Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge!

Hello everyone! Peggy is hosting the challenge this week at Kraftin' Kimmie, and because everybody is tired of all the dull winter days, she challenges us to make BRIGHT cards or scrapbook pages! We can't wait to see your BRIGHT COLOURS - and you can WIN a $10 gift card to the Shop!!

FRUGAL FRIDAY SPECIALS are up in the store, get yours before the weekend is over!! And today is the last day to enter your 10% coupon code, LOVE2015!! Also, don't forget you have until SUNDAY to enter the Krafty Guest Contest HERE!

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!!

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 the starting point for your creation!! You will have until March 6th at 11.55pm EST to get your entries in!!

I decided to make an ATC on card as I call them using one of the amazing girls from the Show Stoppers set, combined to flamboyent colours;)

Stamps: Kraftin' Kimmie Show Stoppers

Colouring: Copics on Make It Colour Blending Card

Other: Stencil, flourish stamp, Distress Ink

I stamped this beautiful girl from the Show Stoppers set on Make It Colour Blending Card and coloured her in Copics. The background is Copics with a bit of Distress Ink. To add a bit of interested to it, I used a dot stencil with ink and added a few flourishes made with a stamp from my stash. 

Skin: E000, 00, 01, 13, 70 - R02, 22, 24

Hair: 100, B41, W5, 7, 9

Feathers: C5, R35, 37, 39, 89

Top: 100, Y11, 21, 26, 28

Background: Y38

I hope you will join us for this challenge - and a huge thank you for all the super sweet Krafty Girls for having thi smonth! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Tiddly Inks Fab Friday!

Hello everyone! It's Friday so time for a Tiddly Inks little make! I have a thing with mermaids and Tiddly Inks have a set I love called Floating By - available from Tiddly Inks of course and from Quixotic Paperie too!  I used one of the mermaids from the set, and a little fish too;)...

Stamps: Tiddly Inks Floating By clear stamp set (also available HERE from Quixotic Paperie and HERE as a digi)

Colouring: Copics on Make It Colour Blending Card and watercolour and acrylic inks on Canson Montval

I coloured my mermaid in Copics on Make It Colour Blending Card and cut her out. For the background, I used watercolour inks and acrylic ink for the weeds. It is not that "uniform" IRL, there are different shades of blue, but my camera does not like my blue backgrounds and is not able to pick the different shades :(

Copics used for the mermaid:
Face: E000, 00, 01, 13, 70
Hair: E49, 53, 55, 59
Tail: BG000, 05, 09, 11, 13
Fish: R05, 22, 24, Y02, 15, 38

Challenges I am entering:

Southern Girls - Girly theme

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

The post on the Tiddly Inks blog is truly fabulous - there is a great variety of projects by my DT sisters, and I think it is really worth a little visit;)!

Have a lovely day everyone! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Wonderful Wednesday at Kraftin' Kimmie!

Hello everyone! It's Wonderful Wednesday time and we hope you can play along!! And as always... it's ANYTHING GOES at Kraftin' Kimmie! Break out your Kraftin' Kimmie stamps and get krafty! 

Also, we are in the middle of the Krafty Friends Hop, pop on over to the Krafty blog to link up YOUR Kraftin' Kimmie creation HERE!

There is also still time to enter for your chance to be a Krafty Guest - and believe me, that is so cool!!! Get all the details and upload your Krafty Goodness HERE! 

We want everyone to be able to play along so your submission can use ANY stamp and can be any theme but it must be a NEW creation! 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! 

Here is my little card for today, a bit mixed media but very simple :)

Stamps: Kraftin' Kimmie Nerissa

Colouring: Copics and watercolour inks on watercolour paper

Other: Stickers, stickles

I stamped Nerissa and the bubbles, and added weeds from another mermaid set. I made  the background with watercolour inks and coloured Nerissa in Copics then added white accents with a gel pen and stickles.

Challenges I am entering:

Crafty Sentiments - Clean And Simple
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - For the Girls
The Pink Elephant - Anything Goes

I hope you'll join us! Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely day! Hugs,

Delphine xx

SCACD Brave Hearts and Eclectic 2 Rubber Stamps!

