Sending you SNOW much love!

Hello crafty friends.  I'm back with another

card to share with you.  It's a one layer and CAS 

 card (gasp!) - and I love how it turned out.

The finished size is 3 1/2" x 5".   

I used a new stamp set from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps

called Snowflake Kisses.  I  showed you another 

peek of this set early today on this blog post 

if you missed seeing it. The snowflakes are stamped

in three different pinks: Berry Bliss, Pink Pizzazz and

Pretty in Pink (all from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps). 

The enamel dots are also brand new and will 

be available Saturday afternoon - Festive Dots. 

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches #407 - (see below)

Addicted to Stamps and More! Challenge #363 "Holiday"

Time out Challenges #146 (see below)

Craft Rocket Challenges #64 PINK

and Simon's Says Stamp Monday Challenge 

"All Things Pink"

Thanks so much for visiting me today! Hugs D

Donut Forget...I Love You

Happy Wednesday crafty friends and followers!

A quick post from me today with a valentine

that I made recently for my son.  Now that he's

received it I can share. He's such a sweet supporter

of his mama's crafty card making hobby and loves

to get handmade cards.  He also follows me

on all my social media accounts and I didn't 

want him to see it that way before he got it

in person.  It was kind of funny as he said

"hey, I got a card from my mama just now.

I haven't seen this one yet".  But then he

also wondered where the real donuts are - lol.

That "kid" love donuts so much it's ridiculous.

But I love him even more than he loves donuts!

Here's the card:

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Krafty Chicks Challenges #442 - Sweets

Crafting from the Heart Challenges #237 Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #227 LOVE LOVE LOVE

thanks for popping in to visit me today! 

Have a great rest of the week! Hugs! D

Make Your Own Background - Kraftin' Kimmie Celebration weekend Challenge #1

Goooood Day sweet crafting friends!

This weekend we have some really fun challenges 

in the Kraftin' Kimmie Friends Facebook Group

to celebrate Kimmie's birthday and reaching more than 

6,000 followers in the group! We have a series of
challenges for you to participate in. You have all
week to enter and there's prize opportunities!

The first challenge is to make your own background. 
I usually default to patterned papers (I have an embarrassingly
large amount of that stashed in my craft space), but
lately I've been having a lot of fun using stencils instead.

My first card to share with you today uses the 

HAPPY HEARTS STENCIL with the inspiring

stamp sets YOU ARE SUPER and 

HAPPY THOUGHTS (all from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps)

I started with a watercolor wash on the base

with two different colors.  After that dried 

I used some Bobunny glitter paste with the

stencil.  A little different style from my

usual but I'm really happy with how it turned out!

This second card was made using Brusho Crystals

on a watercolor paper panel (yellow, orange and red)

and again the YOU ARE SUPER stamp set.

Both of these cards are going to two amazing women

who have or are fighting against breast cancer.  I'm truly

in awe of their strength and positive attitudes. 

I'm entering the first hearts card in the following challenges as well:
Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenges #46 - anyting mixed media goes 
Crafting with Friend Challenge 79 - Anything Goes

Inkspirational Challenge #179 - Photo Sweet Things

(inspired by the pink and hearts)

and
TIME OUT Challenges #128 - Home Sweet Home Photo inspiration
(I was inspired by the hearts)


And I'm entering the second card in these challenges:
Jo's Scrap Shack Fun Friday Challenges #267 Always Anything Goes
Krafty Chicks Challenges  #440 Crazy Egg Anything Goes

If you like these products I've shown you, there's a special
SALE code for this weekend only KIMIS48 to get
25% off your entire order (regular priced items only).

Thanks so much for visiting me today! I hope you are getting
some good crafty time in this weekend! Hugs! D

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges #466 - LOVE/Hearts

Hi everyone thanks for stopping in to visit me today.

Valentine's Day is just around the corner so as your

hostess for this week's challenge at

KRAFTIN' KIMMIE Challenges I picked the theme

of Love and or Hearts for KKS Challenge #466.

The recent KKS January release has lots of great products
that you can use for this theme such as the HAPPY HEARTS
stencil, the Pretty in Pink ink, the Lovey Dots, and
the HEARTS and STARS and BEARY LOVE stamp sets.
Do you have any of those? If so, they would be perfect for this week.
We'd love to see your creations using a Kraftin' Kimmie
Stamps products (or two) but if you don't that's okay
just make and share a new creation that feature love (or a
loving message) and/ or hearts.

