A Magical Day!

Good morning and welcome to another fabulous and fun Saturday challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!  Are you ready for another fun and krafty challenge to inspire you and help get your creative juices flowing?  We've got some fabulous ideas for you and can't wait to see what you create!

This week your hostess is Krafty Girl, Sabrina and her themed challenge for you is .... FANTASY or MAGIC!

As I saw this week’s theme, I knew I had to pull out the “Make a Wish” stamp set and make a scene.


I used the Krafty Scenery Stencil with Stormy Sky and Sparkling Sapphire inks to create the cloudy back ground. The card folds flat to fit in a A2 sized envelope!

Each and every Saturday we post a brand new challenge for the week and you are welcome to enter as many times as you like.  These must be new creations and you are welcome to use any stamp however using Kraftin' Kimmie stamp and products will earn you double entries!  The monthly prize is a $25 voucher to the Krafty shop!!! Yippee! 

There are two ways to enter... you can link up your creation on the Kraftin’ Kimmie blog AND you can upload your photo to the album in our Krafty Friends FB group.


And don't forget to check out this weekend's Frugal Friday’s SALE in the krafty shop! We've put a selection of krafty goodies on SPECIAL 40% OFF while supplies last!

If you need a little extra inspiration or a jump start to your mojo, we have a new sketch each month! Feel free to use it any time!

Happy Kraftin!

~ Ally ~
 

stamps: KKS (Make A Wish)
cardstock: Recollections (White 110#)
inks: KKS (Wicked Black, Stormy Sky, Sparkling Sapphire, Totally Taupe, Creamy Caramel), Copic Markers, Sakura (White Gel Pen, Glaze Pen
stencils: KKS (Krafty Scenery Stencil)
You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!
Click here to enter

Ocean Breezes

Happy Friday! Today I’m sharing a little piece of me… a little beachy one!

I live in Alberta, hence no oceans and not very big lakes!  So when I get to visit the ocean, I thoroughly love it!  Nothing beats the cool ocean breezes and the smell of salty air.  I'm lucky enough to have seen both Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

So I thought I would colour up the digital stamp from Power Poppy, “Gifts of the Sea”.  I grabbed my Copic Markers and then added my Polychromos Pencils in for all the finer details.


Now, check out what the rest of the Power Poppy Powerhouse team has to share…


Thanks for stopping by!  Stay safe!

~ Ally ~


stamps: Power Poppy (Gifts of the Sea)
cardstock: Recollections (110# & 65# White)
inks: Copic Markers, Polychromos Pencils

A New Release from Three Room Studio + a Giveaway!!!

Happy Tuesday all!  Three Room Studio has just released four new amazing stamp sets.  Let’s take a closer look…

For off we have “It’s A Ponderful Life” and it has the mostly adorable froggies in it along with all their amazing pond related greenery!

For the above card I also used this month’s feature sketch challenge…

Our second new stamp set is “Believe in Fairies”. This stamp is jam packed with our sweet little pixies and all kinds of woodland wildlife.  I just had to have my little “Tink” sitting on the hibiscus flower from the “Mom’s Hibiscus” stamp set in a night time scene.
Here's a close up it's sparkle...


Our third and fourth new stamps feature lots of font fun in them! The “Yay!” stamp set is jam packed with wonderful, positive words that would go perfectly on birthday, anniversary and much more celebratory cards.  And the forth stamp set is purely must-have sentiments for every card maker!  It’s called “Simple Sentiments”.

Our fabulous celebratory gal actually moves up and down as if she's jumping to celebrate!

Be sure to check out all the new stamp sets and the entire Three Room Studio showroom!

Now for the GIVEAWAY!

I have a “Mom’s Hibiscus” stamp set to giveaway today!  TO WIN, please leave a comment below by Saturday April 25 at 11:59pm MST.  A winner will be announced on Sunday sometime.  The winner will have 48 hours to contact me with all their mailing details.

Thanks for stopping by!

~ Ally ~

Kraftin' Kimmie April Release is Live!


Today we are celebrating all the wonderful new things in our springtime April Release that are NOW AVAILABLE in the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop!

All three new stamp sets along with two new stencils, our stunning new hybrid ink colour, Gorgeous Grape and sweet new krafty dots were released yesterday and we're excited to share everything with you in a fabulous blog hop!

I wanted to start off my card today by dry embossing the gorgeous "BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLIES STENCIL".  I love the texture it brings my plain white back ground!

I used my Copic Markers to colour in the base of my stamped sloth image from the "A SLOTHSOME DAY" stamp set then I went in with my coloured pencils and added the finer details and the fur to my fuzzy sloth.

