Earth Angel

Hey friends! Hope you're all having a great week. :)

I'm sharing a card today featuring the beautiful Earth Angel from SCACD. I absolutely love the Guardian Angel stamps. I stamped her on Neenah cardstock and coloured her with a combination of Copics and ShinHans. She was matted with Spellbinders. The paper is from Memory Box.

I decided to make an easel card and used one of the newest designs of Dies by SCACD, Contempo Compass Statement Corner. I love these dies. The designs are so beautiful and intricate. I cut it out of Neenah and coloured it with Copics. I trimmed off one edge and popped it up on foam squares. I added  a few pearls to finish it off.

Make sure to pop by SCACD to check out all the great products now in stock. For example:

• New Dies by SCACD
• New Blank Canvas Collection 2 Mixed Media Stamps (exclusive to SCACD)
• 6x6 paper pads
• Hampton Art for 7 Gypsies clear stamps
• Memory Box Dies
• Couture Creations embossing folders
• Make it Crafty Chipboard

Thanks for stopping by!!

Blessings, 

Melanie

Jack and Jill...Release day at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

Good morning and welcome to release day at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!!

Over the last several days, we've shared sneak peeks of all the amazing April stamps that are now available for purchase. There's the new BFF Trinkets designed by Nicole Aspinall, Fabulous Frames 2 designed by Annie Rodrigue, two sets by Cheryl Alger called Sunshiney Day and Let's Dish the Dirt, and six nursery rhyme characters by Annie Rodrigue! You'll get to see many of these stamps on today's release day blog hop. (The complete hop list will be included at the end of my post)

I used another of Annie's amazing nursery rhyme stamps for my card today. This fun pair is of course Jack and Jill. The papers are Cosmo Cricket. The images was cut out and matted with Spellbinders and the decorative edges are also Spellbinders.

Jack and Jill were coloured with Copics. I created a fun outdoor scene for Jack and Jill including that infamous hill in the background. ;) Typically, I just use a cloud template and sponge my skies in. However, Krafty Girl Alyce has really sparked an interest with us to colour our own skies. While the templates make for a great quick method of doing a sky, this allows you much more control. You can create as many clouds as you wish and of course they will appear more realistic as you can vary the shapes and contours. The grass works up quite quickly...lots of little flicks of various greens.

Skin: E000, E00, E11, RV95  Jack's hair: E50, E31, E33, E37, E59, BV29  Jill's hair: E50, Y21, YR31, E13, E17, E18, E59  Jill's Dress: R22, R27, R46, R59, C7, BV29, BG11, BG72, BG75, C7  Jack's pants: B21, B23, B45, B97, C7, BV29  Jack's shirt: C00, C1, C3, C5  Jack's vest: G20, G82, G85, G99, C7, BV29  Grass: YG00, YG03, YG63, YG67, G20, G21, G95, G99, BG96, C7, BV29  Well: W00, W1, W3, W5, W7  Sky: BG0000, BG000  Clouds: C00, C1, C3, BV31, BG0000, blender

On the back of my card, I've used one of the designs from the Fabulous Frames 2 set. (the greens are a bit off...sorry, I was having issues with the photograph) Jack and Jill were stamped in brown ink on kraft cardstock and I added a bit of subtle colour.

The new April stamps will be available at 2:30 EST today at the KKS Online Store! You can purchase them individually or as sets with the Gimmie Kimmie Kits which are divided by artist and available at a great discount price. These kits are only available for a limited time, so make sure to order yours soon!

As promised, here is the complete hop list. Make sure to leave comments for your chance to win some of the new April stamps!

Thanks for joining us today. :)  Oh, and don't forget about our Online Release Party today at 1:00 pm!! (Just click on the link for full details!)

Blessings,

Melanie

Little Boy Blue (A Kraftin' Kimmie Sneak Peek!)

Hey krafty friends!!

It's time for our weekly challenge with Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! Our hostess this week is the lovely and talented Jenny, and her challenge is Anything Goes. Gotta love that creative freedom!

Since it's also release week, the Krafty Girls are all showcasing the new April stamps by Annie Rodrigue!! This month, Annie has brought us six sweet nursery rhyme characters...you're going to LOVE these stamps!