I hope that you'll decide to join us this week.  Each submission
you make (into any of the February challenges) gets your name
in monthly drawing for a $40 voucher to spend in the Krafty Shop.
You can enter two ways: 1) by linking up on the main challenge
blog or 2) by sharing your KKS creation in the
Krafty Friends Facebook Group.  Also, This weekend is
extra special as we're celebrating 6,000+ members in the
Krafty Friends Facebook group - AND it's Kimmie's birthday!
Join us today - Saturday, February 2nd for an all day on-line party
with special challenges, giveaways, prizes and FUN!

Oh...and one more tiny thing...there's a special discount code
in the Krafty Shop for this special event! Use code KIMIS48
to receive 25% off all regular priced items 
through Sunday! Isn't that awesome!!! Happy Shopping!

So now I get to show you my card which uses the super sweet
new stamp set from last month's release called BEARY LOVE
and some of the pretty enamel dots from the Lovey Dots collection.

I found the perfect piece of paper in my Doodlebug Designs

paper stash.  Do you see the little embossed hearts on the base?

I'm entering this card in these great challenges too:
Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #326 - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges - Anything Goes
Crafting by designs - Animals
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenges - Love is in the Air
Crafty Catz #447 - anything Goes with Lots of Layers option
My Time to Craft challenges #389: All you Need is Love

Allsorts challenge blog: Week 505 LOVE

Just Us Girls Challenge: JUGS Word Week #473 LOVE

Inkspirational Challenge #179 - Photo Sweet Things
(inspired by the LOVE theme and word)

Thanks so much for stopping in to visit me! Happy Crafting! D

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges #495 - Layers

Hello!  Hope you're having a fantastic day!

I'm happy you are here because it's the start of 

another fun challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges. 

The theme for this weeks Challenge #495 is LAYERS.

I love layers - the more the better as far as I'm concerned. 

I pulled out some of my favorite Doodlebug patterned papers and
stamped one of the adorable bears from the fun NEW stamp
set called BEARY LOVE in  KKS Marvellous Mocha ink
which is fantastic for a little lighter outline to color in
(the sentiment is from a retired KKS set).
Then I added lots of layers with colored cardstock.
Viola! Hope you like it!

I'm also entering this card in the following challenges:
Crafting With Friends Challenge #78 - anything goes
Creative Fingers Challenge blog challenge #156 - anything goes
Jo's Scrap Shack #266 - Anything Goes
STAMPlorations January Challenge - theme Stamps & Animals

Cute Card Thursday Challenge #566 - Critters
Crafting by Designs: Layer it UP!
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Have A Heart
Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #325 - photo inspiration
My main inspiration from this is the theme of love and the heart
shaped key hole surrounded by the red door.


Thanks for visiting me today! Now please go visit the
rest of the krafty DT to see some more fantastic
krafty inspiration with LAYERS.  Hugs! D

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????! 

Valentines Day Post #2 - LOVE you

Hello again!

I had the day off yesterday and got to spend some good 

crafty time to myself in my craft room yesterday 

(when I wasn't following my sick hubby around with the Lysol can). 

I'm back with a second post to share the card 

I made for my sweet daughter for Valentine's Day.

details: Mini Monster stamp set by Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps

Papers and larger red enamel hearts by Doodlebug Design. 

Die cut "love" and tiny enamel hears by Stampin' Up! 

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Kraftin’ Kimmie Challenges “Anything goes”

The Sketch Files - February ON THE SPOT 

4 Crafty Chicks Challenges #390 - Lots of Layers

My Time to Craft Challenges #364 Love is All We Need

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges "Add a Die Cut"

Little Red Wagon Challenges #433 "Luuurve"

 If You Give a Crafter a Cookie #87 (photo inspiration)

and

{PIN}spiration Challenges #209

I appreciate that you came to visit my blog today!

Thanks so much and have an awesome crafty day! 

Hugs! D

I Love You a Bushel and a Peck - Valentine {SugarPea Designs}

Hello and happy hearts day! 

I had a good day celebrating the ones I love 

and feeling loved myself :o)  

Hope you did too!

This is the card I made for my daughter for 

Valentine's Day and to celebrate how very much 

I love her sweet self :o)

This little sweetie is from SugarPea Designs
called "A Bushel and a Peck" and I colored her with copics.
I made the main card panel using a brayer and then a
stitched rectangle die once it was dry.  It had been sitting
on my craft  desk for quite a while so I decided it wasa
time to use it and the color was perfect for Valentine's day.

