Girls Just Want to Have Fun...a Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge!

Welcome to another fun Krafty Challenge!

Are you ready for some krafty fun??

We want you all to play along and we love to see your creations so let's get KRAFTY!

This week the theme is:

GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN!

You can submit your krafty design for achance to WIN!  You have until Friday, August 31st to enter this challenge.  Keep in mind, all entries are welcome but you must use a

 Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp in order to win.

Each Saturday we post a new challenge and you can enter as many times as you like.  Each submission during the month will enter you into the monthly prize which will be....

a $40 gift voucher to spend in the krafty shop!

We've also got a fun sketch for your inspiration for August!  You don't have to use it but if you need a little extra kickstart in your mojo, feel free to use it any time!

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I'm the hostess for this week's challenge. As you read earlier, our theme this week is Girls Just Want To Have Fun! There are so many of our stamps that work for this challenge, so it will be really easy to play along! I combined two awesome stamp sets to make a bookmark. I stamped the boxer from FRIENDS TO THE FINISH and watercoloured both the image and the background with Daniel Smith and M. Graham paints. I then added a sentiment from our HAPPY THOUGHTS set...such a great inspirational set full of encouraging sentiments! The sentiment was stamped in our WICKED BLACK INK. 

Hope you plan to play along! 

Here's the list of the Krafty Design Team Members participating in this week's challenge: 

Thanks for visiting!

Blessings, 

Melanie

Grateful Pumpkins...August 2018 Release Day Blog Hop

Today we are celebrating the amazing release of ALL of our New AUGUST Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!!!

ALL FIVE new clear stamp sets, all THREE new Krafty Kolours INKS and TWO new Halloween rubber Rerelease stamp sets are available NOW in the Krafty Shop!

Let's have a  hop around the design team and guest blogs and check them all out in action! The full hop list will be at the end of my post. 

The new sets include: 

HAUNTED HOUSE and SPOOKY SUCKERS by Emilie Goulet

GRATEFUL PUMPKINS and SPOOKY SILHOUETTES by  Melissa Baker-Nguyen

And  OUT OF THIS WORLD from artist Cheryl Grant.

PLUS we have released a TRIO of brand new fall colours in our Krafty Kolours Hybrid INKS: Pumpkin Patch, Purple Petunia and Mossy Meadow!

AND we are also rereleasing TWO of our favourite Halloween sets in unmounted pretrimmed red rubber: 

• HALLOWEEN TRINKETS
• SPOOK-TACULAR SENTIMENTS

ALL the new sets are NOW AVAILABLE individually BUT if you HAVE to have it ALL, we also have our AUGUST Gimme Kimmies Kit which includes all FIVE of the new clear sets together and at a discount! PLUS a couple of add-on options featuring our new INK TRIO (cubes and full pads)! But only for a limited time and while supplies last!

Here's my card for the hop featuring GRATEFUL PUMPKINS. This is such an elegant set perfect for your fall projects. I watercoloured a background then used three of our inks to stamp the images. I started off by stamping the pumpkin in Pumpkin Patch with my Tonic stamp platform. I then overstamped the image in Marvelous Mocha to add some depth. I stamped portions of one of the vines in Mossy Meadow and again overstamped with Marvelous Mocha. Finally I stamped the sentiment in Marvelous Mocha. I then added some additional shading under the pumpkin and to the stamped images with glazes of watercolour and spattered some paint to add texture. 

Thought I'd also include a picture of an older card featuring The Spooktacular Sentiments re-release...this is a gorgeous sentiment set! 

Here's a shot of that set: 

Here's the full hop list for today:

Thanks for visiting...happy shopping! 

Blessings, 

Melanie

Out of this World (August 2018 Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks and a challenge)

***Welcome to the August Krafty Peeks....Day FIVE!! ***

Our final new stamp set this month is from artist Cheryl Grant...introducing OUT OF THIS WORLD!

This adorable set contains a trio of fluffy little aliens, a planet to ground them, some star accessory stamps and 3 coordinating sentiments! 

Being Saturday, we also have our weekly challenge...as always, during peek week, the theme is ANYTHING GOES! You can create any type of project in any; theme featuring a Kraftin' Kimmie stamps...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 (until August 24th) and at the end of the month, we'll announce a WINNER of the $40 KKS gift certificate from all of the weekly challenges for all of August. 

You will see this versatile set in action as you hop around the Krafty blogs. The list of Krafty design team members is at the end of my post. Be sure to leave some love at each stop because one lucky commenter is going to WIN a $10 gift voucher to the krafty shop!!

Don't forget, we're doing a GIVEAWAY of the ENTIRE August release on the Krafty Friends facebook page!

Be sure to join us at the LIVE Online Release Party TODAY at 1 pm EST.  We'll be checking out all FIVE of the new clear stamp sets, plus two rubber rereleases, sharing fabulous creations, giving away prizes and having tons of krafty fun!

