Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps...January Release Krafty Peek #2!

Good morning krafty friends! So you came back to see more cute stamps, I see! Well, I don't blame ya in the least,smile! Today Kimmie's Krafty Girls and Krafty Guests are featuring 5 new super adorable images from our Krafty artist, Steven Leary! Please swing by the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps blog for links to all the krafty peeks!!! 

When I first saw this adorable image called Tiny Miles and Maisie, by Steven Leary, I new I had to colour it up with my Copics! I don't make very many note cards but when I do, I really enjoy the change from the large 6x6 cards...I tend to over embellish a little...okay, a lot, smile...well, the smaller size reins me in.

This card measure 5.5 X4.25 cut from craft cardstock. I used some more of that yummy MME Alphabet Soup paper that I am head over heels in love with. I added some crinkled seam binding and a button tied with hemp twine. I thought this sentiment would be perfect for a baby card. I like me a little punny sentiment from time to time! It actually comes with the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp Perfect Poison.

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and havin' a wee look-see at my krafty peek #2! I hope you can come back tomorrow as I have a deliciously sweet peek to share with you and it is Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge day!!! Don't forget Sunday January 16th is the big day... release day and our krafty hop too! Lots to look forward to for this krafty weekend!

Have a stampin' great Friday!

Hugs,

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps...January Release Krafty Peek #1!

Hey Krafty friends! Are you ready for some krafty peeks! Yuppers, it is time for a Super big Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps January Release! Today we will be sharing Krafty Peeks featuring all five stamps from one of our past artists, Crissy Armstrong.  These sweet animals are so much fun!  All the Krafty Girls and Krafty Guests are excited to show them to you, so be sure to pop over to their blogs today to check them all out!!  Then come back tomorrow for more peeks from another artist.....you'll have to wait and see which one!!   The new stamps will be released on Sunday, January 16th and we will be having a Krafty blog hop that day just like always! Please mark the date in your calendar. You don't want to miss it!

So, for my card I've used the adorable Stripes and I teamed him and his butterfly friend up with this fabulous MME Alphabet Soup Boy paper. I coloured the image with my Copics and cut it out with my square Nesties and inked with Tumbled Glass Distress ink. The sentiment on the main panel is from Kimmie's Fun Sentiment set and the word "baby" is a rub-on from my stash. The sentiment "Congratulations!" is from Kimmie's Everyday Sentiment set. I embellished with some QuiKutz heart and buttons. My friend asked me to make her a baby boy card, so, I hope she likes this one! I think it is pretty darn cute, if I do say so myself, smile!

Well, Thanks so much for stopping by and havin' a wee peek at my preview card. Please stop by the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps blog as Kimmie has links to all the Krafty Girls and Krafty Guests that are previewing cards today. Don't forget about the krafty blog hop on Release day, that is, Sunday, January 16th, so save the date! I hope you can stop by again tomorrow as I have another super cute Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps krafty peek to show you!

Happy Stampin'!

Hugs,

Simon Says Stamp Challenge DT...Exciting News...Sending You Lots of Hugs!

Good morning carfty friends! Eeeekkkk...I have some very exciting news to share! I was asked to join the Simon Says Stamp Challenge and store DT! when I got the email from Lorraine I had to read it several times until it actually sunk in and then I jumped at the chance! Simons Says Stamp is a fabulous on-line shop and it is jam packed with cute stamps, gorgeous papers, embellies and everything your crafty heart desires! They have a great challenge blog too, so I hope you can join me for the challenges every Wednesday! This week's challenge is a fabulous sketch by Simon Says Stamp Challenge, DT member, Domi!

This week, the prize is a WHOPPING $50 voucher from Simon Says Stamp Superstore!!! Whheeeeeehoooooo!!!!!! How exciting, eh?? So, get out your stamps and start creating!!! We can't wait to see what you create!

Now all the other girls on the DT are featuring Crafters Companion stamps this week. They are super cute but I didn't have any on hand, so, instead, I inked up this cute MFT Pure Innocence stamp called Bunch of Blooms that you can get at Simon Says Stamp store, YAY!!!! I coloured PI girl with my Copics and did a teeny wee bit of paper piecing on the butterfly. I cut the image out with my Nesties and left the image in the die and inked with Old Paper Distress ink...one of my fave! I teamed her up with this sweet Cosmo Cricket Mini Deck called, Togetherness. To embelish I added some Prima Flowers with buttons and a bit of yummy twine in cappuccino. I also used my Kelly Panacci Stitching stamps again...they are fabulous!

Here is the inside...pretty simple but I love the look of the image stamped like this on the inside of the card.

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my very first Simon Says Stamp Challenge DT card! I hope you will be able to join us for this week's challenge!

Happy Stampin'!

Hugs,

My Favorite Things...WSC Challenge...Flower Power!

What's happenin' crafty friends! Hope you had a groovy weekend! Well, I did! I got a little stampin' done on the weekend. I decided to play along with the MFT WSC challenge after I got some of my DT cards made up. They are getting sketchy at MFT WSC this year, every challenge will be a fabby sketch, which I think is a great idea, now there is no reason not to play along! 

So, I decided to use this cutie, A La Mode, Groovy Girl for my card! I teamed her up with my new MME papers called Alphabet Soup Girl, that I am totally in love with. I used my Die-namics scalloped scallop border die to cut the pink My Favorite Felt and I cut the pp with the Dinamics bracket edge border die. I added some crinkled seam binding and I tied the button on with my new Caribbean twine that I got from the Twinery and I just love, love, love it!!! I bought the Twine Sampler pack as I wanted all the scrumptious colours but didn't think I needed or could afford all those big spools of it, in all the glorious colours. I'm so glad that I just got the sampler pack as there is a ton of twine it...so you will be seeing a lot of this gorgeous and colourful twine on my cards!

