and and 1 1/4" circle punch for the sentiment (sentiment is from a retired rub-on set from SU).

Paper Players 100th , DP2 Masculine and PPA137

Hi again!  I think I was having serious withdrawals while I was away from my cardmaking because I'm feeling like I just want to lock myself in my craft room ALLLLLL day and play!  But the sunshine is calling so I finished up one more card to submit in three great challenges today and then I'm out the door.  I'm really excited to share with you that this is my first attempt at paper piecing (used on the chair)! I have been wanting to try this for quite some time and finally found the perfect image to use as a newbie (not too much fussy cutting to mess up).  I really am tickled with how it turned out :o)

The Paper Players 100th Challenge is to use any past challenge to make a card.  I didn't start playing with the Paper Players until the challenges were in the 80s (and I started following this challenge when it was in the 50s) so I wanted to do an earlier one and what better place to start than the very 1st (see below)!

I also love to particpate in the weekly Mo Manning DP2 Challenges so I can practice with my copic markers with super cute and fun digital images.  The DP2Challenge #140 is "Masculine"  how perfect is that?  I grabbed this great Mo digital image as soon as I saw it because it fits my husband to a "T" - this would be one of the ways he would be happiest - in his comfy chair with remote and Diet Coke in hand.  Doesn't this fella look like he is having his best day too? You can find this digital image at Mo's Digital Pencil Store and its called "King for a Day".  I was traveling for Father's day this year so this is a late gift to my husband.

And last but not certainly not least I am also entering the Pals Paper Arts #137 Sketch challenge by Margaret Moody.  After all it's hard to make a great card without a great sketch to inspire you and this sketch certainly inspired me.    

Thanks for stopping by to visit - I'm sure glad you did!  Hugs!

Suppies:  Cardstock - Midnight Muse (NEW In-color for 2012-2014) and Very Vanilla.  DSP - Comfort Cafe (NEW!).  Image from Mo Mannings Digital Pencil Shop "King for A Day" and colored with various Copic markers.  Sentiment is from a retired Stampin Up! set called "Its Your Day" stamped with Early Espresso ink.  Self adhesive brads that look like rivelets are from Close to My Heart (don't they kind of look like the fabric nails you would find on a piece of furniture?)