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
SugarPea Designs Mix It Up Challenges #28 "Lots of Love"
(my inspiration was the pink and the LOVE theme"

Cards in Envy - Be My Valentine Challenge

The Crazy Challenge CCH#242 Color Combo

Pile it on Challenges #126 "hearts on fire" 
Just Us Girls JUGS #380 - Trend Week "Hearts"


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

Sweet Valentine's Love

Happy Valentine's Day crafty friends!

Hope you had a wonderful day and felt very loved.

I made some sweet little valentine's treats for 

my staff and co-workers.  First there are these:

These tags (using Stampin' Up! tag punch) are a CASE of some 

adorable CAS valentines that I saw on the SugarPea Designs Blog 

by Tracey McNeely who used the Barn to Be Wild stamp set 

and coordinating dies,  Click on the link above to see Tracey's 

creations that inspired me. 

And I also made these ones using a sweet little stamp set 

from Neat and Tangled called "My Favorite Nut"

I stamped on Kraft paper with a brown ink and 

then filled in the sweet squirrel with copics.  The 

one darker brown tag I tried colored pencils on

just to see how it would look.  I put a piece of cardstock

matting on the back of each panel so the coloring

wouldn't show through, and wrote a little message on the back. 

I found the jars and twine in the $1 bin at Target. SCORE!
The jars are filled with conversation hearts, sweet tart hearts
and valentine M&Ms.  I can tell you that these were a hit today!
I love to make people happy :o)

I'd like to enter the barnyard tags in the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - CUTE
Pile it On Challenges #126 "Hearts on Fire"
Addicted to CAS Challenge #104 "Pets" 
(I hope barnyard pets count)
Come and Get it Challenges - Love is in the Air
Stampin' Sensations Challenges - February "Animal Magic"

I'd like the enter the squirrel tags in these challenges:

Cards and More Challenge Blog Challenge #178 - Valentine's Day

Addicted to Stamps Challenge #141 "Love"
My Time to Craft #339 "Anything But a Card"

Tag You're It Challenge #65

I'm glad you stopped in to visit me today!
Have an awesome day today and rest of the week.
Hugs! D

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges - Wonderful Wednesday 2.1.17

Hey Hey Everyone! 

Happy Wednesday and February 1st!

January went by in a chilly blast of snow.

I'm anxious to see what February brings.

Hopefully not more snow and cold

but it is Montana soooooo.....

ya it will be snow and cold - LOL!

Today is the start of another 

WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY at 

KRAFTIN' KIMMIE CHALLENGES.

The theme is anything goes! 

You can choose to make ANY type of creation,

use any theme, any layout/design, any 

color combo and any theme!  

It's like having an easy button :o)

Here's my card to share with you using

LOVE CHEMISTRY (glasses and sentiment)

and ONE CUP AT A TIME (little heart).

As you can see (hehe) I had a lot of fun

with my heat gun and embossing powders. 

I finished the inside too

My design is based on the sketch at Sketch Saturday Challenge #448.

I'd also like to enter these following challenges as well:

Tuesday Throwdown #328 Love Notes

Crafty Cardmakers #181 Love, Love, Love

Crafting from the Heart Challenge #145 - anything goes

Crafty Creations Challenges #334 - Anything Goes

{PIN}spirational Challenges #183

the little pink hearts were added to my card from the inspiration

and

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: The Color of LOVE

Come play along with us this week!  

We want EVERYONE to be able to play along so your submission 

can use ANY stamp and can be any theme, any style, any design 

and it can be a card, a scrapbook page, an altered item....you name it! 

It must be a NEW creation and you can enter until February 14th at midnight! 

Here's the February sketch if you need a little extra inspiration

The sketch will last all month long and if you use it 

in ANY of our Challenges or WW's during that month you will 

get an additional chance to win a store gift card! 

 You do NOT have to use the sketch, it's just a little extra 

boost for your mojo if ya need it!

At the end of the month one random winner will be chosen from all 

the submissions for the whole month and will receive a $20 Gift Card 

to the shop!!! What do you think.....wanna WIN?? Let's see your krafty stuff!

Psssst... Pay attention to this!  

Kimmie's announced details for the Secret Krafty Klub, 

preorders start on February 1st and run through the 15th! 

 Again, pop on over to the KKS Friends FB Group for details!

Thanks so much for stopping in to visit me today!

Hugs and happy kraftin' :o)  D

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges #363 Your FAVorite Color

Happy weekend crafty friends and followers! 