Here is the inside...I used another one of the cute sentiments that comes with Groovy Girl and the Peace Out stamp is by Studio G that I got at Micheals.

Thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card! I hope you have a groovy Monday!

Peace Out!

Magnolia Down Under Challenge #78....A Sketch by Karen....Thinking of You!

Hey crafty friends! This is my 3rd post today! WOW! What a busy blog day this has been! I've had lots of DT cards to share with you....now I'm back with my card for the Magnolia Down Under Challenge! The DT are all rested up at MDUC and ready to have a fabulous crafty 2011 with you and our friends Tilda and Edwin! This week the lovely and talented,  Karen, has designed a beautiful sketch and I just love it to bits! I hope you can join us this week at MDUC! To enter you must follow along with the challenge and use a Magnolia image that you've coloured yourself and you must link up to a new creation...no back linking please.

So for my card I used this sweet image of Tilda from the Winter Magnolia Stamp Club kit and I coloured her with my Copics and cut out the image with my Nesties, I left the image in the die and inked with Spun Sugar Distress ink! The scalloped border is the MFT Die-Namics Open Scallop border die. I teamed Tilda up with this scrumptious BG Olivia 6x6 papers. The gorgeous Prima flowers are from Simon Says Stamp and I won them from the Fall Blog hop from Marcea's blog...love 'em to bits!!! I embellished with some BG Bling and the sentiments are Melissa Frances rub-ons.

Here is the inside of my card.....the sentiment is from the Magnolia Stamp Club kit too!

So if you have a chance please join us over at MDUC and pop on over to see the stunning creations by the MDUC DT...you are sure to be inspired to join us and we are looking forward to seeing all your wonderful cards!

Happy Stampin'!

Hugs,

BasicGrey Challenges # 35....DOTS and DT Call....I whipped this up Just for you!

Hello there! I am back to share the card I made for our challenge over at the BasicGrey Challenges blog and to share some BG Challenges news with you! Firstly, we are so sad to see several of BG teamies and our founder and boss, Martine, step down from BG Challenges. We are so sorry to see Chris, Kim, Christine and Martine leave us. We are very thankful though for all they have done for BG Challenges, for their friendship, inspiration and for sharing their many talents and dedication with us.

Secondly, BasicGrey Challenges will continue so not to worry. We are having a fabulously fun challenge this week...DOTS...the DT have lots of great ideas to inspire you so pop by the BG Challenges blog and have a peek at their gorgeous creations. I hope you can join the challenge this fortnight. Just remember you must use at least one BasicGrey product on your creation to be eligible for the very generous 25 dollar Voucher offered up by our wonderful sponsor Simon Says Stamp. We are also having a DT Call! So if you love BasicGrey...and who doesn't, then join us and add DT by your name when you link you card in the Mr. Linky on the BG Challenges blog. All the DT Call info can be found on the BG Challenges blog so go have a look-see!

Now....on to my card...I am totally in love with the My Favorite Things A La Mode Girl and I really wanted to ink up this cutie called What's Cooking? I coloured her with my Copics and cut the image out with my Circle Nesties, left the image in the die and inked with Old Paper Distress Ink. I also used the open scallop Circle Nestie die. I added some Prima flowers and used BG Marjolaine 6x6 papers and Cappella buttons. I used my Kelly Panacci Stitching stamps again...love 'em! 

Here is the inside....lots of DOTS here. I used My Favorite Things Die-Namics Polka Dots Greetings Stamp and Die set. The other sentiment is from one of the older MFT Essential Sentiments sets and its stamped on a QuicKutz tag. 

Well, Thanks so much for stopping by and having a week peek at my BasiGrey Challenges card! I hope you can join us and if you would like to try for the DT Call please do...check out all the dets on the BasicGrey Challenge Blog!

****Please scroll down to see my Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge post or click on the link!****

Happy Stampin'!

Hugs,

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge # 60....Unwind...Fishin' You a Great Day!

Good morning Krafty friends! We are back into the swing of things over at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge blog! We all hope you had a wonderful and restful holiday and that you are ready to get Krafty with us again for our first challenge of 2011! This week Krafty Girl, Michele, is hosting the challenge and she is asking us to "Unwind"....this means no ribbon, trim, string, lace , fibres of any kind on your card or creation. So, I hope you can join us for this week's challenge. If you do and you use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp and you link up your card on the KKStamps challenge blog you will be entered into the draw to win The Krafty Stamper stamp that Michele used on her stunning card!

Oh, this was a challenge for me, smile! I love my ribbon...I knew I would have a really hard time not adding any ribbon,trim, lace or the like to my card, so, I thought if I made a "boy" card I could resist the temptation a little better.  I decided to ink up cute Curtis and I coloured him with my copics and cut  around him and pop-dotted him on the card. I used 3 of my Die-namics border dies, fresh cut grass, the negative of the Jumbo scallop and the small scallop cut from MFT My Favorite Felt, to create a little scene. The clouds are QuicKutz die and I stamped on the stitching with my Kelly Panacci stitching stamps. The sentiment comes with Curtis and I made a sentiment flag and added a black baby brad. The little strip of pp is from the Cosmo Cricket Mini Deck, Togetherness!

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card for the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps challenge! Please stop by the KKStamps blog and take a look at all the gorgeous creations by the Krafty Girls. I hope you can "unwind" with us this week!

Hugs,