Wednesday, December 12, 2018

12 Krafty Days of Christmas...Day 12!

Welcome to Day 12 of 
the Twelve Krafty Days of Khristmas!


We're recapping of ALL of the amazing releases from 2018 at
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

***PLUS each and every day during the 12 Days Event, you can comment on the KKS blog posts for your chance to WIN some prizes!  We will be giving away several gift vouchers to the krafty shop and YOU could WIN one just by showing some krafty love!



I'm sharing a card featuring COOL CRITTERS set which was released in October 2018. I adore this sweet winter mouse holding a lantern on his tail. I stamped the image in our Totally Taupe ink on cold-pressed Arches watercolour paper and painted him entirely in watercolour paints. 



Make sure to check out the blog for all the other DT projects being shared for Day 12, 
and be sure to join our Krafty Friends Facebook page for more challenges and fun!


Thanks for visiting! 

Blessings, 

Melanie

Saturday, December 8, 2018

Stencils...a KKS challenge

Welcome to our weekly Krafty Challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!



This week is all about....
STENCILS!

This challenge is a fantastic opportunity to play with our brand new Krafty Stencils and Hybrid Inks!

Every Saturday on the KKS blog, we post a brand new challenge for the week and you can enter as many times as you like!  Each submission will enter you into the monthly prize......which is a $40 gift voucher to the krafty shop!

We've also got a fun sketch for your inspiration for December.  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!



ALSO don't miss our 12 Krafty Days of Khristmas going on on the KKS blog every day with chances to WIN prizes!  And don't miss our FINAL FRUGAL FRIDAY of 2018! 




Hello Krafty friends! I hope that many of you have had the chance to get your fingers on our new inks and stencils...they are amazing! They have quickly become "must have" items! For my card this week, I stamped one of the snowmen from the Super Cool Pals stamp set in our Totally Taupe ink on cold-pressed cotton watercolour paper. After watercolouring the image (I actually started this project during a live colour-along video earlier this week on our Facebook page) I used our Sparkling Snowflake stencil and some white gouache to create the snowy sky. I then flicked some drops of white on the sky to add some smaller "flakes." I also added a pattern to the snowman's jacket with our Beautiful Burlap stencil and Marvelous Mocha ink. 



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




Thanks for visiting...blessings!

Melanie


Friday, December 7, 2018

12 Krafty Days of Christmas...Day 7!

Welcome to Day SEVEN of 
the Twelve Krafty Days of Khristmas!


We're recapping of ALL of the amazing releases from 2018 at
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

***PLUS each and every day during the 12 Days Event, you can comment on the KKS blog posts for your chance to WIN some prizes!  We will be giving away several gift vouchers to the krafty shop and YOU could WIN one just by showing some krafty love!


***ALSO if you have a creation made with one of the stamp sets we release in JULY, please share on the blog for an EXTRA GIVEWAY!!  ;)


It's my turn to share a project featuring a stamp set from the month of JULY!!

I adore the MANATEE PALS stamp set released back in July...one of my favourites from 2018! I stamped one of the manatees, the ocean bottom, a sand dollar and some seashells from the set in our Totally Taupe ink and watercoloured the entire scene.  



The July release included:


FRIENDS TO THE FINISH, BLAST OFF
and MANATEE PALS!


Friends to the Finish




Blast Off!




Manatee Pals!




Make sure to check out the blog for Day EIGHT, 
and be sure to join our Krafty Friends Facebook page for more challenges and fun!


Thanks for visiting! 

Blessings, 

Melanie

Saturday, November 24, 2018

Embossing Challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps

Welcome to another Krafty Challenge!

This week our theme is: EMBOSSING!
Incorporate this element into any project featuring a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp and enter our challenge for your chance to win! Each submission during November will enter you into the monthly prize draw for a $40 gift voucher to spend in the krafty shop.


Speaking of shopping, Kimmie has an amazing sale this weekend!!


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My project this week this week features one of the adorable PERKY PENGUINS! I stamped the penguin in our Totally Taupe ink and watercoloured the scene. I also added a sentiment from HOLLY JOLLY ORNAMENTS stamped in Wicked Black ink. The background panel of my tag was also done in watercolour paints, cut out with a spellbinders die and embossed with a snowflake folder. I then rubbed a bit of white acrylic paint over the embossed snowflakes to highlight the design.


