Krafty Guest Spot Winners!!!

 I know you've all been waiting for this announcement so I'll hurry up and get to it! It was an extremely hard decision and I'm thankful to the Krafty Girl design team for helping me out with the choices!

If you are asked to join us as a Krafty Guest Designer, please read the requirements below to be sure that you can commit to joining us for a month!

-  you will receive a package of NEW release stamps for the month that you will be a guest designer!

- you will be invited to join the private Krafty Guest Facebook group! (they are a bit krazy, so be prepared!)

- you will be given a coupon code for a discount on any regular priced stamps that you purchase during your month!

- in return you'll be asked to post to your blog, facebook page, other social media for at least two Saturday challenges, one Wonderful Wednesday challenge and all the release week previews including the release day hop!

- we'd love for you to join the krafty fun and share Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps with other krafty peeps! 

If your name is below, please email me right away at kraftinkimmiestamps@gmail.com and let me know if you are okay with these requirements and let me know which upcoming month will be good for you!  Your choices are: July, August or September!  CONGRATULATIONS!!

KENDRA HERNANDEZ

SHEENA B

DANIELLE VINCENT

ELENA DE VINCENTE

HEATHER AXFORD

LARISSA

JANE AYRES

LYNN HAINES

It's 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 June 17th!! 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

STEPHANIE

BECKY

KAREN

and Special Krafty Guest, MARILYN 

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KraftyTips & Tutes #21 - Paper Piecing!!

 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 BECKY!!!  And she's prepared a fantastic step by step tutorial with photos showing how she PAPER PIECES on her creations!!!  Enjoy the tutorial and then go get krafty and share your paper piecing with us!!!!

 

Hi, this is 'Krafty Girl' Becky from Cards By Becky...with a Paper Piecing Tutorial.

Paper piecing is great for adding texture, 'dressing' stamp images and so much more!

We will start with the basics and then move on to advanced projects in future posts.

 

SUPPLIES:

Sharp Detail Scissors; Cutter Bee 

Glue; Quickie Glue Pen

Black Pen for Edging; Memento Black Dual Marker

 

 

TIPS:

(a) SCALE: When selecting the patterned paper, it's important to think of pattern scale.

For example, if you select a stripe you want it to show up when paper pieced.

Large patterns are very hard to see when paper pieced.

 

(b) STAMP SELECTION: Choose stamps with areas that have as much space as possible.

It provides room for the paper pieced pattern to be visible.

 

(c) COLOR FIRST: Before paper piecing, complete all of your coloring.

You don't want to color over your paper piecing.

 

(d) SHADING: Once you have glued the pieces down, shade!

Decide where your light source is coming from and apply shading

to add dimension and depth to your paper pieces.

The Copic C and W range work well for shading, as well as pencils.

 

Okay!

Let's get started!

 

Step 1:  Stamp your image and then stamp onto the pattern paper you have selected to paper piece. 

 

Step 2:  Cut out your pattern pieces with detail scissors.

Try to cut just outside of the black edge on the stamped image.

 

 Step 3:  Run a black marker along the edge of the pattern pieces you have cut out,

this will ensure the white edge where you cut the paper will not show.

Step 4:  Color the sections on the stamped image that will not be paper pieced.
Now...you are ready to paper piece!

Select glue that allows time before it dries, then you can move the piece into place as needed.

Thanks for following along!

Wait!  there's more....

 In the future, we will have advanced Tips & Tutorials on Paper Piecing...
 Paper Piecing: 3D Layers and Paper Piecing: Building a Scene!

  Check back here at the {Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Blog} for upcoming Tips & Tuts!

A New Krafty Kover Girl!

It's time to announce another......

Krafty Kover Girl!!!

Just share your Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps creations in our
challenges or on our Facebook page and YOU
could be our Krafty Kover Girl next week!!

With that in mind, I'd like to announce that our 
Krafty Kover Girl for this week is

......Kendra!!

Check out this colourful card that she created 

featuring one of our stamp sets
....I {heart} YOU!!

 Congrats, Kendra!!(Be sure to message me so I can send you the
Krafty Kover Girl graphic to display on your blog!)

 

Challenge 233 - You Say It's Your Birthday!!!

