December 28, 2015

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Year in Rewind


Today at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps we are doing something special! We have been reviewing all the awesome sets we have released over the past year and have been showing some of our favorites. The major change Kraftin' Kimmie saw in 2015 was that we went all Klear!!! I am so lucky to be on the design team this year and got to play with these new sets. Can I just tell you how much I LOVE the klear sets!!! They are fantastic!!!

I have been so blessed to be apart of this awesome design team for a little over a year now and have made a wonderful set of new friends. I have also met a lot a great new friends though the Facebook Group!!! I really love going on there and seeing all the awesome work you are doing with the stamps!

I choose two favorites to show you today in our Year in Rewind! The first is Holiday Style!! Which in our awesome sale is currently 20% off! What awesome savings! I love Annie's girls and knew as soon as I saw them I needed to use them on this card. 


For my second choice of my favorite I picked No Peeking!!! This was the stamp that came with the Christmas card kit! This stamp just happens to also be 20% off too!!!


Christmas has to be my favorite time of the year. I love the feeling and the sentimentality that comes with the holiday.

Don't forget about our awesome sale that ends on December 31st. There are some great sales to be found on the website.

Can't wait to see what you create!!

~ Alexis

December 18, 2015

Challenge - Food

 
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!



Today's tag is made using Kraftin' Kimmies One Cup at a Time!!!! I stamped the coffee beans as the background using Staz-On. WOO HOO isn't it cute!

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!!!

There will be no Frugal Friday this week, because Boss lady Kimmie has something fabulous up her sleeve for December 26th... stay tuned!

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 January 1st 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!!


December 16, 2015

Wonderful Wednesday



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!!

The December release is IN THE KRAFTY STORE NOW!!! Happy Shopping!!!!!

For my TWO cards today - yes TWO!!! LOL I broke out my watercolors....been getting a bit happy with them lately :)

For my cards I used the Doodlebug line Lovebugs. I took some watercolor paper and embossed some of the sentiments from our new set LOVE STORE SENTIMENTS!!! Then all I did was paint right over it and DONE! Super fast and easy!

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 January 5th 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!

Can't wait to see what you create!!!


December 15, 2015

December Krafty Scrappin!


Hey ya'll!! Welcome back for another month of Krafty Scrappin!!! 

Can you believe it's already been a month since our last challenge. For this challenge I did made a card box featuring FROSTY FRIENDS!!!! I know my cousin is sure going to love this especially if it is filled with some of my krafty kreations!!!


For this challenge you can create ANYthing your little heart desires as long as it's NOT a card!!! Calendars, bookmarks, pocket pages, traditional scrap pages, holiday gifties... Come play along with us each month and let's get some of those photo's out of boxes and on to something creative and fun!! You will have a whole month to play along and you can play as many times as you like! Here are a few things to remember...

THIS MONTH'S THEME: ANYTHING GOES!!!
 

Remember:

1. Create ANY scrap page, Project Life Layout or pocket page cards, altered item, etc. JUST NOT A CARD!
2. MUST use Kraftin Kimmie stamps to be entered in to the drawing.
3. You have a month to play, enter AS MANY TIMES as you'd like!
4. PRIZES?!? Of course there are prizes!! Once we've reached 5 entires, we draw a random winner (winner will be drawn at the close of the challenge)!!
5. You have until January 17th @ 9:00 pm Eastern. to get your entires in.

6. Be sure to also share your creations on our Krafty Friends FB page so we can all drool and OH and AH!

December 13, 2015

December Release Hop!



It's HERE! It's our last release of 2015!!

We're so excited because it's FINALLY our DECEMBER RELEASE DAY at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS!! We're releasing all the new CLEAR stamp sets we've been previewing all week and we’re celebrating with a KRAFTY HOP!! So grab yourself a cuppa joe, sit back and be prepared for some krafty eye kandy! We're going to inspire your creations with our fun, new CLEAR stamp sets! 


It certainly has been a delicious sneek peek week hasn't it!! I knew as soon as I saw these sets that I wanted to make something very special featuring Beauty and her Beast. I started with a frame I purchased from Michaels. I covered it with paper from DCWV. I also created the balcony with the same paper. I did pop the ledge of the balcony and then put several different color and sized roses under it. I also used a sentiment from the Love Story Sentiments inside the heart.

All week long we have shared lots of LOVE-ly creations in our Krafty Peeks featuring all the new stamp sets from each of our artists for the CLEAR December Release! And they will ALL be released this afternoon after the party!! We know these stamps will inspire you to make your own lovely creations! 

We have two amazing sets from artist, Becky Pearce called LOVE CHEMISTRY and LOVE STORY SENTIMENTS! We shared a sweet set for those little stars in your life by artist, Cheryl Grant called YOU LIFT ME UP! Then there's a far out set from artist Emilie Goulet called YOU'RE NIFTY! And lastly came that beautiful couple from artist, Annie Rodrigue that we've been waiting so long for......it's BEAUTY and THE BEAST!!!

