This week we've got a real challenge for you.....well, for those of you who are sewing impaired like me, anyway! Haha! But we hope you'll join us for some Kraftin' Kimmie fun!

First off, the random winner of last week's challenge is..........SAMANTHA!! Check out the gorgeous creation she made featuring the lovely Marie Antoinette!! Congratulations and be sure to email me with your shipping information!

Now, on to our challenge! Our hostess is the Crack-a-lackin' CAROLE!!! She's the newest addition to our Krafty bunch and she wants you to HAND STITCH on your cards!! That means with your own two hands!! No machines allowed! haha! You can do a little bit or a lot....it's up to you. Just make sure there's some hand stitching on that card!!

We'd LOVE to see your creativity in this challenge and we hope you'll play along! If you do, make sure to show it to us by linking it up at the bottom of this post! If you use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp, you'll be entered into the random drawing to win the lovely Roxy stamp, as featured on Carole's rockin' card!!

***Just a quick note that this weekend will be your last chance to get your hand on our May Gimme Kimmies Kits, so scoopy them up before they are gone!***

Now check out this stitchin'!!!

Once again, Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps is sponsoring this week's sketch over at Cute Card Thursday and it's a doozy!!! There are lots of fun elements and of course, our images work so well with the layout!!

Here are a couple of samples from the Krafty Girls for you:

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps is once again excited to sponsor this week's CPS Sketch and Challenge! It's a fantastic sketch that works perfectly with a lot of our images, so if you play along, you could win some KKStamps rubber!!! Let's see what ya got!

Here is some inspiration from a few of our Krafty Girls:

Well, hideeo ho and welcome back for another fabulous Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge!! We've got a fun one planned for you this week!

So many fantastic creations were submitted for last week's Girl Rock challenge!! We just LOVE seeing your stuff....so keep them comin'!! The random winner is...........Carlyann!!! Check out the gorgeous card she made featuring Francesca!!! So cute! Congratulations and be sure to email me with your shipping information!

This week our rockin' hostess is Terrific TARA!!! She wants us to *Text* Me!! She's asked us to use patterned paper with text on it or to use 'text' in some way. A lot of patterned paper collections have text in them so I'm sure you can find some in your stash...or even pull out some music sheets or newspaper!! Let's see how creative you can be!

If you play along this week, be sure to show us what you've made by linking it up in the post. And if you use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp, you'll be entered in the random draw for a Janelle stamp as featured on Tara's incredible card!!!

Don't forget, all the new May Stamps are now available at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop and we've got the Gimme Kimmie's Kits for this month up, but not for much longer, so get them while you can!!!

Now.....let's see what the Krafty Girls have been *texting*!!

In case you were wondering......the random winners of some packages of the from our *new* May stamps Krafty Hop are........................

Woohoooooo! We made it!! It's time to release them.....the stamps, that is!! It's Release Day at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and we have some incredible stamps and samples to share with you in our Krafty HOP!!

As you’ve seen over the last few days in our Krafty Peeks, we have AMAZING new stamps for you to play with!! This month we are introducing a NEW line of stamps from the wonderful Cheryl Alger! We have some Sporty Girls from the incredible Annie Rodrigue! There are some more adorable Dress Up Kids from Steven Leary and we have an elegant new set of Scripture Quotes for you as well!!

You will get to see most of the new images while you sit back and enjoy our Krafty Hop! You’ll see all the Krafty Girls, as well as some very special Krafty Guests along the way!! As you hop from blog to blog, be sure to leave a comment at each and every stop because some lucky stampers will win packages of stamps from the new release!! And when you’re done hoppin’, be sure to head over to the Kraftin’ Kimmie shop, because ALL the new images are NOW available!

And again this month we've got the Gimme Kimmie's Kits for those of you who just have to have it all...and like a little discount to boot! There's a kit for the Sporty Girls, one for Cheryl's new images and also one for Steven's Dress Up Kids! Each kit is discounted and only available for a short time!

Here is the list of blogs to hop around to! You should be able to hop from one to the next but if you get lost, the whole list of Krafty blogs is here! So HOP.....and then SHOP!!!

CHALLENGE BLOG (you're already here!)

MICHELE

DONNA

TAYLOR

KRISTA

INGE

PEGGY

TARA

CAROLE

LORI

ANNIE

ANGIE

ELAINE

KERRY

ANDREA

MELANIE

TRACY

JEANNE

KIMMIE - The End!

OH and did you want to know who won yesterday's random comment blog candies???? That would be......LISA F. and MARGO!! Congratulations and be sure to email me with your shipping info!!

Let's hope that blogger nonsense is over now....that was really putting a damper on our Krafty Peeks! Sheesh! Don't they know how important this is?? heehee!

The random winner of last week's 'krafty' challenge is......Michelle!! Check out the krafty kreation she made featuring Perfect Poison!! Congratulations and be sure to email me with your shipping info!!

This week our Krafty Hostess is....well....me! And I believe that GIRLS ROCK!!! Don't you?? We are ALL strong and powerful individuals and I think we need to celebrate that fact with a challenge!! Let's make cards featuring GIRLS....and if you'd like to go one step further, make a card for a girlfriend and celebrate her strengths....or send her some encouragement! Let's support each other!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAND.....today we are showing you the incredible new Moonlight Whisper designs for May by our fabulous Annie Rodrigue!!! All of the samples for this week's challenge made by our wonderful Krafty Girls and Guests will feature the new stamps!! These Sporty Girls will all be available, along with all our other new May stamps, on release day, Sunday, May 15th at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop!!

Now....I'm feelin' like I'd like to give away some more stamps! So when you are boppin' around to all the different posts today, be sure to leave some love because I'm going to give away three new Sporty Girls each to TWO random commenters!! AND if you join in the challenge this week (you have until next Friday evening), you could win the new JANELLE stamp as featured on my card!!

OH!! And would you like to know who the two winners are from yesterday's comments?? They each win a SET of the new Steven Leary Dress Up Kids!!! The winners are.......SHENG and BRENNA!! Congratulations and be sure to email me with your shipping information!

Now be sure to come on back tomorrow because we're havin' a Krafty Hop and Release Party!!! All the girls and guests will have more samples for you and we're giving away MORE stamps!! AND all the new stamps will then be released!!!

Here we go.........GIRLS ROCK!!!