Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps October Release Previews Day One!!

Good morning!! We're celebrating winter at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps ...and lots more!! (You'll have to wait until later in the week to see what other themes we have up our sleeves!!) But now, get ready for our OCTOBER 2012 RELEASE!!!!!

We are kicking off the *New* OCTOBER Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps previews today and first off, we’d like to introduce you to a beautiful new set of Trinkets!!! We are very excited to share with you our….

WINTER TRINKETS!!!

These circular sentiment stamps have been created and designed by the totally talented Krafty Girl, Nicole Aspinall!! They are made especially to fit in your 1 3/8ths and 1 ¾ inch punches, for quick and easy cutting!!! This month we are releasing the WINTER Trinkets set which includes EIGHT trinkets in each set with four of each size and they come as both positive and negative images, so you can use your black or brown ink with the positive stamps and use your coloured inks with the negative ones!! You will get the set as a completely unmounted full sheet of deeply etched grey rubber.

All of the Krafty Girls are cardmakers primarily and we have found these to be such a quick and easy way to add a sentiment to our creations or to use as the focal point on our cards! They are also perfect for your Smashbook pages and your scrapbook pages, not to mention your altered items and tags!! No stamper's stash is complete without them!

Now just you wait 'til you see the awesome samples the Krafty Girls have put together for you....and be sure to comment on each and every stop because one lucky stamper is going to WIN the new WINTER TRINKETS set!!!

Supplies:
Winter Trinkets
In Stitches
Echo Park "Season's Greetings"
Red Cardstock
Baker's Twine
Stampin' Up Ruby Red inkpad

Yumi and Fumi Handmade Crafts Challenges - No Patterned Paper

It's time for our next challenge over on the Yumi & Fumi Handmade Crafts blog. For this challenge we don't want to see any patterned papers.. ai yai yai!!! - the stuff nightmares are made of, lol.  

My card features Chasezilla and is coloured with copic markers:

Skin - E000, E00, E11, R20

Dinosaur outfit - BG21, YG23, YG25. BG02, BG05. Colourless blender. 

I created the background with Waltzingmouse Stamps - Free Spirit stamps and Spiced Marmalade distress inks. The sentiment comes from Half Pint Heroes.  I added some flossed buttons and a little bit of blue ribbon to embellish. 

Check out all the challenge details and see what the rest of the DT have created over on the Yumi and Fumi blog. 

Challenges

2 Sisters - Anything Goes

Inspire Me Fridays – Always Anything Goes

Just Add Ink – Just add bright colors

Craft Us Crazy -  Children and/or Fall

Crafty Ribbons -  Children's birthday

Little Miss Muffet Challenges -One layer or CAS

Thanks for dropping by!!

Sandie

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La-la Land Crafts Inspiration Friday - Christmas in October

Hi everyone!! This week our inspiration over on La-La Land Crafts is Christmas in October. I guess it's pretty safe to say that we've all started our Christmas cards by now so this inspiration challenge will help you along your way :D

My card features Christmas Present Luka.

I've colourd my image with Copic Markers: 

Skin: E000, E00, E11, R20

Hair: E70, E74, E77

Sweater: G40, G43, G46

Pants: E42, E43, E44

Boots: E50, E51, E53

Santa Hat: R22, R24, R29

Gift: BG01, BG02, BG05. Y11, Y15, Y18

The papers are Echo Park - Season's Greetings and they've been matted and stitched down onto red and white cardstock. 

The coordinating sentiment comes with the stamp. 

We would love to see your work, so why not link up to either the Customer Gallery or if you're on Facebook "Like the page" and show us what you have been creating!! 

Challenges - 

52 Christmas Throwdown - Cards, must be Christmas - Colour

Totally Gorjuss - Traditional Christmas colours

Inspire Me Fridays – Always Anything Goes

Moving Along With The Times - Tag it

Quixotic Paperie - What Big Eyes

Hi!! Well it's that time of year again.... seems every year coming up to Halloween and Christmas I get an overwhelming urge to make treat bags and boxes, lol. Today, for my Quixotic Paperie DT project I took the whole Little Red Riding Hood bringing food to Grandma idea and made a Treat Bag featuring What Big Eyes from the Susana Loves Stamps 'Eyes' collection. 

I stamped my image out onto Make it Colour blending card with memento black ink. I coloured her up with copics and Touch Twin markers and trimmed her. Then I set her aside while I prepared the bag. Using coordinating inks I stamped a background and then some leaves. The Seeds packet image, Goodwill sentiment and the leaves are from Waltzingmouse Stamps. I used Touch Twin markers for the leaves. 

I cut out some kraft tickets using MFT Die-Namics ticket strips die, then I stamped my sentiment onto it. I layered up the leaves and adhered the sentiment ticket with 3D foam dots. Then I glued a metal watering can onto the ticket. Once I had the bag completed I folded the top down twice and punched 2 holes using my crop-a-dile and threaded some gingham ribbon through it. 

