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!!

The totally Beachin' June release is up in the Krafty Store, *ahem*, the NEW store!!!!!!  Go shopping and go drool over the pretty new store!

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 June 21st 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 June's sketch...

Hi Krafty Friends, Krafty girl Deborah here with some Wonderful Wednesday inspiration for you! I just love the last release. I'm a big fan of the beach, so I've created this little scene featuring "Sandy Toes" and the "At The Beach" background stamp. I can't get enough of them, there are so many ways to use them!!

   

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Krafty Tips & Tuts - Shrink Plastic

Hi Krafty Girls!
Lisa here, and I'm gonna shrink your kids.
Just kidding, but I'm gonna shrink my stamps!

Have you ever played with shrink plastic?
Give it a try, it's fun and easy and you can make the most wonderful decorations.

First - sand paper your shrink plastic. Especially if it's really blank. When you do this it's easier to get the colors stuck on the plastic if you would like to paint it. As the plastic shrinks LOTS you won't notice these scratches when you are ready. 

Stamp your images! StazOn is one of the best ink pads for this, as it dries fast even on plastic. But note - if you want to use solvent based pens or markers to color your image, those will also solve the black line so be careful. 

I decided to go for a bunch of flowers too. 

Fuzzy cut your images. As it shrinks, the white area around it also shrinks so you don't have to be pitty.

All cutted out.

I colored mine with my polychromos pencils.

If you want to hang them up - do holes. And make those bigger then you think looks nice - as the holes also shrinks! 

Use something that can take heat to hold your pice in place when you are going to shrink it. The pink underneith here are a heat mat, so it can take the heat. Make sure you don't burn something and keep your fingers out of the way from the heat.

A short video showing how fast the pieces shrinks if you use your heat tool. The instructions often say you shall use the owen, but this is much faster and you don't forget about your pieces.
Watch your fingers! 

When it shrinks it also curls - don't worry! Let it be, and continue to heat until it shrinked as much as it can. Then stop the heating. 

If the piece is a bit warped just press a acrylic handle on top of it right away when it's still warm. There you go - shrinked and ready. 

(Sorry for my text in the video is in Swedish, but the reason is that there is so many english videos and not so many in Swedish. The text under the video window tells the same in English.)

Lots of shrinked pieces! To tell you the secret... my camera went crazy and the first photos was gone, and so was the video. Had to do everything twice!

Here you can compare how much they've shrinked. Pretty much huh!? 

The stamp set is: Buds & Blooms

And so did these! 

The stamp set is: A Purr-fect day

Hope you want to give it a try. 

You'll see my card with some of the shrinked pieces this coming saturday 

if you are curious how I used them.

Hugs Lisa 

June Krafty Release Day and HOP!

It's finally here!!!  
The RELEASE of our JUNE 2016 clear stamp sets!!!  

We've released ALL SEVEN of the new clear stamp sets that we've been previewing all week and we're celebrating with a BEACHY krafty HOP!  So grab a nice hot beverage and put your feet up because you will need a few relaxing minutes to enjoy all the underwater fun by our design team and guests!!

We have a sweet new set from artist, Cheryl Grant called YOU'RE SUN-SATIONAL!

We've got a cheeky new set from artist, Emilie Goulet called SANDY TOES!

There are THREE new sets from artist Annie Rodrigue
called FLOATIN' FIONA, DOLLY DIVER and a fabulous new background stamp set called AT THE BEACH!

And lastly there is a hilarious new set of feathered friends from artist Becky Pearce called FANCY FLAMINGOS...

AND a gorgeous gem and sentiment set called
LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE!

You will get to see ALL of the new sets in action as you sit back and enjoy the hop!  Then head on over to the Krafty Shop because ALL of the new stamp sets are NOW AVAILABLE! 

 And if you HAVE to have it ALL, we also have our June Gimme Kimmies Kit which includes all SEVEN of the new sets together and at a discount!  But only for a limited time!

Now let's celebrate with our NEW release and get
hoppin' and shoppin'!!

June Krafty Peeks....Day SIX!!! Let Your Light Shine! PLUS a Challenge!

Welcome Krafty Friends to Day SIX of our 

JUNE Krafty Previews!!!
Plus a Challenge!

Welcome back for our final day of June krafty peeks!  And not only do we have a fabulous new set of stamps to share with you....it's challenge day!!

Today we are previewing an elegant new set of images and sentiments by artist, Becky Pearce!  This new 4x6 clear set is called LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE!

There are several large script words plus so many smaller sentiments that you can mix and match to create amazing combinations!  Plus five lovely gem images for a total of TWENTY TWO amazing stamps!

