Favourites of 2013!

Happy New Year's Eve!! For years I have loved looking at my blog feed when the end of the year comes around! I always enjoy the recap of a persons favourites over the year...however, I have never done up a post like that. Until now. I am so excited to have a bit of time before the craziness of January comes into high gear! I have a couple of new teams that I'll be joining this month (one you know of, one you don't) and I'm guest designing for two companies/challenges as well! So, it's gonna get hairy around here this month!
Onto the post! Here are some of my very favourites from the past year....You can click on the month to be re-directed to the original blog post.

January- This is the card I made for my oldest sons 9th birthday (which is in February). I used the #9 key that my littlest boy pulled off my laptop when I was at a scrapping retreat. I now have a new laptop ;) The image is from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and it looks just like Ryan.

February- Well, I couldn't narrow it down to one!! First up there was this cute PI Easter card from MFT....

Second is another KKS card...I loved these characters! They reminded me of Pixar!

March- this was a challenge to use your favourite KKS stamp! I have always loved this image :)

April- I made this sweet card for my hubby from our three 'monkeys' for their daddy on Father's Day....He loved it! The stamps are from There She Goes.

May- I loved this summery release from KKS...this Jacquie Cousteau image is so sassy!

June- I made this card using an image from Whimsie Doodles- Canadian Girl.

July- I have two faves for this month! First is a card I made for Tiddly Inks DT tryouts....I ended up securing a spot on the team with this one :) I am a sucker for cowgirl/boy images!

My next card I was really proud of, because I am SCARED of colouring animals!! So I was pretty tickled when this came out as cute as it did!! this is a stamp from KKS!

August- I have another card up using a Tiddly Inks digi. This guy is soooooo cute! love him :)

September- A couple for this month. This Baker Wryn from Tiddly Inks was so fun to colour up! 

Really like this Santa and Pup card. Image is by Kraftin' Kimmie.

October- I have a few for this month as well ;) I loved the way the colouring turned out on this card! Image is by TSG. 

Here's another TSG card- this zombie is my fave!! I {heart} him!

November- Awe, this lil AlfaAlfa stamp, by Kraftin' Kimmie, melted my heart!

Eva (also by KKS) is also one of my favourites!!

December- I printed out my first Mo Manning digi's and boy oh boy, I am hooked! I adored these two eskimo stamps!

Okay, there you have it! My faves of 2013!!! Hope you all have a wonderful New Years eve! I'll be back tomorrow with a special blog hop! Thanks for your support during the past year! I look forward to sharing more with you in 2014!! xxoo

{Mo Manning} Room-mates

Hey there- just popping on to share a Christmas card that I made and didn't get around to blogging! This one features another digital image by Mo's Digital Pencil, called Igloo. 

I coloured it with Copics, and added Stickles Rock Candy glitter to the igloo blocks. I really love how the igloo turned out!! I used a Spellbinders die, SU ribbon and a Dress It Up button glued on top of the bow. The sentiment is from a MFT PI set.

{Mo Manning} Eskimo's

Hey there! Long time, no blog!! You can't blame me too much.....my hubby sprang a spontaneous Vegas vacation on me! But we are back now, and somewhat recuperated just in time for the holiday season!

I have a few Christmas cards to share with you before the big day...

Both cards use digital images by Mo Manning from Mo's Digital Pencil. This first card uses the sweet Snow Pals. 

My second card features Siku and Shiya. I loved colouring the fur on these little cuties!! I used the sketch from SSSC #200 this week. I changed up the oval for a square.
I've also entered one of these cards into the final challenge of the year for Mo's Challenge Blog- which was to enter your fave Mo card of the year. I've only made 3, all in the last few days, so I didn't have to scroll through the whole year! lol

I have another sweet card to share with you tomorrow, so come back then!!

{KKS} New Release Hop!

We're so excited! It’s our DECEMBER RELEASE Day at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS!! 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 new stamps and MORE!

Over the last few days in our Krafty Peeks, we have shared lots of AMAZING new stamps from all our artists for our December release! We’ve got something for everyone!! We’ve got TWO sweet new FAIRYTALE sets featuring our favourite kiddos from Cheryl……ONCE UPON A TIME 1 and 2! And we have a sweet new baby set from Thais Narciso called...... A MOTHER'S LOVE! and also artist Rachelle Anne Miller has an awesome new BOY set of stamps called GREAT ADVENTURES! And we are thrilled to share Lastly, we are SO excited to share a SASSY new Moonlight Whispers stamp set....HEY, HOT STUFF!

