May Krafty Peeks....Day TWO!! BEACHY KEEN!!

Welcome back to Day TWO of the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps  MAY previews!!!  We are back with a fabulous new Moonlight Whispers stamp set by Annie Rodrigue!!  You'll love these two summer ladies along with the THREE fun sentiments!!

Today the Krafty Girls and I are thrilled to share with you.....BEACHY KEEN!!  There are lots of gorgeous creations on today's hop featuring both new images and sentiments from the set!!  We know you are just going to LOVE these summery ladies and be inspired by all the fun designs!!

Below you will find all the Krafty Girls who have goodies to show you today and while you're visiting their blogs, be sure to leave some love at each stop because one lucky stamper is going to WIN a package of today's stamps!!  Woohoo!!!

ALL of our MAY stamps will be available on Saturday morning at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop!!! We'll be celebrating at our LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!!  It's over at our KKS Facebook fan page!  Join us for all the fun!!  You can RSVP and invite your friends here!!

Happy hoppin'!! 

May Krafty Peeks....Day ONE!!! AHOY, SAILOR!!

Welcome to day ONE of our MAY Kraftin' Kimmie Previews!!!  Today we are excited to share a cute new set featuring Lulu, Lexi and Lucas!  It's by artist Cheryl Alger and we're SURE it will 'float your boat' !  We are sharing samples today featuring.......AHOY, SAILOR!!

All the Krafty Girls and Guests listed below have lots of super FUN designs to show you, so be sure to hop over to each of them!  And while you're there, be sure to leave a comment because we are giving away one of the new sets and YOU could WIN!! {All of this week's winners will be announced at the online party on Saturday morning!}

Then come on back tomorrow to check out MORE fun new stamps we have to share with you!   And ALL the new May stamps will be available on Saturday morning at the KKStamps Shop!!

Happy hoppin'!

Our May LIVE Online Release Party!!

 Ain't no party like a Kraftin' Kimmie PARTY!!  And this week we are celebrating with our MAY Release at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and of course we want you to join us at our LIVE online RELEASE PAR-TAY!!!!

 If you aren't already a fan of our KKS Facebook page.....head on over and 'like' us and that's all you have to do to hang out with the cool kids at the party!  Just show up at the facebook page on SATURDAY MORNING and come ready to party!  You can RSVP here AND invite all your friends!!  

 Come hang out with us on Saturday, May 24th at 10am EDT where you can chit chat with Kraftin' Kimmie and some of the AMAZING Krafty Girls and ask them questions, chat a bit, ask them some krafty pointers!!  And you can visit with each other and get to know some other Krafty fans!! 

We'll share pics of some of the new May stamps and sets  that will be going LIVE on the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps shop at 11:00am EDT!

Join in the chatter, answer some fun trivia questions and YOU could WIN some new rubbah!!!  'Cause that's what it's all about, right? 

So tell your honey to watch the kids for an hour, grab some yummy snacks, maybe some nice warm beverages and make plans to hang out with the Krafty Girls on SATURDAY!!!!!  See YOU there!!!!

Another Wonderful Wednesday!!

Welcome to another Wonderful Wednesday challenge and we hope you can play along!!  As always....it's ANYTHING GOES!!  Break out your Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and get krafty!!

Your submission must use at least one Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp but can be any theme, any style, any design and it can be a card, a scrapbook page, an altered item....you name it!!  It must be a NEW creation and you can enter on this post until May 27th!! At the end of the month, one winner will be chosen from all the submissions that month and will receive a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps prize pack!!!  So if there are four Wednesdays, you have FOUR chances to WIN!! What do you think.....wanna WIN??  Let's see your krafty stuff!!

 Here is this week's Wonderful Wednesday inspiration to get you kraftin', thanks to our fabulous Krafty Girls and Guests!!  Then....let's see YOUR kreations!!

 PEGGY

 TANGII

DEBORAH

DIANA

and Special Krafty Guests....

TRACY P

An InLinkz Link-up

A New Krafty Kard Klass!!!!

Who'd like to come hang out with us in the Krafty Kave???  We've been having such a great time at our monthly Kard Klasses and you are invited to join us!!!  Let me tell you, we have a riot!! 

 We will be making 4 krafty projects featuring some of our current lines of stamps.....and definitely some of the NEW MAY release stamps!  And I have extra room now and have space for MORE people to attend!!  Wanna play??

 This month I'm holding the class on  Thursday, June 5th  from 1-5pm!  Some  spots are already spoken for, so sign up right away.  The cost of the class will be $25 AND you'll get 20% OFF anything you purchase from the Krafty Shop that day!!  Sound good??

You'll be asked to bring your basic tool kit.....things like a cutter, scissors, bone folder, adhesives etc.  And also if you have Copic markers, bring those as well.  I will have some class markers to share but if you bring your own, that will cut down the waiting time having to share. I'll email out a marker list closer to the date so you can bring the ones you'll need.

Feel free to email me directly or message me on Facebook to reserve your spot!  I will require a $10 deposit and if something unforeseen comes up and you can't make it, the deposit can be used in the shop!

Let's get KRAFTY!!!

Krafty Tips & Tutes - Week # 19: Colouring a BEACH!!

Welcome to another week of Krafty Tips and Tutes here at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!  Each week one of our fabulous Krafty Girls will be sharing a little post with some sort of tip or tutorial for you and we hope you find them inspirational!

This week our hostess is DEBORAH!!!  And she's prepared a fantastic step by step tutorial with photos showing how she COLOURS A BEACH!!!  I can't wait for this!! Deborah's scenery is so AWESOME!!  Enjoy the tutorial and then go get krafty!!!

Hi everyone!  It's Deborah today with a fun tutorial "how to colour a beach"!  It's almost summer and Kraftin'Kimmie Stamps has so many beautiful beachy stamps. I thought it would be great if you could colour an ocean background.

I've used the beautiful Sunnie, she is perfect for this!

Draw a line for your horizon with the BG11. The upper half becomes your sky and the bottom half your sea!

First you can color the sky

Now you can draw a line with your B18 for the horizon

Blend your line out with the BG49 and make some extra stripes in the water

 

Blend these "lines" out with the BG15 

 

Blend it out again with the BG13 and make an extra flickline at knee height 

 

Blend everything with BG11

 

Blend and soften it with BG10

Make flicks and dots, leave enough white space to make the illusion of "foam" on the water.

 

Add some extra grey for the depth with your C0 marker

Now your sea is done, let's focus on the sand!

Colour your sand with the E50 marker, it doesn't have to be perfect!

Color it again with your E41

Add with your E43 heaps of sand and blend it out with the E41

Now you can blend it out a little more if you want.

Here's the finished image!! 

Now it's YOUR turn!!!  Let's see you colour a beachy background and please share YOUR creation with us!