 

Welcome back for another fabulously FUN challenge here at Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps!!  We always enjoy your creations so be sure to submit them so you can WIN MORE rubbah OR a gift card!!  

 Show us your stuff!!

First off, the random winner from last week’s challenge
 is…Ellie-lou!! Congratulations and be sure to email or 
message me with your shipping information!

This week our hostess is Krafty Girl, PEGGY!
   And her challenge is called YOU SAY IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY!!?
   So create a card, scrapbook page or altered item with a Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamp that is for a birthday celebration!!  

Pull out those fabby stamps and play along!
Have some krafty fun and join us this week!! 

Don't forget that we've got LOTS of fabulous
stamp sets on SALE in our FRUGAL FRIDAY SPECIALS this weekend
25-50% OFF!!!  We've also got a huge SALE on our Kaisercraft paper pads right NOW!!  Happy shoppin'!

Also, would YOU like to win a Krafty Girl Guest Spot??
Well, just go HERE to get all the details on how YOU could join the Krafty Girls and I for a month of Krafty FUN!!
You only have until TONIGHT at MIDNIGHT to enter!!!

Now check out the wonderful creations by our Krafty Girls and special Krafty Guests featuring this week’s challenge!! We’re sure you’ll be inspired!!  Then join us, play along and you could WIN!!

Happy kraftin’!!

PEGGY

SHARON

STEPHANIE

BECKY

JENNY

JESSIE

TANGII

and we're thrilled to have
MARILYN as a Krafty Guest again!

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It's Frugal Friday!

Welcome back to another week of fabulous
FRUGAL FRIDAY SPECIALS!!!

If you didn't already know this, Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps
has something called Frugal Friday Specials
that go up every weekend (except during release weeks).

 We put several of our most popular stamps 
on special 25-50% OFF just for the weekend!
This week there are a DOZEN sets on special!

We've also just restocked on
EZmount and Storage Panels!

Plus we have lots of NEW 6x6 paper pads
up in the shop today! PLUS a HUGE SALE
on our Kaisercraft paper pads!

Also this weekend will be the last chance to scoop up
our May Gimme Kimmies Kit with all the 
new release stamps in a set at a discount!

This week's Frugal Friday Specials are:

ELIZA

THREE WISHES

SUNNY THE TURTLE

MARIE ANTOINETTE

GLAMOUR GIRLS

HEY GHOULFRIEND

RAYCHEL

RAYNE

SCARLETT O'HARA

TINMAN

JACQUIE COUSTEAU

SNOW MUCH FUN

 

Krafty Tips & Tutes #20 - Altered Frame

Good morning!  Krafty Girl, Stephanie here to show you how you can use your Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps in more ways than just cardmaking. In fact, you can use them almost everywhere and on every item for Home Decor, altering an item to make a special gift or to decorate your walls.

Supplies needed for this project:

·         An extra deep frame (I used the white RIBBA frame from IKEA)

·         A 7”x5” picture

·         12”x12” Cardstock

·         6”x6” sheet of patterned paper

·         Ribbon, lace, embellies

·         A coloured image you like (I was eager to use the Red Queen!)

·         3D adhesive pop-ups

·         Ruler

·         Paper Trimer

·         Pencil

First step, gently disassemble the frame and put all the pieces aside except for the white cardstock.

This frame will be the first thing to touch your picture.

Next comes the tricky part. You have to cut a square shape through your cardstock and design paper to make an opening for the picture below. Here are some steps to help you keep it cool during the process: Cut your black cardstock at 6^1/8”x6^1/8” and then trace a line at 1^3/8” starting from each side. You’ll create a square pattern.

Cut along all the inner intersection to create your new opening. Do the same thing with your chosen patterned paper.  Add some 3D adhesive between both layers before assembling them and gluing them on your white photo frame.

Add some lace, ribbon and other embellies at this point. Fussy cut your coloured image. Add your silhouette with pop-ups to the frame.

 

Add your picture in the back of the white frame cardstock and you might want to glue it there, to make sure it won’t move. Then, all you need to do is to reassemble the frame and your easy piece of art can now be given as a gift or be hanging on your wall.

 Have fun creating your own decor with Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and then share them with us!!!  Happy kraftin'!