Not only do we have amazing new rubber stamps for all your krafty creations.....but we've made your creating even EASIER with our *exclusive* new KRAFTY KARDMAKING KITS!!! We've designed our DECEMBER KARDMAKING KIT to make your krafty time more enjoyable and less stressful! And we've also got ADD ON packages, in case you want MORE of the goodies found in your kits! You won't believe all the fabby supplies you'll receive! PLUS you get to CHOOSE your FREE stamp to go with the kit!

I've used this cute little fellow from the Once Upon A Time 2 set. I love this sentiment!

You will get to see ALL of the new images today as you sit back and enjoy our DECEMBER Krafty Hop! As you hop from blog to blog, be sure to leave a comment at each and every stop because some lucky stampers will win packages of these incredible stamps from the new release!! And when you’re done hoppin’, be sure to head over to the Kraftin’Kimmie shop, because ALL the new images are available NOW! 

OH WAIT!! There's one more thing!!! Santa has stopped by the Kraftin' Kimmie Shop and he's left a special gift for one lucky shopper!!! All orders placed by Monday night at midnight will be in the draw to WIN!! One random shopper will receive......a $50 gift certificate in with their package!!! What a fabulous prize!!!

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

Check out the list of Krafty Girls below who each have a project to share with you using all sorts of the NEW DECEMBER release stamps and the fabulous Kardmaking Kit that are all NOW AVAILABLE!  Be sure to leave some love at every stop because two lucky stampers will WIN a package of stamps from this release!  Happy hoppin'!  And happy shoppin'!!

1.	Tangii Crain	9.	Tracy Valure	17.	Jessie Rone
2.	Deborah Deruyck	10.	Melanie Holtz	18.	Amanda Reed
3.	Christine Riley (Krafty Guest)	11.	Kadie Ensley (Krafty Guest)	19.	Natalie Murdock (Krafty Guest)
4.	Cheryl Valadez	12.	Diana Pickering	20.	Kerry Johnson
5.	Dana Joy (Krafty Guest)	13.	Sheri Wilshire	21.	Alice Wertz
6.	Stephanie Beauchemin	14.	Angie Baker	22.	Kimmie Reid
7.	Karen Hanson	15.	Jenny Peterson
8.	Cheryl Alger	16.	Sharon Caudle

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{KKS} Great Adventures

Welcome back to day FIVE of our DECEMBER Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks!!! The awesome new stamps just keep on comin'!!

We are SO thrilled to share the newest set of THREE images with matching sentiments from Rachelle! This fabulous new boys set is called GREAT ADVENTURES!!

This week our challenge hostess is ALICE! And her challenge is ANYTHING GOES!! So create a card, scrapbook page or altered item with a Kraftin' Kimmie stamp with no restrictions! Use any sketch, any design, any embellishments because Anything Goes! Have some krafty fun and join us this week because we'd LOVE to see your KKS designs. We hope you can play along for your chance to WIN some NEW Kraftin' Kimmie rubbah!!!

Would you like to know who won the new stamp sets that we previewed yesterday???!! Well, you'll just have to wait until Saturday night at this month's ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!!! Hope you can join us for all the fun and excitement and prizes!!! We'll be releasing all the new stamps you've seen this week PLUS our fabulous new DECEMBER Kardmaking Kit!! You can read all the details about how you can join us RIGHT HERE!

All the Krafty Girls listed below have lots of super FUN designs to show you featuring these sweet new stamps from Rachelle! And while you're hopping around, be sure to leave a comment because we are giving away some stamps!!! You could WIN the new collection of stamps!!!!! {All of this week's winners will be announced at the online party tonight!}

So come and hang out with us tonight for all the LIVE action krafty fun at the release party and then come on back here tomorrow to check out the release day blog hop! ALL the new stamps and the KRAFTY KARDMAKING KIT, will be available on Saturday night at the KKStamps Shop!!

Thanks for hopping around with us today!  Below is the list of Krafty Girls who have a project to share with you featuring the new GREAT ADVENTURES stamp set that we're previewing today!  Leave a little love at every stop to qualify for a chance to win some blog candy!  One lucky stamper will WIN this adorable set!