It's also Challenge Day and our hostess is Krafty Girl, Jenny!  The challenge is Anything Goes (as it always is during release week) so create a card, altered item, scrapbook page with any stamp BUT if you use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp, you'll double your chances to WIN!  Use any sketch, any design, any theme because anything goes!  Have some krafty fun and join us this week because we love to see your creations!  At the end of the month we'll announce a winner from all the creations submitted for the month of June!  We hope you can play along for your chance to WIN a $20 gift card to the krafty shop!

You'll be able to check out lots of inspiration using the new set from our amazing Krafty Girl Design Team!  Below you'll find links to all the gorgeous creations and while you're visiting the blogs, be sure to comment and leave some love for our designers because one lucky krafty person is going to WIN a gift card to the shop!

All of our new June clear stamp sets will be released TONIGHT!  Be sure to join us at the 
LIVE Online Release Party beginning at 6pm EST!  
Come join us to help celebrate the new release, check out lots of krafty kreations, have a chance to win some prizes and just have fun with the Krafty Girls and me!  Hope to see you there!

Happy hoppin'!

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June Krafty Peeks....Day FIVE! Fancy Flamingos!!

Welcome Krafty Friends to Day FIVE 
of our JUNE Krafty Previews!!!

Are you ready for another amazing day of June krafty peeks!?  Have you been enjoying all the underwater creations so far?

Did you think we were done with the beach theme???  No way!!  Today we are sharing previews featuring a set that FLOCKS of you are going to love!  We're so excited to share the new set of fun images by artist Emilie Goulet called 
FANCY FLAMINGOS!!

The 4x4 clear stamp set features two sassy feathered friends PLUS six accessory stamps PLUS five awesome coordinating sentiments!!! So there's a total of THIRTEEN stamps in this 4x4 clear set!  They're such fun!

You'll be able to check out lots of inspiration using the new set from our amazing Krafty Girl Design Team in today's blog hop!  Below you'll find links to all the gorgeous creations and while you're visiting the blogs, be sure to comment and leave some love for our designers because one lucky krafty person is going to WIN a gift card to the shop!

All of our new June clear stamp sets will be released TONIGHT!  Be sure to join us at the 
LIVE Online Release Party beginning at 6pm EST!  
Come join us to help celebrate the new release, check out lots of krafty kreations, have a chance to win some prizes and just have fun with the Krafty Girls and me!  Hope to see you there!

Happy hoppin'!

June Krafty Peeks....Day FOUR!! Dolly Diver and At the Beach!

Welcome Krafty Friends to Day FOUR 
of our JUNE Krafty Previews!!!

Welcome back to another to the amazing Krafty Peeks for our fabulous new June release of clear stamps!!  Have you been enjoying them so far??  Today we are previewing TWO MORE summer designs to inspire you this month from artist, Annie Rodrigue!

First off, we have a fabulous new background stamp that will go with all your summer creations!!  You can use it on it's own as the focal point of your design or combine it with other splish-splashy images!!  This new 4x4 clear set is called 
AT THE BEACH and it also includes two fun sentiments!

Next up is DOLLY DIVER who is having some underwater fun!  Looks like she's also picked up a squiddly little hitchhiker too!  This image just gives me the giggles!  This new 4x4 clear set includes the main image plus SIX fin-tastic sentiments!

You'll see all the stamp sets featured by our amazing Krafty Girl Design Team in today's blog hop!  Below you'll find links to all the gorgeous creations and while you're visiting the blogs, be sure to comment and leave some love for our designers because one lucky krafty person is going to WIN a gift card to the shop!

All of our new June clear stamp sets will be released on Saturday night!  Be sure to join us at the 
LIVE Online Release Party beginning at 6pm EST!  
Come join us to help celebrate the new release, check out lots of krafty kreations, have a chance to win some prizes and just have fun with the Krafty Girls and me!  Hope to see you there!

Happy hoppin'!

June Krafty Peeks.....Day THREE!!! Floatin' Fiona! by Annie Rodrigue

Welcome Krafty Friends to Day THREE
of our 

JUNE Krafty Previews!!!

Welcome to day three Krafty Peeks for our fabulous new June release of clear stamps!!  The theme is at the BEACH and today is a very special peek day!

A couple of months ago there was a Surprise Krafty Guest Kit available for a couple of weeks as a preorder and the kit included a never before seen NEW clear stamp set and the ladies who were lucky enough to get one of the kits have been invited to join us as Suprise Krafty Guests for June!

The fabulous new stamp set that we are all previewing today is called FLOATIN' FIONA!  This gal is relaxing at the beach and waiting for her cabana boy!!  This 4x4 clear stamp set comes with the fun main image PLUS five fun coordinating sentiments!