So let's check everything out in action as we hop around the Krafty Design Team's blogs today! Grab a nice hot (or cold) beverage, sit back and relax while we take you on this krafty tour!

First up is a sweet springtime set by artist Neda Sadreddin called HERE COMES THE SUN!

Next is a set of adorable little pixies from artist Sabrina van Vloten called FAIRY FOLK!

And our third set is a set of slow moving friends from artist Melissa Baker-Nguyen and it's called A SLOTHSOME DAY!


Available now is our stunning new Krafty Kolours hybrid ink colour in the large ink pad, the mini cube and ink refill called ....GORGEOUS GRAPE!




We have two new stencils that coordinate perfectly with our lovely new stamp sets and they are.... RAINY DAY STENCIL and BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLIES STENCIL!


And lastly we have the perfect set of new Krafty Dots and they include some glitter!!!  They are... RAINY DAY DOTS!

And if you HAVE to have it all be sure to grab our GIMME KIMMIES KIT for this month! You'll get one of each product in the bundle and at a discount but for a limited time!




Happy hoppin' and happy shoppin'!


~ Ally ~
 

Stamps: KKS (A Slothsome Day)
Cardstock: Recollections (110# White),
Inks: KKS (Totally Taupe, Gorgeous Grape), Copic Markers, Polychromos Pencils, Sakura (White Gel Pen)
Dies: Simon Says Stamp (Circle Thin Frames)
Dots: KKS (Rainy Day Dots)
Stencils: KKS (Beautiful Butterflies Stencil)

A Slothesome Day!


It's Day THREE day of April Krafty Peeks at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!!  It's our FINAL day of peeks and everything you've seen us share this week will be in the online shop on Saturday afternoon!

We are closing out the festivities with a brand new adorable stamp set from artist Melissa Baker-Nguyen called... A SLOTHSOME DAY!

Check out these laid back fuzzy pals! A lot of us feel like we're just 'hanging around' but let's encourage each other to 'hang in there' and 'take it easy'!! There are FIVE of these sweet images plus the perfect sentiment stamps for this time in our world!

I decided to show off 3 of our cute little furry sloths on one card...

Here's a little close up of our furry friends...


Of course, today is also Challenge Day and as always, during release week the theme is Anything Goes! So create a card, scrapbook page, altered item.....with a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp! Use any sketch, design, colour scheme you want!

We can't wait to see your creations and you have until April 24th to play along! Feel free to link up your submission at the bottom of this post and/or by uploading your pic to the folder in our Krafty Friends Facebook group! You could WIN a $25 gift voucher to the krafty shop!

We've also got a sketch for you! If you're needing a little inspiration, feel free to use this awesome sketch anytime this month!
You'll get to see all sorts of sweet creations featuring A SLOTHSOME DAY! as you hop around the Krafty Team blogs today! PLUS you'll see some of the other goodies in action....like our new stencils, new ink and new Krafty Dots!

Everything will be released at our LIVE Online Release Party in the Krafty Friends Facebook group this afternoon at 2pm EST!

And don't forget...we are having a Spring Krafty Krop this weekend in the Krafty Friends Facebook group! Join us today and tomorrow for challenges, live videos, tutorials and lots of krafty fun!

For now, hop around and check out some incredible designs from our Krafty Team!!

AND MAKE SURE YOU COMMENT ON EVERY BLOG from all the peek days this week for a chance to win Krafty moolah in the shop!

See you back here tomorrow for our Krafty Release Celebration HOP!

~ Ally ~


Stamps: KKS (A SLOTHSOME DAY)
Cardstock: Recollections (110# White),
Inks: KKS (Wicked Black, Charming Chartreuse, Mossy Meadow), Copic Markers
Dies: MFT (Stitched Rectangles), Studio Katia (Stitched Loops)
Dots: KKS (RAINY DAY DOTS)
Stencils: KKS (RAINY DAY STENCIL)
You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!
Click here to enter

#spreadjoynotgerms Blog Hop


Welcome to the #spreadjoynotgerms Blog Hop!  With this unprecedented time we all need to share some love and happiness! So let’s spread some joy and not germs with lots of drafty goodies! #spreadjoynotgerms

If you should get lost along the way, please head back to either of our main sponsors blog posts:

My first card features a fun, whimsical hand stamped back ground with an awesome die cut sentiment…


It's got lots of sparkle...


Who doesn’t love a pretty mini bouquet of lovely roses to brighten their day…


And finally, a rainbow always bring a smile to my face!


When you lift the globe, it reveals...


