Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps

08 August 2020

Challenge #543 Use A Sketch!

Good morning and welcome to another

fabulous and fun Saturday Challenge

at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps !

Are you ready for another fun and krafty challenge to inspire you and help get your creative juices flowing?

We've got some fabulous ideas for you

and can't wait to see what you create!

This week, krafty girl Karla is your hostess and her challenge theme for you is:

....Use A Sketch! - you get to choose the sketch!

Hello friends!

It's Karla here today with a fun challenge for you! I love starting with a sketch - I always find it takes me in different directions than I would have gone if I just sat down with my supplies. For today's card, I'm using the August Kraftin' Kimmie Sketch you can see below and I used fun backgrounds I created with Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Stencils.

I coloured up the adorable NEW Be A Mermaid Stamps with Copic Markers and popped them up on foam dots over the background.

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You can see the Summer Sunbeams Stencil peeking out from the first layer, which I created with Dina Wakley Gloss Sprays and then embossed one of the sweet sentiments from the Be A Mermaid. (You can check out fun Sunbeam Stencil techniques in this video HERE!) Next I layered a watercoloured background that I created in this video HERE with the Nautical Netting Stencil and Distress Oxide Sprays. For the third layer I added part of a background created with the She Sells Seashells Stencil (try saying that 5 x's fast!) and Kraftin' Kimmie Inks. And for the bottom layer I took an inky background I had in colours that matched and stamped seashells from the Be A Mermaid Stamp Set with Sandy Shores Ink. I added in some pretty NEW Summer Krafty Dots and my card is finished!

Each and every Saturday we post a brand new challenge for the week and you are welcome to enter as many times as you like.

These must be new creations and you are welcome to use any stamp, however, using Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp and products will earn you double entries!

The monthly prize is a 25$ voucher to the Krafty shop!!!

Woohoo! There are two ways to enter: you can link up your creation on the Kraftin’ Kimmie blog page and

you can upload your photo to the album in our

Krafty Friends FB group.

Also, if you need a little extra inspiration or a jump start to your mojo, we have a new sketch each month!

Feel free to use it any time!

Happy kraftin'!

05 August 2020

Inspirational Wednesday - You're a Hoot!

Hello Krafty Friends!

It is INSPIRATIONAL WEDNESDAY!

the day we provide you with a bit of extra krafty inspiration

to help you get creative with your krafty stamps!

Krafty girl Danielle C. here as your hostess this week!

Owls are my favorite birds, so the choice was not difficult for me!

I played with:

YOU'RE A HOOT!

and created a fun card with all three little owls!

I used a peek a boo die cut to create a condo in a tree trunk;

the Woodgrain strencil was perfect to give the impression of bark,

shades were given using Sandy shores, Marvelous Mocha and a very subtil coat of Totally Taupe.

I used stickes all around the kraft paper.

My images were also stamped with Totally Taupe, for the no line technique on the owls,

on bristol velum and colored with polychromos.

Behind my owls I used the Beautiful Burlap stencil with Charming Chartreuse and the beautiful

new ink Fresh Fields.

Some Krafty dots (Summer Krafty dots) in different sizes to give a home address to each condo!!!

Thank you for letting me share my work with you today!

Should you want to add this lovely stamp set to your collection,

visit the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp Shop!

and find You're a Hoot! on sale at 40% off this week.

Happy Kraftin!

04 August 2020

August Skrappy Challenge!

Good morning krafty friends!

It's AUGUST and that means it's time for a brand new
SKRAPPY CHALLENGE
with Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

The theme of course is ANYTHING BUT A CARD!

For this challenge you can make anything that strikes your fancy....except a card!
So design a new scrapbook page, bookmark, tag, altered item, planner page, art journal, ATC cards...whatever you like!

Here are just a few samples from the Krafty Design team to inspire you!!

Just make sure to include some Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps products and make sure it's a new creation! As soon as we have at least five people playing along, we'll be giving away a $10 gift voucher to the krafty shop as the monthly prize!

You have until Monday, August 31st to enter and you can submit as many new creations as you like for more chances to WIN! Also be sure to share your designs on the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps' Krafty Friends facebook page because we love to see your stuff!

Check out some more inspiration from the Krafty Team below and be inspired to get krafty!!

01 August 2020

Challenge #542 - For a BABY!

Good morning and welcome to another

fabulous and fun Saturday Challenge

at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps !

Are you ready for another fun and krafty challenge to inspire you and help get your creative juices flowing?

We've got some fabulous ideas for you

and can't wait to see what you create!

This week, krafty girl Danielle V is your hostess and her challenge theme for you is:

....FOR A BABY!

Hello all - as I was thinking about my theme

this week it occurred to me that I have very

few baby cards on hand. It seems like our circle of

family and friends who are in the stage of

life that involves new babies has been expanding

a lot over the past year. And...I'm guessing that we

may be seeing some more new babies in the

next year as a side benefit of COVID (lol).

Sooo...I'm getting a jump start on my baby card stash.

My card features the WILD WORLD clear stamp set

which is just perfect for new baby cards (and

so stinkin' CUTE too!). You can pick it up

in the Kraftin' Kimmie Shop this weekend

with a 20% off coupon - HINT...see below!