Little Mermaids

Hey friends, I'm back with more mermaids!!! And these little cuties will have you smiling from gill to gill.

First up:

These adorable little Mermaids and their little starfish friends are just too cute!  I had to keep them all together so here's the card I made.

I sorta made the focal point the adorable little octopus.  the expression on his face was just too cute to not make him the forefront of the card.  These little images were just too fun to color. 

 The nest set for today is this one.

I decided to go simple with this background as I wanted the little mermaids to be the focal point.  But I loved hiding their little crabby friends in the sand though.  

What a fun release this has been, there's more to color tomorrow, so pop back in for another awesome image from Stamper's Delights.  I'm off to make more coffee, because.... well, that's what I do! Toodles!  

IIIIiiiiiiiii want candy!

Hi everyone! Welcome to another challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

I'm your hostess this week and I'm seriously fighting a sweet tooth. So, the challenge is all about candy!  

Here's my sweet inspired card! 

I used the Brand new Merry and Bright Birdies set and some super cute DSP from Doodlebug. I used dies from Gina Marie Designs and a length of satin ribbon from Michale's.   I also used the sketch for this month!  Crazy huh?  We all know I never use sketches, but it was super fun! 

We always enjoy your creations so be sure to submit them so you can have a chance to WIN a $20 gift card to the Shop!! Show us your stuff!! In keeping in line with the rest of our challenges (Wonderful Wednesday and our NEW Krafty Scrappy Challenge), we will be drawing one winner per month from all Saturday Challenge entries to win a $20 gift card!! You can enter as many times per month as you'd like!!

Have you joined the Kraftin Kimmie's Krafty Friends fb group?? It's the best place to keep up with all of the goings on as well as sharing YOUR creations and getting inspired by other Krafty Friends' creations!!!

This week's Frugal Friday/Anniversary Specials are UP! There are 9 sets this weekend up for sale, this is a great time to knock a few sets off of your wishlists!

We also have a special Game going on called, "While the Boss is Away..." Head over to our FB Friends page for the details and to play along!

In addition to the great Krafty Challenges & Wonderful Wednesday, each month we will post a Sketch. The sketch will last all month long and if you use it in ANY of our Challenges or WW's during that month you will get an additional chance to win a store gift card! You do NOT have to use the sketch, it's just a little extra boost for your mojo if ya need it! Here is October's sketch...

Now create a card, scrapbook page or altered item with a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp or any other stamp and be sure to use our THEME as a starting point for your creation!!! You will have until October 27th at 11:55 pm EST to get your entries in!
Pull out those fabby stamps and play along! Have some krafty fun and join us this week!! Tootles! 

Little Birdies!

Welcome back to Day THREE of October Krafty Peeks at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

Today we have a super cute new set by artist Melissa Baker-Nguyen and it's SO unique!
Check out our holiday feathered friends!!

It's MERRY & BRIGHT BIRDIES!!!

This fabulous set comes with FIVE main images of these fluffy peeps, plus super fun sentiments and accessory stamps!!

Check out these little guys in action as you hop around the Krafty blogs today! You'll see the list of Krafty design team members and Krafty Guests below and be sure to leave some love at each stop because one lucky commenter is going to WIN a gift voucher to the krafty shop EACH DAY of the peeks!

Here's my card that I made with these adorable little birdies.... 

I used a stencil from Gina Marie dies and some Oxide inks to make the background. Then I used a Tim Holtz die to cut out the trees and layered them up on some echo park papers and I think it came out SUPER cute! Just love these little birdies! 

ALL FOUR of the new October clear stamp sets will be released on Saturday afternoon! Be sure to join us at the LIVE Online Release Party beginning at 2pm EST! Come join us to help celebrate the new release, check out lots of krafty kreations, have a chance to win some prizes and hang out with all our krafty friends! Hope to see you there! Tootles! 

Saturday Challenge

So it's saturday morning and the challenge from Kraftin Kimmie Stamps is to make a holiday card.  This can be ANY holiday... just whatever you want it to be......

Well, you all know me and you know who I like to make things different... soooooo....... I took little miss Devilish Deborah here....

...and I made her into a CHRISTMAS CARD!  Yup I did! 

She's all dressed up in her holiday best and she's ready to come to that Christmas Party! I hope that you like what I did here and I hope that it inspires you to use your stamps in all sorts of fun ways!  Enjoy! 

P.s. you have all week to play along so come one over to the KKS friends group on FB and gather more inspiration then hop not he KKS blog and enter your card there!  Hope you have an awesome weekend! Tootles! 