Hello everyone! SCACD celebrates today the 2 recently released NEW exclusive rubber stamp sets. They are the Brave Hearts (a group of 4 empowered gals) as well as Eclectic Collection 2 (a combo of 6 steampunk and ethereal stamps). With the Eclectic 2 Collection, if you buy the entire set, you get 4 FREE date stamp words. SCACD Artist Carmen Medlin and Susana collaborated on the images and we are so happy to be showcasing them to you now :)

The new stamps are now available for purchase in the USA HERE!

Our international friends can purchase SCACD rubber stamps at Quixotic Paperie HERE!

SCACD Digital images for USA and International can always be found HERE!

And here is my card - Be Fearless!!

Stamp: SCACD Be Fearless

Colouring: Copics on Make It Colour Blending Card

Other: Distress Paint on watercolour paper, stencil

I couldn't resist pairing this cutie with a grungy background - done with Distress Paints on watercolour paper and a stencil. My girl is coloured in Copics on Make It Colour Blending Card:)

You should be going next to the talented DONNA's blog! If you are lost, then head back to the SCACD store blog HERE! Thank you very much for your visit, have fun hopping! Hugs

Delphine xx

Quixotic Paperie DT: Dare To Create Your Own Path

Hello everyone! I'm sharing a card I made using my Quixotic Paperie stamps by The Greeting Farm. For this one, I went a bit mixed media as I have fun doing;)

This cutie is Day Off Anya which I stamped on Make It Colour Blending Card (back in stock in packs of 10, 25 and 50). I coloured her with my beloved Copics of course then cut her out. For the background, I used watercolour inks on watercolour paper. I then created the path, using a stamp which comes from the Greeting Farm Dreamy Kit - perfect for art journaling and mixed media!!- and added one of the sentiments from the same kit - I stamped them in Versamark and embossed them in white. As a final touch, I stamped a few stars from my stash and embossed them in gold. 

Skin: E000, 00, 01, 11, 70

Hair: E50, 51, 53, 55

Clothes: BG05, 07, 09, V01, 04, 06, 09

Challenges I am entering:

Penny Black And More - Anything Goes except a digi

Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes

Whimsy Inspiration - Use a Sentiment

Thank you very much for your visit, enjoy the rest of your day/night! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge!

Hello everyone! Welcome to another challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! Krafty Girl Alexis is hosting the challenge this week and it can be anything as long as it's MOVIE THEMED! What's your favourite movie;)? 

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! 

Will you be joining us for the Krafty Friends Blog Hop? Just a few more days! Visit the event page HERE for more details.

And this week's FRUGAL FRIDAY sales are UP and ready for shopping!

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!!

Now create a card, a 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 11:55pm EST to get your entries in!

Here is my card focussing on Lana Turner (The Merry Widow, The Bad and The Beautiful...)

Stamps: Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Lana

Colouring: Copics on Make It Colour Blending Card

I used Lana, coloured her in Copics and cut her out. For the background, I used a lace stamp, added the sentiment which comes with Lana and added a few gold acrylic splatters :)

Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely day! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Art Journal Page - Paperbabe Stamps Challenge #8

Hello everyone! And welcome back to a new challenge at Paperbabe Stamps!!! This time we are back with an awesome sketch for you! You can use it for a card, scrapbook layout, mixed media, whatever you like - have fun! AND we would love to see your Paperbabe Stamps in action, BUT you can now use any stamps you like!

I've been feeling a bit blue these past days and felt the urge to do an art journal page - this is the 4th page in my journal, you can see the others HERE - and so I kept the shapes of the sketch in mind to create it. Here it is, featuring the gorgeous MayLeeDee I love so much!

Stamp: Paperbabe Stamps Mayleedee mounted rubber stamp (also available as clear stamp and digi)

Colouring: Copics and Prismacolor pencils on Make It Colour Blending Card for Mayleedee

Background: Distress Paint, Gelatos, Pitt Artist pens

Other: Stencils, Stickers, Toga DP, text stamp

I stamped Mayleedee on Make It Colour Blending Card, coloured her in Copics plus some Prismacolor pencils, and cut her out. For the background, I used a piece of Toga DP for the hill, stamped text on it and used Pitt Artist Pens to add shading. The sky was made with Distress Paints, Pitt Pens and Gelatos and I used two stencils with ink and embossing paste. I added Gold stickles for a bit of sparkle. I finished by the stickers and little golden heart.