I've used one of my favourites from this release...this is Little Boy Blue. Seriously, how cute is he?? So sweet and innocent all curled up for his nap. :) The papers are from Authentique. The sentiment comes with another Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp that was released last month, Melaina.

Little Boy Blue was stamped on Neenah and coloured with Copics.

Skin: E000, E00, E11, RV95  Hair: E50, E31, E33, E37, E59, BV29  Jeans: B21, B24, B45, B97, BV29, C7  Shirt: R22, R27, R46, R59, C7, BV29  Hat: YR31, E50, E42, E43, E47, E59, R22, R27, R46, R59

We'd love to have you join us for the Anything Goes challenge this week. If you use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp on your project, you'll be eligible to win the stamp featured on Jenny's gorgeous project today!

Make sure to hop around to leave comments for all the Krafty Girls participating in the challenge/sneak peeks today because you could be the lucky winner of some of the new April stamps by Annie! Here's the complete list of today's participants:

Make sure to join us tomorrow afternoon for our Online Release Party and the KKS Facebook page! We always have a great time chatting it up! All WINNERS from this week's sneak peek giveaways will be announced at the party, so please plan to attend!!

Thanks for visiting, and we hope to see you tomorrow for the release day blog hop. :)

Blessings,

Melanie

Fabulous Frames 2...A Kraftin' Kimmie Sneak Peek!

Hey krafty friends!! We've got another round of previews for the April release at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. Today we are introducing Fabulous Frames 2. This is a great set featuring two different frames and several great sentiments. These frames are so versatile. They are perfect for showcasing your favourite image, for highlighting a sentiment, for inserting an actual photo, for creating a journalling space, for decorating the inside of your card...so many great possibilities!

This is one of the designs from Fabulous Frames 2. I stamped it on Neenah with brown Memento ink, used Copics to add some subtle shading (W00, E40, E42, E43, E47) and then carefully cut it out.  I used an element from Spellbinders Parisian Accents and some pink design paper as a backing in the frame. This pretty Mother's Day trinket was released last month...it's part of the Springtime Trinkets. It was inked up with Distress Ink (Stormy Sky, Victorian Velvet and Tumbled Glass). The paper is MME Madison Ave.

Make sure to hop around and leave comments for all the Krafty Girls sharind sneak peeks today. Kimmie will be choosing a lucky winner from the comments who will win the Fabulous Frames 2 set! Here's a list of today's sneak peeks:

All winners will be announced at the Online Release Party this Sunday at the KKS Facebook page...you can read all the details HERE!

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,

Melanie

BFF Trinkets (A Kraftin' Kimmie Sneak Peak!)

Guess what???!! It's time for Kraftin' Kimmie's APRIL 2013 RELEASE!!!!! 

We are kicking off the *New* APRIL Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps previews today and of course we're starting off with new TRINKETS!! Today we’d like to introduce you to an awesome new set of ….BFF TRINKETS!!

These circular sentiment stamps have been created and designed by the totally talented Krafty Girl, Nicole Aspinall!! They are made especially to fit in your 1 3/8ths and 1 ¾ inch punches, for quick and easy cutting!!! This month we are releasing the BFF Trinkets set which includes EIGHT trinkets in each set with four of each size and they come as both positive and negative images, so you can use your black or brown ink with the positive stamps and use your coloured inks with the negative ones!! You will get the set as a completely unmounted full sheet of deeply etched grey rubber. They're just PERFECT for all your friendly creations!!!

I made a fun little note card featuring one of the new BFF Trinkets. The trinket was stamped on Neenah and coloured with Copics. It was backed by a decorative circle cut with an MFT die. I added a pair of wooden hearts that were covered with design paper. A few pearls and some machine stitching finish it off. 

Today we have lots of inspiration from the Krafty Girls, so hop around....and be sure to comment at each and every stop because one lucky stamper is going to WIN the new BFF TRINKETS set!!! {All of this week's winners will be announced at the online party on Sunday afternoon!}Here's the full list of Krafty Girls participating in the sneak peeks today:

OH YES!! We are having another amazing ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!!! It's happening this SUNDAY afternoon at our Facebook fan page....and you can get ALL the details HERE!!! All the new stamps we're sharing over the next few days will be released on SUNDAY!! 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you back tomorrow!

