Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Distress It!

Hello Krafty Friends. it's time for the latest challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. I am your Krafty hostess this week and my challenge for you is to DISTRESS IT! 

Grab your stamps (all are welcome) and create a NEW card, layout or altered item to match this week's theme. You can share it with us on Krafty Friends Facebook in our group (here) or link up over at the Kraftin' Kimmie blog. You have all week to play along and there is a chance to WIN $10 gift card to the KKS shop. If you do use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp on your project, you will double your chance to win.

Distressing is one of my favourite go to techniques. So many images and paper really work with distressing and there are many fun ways for you to distress. My go to distressing techniques are inking, fraying the edges of my paper and tearing portions of my paper.

Today I worked with our BBQ dude from the WILD AND CRAZY GUYS. This set was part of the May release. I distressed the edges and inked up all of the paper (Simple Stories Take a Hike) on my fun Father's day card.

On my image I tried to create the look of burnt paper. To do this I trimmed around the image with scissors, making sure that I was NOT straight with my cuts. I inked the edges with Vintage photo bringing the ink in a little from the edge of the paper. I then use black soot ink and ink just on the edge off the paper.

Here is a look at the inside of my card.

Grab you paper and stamps and play along with this week's DISTRESS IT challenge. Head over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps blog to see more about this week's challenge have look at some inspiration from my talented teammates.

Have you checked out the FRUGAL FRIDAY sales going on right now. There are dozens of stamps currently on sale, so you will want to check it out. The sale is only for the weekend.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a super Saturday!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps # 241 Furry Friends

I am joining the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps as a guest designer for the month of August! There is so many new krafty things happening for me this month. I can't wait!

Over on the Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge Blog it's time for another fun challenge. If you play along and submit your Krafty Kreation, you can WIN a $10 gift card to the shop.

This week Krafty Guest Lynn is hosting the challenge and it's called FURRY FRIENDS. Join this challenge by creating a card, scrapbook page or altered item with a Kraftin' Kimmie stamp or any other stamp which includes a furry friend. Ink up your stamps and let's get Krafty!

For my card I used sweet image called Fishin' Friends along with  paper from Simple Stories "Happy Camper" collection.

The image is coloured with Copic markers.

Inside my card I used a sentiment and image from another fun Kraftin' Kimmie set called Happy Camper.

You can find more inspiration by the Krafty Girls and Guests (ME) over at the Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge Blog. Join in the fun and play along.

This weekend there is an amazing FLASH promotion over at the store. By using the coupon code KCFREE, you will get FREE SHIPPING on your Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps purchases with no minimum orders. Grab your stamps, paper, mounting supplies and enjoy! The promotion runs until August 4th!

Have you heard about the new Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Krafty Friends Facebook group? Check out this fun group, share your Krafty work and have a great time with other Krafty Friends!

Thanks checking out my latest card. Happy Kraftin'!

Little Red Wagon # 231 - Make it Masculine

Yeah it's Wednesday! Not only is it the middle of the week it's also time for another fun challenge over at Little Red Wagon.

This week Jan is the Girlfriend on deck and she has a fabulous challenge and that is for us to "Make it Masculine".  I think that pretty straight forward with no further explanation required.

I love this challenge because for me making anything masculine is truly a challenge. Despite  growing up with 3 brothers and being a tomboy in my earlier years, I now struggle with cards for the men in my life.

Having two little girls for me it's all about princesses, fairies, flowers, pink and purple.....oh yeah and glitter!

For my card I dug into my stash and pulled out the most masculine paper I could find. To be honest my "stash" of masculine papers consists of maybe four 6x6 pads of paper. To go with the The Simple Stories "Take a Hike" paper, I found this stamp I bought a few years back and hadn't yet inked.

Nothing says manly like burlap and a bit of distressing.

The image is a wood mounted stamp from Whipper Snapper Designs called Fisherman.

Inside the card I used a few of the cute......I mean manly cut apart cards that are in the 6x6 paper pad. They work so well as embellishments for cards.

Are you up for joining our "Make it Masculine" challenge this week? Head over to the Little Red Wagon blog and check out the manly inspiration by the other Girlfriends, then link up your own project on the Little Red Wagon blog page. 

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card. Please come back soon. I have a lot of great projects coming up this month.

Tracy