Krafty-Guesty-Goodness!!

Krafty Girl Tangii here... Holy Guacamole do we have a couple of FABULOUS Krafty Guests this month!!!  So, many of you know we like to have Krafty Guests stamp with us, but starting this month we are going to put the spotlight on them a bit!  Each month we will post a lil' announcement telling you a little about our Krafty Guests!

First up is Martha.  You're going to LOVE Martha's fabulous style with lots of texture and elements!

I am a mother of two beautiful children , I have been married to my wonderful husband for eight years, crafting is my absolute passion, there is rarely a day I don't make a mess in my craft room!  http://createwithmarthajane.blogspot.com/

Next up is Simon.  Yup, that's his picture... he's going to knock your socks off!!  There are several things about Simon that blow me away... just wait until you check out his creations!!

Hello! My name is Simon Hurley and I am a thirteen year old card maker. I love to create clean and simple cards using inks, stamps, watercolors, and much more! I have always been a very crafty person, but about a year ago I fell in love with card making. My goal is to teach you new techniques using fun new products so you can get inspired to make awesome cards! You can check out my work at Inklipse.com.

Krafty Guest Contest!!

Ever thought you might like to hang out with the Krafty Girl Design Team for a month??  Do you LOOOOOVE Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps???  Well, here's your chance!!!

* Submit your best work here on this blog post using any stamp (but if you have any Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, we'd love to see them)
* Enter as many times as you like before the deadline of Sunday, August 24th!  The Krafty Girls will help me narrow down the designers that will best fit with KKS and will be contacted later that week!
* The winners will receive New Release stamps for the month of either October, November or December and join us for the entire month, including the private Krafty Girls facebook group!
* You'll join us for the weekly challenges and help us introduce the NEW stamp sets for your designated month AND you'll receive a discount code to be used during your guest month!

How does that sound?  Wanna throw your krafty hat in the ring???  We can't wait to see your creations!!  Good luck and happy kraftin'!

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Krafty Guest Contest!!!

It's time for a contest!  A Krafty Guest Spot Contest!!!  Who wants to join the Krafty Girls Design Team, create for challenges and help us release the NEW stamps for the month????

Well, all you have to do is submit your BEST work on this post!!  You can use ANY stamp from ANY company (we understand that not everyone has Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps yet but if you do, we'd love to see them) and the deadline is Saturday, June 7th!  

Show us your mad krafty skillz and YOU could win a guest spot with Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps for an upcoming month!!  You'll receive a package of new release stamps for your guest month and join our private Facebook page for all the krafty fun!

Feel free to enter as many times as you like and we can't WAIT to see what you create!!!  I'll announce the Top Ten winners and one of them could be YOU!  Happy kraftin'!!

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April Krafty Guest Winners!!!

As many of you will remember, Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps had a Guest Designer call back in February. We had SO many wonderful entries and we truly want to thank all of you for sharing your amazing Kraftin' Kimmie creations with us!

There were so many truly talented stampers that submitted, we couldn't choose just one! Soooooo we chose FIVE!!!! And I'm thrilled to finally be able to introduce them to you and welcome them as Krafty Girls for the month of April!!!!

AMANDA


Hi everyone! My name is Amanda and I have been making cards for about a year now. My coloring medium of choice is copics but I am always enthralled with the fantastic coloring I see out there with all different mediums. I am married, have two cats and work full-time as a visiting nurse in Western Pennsylvania. I love bright happy colors and find it a big plus to have a sketch to work with for my cards.


DEBORAH


My name is Deborah Deruyck. I live together with my boyfriend
and my cute cats in the little country Belgium.
I'm a saleswomen in a health and beauty shop, I love my work and my nice colleagues.
Me and my boyfiend don't have kids, so my cats are my little babies. They're really spoiled.
I always been creative and love to do things with my hands.
Since 1 year I'm addicted to make scrapcards. I prefer to colour my stamps with the Copic Ciao markers, it's so nice to see the image come to life.