Holy smokes it's been cold here in Montana this week!

Thursday morning the temp was -18 degrees.

That's right NEGATIVE 18 degrees and that's  

without the wind chill!

By the time I got home it had warmed up

to a balmy negagtive 8 degrees.

Brrrrrrrr!!!!  Brrrrr!!!! 

Once Christmas is past I start 

dreaming of spring and summer lol! 

Anyway...I'm so happy you are here to

visit me today!  I have a card to share with

you for the newest challenge at 

KRAFTIN' KIMMIE CHALLENGES!

The theme for challenge #363 is...

Use Your FAVORITE Color.  

I'm  not gonna tell you what my favorite 

color is because I'm fairly certain you

will easily figure it out (smiley face).
I used this month's KKS sketch for my layout
and the last of a couple pieces of paper from
an older Doodlebug Design valentine paper
pad stash that was my absolute favorite. 

This stamp and the one for the inside are both 

from the lovely Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps

clear set called "Love Story Sentiments".

I felt kind of funny making a Valentine's Day

already but then remembered that I had 

walked into Target on December 23rd and

they were starting to stock the shelves with Valentine's 

candy and cards already!  Good gracious :o) 

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

The Brown Sugar Challenge Blog #232 "Anything Goes"

4 Crafty Chicks Challenges #332 "Scrap Papers" and

Guest Designer call - which I am responding to :o)

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges #310 "Anything Goes"

The Crafter's Cafe Challenges #164 Monochromatic

Jo's Scrap Shack FFC#170 "anything goes"

I hope that you will come join us this week at Kraftin' Kimmie

and share your favorite color and creation with us!

  

Each month we choose one winner from all the challenges

to receive a $20 gift card to the Kraftin' Kimmie Shop!

 To give your mojo a little extra boost, we post a sketch each 

month that you can use on any of the Challenges. The sketch is up 

all month long and if you use it in ANY of our Challenges

during that month you will get an additional chance to WIN

a $20 store gift card! You do NOT have to use the sketch, 

it's just a little extra boost for your mojo if ya need it!  

Here is January's sketch...

You have until April 3rd at 11:55 pm EST to get your entries 
in for this week's challenge!

Have some krafty fun and join us this week!! 

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges #347 - CAS {Love you to the moon and bat}

Hello krafty peeps!

Time just keeps right on marching by and 

here it is the first weekend of September!

We have a great challenge for you this week

at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE CHALLENGES.

The theme is CAS (Clean and Simple).

I'm playing with the NEW stamp set 

from last month called TOTALLY WITCHIN'

which has this adorable little bat and sentiment

A pink bat you might ask?  Well...it's my 

favorite color and I thought it might be fun 

to use it in a way that doesn't say halloween :o)

Clean and Simple cards are not easy for me.

CAS designs usually don't have much for layers

layers or embellishments.  But since I just can't seem

to not have layers, I kept the lines of the layers

clean and was very scrimpy on the embellishments

(these swooshes were pulled out of my stash).  

Still lots of white space which is a CAS trait.

I think I did ok - do you? 

You can see some other awesome examples of 

CAS designs from the krafty girls.  Just

click HERE to go to the main blog and

then you can click on their photos to see.  

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
Addicted to Stamps and More! Challenge #209 - CAS
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges - Anything goes
Fussy and Fancy Challenge #171 - Let's Fly Away
Just Keep On Creating - September Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping in to visit me today!

Hugs! D

Bugaboo Stamps - Freebie Friday - Catch the Bug Challenges

Hello friends TGIF!!

Every Friday Jodie offers her crafty peeps a 

fabulous freebie digital image and the DT share our 

creations at Catch the Bug Challenges. 

This Friday it's an adorable and sweet little sock monkey.

The image is called "My Little Sock Monkey Flowers"

and you can find it in the Bugaboo Stamps store. 

Here's my card using it to share with you today.

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

4 Crafty Chicks #284 LOVE

613 Avenue Create #161 - Anything Goes w/option twist of 

Use Something from Your Stash (mine is the little red hearts)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges - Have a Heart

Ruby's Rainbow Challenge #122 - Anything Goes

Isn't he just adorable?!  He can be yours this week 

thanks to the generous Jodie.  Just pop on over to the Bugaboo 

Stamps store (link provided at the top of my post) and grab it!

Thanks for stopping in to visit me today! 

I hope you will go visit the other ladies too and see what 

they've made to share with you today. You won't be 

disappointed...I guarantee it :o)