Kraftin' Kimmie Wonderful Wednesday

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! 

The March Release is in the Krafty Store! Happy shoppin' ;)!!

We want everyone to be able to play along so your submission can use ANY stamp and can be any theme, any style 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!

In addition to the great Krafty Challenges and Wonderful Wednesdays, 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 WWs 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 you need it!

Here is my little card for today :)

Stamps: Kraftin' Kimmie Fairy Loved

Colouring: Copics on Make it Colour Blending Card
Die: MFT
Other: Paper Smooches sentiment, Make it Crafty Fun Techniques for Colouring Skies E-book

I used a super cute fairy from the Fairy Loved set, stamped her and created a background for her, following directions from Zoe's amazing e-book about Colouring Skies (and you get the hills too ;)!!)  I coloured everything using my Copics and then die cut a circle frame with en MFT die. To finish off, I stamped a Paper Smooches sentiment.

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

Delphine xx

Tiddly Inks Challenge #179

Hello everyone! Today is the start of a new challenge at Tiddly Inks, and it's Gentle Spring Colours with a photo inspiration!

I used the adorable Flutter By To Say Hi image for my card :)

Stamps: Tiddly Inks Flutter By To Say Hi

Colouring: Copics on Make it Colour Blending Card

Die: MFT

DPs: BoBunny and Doodlebug

Skin: E000, 00, 11, 71

Hair: E51, 53, 55

Dress: RV91, 93, 95, 99

Wings: BG000, 01, RV91, V000

Ground: YG01, 03, 06, 17

Daisies: C1, 3, Y11, 17

Butterflies: BV000, 00, 02, 04, V000, 01, 04

We hope you can join us! Thank you very much for your visit, have a great day! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Forget Me Not Wryn

Hello everyone! I'm here today to share a spring card, with lots of flowers - on my image only, I'm still as CAS as ever ;)!

I used the adorable Forget Me Not Wryn by Tiddly Inks. I resized and cropped my digi image in MS Word, printed it and coloured it with my Copics. I then picked a piece of Doodlebug DP to match my Copic colours and cut it with an MFT die from the Stitched Basic Edges set. And I stamped a sentiment by Paperbabe Stamps. 

Skin: E000, 00, 11, 70

Hair: BV04, T7, 9

Flowers: B24, 26, 28, 39, Y17, G28, YG03

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

Delphine xx

March Release Day and Krafty Hop!

Hello everyone! It's finally here! The release of our March 2016 clear stamp sets at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!! We've released ALL seven of the new clear stamp sets that we've been previewing all week and we're celebrating with a krafty HOP!

We have two beautiful sets by artist Annie Rodrigue called ROSIE FAIRY! and TEACUP FAIRY! We've got a FAIRY cute new set by artist Emilie Goulet called FAIRY LOVED! There are two new home sets by artist Cheryl Grant called HAPPY NEW HOME and WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD! And lastly, we have two new sets from artist Becky Pearce called YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE! and BUTTERFLY DREAMS!

You will get to see all the new sets in action as you sit back and enjoy the hop! Then hop over to the Krafty Shop because ALL of the new stamp sets are NOW AVAILABLE! And if you HAVE to have it all, there's also our March Gimme Kimmies Kit which includes all SEVEN of the new sets together and at a discount! But only for a limited time!

Here is my make for today, using TEACUP FAIRY!

Stamps: Kraftin' Kimmie Teacup Fairy
Colouring: Copics on Make it Colour Blending Card
DPs: Kaisercraft

Skin: E000, 00, 11, 71
Hair: BV04, C7, 9
Wings: BG000, BV000, V000
Dress: V09, 15, 17
Cup: BV000, C00, 0, 1, V000
Ground: C0, 1

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

Delphine xx

March Krafty Peeks... Day FIVE plus a challenge!

Hello everyone! Welcome to Day FIVE of our March Krafty Previews! We're back today with our final set of the new release of clear stamps! We've got a gorgeous set of butterflies from artist Becky Pearce! It's called BUTTERFLY DREAMS and includes EIGHT butterflies and FIVE sentiments!

It's also Challenge Day and the challenge is ANYTHING GOES (as it always is during release week)! So create a card a card, scrapbookpage or altered item with any stamp but if you use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp, you'll double your chances to win! We would love to see your KKS designs. You have a week to play with this challenge and at the end of the month, a WINNER will be announced from all the weekly challenges for January! We hope you can play along for a chance to win a $20 Gift Card to the krafty shop!

You'll be able to check out lots of inspiration in today's blog hop! Below you'll find links to all the Krafty Girls' creations and while you're visiting the blogs, be sure to comment and leave some love because one lucky krafty person is going to WIN a gift card to the shop!

Here is my card for today :)

Stamps: Kraftin' Kimmie Butterfly Dreams

Colouring: Zig Clean Colour Real Brush on Canson Montval

I stamped my sentiment first, then some butterflies in Versamark and embossed them in white. I then coloured using my Zig wtc pens and added a few white trails. 