Challenges I am entering:

Take It Make It Challenge - Stencilling (#2)

Simon Says Stamp - Add A Little Texture

We hope you can get creative and join us at Paperbabe Stamps :)! And for gorgeous ideas with the sketch, please visit the blog to see my teamies' fantastic makes! Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely day! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Sketch Challenge at Tiddly Inks!

Hello everyone! It's Tuesday and time for a new challenge at Tiddly Inks and this time we have a great sketch for you!

I used the new Sweet Tooth called Semi Sweet which I just love and went for a rather dark card :)

Stamp: Tiddly Inks Semi Sweet (as digi HERE, as stamp HERE from Tiddly Inks and HERE from Quixotic Paperie)

Colouring: Copics on Make It Colour Blending Card

DPs: Toga

Other: Doodlebug Stickers

We hope you will join us at Tiddly Inks! Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely day! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Krafty Hop Day!

Helloooo!!! Exciting day!!! It's our FEBRUARY RELEASE Day at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and we're celebrating with a Krafty Hop! So grab yourself a cuppa, sit back and be prepared for some krafty eye candy!

Over the last few days in the Krafty Peeks, we have shared lots of amazing creations featuring new stamp sets from all of our artists including a new one, for our February Release!! We know these new stamps will inspire you to make your own fabulous creations!! This month's sets are all about books and friendship... two great themes! We've got an elegant new sentiment set called HELLO, FRIEND! There's a super cute new kids set from Cheryl called BOOK PALS! And of course, we are so excited to share two new Lord of the Rings/ The Hobbit inspired sets from Annie featuring GANDALF and GALADRIEL! Lastly we are thrilled to have another incredibly fun set from Emilie Goulet called SQUISHY HUGS!

You will get to see ALL of the new images today as you sit back and enjoy our February Krafty Hop! As you hop from blog to blog, be sure to leave a comment at each stop because one lucky stamper will win a $10 Gift card! When you're done hoppin', be sure to head over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Shop because all the new stamp sets are NOW available!

And don't forget... if you need it all, we have a Gimmie Kimmies Kit which features ALL the new February stamps at a discount! But only for a limited time!!

Here is my project for today, featuring Gandalf :)

Stamps: Kraftin' Kimmie Gandalf and background stamps

Colouring: Copics on Make It Colour Blending Card and Distress Paints on watercolour paper

I went for a colour scheme of balck and yellow/ gold - coloured Gandalf in Copics, cut him out and put him on a Distress Paint background. The sentiment is the one that comes with Gandalf :)

Thank you very much for your visit, have fun hopping! Hugs

Delphine xx

February Krafty Peeks Day Four - Squishy Hugs!

Hello everyone! Welcome back to Day FOUR of our February Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks! Have you been enjoying the peeks so far? All of our brand new rubber stamp sets will be released TONIGHT! 

We are super excited to have another amazingly fun set from artist Emilie Goulet! This one's called SQUISHY HUGS! This fabby set is all about girlfriends and friendship! It's perfect for those thinking of you and you're so special kind of cards for all the amazing people in our lives! It features THREE sweet images plus SEVEN coordinating sentiments!

And this week the challenge is hosted by Tangii and it's ANYTHING GOES (as it always is during release week)! So create a card, scrapbook page or altered item with any stamp but if you use a KRaftin' Kimmie stamp, you'll double your chances to WIN! We'd love to see your KKS designs and we hope you can play along for your chance to WIN a $10 Gift Certificate to use on ANYTHING you want in the shop!!

Oh and there's another AMAZING PRIZE!! Wanna win the ENTIRE February Release?? Go HERE to find out! IT involves hanging out with us at our LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY! Hope you can join us for all the fun and excitement and prizes TONIGHT beginning at 6pm EST!!

Here is my card :)

Stamp: Kraftin' Kimmie Squishy Hugs

Colouring: Copics on Make It Colour Blending Card

DPs: Toga

Thank you very much for your visit, have fun hopping!! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Quixotic Paperie info: The NEW Tiddly Inks are in :)!!!

Hello everyone! The NEW Tiddly Inks stamp release have reached Quixotic Paperie!!!! YAY!! Have you ordered yours? The choice is difficult, I agree ;)!!! Maybe I can help by sharing a simple 100% Copic card I made for Copic Europe featuring one of them! I have made the most simple background and used Cute As A Cupcake - because who doesn't love cupcakes!!

