Happy, Happy Birthday!

Happy Sunday everyone!  I'm over on the Three Room Studio Facebook page sharing this week's TRS Challenge!

This week's challenge is to CASE a DT member.

I chose to CASE my fellow DT member, Samantha Farhang!  Here is her amazing card using the "It's a Ponderful Life"...

Here is my take on her beautiful card.

I chose to use the "Believe in Fairies" stamp set and lots of circles!

I hope you'll come and join us over on our Facebook page and play along!

~ Ally ~

Stamps: Three Room Studio (Believe in Fairies)

Cardstock: Recollections (110# White),MFT (Teal)

Inks: Kraftin' Kimmie (Totally Taupe), Catherine Pooler (All That Jazz), Copic Markers, Polychromos Pencils

Patterned Paper: Doodlebug Designs (Hey Cupcake 6x6)

Dies: Catherine Pooler (Circles), Simon Says Stamp (Thin Circle Frames)

Hello Divers!

Welcome to another fabulous and fun Saturday Challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

This week your hostess is Krafty Girl, Melanie and her challenge for you is .... NO LINE TECHNIQUE!

For my no-line card today, I decided to start my colouring by using "Party Peach" ink to stamp the images from the "Underwater Fun" stamp set.

I coloured them up with Copic Markers and then I added some of the finer details of the images using some Polychromos Pencils.

I think it turned out fabulous!

Here's the list of my 6 favourite no-line coloured inks from KKS; Party Peach, Pretty in Pink, Salty Sea, Bubbly Blue, Totally Taupe and Granite Grey.  I chose the line colour based on my subject or colour scheme I'm going to use.

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!!!

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

Also 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!

And don' forget to check out this weekend's SALE in the Krafty Shop! We've got several of our amazing stamp sets on 40% OFF while supplies last! Be sure to check them out!

We can't wait to see your creations!!!

Happy kraftin'!

~ Ally ~

stamps: KKS (Underwater Fun)

cardstock: Recollections (110# White)

inks: KKS (Party Peach), Copic Markers, Polychromos Pencils

dies: Simon Says Stamp (A2 Thin Frames, Thin Circle Frames), Catherine Pooler (Hello Die)

patterned papers: Doodlebug (Under the Sea 6x6)

dots: KKS (Fruity Dots)

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

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Comfort & Corgis

TGIF!  I hope your week has been great!  Today I'm sharing a fun Christmas card using Power Poppy products.

For my card I used the adorable "Christmas Corgis" clear stamp set.  Isn't he a cutie-pa-tootie???

You can also purchase this image and more in digital form:  Corgi Stamps

For this card I used my sketch from Splitcoaststampers this week: SC807.

Please join me and the rest of Power Poppy team and take a gander at what they have created to share this week:

Kathy Jones -- go here!

Leslie Miller

Barbara Campbell

Gloria Stengel

Have a great weekend!  I hope you get a chance to be creative!

~ Ally ~

Thinking of You Girlie!

Happy Sunday!  Happy Father's Day too!

Today I'm sharing a fun card created using this month's Three Room Studio sketch:

#trssketch05

Here is my card featuring the fun gal from the "Yay!" stamp set and the sentiment is from the "Simple Sentiments" stamp set.

If you look closer at my gal, she is paper pieced together so her outfit matches the back ground!

I hope you'll join over at the Three Room Studio's Fourth Room over on Facebook.  Hope to see you there!

Also, don't forget to check out Sandy's newest FREE digi; "You Matter to Me"!

Happy creating!

~ Ally ~

stamps: Three Room Studio (Yay!, Simple Sentiments)

cardstock: Recollections (110# White)

patterned paper: Echo Park (Imagine That! 6x6)

gems: Studio Katia (Cupid's Kiss Crystals)

inks: Kraftin' Kimmie (Totally Taupe, Raspberry Rose), Copic Markers, Polychromos Pencils

dies: Catherine Pooler (Cabana Tiles) MFT (Stitched Rectangles), SugarPea Designs (Stitched Flags)

Life is a Joy with You in it!

Welcome to another fun Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Saturday Challenge!

This week your hostess is Krafty Girl, Melany and her challenge for you is to....

USE A STENCIL!

I'm always behind, so today I'm sharing a card I made for Father's Day tomorrow for my hubby.  I used the Lucas image from "Good in the Woods" stamp set along with the BBQ from the "Good in the Woods Accessories" stamp set.For my sentiment, I found the perfect one on the "Life is a Joy" set!  And of course, to fit in this week's challenge, the stencil I choose was the "Summer Sunbeams Stencil"!

