Kraftin' Kimmie Wonderful Wednesday Challenge - Mermaid Friends & Oceans of Love

Happy Wednesday crafty friends and followers!

I'm not sure if I think this week is going by slowly or too fast.

 Too fast for all the crafty projects I want to get done

and too slow for the weekend to be here - LOL.

But here's the best news about today...it's time

for another fun Wonderful Wednesday challenge

at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE!!  

The theme as it always is for the Wednesday challenges

is ANYTHING GOES!  Who doesn't like that right?!

You can make any type of project with any theme 

and use any stamp or crafty medium you wish.

Just have fun with it and share it with us for an 

opportunity to win some Krafty $ to spend in the 

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps store - whoo hoo!!

My card today uses one of the brand newest 

stamps from the beautiful MERMAID FRIENDS

and a sentiment from OCEANS OF LOVE (currently

sold out but will be back soon) - take a look:

I've been seeing the use of vellum a lot lately so I thought

I'd pull some out of my stash and play with it at bit

Those waves are actually the puffy cloud border dies from

Your Next Stamp.  I think it turned out kind of fun ;o).

I used the sketch from MOJO Monday #449 this week

(as you can see I flipped the orientation of it though)

for the layout.  I also wanted to play along with 

the current challenge at 613 Avenue Create #177

which is Anything Goes w/optional twist of  

Create your Own Challenge Series.  I used

the A2 Card type, Thinking of you as the event, and 

gold/metallic and sequins for the trends part of the challenge.

I would also like to enter this in these challenges too:

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards Challenges #109 - Just Us Girls 

{PIN}spirational Challenges #166 - Anything goes

Hope you will consider joining us this week at KKS.

There are some more lovely creations from my 

sweet and talented Krafty Girls teammates -

go check them out too.  You'll be glad you did!

So that's it for me today. I'm sure glad you stopped 

in to visit me!  Hope your Wednesday is great and it

goes by as fast or as slow as you like it to :o)

Til next time...krafty hugs! D

Card for a Strong Woman {Rebuild Herself - Unity Stamp Co}

Hello friends hope you are doing well.

I've been a bit behind in creating and blogging lately
due to a trip to see my son and his lovely lady in Wisconsin

and then catching up like crazy when I got back to work.

  I'm hoping this next week will be smoother and craftier  :o) 

Today I'm sharing a card I made for a co-worker who

is going through a very tough time.  

The stamp and sentiment are from a kit at Unity Stamp Co.

called "Rebuild Herself".  I used copic markers and 

used softer colors than I usually do and stamped the image

in brown instead of black ink.  I really like the way it looks. 

My co-worker loved it too and said it touched her heart.

That's what really made me happy! 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

The Brown Sugar Challenge Blog #199 - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Challenges #325 - anything goes
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges #278 - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping in to visit me today.
Til next time...hugs and happy crafting! D

Humor Me Wednesday "National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day" - Catch the Bug Challenges

Oh hello! Thanks for being here to visit me today!

It's hump day and Humor Me Wednesday
at Catch The Bug Challenges as well.

This week has lots of fun holidays that you might 

not be aware of.  For example did you know there

is a National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day?
No? Well it was Monday May 15th. 

I didn't know but I'm super excited for a reason to

celebrate this holiday because I love, love, love

chocolate chip cookies!  Really I LOVE cookies

of all kinds but I especially love chocolate chip ones! 

In fact they are my all time favorite dessert! 

I used a sweet digital image, sentiment  

and matching digital paper from
Card Kit - KIDZ Cookie 

for my card today - take a look:

Thanks for stopping in to visit me today!

Go have a chocolate chip cookie when you get a

chance!  I know I will :o)  Hugs! D

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps May Release Blog Hop!

Hello krafty friends!  Do you have a favorite drink

ready to enjoy while you hop along with us today 

at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE 

while we show you a final day of the amazing

NEW clear stamps of May? 

Have you  had a favorite so far? 

That's a tough one to answer for me as

I love every one of them this month. 