Hope you plan to play along! Here's the hop list for a little inspiration:



Thanks for visiting, 

Blessings, 

Melanie

Sunday, November 11, 2018

November 2018 Release at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps

Today we are celebrating the  November Release at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps

ALL THREE new clear stamp sets are available NOW in the Krafty Shop!
  1. POLAR PALS by Emilie Goulet 
  2. PERKY PEGUINS by Melissa Baker-Nguyen
  3. KRAFTY LOVE by Emilie Goulet

Don’t forget we also have three new Krafy Kolours: 
  1.  Bubbly, Blue
  2. Granite Grey 
  3. Totally Taupe (perfect for no lines coloring)

Also in the shop are the four new Krafty Stencils: 
  1. Beautiful Burlap
  2. Krafty Scenery
  3. Sparkling Snowflakes 
  4. Sweater Weather.

The new sets, inks and stencils are available individually, BUT if you HAVE to have it ALL, we also have our November Gimme Kimmies Kit!
The Krafty Team and Guests have lots of goodies to share with you today and you'll find all the links at the end of my post. 

I created a card using Krafty Love. I stamped her in our Totally Taupe ink and painted her with watercolours. I created a paint spatter background by dropping in watercolour paint and using a straw to blow bursts of colour across the page. The sentiment was stamped in Wicked Black ink. I also used our Beautiful Burlap stencil with Mermaid Melody ink  and another sentiment on the inside of my card.




Here's the hop list:


Happy shopping!

Blessings, 

Melanie

Friday, November 9, 2018

Perky Penguins...a Kraftin' Kimmie Sneak Peek

Welcome to Day THREE of our November peeks at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

Today's set features some ADORABLE little characters by artist Melissa Baker-Nguyen...it's called PERKY PENGUINS!!

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This fun set comes with lots of cute penguins, several scenery accessory stamps and coordinating sentiments. You'll be able to design lots of quick holiday/winter cards not to mention gift tags, bags and boxes and amazing scrapbook pages! 

All of the Krafty Krew design team members and Krafty Guests listed at the end of my post have great designs to share with you today featuring the PERKY PENGUINS stamp set. Be sure to hop around and leave lots of love at each and every stop because some lucky commenters will WIN some $$ to the krafty shop! Plus we're doing a GIVEAWAY of the ENTIRE stamp release on the Krafty Friends facebook pageThe winners will be announced at the LIVE Online Release Party on Saturday afternoon at 1pm EST. We'll be checking out ALL of the THREE new clear stamp sets, FOUR stencils, THREE inks and a partridge in a pear tree! Plus we'll be sharing fabulous creations, giving away prizes and having tons of krafty fun!

Here's my card featuring the PERKY PENGUINS set. I combined one of the penguin images and the little ice flow to create this watercoloured scene. To create the outlines for the hills of snow and water edge, I used one side of the KRAFTY BASICS stencil.



Here's the full set:
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Thanks for visiting

Blessings,

Melanie

Thursday, November 8, 2018

Polar Pals (Kraftin' Kimmie sneak peek)

Welcome, welcome to Day TWO of our November Krafty Peeks at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

We are launching NEW Kraftin' Kimmie STENCILS plus THREE fabby NEW Krafty Kolours INKS!

Today let's kick off the THREE new stamp sets with a wonderful winter set from artist Emilie Goulet called.....POLAR PALS!!

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This snowy set features two main images of a raccoon having a ball and a sweet polar bear giving his penguin pals a lift!! Aren't they cute? Plus there are four sweet sentiments!

You will see these new images in action as you hop around the Krafty blogs in combination with the NEW Granite Grey and Bubbly Blue inks AND the NEW Sweater Weather and Sparkling Snowflakes STENCILS!

You'll see the list of Krafty design team members and Krafty Guests at the end of my post, so hop around and be sure to leave some love at each stop because one lucky commenter is going to WIN a gift voucher to the krafty shop!!

Plus we're doing a GIVEAWAY of the ENTIRE November stamp release on the Krafty Friends facebook page! Head on over and find out how YOU can WIN!

Be sure to join us at the LIVE Online Release Party on Saturday afternoon at 1pm EST! We'll be checking out all THREE of the new clear stamp sets, the THREE new inks and FOUR new KRAFTY STENCILS, sharing fabulous creations, giving away prizes and having tons of krafty fun!

I chose to use the adorable polar bear with his penguin friends for today's peek. I stamped the image from POLAR PALS in our new Totally Taupe ink on cold pressed Arches watercolour paper and used my watercolour paints to finish the scene. I then used some Bo Bunny glitter paste in Sugar with our brand new Sparkling Snowflakes stencil to finish the snowy scene. 


Here's the full set:

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And here's the list: 

Thanks for visiting, 

Blessings

Melanie

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Inspirational Wednesday - Treat Yours-elf

Good Morning and welcome to another Inspirational Wednesday post for Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!


Each week one of the Krafty design team members will share a project to inspire you to get creative with your krafty stamps!

