January 2016 Release at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

Welcome to the very first release of 2016 at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!!! wink emoticon

I hope you saw all the sets previewed this past week...the design team did an amazing job featuring these gorgeous new clear stamps! We've prepared a blog hop to celebrate the release, so get comfy and enjoy the show! (The list will be at the end of my post.)

This month includes: 

• Two beautiful sets from artist, Annie Rodrigue called MINNIE, MAISIE & ME! and PURR-FECT PRINCESS!
• A sweet new set by artist Cheryl Grant called TALK TO THE ANIMALS!
• A very special set by artist Emilie Goulet called A FURRY SURPRISE! Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps will be donating a portion of the sale of each of this set to a local non-profit animal rescue organization! We want to help take care of our furry friends who are in need of rescue!
• Two fun new sets from artist, Becky Pearce called A PURR-FECT DAY! and TOTALLY PAW-SOME!

You will get to see all of the new sets in action on the hop. When you're done, make sure to head on over to the Krafty Shop because ALL of the new stamp sets are available for purchase! If you HAVE to have it ALL, we also have our January Gimme Kimmies Kit which includes all SIX of the new sets together at a discount but only for a limited time!

I've used the new set called A Purr-fect Day! This fun set features three sweet kitties with an assortment of coordinating sentiments and accessory stamps. On the front of my card I featured one cat stamp, a sentiment and a couple of little paw prints. The image was stamped in Memento Desert Sand Ink on hot-pressed watercolour paper and coloured with Polychromos...this was my first attempt with this medium. I have a lot to learn, but it was fun to experiment! I blended the pencils with odorless mineral spirits. That awesome twine is available in the shop!!

Inside my card, I fussy cut the cat from my design paper and added another sentiment from the set. 

I also added a few accessory stamps to the back of my card...I love this sweet little mouse! I also created a trail of paw prints.

If you'd like to know what is included in the entire set, here's a pic!

Here's the hop list: 

Thanks for hopping around with us on our RELEASE DAY!  Below is the list of Krafty Girls who have a project to share with you featuring ALL of the new clear S-PET-TACULAR stamp sets! Hop on over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop because ALL the new stamps are NOW available! Happy hoppin'!

1.	Delphine	7.	Lisa Nygards	13.	Martha Tucker
2.	Elisabete Balcavage	8.	Danielle Vincent	14.	Alexis Smith
3.	Deborah Deruyck	9.	Jessie Rone	15.	Becky Pearce
4.	Melanie Holtz	10.	Kelli Hull	16.	Tracy Penney
5.	Marilyn Webb	11.	Cheryl Grant
6.	Stephanie Beauchemin	12.	Jenny Peterson

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Thanks for visiting...enjoy the hop!

Blessings,

Melanie

Kicking Off 2016 with a GLITTER Challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 

We're kicking off another year of GREAT challenges at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps...our first theme is GLITTER!! We always enjoy your creations, so be sure to submit them for a chance to win a $20 gift card to the Shop!! Similar to 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..feel free to enter as many times per month as you'd like! Let your creativity soar and create anything you like with the glitter theme featuring a KKS stamp: cards, scrapbook layouts, journal pages, altered items, planner entries...we can't wait to see what you make! You can submit your entries over at the KKS blog...you'll have until January 8th at 11:55 EST for this week's submission. 

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, but it's available in case you need a little kick start to your krafty mojo. ;)

My card features the recently released "You're Nifty" clear stamp set! The image was stamped in Memento Desert Sand and coloured with Copics. I added Glamour Dust glitter to the whipped cream on the soda as well as to the "love" wooden sentiment. To finish it off, I added some Maya Road Jute Cording coloured with a black Copic and a little key charm. 

The inside of my card features another recently released stamp from the Love Story Sentiments clear set. 

Make sure to join the Kraftin Kimmie's Krafty Friends group on Facebook...it's a great place to keep up to date on all KKS news. We love to chat about krafty stuff, so there is always lots of fun conversations to join. Please share your current projects so we can see what's happening in your kraft room! 

Thanks for visiting. :)

Blessings!

Melanie