You will get to see ALL of the new images today as you sit back and enjoy our December Krafty Hop! Be sure to join us this afternoon at our LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!!! The festivities begin at 2pm EST with lots of fun, inspiration and prizes! Then ALL the NEW clear stamp sets will be released about 3pm EST at the Kraftin’Kimmie shop! And don't forget...if you NEED it all, we'll have a Gimme Kimmies Kit which features ALL the new December stamps at a discount!! But only for a limited time!

Now let's celebrate with our NEW RELEASE and get hoppin' and shoppin'!!

December 12, 2015

Beauty & Beast

 
We are back with Day FIVE of the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps DECEMBER KRAFTY PREVIEWS!!! It's our last day of peeks before the release....TOMORROW!!




We have been asked SO many times for this theme and we are finally able to share the TWO new GORGEOUS sets from artist Annie Rodrigue!!! It's BEAUTY and THE BEAST!!!! East set includes the amazing main image in fabulous detail! The set featuring BELLE includes one sentiment plus a fabulous rose archway image! The BEAST set includes FIVE perfectly coordinating sentiments!! They are FABULOUS!!!


This week our challenge hostess is Martha! And her challenge is ANYTHING GOES (as it always is during release week)!! 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 December! 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??

Be sure to join us for all the fun and excitement and prizes TOMORROW beginning at 2pm EST!! Hope you can come hang out with the me and Krafty Girls at our LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!

All the Krafty Girls listed below have lots of super FUN designs to show you featuring these awesome new stamps from Annie! And while you're hopping around, be sure to leave a comment on all the preview posts for this week because we are giving away a gift voucher!!! You could WIN some Krafty $$$ to spend at the shop!!!! {The winner will be announced at the party!}
Happy hoppin'!

December 11, 2015

You Lift Me Up!

 

Hey everyone!! Welcome back to day FOUR of our DECEMBER Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks!!! Have you been enjoying all the yummy peeks so far? All of our brand new CLEAR stamp sets will be released on Sunday afternoon!! Are you excited? Are you coming to the party?? Woohoo!


The totally adorable stamp set that we're previewing today is full of love and encouragement!! The set is from artist Cheryl Grant and it's called YOU LIFT ME UP!!! It features our favourite kids, Lulu and Lucas plus a furry friend! The set also includes EIGHT coordinating sentiments! 


What an awesome week so far! Have you been enjoying the previews??? This one is super cute and I was pretty excited to play with it. ON my card I used My Minds Eye Cowboy, Dear Lizzy special vellum paper, Framtage Antique Gold, Wood Stars, gold glitter, ribbon and jewels. Hope you enjoy!

I hope you can come hang out with me, Kimmie and the Krafty Girls at our LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY! The fun begins at 2pm EST on Sunday afternoon and we'll be celebrating the new stamp sets with fun and prizes!

All the Krafty Girls listed below have lots of super FUN designs to show you featuring these awesome new stamps from Cheryl! And while you're hopping around, be sure to leave a comment because we are giving away a gift voucher!!! You could WIN some Krafty $$$ to spend at the SHOP!!!! There will be one winner from all the comments this week and they will be announced at the party!

December 10, 2015

You're Nifty!

 

Welcome back to Day THREE of the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps DECEMBER KRAFTY PREVIEWS!!! Remember all the new sets we're sharing this week will be released on Sunday afternoon!


As you know, this month's release is all about LOVE!! And artist Emilie Goulet has designed an uber cute set of kids on a date at the local malt shop!! I love that this set could be used for anyone of any age! The set is called YOU'RE NIFTY!! The set includes the main image of this sweet couple plus SEVEN perfectly coordinating sentiments!! They're outta sight!!



It's SO COOL!!!! Love this cute little couple!!!

On my card I used Bo Bunny #ForeverYoung, Snack Attack Buttons (which we sell in the store, and they are my fav!!!), Doodlebug Doilies, jewels, ribbon, and twine.

Be sure to join us for all the fun and excitement and prizes on Sunday afternoon beginning at 2pm EST!! Hope you can come hang out with the me, Kimmie and Krafty Girls at our LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY! 

All the Krafty Girls listed below have lots of super FUN designs to show you featuring these awesome new stamps from Emilie! And while you're hopping around, be sure to leave a comment on all the preview posts for this week because we are giving away a gift voucher!!! You could WIN some Krafty $$$ to spend at the shop!!!! {The winner will be announced at the party!}

Happy hoppin'!

December 9, 2015

Love Story Sentiments



We're back with Day TWO of our December Krafty Peeks for the NEW Release at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

How much did you LOVE the little nerdy chemistry set from yesterday?? Well today we have another incredible set by artist, Becky Pearce! I think you're probably getting the idea that this month is all about LOVE!



The set we are sharing today is a GORGEOUS new sentiment set filled with sweet phrases and a wonderful combination of swirly fonts! And it's called LOVE STORY SENTIMENTS!
The set features EIGHT amazing sentiments that can be used as the focal point of your creations or they can be an addition to another image and also for the insides of your handcrafted cards!



