August Krafty Peeks... Day TWO! Storytellers!

 Welcome back to Day TWO of our August Krafty Peeks!

Are you excited about what you've seen so far!?  Are you ready for more?

I hope your answer was yes because we've got more fabulous fun for you today!

The stamp set we are 'peeking' for you today is from 

artist Sabrina van Vloten

 and it's called.....

STORYTELLERS!

This set has amazing and magical friends, sharing their love of reading - with so many fabulous sentiments!! 

 Check out STORYTELLERS! and our new stencils in so many awesome creations today as you hop around the Krafty Team's blogs!  

You'll see more of our August goodies all week, and then everything will be released after our LIVE Online Release Party on Saturday at 2 pm ET in the Krafty Friends facebook group!  

For now, check out all the fantastic goodness in today's hop!

See you tomorrow!

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August Krafty Peeks ... Day ONE! Lost In A Book!

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

It's time for our August Release Peeks to begin 

at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

Today we have an amazing book and tea lover set

designed by Michelle Houghton,

 and it's called.....

LOST IN A BOOK! 

You'll find lots of book images as well as a sweet teapot and cup and several awesome quotes in this set! 

As you hop around the design team's blogs today you'll be able to check out LOST IN A BOOK! in action in combination with our other new 

August Kraftin' Kimmie products!  

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

They are called....
LEAFY MANDALA

and 

PERFECT PIES

(a 2 piece layering stencil!)

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

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

on  Saturday, August 19th at 2 pm noon EST in the Krafty Friends group! 

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!

I made this cute box and matching card so that I could send a little tea/book love to  one of my book pals!

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

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August Stamp Of The Month - Frightful and Delightful!

      We are so excited to share our newest Stamp Of The Month -

Frightful and Delightful!

This will be FREE with a $75 or more purchase at the

 Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop (before taxes and shipping)

during the month of August!!

*while supplies last

and as an extra special bonus, there will be a 

FREE GIFT

 in December if you collect all our Stamp Of The Month sets this year! 

We also have a new Ink Of The Month, which will be on sale all month long!! This month features the gorgeous Mostly Melon Ink Pad, Ink Cube and Reinker! Grab it now to add to your collection.

Now here's a look at some of the lovely projects

the design team has come up with

using Frightful and Delightful!

Woo hoo! Another month another awesome STAMP OF THE MONTH!!!! and it’s Halloween, my favorite! 

Love this time of year, do you?

What’s your favorite part of the fall season?

We hope you're as excited as we are about the 

August Stamp Of The Month - Frightful and Delightful!

Happy Krafting!   

KK Challenge 229 - An Oldie but a Goodie!!

 It is absolutely disgusting here in Ontario - so rainy! The rain thought is such a good reason to stay in side and get crafty though.

Over at Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps they have another weekly challenge. This week #229 is "An Oldie but a Goodie!!". This is such a great challenge that makes you delve into your stamp pile and pick something you haven't used in awhile. I know I seem to collect them and I have quite a few I have never used before, as some of you can probably agree with. LOL.

This challenge is hosted by the ever talented Krafty Girl, Melanie! So the rules of the challenge are easy you are to create a card, scrapbook page or altered item with a Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamp that is one of your older stamps or one that you bought a while ago but haven't used yet! So dust off your rubber ladies and see what you come up with.

The stamp I choose is Missy by Annie. This stamp was first shown to us back in October 2011 - almost 3 years ago. I couldn't believe it!

For a bit of inspiration I decided to use Deconstructed Sketch 150 as the layout for my card. Sometimes I get into a total funk and have no idea what to do. This sketch helped together with the fun stamp and awesome paper.

For this card I used the following:

Copics:
E000, E00, E11, E13, R20, C1, C3, C7, BG11, BG32, BG34, R22, R24, YR24, E25, E29, E49
Paper: Pebbles - From me to you
Dies: Spellbinders - Ovals,  Memory Box - Elegant Scrollwork
Misc: Cardstock, flowers, jewels



Enjoy and Happy Long Weekend!

Kraftin Kimmie Challenge 200: Back in Black!

Well, welcome back for another supah fun challenge here at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!!! And it's our 200th challenge!!! Shall we make it something special???? How about the winner of this week's challenge will receive one of our fabulous paper packages AND a stamp??? Worth playin' for??? It's awesome to see so many of you creating with KKS!!! Keep them coming! 

This week our hostess is SHARON!! And her challenge is Back in BLACK!! So create a card, scrapbook page or altered item with a Kraftin' Kimmie stamp that features anything BLACK on it!! Have some krafty fun and join us this week because we'd LOVE to see your KKS designs. We hope you can play along for your chance to WIN some Kraftin' Kimmie rubbah!!! 

Don't forget that you have until Sunday night to submit your creations to our World Kardmaking Day Challenges!!! There are six fabulous challenges to choose from and one of them you can even WIN a spot on the KRAFTY GIRLS Design Team!!!! Who's playin'?? 

ALSO, don't forget that our BIRTHDAY BASH SALE ends on Sunday night!! There are over 140 of our fave stamps and stamp sets on SPECIAL 20-60% OFF !! And remember there's a present for YOU too! Every order over $30 will receive a special goodie in their package!! Could be a stamp, could be some twine, some adhesive pearls or rhinestones, could be a magnet or keychain....it will be a fun surprise!!! But only while supplies last!! PLUS we've got lots of brand NEW 6x6 PAPER PADS in stock!! Lots of holiday pads by Carta Bella, Echo Park, Lawn Fawn, Bo Bunny and more!! Scoop some up along with your new stamps!!! OH and a few of them are on SALE too! 

 Check out the wonderful creations by our Krafty Girls and Guests featuring this week's challenge!! If you join us and play along, you could WIN a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp and paper pack!!! Happy kraftin'!! 

It has been an absolutely CRAZY week for me this week. I am so very glad it's the long weekend here in CANADA!!! Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian friends...GOBBLE GOBBLE!!! So for Sharon's challenge this week I decided to use Witchypoo, an older stamp of Kraftin' Kimmies but such a good one!!! 

I was inspired by The Wizard of Oz this week (managed to collect all the toys from McDonalds with the help of my friend Kim!!) So I decided to try my hand at green skin and what a challenge that turned out to be. Although I think it turned out rather well. Have you ever tried a different coloured skin?
So the paper I used was Graphic 45, some American Crafts glitter tape, and I coloured the image with copics. 

Well I hope to see you play along this week!

Enjoy.

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.