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!!!

To enter, CLICK HERE.

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

And don' forget to check out this weekend's SALE in the Krafty Shop! We've got several of our amazing stamp sets on40% OFF while supplies last!  Be sure to check them out!

Can't wait to see your creations!!!

Happy kraftin'!

~ Ally ~

stamps: KKS (Good in the Woods, Good in the Woods Accessories, Life Is a Joy)

cardstock: Recollections (110# White)

inks: KKS (Wicked Black, Summer Sunshine, Morning Marigold), Copic Markers

patterned papers: My Favorite Things (Trail Mix 6x6)

dies: Catherine Pooler (Circles), Simon Says Stamp (Thin Circle Frames)

stencils: KKS (Summer Sunbeams)

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

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Club Canvo for July!

Happy Tuesday all!

Here's a little bit about how the Club Canvo subscription works...

As a subscriber, every month you’ll receive:

• a 6 x 9 stencil for easy weekly layouts
• a monthly themed 4×6 stamp set featuring a weekly tracker and lots of helpful headers, bullets, and other page elements
• NEW!!! 3×4 stamp set with 3 hand-lettered words for each month

Creating your spreads each month is one of the best parts of bullet journaling. A fresh clean page and a new creative idea each month, just waiting for your ink to hit the paper.

Club Canvo is designed to take the guess work out of your monthly themes. Each product is carefully curated by Catherine to inspire your creativity all month long.

Club Canvo ships by the 5th of each month, giving you plenty of time to organize and plan and create your spreads. For example, your January Themed Club Canvo will ship to you at the start of December. You will have the products in your hands before they are available to anyone else!

So here a few of my July Club Canvo spreads...

Thanks for stopping by!

~ Ally ~

Kraftin' Kimmie June Release Blog Hop!

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

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

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!

I couldn't resist sharing another "Turtley Awesome" card with you!  Aren't those little turtles the cutest???  To get my rainbow wavy back ground, I used the brand new "Krafty Scenery 3 Stencil"!

So for a quick review, lets look at all our new products....

First up is fabulous girly set by artist Neda Sadreddin called WHAT'S THE SCOOP?

Next is a fun set from artist Cheryl Grant featuring our fave kiddos called UNDERWATER FUN!

Lastly is an ADORABLY sweet stamp set from artist Becky Pearce called TURTLEY AWESOME!

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

We have two new stencils that coordinate perfectly with our lovely new stamp sets and they are....
NAUTICAL NETTING and KRAFTY SCENERY 3!

And lastly we have the perfect finishing touch for your summertime creations with our new Krafty Dots called... SEASHORE DOTS!

All these new items are available individually however if you HAVE to have it all, we've got our JUNE GIMME KIMMIES KIT which contains everything AND at a discount! But remember this is for a limited time and only while supplies last!

Now head on out on today's celebration blog hop and check out all the new products in action as the Krafty Team shares their incredible creations! Then jump on over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps SHOP and grab some goodies for yourself!

Happy kraftin'!

~ Ally ~

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Turtley Awesome!

It's our FINAL day of June Krafty Peeks at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!!  Are you READY for more summer FUN?! Everything you've seen us share this week will be released this afternoon (Saturday) after our LIVE online party!  All the new goodies will be available at 3pm EST!

We are closing out the festivities with a brand new adorable stamp set from artist Becky Pearce called... TURTLEY AWESOME!

OH my gosh, how cute are these TURTLES!?! I ask you? These little sweeties are having fun at the beach! There are four main turtles, little accessory stamps for all the seaside fun plus a cute little ducky pal! And don't forget all the incredible coordinating sentiments!

The minute I saw this stamp set I knew I had to make a fun slim line card and include all the turtles and as much accessory stamps as possible!  I used the new "Sandy Shores" ink and the "Krafty Scenery 3 Stencil" and made a water licked beach!  I used my Copic Airbrush System to add a speckle to the sand plus some White Gel Pen as well.

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 June 19th 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 TURTLEY AWESOME! 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!

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 $$$ in the shop!

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

~ Ally ~

stamps: KKS (Turtley Awesome)

cardstock: Recollections (110# White), Copic Markers

inks: KKS (Marvellous Mocha, Bubbly Blue, Sparkling Sapphire, Sandy shores)

stencils: KKS (Krafty Scenery 3)

paint: Delta (White Acrylic)

dots: KKS (Seashore Dots)

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Underwater Fun!