We have 31 Sponsors for our hop plus tons of PRIZES!!  The prizes will be randomly drawn from all the blogs and all the comments. Some of our sponsors are offering discounts and even FREEBIES! More information on these items will be found on the company blogs.

A few of our prizes include:
Deadline to enter for any of the prizes is April 24th.  Winners will be posted on April 27th on the Catherine Pooler’s and Alexandra’s blogs.


COMMENT BELOW TO WIN 
by answering the following question…
What is the best tip you can give a newbie stamper?


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The next blog to see is…


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Thanks for joining us!  Now, go #spreadjoynotgerms !

~ Allison Cope ~


For My Lovely Friend
Stamps: CP (Punctuated Party, Isn’t She Lovely, Kind of Wonderful)
Cardstock: CP (Premium White Cardstock)
Inks: CP (Limoncello, Orange Peel, Samba, Sangria), Stickles (Star Dust)
Dies: CP (Lovely Word Die)
Sequins: CP (Kitchen Sink Sequins)
Embossing Powder: WOW! (Wanderlust)

Happy Roses
Stamps: CP (Rose Garden, Doin’ the Polka Background)
Cardstock: CP (Premium White Cardstock)
Inks: CP (It’s a Girl, Party Dress, Be Mine, Flirty Fuchsia, Garden Party, Lime Rickey, Skylight, Twilight, Black Jack), Sakura (Glaze Pen)
Sequins: CP (Kitchen Sink Sequins

Rainbow World
Stamps: CP (Amber’s World)
Cardstock: CP (Premium White Cardstock)
Inks: CP (Black Jack, Twilight, Limoncello, Orange Twist, Rockin’ Red, Flirty Fuchsia, Fiesta Blue, Grass Skirt)
Dies: CP (Amber’s World Dies)
Other: Nuvo (Glimmer - Moonstone)
Stencils: CP (Geotrio Stencil)

Fairy Folk


We are BACK with Day TWO of our April Krafty Peeks at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

Today we've got a magical new stamp set that's perfect for any time of year but especially for spring! It's from artist Sabrina van Vloten.  It's called... FAIRY FOLK!

These little sweeties are ready to flutter right into your hearts!  There are FIVE magical little fairies (including a boy) plus adorable accessories and mix & match sentiments!!

I knew I had to create a little fairy world found deep in the depths of the grass.  So I stamped my little fairies, a few toadstools and then made it a magical scene…

To compliment the purple in the design, I used our new GORGEOUS GRAPE ink and the pretty BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLIES STENCIL to add to the base of my card and frame up my scene.

Check out FAIRY FOLK in action as you hop around the Krafty Team's blogs today! You'll also see the new stencils, new ink and new dots along the way!! Be sure to leave some love at each stop because I'm going to give away some krafty moolah to a lucky commenter!

You'll see MORE of our brand new goodies tomorrow and everything will be released at our LIVE Online Release Party in the Krafty Friends Facebook group on Saturday, April 18th at 2pm EST!

And don't forget to join us all weekend long on the Krafty Friends Facebook page for our Spring Krafty Krop!! We'll be having challenges, live kolour along videos, tutorials and LOTS of fun!

For now, hop around and check out some incredible designs from our Krafty Team!! See you again tomorrow!

~ Ally ~


Stamps: KKS (FAIRY FOLK)
Cardstock: Recollections (110# White)
Inks: KKS (Wicked Black, GORGEOUS GRAPE), Copic Markers
Dies: MFT (Stitched Rectangles)
Dots: KKS (RAINY DAY DOTS)
Stencils: KKS (BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLIES STENCIL
You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!
Click here to enter

Here Comes the Sun!

Sunny days are on the way!!!  The April Release at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps begins NOW!  Welcome to Day ONE of our April Krafty Peeks!  We are ready to celebrate and inspire you with THREE new stamp sets, TWO new stencils, a brand new INK colour and some new Krafty DOTS!

We're kicking off the fun with a sweet new SPRING set from artist Neda Sadreddin and it's called... HERE COMES THE SUN!

What a fabulous and uplifting set of sweet images and sentiments to send to special people to let them know you're thinking of them, especially right now!  It's a 4x6 stamp set featuring several main images, some accessory stamps and some awesome sunshiny sentiments!

For my creation, I decided to make it an interactive card.  So I coloured in 2 panels.  I used our lovley Gorgeous Grape ink and our new Rainy Day Stencil too!  One panel shows the little girl and her ducky in the puddles in the rain...

And when you pull that front panel out, voila... you get a sunshiny, happy panel!


As you hop around the Krafty Team's blogs today you will see the HERE COMES THE SUN stamp set in action in combination with our all of our other awesome new APRIL Kraftin' Kimmie products!


