A CCT Challenge and a GIVEAWAY!!!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps is happy once again to be sponsoring this month's Cute Card Thursday sketch challenge!!! It's a super fun sketch and works so well with a lot of our images!







I decided to play with the new Punkin Family stamp by the wonderful Emilie Goulet! I hadn't coloured this gourd-geous trio yet....heehee! These Echo Park Halloween papers are my favourite at the moment, so I used them again as the colours are perfect!!







I stamped the punkins on Neenah white cardstock using Memento ink and coloured them up with my Copics. The base is a 5.5 ins square and I used some purple and green cardstock for matting. All the 'stitching' was done by hand using a Copic multiliner (so much quicker than pulling out my sewing machine) and the bats I added are actually cut from a fabric ribbon. Finally I added the simple little sentiment which comes with Happy Vampy!



I hope you can join us for the CCT challenge this week.....you could win two stamps of your choice!!



AND we also have some more exciting news!! Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps is excited to have a full-page feature in the fall issue of Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine and we want to celebrate! TEN lucky stampers will each receive all four of the main images used on the four cards. All you have to do is leave a comment on THIS post telling us which KKStamp is your absolute favorite. You have until September 10th at midnight EST to leave your comment. Winners will be announced on September 11th. You can check out the page, see close-ups of the four cards, find instructions to make each and leave your comment, all on that post.



Good luck and happy kraftin'!

The End of the KREEPY KRAFTY HOP!!!

We hope you've been thoroughly BEWITCHED by today's Kreepy Krafty Hop!!! Aren't the new stamps SPOOKTACULAR!??! Well, I've got one more card to share with you!!!







I decided to play with the lovely Moaning Moira!! Hehe! Isn't she a hoot!? Yes, she's a bit kreepy but doesn't she look happy about it?? I used a mixture of scraps of Halloween papers that I had leftover from last year and mixed them up to make a funky layout. Then I coloured Moira up to match with my Copic markers.



I used my Nesties to cut and emboss Moira using the 'out of the box' technique and then I sponged everything with a nice ghoulish layer of Black Soot distress ink. The stitches were drawn on by hand with my Copic multiliner, I added a big bat punch, some black ric rack and sprinkled a few black rhinestones here and there.







I had to make Moira look a little sparkly, so I added Stardust Sakura gel pen to her little wings. Then I finally finished off the card by adding the sentiment that comes with Moira!!!



Well, that's it for our Kreepy Krafty Hop!! Now hop on over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop where ALL the new stamps are available!! And don't forget the Gimme Kimmies Kits which are only around for a short time!



Happy haunting!!!

Happy Vampy!!!

Today it's time to see what Emilie Goulet has for us!! There are FIVE adorable new Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps from her for our Haunting Halloween release!!!







Meet Happy Vampy! I think this little vampire girl and her kitty cat are SO happy that it's Halloween! Are they smiling so big because it's time for candy?? I think so! Don't you just love it when kids smile so big that they close their eyes?? Such pure joy, written all over their faces! And that cat is just cute as a button!!!



I pulled out my favourite Echo Park ghoulish papers and coloured Happy Vampy up in coordinating colours using my Copic markers! I used my wonky (or are they reverse wonky?) rectangle Nesties and cut her out. The I traced the same Nestie onto orange cardstock and cut it out by hand, that way I had a matting layer that was close to the same size. I do this often when the set of Nesties has too much space between each size. Fun little trick to make the most of your Nesties!







I sponged some of the patterned paper with Black Soot distress ink and matted using textured purple cardstock. I added some lovely folded ribbon across the middle, attached two black cat buttons on the right and stamped the sweet little sentiment that comes with Happy Vampy!! Ain't she sweet?!!



Hop on over to the KKS Challenge Blog and see who else has stuffs ta shows ya today!! And be sure to leave comments at each stop for that chance to WIN all FIVE of the images you'll see today! And come on back tomorrow when we'll have SIX Batty and Friends stamps from Annie Rodrigue to share PLUS a brand new KKS Challenge!!!



Happy kraftin'!!

Frightful and Delightful!

Woohooooooooooo! It's time to finally share our krafty kreations featuring the new August stamps!! And do you know what theme they are??? Only our most popular theme each year!! It's HALLOWEEN!!! And they will ALL be available at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop on Sunday!



Today we are sharing designs featuring three ADORABLE WITCHES from artist, Cheryl Alger!!! They are THE cutest little witchies I have EVER seen!!!



The one I used is called Frightful and Delightful and I combined it with the Sketch For You To Try that Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps is sponsoring this month!! It's a great sketch and works with these images perfectly!!







I stamped the image on Neenah with Memento ink and coloured her up with my Copics. The card is a regular A2 sized black base and the patterned papers are from Echo Park. I added some purple twine and then stamped the sentiment that comes with the image and created a little flag and attached it with a glittery purple brad!!