JENNY


I have been stamping for about 3 years. I mostly make cards, but I like to scrapbook as well, but I find cardmaking easier for the simple fact that I never have pictures printed out!! My favorite technique is colouring with my copics (probably why I love KK Stamps! So fun to colour!).....my least favorite is heat embossing:) I love lots of layers, bright colours, buttons and ribbon. I am a mother to 3 boys, ages 2.4.and 7, so I do alot of nocturnal stamping! I am also a Registered Nurse and a Clinical Nursing Instructor at a nearby college, where I teach students in various clinical placements, both in hospital and in the community. I am looking forward to being one of Kimmie's Krafty Guests for April!



KRISTA


I am 41 years old, I have a wonderful husband Toni and we've been together for 19 years. We have three gorgeous children. Two girls, Roosa 16 yrs and Fanni 14 yrs, and a boy Eero age 9.
I work fulltime in a craftstore here, in Seinajoki. It's a really inspiring work for me!
I have been crafting for about 35 years... :) but stamping got the hold of me about a year ago!
I want to thank you for choosing me to be one of the Krafty Guests! THANK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!


TANGII


I am married and have 3 wonderful kids and a Lab puppy, all of whom are the joy of my life (and the cause of any gray hairs I "may" have). I LOVE stamping, coloring and papercrafting in general and could happily spend allllllll day in my studio! A few years ago, I decided I wanted to stamp a few Thank You cards, and the addiction just consumed me from there. I LOVE Kraftin Kimmie stamps and just adore Kim herself... I am elated to be a Guest for this amazingly talented team! Thanks Kim!!!!

October Krafty Guests!!!

Hey, it's OCTOBER!!! Can you believe it? YIKES! I do love fall though....the cooler sweater weather and the crisp autumn air! *sigh* AND we've got some super amazing Krafty Guests that are joining us!!! Yaaaaaaaaaaaay!

ANGIE BAKER

LINDA HEAVENS

PAM VARNELL

TORI WILD

and

BEATE JOHNS

Exciting lineup, yes??? You will see samples from each of these ladies later on this month...including during the Krafty Peeks and Release Day Blog Hop!!!

And a couple of these gals will be joining us for this week's Saturday challenge....AND ANNIVERSARY BLOG HOP!!! Yep!!! It's Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps' One Year Anniversary!! Can you believe it's been a whole year!!?? I can't! Anyway, we'll have a little bloggie hop and some special stuff goin' on, so be sure to check it out!!!

See you then and Happy Kraftin'!!

Challenge 47 - Orange, Green and Purple!!!

It's Krafty Day! IT'S KRAFTY DAY!!! Today we are having our very first stampin' day and we are SO excited!! A bunch of the Krafty Girls and I will be spending the day stamping with some wonderful stampin' friends! There will be about 65 ladies and I hear through the grapevine that they are almost as excited as we are!!! If you live locally but can't spend the whole day with us, please feel free to stop in and shop!!! We'll be at the Forest City Community Church in London, Ontario!!

Anyhoo, it's time for another awesome challenge featuring your Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! If you can't join us for Krafty Day, you can join in our weekly challenge!

But first, the random winner of last week's challenge is..............SHEENA!! Check out the amazing birthday card and matching bookmark she made featuring stamps from our Pirate release!! Congrats Brenda and be sure to email me with your information so I can get your stamp out to ya!!

Our fantastic hostess this week is the Exciting ELAINE!!! She has come up with a great Colour Challenge for us.....Orange, Green and Purple!! So please join us for this fun challenge and use any Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp you'd like!! Then be sure to share your card with us by clicking on the little blue frog down below!! You could be the random winner of the awesome Haunted House stamp as featured on Elaine's incredible card!!

Now check out the amazing samples that were created for inspiration by our wonderful Krafty Girls and Krafty Guests!!

ELAINE


MICHELE


MELANIE


DONNA


TARA

JEANNE

TRACY



ANDREA

Krafty Guests!!


MERCY



SARA



BEATE

Challenge 46 - Mostly Black and White!

Happy Saturday stampers and welcome back for another super fun challenge! Today, a few of the Krafty Girls and I are getting together for a Krafty Day 'Prep Day'!! We are cutting up all the supplies for the make and takes at Krafty Day and also putting together all the goodies that each participant will get in their official Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps tote bags!! Woohoo! It's gonna be fun! AND there are a few spots left for next weekend's awesome day!!! So email me right away if you'd like to join us! CLICK HERE for the details!