Challenge I am entering:

Take It Make It Challenge - Anything Goes

All of our new March clear stamp sets will be released this afternoon! Be sure to join us at the LIVE Online Release Party beginning at 2pm EST! Come join us to help celebrate the new release, check out lots of gorgeous krafty creations, have a chance to win some prizes and just have fun with us! Hope to see you there! Happy hoppin'! Hugs,

Delphine xx

March Krafty Peeks... Day THREE!

Hello everyone! Welcome to Day THREE of our March Krafty Previews at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! Today we are sharing TWO new sets by artist Cheryl Grant! The first set is called HAPPY NEW HOME and it features a lovely home and two coordinating sentiments!  

The second set is called WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD! 

You'll see both sets featured in today's blog hop! Below you'll find links to all the Krafty Girls' creations and while you're visiting the blogs, be sure to comment and leave some love because one lucky krafty person is going to WIN a gift card to the shop! 

Here is my card using Happy New Home:)

Stamps: Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Happy New Home

Colouring: Copics on Make it Colour Blending Card

DPs: Bo Bunny
Die: MFT

All of our new March clear stamp sets will be released on Saturday afternoon! Be sure to join us at the LIVE Online Release Party beginning at 2pm EST! Come join us to help celebrate the new release, check out lots of gorgeous krafty creations, have a chance to win some prizes and just have fun with us! Hope to see you there! Happy hoppin'! Hugs,

Delphine xx

March Krafty Peeks... Day TWO!

Hello everyone! Welcome to Day TWO of our March Krafty Previews at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! Today we are sharing a sweeet new set by artist Emilie Goulet! It's called FAIRY LOVED and it features two adorable fairies, a butterfly and THREE coordinating sentiments!

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

Here is my card :)

Stamps: Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Fairy Loved

Colouring: Copics on Make it Colour Blending Card

DPs: BoBunny
Dies: MFT

Copics used:
Skin: E000, 00, 11, 71
Hair: 100, BV04, T7, 9
Dress: V09, 15, 17
Wings: V000, Y000
Cat: W0, 1, 3, 5
Sky: BG000, BV20, C0, 1
Grass: G28, YG01, 03, 17, 67

All of our new March clear stamp sets will be released on Saturday afternoon! Be sure to join us at the LIVE Online Release Party beginning at 2pm EST! Come join us to help celebrate the new release, check out lots of gorgeous krafty creations, have a chance to win some prizes and just have fun with us! Hope to see you there! Happy hoppin'! Hugs,

Delphine xx

March Krafty Peeks... Day ONE!

Hello everyone! Welcome to Day ONE of our March Krafty Previews at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! You are going to LOVE this release, let me tell you!

Today we are previewing TWO gorgeous new sets by artist Annie Rodrigue! The first set is called ROSIE FAIRY with a gorgeous Fairy character plus FOUR coordinating sentiments!

And the second set is called TEACUP FAIRY and features the super main image plus FOUR coordinating sentiments!

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

Here is my card for today, using ROSIE FAIRY:)

Stamps: Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Rosie Fairy

Colouring: Polychromos and Zig Clean Colour Real Brush on Canson Montval

Other: MFT Die, Versamark, Embossing Powder

I stamped my image in Versafine and coloured her in Zig Clean Colour Real Brush. I then added a few details on Polychromos. I finished off with a sentiment from the set stamped in Versamark and embossed in white, then die cut my image withan MFT die.

All of our new March clear stamp sets will be released on Saturday afternoon! Be sure to join us at the LIVE Online Release Party beginning at 2pm EST! Come join us to help celebrate the new release, check out lots of gorgeous krafty creations, have a chance to win some prizes and just have fun with us! Hope to see you there! Happy hoppin'! Hugs,

Delphine xx

MiC CAS Challenge and Tutorial

Hello everyone! I'm here to share my inspiration card for our current CAS Masking Challenge at Make it Crafty and a little tutorial on how I combined a digital image and a rubber stamp to create my scene - a digital background with a rubber character :) Here is the scene in question...

The images I used are the Open Window Digital Stamp and Tress Dancing Rubber Stamp by Make it Crafty. When masking, the element you mask is the one placed "in front", so in my scene I masked the window to stamp the character.

Step 1

 

First, I printed the Open Window Digital Stamp on regular printing paper in draft mode (to avoid wasting ink and wasting good paper). Then I stamped Tress Dancing on top of my window without masking the window, to see how I could place the stamp to have only the head showing in the window and in a correct position, one I liked. You sometimes need several attempts, but this step is really necessary. I don't have any "magic tools" to line my stamps precisely, so I simply took a ballpoint pen here and traced around my acrylic block to mark how I had positioned it. These lines will help me as guidelines when stamping my scene for good on my good Copic paper.