I stamped this cutie from the Cute As A Cupcake stamp set on Make It Colour Blending Card and coloured her with my Copics. I also coloured the little heart which comes with the set. I cut everything out to pop my elements on foam squares my background - a very simple one I did using my beloved airbrush, once I had masked the borders of my card to leave a white frame around.

Skin: E000, 00, 01, 11, 70

Hair: E53, 55, 57, 59

Dress: BG000, 01, 02, 05, C1, Y11, 21, 26

Shoes: BG000, 01, 02, W0, 1

Table: C0, 1, 3, R81, 83, 85, 89

Cupcakes: E31, 33, 35, 37, R00, 02, 22, 24, 81, 83, 85

Background: R20, RV02, 04

Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely yummy day everyone! Hugs,

Delphine xx

February Krafty Peeks Day Three... Hello, Friend!

Hello everyone! Welcome to Day THREE of our FEBRUARY Kraftin' Kimmie peeks! Have you been enjoying the peeks so far? All the brand new rubber stamps will be released Saturday night!

Today we are thrilled to share the newest set of elegant sentimnts by artist BECKY PEARCE! This set features some lovely words about friendship in beautiful fonts and is called HELLO, FRIEND! This set includes NINE lovely sentiments!

Are you planning to join us for the LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY? Hope you can join us for all the fun and excitement and prizes tomorrow night beginning at 6pm EST!!

All the Krafty Girls and Guests listed below have lots of super FUN designs to show you featuring these awesome new stamps from Becky! And while you're hopping around, be sure to leave a comment because we are giving away a gift card!! You could win some Krafty $$$ to spend at the shop!!! {{This winner will be announced at the party tomorrow!}}

Here is my little card featuring one of Becky's beautiful sentiment, combined to a stamp I love - these sentiments are perfect for friends... and more as you can see;)

Stamps: Kraftin' Kimmie Diana and Hello, Friend set

Colouring: Copics on Make It Colour Blending Card

I could not resist combining my sentiment with a mother's love ;) and stamped faux stiching around my card. And here is a look at the whole sentiment set:

Thank you very much for your visit, have fun hopping!
Hugs
Delphine xx

February Krafty Peeks Day One... The Lord of The Rings!

Hello everyone! Yes, you've read correctly! I have the pleasure of being one of the Krafty Guests for February - YAY!!! It's such a joy to be there! And today is day ONE of the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps FEBRUARY 2015 Previews! We are very excited to share the new Moonlight Whispers stamp sets by Annie Rodrigue! So many people have been asking for this theme :)!

Today we are thrilled to share two totally magical new stamp sets from the Lord of the Rings books! If you are familiar with these books and movies, you'll easily recognize GANDALF and GALADRIEL!! You'll find many amazing creations on today's hop featuring both new images and sentiments from these fabulous new sets!

Below you will find all the Krafty Girls and Guests who have goodies to show you today and while you're visiting, be sure to leave some love at each stop because one lucky stamper is going to WIN some $$ to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop! 

All of the February stamps will be available on Saturday night at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop! Be sure to join the team for an hour of celebrating the new stamp sets, fun and prizes on Saturday evening at the LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!

In the meantime, let me show you my card featuring GALADRIEL:)

Stamp: Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Galadriel

Colouring: Copics, Polychromos and Distress Inks on Make It Colour Blending Card

I love Annie's stamps! Isn't she fantastic? I have used Copics, Polychromos and Distress Inks to colour my card which I kept very simple as always and I was inspired by one of the sentiments in the set "Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars", hence the colour of my background and the little stars:) Here is the whole Galadriel set:

That's all from me today, have fun hopping!
Hugs
Delphine xx

CC Designs Wingy Things

Hello everyone! Today I'm sharing a tiny make, one of my ATCs on card using one of the new CC Designs stamp sets - Meoples Wingy Things!

I stamped two of the four characters from the Wingy Things set on Make It Colour Blending Card and die cut them using the matching CC Designs Cutter Wingy Things Die. I then coloured my images in Copics. The background was made using Distress Inks sponged with an Ink Blending Tool and a cloud template. I added a flower border and a little heart with stickles - I just love adding hearts - and I stamped a sentiment from the AmyR Elegant Valentine set in the cloud. 

