Your Next Stamp June DT Dare

It's time for the May Your Next Stamp Design Team Dare challenge! Each month the design team is given a special challenge to help show off the new stamps and dies released each month.

For the month of June our challenge theme is celebrating Upsy Daisy Day meaning we are making a card that's uplifting and will cheer someone up!

This month, I have enjoyed making shaker cards for our new release. Who doesn't love a fun shaker card to make you smile. All that pretty coloured confetti flying around inside the sweet heart cut out. For my card, I used the Fairytale Homes, along with the Stitched Rectangle and Stripe-tastic Heart die. The sentiment is from Waddles Gardening fun!

The confetti inside the shaker came from the Cool Tag Three die set.

Head over to the Your Next Stamp blog and look for the June DT dare post. Leave a comment on that post and there is a chance that you could WIN a stamp set of your choice!

Have a wonderful and crafty day!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Fairytale Homes, Waddles Gardening Fun (sentiment)
Dies: Stitched Rectangles die, Stripe-tastic Heart Die, Cool Tag Three (confetti)
Paper: Echo Park Bundle of Joy

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps April Previews Day Two: Whimsical Gnomes

Hello Krafty friends and welcome to day two of previews for the April release at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

Today we have a cute set today from Artist Becky Pearce called WHIMSICAL GNOMES!

I just love that cute little Gnome girl, so for this card I really wanted her to be the star of the card! I kept my design clean and simple, which wasn't easy to do. I really had to work hard to walk away leaving all that white space. How about you, do you feel the need to fill in your white space?

Here is a look at the inside of the card.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Whimsical Gnomes  Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps
Paper: Echo Park Bundle of Joy and Birthday Wishes
Dies: YNS Stitched Rectangle

Now it's time for you to hop along and check out all of the fabulous creations from the other Krafty Girls and our amazing guests. Leave a comment on each of the blogs as you hop along today. There will be one lucky winner selected from all of the comments this week to win some Krafty $ to spend in the KKS store.

Release Party
Join Kimmie and the Krafty Girls as we party and celebrate the April release. The party will be on the Facebook events page (HERE) on Saturday April 16th at 2:00 pm (EST). Hope to see you there!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Preview: Day Four - Welcome to the World (Plus a Challenge)

Welcome back to day FOUR of our Jul previews for Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. I am a wee bit excited about today's preview. 

Today we are featuring a darling little set by Cheryl Grant called WELCOME TO THE WORLD. These baby stamps are sweet, cute and a perfect way to complement those always needed new baby or baby shower cards.

Since it's Saturday and a release preview day, we are also excited to present a new ANYTHING GOES challenge. Create a new project (card, scrapbook page or altered item) and share it with us on the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps blogor on our Krafty Friends Facebook page. All stamps are welcome, however if you use a Kraftin' Kimmie stamp you will double your chance for the weekly prize of a $10 gift certificate to use in the shop.

The paper is Bundle of Joy from Echo Park.

Decorating the inside is a great way to to continue the theme of your card and to use up some of your scrap papers.

Thanks for joining us for our previews of WELCOME TO THE WORLD. 

Enjoy the rest of our final preview hop. I hope you are excited about tonight's release. Remember to leave your comments along the way. You will have a chance to WIN some Krafty $ to spend in the store.

All of the July stamps will be available TONIGHT after the release party.

Facebook Release Party

Join Kimmie, the Krafty Girls, Guests and our Krafty friends as we party and celebrate the July release. The party will be on the Facebook events page (here) on Saturday July 11th at 6:00 pm (EST). Hope to see you there.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a wonderful and Krafty day!

Your Next Stamp - May Feature Day

Welcome to the May YOUR NEXT STAMP feature post. Each month the design team posts creations to inspire you, using specific themes or stamps. This month, we are showing off projects that are based on a CASE of one of our fellow design team members.

This is not as easy as it seems. My team-mates are so talented, that I couldn't decide which wonderful card to case! I finally settle on a recent card by Angel from the May release. She used Maki a Wish. You can see her original post for this card (here)!

Angel's Card I cased!

I had fun playing around with Angel's card design. I used the DINO-MITE stamps along with the matching die and showcased the cute dinosaur using the STITCHING CIRCLE DIE. In place of the GUMDROPS (enamel dots) I used the MINI INK SPLATTER stamp.

The paper is Bundle of Joy (Boy) from Echo Park. The dino image is coloured with Copic Markers.

Here is a look at the inside of the card

PRIZE ALERT

Head over to to the YNS blog to see all of the DT members sharing projects for today's feature. Leave a comment on the blog post for the May feature and you will have a chance to win a prize.  One lucky stamper will win a YNS stamp set of their choice!

