{KKS} Fall Fun!

Welcome back for another totally fun challenge here at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!!! We've got a great challenge for you again this week!! Come along and play with us! 

This week our hostess is AMANDA!! Her challenge for you this week is INSPIRED BY NATURE!! So create a card, scrapbook page or altered item (with a Kraftin' Kimmie stamp) and share it with us here! Get creative! 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 Kraftin' Kimmie rubbah!!!

I've used Fall Fun, coloured him with copics and pastels and added some shine with glossy effects to the leaves, rake, eyes, and nose (boy and hedgehog) His little plaid coat was paper pieced. I cut the sentiment in half and stamped onto Fishtail Flags dynamics (MFT)

Did you see?? All our new SEPTEMBER STAMPS are available now!!! We've got so many amazing new Holiday stamps from each of our artists!! And this week is your last chance to scoop them up at a discount in our GIMME KIMMIES KITS!! ALSO our new Krafty Kardmaking Kits are available filled with patterned paper, cardstock, card bases, envelopes, twine and lot of fun embellishments!! We've done all the hard work for ya!!

AND this week's FRUGAL FRIDAY SPECIALS are up with some of our favourite stamps on 25-50% OFF!! OH YEAH!! We've also got lots of NEW PAPER PADS! Wheeeee!

Now go ahead and check out the wonderful creations by our Krafty Girls and Guests featuring this week's challenge!! If you join us and play along, you could WIN a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp!!!

Happy kraftin'!

{TSG} BHC- Henna Swirls

Our first set being released by our new designer Chaitali Narla is Henna Swirls. It will be the most gorgeous addition to your CAS creations, scrapbook pages, and perfect for background building!! There are tons of ways to use these gorgeous borders!

Henna Swirls is a 2x6 set that includes a total of 2 stamps and will sell for $9.00.

I made a one-layer CAS card!! Ack! Armageddon is near ;) 
I stamped the flower border twice, back to back, along the side of the white CS. I coloured with copics, and added glossy accents to the flower centres and white paint pen along the vertical stripes and on the leaves (from the set Dream in Color, as well as the sentiment). I finished off the card by rounding one corner.

Would you like to win the new Henna Swirls?  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, September 28th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

{TSG} Halloween Tags BHC!

Another SUPER fun set from Melyssa, one that will get you ready for all your Halloween gift giving ideas!! Not only is it a PERFECT tag set, the sentiments and image could be used for cards, scrapbooking, and anything else you desired!

Halloween Tags is a 4x8 set that includes a total of 19 stamps and will sell for $18.00.

I've used this weeks Mojo Monday sketch for my layout. I fussy cut the frame out (which I stamped onto grey dot DP) but there will be a Silhouette cut file available for purchase on release day, for you Silhouette users! I stamped the frame and sentiment again onto white CS and cut out only the centre, laying it over the dp frame with pop dots. The flag dies are MFT. I did some machine stitching in black thread and dry embossing with a SU folder.

Would you like to win the new Halloween Tags 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, September 28th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

{TSG} No Tricks, Only Treats!

If you are looking for the perfect, versatile, Halloween stamp set…look no further!! Melyssa has made all my Halloween dreams come to life with this AMAZINGLY fun and AWESOME stamp set. 

No Tricks Only Treats is a 6x8 set that includes a total of 30 stamps and will sell for $24.00.

Would you like to win the new No Tricks Only Treats 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, September 28th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

{TSG} Bewitched by You/ Totally Witchin' BHC

A new Halloween set from Torico, full of witches, black cats, bats, and fun! Perfect for all your Halloween needs. 

Bewitched By You is a 4x8 set that includes a total of 17 stamps and will sell for $18.00.

Our second set was created while allowing the Trendsetters to help with sentiments for Torico’s Bewitched By You set. You know we like to live on the edge, with our tongue in our cheeks here at There She Goes, and this is proof positive of that!! 

Totally Witchin’ is a 3x4 set that includes a total of 7 stamps and will sell for $9.00.

I used this week's TSG sketch challenge for my layout! See that spiderweb border die? Remember that??? It's one of TSG's awesome dies!!! You can find it HERE. I coloured up my witch with copics, and used a multi-liner to draw on some bats and my white sharpie pen to add some lil dots. Other dies are MFT. I added some sequins as well. My sentiment is from the hilarious new set Totally Witchin'.