1.	Kadie Ensley (Krafty Guest)	7.	Alice Wertz	13.	Sharon Caudle
2.	Deborah Deruyck	8.	Melanie Holtz	14.	Tracy Valure
3.	Karen Hanson	9.	Kerry Johnson	15.	Christine Riley (Krafty Guest)
4.	Stephanie Beauchemin	10.	Amanda Reed	16.	Dana Joy (Krafty Guest)
5.	Sheri Wilshire	11.	Jessie Rone	17.	Cheryl Valadez
6.	Natalie Murdock (Krafty Guest)	12.	Jenny Peterson

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{KKS} Hey, Hot Stuff!

Welcome back to Day FOUR of the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps DECEMBER previews!!! We are back with a fabulous new Moonlight Whispers stamp set!! You'll love these two SASSY girls along with the FOUR fun sentiments!!

Today the Krafty Girls and I are thrilled to share with you.....HEY, HOT STUFF!! There are lots of amazing creations on today's hop featuring both new images and sentiments from the set!! We know you are just going to LOVE these images and be inspired by all the fun designs!!

Below you will find all the Krafty Girls who have goodies to show you today and while you're visiting their blogs, be sure to leave some love at each stop because one lucky stamper is going to WIN a package of today's stamps!! Woohoo!!!

ALL of our DECEMBER stamps and our new Kardmaking Kit will be available on Saturday night at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop!!! We'll be celebrating at our LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!! It's over at our KKS Facebook fan page! Join us for all the fun!! You can find more details here!!

Thanks for hopping around with us today!  Below is the list of Krafty Girls who have a project to share with you featuring the new HEY, HOT STUFF! stamp set by Annie Rodrigue!  Leave a little love at every stop to qualify for a chance to win some blog candy!

1.	Tracy Valure	7.	Karen Hanson	13.	Kadie Ensley (Krafty Guest)
2.	Deborah Deruyck	8.	Amanda Reed	14.	Sharon Caudle
3.	Tangii Crain	9.	Angie Baker	15.	Kerry Johnson
4.	Stephanie Beauchemin	10.	Jessie Rone	16.	Jenny Peterson
5.	Sheri Wilshire	11.	Natalie Murdock (Krafty Guest)	17.	Christine Riley (Krafty Guest)
6.	Alice Wertz	12.	Dana Joy (Krafty Guest)	18.	Cheryl Valadez

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{KKS} A Mother's Love

Welcome back to day THREE of our DECEMBER Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks!!! Today we are sharing a LOVELY new set by artist Thais Narciso! It is called.......A MOTHER'S LOVE!

I coloured up mom and baby with copics, adding pastels (black for the body and pink for the cheeks and ears). Added some white sharpie dots to cheeks and highlighted toes. I added some glossy accents to the tusk.
I used this weeks SSSC #199 for my layout.

Would you like to know who won the new stamp sets that we previewed yesterday???!! Well, you'll just have to wait until Saturday night at this month's ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!!! Hope you can join us for all the fun and excitement and prizes!!! We'll be releasing all the new stamps you've seen this week PLUS our fabulous new DECEMBER Kardmaking Kit!! You can read all the details about how you can join us RIGHT HERE!

All the Krafty Girls listed below have lots of super FUN designs to show you featuring these ADORABLE new sets, so be sure to hop over to each of them! And while you're there, be sure to leave a comment because we are giving away one of EACH of the new sets!!! YOU could WIN one!! {All of this week's winners will be announced at the online party on Saturday night!}

Then come on back tomorrow to check out the some MORE new stamps....this time from the wonderful ANNIE!! And ALL the new stamps will be available on Saturday night at the KKStamps Shop!!

Happy hoppin'!

Thanks for hopping aroundwith us today!  Below is the list of Krafty Girls who have a project toshare with you featuring the new A MOTHER'S LOVE! stamp set!   Leave alittle love at every stop to qualify for a chance to win some blog candy! All winners will be announced at the LIVE Online Release Party on Saturdaynight!

