Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge #5! - Stitch It Up!!

Today's post is a doubly fun one because my card meets two awesome challenges!!!

Firstly, today is our 5th challenge over at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps challenge blog and our hostess this week is talented gal, Niki Estes!! She has asked us to whip out our sewing machines....or our white gel pens if you wanna do some faux stitching....and Stitch It Up!!

ALSO, KKStamps is this month's featured sponsor over at the happenin' Crazy4Challenges challenge blog!!! Woohoo!! Their challenge this week is to make an easel card! I must admit, I'd never made one of these babies until Vicki told me about them! It was really quite easy and what a charming creation to give to someone!! It's like a little piece of art to display!!



So I decided to use my girl Charlotte and I coloured her up using the colours from this pretty My Mind's Eye paper. Sorry, I didn't keep track of the markers this time....shame on me. I stitched up the dp onto the orange cardstock (in case my sewing machine ate my paper, it wouldn't ruin the whole card if I just sew a piece of it...hehe.). I added a strip across the middle, some prima flowers with glitter brads and then attached the whole thing to the base. I sponged around the edge of Charlotte and matted her twice, then pop dotted her.



For the inside of the card, I stamped the sentiment from Kimmie's Everyday Sentiments on a die cut and attached it. Then did up a little button/linen thread bow combo to keep the main part of the card up for display!! Pretty, huh?

So there are two fun challenges for you to play with this week...stitching and an easel card and both challenges could win ya some Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!! Woohoo!!

Well, I'm off to work all day at the library today. Hope you have a better day than I will! *sigh*

Cute Card Thursday!!!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps is proud to be this week's sponsor for the Cute Card Thursday challenge!! Woohoo!!

I have to admit that this was a toughie for me. The challenge this week is Primary Colours....which I'm not known to use very often. So I dug through my (copious amounts of) patterned paper and found this wonderful Cosmo Cricket paper which has all those colours in it!

I stamped Posy on Neenah white cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured her with my Copic markers. The colours I used are: E000, E00, R27, R29, E30, E31, G82, YG03, BG000, BG72, Y23 and Y26.

The cardstocks are Stampin' UP and Bazzill and the patterned papers are from the Early Bird line. I added some stitched grosgrain ribbon and attached some Prima flowers with red buttons and linen thread. I also attached a tag which I cut out with my Nesties and the sentiment is from the Kimmie's Everyday Sentiments set!



A couple of the Krafty Girls have played along with the challenge too! Mom used Oliver and Elaine used Francesca!!

Be sure to hop over to the Cute Card Thursday blog and check out what their DT gals have made and then be sure to join in the challenge! You could be the random winner of some Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!!

Kraftin' Kimmie Kopic Klass!!!

Hahaha! I just had to do that....all K's!!

This Sunday morning, November 8th, we're teaching a Copic marker card class at Scrappin' Great Deals featuring.....drum roll please..........Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!! How fun is that??



My first card features the lovely Antoinette!! I've paired her up with the bright and whimsical My Mind's Eye Colourful Christmas papers and brads! Looking at this design just brightens my spirits! The marker colours I used are: E000, E00, E11, R20, BG0000, BG000, BG01, E42, E43, R83, R85, YG23 and YR12!



My second card features the new cutie-patootie, Oliver....or should I say OLIVIA!! Haha! I used the lovely new Cosmo Cricket papers, some frilly ribbon and some shiny snowflake brads! I also used some white flocking on her hat rim and pom pom! The markers I used are: C00, C1, C3, C5, C7, Y32, R11, R12, R43.



These are just two of the fun designs we'll be creating....we'll also be using Ozzie and Harriet and Piper!! So if you'd like to join us, you'll need to call Sheila right away as the class is filling up!! See you then!!

Spreadin' the Love Blog Hop!!

Today I am taking part in a very important Blog Hop....to Spread the Love for Jaimie.

"On October 4^th, 4 teenagers armed with knives broke into a home in a small town in New Hampshire. Alone and sleeping inside were a mother and her 11 year old daughter. These 4 boys broke into this home with the intent to rob and kill anyone inside. They stabbed the mom, Kimberly Cates, to death and left her daughter, Jaimie, for dead in their driveway. It was a completely random act, their home was chosen only due to its secluded surroundings."

Our hope is that everyone hopping around today will stop for a moment and think about Jaimie and her father and what life must be like for them now. One moment in time has changed their lives forever. We are asking that everyone reading this message please take a moment to make a card and send it off to Jaimie. You can make something very simple or much more involved, but please share some words of hope and love and let her know that people care and are thinking of her. Please send your card to the address below:

Jaimie Cates
c/o Mont Vernon Fire Station
Main Street
Mont Vernon, NH 03057


I designed this card for Jaimie with the most girlie, sparkly, pretty things I could think of! I think Antoinette looks so joyful and full of happiness and the colours are perfect for a little girl. I hope the glitter and sparkles and bows bring just a tiny smile to her face.



If you would like to start the hop from the beginning, head over to Katharina's blog. And when you are done here, you can hop over to my good pal, Cammy's blog! Then when you reach the end of the blog there will be a challenge. One that will make you feel so good inside and will send love and hugs to one very hurt little girl. I am so proud to be one of the sponsors of this challenge. When you get there, you can read all about Jaimie and all about the details of the challenge.

Love,
Kimmie
xxxxx

Kraftin' Kimmie Release Day....and a Krafty Hop!!!

It's finally Release Day....yaaaaaaaaaay!! I've been getting emails about when the next installment of Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps are comin' out, so I KNOW you are as excited as I am!! And to celebrate, I have THREE, count 'em THA-REE awesome designs to share with you on today's hop!!

