It’s Krafty RELEASE Day at Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps!!!  And we’re celebrating with a KRAFTY HOP!!  There are SO many incredible new stamps to SEE this month and we’ve put them all together in a fabulous showcase JUST FOR YOU!! 

Over the last few days in our Krafty Peeks, we have shared lots of AWESOME new stamps from all our artists!  We’ve got something for everyone!!  Lulu is back from Cheryl Alger.....we know how much you love her!!  And she’s having a party!! So we are celebrating with a set called BIRTHDAY LULU!  We also have an adorable set of toddlers having a celebration from Emilie Goulet called BIRTHDAY BUDDIES!!  And of course we have a GLAMOROUS new set of six OLD HOLLYWOOD stamps from Annie Rodrigue!  OH and don’t forget the newest set in our BRAND NEW line of stamps called BIRTHDAY TRINKETS by the lovely Nicole Aspinall!!! 

You will get to see most of the new images today as you sit back and enjoy our JULY Krafty Hop!  If you want to start from the beginning, just head over to the Kraftin’ Kimmie Challenge Blog!  As you hop from blog to blog, be sure to leave a comment at each and every stop because some lucky stampers will win packages of these incredible stamps from the new release!!  And when you’re done hoppin’, be sure to head over to the Kraftin’ Kimmie shop, because ALL the new images are NOW available!  

And of course, as always, we have our Gimme Kimmies Kits available for those of you who ‘need it all’!!  The stamps are grouped together by artist and are available at a discount, but only for a limited time!!

Next on the Hop is the very talented and funny Sharon!!

We've been teasing you Krafty Keeners all week (you know who you are), so finally….here it is!! Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps is thrilled to introduce the newest set in our *NEW* Exclusive Krafty Klubhouse stamp sets!!! Today we are sharing previews of all THREE new images by Annie Rodrigue included in this special edition set, along with SEVEN, yes I said SEVEN coordinating sentiment stamps!

Now let me be clear once again…..there is NO club to join or sign up for! ANYONE from ANYWHERE in the world can order this special set but ONLY at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop!! These images will not be sold individually, but only as the complete set called…..SEA JEWELS! ALSO if you order this set before June 22nd, you will also receive a special coupon code for 20% OFF your next online order!

I had a  ton of fun colouring this Seaside beauty. I had a bunch of ideas of what I was going to create and this is what came together in the end. I think this is my most favourite altered item I have made.  I love the colour teal and when I came across this sea shell paper the scene just came together.  I then dug out all my teal embellishments  and bling,  so appropriate for this Sea Jewel release. 
 I really enjoyed putting them all together to create this glass jar, the perfect place to hold all those precious seashells collected.  


The set goes live on the shop website at midnight tonight!!! We will also be celebrating with an awesome SEA JEWELS Krafty Hop and giving away a set to one lucky stamper, so be sure to join us for more gorgeous samples tomorrow!!!

KKS April Release day is here!!!

Do YOU know what day it is???  It’s Krafty RELEASE Day at Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps!!!  And we’re celebrating with a KRAFTY HOP!!  There are SO many incredible new stamps to SEE this month, so let’s get started!    

Over the last few days in our Krafty Peeks, we have shared lots of AMAZING new stamps from all our artists!  We’ve got something for everyone!!  Lulu is back from Cheryl Alger.....we know how much you love her!!  So we have a new set called PLAYTIME LULU!  We also have TWO fantastic sets of adorable BUGGIES from Emilie Goulet called BUG BUDDIES 1 AND BUG BUDDIES 2!!!  And of course we have an amazing new set of six WIZARD OF OZ inspired stamps from Annie Rodrigue!  AND a fabulous OZ SENTIMENTS set to match!!!!  Eeeeeeee!!!

You will get to see most of the new images today as you sit back and enjoy our APRIL Krafty Hop!  If you want to start from the beginning, just head over to the Kraftin’ Kimmie Challenge Blog!  As you hop from blog to blog, be sure to leave a comment at each and every stop because some lucky stampers will win packages of these incredible stamps from the new release!!  And when you’re done hoppin’, be sure to head over to the Kraftin’ Kimmie shop, because ALL the new images are NOW available!  And of course, as always, we have our Gimme Kimmies Kits available for those of you who ‘need it all’!!  The stamps are grouped together by artist and are available at a discount, but only for a limited time!!

My girls were off on a play date today so I had tons of Krafty time to myself!! Yeah!!!  :)

I was on such a role today in my craft room that I made three cards for today. I wanted to talk a little about this last one because some of the details didn't really show up that well in my photo. I wanted to create a scene but wasn't really sure how I wanted to do it. I first thought about a pop up card but my Tin man was a bit thin and flimsy so I scratched that idea. Then I thought maybe an easel card would work nicely...and I'm quite happy the way it all came together. I found some great papers in my stash as the backdrop, some it you might recognize from and old 6x6 from Stampin Up.The stone paper I'm not sure where it came from, sorry. Probably a DCWV pack but i can't say for sure. So I dusted off a couple of old tools to create the scene, like my heat gun and my fiskars dry embossing plates. First of all I embossed the Tin man onto some silver metallic cardstock with some black embossing powder and I paper pieced his ax.  I had an embossing plate that kinda looked like a stone pathway so I used that on some glittery yellow cardstock to create the yellow brick road. Really it was all quite simple, I liked how simple and clean it looked so I kept it just as is. :) 

Thanks so much for stopping by and if you're still with me through all of this you're next stop on the blog hop is, Melanie.  HAPPY HOPPING!!

