Challenge #684 - Mid Inspiration - Back to School and/or Primary Colours and/or Circles

Good morning and welcome to the 

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps

September Monthly Challenge 

Mid Month Inspiration! 

Every month we post a brand new challenge with a choice of themes to choose from, and a mid month inspiration post with even more creative ideas! 

This month our challenge themes for you are:

Back to School/Primary Colours and/or Circles!

You can choose one theme or combine them!
Enter as many times as you like all month long!
It's a Choose Your Own Krafty Adventure!

Krafty Girl, Karla is our Hostess this week!!

Hello friends! I'm using the sweet S'more Fun stamp set, which is a super cute camping set - but as you can see these kiddos with their snazzy back packs can also be used for back to school! I really wanted to create a back to school card, so I coloured these cuties up with  Distress watercolour pencils on Strathmore Bristol Vellum cardstock. 

I also wanted to use the circle theme and did a layered stenciling spotlight technique with the Lots of Dots and Classic Circles stencils and Lovely Lagoon Krafty Kolours Ink. I added a sentiment that would be great for back to school from the Air Mail stamp set and Sandy Shores Ink. 

The monthly challenges are a great way to inspire you and help get your creative mojo going!  We've got some fabulous prompts for you and can't wait to see what YOU create!

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 products will earn you double entries!

*Our Challenges are now combined with the 

Skrappy Challenge (first Tuesday of the Month)

and the Christmas Challenge In the Krafty Friends FB group! So feel free to enter any or all of these - the monthly prize is a $20 voucher to the Krafty shop!!! Woohoo! 

Happy kraftin'! 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Inspirational Wednesday - Skating Friends!

 Hello Krafty Friends!

It's INSPIRATIONAL WEDNESDAY,

the day we provide you with a bit of extra krafty inspiration to help you get creative with your krafty stamps!

Hi everyone!  It's Rosie and this week we are featuring the adorable Skating Friends stamp set, which you'll find on sale at 40% off all week!

Honestly I had a hard time colouring these guys in non-animal colours but then I said to myself "they are skating critters" so they live in a magical universe, anything goes!

Here are Copic markers I used for each image:

I also added some white gel pen dots and "stars" to create a "sparkle" on the images.

The sentiment is heat embossed on black cardstock in white embossing powder.

Grab the wonderful Skating Friends stamp set

while it's on such a 

fantastic deal! at  40% off. 

 Thanks for stopping by,

Happy Krafting!

Ch #552 - Fall Palette!

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  for you this week is to use this gorgeous....
FALL PALETTE!

Hello friends! Here in Canada it is Thanksgiving Weekend!! I'm so excited for turkey dinner - even if it is a little more low key than the past. We are still celebrating, cooking, and definitely being grateful for all the many amazing blessings we have. I decided to make a Thanksgiving card with some of the fabulous Kraftin' Kimmie goodies, including It's Turkey Day, Happy Fall Y'all, Christmas Dots and the awesome Plaid Stencil. Of course I had to grab some Krafty Kolours Inks in Crisp Crimson, Tempting Tangerine, Yummy Yellow and Marvelous Mocha! Seriously, do those not sound good enough to eat?!! I started off by stenciling the yellow and orange on a white background, and then slightly moving the stencil and adding the red and brown on top. Then I used a ruler and a gold marker to add in lines between the open areas. I absolutely love this stencil and will definitely be using this for some upcoming Christmas projects!!

I stamped and coloured the cute turkey from It's Turkey Day with Copic Markers, adding the leaves from this set inside the shaker element I included on the card. I even used the cute pumpkin the little pilgrim boy from the set is holding, fussy cutting it out. I stamped the wagon, and pumpkins from the Happy Fall Y'all set, adding one of the lovely sentiments from It's Turkey Day, heat embossed with white powder. I finished of the front with some of those wonderful new Christmas Dots!

Inside, I stamped another sentiment and more leaves from It's Turkey Day! I love mixing and matching sets, and I love decorating inside my cards too!!

Thanks so much for stopping by! If you are celebrating Thanksgiving this weekend I hope you have a very special time, and if you're looking forward to some turkey-time coming up next month I hope you'll be able to wait! 😉 I can't wait to see how you're inspired by the colours in the Fall Palette!!

Big Hugs,

Karla

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!

It's Thanksgiving here in Canada this weekend so we're doing a fun GIVEAWAY!  You can win FREE SHIPPING just by shopping in the online store this weekend!  There will be one Canadian, one US and one International WINNER!  This runs October 9-11 and applies to new orders only!  Good luck!

Don't forget to check out this weekend's FRUGAL FRIDAY SPECIALS!  We've got a selection of stamp sets that are 40% OFF plus this month's Ink of the Month!!!  Happy shoppin'!! 

Happy kraftin'!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Inspirational Wednesday - Spooky Suckers & Haunted House!

  Hello Krafty Friends!

It's INSPIRATIONAL WEDNESDAY,

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

to help you get creative with your krafty stamps!

Hi everyone!

Krafty Girl Karla here, as your hostess this week. I'm using two spooky stamp sets today - Spooky Suckers and Haunted House, to make an awesome Halloween card! This cute Dracula looks fabulous in his sporty outfit coloured up with Copic markers, and I absolutely love the sentiment heat embossed with white embossing powder! 

Of course, he needed a spectacular haunted mansion! I love the scene that is included with the Haunted House - the cool trees, moon and little fence! The Cobweb Stencil, sponged with Stormy Sky and Bubbly Blue Inks created another cool element in the background. I then added some diecut paper stars and the wonderful Halloween Dots for a pop of colour. 

Inside, I added one of the fun sentiments from the Spooky Suckers set, stamping on vellum and adding some Copic marker 'blood' drips to the back of the images. I stamped in Happy Halloween using the Scaredy Cat Stamp Set and I used Wicked Black Ink and the Bats & Moons stencil to add flappy bats to both the front and inside! 