You will spot our newest addition to the Krafty Kolours Hybrid Ink rainbow! It's an amazing dark royal purple named GORGEOUS GRAPE!  As always it will be available in full sized ink pads, mini cubes and ink refills!


We've got TWO brand new Krafty Stencils for this month's release to help accessorize your creations!  They are called RAINY DAY STENCIL and BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLIES STENCIL!

  
And of course, we are adding the perfect new coordinating Krafty Dots for this release! The package includes 66 enamel dots in varying sizes in 6 different colours!  These ones are called RAINY DAY DOTS !


You'll get to see all of our brand new goodies in action over the next few days of April Krafty Peeks and everything will be released at our LIVE Online Release Party in the Krafty Friends Facebook group on Saturday, April 18th at 2 pm EST!


For now, hop around and check out some incredible designs from our Krafty Team!! Be sure to leave some love on EACH stop on the hop because I'm going to be giving away some krafty $$ to the shop!! PLUS our designers are AMAZING and you should tell them so!

Did you KNOW.. .we are having a Spring Krafty Krop this weekend in the Krafty Friends Facebook group! Join us for two days of challenges, live videos, tutorials and lots of krafty fun!

Come on back tomorrow for more SPRINGTIME goodness!

See you then!

~ Ally ~


Stamps: KKS (HERE COMES THE SUN)
Cardstock: Recollections (110# White),
Inks: KKS (Creamy Caramel, Wicked Black, GORGEOUS GRAPE), Copic Markers, Copic Multiliner 0.05
Dies: MFT (Stitched Rectangles)
Dots: KKS (RAINY DAY DOTS)
Stencils: KKS (RAINY DAY STENCIL)
Other: Nuvo (Glimmer Moonstone)
You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!
Click here to enter

Lots of Fun Tutorials

Happy Monday!  I hope you had a chance to communicate to your friends and family over the Easter holiday.I have TWO tutorials for you today to visit!

First of all, check out the Power Poppy Blog today for a fun tutorial using the Copic Airbrush and Copic Blender Solution.

Here is a little sneak peek for you…
Here is a direct link to the post; HERE.

Now, I’m also over on the Gerda Steiner Designs Blog too! I am making some fun color-me magnets using digital stamps.  This is a super fun project for your kids to color up at home!

Here’s a little peek at my magnet…
Here is a direct link to that post: HERE.

I hope you will check out both posts and tutorials.

Happy creating!

~ Ally ~

A Recipe for Stampin'!

Happy Easter weekend and welcome to another fabulous and fun Saturday challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

Are you ready for another fun and krafty challenge to inspire you and help get your creative juices flowing? We've got some fabulous ideas for you and can't wait to see what you create!

This week I’m your hostess and my challenge for you is.... a RECIPE Challenge! My card recipe is to use two layers, two images, the colour red and a stencil!

For my card today I used the fun “You Are Mer-Mazing!” stamp set (which is ON SALE this weekend!!).  I stamped out my 2 images using my favourite ink, Wicked Black ink and coloured them up using Copic Markers.


The stencil I chose to use is the “Mermaid Scales Stencil” (for obvious reasons!) and I inked it up using Ruby Red, Morning Marigold, Goblin Green, Mermaid Melody and Purple Pansy inks.  I even added a pop more red with our Krafty Basic Dots!

Each and every Saturday we post a brand new challenge for the week and you are welcome to enter as many times as you like.  These must be new creations and you are welcome to use any stamp however using Kraftin' Kimmie stamp and products will earn you double entries!

The monthly prize is a $25 voucher to the Krafty shop!!! Woohoo!
 
There are two ways to enter... you can link up your creation on the Kraftin’ Kimmie blog AND you can upload your photo to the album in our Krafty Friends FB group.

And don't forget to check out this weekend's SALE in the krafty shop! We've put a selection of krafty goodies on SPECIAL 40% OFF while supplies last!

If you need a little extra inspiration or a jump start to your mojo, we have a new sketch each month! Feel free to use it any time!

Happy Kraftin’ and stenciling!

~ Ally ~


Stamps: KKS (You Are Mer-Mazing)
Cardstock: Recollections (110# White), Vellum
Inks: KKS (Wicked Black, Ruby Red, Morning Marigold, Goblin Green, Mermaid Melody, Purple Pansy), Copic Markers, Sakura (White Gel Pen)
Embellishements: Studio Katia (Iridescent Bubbles)
Dots: KKS (Krafty Basics Dots)
Stencils: KKS (Mermaid Scales Stencil)
You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!
Click here to enter
 
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