Kraftin' Kimmie # 245 - Ships Ahoy/Water

Happy Saturday everyone. For some of us this is a long weekend so I know that means extra KRAFTY time for me!

Today on the Kraftin' Kimmie challenge blog we are having another fun challenge. This week Krafty Girl Becky is our host and her theme for this week is SHIPS AHOY/WATER!

Wanna play along? You have a chance to win a $10 gift card to the KK shop! Show us your stuff by creating a new card, scrapbook page or altered item. We'd love to see you use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp, however you can use any stamp that works for this theme. Grab you stamps and let's get KRAFTY!

Since I am in denial about this being the end of summer, I decided to go totally beachy with my card using the sweet Lulu from Totally Tubular. This set is currently on sale in the shop. Lulu is my absolute fav!

I had a lot of fun creating a fun beach scene using kraft card stock. I was able to use my Cricut (Simply Charmed) for the beach ball and bucket. The towel is coloured burlap rolled up (glued to keep it closed) and tied with a bow.

Inside the card I added the image of Lucas with one of this sets fun sentiments.

Head over to the Kraftin' Kimmie blog and check out the amazing and inspiring projects created by the Krafty Girls and Guests this week.

You can also check out all of this weeks Frugal Friday Special currently in the shop. You will find a lot of fabulous stamp sets on sale at 25-50% off. There are also a lot of amazing new 6x6 paper pads in the store. Check it out.

Thanks for dropping in and have a Super Saturday!

Tracy

Supplies

Image: Kraftin' Kimmie Totally Tubular

Paper: Pink Paislee Solstice

Die Cut: Cricut Simply Charmed cartridge

Other: DCWV Burlap, Glossy Accents, Jolee's Boutique EK Success Flip Flops, AC twine

Your Next Stamp Fun Friday Challenge

Time for another FUN FRIDAY challenge over at the Your Next Stamp Challenge Blog!

This week I was inspired by colours in the INSPIRATIONAL photo. I created a clean and simple (CAS) card because I really wanted to showcase the amazing Darling Diva Jade.

The lovely Jade is coloured with Copic markers. Getting the right look with black is always a challenge, however I think it turned out pretty well.

I love the sentiments with the set, so of course it's a lot of fun to use them on the card inside and out.

Head over the challenge blog to check out all of the details about this months challenge. Link up your project and you could be a YNS top pick, win a YNS gift certificate or the chance to be a guest designer. Check it out!

Have a fabulous Friday and happy crafting.

Tracy

Kraftin' Kimmie Wonderful Wednesday - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Welcome back to my second post.

Today over at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps it's time for another WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY challenge. These are great challenges because our Wednesday challenges are ANYTHING goes! Join us this week and get Krafty with your favourite Kraftin' Kimmie stamps.

Of course we do want everyone to play along with these challenges, so you are welcome to use any stamp you choose. Just make sure you are playing along by creating a NEW card, layout or altered item. You can enter your creation over at the Wonderful Wednesday post on the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge blog.

If playing along with the challenges wasn't fun enough at the end of the month one random winner will be chosen from all of the months Wonderful Wednesday submissions and they will receive a $20 gift card for the KK shop! That's worth playing for so let's get Krafty!

For my card this week, I used one of the images from the fun GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN stamp set.

To add a bit of girly bling, I added a wooden button from Maya Road covered with glitter. To do this I covered the button with teal ink and then ran it through my Xyron sticker maker. I then applied my favourite Glitter Ritz Micro fine glitter. The transparent (Cool Highlights) glitter is great because you can use any colour underneath. You can get many colours with just one bottle of glitter. I love this stuff!!! The paper on the card is from Doodlebug (Sugar Shoppe) which is available in the KK shop.

Thanks for dropping in today. Head over to the Kraftin' Kimmie challenge blog to check out more inspiration from the other Krafty Girls.

Have a Wonderful Wednesday and get Krafty!

Tracy

Supplies:

Image: Kraftin' Kimmie Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Paper: Doodlebug Sweet Shoppe

Other: Maya Road Wood button, Glitter Ritz Micro Fine Glitter.

Little Red Wagon # 252 Girl Power

Welcome back, I hope you are having a wonderful week so far. It's time for another fun challenge over at Little Red Wagon.

This week I am hosting and my challenge is called GIRL POWER!

I think with this challenge there will be a lot of room for interpretation. Whether you choose pink, frills, bling, distress, grungy, classy..........I think you get the idea. Make a new paper craft project (card, layout, altered item) that is for a girl, featuring a girl, about a girl. GOT IT!

