Your Next Stamp Colour/Sketch Challenge # 23

Welcome to our sketch and colour challenge #23 at Your Next Stamp. Each challenge includes a sketch and colour options to inspire you.

Create a project based on the sketch and/or the colour combination. If you are working with the colours use at least 3 of the colours and you can add only neutrals.
 
Sketches are a great source of inspiration. When I use a sketch, unless I am really stuck, I try to challenge myself to make that sketch my own. Whether is using different shapes, images or orientations, sketches are so much fun.

For this challenge I used the sketch with only a few of my personal alterations. I inked up the super cute Hammie Coffee and Tea cutting the image out using the matching die. I then add a little splatter using the Mini Ink Splatter.

The paper is Basic Grey Hipster. I really love the already distressed look of this paper. It  works well for a coffee themed card.

Here is a look at the inside of the card.

Supplies Used:
Stamp: Hammie Coffee and Tea and Mini Ink Splatter (Your Next Stamp)
Dies: Hammie Coffee and Tea, Circle (Your Next Stamp)
Paper: Basic Grey Hipster

For our sketch and colour challenge # 23 you have until October 1, 2015 (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. If you feature a YNS stamp or die (must be the main focal point) you will receive and additional $5. 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 - Holiday Scrappy Challenge!

Hello Krafty Friends!

I am excited to share a fun project for our new KRAFTY SCRAPPIN' challenges at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

These challenges are a lot of fun and give you the chance to use your stamps in different ways. Your creations can be ANYTHING you would like to create but NOT a card! That leaves a lot of room for creativity, including calendar, planner pages, bookmarks, pocket pages and traditional scrapbook pages. You MUST use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp for this challenge! You have all month to play along, so grab some stamps, pictures and let's get KRAFTY!

This month our challenge theme is HOLIDAYS!

I love traditional scrapbooking. My husband is our family photographer and I always find he takes so many amazing pictures, that I can never decide which ones to use. To avoid getting too many pages for my layouts, I like to combine my traditional scrapbook page, along with a pocket page or two.

I created this layout a while back, however I am not sure I ever shared it on my blog. For this challenge, I added a pocket page for my 4x6 photos and created a few journaling cards.

I loved the Simple Stories December Documented Collection. I tried to made my 12x12 page look a little like my baking area after I have been busy.

I created two journal cards for my page and used one of the lovely 4x6 cards that are part of the December Documented collection.

The first journaling card includes a sentiment from the September release Magic of Christmas sentiment set. I heat embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder.

For my second journaling card, I used the Made By Elves set, colouring up the sweet baker elf. I included on this journal card one of my favourite treats which I make for my family every year.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you take a little time over the next month to join our HOLIDAY themed SCRAPPY challenge.

Here is a little reminder about KRAFTY SCRAPPIN' challenges:

1. Create any scrap page, project life layout or pocket page cards, altered item etc. Just NOT a CARD!
2. MUST use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp to be entered into the drawing.
3. You have a month to play. Enter as many times as you like.
4. Prizes!!!! Once we have reached 5 entries, we will draw a random winner.
5. You have until Monday October 19th @ 9:00 EST to enter.
6. Share your Krafty creations in our Krafty Friends Facebook group.

Have a fabulous and SCRAPPY day!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps September Release Blog Hop

Welcome to the KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS September release blog hop. Let's get comfy, grab your favourite drink and enjoy the hop.

I always enjoy that magical time of the month where we Krafty Girls get to show you the amazing new stamps. These stamps are always fun and exciting to work with, however this month was even more amazing as the stamps are now CLEAR! This is very exciting. I do love the rubber stamps, however these new CLEAR stamps have me giddy with excitement! 

Today on the hop you will see amazing Krafty Creations featuring all of the stamps from this month's release. We started off the previews with the fabulous new sentiment set by Krafty Girl and Artist Becky Pearce called the MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS.

Our next set was from the fabulous Cheryl Grant featuring those sweet kids Lexi, Lulu and Lucas along with a couple of their furry friends. This cute set is called ANGEL VOICES.

Then we shared a darling set of elves from the amazing Emilie Goulet called MADE BY ELVES.

Finally we shared 3 beautiful sets from the super talented Annie Rodrigue, called FROSTY FRIENDS, HOLIDAY STYLE and HOLLY JOLLY.

I just adore the fun elves in the MADE BY ELVES set. For my hop card, I inked up the fun baker elf. I used paper from American Crafts called Holiday and embellished with a few Dress it up buttons (cookie cutter) and Doodlebug Sprinkles.

Here is a look at the inside of the card.

I hope you are enjoying all of the projects featured in our September Release blog hop. There is a lot of inspiration today and this hop features all of the images from this amazing release.

If you haven't already done so, head over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps store. All of the new stamps are now available. If you just love it all (like me), check out the Gimmie Kimmie Kits which feature all of the images from the September release at a discount. These are for a limited time only. You will want to check out the store and see all of the other goodies (paper, mounting supplies, embellishments) you can get. 

Did you hear about the amazing LIMITED edition Super Sized Holiday Kard Kit? This amazing kit is now available featuring an exclusive stamp designed by artist Emilie Goulet called NO PEEKING. You can find that in the store now. There are only 50 kits available and once they are gone, they are gone! You can see more details about the kits and what is in them and information on shipping on the Kard Kit event page (here).

Thanks for stopping in and have a wonderful day!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Preview: Day Four - Holiday Style (plus a challenge)

Welcome back to day FOUR of our September previews for Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. I really hope that you have been enjoying all the fabulous new CLEAR holiday stamps.

