Just ELF-ing around.

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

Of, course the challenge this week HAS to be Christmas!  I mean, Come on right? thanksgiving is over and it's on to CHRISTMAS!!!!!! That, is the reason I chose to use the Krafty Comeback little Toymaker Elf! He's so awesome! 

I actually used PENCILS to color this little guy! Eeeekkkkk! I'm so excited.  I used the Faber-Castell Polychromo pencils and I think I fell in love.  I know that this is just the beginning of something fun and new for me, so I hope that you are loving him too! 

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!!!

Kraftin Kimmie's having a Black Friday sale!!! Several stamp sets on sale at 25% - 50% off!!! But you'd better hurry, this sale ends on Cyber-Monday!

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 November 29th at 11:55 pm EST to get your entries in!
Pull out those holiday stamps and play along! Have some krafty fun and join us this week!!

Spooky clouds

Happy Saturday 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!!

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!!!

SO, let's get down to the good stuff shall we?  The theme this week is.... Distress Inks!  Since I've just been getting my feet wet with the distress ink thing, I thought this would be a super fun challenge to join in on!  Here's my creation:

I used black soot distress ink and a sponge to get the cloud effect in the background of little miss Witchy-Poo here. I colored her up with my Copics and cut her out using a stitched circle die from Gina Marie Designs. I even added a few glittery Nuvo Drops! Oh so fancy! 

Well, I hop to see you joining on the fun this week!  Post your awesome creations so we can all see!  Have a wonderful weekend!  Tootles! 

Use a what?!?!?!!?

Ok, we all know that Saturday Challenges at KKS mean a "themed challenge." It's fun, it gets you creative, makes ya think...... but when I read that I had to "use a doily" on my card I thought, "what the heck?!?!?"

Ok, so I scoured my house, craft stashes, asked a few friends, went to the craft store (twice) (both times I got a lot of other things, then got home and realized that I forgot to look for doilies) and still had no doilies.  What the heck is a girl to do?  OOOOHHHHHH!!! IDEA!!!!!

Ya see what I did there? I used my Cricut machine to cut a "doily" into a piece of acitate! Oh yeah! I colored up Alice in Wonderland all Halloween style and fussy cut her, because I'm pretty sure that fussy cutting is my new form of therapy. 

Ok, so I was a little bit of a rebel yet again, I'm sure that doesn't surprise any of you at all. But I couldn't find a real doily and this was a creative way to still be able to play along.  I hope that you can use this as inspiration and play along in the challenge with us this week!  Have a great weekend... 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! 

All my best friends are witches!

Hi Krafty People!!!

Guess what it's time for? Yeah time for that Krafty Chamber of Secrets to crrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkk open and reveal another one of it's secrets! This time it's a set that is/was crazy popular and so incredibly cute!  It is: ALL MY BEST FRIENDS ARE WITCHES!!!!! 

I created this card by stamping this fun and spooky girl on Copic Express-it yardstick and coloring her with my Copic markers. I used Stickles glitter on the potion to make it sparkle.  I then used my Distress Oxide Inks, more Stickles, and Mixed Media yardstick from Canson for the background.  The potion paper is from Doodlebug of course and then just some cool black twine as an accent. 

Copic Markers list: E000, E00, E02, E11, R20, BV29, C7, BV23, V17, V09, V06, V12, V12, BG75, BG49, BG15, BG10, W3, W1, W0

I sure hope you like it!  So now RUN (don't walk) to claim yours today! No seriously, there's only a limited number of these available! Once those sell, you'll be put on a pre-order list, so when more are made you can still (maybe) get one.  THAT'S why you need to get one asap! AAHHHHHH!!!

Hope you all have a spooky Halloween! Tootles! 

Nerds are BACK!

Ok, ok, ok... those of you who know me well know that I'm a total nerd.  When it comes to a lot of things I completely Nerd out.  But, even in school I was a complete nerd.  I did the homework of most of our high school class over the weekend because they were all out partying and i was cracking the books.  Seriously, I loved it... I knew that I was good at it, so I enjoyed doing it.  Writing papers and solving math equations, learning a new language, it was all just fascinating to me.  So, when Kimmie posted that the Nerd set was coming back, I squealed with delight!

NERD IS THE WORD! 

Here's my Krafty Kreation for this awesome little set here:

Ok, so the set is actually called "Smarty Pants" and you can buy it here.

Copics Used:

Skin: E000, E00, E21, E11, RV95, R20

Hair: E29, E27, E25, E23, Y21

Hair bow, Tie, Skirt, Socks: BG 75, BG49, BG45, BG15, BG10, BG01

Shirt and socks: C03, C01, C0

Glasses and shoes: 100, W9, W7, W5, W3

Pencil: Y38, Y15, Y13, E53, E31, E50, C3, C1, C0, R85, R83, R81

This card is 6x6” on ivory card stock from Recollections, I also used Graphic 45 “come away with me” DSP and the barn wood piece is from the Paper Studio from Hobby Lobby.  The flowers are all from Wild Orchid Crafts and the ruler is from Tim Holtz. The stitched dies are from Gina Marie.

...BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!!!!! 

Remember how Kim said that the Krafty Chamber of Secrets was going to be opening this weekend? Well, hold to your glasses kids, because...

We have some of our RETIRED older stamp sets that have been reproduced in high quality red rubbah!!!

A few weeks ago we released the BEACHY KEEN and SEA JEWELS stamp sets and today we are releasing.....

OH SNAP! and LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL!!!

There will be a limited number in stock right away and then we will be taking PREORDERS!

And here are the cards I made to give you a little inspiration:

Of course our brand NEW JULY RELEASE is also available with new clear stamp sets from all of our fabulous artists! This weekend is your last chance to scoop up the July Gimme Kimmies Kit which has ALL the new stamp sets together and at a discount! So scoop it all up while you can, save on shipping because it will all ship together, and totally get your KKS fix all at once! Woohooo!!!!! 

How totally excited are you for this set to be a Krafty Komeback?!?!??! I know I am.  So hop on over to the Kraftin Kimmie Store and pick up your set before they all disappear again! I'm gunna go and grab a cup of coffee, a book, and a seat on my comfy couch.  Tootles! 

Forget about Christmas in July...

I know, I know, I know... BAH HUMBUG! 

But seriously people, everyone is already doing that Christmas in July thing... we're forgetting something seriously important here.... HALLOWEEN!  I mean, since I was little I've always LOVED Halloween.... but NOT in the "normal" ways.  I am NOT big on candy, don't get me wrong, I love me some York peppermint patties, and I LOVE milky way midnights (OMG YUM), but..... and this is a very large but..... I HATED going out and going Trick-or-treating. Just wasn't my thing.  So, in what was did I love halloween? I'll explain, ...... DUDE..... It's the one day a year that you get to all out dress up for no good reason and spend the entire day as something totally fictional!  How is that not the MOST AWESOME THING EVER?!?!?!?!?!? 

So, with all of that tangent off of my chest... let's get to the card shall we? He he he! So, it's Wonderful Wednesday and that means time for an ANYTHING GOES challenge over at Kraftin Kimmie Stamps.  I love anything goes challenges because you can really show off your creativity! Here's the deal... I wanted to take a "Normal" stamp and make it into something totally NOT normal. Behold: I give you..... drum roll..... ANGIE as a COFFEE ZOMBIE!

Copics used: 

Skin: C5, C3, C1, C0 and Colorless Blender

Hair: G99, YG67, G05, YG06, YG13, YG23, and YG00

Bathrobe: V09, V06, V04, V01, V000

Cup and hair clips: R85, R83, R81

Eyes: B28, B32, B12, BV02, C01, C0, colorless Blender, Multiliner .05

Clip and coffee paper from Doodlebug

"Boo!" paper from My Mind's Eye

Purple textured paper from The Paper Studio

Ribbon from Recollections

Okie dokie party people.... go forth and create something awesome.  remember: anything goes! You have until July 31st to enter your card not he KKS Blog and there's a $20 gift card to the shop up for grabs.... so let's see what ya got and enter to win a prize! Woot Woot!  

I gotta go eat some candy now, maybe another cup of coffee, and I'll check ya all later! Tootles! 

Wednesdays are WONDERFUL!

Hey everyone!!!! It's Wonderful Wednesday time!! We hope you can play along!! As always....it's ANYTHING GOES!! Break out your Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and get krafty!!

We want EVERYONE to be able to play along so your submission can use ANY stamp and can be any theme, any style, any design and it can be a card, a scrapbook page, an altered item....you name it!! It must be a NEW creation and you can enter on this post until July 4th at midnight! At the end of the month one random winner will be chosen from all the submissions for the whole month and will receive a $20 Gift Card to the shop!!! What do you think.....wanna WIN?? Let's see your krafty stuff!!

I'm sorta in the BRIGHT color mood lately.... so I took out this wicked cute stamp set that I never use (gasp)! This set is called Squishy Hugs and it just makes me laugh! 

I mean, check out the look on that cat's face! Isn't that just priceless?!?!?! I used a top note die from Stampin up! and crossitch circle dies from Gina Marie.  There's a fistful of flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, and of course I used my Copic markers to color up this sweet little girl and her cat. 

Ok, so bust out those Kraftin Kimmie Stamps and get to coloring!  I just can't wait to see what you create!!! 

See ya all soon! Tootles! 

I want a cupcake!

It's time for a Krafty Komeback!!!

As you know, lots of our rubber stamp sets have long retired and are not available for purchase anymore. Well, we've decided to switch some things up and rerelease a few of your faves in CLEAR! Today we're announcing a new one! You all have been loving these, so here we go again!

This super sassy stamp set features TWO fun images from our original A Bit Smart Assy stamp set!

We're calling this one LET THEM EAT CUPCAKES!

How fabulous are these two ladies?? 

The Krafty Krew design team members and guests listed below have created some fabulous creations to inspire you so be sure to hop around and check it out in action! Then hop on over to the Krafty Shop because LET THEM EAT CUPCAKES is NOW AVAILABLE!