You probably hopped over here straight from Niki's blog, but if you just happened upon my Korner today, you may want to start the hop from the beginning over at the Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge Blog, so you can hop all the way through! Go ahead....I'll wait here for ya!! haha! And be sure to leave comments at each and every stop through the Krafty Hop because there are packages of Krafty Blog Kandy everywhere and each comment gets you a chance to win one!!



Okay, my first card today is probably my favourite Moonlight Whispers image this month!! Her name is Clara!! She's so sweet and elegant....I love her hair and her outfit is so much fun to colour! She comes with the birdie accessory stamp that I used at the bottom too!! The sentiment is from the new Kimmie's Holiday Sentiments set.....it has over 40 awesome phrases!



I used some Stampin' Up designer papers and cardstock, my Copics of course and I sponged around the edge of the main layer. I added some lovely green ribbon, some brads and pop dotted everything, including the little birdie. The Copic colours I used were: E000, E00, E11, R20, BG72, BG75, BG78, E41, E42, E43, E44, E47, R37, R89, YG93, YG95 and YG99



Next up is a super sweet new penguin image and his name is Oliver!! Don't you just wanna pinch his little cheeks??? He's one of the new Crissy Armstrong winter images and I looooove him!! I used some Pebbles Inc. designer papers, navy cardstock and my oval Nesties. I coloured him with my Copics and here are the colours: C1, C2, C3, C5, C00, Y32, YG93, YG95, B91 and B93. I pop dotted everything and added some gorgeous, swirly rhinestone bling!! AND he comes with the perfect sentiment stamp....Just Chillin'!





Lastly is my girl, Piper!! Another one of the fantastic Moonlight Whisper gals by Annie Rodrigue! She looks just like me.....if I lost a few pounds (like, more than a few) and wore a dress (which I NEVER do) and had a really cool winter hat (I don't do hats)....so pretty much the only part of Piper that is like me, is her coffee cup!! Bahahahahaaaaaa! Whatever! I digress....ain't she a hoot?! And she also comes with a fun coffee cup accessory stamp!



I used my new My Mind's Eye designer papers from the Colorful Christmas collection! I love how they are not traditional holiday colours. I used Stampin' Up and Bazzill cardstocks, my Apron Lace border punch, my new super cool Nesties and some fun glittery snowflakes and brads! I coloured Piper using my Copics....o' course and here are the colours I used: E000, E00, E11, R20, E42, E43, E44, R83, R85, RV19, YG23, YG25, BG18, YR12, YR07 and BG000.



I sponged the edges of Piper's main layer while it was still in the Nesties frame....gives it such a soft look. I also added some rose grosgrain ribbon and attached one of the die cut tags with silver cord. The sentiment is another fun one from the new Holiday Sentiments set!!

So all these new Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, along with all the others you've been checkin' out over the last few days are NOW available at the store!! Woohoo!! No more waitin'!!

And noooooooow you can hop on over to the next blog on the Krafty Hop, which is Vicki's!! I'm sure she's got something gorgeous to show you!!!

Happy hoppin'!!

Kraftin' Kimmie's Challenge....#4!! And more sneak peeks!!

Well, it's Saturday...yaaaaaaaaaaay! And that means it's time for another fun challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie stamps! Not only that, but tomorrow all the new November stamps will be released at the KKS Store! Woohooooo! So we've got some more preview creations for ya!!

This week's rockin' hostess is Tara!! And the challenge is called Tag You're It and she wants us to use tags of any shape or size on our designs!!

For my card, I decided to use these cute, furry critters that Crissy drew and I named Ozzie and Harriet! heehee! Aren't they just schweet?! I stamped them on Neenah white cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured them in with my Copic markers! The papers I chose are from the Wassail Basic Grey 6x6 pad and I used traditional Christmas colours for the cardstocks. The marker colours I used were: E40, E41, E42, E43, E44, R000, R89, W3, BG93 and BG96.

I used my square Nesties to cut them out and emboss them, added some Basic Grey buttons and linen thread and some kraft taffeta ribbon in a purty bow! Then I used my tag Nesties to cut out a long tag and stamped 'Beary Christmas' on it and this sentiment is from the new Kimmie's Holiday Sentiments set! Fun, right? I pop dotted everything and there ya go!!



Be sure to hop on over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge Blog to check out everyone else's tagged designs and then join in the fun....because you could be a random winner of some lovely new rubbah!!

And don't forget to come back tomorrow to join us for our November Release Blog Hop!!!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Previews.....Day 2!!!

So it's Day 2 of our previews for the new Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! We certainly hope you are enjoying all this delicious eye candy!!!

Today I have used an A-DOR-ABLE new image by Crissy and her name is Bernadette!! I just love naming all these stamps...I think that's my favourite part...picking out their names!! haha! I decided to use this awesome patterned paper by the Paper Salon. I picked up a 6x6 pad of these fun winter designs at.....get this....the dollar store!!! No kidding! What a score!

So I stamped Bernadette on Neenah white cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured her in using my handy dandy......Copic markers!!! (Did I sound like Steve from Blue's Clues there??) The colours I used were: E41, E42, E43, R20, BV31, G000, G00, B91, B95, B97.

The card base is a 6x6 square of Kraft cardstock and the layout is a Kimmie original, so feel free to use it...baahahaha! I added some lilac coloured twill and tied it in a bow and also a trio of different sized glittery acrylic snowflakes and attached them with brads. I stamped the super cute sentiment...which comes with Bernadette by the way....and pop dotted everything!



Doesn't she just make you just scrunch up your eyebrows and say 'Awwwww!'? Hehe!

Now be sure to jump around to some more Krafty Girls' blogs and see what images they played with for ya!!!


Tara

Elaine

Diana

Jeanne

Andrea

Michele