Well whether you have a favorite or love them all, 

ALL of these amazing new sets are now available

and in the store for you to snatch up.

My card today uses another one of artist Annie's 

gorgeous mermaids called Treena Twinkles:

I uused some more of my favorite Doodlebug
Patterned papers and the sketch from
MOJO Monday #447 for inspiration.

I'd like to enter this in the following challenge:
613 Avenue Create #176 Anything Goes

I hope you enjoy the hop today.
The Krafty Girls always have some
fabulous inspiration to share with you.
Sea you soon! Hugs D

Kraftin' Kimmie May New Release Sneak Peeks DAY FOUR and Anything Goes Challenge

Oh hooray it's the weekend and time

for an ANYTHING GOES challenge 

as well as another sneak peek of 

the NEW May stamp sets from

KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS!

By now I'm pretty sure that you've caught on to

the underwater and fantasy theme of this month.

So Awesome - am I right?!! 

Here's another set that I absolutely adore!
It's called "OCEANS OF LOVE" by artist Becky Pearce
it's Fin-tastic and I am in LOVE with it for sure!

There are so many sweet little images that you can put together 
and mix and match to create amazing scenes! 
Plus six kraken coordinating sentiments for a total 
of TWENTY ONE amazing stamps!

 I will be using this one for a long time!

Here's my card using this sweet set:

I used my rolling hills dies to create the waves.  The colorful

seaweed floor was created by stamping the little plant stamp

first in green then in orange and finally pink.  I did a lot of 

fussy cutting but thankfully these images were pretty easy to

do this with.  Oh hey...I just realized that I didn't use a stitch

of patterned paper on this card. That's very rare! But I was

just having so much fun stamping the bubbles and seaweed 

that I didn't even notice :o).  

All of the new May clear stamp sets will be released this afternoon! 

Be sure to join us at the LIVE Online Release Party

 beginning at 2pm EST! Come join us to help celebrate 

the new release, check out lots of krafty kreations, have a chance to 

win some prizes and just have fun with Kimmie and the Krafty Girls! 

Hope to see you there!

Sketch Saturday #412

Happy weekend friends and followers!

 Welcome to another week at Sketch Saturday.

This week we have an amazing sponsor... 

Simon Says Stamp!

The Sketch Challenge Prize is a super generous 

$25.00 to spend in the 

Simon Says Stamp Store

Here is sketch #412

and here is my card using it

This is a brand spankin' new stamp set by

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps called "Oceans of Love"

(available after 3pm EST today).  

I used some of my favorite patterned papers

from Doodlebug Design - aren't they fun?!

Please go check out the other creations from the
Sketch Saturday gals - you'll be glad that you did!
I hope you will join us this week too!
Til next time...hugs and happy crafting! D

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps May Sneak Peeks DAY THREE

Hello!  It's DAY THREE of the May

release sneak peeks for the NEW clear stamps

at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS!

Did you think we were done with the MERMAIDS??? Nope!!
 Today we are sharing previews featuring a set that I KNOW
will make a splash! We're so excited to share the new set of fin-tastic
images by artist Emilie Goulet called MERMAID FRIENDS!

The 4x4 clear stamp set features two beautiful mermaids
with their water-ful friends PLUS five awesome sentiments!
They're such fun!

For my creation today I wanted to use watercolors 

and create what I hope looks like an underwater image

take a look and let me know what you think!

I embossed this lovely mermaid first and then 

watercolored over the entire panel with distress inks.

After it  had dried a little I washed out some of 

the color from the mermaid and fish and then added

some other colors.  As a last touch I added some

shimmer to her tail using Wink of Stella clear pen

and some Stickles glitter glue on her hair pin.  

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

Creative Card Crew #112 Anything Goes

All of the new May clear stamp sets will be released this weekend! 

 Be sure to join us on Saturday at the LIVE Online Release Party 

beginning at 2pm EST! Come join us to help celebrate 

the new release, check out lots of krafty kreations, have a chance 

to win some prizes and just have fun 

with Kimmie and the Krafty Girls! Hope to see you there!