For my card, my GIRL POWER is all about the SMART GIRL. I used a sweet digital stamp from Tiddly Inks called School Girl. I was inspired by my young daughter as she has been reading up a storm this summer. I am likely underestimating, however I would say she has read close to 12 books in the last 2 months.

The paper is from Simple Stories (Homespun). I distressed the edges with a distress tool and inked everything with Tim Holtz Vintage photo distress ink. I love using tags on my cards and layouts. I love these new Crate Paper Notes & Things tags. There are a few that have die cut words as the one used on my card.

Inside the card I used stamps from Kaiser Craft (Live Life) and My Favorite Things (It's a Sign). This card will be going to one of my students at work that will be returning to school.

Are you ready to show a little GIRL POWER! Join our challenge this week over at the Little Red Wagon blog. Don't forget to check out all of the inspiration the other Girlfriends are sharing.

Have a Wonderful Wednesday and happy crafting.

Tracy

Supplies:
Image: Tiddly Inks (digi) School Girl
Sentiment: Kaiser Craft Live Life, My Favorite Things It's A Sign
Paper: Simple Stories Homespun
Other: Crate Paper Notes & Things (tag), Maya Road Wood button

Your Next Stamp August Feature

Hello everyone, it's time for the Your Next Stamp monthly special event and today we are featuring images by CORY.

I created a card using the adorable SILLY MONSTERS set. There are 4 fun monsters in this great set along with 6 sentiments. Here is the birthday card I created.

My monsters are coloured with Copic markers. The paper is 'What a Wonderful Day'  from Fancy Pants.

Inside my card I added 2 more sentiments and re-stamped one of these great monsters.

Check out the Your Next Stamp blog for all of the feature projects. Leave a comment at the blog for a chance to win a prize!

Thanks for dropping by and come back soon. Have a super crafty day!

Tracy

Kraftin' Kimmie Wonderful Wednesday

Welcome back for my second post of today!

It's time for another WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY challenge over at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. Do you wanna know what is so wonderful about these Wednesday Challenges????? Well these fun challenges are ANYTHING GOES!!! So grab your Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, ink'er up and get KRAFTY!

Of course Kimmie and the Krafty Girls want everyone to be able to play along with their challenges so you are welcome to use any stamp you choose. Make a NEW card, layout or altered item, with any theme and enter your creation over at the Wonderful Wednesday post on the Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge blog.

At the end of the month one random winder will be chosen from the Wonderful Wednesday submissions for the month and they will receive a $20 gift card to the shop! Definitely worth playing for right?

For my card this week I am using the adorable Lulu from the newest Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps release called Hey There, Punkin! I love this image and wanted it as my focal point so I kept the card very clean and simple.

Isn't Lulu just the cutest? I coloured this super sweet image with Copic markers.

Inside the card I have a couple of the sweet sentiments from this set and I added the adorable Lexi showing off her homemade pie.

Head over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge blog and check out more inspiration from the other Krafty Girls and Guest for this weeks Wonderful Wednesday Challenge!

Have a super Krafty day!

Tracy

Little Red Wagon # 251 - Confetti

Welcome back for another fun challenge over at Little Red Wagon. This week Jayne is hosting and she is challenging us to use CONFETTI on our creations!

Today I am using sequins to create my confetti. I have lots sequins in my stash but I struggle to use this fun embellishment.

I kept my background white to show off my sequins and ran the background paper through my Cuttlebug using one of my favourite embossing folders (Cricut Spots & Dots).

I die cut the HELLO (MFT) from card stock that coordinated with the sequin from Studio Calico.

Thank you for dropping in and I hope that you will play along with this week's CONFETTI challenge at Little Red Wagon. Link up your projects at the blog and while you are there check out the projects by the other Girlfriends.

Have a fabulous and crafty day!

Tracy

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps August Release Blog Hop

I have been having a great time as a Krafty Guest this month. I really hope that you have been enjoying all of the projects for the August release at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. I think I am officially excited for Halloween and I may just get a bit of a head start on some cards, decorations and treat containers.

Today we are back with a Kraft Blog Hop to celebrate this amazing new release. Join the Krafty Girls and Guests as we share and hopefully inspire you with these amazing NEW stamps. This week we have previewed a lot of SPOOKTACULAR stamps from all of the talents artists. There is an adorable new fall kids set from Cheryl called HEY THERE, PUNKIN'! There's a new set of fabulous trick or treaters from Thais called CANDY CORN KISSES! And of course, there are TWO new WICKED stamp sets from Annie called....DRAGON QUEEN and VAMPIRE QUEEN!