I created a clean and simple card featuring this cheeky little alien and the planet from OUT OF THIS WORLD. The entire scene was done in watercolour paints (Daniel Smith, M. Graham, Windsor and Newton) with a wee bit of white gouache for the white splatters in the background. 

Here's the full set:

Here's the hop list for today:

Thanks for visiting!

Blessings, 

Melanie

Spooky Silhouettes...a Kraftin' Kimmie Sneak Peek!

***Welcome to the August Krafty Peeks....Day FOUR!! ***

We've got another new set from artist Melissa Baker-Nguyen! Introducing SPOOKY SILHOUETTES!

This amazing set features lots of Halloween themed solid images perfect for using with the new Hybrid Inks...speaking of which, here's a look at the new colours released this month: Pumpkin Patch, Purple Petunia and Mossy Meadow! 

These inks are INCREDIBLE...if you haven't tried them yet, make sure to tuck a few into your shopping cart. You will love them...since Kimmie first released them, they are now the inks I reach for the most!

You will see this versatile set in action as you hop around the Krafty blogs. The list of Krafty design team members is at the end of my post. Be sure to leave some love at each stop because one lucky commenter is going to WIN a $10 gift voucher to the krafty shop!!

Plus we're doing a GIVEAWAY of the ENTIRE August release on the Krafty Friends facebook page!

Be sure to join us at the LIVE Online Release Party on Saturday afternoon at 1pm EST.  We'll be checking out all FIVE of the new clear stamp sets, plus two rubber rereleases, sharing fabulous creations, giving away prizes and having tons of krafty fun!

I thought it would be fun to show the versatility of this set by using it for something other than Halloween themed projects. I created a fall bookmark for today's preview. I started by using watercolours to paint the sunset sky and grass. I then stamped the tree and cat silhouettes from Spooky Silhouettes in  our Marvelous Mocha Hybrid ink. I created the fall foliage using the trio of leaf stamps in the set with our Yummy Yellow ink and two of our brand new ink colours, Mossy Meadow and Pumpkin Patch. Since this was sunset and not a night sky, there is enough lighting in the scene to add a bit of detail to the silhouettes. To do this, I used some gouache to add bark to the tree, shading to the leaves and a bit of fur to the cat.  I made a little tassel and finished it off with a couple of teeny leaf buttons. 

Here's the full set:

Here's the hop list for today:

Thanks for visiting!

Blessings, 

Melanie

Spooky Suckers...August Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks!

***Welcome to the August Krafty Peeks....Day TWO!! ***

We've got a couple of Halloween cuties for you in today's peeks by artist Emilie Goulet...introducing SPOOKY SUCKERS!

This adorable set features two tiny vampires plus three fun sentiments. You'll 'vant' this set to use on all your creepy creations! They are super fun on their own but imagine them in combination with the Haunted House set that we shared yesterday.

You will see these images in action as you hop around the Krafty blogs. The list of Krafty design team members is at the end of my post. Be sure to leave some love at each stop because one lucky commenter is going to WIN a $10 gift voucher to the krafty shop!!

Plus we're doing a GIVEAWAY of the ENTIRE August release on the Krafty Friends facebook page!

Be sure to join us at the LIVE Online Release Party on Saturday afternoon at 1pm EST.  We'll be checking out all FIVE of the new clear stamp sets, plus two rubber rereleases, sharing fabulous creations, giving away prizes and having tons of krafty fun!

I have been on a bit of a watercolour kick lately...heck, it's a full blown obsession, lol. I stamped the female vampire from Spooky Suckers on watercolour paper and painted the entire scene with watercolours (combination of Daniel Smith and M. Graham). I also used a bit of gouache on the moon and clouds as I needed some more opaque coverage to go over the dark sky. 

Here's the full set:

Here's the hop list for today:

Thanks for visiting!

Blessings, 

Melanie

Pearls...a Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge

Welcome to another fabulous Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge....our theme this week is PEARLS!

Submit your krafty design for your chance to WIN. You have until Friday, August 10th to enter this challenge! Keep in mind, all entries are welcome but you must use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp to be eligible to win.

Each Saturday we post a new challenge and you can enter as many times as you like! And each submission during the month will enter you into the monthly prize of a $40 gift voucher to spend in the krafty shop!

We've also got a fun sketch for your inspiration for August! You don't have to use it but if you need a little extra kickstart in your mojo, feel free to use it any time!

Be sure to hop on over to the Krafty Shop this weekend because our Frugal Friday specials are up!! Four of our stamp sets are 40% off! Additionally, our Inspirational Wednesday featured set, Magical Friends, is on sale as well!

I used the lovely set Tweetie Pies to create a bookmark for our pearl challenge. I stamped the image on watercolour paper and used a combination of Daniel Smith and Koi watercolours to paint the scene. The sentiment is part of the stamp set...I absolutely LOVE this sentiment. The image actually doesn't include any pearls, so I added some into her hair. I coated them with some Wink of Stella glitter (you can find this in the shop here).  

Here's a list of the designers participating in today's challenge: 

Thanks for visiting!

Blessings, 

Melanie