Blessings, 

Melanie

Dance

Hi crafty friends! I'm sharing a card featuring one of the fantastic new stamps from the Blank Canvas  Collection #2 from SCACD. This is Solid Blank Canvas Leap of Faith. I love the unbridled joy of this silhouette stamps...so much fun! The music score paper is actually from a Halloween pad from Authentique. I also used the wonky clock stamp from the Follow Your True Heart set to stamp randomly around the edge of the paper to create a border. The other sheet of design paper is from Prima. The decorative corners were cut with Dies by SCACD. The smaller one is Classic Corner Dies and the larger one is Fancy Flower and Key Corners. I also used a Memory Box Die for the flourish. All paper edges were distressed and sponged with black ink.

Have you stopped by the SCACD website recently?? There are so many great new products, along with the staple items we all need for our creative processes. Here are a few to check out:

• Newly released Blank Canvas Collection #2 and Follow Your True Heart Collection mixed media stamps
• Dies by SCACD (including the four newly released designs!)
• New 6x6 paper pads
• New stencils
• New embossing folders

Thanks for stopping by today!

Blessings,

Melanie

Tatiana

Hey Krafty peeps!

Welcome to another challenge with Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. This week our hostess the incredibly talented  Krista. She would like to see Flowers on your projects...such a great challenge for spring. :)

I've used Tatiana on my card today. I had actually coloured her up during the preview week for March's release, but hadn't had a chance to put her on a card yet. The papers are some older Prima sheets. I added some Make It Crafty Chipboard corners, some pearls, flourishes cut with a Memory Box Die and a glitter Prima rose.

Tatiana was stamped and coloured on Neenah with Copics. Are you loving that gorgeous frame??? That is one of two designs in the newly released Fabulous Frames set. This set also comes with several versatile sentiments. Rather than masking my image, I just fussy cut the frame out after colouring it, placed it over my image to mark the spots on her hair and wings that I wanted to extend beyond the frame and then snipped along the image outline a bit. I then slipped the frame into place and trimmed the background paper to fit. When assembling the card, I added a tiny foam pop dot under her wings to give a bit of dimension. Her wings were given a bit of sparkle with a thin coat of Stardust Stickles.

We'd love to have you join us for the Flower challenge this week. If you do, you could win the stamp Krista used on her gorgeous project...just make sure to use a KKS image to be eligible. For more flowery inspiration, pop on over to the KKS Blog to check out what the rest of the Krafty Girls have created this week.

KRAFTY NEWS!!!

SPRINGTIME KRAFTY KROP: We're having an online Krop over at the KKS Facebook page today!!  We've got fun challenges for you every couple of hours starting at 10am EST....lots of chit chat with the Krafty Girls.....krafty fun and PRIZES!!! You'll have almost a week to upload your submissions but a bunch of us are hangin' out and gettin' krafty together TODAY!!! Come join us!! 

APRIL SHOWERS OF SAVINGS!!! Kimmie is putting a BUNCH of stamps on SALE this morning!!! There are about THIRTY of our fave stamps and stamp sets on SPECIAL for this weekend only!! PLUS so many of you have requested to see quite a few of our RETIRED stamps back in the shop, so guess what?! Kimmie just *might* have some in the shop this morning BUT there are very limited quantities....so if you want it, scoop it up before it's gone!!! (To bring up all the retired stamps in one spot, just search an asterisk "*" in the search bar!!)

PLUS we've got lots of brand NEW 6x6 PAPER PADS in stock and some 8x8s!!! {Canadian shipping will remain the same right now, but US/International customers, please check with us first as there may be extra shipping charges because of the weight.} We've got new Carta Bella, Websters Pages, Best Creation, Fancy Pants, Graphic 45, Cosmo Cricket, Echo Park and Simple Stories...soooo many fun designs! Scoop some up along with your new stamps!!!

APRIL SHOWERS OF PRIZES!! Lastly....and most importantly.....for all orders placed this weekend......for every $40 spent before shipping and taxes, you will receive one half of a purple ticket!!!! These tickets will have a number on them and you should HANG ON to them because next week during our APRIL RELEASE, I will draw some tickets to WIN some of the new stamps!!!! And ONE LUCKY STAMPER will win the WHOLE APRIL RELEASE!!! So the more tickets you get, the more chances you have to WIN!!!! 

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoy all the Krafty festivities this weekend! :)

Blessings,

Melanie