You'll see all the stamp sets featured by our amazing Krafty Girl Design Team and Guests in today's blog hop!  Below you'll find links to all the gorgeous creations and while you're visiting the blogs, be sure to comment and leave some love for our designers because one lucky krafty person is going to WIN a gift card to the shop!

All of our new June clear stamp sets will be released on Saturday night!  Be sure to join us at the 
LIVE Online Release Party beginning at 6pm EST!  
Come join us to help celebrate the new release, check out lots of krafty kreations, have a chance to win some prizes and just have fun with the Krafty Girls and me!  Hope to see you there!

Happy hoppin'!

June Krafty Peeks....Day TWO! Sandy Toes! by Emilie Goulet

Welcome Krafty Friends to Day TWO of our 

JUNE Krafty Previews!!!

Are you ready for another amazing day of June krafty peeks!  We're excited to share MORE beachy creations with you today!

Our theme this month is at the BEACH!  Today we are sharing previews featuring a set that I KNOW will help you take your selfie to the beach!!  We're so excited to share the new set of images by artist Emilie Goulet called 
SANDY TOES!!

The 4x4 clear stamp set features two beautiful girlfriends hangin' out at the beach on a summer day!  Plus the set comes with four fabby sentiments!!! They're such fun!

You'll be able to check out lots of inspiration using the new set from our amazing Krafty Girl Design Team in today's blog hop!  Below you'll find links to all the gorgeous creations and while you're visiting the blogs, be sure to comment and leave some love for our designers because one lucky krafty person is going to WIN a gift card to the shop!

All of our new June clear stamp sets will be released this afternoon!  Be sure to join us on Saturday at the 
LIVE Online Release Party beginning at 6pm EST!  
Come join us to help celebrate the new release, check out lots of krafty kreations, have a chance to win some prizes and just have fun with the Krafty Girls and me!  Hope to see you there!

Happy hoppin'!

June Krafty Peeks.....Day ONE!!! You're Sun-sational! by Cheryl Grant

Welcome Krafty Friends to Day ONE of our June Krafty Previews!!!

Woohoo!!!  It's time for the June Release at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!  I hope you're ready for a week full of AMAZING creations because that's what's in store for you!!!  We have SIX full days of Krafty Previews so hold on to your ink pads, ladies!  Just wait 'til you seeeeeee!

 Today we are sharing a sweet summer set by artist,  Cheryl Grant!  It features our fave kiddos Lulu, Lexi and Lucas and they're having a ball at the beach!!!

The set is called YOU'RE SUN-SATIONAL!  There are three main beachy images plus FIVE coordinating sentiments!

You'll see today's set featured by our amazing Krafty Girl Design Team in today's blog hop!  Below you'll find links to all the gorgeous creations and while you're visiting the blogs, be sure to comment and leave some love for our designers because one lucky krafty person is going to WIN a gift card to the shop!

All of our new June clear stamp sets will be released on Saturday night!  Be sure to join us at the
 LIVE Online Release Party beginning at 6pm EST! 
Come join us to help celebrate the new release, check out lots of krafty kreations, have a chance to win some prizes and just have fun with the Krafty Girls and me!  Hope to see you there!

Happy hoppin'!

Challenge #334, Glitter & Sequins

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

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!!

The winner of May's challenges, is Andrea Reid!!  Congratulations, be sure to email Kimmie to get your KKS Giftcard!

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!!!

Wanna be a Krafty Guest?!?  Pop on over to the Krafty Friends FB page for deets on how YOU can throw your hat in the ring!  There are only a couple of days left.

Frugal Friday goodies are UP!!  This is a great time to knock off a few sets from your wish list at GREAT discounts!!

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 June'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 June 10th 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!! 

Hey everyone, Stephanie here with you today, and I'm very lucky to host such a fun challenge, calling for Glitter & Sequins! You don't have to go all the way using a ton of them, sometimes, a little is better than too much, as they say ;-)! I used the super-duper-cute Minnie, Maisie & Me stamp set on a very CAS-looking card, to make sure the stamp would pop out. Can you hear her say "Wheeeeeeeeeeee!"?

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!!

There's still time to enter the KRAFTY GUEST CHALLENGE!!!  Click >here< for details and to load up your entry!

The winner for May's Wonderful Wednesday challenges is JEN!!!  Congratulations, be sure to email Kimmie to claim your prize!!!

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 June 7th 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 June's sketch...

Hey yall!  The amazingly talented Jessie is this week's hostess!  LOVE the gorgeous summer colors, and Serena Sparkles looks FABULOUS!

     

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