Would you like to win the new Bewitched By You/Totally Witchin’ 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, September 28th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

{TI} Batty for You

There's a new image available at Tiddly Inks stamps. Batty Bug is available for purchase HERE!

I coloured her with copics, adding pointalism around the image to make it 'glow' a bit- not sure if I like this! Other people seems to be able to rock that technique, but I might not be one of them! lol! I used an MFT scallop die to cut layers of various purple CS strips. The chevron ribbon is by May Arts. The circle dies are MFT as well. The sentiment is a freebie from TAWS. It's been in my downloaded files for some time ;) I like the font! Kinda fun! The DP is by Doodlebug.

{MFT} Carter's 1st Birthday!

Today is my littlest nephew, Carter Coleman's birthday! He turned the big number ONE!! He is such a stinkin' cutie! Loved his cake- passed out cold in a food coma in his highchair! lol

I wanted to play along with this week's MFT sketch challenge, but I ended up straying from it quite a bit, lol! First of all, I turned the sketch on it's side, and then ended up changing the elements around to work for me. I used Airplane Greetings stamp set and matching die-namics. Other dies that I used: By the Numbers, jumbo cloud STAX,  and scattered stars. On this inside, I used By the Letters to spell out his name. I also used black licorice ink and hemp cord. The button is by PTI and CS is SU. 

Here is the sketch, so that you can see just how much I veered from it ;) haha

{TSG} Pumpkins on the Vine

Hey my crafty friends! Today the TSG Trendsetters are spotlighting a few older sets. I chose to work with one of my favourite TSG sets from Torico called Pumpkins on The Vine. I absolutely ADORE this set- it is so precious and has two really great sentiments and all sorts of little accents, as well as three feature stamps. LOVE LOVE LOVE! You have to check it out!

Adorable, am I right?? I paper-pieced her floppy hat and dress and coloured the rest with Copics. I added some glaze pen to her shoes, eyes and the acorn top. I used some new EP paper, SU CS and brown brads. The sentiment was stamped in MFT's Black Licorice.

Okee dokee- head over to the TSG blog to see some more fabulous creations by the design team! There are two other sets being featured as well! I can't wait to see what my teamies have been up to this week!

{TI} Mixin' it Up

This past week, Christy released TWO new Tiddly Inks images that I am absolutely in LOVE with!!! You might know that I am a huge Wryn fan, so these digi's are right up my alley!

For my card today, I used Bake Me Some Love. I coloured her with copics, adding extra shadows with pastel pencils. I used a glaze pen on the bowl, buttons and shoes. I used a sentiment from a MFT a la mode set. Button and hemp are MFT as well. The sketch is this weeks SSSC (193).

{TI} Friends and Latte's

I have a quick post for you tonight- I couldn't help but colour up some new Tiddly Inks digi's! This one is called Thanks a Latte and it is soooooo adorable!!

The girls were coloured up with Copics. I added highlights to their cheeks and dots to the chairs using white sharpie pen. The table cloth was paper-pieced. I used a sentiment from There She Goes. 

{TI} Saying Goodbye

We have a new challenge for you at Tiddly Inks. Since it's the end of a season- Goodbye summer, Hello fall! This makes me sad, but such is life: season's change.... At least we got in one last camping trip this past weekend. Fall-ish camping is actually quite nice! The mosquitos aren't out for blood! 

I used Wryn in the Fall for my card. I am totally smitten with her shoes. She's coloured with copics and pastels. I used MFT dies and a sentiment from TSG. Brown brads, machine stitching and a bubbly olive satin bow finish it off.

Check out the TI Challenge blog for more inspiration! There is also a surprise release, with a few new and extremely adorable digi's!!! 

{KKS} New Release Hop!

Time for our Kraftin' Kimmie September release BLOG HOP!! We have some great new sets that the team will be showing off tonight, and all stamps are AVAILABLE for purchase NOW in the KKS SHOP!! As well as the oh-so-easy-to-use Krafty Kits! Everything you need to make 6 cards (including the sketches from the DT) PLUS an $8 stamp of your choice (don't forget to specify which stamp you want in the 'comment' section of your order!).....There are the BYOT (build your own trinkets) and Sleigh mail sets, 2 new sets by Cheryl Alger, new Thais Narcisco sets and RAM's!! Lots to choose from, or better yet treat yourself to an early Christmas Present and get them all!! Hehe!