Copics used: 

Skin: E000, 00, 01, 11, 70

Hair: E49, 55, 59/ E51, 53, 55, Y11

Dresses: RV14, 17, 19/ BG01, 02, 05, V000, 01

Daisy: C1, Y15, 19, YG03, 67

Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely day!
Hugs
Delphine xx

C.C. Designs Meoples Wingy Things

C.C. Designs Cutters Wingy Things Die

AmyR Stamps Elegant Valentine Rubber Stamp

Mini Ink Blending Tool

Flashy Quixotic Paperie DT :)

Hello everyone! I think I am tired of the cold, grey weather... hence the need for some sun and flashy colours, I guess!!! I have used one my Tiddly Inks stamp sets available from Quixotic Paperie and went a bit colour crazy on this one ;)

I stamped Wryn from the Sweets for my Sweet stamp set on Make It Colour Blending Card, coloured her in Copics, then cut her out. The word SWEET is from the same set, stamped on Make It Colour Blending Card, coloured in Copics too and I cut out the letters. For the background I used watercolour paper covered in different acrylic paints (and Distress Ink for the ground) and a stencil from my stash with modeling paste for the sun. The dark spots and swirls were done with 2 different stencils too, dabbed with ink. And last little detail, I added white sticker letters to complete the sentiment. 

Skin: E000, 00, 01, 11, 70

Hair: E53, 55, 57, 59

T-Shirt: R02, 22, 24

Skirt: E40, 41, 42

Sweet: R02, 22, 24

Ice Cream: E71, 74, 77, Y02, 11, 15, YR02, 04, 07

Challenge I am entering:

Take It Make It Challenge - Stencilling

That's all from me today, have a lovely evening! 

Hugs

Delphine xx

*** Latest Arrivals ***

• Tiddly Inks PREORDER Due 9-16 February
• The Greeting Farm January release IN STOCK
• Make it Crafty - NEW Elegant Flowers Release IN STOCK!
• NEW Susana Loves Stamps SteamPunk releases from SCACD
• NEW Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Rock Chicks IN STOCK!

DoveArt Designs Blog Hop!

Hello everyone!! Welcome to the DoveArt hop!! Little Miss Muffet Stamps and some of the gals from Make It Crafty have come together for a fun hop and would like to share with you some exciting news. Our friend Jennifer Dove has a wonderful new rubber stamp line called DoveArt Designs and Little Miss Muffet now has them in the store. Jennifer is focusing on more nature and realistic images with details to make the coloring experience easy. We know you will enjoy creating something beautiful once you get your hands on them.

Enjoy seeing what all the ladies have created and leave comments for a chance to win! We will be showing you just a few but the whole stamp line can be found HERE at Little Miss Muffet Stamps.

The stamp I have chosen to use is the yummy Cupcake :)

Stamps: DoveArt Studio Cupcake, BoBunny

Colouring: Copics on Make It Colour Blending Card

DPs: Doodlebug

Other: Pearls, word die

Who doesn't like a nice cupcake ;)? I love this one and how the stamp is already shaded making the colouring really easier!!! I created the brown background with two BoBunny stamps and popped my Cupcake on square foam for a bit of dimension ;)

Challenges I am entering:

Crafty Catz - Birthdays
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely day and have fun hopping!!!

Hugs

Delphine xx

CC Designs February Previews

Hello everyone! The CC Designs February stamps will all be available on Saturday, but to help you be patient, here is a little sneak peek with my card featuring one of the new Roberto's Rascals stamps:)

Stamps: CC Designs Erica Texting, Teen Sentiments

Colouring: Copics on Make It Colour Blending Card, watercolour on Canson Montval

Stencils: CC Designs Mini Hearts, CC Designs Heart Drop

The background was painted in watercolour and I used embossing paste and two new stencils by CC Designs to add the hearts - I love those stencils!!! I did not want to have hearts everywhere in a perfect background, so I left a few spaces blank and did not cover all the heart holes in my stencil. I also left a space to add a bigger heart from the Heart Drop stencil.

Challenges I am entering:

Crafty Sentiments - Include a heart

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Hearts

Dream Valley - Valentine's Day

To see more adorable new stamps and for a chance to win, please visit the CC Designs blog! Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely day!

Hugs

Delphine xx