Today we have three amazing sets from artist Annie Rodrigue. These beautiful holiday images are called HOLIDAY STYLE, FROSTY FRIENDS and HOLLY JOLLY.

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 blog or 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.

Here is a look at my card featuring the HOLIDAY STYLE set. The gorgeous papers are My Minds Eye Cozy Christmas.

Inside of the card, I again used the fabulous MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS sentiment set.

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

All of the September release stamps and a Super Sized Holiday Kard Kit will be available tonight after the release party! You can check out the Kard Kit event page (here) to find out more about this amazing kit. 

Facebook Release Party

Join Kimmie and the Krafty Girls as we party and celebrate the September release. The party will be on the Facebook events page (here) tonight, Saturday September 19th at 6:00 pm (EST). Hope to see you there.

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

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Preview: Day Three - Made By Elves

Hello Krafty friends! Welcome back the third day of the September release previews at at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

Today we are featuring the darling set by artist Emilie Goulet called MADE BY ELVES.

Here is a look at my adorable decorating elf. I used the new Doodlebug Sugarplums paper along with the coordinating Sprinkles and Washi tape.

On the inside of the card, I added another of the elf images from this set and included one of the lovely sentiments from the earlier previewed MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS sentiment set.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Made By Elves, Magic of Christmas (Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps)
Paper: Doodlebug Sugarplums
Other: Christmas Assortment Sprinkles and Christmas Candy Stripe washi tape from Doodlebug
 

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

All of the September release stamps and a Super Sized Holiday Kard Kit will be available Saturday night after the release party! You can check out the Kard Kit event page (here) to find out more about this amazing kit.

Facebook Release Party

Join Kimmie and the Krafty Girls as we party and celebrate the September release. The party will be on the Facebook events page (here) on Saturday September 19th at 6:00 pm (EST). Hope to see you there.

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

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Preview: Day Two - Angel Voices

It's time for day TWO of our September previews for Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

Aren't the new CLEAR stamps absolutely AMAZING!!! Today we have a super sweet set from artist Cheryl Grant called ANGEL VOICES. This angelic set features the darling Lulu, Lexi and Lucas carolling along with some fun furry friends.

For my card today, I inked and coloured up the sweet little Lexi. I also got a little messy with my distress ink and embossing powder.

This time I planned ahead and after stamping my image, I masked it with masking paper. I then stamped my snowflakes and heat embossed with white embossing powder. With the masking paper still covering my image, I grabbed my distress ink (Tumbled Glass, Broken China and Faded Jeans) to create my night sky.

For my snow I used glossy accents and Glamour Dust. For the inside of the card I used another of the fabulous sentiments from the newly previewed Magic of Christmas sentiment set.

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

All of the September release stamps and a Super Sized Holiday Kard Kit will be available Saturday night after the release party! You can check out the Kard Kit event page (here) to find out more about this amazing kit.

Facebook Release Party

Join Kimmie and the Krafty Girls as we party and celebrate the September release. The party will be on the Facebook events page (here) on Saturday September 19th at 6:00 pm (EST). Hope to see you there.

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

Your Next Stamp Colour/Sketch Challenge # 22

Welcome to our sketch and colour challenge #22 at Your Next Stamp. Each challenge includes a sketch and colour options to inspire you.

Create a project based on the sketch and/or the colour combination. If you are working with the colours use at least 3 of the colours and you can add only neutrals.

This month I worked with both the sketch and the colours using the Love & Smiles stamp and die set. 

I had fun with the sketch flipping the image around. My panel is on the bottom of my card and I cut everything on a slight angle. I used the Air Mail die to create a fun border and cut a strip of paper using the Scrapworks Strips dies instead of a ribbon or twine.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:Love & Smiles Stamps
Dies: Love & Smiles Dies, Scrapworks Strips Dies, Air Mail Dies, Stitched Square Dies 
Paper: Penny Black Gentle Whisper

For our sketch and colour challenge # 22 you have until September 17, 2015 (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. If you feature a YNS stamp or die (must be the main focal point) you will receive and additional $5. 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!

Your Next Stamp September DT Dare

This month at YOUR NEXT STAMP, our Design Team (DT) Dare challenge is called ABC. That means we were given the challenge to create Anything But a Card!

When this challenge comes up, I do have a few "go to" projects that I like to use. Note pad holders, book marks, scrapbook pages and gift boxes are all great options. Having so many fabulous Halloween stamps and dies, this month I decided to create a gift box. This will go as a gift to one of my daughter's teachers this year. It's so nice to be ahead of schedule on a few things.

I inked up mummy Waddles from the WADDLES TRICK OF TREAT to decorate my 4x4 Halloween treat box.

I have done a few gift boxes in a variety of sizes. They are easy to make, and work for all seasons and occasions. I decorated this box using paper from Jillibean Soup Owloween Stew collection.

Measurements for a 4 x 4 x 1.5 inch box:
Box Base: 7 inches square scored at 1.5 inches on all sides
Lid: the cardstock for the lid will measure 1/16 to 1/8 of an inch large than the piece cut for the bottom of the box. Score again 1.5 inches on all sides.

Just load up the box with a few goodies and it's all ready for your child's teach, a coworkers or friend.

Here is a closer look a sweet mummy Waddles. I used the Waddles Trick or Treat die set to cut out the image. I also added a few of the new gumdrops called Candy Corn and Spellbound. 

Supplies Used:
Stamps: WADDLES TRICK OF TREAT
Dies: Waddles Trick or Treat, Stitched Square Die
Paper: Jillibean Soup Owloween Stew
Other: Candy Corn and Spellbound Gumdrops

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.

Have a wonderful and crafty day!