Your Next Stamp - Sketch/Colour Challenge # 12

Welcome sketch and colour challenge #12 at Your Next Stamp. Twice each month there will be a new sketch or colour inspiration for you to play along with.

I played along with the sketch, although looking at my card now, I do see a couple of the fun colours for that side of the challenge too. I used a number of stamps and dies on my card this month. Can you spot them all?

I used the following on my card:

• Word Critters Spring Birds
• Stripe-tastic Rectangle die, cut twice and glued together to look like lattice 
• Fun with Squares die, cut and backed with clear plastic (crafty recycling) to look like a window
• Stitching Mark Circle Die
• Circle Die
• White Gumdrops (enamel dots)

The paper is from Kaiser Craft Spring Bloom collection.

For our sketch and colour challenge # 12 you have until April 30th (midnight) to play along. You can see more inspiration and link up your projects 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!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Preview: Day One - I {heart} Coffee!

Hello Krafty Friends. Did you know that it's preview week at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps? This is DAY ONE of the APRIL release and we are starting things off with something familiar. Today we are excited to share a variety of creations using the fabulous I {HEART} COFFEE stamp by artist Emilie Goulet. Some of the projects also feature some of the products that were available in the Coffee card kits.

The Coffee Card Kit was a big hit and you will be excited to know, the I{HEART} COFFEE stamp will be available on it's own, with this month's release (this weekend).

Today I am sharing a new project I created using the stamp, paper and embellishments in the card kit. I created a decorative box which holds 9 K-cups. The Spring Bloom paper from Kaiser Craft has so many great papers and was perfect for this box. This paper is available in the store. You can also find a number of amazing coffee theme embellishments in the store.

This box will be a great gift for a coffee loving friend. The box is really easy to make and would be great for a number of surprises.

There are a lot of tutorials out there for creating these boxes. I will see if I can put one together soon for the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps blog. This box measures around 5.75 inches square.

Now it's time for your to hop along and check out all of the fabulous projects from the other Krafty Girls and our amazing Guests. Remember to leave a comment on each of the blogs as you hop along. There will be one lucky winner drawn at random to WIN some Krafty $ to spend in the KKS store. Hop, comment and you may just WIN! The winners will be announced on Saturday at the release party.

All of the April release stamps will be available after the release party!

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

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

Tracy