For my card tonight, I've used the new RAM set: A Letter to Santa and accented it with elements from Sleigh Mail. Sleigh Mail works great with all of our new sets!! It's awesome!!

Here's a close-up of the sweetness! Love all of these critters helping eachother to get that letter to Santa into the mailbox!! Teamwork :) I did some major inking with Distress Inks and used a Sharpie Paint Pen to add falling snow. A big satin bow topped with  a button and hemp cord are the only embellishments that this scene needs....

Click on the links below to go directly to each Krafty Girl and Guests blogs :) Thanks for stopping by!

{KKS} Santa and Pup

Hey there! Welcome back to another day of Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps previews for our September release! Today we are combining a Krafty Challenge (Anything Goes) with our featured artist Rachelle Ann Miller~ RAM for short ;)

We have the CUTEST new sets (A Letter to Santa, For Someone Special, and Santa and Pup)to show to you today, so be sure to hop around to all of the Krafty Girls and Guests blogs! And hit up our FACEBOOK release party later on this afternoon for MAJOR fun and PRIZES! Some lucky stamper will be winning the ENTIRE RELEASE!!! That's over $150 dollars in new rubber!!!

I've used Santa and Pup today. OMG! Isn't he precious!?!? The puppy dressed up as a reindeer just did me right in! With his lil' anter head band! Awe! I added chunky clear glitter (SU) to his white furry bits on the coat and hat. I also glossed up the pups eye and nose and the boys bootstraps, buttons, nose, eyes and the holly berries with glossy effects. I did some distressing and stitching. I went with a really simple layout, as this stamp is fairly large (the finished size of the card is 5x6). This stamp comes with a sweet sentiment (Merry Christmas), but I left it off of my card.

Okay, check out what the other girls have been up to, be at our Facebook release party, and then come back here later tonight (11 pm MST) for the new release HOP!!! Catch ya later!

{KKS} Go With the Flow!

Welcome back to day THREE of our SEPTEMBER Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks!!! Today we are sharing TWO super cute new sets by artist Thais Narciso! They are called.......GO WITH THE FLOW! and JUST CHILLIN'!

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!!! 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 the new stamp set!!!!! {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 Rachelle Anne Miller in combination with this week's challenge. And ALL the new stamps will be available on Saturday night at the KKStamps Shop!!

{TI} Freaky Friday!

Friday the 13th......this week's Fabulous Friday with Tiddly Inks has been renamed Freaky Friday! We have created some creepy creations for you to this week! Fun, huh?

I've used Pinky for my main image, and added a sentiment from the set Batty For You.

I punched out some bat using a Stampin' Up punch, and then gave them a coat of Glossy Accents and sprinkled on chunky black glitter. I glazed up her boots, as well as little bits (her eyes, skull eyes, icing). I also got on board with the new sequin trend.....

Be sure to stop over at the Tiddly Inks Blog to see what the other Tiddly Inkers have been up to! There are some AH-mazing projects, trust me, you'll want to oogle at them all!

{KKS} New Sets from Cheryl Alger!

Welcome back to day two of our SEPTEMBER Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks!!! Today we are excited to share TWO supah cute new sets by artist Cheryl Alger just in time for holiday fun!!! We are sharing samples today featuring.......CHRISTMAS CHEER and JOYFUL HOLIDAY!!

I've made two cards today, featuring both sets by Cheryl! I LOVE LOVE LOVE these sets- Christmastime is my favourite and these sweet kids will surely tug at your heart-strings :) They remind me so much of my own kids, nieces and nephews!

First up is lil' Lexie, trimming the tree! I pieced her dress and added loads of glossy accents and lil white bits of snow to the tree.

OMGosh! Up next is my fave, Lucas with his puppy! I coloured him up to look like my middle son Jake (freckles 'n' all), and coloured the pup to look like our new fur-baby, Ruby!

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!!!

Did you also know that you could WIN the entire new release of stamps?? That's almost $150 of Kraftin' Kimmie goodies!! Go to our Facebook fan page to find out how!! But hurry!

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 CHRISTMAS CHEER and JOYFUL HOLIDAY! 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 HOLIDAY KARDMAKING KIT will be available on Saturday night at the KKStamps Shop!!