Sweet little monsters!

Welcome to Day THREE of ourSeptember Krafty Peeks at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

We've got a super sweet stamp set to share with you today! This one is from artist Becky Pearce and it's called MINI MONSTERS!

These chubby little kiddos are dressed up and having fun as MONSTERS!!! They are ready for some spooky fun! The set comes with several main images, lots of cute accessory stamps and five fabby sentiment stamps for a total of SEVENTEEN stamps in the set!

It's also challenge day and our hostess is Krafty Girl, Tangii! And as always during release week, the challenge is ANYTHING GOES! So create a card, scrapbook page or altered item with any stamp but if you use a Kraftin' Kimmie stamp you'll double your chances to WIN!! Use any sketch, any design, any embellishments because Anything Goes! Have some krafty fun and join us this week because we'd LOVE to see your KKS designs. You have a week to play with this challenge and at the end of the month, we'll announce a WINNER from all of the weekly challenges for September! We hope you can play along for your chance to WIN a $20 Gift Certificate to use on ANYTHING you want in the shop!! Wanna win??

Here's my "card" using these silly little monsters! I mad a 3D box card that folds flat so you can mail it! 

You'll see the new stamps in action and featured in today's blog hop with the Krafty Krew and Guests!! Their links are below and be sure to leave some love at each stop because one lucky stamper from all the comments this week is going to WIN a gift voucher to go shoppin'! 

ALL of our new September stamps will be available this afternoon at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop!!! Be sure to join us on facebook for an hour of celebrating the new stamp sets, fun and prizes today at 2pm EST at our LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!!  Tootles! 

Rainbow Gnomie

Hi everyone! Welcome to another challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

We always enjoy your creations so be sure to submit them so you can have a chance to WIN a $20 gift card to the Shop!! Show us your stuff!! In keeping in line with the rest of our challenges (Wonderful Wednesday and our NEW Krafty Scrappy Challenge), we will be drawing one winner per month from all Saturday Challenge entries to win a $20 gift card!! You can enter as many times per month as you'd like!!

Saturday challenges are themed challenges, and the theme this week is: RAINBOW COLORS! So, pull out any stamp you like and all the colors of the rainbow and get inky! Woohoo!!!! Here's the card I created using Whimsical Gnomes. 

I colored her up on Ex-Press it Coloring stock with my Copic markers, and then fussy cut her by hand with my Cutter Bee scissors. The DSP are both 6x6" from Echo Park pads. The enamel dots are from Doodlebug and the twine is from Michael's.  I used Distress Ink in Vintage Photo and I sponge from Su! to distress the edges of the papers. I hope you like it. 

Have you joined the Kraftin Kimmie's Krafty Friends fb group?? It's the best place to keep up with all of the goings on as well as sharing YOUR creations and getting inspired by other Krafty Friends' creations!!!

MAKE YOUR OWN SALE!!! Enter code SUMMER17 all weekend long to get 20% off your order! Happy shopping!!!!

In addition to the great Krafty Challenges & Wonderful Wednesday, each month we will post a Sketch. The sketch will last all month long and if you use it in ANY of our Challenges or WW's during that month you will get an additional chance to win a store gift card! You do NOT have to use the sketch, it's just a little extra boost for your mojo if ya need it! 

Now create a card, scrapbook page or altered item with a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp or any other stamp and be sure to use our THEME as a starting point for your creation!!! You will have until September 8th at 11:55 pm EST to get your entries in!
Pull out those fabby stamps and play along! Have some krafty fun and join us this week!! Tootles! 

Wait... NOT a card?

Every month there is a Krafty Scrappy challenge that is "anything but a card." We all know that I have a lot of trouble doing this.... like A LOT! I mean, I make cards, that 's what I do. So when you tell me to make something that 's not a card... I instantly question our friendship...... but....

Ok, so my second love, is my planner! Yeah I'm one of "those" people. I love the tangible.  I don't put dates and appointments and stuff like that in my phone, I like to have it on paper. .....DUHHHHH Jammie, you dork (yeah I call myself names), make a darn planner layout! Sheesh! 

Ok, so I used distress inks and a sponge with a stencil to make the could background.  I stamped the trolls on coloring card stock and colored them up all bright and fun to go with the colouds. I added some stickers and Washi tape, this is obviously BEFORE i wrote in everything that I have to do this week. But you get the idea! 