This week I'm sharing 
a fun Christmas card featuring our clear stamp set TREAT YOURS-ELF; this set comes with two fun little holiday helpers and several coordinating sentiments. I pulled out my watercolours (combination of Daniel Smith, M Graham, Qor and Winsor and Newton) to paint the sweet little girl elf . I stamped the sentiment in our Marvelous Mocha ink.



As an added bonus Kimmie has put the 
TREAT YOURS-ELF stamp set on SALE... be sure to scoop it up today at 40% off!

Oh...almost forgot to mention that it's release week! Stay tuned for the sneak peeks! (If you saw pics from our Krafty retreat last weekend, you may have spotted some of the new stamps and products!)

Hope you all have a creative week!


Thanks for visiting...blessings!

Melanie

Sunday, October 14, 2018

October 2018 Kraftin' Kimmie Release Blog Hop

Today we are celebrating the October Release at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps with a blog hop...all 3 new wintry clear stamp sets are available in the shop.

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The design team and guests have created an assortment of projects to showcase the release. You'll find the list at the end of my post. 

This month's release includes: 
  1.  COOL CRITTERS by artist Emilie Goulet
  2. SUPER COOL PALS by artist Cheryl Grant 
  3. HOLIDAY VILLAGE by artist Becky Pearce (which coordinates with our Shake it Up sets.
The new sets are available for purchase individually, BUT if you HAVE to have it ALL, we also have our OCTOBER Gimme Kimmies Kit which includes all THREE of the new clear sets at a discount

My hop card features the squirrel from Cool Critters. Once again, I used watercolours to paint the image. It was stamped on cold pressed paper. 



Here's the set: 


 Here's the list:



Happy shopping!

Blessings, 

Melanie

Saturday, October 13, 2018

Holiday Village...a Kraftin' Kimmie Sneak Peek

Welcome back to Day TWO of our October Krafty Peeks at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!


Today's stamp set is from artist Becky Pearce and it's called HOLIDAY VILLAGE! The set comes with an assortment of main images, accessories and sentiments...a total of 23 stamps! So many possibilities for creating beautiful scenes! 

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It's also CHALLENGE DAY and as always, during release week the theme is ANYTHING GOES! Create a card, scrapbook page or altered item with a Kraftin' Kimmie stamp. You have a week to play with this challenge (until Oct 19th) and at the end of the month, we'll announce a WINNER from all of the weekly challenges for all of October! The prize is a $40 Gift Certificate to use on ANYTHING you want in the shop!

All the Krafty Design Team members and Guests listed below have creations to share with you today featuring the HOLIDAY VILLAGE stamp set. Be sure to hop around and leave lots of love at each and every stop because one lucky commenter will WIN a gift voucher to the shop! The winner will be announced at the LIVE Online Release Party this afternoon, so don't miss it!

I used an assortment of the stamps to create this wintery night scene done in watercolour paints. The snowflakes were created by spattering the painting with white gouache. The sentiment it part of the set. I added a little glitter with a Wink of Stella Pen


Here's the full set:

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Here's the hop list:


Thanks for visiting...blessings!

Melanie

Friday, October 12, 2018

Super Cool Pals...a Kraftin' Kimmie Sneak Peek

Welcome back to Day TWO of our October Krafty Peeks at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

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Today's stamp set is from artist Cheryl Grant and it's called SUPER COOL PALS! The set features two main images plus several coordinating sentiments. 

All the Krafty Design Team members and Guests listed below have creations to share with you today featuring the SUPER COOL PALS stamp set. Be sure to hop around and leave lots of love at each and every stop because one lucky commenter will WIN a gift voucher to the shop! The winner will be announced at the LIVE Online Release Party tomorrow afternoon, so don't miss it!

I stamped out the snowman with the little fox friend from Super Cool Pals and watercoloured the image for my card today.  



Here's the full set:

Here's the hop list:

Thanks for visiting...blessings!

Melanie

Saturday, September 29, 2018

Tags...a Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge

Welcome to another fun Krafty Challenge!




This week the theme is:
TAGS!
You can submit your krafty design for a chance to WIN.  You have until Friday, October 5th 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 of $40 gift voucher to spend in the krafty shop!


We've also got a fun sketch for your inspiration for September!  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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Also, don't forget to check out our Frugal Friday specials this week...a few of our sets are 40% off, but only for weekend and only while supplies last.

I decided to play with our newly released HOLLY JOLLY ORNAMENTS to make a Christmas tag. I watercoloured a background and then stamped one of the solid ornaments in our Purple Pansy ink using a stamp platform. I then overstamped the image with our Purple Petunia ink, and then stamped again with our Wicked Black ink, but only inked along the edge of the stamp. I then used our black ink to stamp the sentiments. To finish it off, I added a little sparkle to the image with a Wink of Stella pen, a chipboard snowflake painted white and coated with Glamour Dust, a bit of twine and some ribbon. 