The random winner of last week's challenge is............Celine!! Check out the pink and sparkly card she made featuring the lovely Cinderella!!! Congratulations Celine and be sure to email me with your mailing information so I can get your new stamp out to you!!

This week we have the Divine Donna as our Krafty Hostess and she has challenged us to make a card or project that is Mostly Black and White!! Now this is totally up to your interpretation....you can take it quite literally and do a card that is only black and white OR you can make a card that has just a touch of colour to it but it mostly black and white. It's totally up to you, but we are excited to see your stuff!! If you join us, be sure to share your creation by clicking on the little blue froggie at the bottom of this post! And if you upload your design to an online gallery, be sure to use the keywords KKSC46 and KraftinKimmie. And if you play along you could be the random winner of the *new* Betty stamp from the Pinup Girl release, that is featured on Donna's awesome card!!

Now feast your eyes on these amazing cards created by our Krafty Girls and Krafty Guests:

DONNA



TARA



TRACY



KRISTA



MELANIE



DIANA



MICHELE



ANDREA



ELAINE



Krafty Guests


BEATE




SARA



MERCY

September Krafty Peeks....Day One!!

Woohoo! It's time, once again, to TEASE you with the some *new* Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!! Our September images are here and they are super fun!! We've got some SASSY ladies from Annie Rodrigue, we've got both fall images and birthday images from Steven Leary. And to top it all off, we've got a fabulous new set of Thankful Sentiments from Jeanne Streiff!! And today we're going to start sharing them with you!!

Be sure to hop around the Krafty Girls' blogs to check out their amazing creations....and we've got some fabulous Krafty Guests joining us too! We'll have Krafty Peeks every day from now until our Release and Krafty Hop on Sunday!!!!

Check these out!!

ANDREA


DONNA


VICKI


MICHELE


MELANIE


JEANNE


KIMMIE


TRACY


ELAINE


KRISTA


Krafty Guests


JENN BALCER


MERCY KERIN

September Krafty Guests!!

I am SO excited to introduce you to our special September Krafty Guests!! These amazing designers will be joining us for this month's Krafty Peeks and Release Day Blog Hop and also for our weekly challenges for the rest of September!! I'm sure you'll recognize all these krafty names! Some I have met previously, others I was able to finally meet at CHA. And ALL will be my Krafty Friends forEVAH! Here they are!!

Beate Johns

Beate is a Native of Germany. She came to America after meeting and marrying her Air Force man. She has been living in different part of America since then and stamping since 2002. At the end of 2003 she started writing tutorials for Splitcoaststampers and has been doing it ever since.

Mercy Kerin

Hello...my name is Mercy Kerin. You might know me a little better as Lord Have Mercy! I am a SAHM who has been stamping for about 5 or 6 years. I was introduced to Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps by a sweet friend of mine, and I have been hooked ever since! I am so excited to be designing alongside the wonderful ladies of KKS for this month, and I look forward to getting to know you all better as well! Happy Stamping!

Jenn Balcer

I'm just a girl from Texas who's been playing with paper for half of forever and stamping since 2002. I love flowers and ribbons and sparkle and can spend hours coloring, especially if there's nothing else to do (and many times when there's plenty of stuff I'm supposed to do). After leaving my position as Community Manager for Splitcoaststampers earlier this year, I joined the Copic Certification team and am looking forward to teaching classes this fall and next year. When I'm not crafting, I'm likely playing chauffeur, hanging out with my two kids, reading, or reorganizing my craft room.




Sara Henton

Sara Henton is a Marketing Coordinator in Macon Georgia so to unwind and relax she likes to get her hands dirty and inky by working in her craft room. Her love for all things craft started when she was in the 3rd grade and discovered a bead store not far from her house. It wasn't until 2003 when her nephew was about to be born that the love for papercrafting was born. This grew into so much more when she was introduced to stamping through a party for a little company called Stampin' Up. From there it has blossomed into mixing all her loves together to create unique crafts using mixed medias.

