September Krafty Peeks... Day THREE! Santa's Village

    Today is our third day of Krafty Peeks for the September Release

 at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

Today we are 'peeking' a super adorable set 

from artist Sabrina van Vloten

 and it's called.....

SANTA'S VILLAGE!

Santa and his super sweet friends are perfect to create a Christmas scene, and you might just want to mix in this month's Stamp Of The Month... Just sayin'!

Check out SANTA'S VILLAGE in so many creations today as you hop around the Krafty Team's blogs! You'll also see the new stencils, Add-Ons and hybrid ink along the way!

You'll see more of our September goodies tomorrow, and then everything will be released after our LIVE Online Release Party on Saturday at 10 am ET in the Krafty Friends facebook group!  

*Be sure to join us for our Live Release Party as one lucky Facebook commenter will win Krafty $'s!!

For now, check out all the beautiful projects in today's hop!

See you tomorrow!

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September Krafty Peeks - Day One - Autumn Pumpkins

        Who's ready for lots of brand new Krafty goodies?!

It's time for our September Release Peeks to begin 

at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

Today's set features beautiful Fall images and sentiments

designed by Michelle Houghton

 and it's called.....

AUTUMN PUMPKINS!

This fabulous set is perfect for all your Fall and Thanksgiving crafting!

As you hop around the design team's blogs today you'll be able to check out AUTUMN PUMPKINS! in action 

in combination with a lot of our other new 

September Kraftin' Kimmie products!  

For my card I decided to paper piece the pumpkins with some neat patterns from one of Doodlebug’s fall lines of paper!! I always forget this fun technique and it was a blast incorporating all those papers into this one image.

You will spot our newest addition to the Kraftin' Kimmie Hybrid Ink rainbow!  It's a gorgeous new colour.....called ORIGINAL OLIVE!

As always it will be available in full sized ink pads, ink cubes and ink refills!

We've got TWO new Krafty Stencils for this month's release to help add some funky fun to your creations!  

They are called....
FROZEN FRACTALS!

and PRETTY POINSETTIAS! 

A New 2 Piece Layered Stencil!!

Both designs are perfect for all your cards, scrapbook pages, mixed media and more!

Plus we have our exclusive SEPTEMBER ADD ON BUNDLE!

Our exciting Add-On bundle this month features several amazing products which will coordinate with our new goodies and will help you enhance your new creations!! 

This month's special curated Add On Bundle includes:

• Echo Park Jingle All The Way:

    - Puffy Stickers, 

    - Frames & Tags Ephemera, 

    - Washi Tape

  A limited number will be available in the shop on Saturday afternoon after our Live Release Party! Get ready to get krafty!!

You'll get to see all of our brand new goodies in action over the next few days of the September Krafty Peeks and everything will be released at our LIVE Release Party 

on  Saturday, September 17th at 10 am EST in the Krafty Friends group! 

*Be sure to join us for our Live Release Party as one lucky Facebook commenter will win Krafty $'s!!

For now, hop around and check out some amazing creations from the Krafty Team! Our fabulous designers can't wait to share their inspiration with you!

Come on back tomorrow for some more krafty fun and goodness!

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Krafty Guest Challenge - Card 3

Hi Everyone!!!

As you know I was picked as one of the ten finalists for Kraftin Kimmie's Guest Challenge last week. The challenge for round 2 is Inside Outside. The idea behind this challenge was to not only decorate the front of your card but the inside as well.

For this card I used one of the new release stamp sets called Happy Campers. Since I love camping and it is July long weekend I thought this would be perfect.

Isn't she just the sweetest little thing you have ever seen sitting in her tent. Not to mention that cute little flower box.

For this card I coloured the image using my copics, I also had the little fir tree button to add a little more "woodsy" feeling to the card. 

 ...and here is the inside of the card....

enjoy!

Krafty Guest Challenge - Card 1

Hi Everyone!!!

Well I was very lucky to be selected as one of the ten finalists for Kraftin Kimmie's Guest Challenge last week. I have been busy colouring up some images to post for this challenge which is Inside Outside. The idea behind this challenge was to not only decorate the front of your card but the inside as well. 

So here is my first card which I am in love with and surprisingly this came to me while in bed...yep luckily i had my notepad and pen on my beside table.

For this card I used Kraftin' Kimmie's Fabulous Frames 2 collection together with one of the sentiments it comes with.

I picked some paper I had left over from a previous card I worked on and added some teal and misc. black ribbon from my stash. 

I did the frame in greys with a bit of teal as some highlights. Then of course fussy cut it out.

On the inside of the card (see right) I used some more of the teal and black cardstock and some of the left over paper.


Now here comes the cool part. I cut out the middle of the image and put some acetate behind the image so that you can view the sentiment from the inside of the card to the outside...get it....inside/outside...neat eh? I think I need to have more ideas in bed.

Below you can see it propped up as it is an easel card and you can see right through the middle of frame....

well hope you enjoyed!!!

Cowboys and Turtles

Here is another card I created. I used Stamping Bella`s Turtle tots - cowboy. I used Close to My Heart paper the Sarsaparilla line.


I used a white card base and inked the edges with Barn Red ink by CTMH (Close to my Heart). The layers on the card start with a black base then blue patterned paper follwed up with a torn piece of the worded patterned paper.


This is the close up of the cowboy turtle. To cut the white circle that the turtle is stamped onto and the scalloped circle were cut using my spellbinders.

I coloured the background using blue chalk to make the clouds. Yellow chalk to create the sun. I used a bit more yellow to create a sunny effect around the clouds.



These are the copic markers I used to colour the image.

I love him - he looks awesome on this card.

CROP FOR THE CURE

My friend Veronica hosts a Crop for the Cure every year. This year we were raising money for Princess Margaret. Veronica hosted the event at the Woodbridge Memorial Arena & Pool. Every year this event gets bigger and better. The event started at 9am to 9pm. Here is everyone getting ready for the event.



Once everyone arrives we all sit in our seats and get ready. We had 40 people at the event. It was great. I got to see some people I haven`t seen in awhile. Vern had put down pink table covers that looked awesome.





I sat at table 2 with Carrie, Sherrie, Marg, Carol and Carmen. This is a picture of the center piece that Veronica created for every table. There were beautiful white roses mixed in with all the other flowers and greenery.

Carrie`s sister had driven all the way from London with her friend to be here for the crop. I haven`t seen her for awhile so it was great to spend some time with her and her friend.


For the event I baked some cupcakes and a cake. I made the ribbons out of colour flow icing. I had to leave them on wax paper to dry. It took two days!!



Here is Vern and I with the cupcakes that I made. They turned out awesome.

Of course you`ll notice that we are wearing our bras outside our clothes. Theresa, one of the other girls at the crop issued the challenge, and quite a few girls answered. It was great.



These are my crazy eyelashes - I LOVE THEM!!!



Here is Marg - Love the hair!!


and Rose and Cheryl!!!






and of course....



Here is myself, Barb and Veronica.

I had so much fun at the crop.

Just want to say thank you very much Veronica, and Rose. You did an amazing thing!!