Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Preview: Day One - Chase Your Dreams!

Hello Krafty Friends. Did you know that it's preview week at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps? This is DAY ONE of the MAY release and we are starting things off with a fun Moonlight Whispers set from artist Annie Rodrigue. Today we are excited to share "CHASE YOUR DREAMS".

Here is a look at my card. The paper I used is from Doodlebug called Patriotic Picnic.

To create dimension on the card, I first trimmed my image so part of the image extends past by matting. I also punched out a number of small butterflies from my scraps of paper. I adhered 3 layers of the pattern butterflies using a glue dot in the centre and a small bit of foam adhesive under the wings.

Inside the card I used a sheet of the star vellum paper for my background and added a sentiment from the KKS Words of Inspiration set.

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 May release stamps will be available Saturday night after the release party!

Facebook Release Party
Join Kimmie, the Krafty Girls, Guests and our Krafty friends as we party and celebrate the May release. The party will be on the Facebook events page (here) on Saturday May 16th at 6:00 pm (EST). Hope to see you there.

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

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps/Little Red Wagon

It's another dual posting day for me, so I am sharing a card for Little Red Wagon and Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. Here is a bit about these challenges:

KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS 

These amazing Wonderful Wednesday challenges are ANYTHING GOES.....so there really is no reason not to play along. Grab your stamps and lets get inky. We of course love when you use a Kraftin' Kimmie image (which will double your chances for winning) however we will welcome any stamps. Create a new card, layout or altered item and share with us over at the KKS blog. At the end of the month, one random winner will be chosen from all the submissions and will receive a $20 Gift card to the shop. Worth playing......for sure!

LITTLE RED WAGON

Today over at Little Red Wagon Carolyn is our fabulous hostess and her challenge is called PEEK A BOO. That means she would like you to create a card with a window in it. 

I went very literal in my interpretation of this challenge and I used the new IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY by Cheryl Grant for Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. The paper is Simple Stories Summer Fresh. I am channeling my warm, sunny, flowery vibes and hopefully winter we go away soon.

I created some dimension with my window by stamping the image 3 times to create different layers of the image. I didn't use dimensional adhesive because I want a subtle depth to the image.

Inside of the card, I used a second image from this set and added a sentiment from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps WORDS OF INSPIRATION set.

Thanks for dropping by my blog today. I hope you have a bit of creative time to play along both of these super fun challenges.

Head over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps blog to check out more Krafty goodness from my fellow Krafty Girls and this month's amazing guests. You can link up your project there or submit via our Krafty Friends Facebook page.

Check out our Little Red Wagon blog and see what my fellow Girlfriends are sharing this week. They are so creative and talented, you are sure to be inspired. Then, stop back to the LRW blog on Tuesday to see our features. Did you know that we also have a Little Red Wagon Facebook page? Check it out.

Have a fabulous and creative day!

Tracy

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps January Release Blog Hop

Welcome back for our KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS January release BLOG HOP!

Today the Krafty Girls and our AMAZING guests are here to share some inspiration with all of the fabulous stamps we have been previewing over the last weeks. This month's release is truly BEAUTIFUL so I hope you enjoy today's hop!

This week we started off the release and welcomed back the talented Emilie Goulet with her preview set YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL.

Next I am sure you were ALL STEAMED UP for the newest Moonlight Whispers sets from Annie. This steampunk inspired set will surely get your creativity in gear!

Then we previewed a cute set from Cheryl Grant featuring those sweet kids Lulu, Lexi and Lucas. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY is sweet and will be the highlight of many cards.

Finally, we added a second SENTIMENT set from our new (stamp) designer Becky. The WORDS OF INSPIRATION are just that, truly inspirational. The large size sentiments are great on their own or complement so many of the Kraftin' Kimmie images.

For my card today I used sweet Lulu from IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY and combined this with a sentiment from WORDS OF INSPIRATION. I had a couple CAS cards to show off this week, so it was time to go back to my layers, distressing and embellishments.

I used paper from Simple Stories Homespun and added a Maya Road photo frame and flowers and metal embellishments from Michaels.

Although it is hard to tell from the picture, I actually paper pieced this picture in three layers. I didn't want height so I didn't add the dimensional adhesive. The first layer is my background window frame and inside wall. The next layer is the branch and Lulu. The final layer is the cat and bird sitting on the window ledge. Just a subtle bit of depth to the picture.

A look at the inside of the card.

Now it's time for you to continue your hop to check out more amazing creations from my Krafty Peeps! Remember to leave comments are you are hopping along, because Kimmie has a $10 gift card to give away to a random Krafty Friend.

All of the stamps are now available in the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps shop. You will find the new releases, past releases, paper, embellishments, mounting supplies. Check it out. If you love all of this month's release, Kimmie has a great Gimmie Kimmies Kit that you may want to check out.

Have a wonderful and KRAFTY day!

Tracy

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Preview - Words of Inspiration

I am so excited that we are still previewing for the January release over at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS. That's right, we have so much KRAFTY goodness this month. I hope you are lovin' it just as much as I am!

Do you love big beautiful sentiments? I do. Today we are showing off a new and FABULOUS sentiment set, from the talented and creative BECKY PEARCE. This amazing set is called WORDS OF INSPIRATION.

Not only is it a preview day, it is also time for this week's NEW challenge. Krafty Girl Jenny is hosting and I am sure it is no surprise that our challenge theme is, ANYTHING GOES. That's right, create a new card, layout or altered project and play along with our challenge for a chance to win a $10 gift certificate for the store. Any stamps are welcome, however we love when you show off your KKS. Using a KKS will double your chances with winning.

I love sentiments and it has been a lot of fun to challenge myself to create a card just using the sentiment. There are a classic look to these cards and they are perfect for a lot of occasions. This sentiments is my favourite from this set and of course I embellished with a key. I am lovin' the metal lately and have been using it on a lot of my cards. Keys, hearts, gears, tags....love me a little heavy metal.

I used paper from We R Memory Keepers Love Notes (which Kimmie has in the shop). I love the pink splatters on the paper in this collection and I recreated that look on my sentiment using Worn Lipstick Distress ink (watered down). I used a paint bush and flicked some spots and dabbed the brush to the paper in other areas for the larger dots. I also distressed the key (Michaels) using pink Distress Paint.

Here is the inside of the card with another of the sentiments from this set. Most of my favourite sentiment stamps sit on my craft desk because they will be used at least on the inside of my card.

Thanks for stopping by. Don't forget to leave a little comment and then check out all of the Krafty Girls sharing inspiration for today's preview. Kimmie will have a lovely prize for a random Krafty Friend that leaves a comment. I am sure you would love to win some Krafty $ to do a little shopping!

Release Party
Tonight Saturday January 17 at 6 PM (EST) is the online party. Join us over at the Facebook event page (here). The winners of the preview hop will be announced at the party. You could win more prizes at the party and you can hang out with Kimmie and the Krafty Girls. After the party, you can SHOP, SHOP and SHOP!

I hope you have a wonderful day.

Tracy