I am excited to share my card with you for today's release BLOG HOP. I love the CANDY CORN KISSES stamp set and created a card with the BOO-tiful Frankenstein's Bride! I wanted to show Halloween is not only about the orange and black and decided to make PINK the new orange for the upcoming fall season! The paper if from a fabulous Carta Bella set called Paris Girl.

My lil' trick or treater is heading out for her candy in style. The image is coloured with Copic markers and I gave her green boots a bit of flair by adding micro fine glitter from Glitter Ritz. To add a bit of ambiance I die cut the chandelier (Cricut Pretty Pennants) out of black card stock then painted it with Tim Holtz distress paint (brushed pewter). The die cut around the image is also a Cricut cut (Elegant Edges). Of course it wouldn't be complete without a few lovely flowers (Recollections) and the cheesecloth. Who knew a simple kitchen item could work so well on a card.

Of course I have also decorated the inside of my card adding a couple of the sentiments from the Candy Corn Kisses set, paper pennants and my first chandelier (which was a bit too big for the front of the card).

Now it's time to continue hoppin' along and checking out the other FANG-TASTIC creations by the rest of the BOO-tiful Krafty Girls and Guests. Remember to leave a comment on each of the blogs on this hop because some lucky stamper will win a $25 gift card!!!

After you are done the HOPPIN' then head over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Shop where you can do a bit of SHOPPIN'. All of the new images are now available! If you just have to have all of the stamps from this new release (you know you want 'em) check out the Gimmie Kimmie Kits which feature all of the new August stamps at a discount price! These kits are limited time only.

Have a super sweet Sunday and happy hopping' (and shoppin').

Tracy

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - August Preview Day 3 - Candy Corn Kisses

I hope you have been enjoying our preview week at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. I have definitely enjoyed creating with these fabulous stamps. Although I am not ready for the end of Summer, this release has me excited about the fall and Halloween.

Today we are back with day 3 of the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps August new release previews. Today we are featuring a sweet treat and these are images from the artist Thais Narciso. This fun set is call CANDY CORN KISSES!

Since today is Saturday that also means it's time for a new challenge. Peggy is hosting the Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge and her theme is ANYTHING GOES! Create a card, scrapbook page or altered item. You can use any companies image, HOWEVER if you use a Kraftin' Kimmie image you will double your chances to win. Sound fun? Of course it does. Remember to show off your Krafty designs over at the KKS blog. If you play along you have a chance to WIN a $10 gift certificate to use in the shop!

On my card today I am featuring our sweet Frankenstein as he heads out to score some candy.

I used Halloween paper from K & Company and created the candy filled bag by cutting down to size a brown paper bag. The mini paper bag was crinkled it up a bit, distressing with brown ink and then twine was added for the handles. As for the candy, well those are actual pieces of candy bar wrappers. Yummy. The things I do in the name of creativity! The black stars are Doodlebug and the fence die is from Your Next Stamp.

Of course the inside is decorated also. I love the sentiments with this set and I was able to use 3 of the 9 on my card.

Thanks for checking out my latest card using the super sweet CANDY CORN KISSES. Below you will see all of the Krafty Girls and Guests that have projects to show off. Hop along and enjoy all the fabulous eye candy. You will be amazed! Don't forget to leave everyone a bit of love while you hop. We always enjoy reading your comments and by leaving a comment for each of the designers you could win some Krafty $$ to spend in the store! Winners will be announce at the party.

PARTY

Join the online release party on Facebook at 6:00 pm EDT TONIGHT!!! Hang out with Kimmie and the Krafty Girls and Guests. Lots of fun, excitement and prizes!

Have a Spooktacular Saturday and Happy Hoppin'!

Tracy

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - August Preview Day 2 Vampire and Dragon Queen

Welcome back to DAY 2 of the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps August new release previews. Today we are showing off TWO freaky fab new Moonlight Whispers stamp sets by Annie Rodrigue! These sets are truly SPOOK-TACULAR and you are going to love the the wicked new VAMPIRE QUEEN and DRAGON QUEEN!

Today I worked with the biting beauty VAMPIRE QUEEN!

Do you enjoy creating Halloween themed projects? I do for sure! I love creating Halloween cards and projects and the Vampire queen is truly FANG-TASTIC and fun to work with!

To create that spooky feel for my card, I used paper from We R Memory Keepers Black Widow collection along with flowers (Recollections) and the fun key and keyhole charms (Beading Landing). Everything was distress and inked with vintage photo distress ink. Cheese cloth was a perfect accent and this time I used a bit of water down black paint to grunge up the cloth.