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

Sunday, September 16, 2018

September 2018 Release Blog Hop at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

Today we are celebrating ALL the stamps and INKS from our Holiday Release at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!!!

The September release includes: 
  1. HOLLY JOLLY ORNAMENTS by artist Melissa Baker-Nguyen
  2. A CHAT WITH SANTA....and GINGERBREAD KISSES from artist Cheryl Grant
  3. MR & MRS CLAUS by artist Emilie Goulet
  4. RUBY RED and ENCHANTING EMERALD Krafty Kolours inks...our two newest colours!

We're having a fun blog hop today so you can check out what the design team and guest designers have created with the release. You'll find the hop list at the end of my post. 

After the hop, make your way over to the KKS shop where ALL the new sets and inks are available for purchase. If you HAVE to have it ALL, we also have our SEPTEMBER Gimme Kimmies Kit which includes all FOUR of the new clear sets PLUS the two NEW INKS together at a discount (only while supplies last)!

I coloured up the adorable new Chat With Santa by Cheryl Grant for my hop card. It's been a while since I showed my markers a bit of love, so I stamped the image on Neenah cardstock and coloured with my Copics.



Here's the full set:
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Here's the hop list:


Thanks for visiting! 

Blessings,

Melanie

Saturday, September 15, 2018

Gingerbread Kisses...a Kraftin' Kimmie Sneak Peek

It's time for our September Release which means.....CHRISTMAS!!!


It's our final day of Krafty Peeks at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. Today we are sharing an adorable new set by Cheryl Grant called GINGERBREAD KISSES! The set features a gingerbread house, a boy and girl cookie, accessory stamps and several sentiments. 

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It's also challenge day...as always, during release week the theme is ANYTHING GOES! Use one of your KK stamps to create any project. You'll have one week to play...until Sep 21, 2018. At the end of the month, we'll announce a winner from all the weekly challenges of September. The prize is a $40 gift card to the shop! 

Check out this gorgeous set and new INKS in action as you hop around the Krafty blogs today (list at the end of my post). Leave some love at each stop because one lucky commenter is going to WIN a gift voucher to the krafty shop! Plus we're doing a GIVEAWAY of the ENTIRE release on the Krafty Friends facebook page!

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

I stamped the house from GINGERBREAD KISSES and watercoloured with a combination of Daniel Smith, M Graham and my newest addition, PH Martin's Hydrus paints. For the frosting accents, I added a thin layer of acrylic paint topped with Glamour Dust. The sentiment is included in the stamp set.



Here's the full set:
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And here's the hop list: 


Thanks for visiting!

Blessings, 

Melanie

Thursday, September 13, 2018

Holly Jolly Ornaments...a Kraftin' Kimmie Sneak Peek

'It's time for our September Release which means.....CHRISTMAS!!!


Today we are kickin' off our Krafty Peeks at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! And not only do we have an incredible new stamp set to share but ALSO we have TWO NEW Hybrid Inks to add to our Krafty Kolours kollection! 

First up is a GORGEOUS new solid image stamp set by artist Melissa Baker-Nguyen called HOLLY JOLLY ORNAMENTS!
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This amazing set features seven solid ornament stamps in different sizes and designs plus five different hanger stamps! There are also four lovely holiday sentiments and to and from in a combination of beautiful fonts!
Just think of all the gorgeous cards, tags, holiday gifts, scrapbook pages and more you'll be able to make including different combinations of our INKS!

AND we are introducing TWO brand new colours of our Krafty Kolours Hybrid Inks with a beautiful combo of traditional green and red inks:

RUBY RED and ENCHANTING EMERALD!

Check out this gorgeous set and new INKS in action as you hop around the Krafty blogs today (list at the end of my post). Leave some love at each stop because one lucky commenter is going to WIN a gift voucher to the krafty shop! Plus we're doing a GIVEAWAY of the ENTIRE 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 FOUR new clear stamp sets, sharing fabulous creations, giving away prizes and having tons of krafty fun!

For my card, I started by watercolouring a green background. I then stamped three of the ornaments in RUBY RED, ENCHANTING EMERALD and Mermaid Melody Krafty inks. I also over stamped the images with a bit of our Marvelous Mocha to add some depth. The ornament hooks/strings were stamped in Marvelous Mocha and the sentiment was stamped in Wicked Black. 



Here's the full set:
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Here's the hop list:

Thanks for visiting!

Blessings, 

Melanie