Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps

24 February 2016

Wonderful Wednesday

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

Have you seen the latest Kraftin Kimmie Kard Kit?!? The SPRING Krafty Kardmaking Kit is available NOW! Limited quantities, so get yours NOW! :)

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 March 1st 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!!

In addition to the great Krafty Challenges & Wonderful Wednesday, each month we will post a Sketch. The sketch will last all month long and if you use it in ANY of our Challenges or WW's during that month you will get an additional chance to win a store gift card! You do NOT have to use the sketch, it's just a little extra boost for your mojo if ya need it! Here is February's sketch...

Krafty Girl Deborah here with some inspiration for you. I made these cards featuring the Buds & Blooms stamp set, one of my favourite's of the last release. I tried a new technique for today with embossing powder and foil. I just love cards with some foil and this stamp set is great for this technique and many many others.

23 February 2016

February Krafty Skrappy (Anything But a Card) Challenge

Hey yall!! Tangii here, welcome back for another month of Krafty Scrappin!!!

Before we get to this month's challenge, we have to announce last month's winner!!! Congratulations to JUDY!! Please email Kimmie to claim your prize!!! Thanks to everyone who played along!

For this challenge you can create ANYthing your little heart desires as long as it's NOT a card!!! Calendars, bookmarks, pocket pages, traditional scrap pages, holiday gifties, planner pages... you get the picture! Come play along with us each month and let's get some of those photo's out of boxes and on to something creative and fun!! You will have a whole month to play along and you can play as many times as you like! Here are a few things to remember...

THIS MONTH'S THEME: ANYTHING GOES!!!

1. Create ANY scrap page, Project Life Layout or pocket page cards, altered item, etc. JUST NOT A CARD!
2. MUST be a NEW creation (created on or after this post date)
3. MUST use Kraftin Kimmie stamps to be entered in to the drawing.
4. You have a month to play, enter AS MANY TIMES as you'd like!
5. PRIZES?!? Of course there are prizes!! Once we've reached 5 entires, we draw a random winner (winner will be drawn at the close of the challenge)!!
6. You have until Monday, March 21st @ 9:00 pm Eastern to get your entries in.
7. Be sure to also share your creations on our Krafty Friends FB page so we can all drool and OOHHHH and AHHHHH!

Here are a few ideas from the Krafty Girls from the Krafty Files!

Now some of the Krafty Girls have created some amazing eye-candy to give you some more inspiration. Hop around, wave to the girls then go get your SCRAP on!! Don't forget to link up your creation back here!

Now we want to see what YOU create!

22 February 2016

Krafty Tips and Tutes - Gelatos!

Hello there everyone! Happy Monday!

Welcome back to another Tips and Tutes! Today I want to share with you some awesome techniques you can use when you play with Gelatos! Gelatos are made by Faber-Castell and are compact acid-free pigment sticks that can glide on creamy smooth for vibrant color and coverage. All Gelatos® blend easily with or without water. What is also pretty cool is that you can use them on paper, canvas, or wood!

Below is a list of what I tried the Gelatos on:
- wood
- flowers
- frame
- texture medium
- stickles
- watercolour paper

There are several other mediums you can use this on such as the crackle paint in the picture and canvas.

Here are what some of the items looked like after I used the gelatos to alter them.

Here are some of the finished products after using the Gelatos on the different mediums. For the tags to the left - I took some green Gelato and mixed it with the white texture paste. I then layed the stencil I wanted over the tag and spread the paste over and pulled up the stencil. NB: when you are using any type of paste and stencils make sure to have a large enough container with you with warm water you can plunk the stencil into after - you don't want the paste to harden. Best to remove as quick as possible.

I then stamped some of the flowers from our BUDS & BLOOMS set onto watercolor paper. For these flowers I smeared the gelatos right on top and then took my finger - with a bit of water and rubbed the color around. They were then fussy cut and put on the tag with pop dots to give it a layered look.

For the card to the right - I also took some watercolor paper and smeared the light blue and green on the rectangle. I then used some water and a paintbrush to even out the tone. For the clouds though I did something a bit different. I used my Tim Holtz mat, if you don't have one a plate or parchment paper would also work, and rubbed the Gelato onto the surface. I mixed this with a bit of water and used it exactly like paint!!! This way I was able to better control the vibrancy of the Gelato.

On my card I used LOOK FOR RAINBOWS - another great set we just released.

Another medium as mentioned above is wood! I have a lot of wood veneers as I am sure most of you do as well. I tried two different methods to color the wood. The first I took the Gelato and smeared it directly onto the wood and then used some water to even out the color. On the other one I put the Gelato on my mat and mixed it with water. Using my paintbrush I then colored the veneer. I then stamped one of the sentiments from YOU LIFT ME UP onto the heart that I colored.

On the white flowers I mixed the Gelato with water and painted it on. Another technique I used on one of the flowers was scrapping some Gelato off the stick and onto my mat. I then mixed it with some stickles - this changed the gel that the glitter is in to the colour I choose. I then put this on the flower. Below is the card I used these flowers on. I also used a stamp from our LOVE STORY SENTIMENTS.

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial on some of the ways you can used your Gelatos!!!! I look forward to seeing what you do!

Cheers - Alexis~

20 February 2016

Challenge #319, Amethyst (use Purple)

Hi everyone! Welcome to another challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

Krafty Girl Kelli here with your challenge for this week!!! Amethyst! February's birthstone! I am a purple lover, royalty and all, so I created my card using You Are Beautiful by Emilie Goulet! Some fun Winter papers and a wooden piece with gems, glitter pen and clear gel pen gets this beauty ready for a glamorous night on the town!

We always enjoy your creations so be sure to submit them so you can have a chance to WIN a $20 gift card to the Shop!! Show us your stuff!! In keeping in line with the rest of our challenges (Wonderful Wednesday and our NEW Krafty Scrappy Challenge), we will be drawing one winner per month from all Saturday Challenge entries to win a $20 gift card!! You can enter as many times per month as you'd like!!

Have you joined the Kraftin Kimmie's Krafty Friends fb group?? It's the best place to keep up with all of the goings on as well as sharing YOUR creations and getting inspired by other Krafty Friends' creations!!!

This week's Frugal Friday specials are UP!! Remember this sale is only good through Sunday... happy shopping!

In addition to the great Krafty Challenges & Wonderful Wednesday, each month we will post a Sketch. The sketch will last all month long and if you use it in ANY of our Challenges or WW's during that month you will get an additional chance to win a store gift card! You do NOT have to use the sketch, it's just a little extra boost for your mojo if ya need it! Here is February's sketch...

Now create a card, scrapbook page or altered item with a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp or any other stamp and be sure to use our THEME as a starting point for your creation!!! You will have until February 26th at 11:55 pm EST to get your entries in!

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

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