It's also Frugal Friday and we've got FOUR of our fabulous sets on SALE 40% OFF! But only for the weekend and only while supplies last! So be sure to check them out and make the most of that shipping!

Soooooo..... now that all of that stuff is outta the way... wanna see what I made?  Okie dokie, here ya go!

I used this adorable paper from Doodlebug and this super sassy chick, isn't she just THE BEST?!?!?!? I know that this set will get LOTS and LOTS of use!!! For sure! The REAL story behind the darker skin tone is two fold rally. One; I was having a conversation with one of the other Krafty Girls that I wanna start diversifying my skin tone coloring, seems like i use the same colors over and over. Second; my E11, E04, and E21 were all funky and I wanted to throw them out of the window, so I had to find something else to do while I was waiting for my new ones in the mail! ha ha ha!  Hope you love my card and hope you have fun hopping around to all of the DT and guest blogs.  ENJOY!  Tootles! 

Wonderfully Dandy

It's Wonderful Wednesday time!! We hope you can play along!! As always....it's ANYTHING GOES!! Break out your Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and get crafty!!

I decided to do something TOTALLY different today for you all... and for me.  I'm trying to push myself as an artist and grow, broaden my horizons.... so..... I present to you a totally out of my wheelhouse and comfort zone card!!! 

This paper.... I just HAVE to tell you, I purchased to make my wedding invitations, and in four days it will be 12 years old! Wowza!!!!! Anyways, I wanted this card to have a vintage sort of feel with just a tiny teeny hint at maybe some color.  If you look really close, the image is colored with my Prismacolor pencils, but just barely. The image is Dandy Lion, which is the Krafty Komeback this month, and the sentiments are from the Dandy Lion set and the Sincere Thanks set.  I used distress ink in "Tea Stain" on a sponge to distress the edges of the kraft paper. then I used an ivory colored ribbon and flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts to embellish the card.  I really hope you guys like it! 

ok, back to business...

We want EVERYONE to be able to play along so your submission can use ANY stamp and can be any theme, any style, any design and it can be a card, a scrapbook page, an altered item....you name it!! It must be a NEW creation and you can enter on this post until June 6th at midnight! At the end of the month one random winner will be chosen from all the submissions for the whole month and will receive a $20 Gift Card to the shop!!! What do you think.....wanna WIN?? Let's see your krafty stuff!!

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!

This one's a Dandy!

It's time for a Krafty Komeback!!!

As you know, lots of our rubber stamp sets have long retired and are not available for purchase anymore. Well, we've decided to switch some things up and rerelease a few of your faves in clear! And today we're announcing a new one! You all have been loving these, so here we go again!

This GORGEOUS spring stamp set features one of our most popular images from artist Annie Rodrigue! 

It's sweet little ....... DANDY LION!!

Now I'm not a fan of weeds...but I do love those dandelions! Such a gorgeous design that's perfect for friendship creations, thinking of you cards and lots more! And look at that FUN skirt.....so many ways to colour it!

.... But come on now... isn't she just so sweet?  I used a bunch go grays, both warm and cool, to color her up and I accent that with bright green eyes! I even used a few of the BV markers on her dress because I loved that little bit of a violet tint to it.  I used a zillion and 12 flowers from Wild Orchid crafts as well. 

The Krafty Krew design team members and guests listed below have created some fabulous creations to inspire you so be sure to hop around and check it out in action! Then hop on over to the Krafty Shop because DANDY LION is NOW AVAILABLE!!!

It's also Frugal Friday and we've got FOUR of our fabulous sets on SALE 40% OFF! But only for the weekend and only while supplies last! So be sure to check them out!

Happy stampin'!

We are all mad here!

It's time for a Krafty Komeback!!!

As you know, lots of our rubber stamp sets have long retired and are not available for purchase anymore. Well, we've decided to switch some things up and rerelease a few of your faves in clear! And today we're announcing a new one!

This WONDER-ful stamp set features one of our most popular images from artist Annie Rodrigue! 

It's ALICE IN WONDERLAND!

Such a gorgeous design with lots of pleats to colour! And look at that HAIR! A perfect image for lots of different card sending occasions!

Here's my Alice creation. I colored her up with my copic markers to match the doodlebug paper that I had chosen! I added some flowers from Wild Orchid and little matte finish enamel dots from Doodlebug as well.  I absolutely adore her and stay tuned because I have surprise to show you all very soon! 

The Krafty Krew design team members and guests listed below have created some fabulous creations to inspire you so be sure to hop around and check it out in action! Then hop on over to the Krafty Shop because ALICE in WONDERLAND is NOW AVAILABLE!!!

It's also Frugal Friday and we've got FOUR of our fabulous sets on SALE 40% OFF! But only for the weekend and only while supplies last! So be sure to check them out!

PLUS if you'd like to get your hands on some of our older, retired stamp sets be sure to join us this weekend for a LIVE Facebook Party in the Krafty Friends page for our RUBBER PARTY!!! Get all the details on how YOU can scoop up some of our hard to find rubber stamp sets in the group and join us at 2pm EST on Sunday afternoon for all the FUN!

Happy kraftin'!