{KKS} Build Your Own Trinkets

It's time for Kraftin' Kimmie's SEPTEMBER 2013 RELEASE!!!!! We've been dying to share this month's new STAMPS with you!! It's CHRISTMAS time! We've got SO many exciting things going on....so let's get to it!

We are kicking off the *New* SEPTEMBER Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps previews today and we're SO excited to share these new stamps with you from artist, Nicole Aspinall!!! Today we’d like to introduce you to these amazing new vintage postage style sets ….SLEIGH MAIL and BUILD YOUR OWN TRINKETS!

These fabulous images are perfect for your Holiday cards, tags, altered items, boxes and treat bags!! And you'll see this in the amazing samples today!

We have lots of inspiration from the Krafty Girls and special Krafty Guests, so hop around....and be sure to comment at each and every stop because one lucky stamper is going to WIN BOTH of these new POSTAGE sets!!! {All of this week's winners will be announced at the online party on Saturday night!}

OH YES!! We are having another amazing ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!!! It's happening this SATURDAY evening at our Facebook fan page....and you can get ALL the details HERE!!! ALL the new stamps we're sharing over the next few days will be released on SATURDAY!!

For my card today, I've used the Build Your Own Trinket set to make a non-holiday card. I thought that the star elements in the set would look great made into a western trinket! I love the way this turned out! I used silver EP and heat embossed the star on black and trimmed it up, mounting it on the rustic ring (stamped in black) and the circle of stars (stamped in red).

The stamp that I used is Cowboy Lucas from the set Lil' Buckaroos.

{KKS} Orange You Cute!

Welcome back for another totally fun challenge here at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!We've got a great challenge for you again this week~ Come along and play with us! 

This week our hostess is KAREN!! Her challenge for you this week is FALL FUN.... So create a card, scrapbook page or altered item (with a Kraftin' Kimmie stamp) and share it with us here! Get creative! Show us how FALL inspires you! 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 Kraftin' Kimmie rubbah!!!

I've used the adorable Lulu in her pumpkin suit from the set Hey Ghoulfriend (which is super sweet! You need it!!)

We have some fabulous guests this month: Tracey, Peggy and Simone!! We are so excited to have them with us for the whole month! What 'til you see what they've been working on!!

Be sure to check out this week's FRUGAL FRIDAY SPECIALS which are up until Sunday night with a selection of our favourite stamps on 30-50% OFF!!

Check out the Krafty Blog for more FALL INSPIRATION!

Note: I used this weeks MOJO Monday sketch for my layout.

{TI} Thanks Fairy Much

Hey there! We've got a new challenge from Tiddly Inks for you today~ Thank you cards! Always great to have on hand! Is there anything better than getting a little note of thanks from someone? Especially homemade? I think sending thank you's has become a bit of a lost art. I have even been to weddings in the last couple of years and not even received a thank you card from the couple. Shocking. But even more shocking is when you get a surprise thank you note from someone. That's kind of sad. Oh, don't mind me. My head is in a bad place right now.....tomorrow morning I send my boys off to school (grades 2 and 4) and then my baby starts preschool next week. I am a bit of an emotional wreck! My husband works far away, so it's usually just me and the boys. We are a team. They are my little wingmen. Without them by my side, I feel like I'm not whole. So yeah...a little sad around here tonight. But I know I'll get used to the hustle and bustle of it all very soon :) So don't worry about me...I don't have my head in the oven. Yet. hehe!

Anyway, here is my Thank You card. I think I am going to give it to my niece Gracie, who loves my cards and is always boosting my confidence and singing my praises. She is only 6, but no matter. I'll take compliments where I can get them. She (and her mom, dad and little brother) looked after our new puppy when we went on holidays this summer. She lives just down the road, and I like surprising her and dropping off 'big girl mail' in their mailbox when I drive by. I know my kids hit the roof when something comes addressed specifically to them! Ha! She did a smashing job of dog sitting our Ruby, so I'll tuck this in the box, just for her :)

I've used Thanks Fairy Much (this set also comes as a clear stamp set if you aren't a digi stamper). I coloured her with copics and pastels, and added lots of chunky clear glitter to her skirt, around the sentiment image (comes with this set), circle panel and the butterfly. This card is super glitzy IRL!

Here's the inside:

Check out what the other gals and guests have made this week on the BLOG. Thanks for stopping by! xo