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have an amazing & krafty week!!

Products used:
Spooky Suckers Stamp Set

Haunted House Stamp Set

Scaredy Cat Stamp Set

Halloween Dots

Cobweb Stencil

Bats & Moons Stencil

Stormy Sky, Bubbly Blue & Wicked Black Krafty Kolours Inks

If you want to add the Spooky Suckers and/or the Haunted House stamp sets to your collection,

visit the KKS Shop

and find them both at 40% OFF this week!

Happy Kraftin'

Inspirational Wednesday : Polar pals

 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 Anna here! 

Today I have decided to make a special Christmas card 

with the lovely clearstamps set 

designed by Emilie Goulet called polar pals .

This set can actually be used for various occasions ,

and besides this super cool  polar bear and penguins 

it also has a fun racoon and some lovely sentiments .

Anyway I love to make Christmas cards ,

not only in November but during the whole year :) 

as  I do not like to  make them in a rush just before Christmas.

Did you know that at Kraftin Kimmie's group on facebook 

 we have a weekly Christmas challenge folder with a theme?

 

A special shaped card, I think I will add a little holder on the back so that it can be hung / attached to the wall or a door as decoration too.

I have stamped the stamp with wicked black ink onto Copic paper 

( Perfect Colouring Paper ), 

the poinsetta was coloured withsome 

 whimsical wisteria ink and salty sea ink and water * .

* The ink was put on my Tim Holtz glass mat 

and after having sprayed some water onto the ink

 I have pushed the poinsetta 

cutted out of watercolour paper on top.

 Copic colours;

polar bear and penguins :

N 0, N 1, N 3, N 6

YR 61, YR 65

background :

BG 70, BG 72, 

V 0000, V 000, V 01, V 12, V 15, V 17, BV 08

This background was inspired by a lovely blogpost of Faye..

it is easy to do and I love the effect.

The dies I have used are from 

Studiolight ( cardshape )

, Joy ( ovals )

, Marianne Design ( poinsetta )

,I-crafters ( alphabet ) , 

MFT ( letter tags ) .

The designpapers and the fabric flower with strass are from Action .

The plain papers are from Avec.

If you do not have this fab stampset called 

 polar pals 

 it is now the right time to grab it! 

They are on sale at 40% off this week

visit the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp Shop!

Happy Kraftin!

***

Anna

Inspirational Wednesday - Grateful Pumpkins

 Hello Krafty Friends!

it's INSPIRATIONAL WEDNESDAY,

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

to help you get creative with your krafty stamps!

Hi everyone!

Krafty Girl Karla here, as your hostess this week. I'm using the fabulous Grateful Pumpkins! Stamp Set, which is just perfect for this time of year!! I have to say I've been enjoying summer, but the weather has turned a bit cooler the last couple days - and we saw leaves falling yesterday! 🍂So.... I'm embracing fall and all the pumpkiny goodness it brings. I've been totally craving a Pumpkin Spice Latte, but since they aren't out quite yet I'll settle for this adorable coffee card! I stamped the wonderful pumpkin stamp using Party Peach and NEW Tempting Tangerine Inks to get a neat ombre effect. I love all the different sizes of leaves and extra vines included in this set!!  

I used some Totally Taupe Ink and various browns from the Krafty Kolours Inks to create a background using the Beautiful Burlap Stencil. I think it would look equally lovely using the NEW Gorgeous Gauze Stencil though! I used a diecut coffee cup and stamped the Pumpkin Spice sentiment from the Grateful Pumpkins! Stamp Set with white embossing powder and then added the leaves and vines with Fresh Fields Ink.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have an amazing week!!

Products used:
Grateful Pumpkins! Stamp Set

Krafty Kolours Inks including Party Peach, Tempting Tangerine, Totally Taupe & Fresh Fields

Beautiful Burlap Stencil

If you want to add Grateful Pumpkins! stamp set to your collection,

visit the KKS Shop

and find it at 40% OFF this week!

Happy Kraftin'

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. 

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'!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Inspirational Wednesday - A Brew-Tiful Day!

Hello Krafty Friends!

it's INSPIRATIONAL WEDNESDAY,

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

to help you get creative with your krafty stamps!

Hi everyone!

Krafty Girl Karla here, as your hostess this week. I am a huge coffee lover, and I can't start the day without one, so I chose to work with the awesome A Brew-Tiful Day! stamp set. I thought this set would make a wonderful teacher card with a coffee gift card inside, of course! I can also think of lots of dads who'd like to get one for Fathers' Day coming up!!

I decided to use some Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and do a no-line watercolouring technique. The Totally Taupe Ink is perfect for this technique and works with watercolours and Copics! I stamped the images out on Bristol Smooth Cardstock, which works great when you're blending with the Zig's, using a panel that I placed behind the front of the card. I used hexagon diecuts to cut 3 windows in my slimline card, adding small frames around the windows. Three small brown Krafty Dots from the Heavenly Dots pack decorate the top of the card.

I used Marvelous Mocha Ink to stamp the sentiment - I just love this font!! and added three coffee beans. I stamped the steam from the coffee with Granite Grey Ink for a light effect (you could even use this ink for the no-line colouring!), and added Glossy Accents to the beans and coffee. 

Thanks so much for stopping by! You may want to grab a coffee now - I know I certainly do!!

Products used:
A Brew-Tiful Day! Stamp Set
Totally Taupe ink
Marvelous Mocha Ink
Granite Grey Ink
Heavenly Dots 

If you want to add A Brew-Tiful Day! stamp set to your collection,

visit the KKS Shop

and find it at 40% OFF this week!

Happy Kraftin'

Karla