EEEEK!!! I am totally crushing on this set, how about you?? I love sending and receiving Vday cards!!! Today I used an older line by Bo Bunny called Head over Heels, CTMH Glitter Gems, Doodlebug Doilies, Hero Arts Ombre Ink (pink to red).

You'll see the new stamps in action and featured in today's blog hop with the Krafty Girl Design Team!! Below you will find links to the blogs of all the Krafty Girls who have goodies to show you today and while you're visiting their blogs, be sure to leave some love at each stop because one lucky stamper from all the comments this week is going to WIN some $$ to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop!!

ALL of our new CLEAR December stamps will be available on Sunday afternoon at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop!!! Be sure to join us for an hour of celebrating the new stamp sets, fun and prizes on Sunday at 2pm EST at our LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!! Come hang out with Kim, the Krafty Girls and me!!

Happy kraftin'!


December 8, 2015

Love Chemistry


Welcome to Day ONE of our December Krafty Peeks for the NEW Release at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! We are so excited to share so many gorgeous new CLEAR stamps with you this week! And ALL the new sets will be available on Sunday afternoon!!

Today we are sharing a spec-tacular new clear stamp set by artist, Becky Pearce! And it's all about LOVE! It's called LOVE CHEMISTRY and the Krafty Girls have tons of fun designs to share with you today! This sweet set features glasses, beakers and more plus four adorable coordinating sentiments for a total of 15 stamps!!

I was so excited to see this stamp set!!! I totally did a happy dance!!!

On my card you will noticed I used both sets of glasses...yes I love glasses!!! For the paper I used an older Fancy Pants line called Park Bench, also AC glitter ribbon, twine, jewels, a doily, and a CUTE pair of wooden glasses!!! 


You'll see the new stamps in action and featured in today's blog hop with the Krafty Girl Design Team!! Below you will find links to the blogs of all the Krafty Girls and Guests who have goodies to show you today and while you're visiting their blogs, be sure to leave some love at each stop because one lucky stamper from all the comments this week is going to WIN some $$ to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop!!

ALL of our clear DECEMBER stamp sets will be available on Sunday afternoon at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop!!! Be sure to join us for an hour of celebrating the new stamp sets, fun and prizes on Sunday evening at our LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!! Come hang out with the Kim, the Krafty Girls and me!!

December 6, 2015

12 Days of Krafty Handmade Giving!



Happy Sunday Everyone!!!!

Alexis here with Day 6 of the Krafty Handmade Giving!!! Hope you have been enjoying the fantastic ideas all the girls have shown you so far! Are you excited to see what's coming??? I know I am!

Don't forget that each day from December 1-12th we will be sharing lots of handmade goodies here on the blog featuring Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! We know that you're always looking for fun things to create besides cards but especially at this time of year! So we've got lots of amazing and creative things to share from tags, to notepads, to holiday decor so be sure to pop by every day!!


Today I am sharing with you an ornament I made that is going on my tree. It is one of my favorite activities of the season! I love decorating with handmade items or things I have created. Do you?

To make my ornament I bought an ornament from michaels that came in two pieces and would fit together when assembled.

I then stamped my image in Stazon on watercolor paper. For the image I choose to use Snow Buddies. I then colored it up using my pencil watercolors. I stickled the snowballs.

I inked the backside of the paper once dried. I had some scraps I used to make the flags behind the sentiment. I adhered those over a piece of long twine to inked paper colour and using Christmas Cheer stamped and adhered my sentiment.

Lastly I filled half the ornament with different styles of glitter. I laid the twine over the ornament placing where i wanted the image in the center of the circle and then put the other half on. To hold the twine in place i did put a bit of E6000 jewelry glue but any glue that dries clear should work.

Below is the finished product on my tree!!!


 Thanks for coming by to see my ornament!!! Come back tomorrow for another awesome idea!



December 5, 2015

Saturday Challenge!


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!!

Today's challenge comes from Kelli who wants us to do a winter themed birthday card!!! How awesome is this!!! I love receiving birthday cards however my birthday is 9 days after christmas and I also share it with my sister (2 years younger) so it often gets lumped into the holidays. We are cool with that though so much to be thankful for! 



On my card I used the awesome new clear stamp set Holiday Style! Doesn't it look like she could be singing Happy Birthday to someone??? On the inside I used Make a Wish, one of the sentiment sets by Becky.

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!!!

Frugal Friday specials are up in the store!! You have until Sunday to take advantage of 25% - 50% these stamps!

Have you been following along with our 12 Days of Handmade Giving? The Krafty Girls have come up with some spectacular handmade gift giving ideas, tune in to the blog to check them out!!

Will you be joining us for Kraftin with Kimmie Live? Join Kimmie on December 10th for some fun stamping time! Details are in the Krafty Friends FB group!

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 December 11th 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!!