Challenges:

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Craft Room Challenge - Alter It

Deep Ocean Challenge - Anything Goes

Party Time Tuesdays - Anything but a card

Sweet Stamps - Altered Item

Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes

Thanks for dropping by today!! 

Sandie

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Kraftin' Kimmie Anniversay Challenges

It's an Anniversary Celebration over on Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and we have some FUN challenges for you!! 

My challenge is to make a Circle Card!! I just love how quick and easy these are to make, and below is a quick tutorial on how I make my Circle Cards!! 

Supplies: 

Stamp: Smells Like Teen Spirit (which is on SALE!! this weekend only!!)

Paper: My Mind's Eye Lime Twist

White Card

Classic Circle & Scalloped Circle Nestabilities

Viva Decor Paper Pen

Cuttlebug (or similar)

Paper trimmer

Adhesive

 1) Fold the white card in half and using the largest of the circle nestabilites cut out the card base. Run it through your cutter a couple of times to ensure it cuts through the two layers. Using the same size die cut out a circle of double sided patterned paper. If you are not using double sided papers cut 2 circles of coordinating paper. 

2) Taking the largest for the scalloped circle dies cut out the backing cardstock. 

3) Cut the patterned paper in half and use opposite sides. Adhere them to the cardstock and then adhere the cardstock to the white card base, ensuring that the front panel is straight. 

4) Colour your image, trim it out and adhere it to the front panel using 3D foam dots. Use some of the leftover white card for the sentiment, cutting one end into a fishtail and slipping the other end slightly under your image. To compete the card adhere some pearls or use the Viva Decor paper pen to make your own pearls. (You could also use buttons, etc, instead of pearls)

You could WIN some Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps AND you'll have a chance to become a Krafty Guest for December!!! Pull out one of your Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and get krafty!!!

You have until Monday night, October 8th, to submit your design HERE! Just click on the little blue froggie to add your card and if you'd like to be considered for the Krafty Guest spot, please add a -KG beside your name when uploading!!!

Happy kraftin'!!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge - Skulltastic

Good morning and Happy World Card Making Day!!!

We have a new challenge for you over on the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge blog. Our hostess Cheryl wants to see skulls on projects this week. The prize for this challenge will be Perfect Poison, which is featured on Cheryl's card.  

My card features Alice the Strawberry Pirate.  

She has been coloured up with copic markers an trimmed out with a scissors. I layered up the wooden plaque, epoxy parrot and pirate ship and adhered Alice on top with 3D foam dots. 

The Treasure banner is a rub-on, as is the sentiment.  To embellish I've added some crystal stem and 5mm white pearls. 

As you may have read on our Facebook fan page, we are having a little online party to celebrate our THIRD Anniversary AND World Cardmaking Day, which both happen to be this weekend!

The first part of our celebration has already begun!! We've got over 140 of our most popular stamps on SALE 20-75% OFF, but only while supplies last! So hop on over and scoop up some inky savings!!

Next up, we will be posting TWO extra special Challenges today!!! We've got some prizes here to give away, so play along with as many of our Anniversary challenges as possible! Not only will you be in a chance to WIN, but you be asked to join the Krafty Girls as a Krafty Guest for the month of December!!!

Also we'll be having some random trivia questions and games posted here and on our Facebook page, so be sure to stop in often to join in the fun and even WIN some rubber goodness!!!

Check out the rest of our skulltastic projects HERE on the blog. 

Sandie

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DT Quixotic Paperie - Little Stargazer

Hi everyone! I am busy busy busy preparing for the GBCE which takes place this weekend, Oct 5, 6 & 7th at the Athlone Springs Hotel. Check out the GBCE blog for updates and sneak peeks of all the wonderful classes scheduled Friday through to Sunday. There will also be lots of demos and make&takes going on for you to enjoy. Classes are filling up FAST! so if there is one you really want to take don't delay on booking in. 

Today, it's my turn to share a little inspiration over on the Quixotic Paperie blog and my card today features a sweet image from Susana Loves Stamps called Little Stargazer.

I've stamped her out onto watercolour card using Archival ink and I coloured her in with Distress Markers.

Skin: Antique Linen, Tattered Rose

Hair: Scattered Straw, Wild Honey

Clothes: Mustard Seed, Worn Lipstick, Pumice Stone, Black Soot & Inkssentials Opaque White pen

My papers are Basic Grey - PB&J and they've been matted and stitched down onto black and white cardstock. I inked the Make it Crafty Vines chippies and then added some clear Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint. For the butterfly chippie I heat embossed it with Seafoam white embossing powder.

 I cut the top off of a medium sized manilla tag, stamped my Waltzingmouse Stamps sentiment, added a wide eyelet and threaded some twine though, then I slipped it behind the ribbon, layering it over the white doily. 

I trimmed out my image and layered that on top using 3D foam dots. Then I tucked 2 yellow & black feathers in behind her. To finish, I used a Viva Decor paper pen to make my pearls. 

Challenges - 

Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes!

Try It On Tuesday  - Lots Of Layers

Wild Orchid Challenges - Anything Goes

Thanks for dropping by!!
Sandie
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