Krafty Peeks....Day Three!!! and Challenge 41!!

I hope you are all totally kreeped out by the scaaaaaaary peeks you've been seeing over the last couple of days!! We're doing our best to freak you out!! haha!! Today we have lots more samples to show you for our Krafty Challenge!!!

First of all the random winner of last week's challenge is..........Maaret!!! Check out her awesome creation featuring Chester!! Congratulations and be sure to email me with your mailing address, so I can get your stamp sent out to you!!

This week our kreative hostess is the very Krafty KRISTA!!! She's given us a recipe to follow for our cards and layouts!! If you'd like to join the fun, be sure to include: BUTTONS, BLING and SCALLOPS!! If you play along, be sure to link your design up here and you could win the *new* Witchypoo stamp which is featured on Krista's awesome card!! Also if you upload your card or layout to an online gallery, be sure to use KKSC41 and KraftinKimmie (all one word), so that we can all check them out!!

Don't forget that all of our new Halloween release images will be available tomorrow, Sunday August 15th in the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps shop! And join us back here for our monthly Krafty Hop because you could WIN some of the new stamps!!

Here we go!!!!!!

KRISTA


DONNA


VICKI


PAULA


KIMMIE


JEANNE



DIANA


ELAINE


JESSICA


KERRY



MICHELE


COLLEEN



MELANIE

Krafty Peeks............Day TWO!!!

Were you kreeped out by our awesome new images??? Freaky, right???? Well, how about some more?? Alright then................

JESSICA DIEDRICH


KERRY JOHNSON


COLLEEN SCHAAN


KRISTA


MELANIE


DIANA


MICHELE


JEANNE


DONNA


KIMMIE


VICKI


ANDREA


ELAINE

Meet Our August Krafty Guests!!!

I am SO excited to introduce you to some special Krafty Guests!! These amazing designers will be joining us for this month's Krafty Peeks and Release Day Blog Hop and also for our weekly challenges for the rest of August!! I'm sure you'll know all these krafty names! Some I have met previously, others I was able to finally meet at CHA. And ALL will be my Krafty Friends forEVAH! Let's meet them!!

Paula Williamson

I am a girl who seriously is in love with her pencils and coloring! haha I have other interests, don't get me wrong, but this hobby has me daydreaming at work...wondering how I can possibly color all the stuff I wanna color. I love to share anything I know or learn, mostly through trial-n-error on my own, with other coloring fans. And yes, if I infect you with a renewed passion for coloring, I get a huge smile on my face! It's the little things like that, that keep me happy. :)

Kerry Johnson

Hi! My name is Kerry and I live in Southwestern Ontario. I’ve been stamping and blogging for just over 3 years now and I’m addicted! I try to do something stampy every day and my go-to’s are coloring with copic markers and paper piecing. I have loved Kraftin’ Kimmie stamps from the beginning and am so super excited to be a Krafty guest!

Jessica Diedrich

Hi! I'm Jessica! I've been stamping and scrapbooking for several years now, but don't think I was truly 'bitten' by the stamping bug until a few years ago when I began my journey through blogging and designing online which eventually led to working for some of the most amazing stamp companies in the industry, including my AWESOME guest spot for Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! When Kim asked me, I was beyond thrilled, and meeting her in person at CHA was just the icing on the cake. When I'm NOT stamping, I do enjoy tons of music, movies, books, and cooking. I also love to write! Thanks for having me along for the ride this month and I so look forward to working with these amazing designers!

Colleen Schaan

My name is Colleen Schaan and I'm a writer, designer, and instructor. I've been involved in crafting my whole life. About 10 years ago I made the switch from scrapbooking to stamping and cardmaking because I'm an "instant gratification" sort of gal. LOL I taught high school and college English for 12 years, but I "retired" a few years back to focus on my career in paper crafting. I recently became the Regional Copic Certification Instructor for the East Coast region. I'd say my style is cute and whimsical... which is why I LOVE Kraftin' Kimmie's Stamps... they perfectly feed my need to color!

I can't WAIT to see what they have created with our new August images!! Krafty Peeks start tomorrow, so be sure to stop by and check them out!!!