Challenge #258 - A Sketch!!

Hi everyone! Welcome to another challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!
This week's challenge hostess with da mostess is Krafty Girl Becky, and she's whipped up a fabulous sketch for us all to play with!!

  
We always enjoy your creations so be sure to submit them so you can WIN a $10 gift card to the Shop!!  Show us your stuff!!

First off, the random winner from last week’s challenge is..... Vivi!

Congratulations and be sure to message Kimmie to receive your gift code voucher to the shop!   

If you've not been over to the Krafty Store recently, you'll want to pop over for Kimmie's Krafty Friends sale going on now!!  It's very special because YOU get to decide 
what's on SALE! Yep!!! Use coupon code THANKS to receive 30% off ANY rubber stamp sets in the shop for all orders over $50!! Got a wish list....some stamps you've had your eye on? Well, this weekend you can get them 30% OFF while supplies last!!! (If you'd like to add on any other items like paper pads, embellishments etc., please order them separately.) Have FUN and happy shoppin'!!! And keep your peepers open for details coming soon on how you can be a KRAFTY GUEST!

Now create a card, scrapbook page or altered item with a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp or any other stamp and be sure to use our SKETCH as a starting point for your creation!!!

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

Becky

                                                                                       Amy

Final Wonderful Wednesday of November!

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

We want EVERYONE to be able to play along so your submission can use ANY stamp and 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 December 2nd at midnight!  At the end of the month one random winner will be chosen from all the submissions for the whole month and will receive a $20 Gift Card to the shop!!!  What do you think.....wanna WIN??  Let's see your krafty stuff!!

Hey, it's Stephanie here and ready to show you one of my favourite stamps set by Cheryl Grant, Snow Much Love, on today's card. You all know that Christmas is coming around quickly, and well if you don't, here's the perfect opportunity to start on those homemade creations! I especially love looking at papers in the shop when I order my stamps, because the patterns are so inspiring! 

Stephanie

Check out some inspiration from the Krafty Girls and Guests, then get stampy!  Don't forget to come back and link your creations below!!

                                                Nazeema             Shabby Pink Stamper            Brianna

Krafty tips & tutes #41: Colour a sky with clouds

Hi everyone!

Deborah here and today it's my turn to share a tutorial with you all at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

There are so many requests asking if I can show you how I colour my sky with those clouds.

So I decided to do that.

Remember, there's no right or wrong, only your own interpretation and creativity!

 You can click on the image to enlarge. Sorry for the reddish photo's!

We start with stamping the image on good colouring paper. I use Neenah cardstock, but it will work on others too! I've used "Icy Fairy" for the example.

First step: I draw some clouds with my C0 marker. I like to have them "flat" underneath the cloud and fluffy on the top. I always try to have 3 or 5 clouds on an image. The results are the best if parts of (some) clouds are behind the image, that way the image pops. I draw the clouds bigger at the top of my image than the clouds on the bottom. (They are much further away)

If you are happy with the clouds, you can create shades in the notches with your C3.

Blend your C3 out with your C1 marker and look at those clouds, they are coming alive!

The last step for the clouds: create some extra shading at the bottom of the clouds with your C0 marker. The clouds are ready!

Now we have to fill in the sky. We start with B00 around the image (not in the clouds of course) and flick to the outside.

Blend it out with B000 and add some extra long parts of sky between the clouds.

Blend it out with B0000 and fill in the white parts with it. And now your image is ready!

This is the image when it's totally coloured up

I hope this was clear, if not, please ask your questions. I would be happy to help you!

Deborah