KKS Challenge #124

Hi there and welcome to this week's KKS challenge. This week's Kraftin' Kimmie's Stamps challenge was inspired by a pic.

And here's what I was "inspired" to create using Rose.

To see more of this week's challenge please head on over to the KKS Challenge blog.

More importantly...if you're a local gal come visit us at this year's Scrapfest in Kitchener Ontario!!! Stop by the KKS booth, we'd love to see ya! :)
My apologies that this is so short but I'm typing as fast as I can to head out the door to help set up our booth. So much fun, and so much to do!!!!! EEEEEKS!!

Have a great weekend, I know I will. ;)

KKS Challenge # 102

Today's Kraftin' Kimmie's Stamps challenge is to make a Monochromatic Card. I decided to use Winnie because I love this stamp so much. One of my fav's!! Being a hairstylist this image makes me giggle.

So I used some papers from the Bobunny Garden Girl collection. Lots of rich autumn colours. I don't tend to use a lot of purples in my cards but I really like these papers. More of a plum colour really.

So here's my card...

Winnie comes with the Sentiment "Bad Hair Day doesn't even begin to cover it."

To see more monochromatic cards head on over to the KKS challenge Blog.

Thanks for stopping by.

KKS Challenge #98

This week's Kraftin' Kimmie's Stamps challenge is to do some paper piecing on your card.

I had not yet had the chance to colour Mizuki from our June release and came across some paper in my stash that I thought would work perfectly with her. I inked around most of the edges with some Tim Holtz distress ink. Added some decorative corner pieces with a cuttlebug die cut and I handmade the flower with a SU punch layering technique and spritzed it with some Tattered Angels glimmer mist.

I also used a Fiskars border punch to create the lace edge and finished it off by adding a few gems.

Thanks so much for stopping by and if you'd like to see more of this week's KKS challenge head over to the Challenge blog to see what the rest of the Krafty girls came up with.

Have a great weekend.

KKS Challenge #89 Clean and Simple

This week's Kraftin' Kimmie's Stamps challenge is to make a card with no embellishments!! Clean and simple...aka difficult and stressful. lol Just teasing.
I actually quite enjoyed this challenge. I do love embellishments and  I rarely make a card without them, but it was nice to change it up a bit.

So I decided to use Dolly the Dolphin. I coloured her in with many shades of teals using my copic markers. Cut her out with my Lacey loopy spellbinders and inked it with SU Soft sky ink before removing it from the die. Finished it off by adding some waves using a Fiskars border punch.

Be sure to pop over to the KKS Challenge blog to see how the other Krafty girls struggled...lol  ;)

KKS Release Day and Krafty Hop

Today Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps is releasing their new JUNE stamps! 

As you’ve seen over the last few days in our Krafty Peeks, we have AMAZING new stamps for you to play with this month!  We are thrilled to be introducing a NEW line of stamps from the incredible Emilie Goulet who has brought us lots of Beach Fun images!  We have gorgeous Asian Inspired beauties from Annie Rodrigue!  And there are adorable little Spring Girls from Cheryl Alger!

You will get to see most of the new images while you sit back and enjoy our Krafty Hop  If you want to start from the beginning, just head over to the Kraftin’ Kimmie Challenge Blog!  As you hop from blog to blog, be sure to leave a comment at each and every stop because some lucky stampers will win packages of stamps from the new release!!  And when you’re done hoppin’, be sure to head over to the Kraftin’ Kimmie shop, because ALL the new images are NOW available! 

And again this month we've got the Gimme Kimmie's Kits for those of you who just have to have it all...and like a little discount to boot! There's a kit for Annie's images, one for Cheryl's, one for our newest artist Emilie and something NEW...Gimme Kimmies Komplete June Kit includes the ENTIRE release (for those that just NEED it all) at a 20% discount! Doesn't that sound Great?!!!

Each kit is discounted and only available for a short time!

Alright well I think that's all I need to share with you, but the rest of the Krafty girls have their creations yet to show you. So continue hopping along to the ever so talented and very funny Carole.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend. :)

KKS Challenge #81

Today's Kraftin Kimmie Stamps challenge is to use paper pieceing on our cards. I seldomly do this but I do love the look of it.

I chose to use Mandy from our Girls rock, May release. I pulled some old Stampin Up paper from my stash. I thought these soft mellow colours worked well with this yoga pose.

So I stamped Mandy on the DP with my new memento inked that I just bought this last week at Hobby Lobby. Works sooo much better then just reinking my old one. Nice dark, crisp lines. Love it!!
Anyhoo, I carefully trimmed out her yoga pants and shirt and glued them in place. I used my lace fiskars border punch, added a bit of white ribbon and tied a loose knot. Added a flower from my stash and a few pearls. (all from the dollar store)
Be sure to check out the Kraftin kimmie challenge blog to see what the rest of the Krafty girls came up with this week.

Take care and have a fabulous weekend!!  I'm off to my eldest daughter's 7th Birthday party this afternoon. We're going bowling. Strike!!! :)