{SPD} Advent Calendar HOP!

Advent Calendar Extravaganza is -the- festive event of the season! This ‘hop with a twist’ was dreamed up by Taheerah Atchia and features surprise destinations each day! Joining in the fun with Taheerah are over 60 special guests - each serving up some fantastic Christmas inspiration! Just like an Advent Calendar, you’ll never know where you’re going to be visiting next until you ‘open the door’!

Visit the SugarPea Designs blog to see what our talented lineup of designers created to get you into the festive season and be sure to visit Taheerah's Advent Calendar Extravaganza Hop page  to win a prize from us!

For my project today, I've made my three little guys some Christmas tags to go on their gifts from mommy and daddy! Every year I usually make ONE set of more 'extravagant' tags for the boys (you never know the fate of a gift tag on Christmas morning, so I kind of would hate to invest a ton of time and work into a doomed outcome! At least if these get all torn up in the excitement, it's not a huge loss LOL)

Ryan- my oldest boy. A worrier at by nature, this elf seemed perfect for him. He often has a look of fret on his face!

Jake- my middle child. He is the most artistic, and even creative of all the kids. Loves arts and crafts....this elf suits him fine!

Hayes- my baby boy. He is small and feisty. Likes to make the rules and control us all, hehe! This little elf has the important job of directing Santa's landing. Hayes loves to feel important too :)

All of these adorable Santa's helpers can be found in the SugarPea Designs set Merry Makers. I conveniently cut them out using the coordinating die of the same name, found HERE. The tag, banner strip, and 'to' are from the Gift Tag die set.

Hope you enjoyed my holiday tags!

Thanks for stopping by my blog for this fun Christmas Blog Hop! Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday Season! 

{KKS} Circles!

Hey there! This weeks KKS challenge is CIRCLES! I made a gift/treat bag tag with a circlular focal panel atop a circle snowflake die! The bit of DP features some little round snowmen as well. I used the lovely new set from our very own Krafty Girl, Becky, called The Magic of Christmas...

I added some loose glitter to that snowflake die, and some machine stitching and a black clothespin finish it off!

Check out the Krafty Blog for more details on how YOU can play in this weeks challenge!

{KKS} Release Hop! Western Tags

It's CLEARLY a special day!! We're so excited because it's FINALLY our SEPTEMBER RELEASE DAY at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS!! We're releasing all the new CLEAR stamp sets we've been previewing all week and we’re celebrating with a KRAFTY HOP!! So grab yourself a cuppa joe, sit back and be prepared for some krafty eye kandy! We're going to inspire your creations with our fun, new rubber stamp sets AND our Limited Edition HOLIDAY Kard Kit!!!

Over the last few days we have shared lots of wonderful creations in our Krafty Peeks featuring all the new stamp sets from each of our artists for the CLEARLY HOLIDAY September Release! We know these stamps will inspire you to make your own festive designs! First off we shared a gorgeous sets of holiday sentiments from artist, Becky Pearce called THE MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS! Then we showed a sweet set of carolers by artist, Cheryl Grant called ANGEL VOICES! Next came those magical helpers from artist, Emilie Goulet called MADE BY ELVES! And lastly we showed you THREE new sets from artist Annie Rodrigue called HOLLY JOLLY, FROSTY FRIENDS and HOLIDAY STYLE

You will get to see ALL of the new images today as you sit back and enjoy our September Krafty Hop! When you’re done hoppin’, be sure to head over to the Kraftin’Kimmie shop, because ALL the new CLEAR stamp sets are NOW available!! And don't forget...if you NEED it all, we have a Gimme Kimmies Kit which features ALL the new September stamps at a discount!! But only for a limited time! 

PLUS the limited edition HOLIDAY KARD KIT is also available now and it features a special stamp set called NO PEEKING! There are only so many available, so be sure to scoop one up!

Upon MANY customer requests, we have also released a Limited Edition HOLIDAY Kard Kit! There are only 50 kits available and once they are gone, that's it....sold out! You can find all the information about this kit, what's inside, your shipping options etc., in the special event page RIGHT HERE! 

We've also got lots of new goodies in the shop including new paper pads, enamel dots, etc from companies like Simple Stories, Kaisercraft, American Crafts, Doodlebug and more! I've also had restocks of EZmount, inks, poster paint pens, liquid applique, Wink of Stella brushes etc.!

Now let's celebrate with our NEW RELEASE and get hoppin' and shoppin'!!

{KKS} Tags!

Hi everyone! Welcome to another challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!
This week's hostess is ME! My challenge is TAG, You're It!! This is the perfect time of year to stock up on some tags! You can do gift tags, tags on your cards or scrapbook pages... it's up to you!

I've made three tags for my little ones to attach to the quilts I'm making them! Hopefully I'll get them done in time to put under the Christmas tree! I used two sizes of pre made manilla tags for each one, and covered them with DP. I added their names in alphabet die cuts (MFT) and coated in glossy accents. I used some wide striped SU ribbon, tied with buttons and black hemp cord. The images were coloured with Copics, and I added glossy accents and glitter here and there. There is a bit of paper-piecing on each one to tie in the DP! They were fussy cut and popped up on foam dots. I used stamps from the sets Candy Cane Kisses and Christmas Cheer.