Now be sure to hop on over to the KKS Challenge Blog and check out who else has kreepy kreations to share!! AND don't forget to leave a comment on each and every stop because one random commenter will WIN the complete set of ADORABLE WITCHIES!!



Then come on back tomorrow to see more frightening images from Emilie Goulet!!!

Challenge 90 - Are You Distressed???

This week's Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge was perfect for me. I'm stressed. Haha! Who isn't, right? Well, I've got a lot on my plate right now, so taking it out on my card for this week was perfect!!!

Our hostess this week is the always enchanting, Melanie!! She has asked us to DISTRESS our creations.....be it inking them up, distressing the edges, makin' it grungy and dirty....just be sure to get rough with your stuff!! haha! We hope you can play along this week and if you use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp, you could be the random winner of the stamp used on Melanie's card.....just WAIT 'til you SEE it!!!

I hadn't had a chance to play with Melanie yet (convenient isn't it, that I used Melanie for Melanie's challenge? Bahahahahaha!), from our newest Travel Girls release! Shame, shame! So I inked her up and started colouring with my Copics! It's a 6x6 card with dark brown for the base and red and green for matting. The papers I used are from the new Oxford collection by Basic Grey. The edges of every piece of patterned paper and the main layer were all inked up with Walnut Stain distress ink and then everything was roughed up with my distressing tool. You can also just open up a pair of sharp scissors and use them....it does the same thing and that's often what I do (when I can find my tool).



I added a little cluster of red flowers with leaves and tied some red twine around the bottom of the main layer. And lastly I stamped the sentiment that comes with Melanie and added it at the top!



You will notice the lovely sketch that I used today....in fact several of the Krafty Girls used it! That's because Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps is thrilled and excited to be sponsoring the August Sketch For You To Try challenge!!! Hop on over to their blog today and you'll find your way to some MORE creations featuring our stamps! And you can join in the sketch challenge too!!



Hop on over to our challenge blog and check out all our inspiring cards from the Krafty Girls today....and join us.....and get distressed!!

Lots of fun this week! Happy kraftin'!

Challenge 89 - WHAT????

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! That's me screaming after finding out the challenge for this week! Started having heart palpitations and everything!!! hahaha!

Our fabulous hostess this week (and big ol' meanie....*giggle*) is DONNA!!! She has asked us to make a card with NO EMBELLISHMENTS!! Say whaaaaaaaaaaaat??? That's right....NO embellishments!! No ribbon, no buttons, no brads, no twine, no nuthin'!! We are allowed to use any kinds of paper....punches....and sewing, but that's pretty much it. Now do you see why I screamed?



I honestly can't make a card without most of that stuff on it...at the same time. So this was obviously a super hard challenge for me. But I did it! yaaaay! I used the lovely Mizuki for my creation and I pulled out some fun shiny papers from the Taj Mahal collection from DCWV. They have pretty gold flowers on them and I thought they looked perfect with the image.



I coloured Mizuki up using coordinating Copic markers and only decorated my card with strips of paper and a few flower punches. I think the papers were fancy enough that I didn't really need much else! I also decorated the inside of the card (which I never do) and added the sentiment that comes with the stamp!



Now hop on over to the challenge blog and check out the other embellishment-less cards for your inspiration!! And don't forget that this week's Frugal Friday specials and also our July Gimme Kimmies Kits are only available until Sunday night!!

Happy kraftin'!

Challenge 88 - A Sketch by TARA!!

I LOVE me a sketch....don't you?? Takes all the guesswork out of creating a card. For me, the creative process just seems to run so much smoother when I have a sketch to start things off!

This week the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps challenge is a fantastic sketch from the one and only, TARA!! It's got lots of layers, which I love and the main panel is the perfect size for any of our stamps!!



I decided to use one of the new Cheryl Alger stamps from the July release, because I hadn't had a chance to ink her up yet! I used the adorable, Bookworm Jaime, which I happened to name after a little friend who happens to be almost as much of a bookworm as I am!! hehe.



With the sketch already out of the way, all I really had to do was choose the image and the papers! The patterned papers are from one of my many My Mind's Eye 6x6 pads and I coloured the image up with coordinating Copic markers. I used my oval Nesties to create the main panel, added lots of layers of papers, added some matching bakers twine and a corduroy button! Lastly, I added the fun sentiment that comes with Bookworm Jaime!!



I hope you'll play along with this week's sketch challenge and you can hop on over to the challenge blog to check out more creations to inspire you by the lovely Krafty Girls! And don't forget that not only are our new July Stamps available, but we have this weekend's Frugal Friday specials available until tomorrow!

Happy kraftin'!!