Thanks for stopping by today and have a super crafty day!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Baby Shower

Hello Krafty Friends. it's time for the latest challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. Krafty Girl STEPHANIE is our fab hostess and her challenge is called BABY SHOWER.

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.

Since we starting a new month of challenges, that also means a new sketch. The sketch is a option and can be used all month. Not only is it great inspiration, it also gives you an extra chance to win

You have until May 8th at 11:55 EST to play along with the week's challenge.

For my card this week, I inked up the adorable panda from Wild About You. I managed to keep the card CAS using paper from Echo Park Bundle of Joy.

SALE
Head over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps shop to see all of the AMAZING deals. Kimmie is celebrating NATIONAL SCRAPBOOKING DAY by putting over 50 stamps sets on sale from 25%-50% off. It's only while supplies last, so don't waste any time!

SPRING SELFIE CROP
On May 9th, Kimmie and the Krafty girls are celebrating with a spring crop. Some of us will be enjoying a crop at Kraftin' Kimmie HQ and those that can't be with us are welcome to join in with our online crop. You can check out the Facebook event page (here).

Have a super and crafty day!

Your Next Stamp March DT Dare / Little Red Wagon (Cute)

Wow, it sure has been a busy couple of crafty weeks for me. Last week we had our March release for Your Next Stamp. Did you enjoy all the fun new stamps and dies? I just love the new ADORKABLE stamp, and all of the SPRINKLES stamps are super sweet.

Today, I am starting the day off multi-tasking, with a card for the Your Next Stamp DT dare and this week's Little Red Wagon Challenge.

DT Dare:
This month our challenge for the dare was to use stripes or polka dots. I decided to cover the DARE off fully and went with both.

Little Red Wagon:
This week Jan is hosting at Little Red Wagon and her challenge is called CUTE, CUTE, CUTE. Well that I can do for sure. I think this sweet YNS image will fit the cute category really well.

For my egg-stra CUTE card, I used the SPRINKLES HAPPY EASTER stamp from Your Next Stamp. The sweet image is showcased using the Journal Card Scallop Insert Die also from YNS.

The fabulous dots and stripes are found in the new Echo Park Bundle of Joy 6x6 paper pad.

On the inside of my card, I added a few of the fun sentiments and the second stamp image from this CUTE set.

Head over to the Your Next Stamp blog and check out the DT DARE post for this month. Comment on the post for a chance to WIN a prize. You will also see more amazing creations from my fellow YNS DT girls.

If you are working on a few CUTE, CUTE, CUTE creations of your own, hop on over to the Little Red Wagon blog and share your project. While you are visiting, stop over and check out the CUTE creations from the other Girlfriends.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a wonderful and crafty day!

Tracy

Your Next Stamp Design Team Series: Q & A

Hello everyone, I am hosting over on the YOUR NEXT STAMP blog where we having a little "getting to know" you for the DT gals. You can head over and check out my Q & A and learn about one of my favourite colour combos.

Here is the card I created using some of my go to colours and the sweet ELLIE LOVES LATTE stamp. I also added some chocolate gumdrops and brown twine and new Echo Park paper call Bundle of Joy A New Addition.

Inside of the card I used the WHATNOT SENTIMENTS THREE and the birthday sentiment from JESSICA WITH CUPCAKES.

Thanks for joining me today.

Have a fabulous and crafty day friends.

Tracy

Your Next Stamp Sketch/Colour Challenge # 7

Today I am excited to be back sharing out card for the Your Next Stamp Sketch/Colour challenge # 7.

Every two weeks we have another amazing SKETCH:

and COLOUR challenge for you to play along with.

Today I slightly adapted the sketch and created birthday card using the DINO-MITE stamp and Die. The too cute paper is called Bundle of Joy from Echo Park. I added a few Cotton Candy blue gumdrops for a bit of contrast by my sentiment.

Here is a look at my Copic coloured Dino.

and finally for the inside of my card.

You have until February 19th (midnight) to play along with challenge # 7. You can see more inspiration and link up your project over at Your Next Stamp.

One random participant will WIN a $15 gift card to the YNS store. However, if you feature a YNS stamp or die (must be the main focal point) you will receive and additional $5. Oh yeah! When you use a YNS image there is also a chance of being selected as a YNS Top Pick. That's right, bragging rights for you and a fabulous badge to show off on your blog! Sounds exciting right? Ink up your stamps and show us your crafty stuff!

Have a fabulous and crafty Friday friends!

Tracy