Well? Did you SEE all the AMAZING new goodies we previewed yesterday? Are you ready for more fun at the seashore?? Or seaside?? Or IN THE SEA?? That's good because we are BACK with Day TWO of our June Krafty Peeks at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

Today we're sharing a sweet new stamp set by artist Cheryl Grant! It's called....UNDERWATER FUN!

This adorable new set features our friends Lulu and Lucas and their furry friends are getting in on the action too! Such super fun images for those fun underwater designs!! Plus several awesome coordinating sentiments!

With the "Underwater Fun" stamp set you're going to have a ball!  I just had to make an underwater scene for little yellow submarine.  I used all kinds of blue and greeny-blue KKS inks to create this background along with the new Nautical NettingStencil for the sea floor and the Summer Sunbeams Stencil for the sun beams streaming through the water and finally the Wonderful Waves Stencil for the fun motion of the water.

I chose to make my card interactive today too!

The whole submarine lifts up to reveal the card's greeting!

Now check out UNDERWATER FUN 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 $$ 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, June 13th at 2pm EST!

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

~ Ally ~

stamps: KKS (Underwater Fun)

cardstock: Recollections (110# White), Copic Markers

inks: KKS (Lovely Lagoon, MermaidMelody, Sparkling Sapphire, Mossy Meadow, Sandy Shores), ColorBox (White Frost), Sakura (White Gel Pen)

stencils: KKS (Nautical Netting Stencil, Summer Sunbeams Stencil, Wonderful Waves Stencil)

other: Glossy Accents, Ink on 3 (Liquid Pixie Dust)

dots: KKS (Seashore Dots)

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What's the Scoop?

The weather is getting warmer and sunnier! So how about a New SUMMERTIME Release?!  The JUNE Release at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps begins NOW!

Welcome to Day ONE of our June 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!
Who's ready to PAR-TEE!!!?!

We're kicking off the krafty fun with an ADORABLE set from artist NEDA SADREDDIN and it's called.....WHAT'S THE SCOOP?!

These sassy gals are ready for the sunshine by the ocean or by the pool! And check out their 'crabby' pal! It's a 4x6 stamp set featuring several main images, some accessory stamps and some awesome sunshiny sentiments!

For my card I chose to use our little floaty girl and the sweet little crab.  I also used the palm tree leaves from the fun "Krafty Scenery 3 Stencil" and the "Nautical Netting Stencil" to add texture to the water.   Plus our new ink "Sandy Shores" is PERFECT for colouring sand!!! 

As you hop around the Krafty Team's blogs today you will see the WHAT'S THE SCOOP? stamp set in action in combination with our all of our other awesome new JUNE Kraftin' Kimmie products!

You will spot our newest addition to the Krafty Kolours Hybrid Ink rainbow! It's a beautiful warm brown named SANDY SHORES!

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 KRAFTY SCENERY 3 and NAUTICAL NETTING!

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

You'll get to see all of our brand new goodies in action over the next few days of June Krafty Peeks and everything will be released at our LIVE Online Release Party in the Krafty Friends Facebook group on Saturday, June 13th at 2 pm EST!

For now, hop around and check out some incredible designs from our KKS friends have 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!

Come on back tomorrow for more SUMMERTIME krafty goodness! See you then!

~ Ally ~

stamps: KKS (What's the Scoop)

cardstock: Recollections (110# White), Copic Markers

inks: KKS (Totally Taupe, CreamyCaramel, Sandy Shores, Marvellous Mocha, Lovely Lagoon, Salty Sea, Sparkling Sapphire, Stormy Sky, Charming Chartreuse, Enchanted Emerald, Mossy Meadow)

dots: KKS (Seashore Dots)

stencils: KKS (Nautical Netting Stencil)

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Inspire Me Monday ~ Stamps & the Joseph's Coat Technique

Happy Monday all!  I'm over on the Power Poppy Blog today sharing a fun card making tutorial.

I'm using the gorgeous floral bouquet from the "Pure Prairie Spirit" stamp set today.

Here's a little sneak peek for you...

And if you want a direct link HERE.

Thanks for taking a peek!

~ Ally ~

A Manly Card

Happy Tuesday!

This week all of the Three Room Studio designers are sharing some fabulous masculine cards.

For my card I just HAD to use the adorable froggie (and grasses) from the "It's a Ponderful Life".  The little fishes and the sea shell are from the "Mermaid at Heart" and "Welcome Little One".  The sentiment is from the "Simple Sentiments" stamp set.

Here's a close up of the shaker aspect.  I used some dew drops, clear gems and clear and silver micro-beads inside.

To see more amazing masculine cards, come and check our Facebook page at Three Room Studio's Fourth Room.

I hope you like my card!