1.	Deborah Deruyck	6.	Alice Wertz	11.	Sharon Caudle
2.	Stephanie Beauchemin	7.	Christine Riley (Krafty Guest)	12.	Natalie Murdock (Krafty Guest)
3.	Sheri Wilshire	8.	Jessie Rone	13.	Jenny Peterson
4.	Kadie Ensley (Krafty Guest)	9.	Amanda Reed
5.	Karen Hanson	10.	Dana Joy (Krafty Guest)

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{KKS} Once Upon A Time

Welcome back to day two of our DECEMBER Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks!!! Today we are excited to share TWO supah cute new sets by artist Cheryl Alger with a fabulous theme.....FAIRYTALES!!! We are sharing samples today featuring.......ONCE UPON A TIME 1 and ONCE UPON A TIME 2!

I've used fair Snow White on my card today. I coloured her with Copics and added various pastels for shading. I applied some Glossy Accents to her hair bow, dress accents and the apple of course!
The border die and oval dies are by MFT. I used some red satin ribbon from SU.

All the Krafty Girls listed below have lots of super FUN designs to show you, so be sure to hop over to each of them! And while you're there, be sure to leave a comment because we are giving away one of EACH of the new sets!!! You could WIN one of the new FAIRYTALE! stamp sets!!!!! {All of this week's winners will be announced at the online party on Saturday night!}

Then come on back tomorrow to check out MORE fun new stamps we have to share with you! And ALL the new stamps AND the new DECEMBER KARDMAKING KIT will be available on Saturday night at the KKStamps Shop!!

Happy hoppin'!

Thanks for hopping aroundwith us today!  Below is the list of Krafty Girls who have a project toshare with you featuring the new ONCE UPON A TIME 1 and 2 stamp sets!  Leave a little love at every stop to qualify for a chance to win some blogcandy!

1.	Dana Joy (Krafty Guest)	7.	Angie Baker	13.	Sheri Wilshire
2.	Tracy Valure	8.	Deborah Deruyck	14.	Kadie Ensley (Krafty Guest)
3.	Karen Hanson	9.	Sharon Caudle	15.	Amanda Reed
4.	Jessie Rone	10.	Natalie Murdock (Krafty guest)	16.	Melanie Holtz
5.	Stephanie Beauchemin	11.	Tangii Crain	17.	Christine Riley (Krafty Guest)
6.	Alice Wertz	12.	Cheryl Valadez	18.	Jenny Peterson

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{KKS} Vintage Christmas

This week our Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge is Vintage Christmas! Cheryl is our lovely hostess, and she has the gorgeous bird trio stamp from the set You're so Tweet up for grabs for our winner this week!

I have used an oldie on my card (you might even call her 'vintage' Kraftin' Kimmie!!), Piper! She is retired, but it looks like she's still available on our website HERE, so snatch her up before it's too late!

I love October Afternoon DP when it comes to those vintage, kitschy kind of patterns. I was doing a little shopping at my local pharmacy the other day, and they happen to have a few aisles of scrapbooking stuff and I found these adorable miniature trees by Prima. I am in love. I'm going to buy the other colour set today! This obviously adds some bulk to your card, so it's not gonna be an easy mailer, but that's okay with me :) Sequins are a fun, new trend and they always give a bit of a vintage feel, so I added some of those as well. 
I coloured Piper with Copics, adding some pastels in there, as well as rock candy glitter and glossy accents.

The sentiment on the inside is from the set Grace (which happens to be on sale right now!) 

Don't forget about our 12 Days of Krafty Christmas sale going on right now, where many of our favourites are on sale for a limited time!

{TI} A Gift For You

We are int he middle of a snow storm here in central Alberta, so it's the perfect time to hunker down and make some Christmas cards! This week our challenge at Tiddly Inks, just so happens to be 'Christmas'!

 I've used this cute new boy image called Birthday Boy....but I've coloured him up all Christmas-y! I love versatile stamps!! More bang for yer buck ;)
My card layout is courtesy of The Deconstructed Sketch....at first this sketch just didn't do it for me, but I am happy that I tried it, because I LOVE IT! I am going to use it again!! It was actually really fun with the open circle and panels.
The sentiment is from a new TSG set 'Tis The Season. Dies and hemp cord are MFT.

{TSG236} Christmas Critters

This week our challenge is brought to us by Vera! She is challenging us to make a card or project with a Christmas theme, but it must include an animal!! Hence the name, Christmas Critters.