Step 2

You need to create your mask now and since the image used is a digi, you need to print the digi on your mask - a Post It Note with a FULL sticky back here (or it may get stuck in the printer if the whole back is not sticky - and you can of course use masking film instead like Eclipse). To do so, I printed my window in the top left hand corner of my Make It Colour Blending Card sheet (the one I will colour my scene on) and took a blank sheet of printing paper that I put on top of my printed sheet to see where I would need to put my Post It so the window would be printed on it. I stuck my Post It on my blank printing paper which I then put in my printer and tada!! You see the result above - the mask is created :)

Step 3

Using a little pair of scissors, I cut the inside of the window - no need to cut all the Post It image, just the part that needs to be empty to show the character I'll stamp next. I then put my yellow mask on the window (printed on my Make it Colour Blending Card) to then get ready to stamp the character.

Step 4

Using the guidelines you created in Step 1 on your draft scene, stamp your character on your mask. Then remove the mask and colour your scene!

Here is the card I made with it:

Wall: E50, 51, 53 

Wood: E30, 31, 35, 39, 59 

Curtains: BV000, 00, 02, 04, 08 

Tress's Skin: E000, 00, 11, 71 

Hair: 100, BV04, C7, 9 

Eyes: BG000 

Flowers: RV04, 06, 09, YG03, 17, G28 

Gold: Y11, 26, 28 

Orange: Y35, 38, YR04, 07

I also added a little speech bubble from a Tiddly Inks stamp set, fussy cut it and put it on foam square for a nice finishing touch.

Make it Crafty Products 

Open Window Digital Stamp 

Tress Dancing Rubber Stamp

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

Kraftin' Kimmie saturday Challenge!

Hello 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! Our theme today is "SPRING"!

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!

March peeks start NEXT WEEK!! We are all in love with this release and can't wait to share it with you!! Tune in on K blog or Krafty Friends FB group to check them out!

Frugal Friday Specials are up too! Most Fridays, Kimmie posts a large handful of goodies on the site for 20% - 50% OFF! Sale ends on Sunday! And because Frugal on Friday isn't enough, Kimmie has posted a FLASH SALE! This sale will last at least through the weekend! Happy shopping!!

In addition to the great Krafty Challenges and 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 you need it!

Here is my card for today:)

Stamps: Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Hello Spring

Colouring: Copics on Make it Colour Blending Card

Dies: MFT Woodgraing Fence, Grassy Fields and Rectangle Frames

I used the little bunny, the balloon and the butterfly from the Hello Spring set, coloured them in Copics and fussy cut them. For the backgrounds, I used MFT dies and coloured my die cuts in Copics too :)

You have until March 18th at 11:55pm EST to join us!

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

Delphine xx

Paperbabe Stamps Challenge

Hello everyone! We have a new challenge for you at Paperbabe Stamps today and our theme is MOTHER! As always you can join us with any stamps you like but we would be delighted to see your Paperbabe Stamps in action! And there's a gift voucher for grabs to be spent in the store!

Images and stamps: Paperbabe Stamps Mayleedee Frost Fairy digi, You Quote "You Are Loved" stamp, Doll Face Mini Stamp Set (heart) and Pop Dots Stamp Set

Colouring: Copics on Make it Colour Blending Card

I used Mayleedee Frost Fairy digi, flipped it and cropped it, then printed it so faint that the wings did not show. I coloured Mayleedee in Copics and added a little heart from the Doll Face Mini Stamp Set. For the background, I stamped the smallest dot strip from the Pop Dots Stamp Set multiple times then added the You Quote "You Are Loved" sentiment.

Challenges I am entering:

Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes
Fab 'n' Funky - Love
Hanna and Friends - Anything Goes

Thank you very much for your visit, I hope you can join us! 

Make it Crafty CAS Challenge

Hello everyone! Our new CAS Challenge is starting today at Make it Crafty! The theme this month is "MASKING"! Whether it be to create a scene, combine digi and rubber stamps, create a background - as long as you mask a part of your card to create it, you're good to go! The prize this month is the Window Wall Elements Rubber Stamp Set!

My sneak peek shows a part of the Open Window Digi Stamp and Tress Dancing Rubber Stamp :)

To see more and all the DT's cards, please visit the blog HERE! We can't wait to see what you'll come up with! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Tiddly Inks and Paradise of Stamps Challenges!

Hello everyone! Happy Tuesday! We have a new challenge for you at Tiddly Inks and our theme is Easter! Today is also the start of a new challenge at Paradise of Stamps, where the theme is "Card For A Girl".

I chose a super cute Wryn called Somebunny Loves You and made a Copic scene with her :)

Image: Tiddly Inks Somebunny Loves You

Colouring: Copics on Make it Colour Blending Card

Other: Lawn Fawn Die

I printed Somebunny Loves You on Make it Colour Blending Card and coloured a little background for her, then die cut her.

Skin: E000, 00, 11, 71

Hair: E25, 33, 49, 59

Ears: BV00, 02, 04, R20

Clothes: BV000, 00, 02, 04, RV04, 06, 09

Bunnies: R20, W0, 1, 3, 5

Grass: G28, YG01, 03, 17, 67

Bushes and trees: G28, 29, 40, 43, 46, YG 01, 03, 17

Sky and clouds: BG000, BV20, C0, 1

Thank you very much for your visit, hope you can join us! Hugs,

Delphine xx