Some close ups of each boy!

We always enjoy your creations so be sure to submit them so you can WIN a $10 gift card to the Shop!! Show us your stuff!!

Have you submitted your creation to be a KRAFTY GUEST??? There's still time, visit the Krafty Friends FB page for details! Don't forget about this weekend's Frugal Friday sale. There are also some great NEW products in the store!

Now create a card, scrapbook page or altered item with a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp or any other stamp and be sure to use our TAG theme as a starting point for your creation!!!
Now pull out those fabby stamps and play along! Have some krafty fun and join us this week!!

Check out the Krafty Blog to see what the other girls are up to!

{TSG184} Gift Tags

Hello! I used this weeks There She Goes Challenge (#184- hosted by Wendy) to take the opportunity to make some gift tags for my kidlet's Christmas presents.

The Just for You dies make whipping up tags fast and easy! For each tag I used one DP and one white CS die cut, and adhered them together to add a little strength. I stamped the sentiment from the No Peeking! set on the small flag die. The circle stamps and little images are all from the No Peeking! set as well. I punched the circles out with a SU circle punch and matted with a larger circle cut with my nesties. 

Here is a closeup of one of the tags. I coloured them all with copics and added a bit of stickles and/or glaze to each one, just to give them a little sparkle! I used my crop-a-dile to punch a hole and add an eyelet to each tag and then threaded some Oyster Divine Twine (The Cat's Pyjamas) through. These really are not fancy, as there will be 3 completely crazed little boys ripping them off their gifts on Christmas morning, so I really don't want to make anything to time/money consuming. I do want to hand-make their tags, but don't want to make them a 'labour of love' in that I am fretting over my coffee, worrying about the tags, rather than taking in the joy of watching them tear into their prezzies! KWIM? Keep it simple when making anything for children or people that you *think might not fully appreciate the act of a handmade gift!

And here is the back of the tags. I used the 'To:/From:" from the set Holly Jolly.

Play along with us this week for your chance at some TSG bucks! Check out the blog for more info :)

{KKS109} Happy Day Tag

Hi there! I am so excited to show you this tag I made with one of the newly released Kraftin' Kimmie stamps! You might remember that last weekend was the big release, and poor me didn't get to participate due to the snail paced postal system:( I know- so sad that I didn't get my stamps in time...I was practically heartbroken, especially this being my first release as an 'official' Krafty Girl!
But believe you-me sisters, I am going to make up for it...umm..HELLO....Alice in Wonderland Moonlight Whispers!!! Could it get better than that. I doubt it. Well, maybe if I made a Mad Hatter card, sent it to Johnny Depp and he fell madly in love with me;)

But for todays Krafty Challenge: Tag It!, I decided to use one of Cheryl Alger's little cutie patooties from the amazing (and big) set Sugar and Spice!

I used paper from Authentique, a premade manilla tag (the large 3 1/8 x 6 1/4 size, trimmed to 6" length to accomidate the size of the 6x6 paper pad), TCP's seam binding in cranberry, a Webster's Sparkler and a SU! large eyelet. I coloured up the image with copics and paper-pieced the dress, ribbon and balloon, adding shading with my warm greys. Three tiny twinkles (TE) were added as buttons on the dress.
I had planned on adding some ribbon to the top of the tag, through the eyelet, but with the ribbon bow it ended up looking to busy, so I might have to add something in the future to attach this tag to a gift:)

I hope you'll check out the Kraftin' Kimmie blog to see what the rest of the team came up with! And play along with this week's challenge for your chance to win a new KK stamp!

{YNS} Challenge 57 & New Product Blog Hop!

Hi there! Today, Your Next Stamp is releasing some fun new stamps and dies! And we are having ourselves a Merry Little Blog Hop to celebrate and showcase the new goodies that Karen has in store:)
You should have arrived here from Maureen's blog...if you just stumbled upon my humble little blog and want to start at the beginning, as not to miss any of this crafty goodness, then head back to Kerri's blog.
Today is also a YNS challenge day! Jen d. is our hostess and she is wants us to make holiday/winter projects (YNSC57), so play along with us and link up your cards to the YNS Challenge blog for a chance to win!

I made a couple of little projects to show you today! The first uses the new (and fuh-lippin AMAZING little BIG set) Holiday Snow Globe set, which comes with tons of stamps- seriously, you won't be dissappointed in what Karen's packed into this set!!

 Of course, I felt like I needed to make a real snowglobe with this set, so I did! Some acetate, foam tape, and chunky glitter and there you have it! I stamped and cut out the little snowman, colouring him and adding necessary bling to his winter-wear. Behind that clear window, he is popped up on dimensionals over the snowflake stamped and rhinestone decaled paper. I stamped the sentiment tag with various snowflakes that come with this set as well, stamped the phrase in black ink, then added more rhinestones (Yes, I did go a little apey with the bling-age today;) That little snowflake button is so sparkly and i tied it with a double linen thread bow. The layout is from this months SFYTT by YNS's very own Jen d!