The image is coloured with Copic markers.

Here is a peek at the inside of my card.

Now it's time for you to check out all of the Krafty Girls that are showing off their Kreepy Krafty Kreations featuring the VAMPIRE AND DRAGON QUEENS. The list is below. While you are visiting the blogs please be sure to leave some lovely comments at each of your stops. We love to hear from you and there will be a lucky WINNER who will some $$ to the Kraftin' Kimmie shop.

The stamps from the August release will be available on Saturday night at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop. Join us Saturday night for the ONLINE release party (starts at 6:00 pm EST) as we celebrate this SPOOKTACULAR release. Games, prizes and you get to hang out with Kimmie, the Krafty Girls and Guests! What could be more fun than that?

Have a Freakin' Fabulous Friday and happy hoppin'!!!!

Tracy

Your Next Stamp - Fun Friday!

Today I am please to be sharing my first Fun Friday post for Your Next Stamp.

You can find all of the details about the YNS Fun Friday challenges on the challenge blog. Each month you will see a new sketch

or photo inspiration

You can use one, both (just not neither ha ha) and create a project to share at YNS.

I used Dance Fhiona and created a card inspired by both the sketch and the colours from the inspirational photo. I love purple, however purple paper seems to be a rare item in my collection. I was very lucky to have found this paper collection from Wild Rose Studio (Bella). It goes so well with the sweet Fhiona!

The image is coloured with Copic Markers. I added a small amount of Glitter Ritz fine glitter to the heart.

Inside my card I was able to use some of my scraps of patterned paper and card stock. I added a portion of the adorable Fhiona image and this beautiful sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will create a project to join in using this months sketch or inspirational photo. You could win a $20 YNS gift certificate.  Please check out the current challenge over at the Your Next Stamp challenge blog.

Come back soon and have a FUN FRIDAY!!!

Tracy

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - August Preview Day 1 Hey There, Punkin!

I am super excited to be sharing with you day one of the August Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps new release previews. Today we are showing off a cute fall set from the talented artist Cheryl Grant called HEY THERE, PUNKIN'! This adorable set features those sweet kids Lexi, Lulu and Lucas along with 9 coordinating sentiments!

Hop along today and visit all of the Krafty Girls and Guests listed below as we show off our projects for this amazing stamp set from Cheryl. While you are visiting please leave a comment because Kimmie is giving away a gift card! You could win from Krafty $$$ to spend in the shop. Winners will be announced at the release party on Saturday.

For my card I am featuring our fang-tastic trick or treating vampire Lucas and his little dog! The paper is an Halloween collection from K& Co. 

The image is coloured with Copic marker and I created dimension by paper piecing portions of the images.

I love to decorate the inside of my cards. For this card I re-stamped a portion of the image and added a few of the fun sentiments from this set.

Thanks for stopping by to see today's peeks of HEY THERE, PUNKIN'! Join us again tomorrow for day 2 of our August release previews.

Release Party 
Join the online release party Saturday August 16th at 6:00 pm (EST) (Facebook). Join the fun and excitement and of course the prizes. Join the Krafty Girls and Guests as we celebrate this sweet release!

Happy Hoppin'

Tracy

Little Red Wagon & Kraftin Kimmie Stamp

It's Wednesday and once again time for a couple of fun challenges at Little Red Wagon and Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

This week for our Little Red Wagon Challenge Rosanne issuing the orders and her challenge is BIRTHDAY! I think that's pretty straightforward. To play along create a birthday theme project and submit over at Little Red Wagon.

You can also join the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Wonderful Wednesday Challenge. They are ANYTHING GOES and because Kimmie and the Krafty Girls want everyone to be able to play along you can use any stamp. Just create a NEW project (card, layout, altered item and join in the fun!) and submit it (until August 12th at Midnight) at the Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge blog. At the end of the month one random winner will be chosen from the submissions and receive a $20 gift card to the shop.

For this weeks card I am using Dance for Joy stamp from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. I kept my card fairly simple and worked with an older paper from my stash by My Mines Eye called Fine & Dandy.

The image is coloured with Copic Markers. I also added Glitter Ritz micro fine glitter to her dress.

Here is a look at the decorated inside of the card.

I hope you will join us at Little Red Wagon for this weeks BIRTHDAY challenge. Link up your projects over at the blog and remember to check out the fabulous projects that the other Girlfriends have created.

You can also check out the Kraftin' Kimmie Wonderful Wednesday challenge. You will find more details and inspiration from the Krafty Girls and Guests at the challenge blog!

Come back soon. Have a wonderful Wednesday.

Tracy