I have used my FAVE set of the release 'Merry Christ-moose', combined with the best naughty moose sentiment set of all time 'Nice Rack'. I LURVE this moose trophy head mount, all tangled up in Christmas lights! Too funny! I coloured him up with copics, adding spica pens (silver, lipstick and melon) to the lights and coating them in glossy accents, as well as his eyes.
The sentiment was stamped on the smallest banner from the Just For You die set.
The layout is Mojo 321.

To be eligible for the giveaway, create a NEW card or project with the Christmas Critters, 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 (December 9th). 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 lookout 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 TSG236 so we can check out your beautiful work! 

{TSG} Nordic Borders, Merry Christ-moose, Nice Rack

We at TSG love our holiday sets, and we love our animals, too…so whenever they can combine, we are THRILLED.  The new Merry Christ-moose set from Torico is no exception!

Merry Christ-moose is a 4x8 set that includes a total of 18 stamps and will sell for $18.

Made to go along with the Merry Christ-moose stamp set, Nice Rack has all those sentiments that may be a little bit naughty, but are definitely nice.

Nice Rack is a 3x4 set that includes a total of 7 stamps and will sell for $9. 

Torico has also created this GORGEOUS Nordic Borders set as well, which will add a finished, homey feel to any of your creations. 

Nordic Borders is a 2x6 set that includes a total of 3 stamps and will see for $3. 

All sets will be released on Saturday, November 30th at 11pmEST.

I made an 'ugly sweater' using an MFT die and the Nordic Borders set using Kraft, Red Hot and Gumdrop Green ink (MFT). I then stamped the moose head silhouette (from Nice Rack) in versafine black ink. The sentiment of course, is also from Nice Rack.

Would you like to win the new Merry Christ-moose/Nice Rack/ Nordic Borders sets? 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 30th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

Play along with the Merry Christ-moose/Nice Rack/Nordic Borders Blog Hop Challenge for your chance to win this stamp set! Head to the TSG Blog for more details!!

1.	Torico	6.	Wendy Price	11.	Mary Johnson
2.	Tobi Crawford	7.	Vera Yates	12.	Tangii Crain
3.	Danielle Lounds	8.	Jenny Peterson	13.	Heather Pulvirenti
4.	Tracy MacDonald	9.	Melyssa Connolly	14.	Chaitali Narla
5.	Kim O'Connell	10.	Sarah Gough	15.	Karin Åkesdotter

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{TSG} BHC~ Be Merry

Our second set from new illustrator Danielle Lounds, find’s us celebrating the holidays with her unique style of combining handwritten sentiments, with super cute images. I love that the words can be colored, and the tag image will be perfect for cards, and gift giving. 

Be Merry is a 4x8 set that includes a total of 9 stamps and will sell for $18.00. It will be released on Saturday, November 30th at 11pmEST.

Would you like to win the new Be Merry stamp sets? 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 30th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

Play along with the Be Merry Blog Hop Challenge for your chance to win this stamp set! Head to the TSG Blog for more details!!

1.	Danielle Lounds	6.	Tracy MacDonald	11.	Chaitali Narla
2.	Kim O'Connell	7.	Jenny Peterson	12.	Sarah Gough
3.	Tangii Crain	8.	Tobi Crawford	13.	Melyssa Connolly
4.	Mary Johnson	9.	Torico	14.	Vera Yates
5.	Karin Åkesdotter	10.	Wendy Price	15.	Heather Pulvirenti

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{TSG} BHC~ 'Tis The Season

A full set of fun from artist Wendy Leach, features our favorite sock goblin, but lots of other winter accessories to go along with it! This whimsical and fun holiday set is sure to be a favorite.

Tis the Season is a 6x8 set that includes a total of 12 stamps and will sell for $24. It will be released on Saturday, November 30th at 11pmEST.

Would you like to win the new ‘Tis the Season 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 30th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

Play along with the "Tis the Season Blog Hop Challenge for your chance to win this stamp set! Head to the TSG Blog for more details!!

1.	Tobi Crawford	6.	Danielle Lounds	11.	Jenny Peterson
2.	Heather Pulvirenti	7.	Torico	12.	Tangii Crain
3.	Wendy Price	8.	Melyssa Connolly	13.	Tracy MacDonald
4.	Sarah Gough	9.	Mary Johnson	14.	Karin Åkesdotter
5.	Vera Yates	10.	Kim O'Connell	15.	Chaitali Narla

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