For my next project, I used the new Criss Cross stamp and die (as well as characters from the Snowglobe set) to create some fun and easy little Christmas tags for my boys.

I stamped the criss cross stamp on Crumb Cake paper (formerly known as Kraft;) in various inks, then cut out with the steel die. There is supposed to be little nibs on the corners, but I cut them off. With tags I thought that they would likely get torn off anyway, in the excitement of digging around under the tree and opening:) I backed the tags with lightweight chipboard to give them some strength. I then stamped their names with an alphabet stamp (TCP). The little guys from the snowglobe set were coloured and blinged up as much as possible:)
A SU! jumbo eyelet was set through one end and satin ribbon (SU) threaded through and tied with a cherry bakers twine bow (the twinery).

Here is my chicken-scratch on the back. The Snowglobe set comes with ALOT of words, and the 'To:' and 'Love:' are some of them!

We are also giving away THREE prizes, just for commenting!! And the prize holders are top secret, so know one knows which hoppers will be chosen. The more blogs you comment on, the better your chance at being chosen! You have until Monday, Dec 12 (midnight EST) to leave your comments! Karen will announce the winners on December 13.
There are also some amazing specials going on at the YNS store, not to mention a special little giftie added if you place an order from now until the 25th! Merry Christmas to YOU!
Next up on the hop is Jen del Muro!

{TSG November Release} Day TWO

No two snowflakes are alike…each with a beauty of their own and Melyssa Connolly has captured the beauty of snowflakes in this new Holly Jolly set that are sure to make you wish it were snowing. This amazing set also includes a die! It’s a fabulous versatile set that will surely bring a holiday glisten to your projects – all you need to add is the glitter!

Holly Jolly is a 6x8 set that includes a total of 35 stamps and one die and will sell for $31.50.

Would you like to win the new Holly Jolly stamp set? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post.

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday November 26th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

I made a quick set of 5 little felt tags (combining todays peek with TSG131) using the super cute images and holiday sentiments....

I added a little bling to each tag, using Tiny Twinkles, stickles and a red rhinestone brad. Bakers Twine was threaded through an eyelet. The felt tags (cut with a Verve die) were backed with thin chipboard for stablility. I used a paper-piercer and brown pen for some faux stitching, Voila- quick and easy tags!

{TSG130} Recipe Challenge

Hi there!
This week our challenge is brought to us by our Senior Trendsetters. The week before release week there will be a TSG (Again!) week where we will be featuring cards/projects/tip sheets/etc. on the TSG Blog that use our fabulous older TSG stamp sets. This week the challenge is to create a card or project with the following recipe: A snowflake and a bird (it must have both images), and at least one kind of ribbon or a button.

Okay- I am relatively new to TSG and so I don't have these older sets that the Senior Trendsetters are using, but I played along anyway, making a fun a fun Christmas tag using No Peeking (sorry, currently out of stock) from the last release. I used the partridge and the snowflake from the set!

I stamped the snowflakes in white craft ink, and inked the edges of the crumb cake cs triangle and embossed using iridescent ice powder (SU). The crumb cake and olive 'tree' tag base were cut using TCP's Pennant Cutup die. The tree was cut from chocolate chip cs using MFT's tree dienamic. I inked the tops of the branches to look like snow and I applied stickles to the ground and sprinkled chunky glitter (SU) on top. The bird was stamped on crumb cake cs and coloured with copics, spica being added to the beak and leaves in buttermilk and mint. A big red SU button was threaded with hemp twine and adhered, and the ribbon (SU) at the top of the tag was threaded through a large eyelet (SU) and tied with more hemp twine. Behind the green layer of CS, I added 2 layers of thicker kraft paper (the kind that comes behind your paper packs- keep that stuff!) to make it more sturdy for adding to a prezzie:)
I love the way the triangle-tree shaped tag looks, so you can bet I'll be using this idea again real soon!

To be eligible for the giveaway, you are to create a card using the recipe, and then come back to the TSG Blog to add your name and a link to your project in the InLinkz that is located at the bottom of this challenge post. This challenge is open until the winner has been announced on the following Monday (November 21st). The winner will get a $5 gift certificate to use in the TSG Web store!

By participating in this challenge, you may also find yourself in the Trendsetting Spotlight that shines on the TSG Blog every Thursday. We will be on the look out to find challenge cards that stand out and show Trendsetting qualities. TSG stamps are not required to participate in the challenges but are appreciated :)

You do not need to have a blog to be able to participate in the TSG Challenges! You can simply add the URL link from your project after it has been uploaded to your online craft gallery. If you upload your card to an online craft gallery, please use the keyword TSG130 so we can check out your beautiful work!

Need some inspiration to help you get started? Check out these great cards made by the following Trendsetters!