Here's the deets on the challenge:

1. Create ANY scrap page, Project Life Layout or pocket page cards, altered item, etc. JUST NOT A CARD!
2. MUST be a NEW creation (created on or after this post date)
3. MUST use Kraftin Kimmie stamps to be entered in to the drawing.
4. You have a month to play, enter AS MANY TIMES as you'd like!
5. PRIZES?!? Of course there are prizes!! Once we've reached 5 entries, we draw a random winner (winner will be drawn at the close of the challenge)!!
6. You have until Monday, September 25th @ 12:00 pm Eastern to get your entries in.
7. Be sure to also share your creations on our Krafty Friends FB page so we can all drool and OOHHHH and AHHHHH!

So, yeah, it's NOT a card! Hooray for me! Now let's see what ya got! Make something  other than a card and enter the challenge! I can't wait to see what you make!  Tootles! 

Who's ready for a Comeback????

Oh yeah, Oh yeah, Happy dance time! It's Krafty Komeback day! Woohoo! .....and the lucky stamp is........ drumroll please..... WITCHY-POO!!!!!
Ok, So I didn't have Witchy-Poo, so when I found out that she was the Krafty Komeback I was elated! She is so adorable! Here's my card.....

Mindy Eggen taught me how to make a could background with Distress Inks, so I used the ones in the photo and got with it! I stamped the sentiment directly not he background and tied a ribbon around it.  I used pop dots to add some detention to the card, and I colored little witchy poo here with acid green skin just like Wizard of Oz! He he he! 

Ok, scoop up little miss Witchy-poo while you can and get to crafting just in time for All Hallows Eve! Hooray! Have a wonderful Friday, see ya here tomorrow for a Saturday Challenge! Tootles! 

A Sweet Little Zombie

Welcome to Wednesday, ain't it grand?  I'm so glad that this week is half way over! ha ha ha! Seriously though, I'm just ready to lock myself int he Room of Requirement and have a little me time.

I think that my mood was a little dark when I sat down to make this card.... because our sweet little Rosie Fairy has taken a turn to the dark side.....

I found this scrap of vivid damask print paper and used it as my inspiration for this card.  I figured with Halloween just around the corner, that this little fairy could dawn some grey skin and be thinking of sinister things. I added a few flowers because, I mean, she IS a fairy after all. I stamped the sentiment directly on a little wooden sign that I've had in my crafty stash for years.

I hope that this little card inspires you to play along with us this Wednesday, remember it's always "anything goes." make something fun and spooky and just have a good time. I know I feel better now after creating something a little "different." Can't wait to see what you make! Tootles! 

Just Chillin' with my Gnomies

Ok, it's Saturday, and that means a themed challenge at KKS, this week's theme??????? A SHAPED CARD!!! Gasp!
Oh the horror! I SUCK at shaped cards... I mean, square is a shape right? How about a rectangle? Well crap..... what am I supposed to do???? Why, God, WHYYYYYY?????
I did what any self respecting crafter would do in this horrible predicament..... I grabbed a cup of coffee and went straight to Pinterest.... after deciding on a workout routine, that I was going to eat only healthy food, I was re-doing my laundry room, oh and that dessert is totally happening.... oh yeah, a shaped card.... sigh..... searching, searching...... WOAH! Call off the Dogs, the search is over!

Behold....... a "shaped" card:

Yeah, yeh, yaaaahhhh.... I know, it's not really a shaped card.... but I'm going to say that this qualifies! I mean, come on! I used the incredibly cute Whimsical Gnomes set and colored them all in with my Copic markers of course. The papers are all from Doodlebug, and the felt trees are from recollections. 

I really hope you like my "card" and that it inspires you to play along.  You can be a rebel like me, and make a "shaped" card and I totally can't wait to see what you come up with! You will have until August 25th at 11:55 pm EST to get your entries in! Tootles! 

Let the good times roll

It's wednesday...... yup, mid week, we're half way there!  So pour some coffee and take a look at all of the awesome Wonderful Wednesday projects that the DT has created.  Today I'm using the super cute stamp set "Let the Good Times Roll."  It was retired for a while, but Kimmie was able to get a few sets remade in Red Rubber!!!!!!!! Woo Hoo!!!! So, if you don't already own this set, roll on over to the KKS site and scoop one up before they are gone again!!!!

I had such a blast coloring this image, it really was fun. I used some papers from Paper Studio (Hobby Lobby) that I thought really went with the image, and I cut some clouds out of various colors of white yardstick on my Cricut machine to make the clouds.  FUN!

Hope you are inspired to participate in our Wonderful Wednesday challenge as well!  As always, it's "anything goes!" So grab the closest stamp, and get to creating! I can't wait to see what you make! Tootles!