It's a Holiday Challenge!!

It's World Cardmaking Day!!!

I'm hoping to get a little krafty today...how about you?

This week's challenge at the KKS blog is to create a Holiday Card....for ANY holiday!  I hope you can join in the fun and enter to WIN the monthly prize!

For my creation I used the whimsical new TREAT YOURS-ELF clear stamp set!  I love this little cutie pie coming in swinging on his ornament....or wrecking ball, whichever you prefer!

I used some sweet Doodlebug patterned papers and white cardstock for the 5.5 inch square base.  I made this fun photo frame for the elf to POP out of!  I coloured him up in coordinating Copic markers and added one of the fun sentiments that comes with the set, on a tag with a button and twine!

Be sure to hop on over to the KKS blog to check out SO MUCH holiday inspiration for you!  PLUS be sure to check out who our new Krafty Guest is......hint - it's not a Krafty GIRL!!!  ;)

ALSO we've got the Frugal Friday Specials going on over at the shop with a bunch of our fabby stamp sets on 25-50% OFF all but only until Sunday night and only while supplies last!  PLUS each and every order placed this weekend will receive a FREE fall rubber stamp set!  

And lastly, to celebrate WCMD, if you upload a new Kraftin' Kimmie kreation to the photo folder in the Krafty Friend facebook group by Sunday night at midnight, you'll receive a coupon code for 25% OFF your regularly priced order and it's good for the whole month of October!!!!

Have a wonderful World Cardmaking Day!

C'mon, C'mon...Rock That Body!!!

Heehee!  Love that song!!  Today I have an awesome new ANNIE image to share with you and it goes right along with this week's Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge!!!  All the Krafty Girls have new stamps to share and you are gonna LOVE 'EM!!  


This month, Annie has designed the perfect stamps for YOU and ME!!!  It's the EVERYDAY GIRLS Collection!  These saucy girlies could be any of us, doing everyday things!!  Going to a birthday party, shoveling snow, having a BAD hair day, SHOPPING, working out and going out on the town!!!  Just wait 'til you see them ALL as you hop around the Krafty Girls' blogs today!!  And don't forget to leave comments at every stop because TWO lucky comments are going to WIN some NEW ANNIES!!!

The challenge this week is a sketch by my PRECIOUS PAM!!!  heehee!  Love the layout and it has one of my favourite elements.....a circle!!  And the layout fits our stamps perfectly!!  Hope you can play along!

I used the new MISSY stamp....love this workout girl!!  Wish I looked that pretty when I work out....sigh.  I used some new papers from the Garden Girl collection by Bo Bunny!  Just love those colours!  I stamped Missy on Neenah white cardstock with Memento ink and coloured her up with my Copic markers!!  I used my new Nesties for the circle layer and I wish they came a bit bigger in size but the edging is nice on it.  I followed along with Pam's sketch, added some brown glitter dots in the corners and finished it off with the fun sentiment that comes along with Missy!!

Now go and check out the other FIVE new images from Annie!!  I bet you find they look a lot like you and your friends!!!  Heehee!!  And be sure to come on back tomorrow for our Krafty Release Day HOP when all the new stamps will be available in the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop!!!


Happy kraftin'!

Challenge #100!! And our SECOND BIRTHDAY!

It’s celebration time at Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps today!!  Do you know why???  Well, actually it’s for a couple of reasons! 

Firstly, if you’ve noticed the challenge number.....today is our 100^th KKS Challenge!!!  Woohoo!  And secondly, this month marks Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps’ SECOND BIRTHDAY!!!  Can you believe it??  So we’re doing something special to mark the occasion!

Have you ever wanted to be a Krafty Girl??  Think ya got what it takes??  Well, here’s your chance to show it!!  Our challenge for this week is to USE YOUR FAVOURITE KRAFTIN’ KIMMIE STAMP!  That’s it...nothin’ fancy!  Just make us a creation featuring one of your fave KKStamps and share it on the KKStamps blog!  Link it up with the little blue froggie and leave us a message in the comment section telling us that you’re applying for the job!  The winner will receive a package of new release stamps and will be joining us for the challenges and krafty peeks for the month of December!!  (You can still play along if you’re not applying to be a Krafty Girl and we’ll have our regular weekly winner!)  You have until October 31st to apply!!

Also, you’ve probably heard that tomorrow is our annual Krafty Day that we are holding for the local stampers and scrappers!!  Well, we thought we’d like to do something special for our online krafty friends who can’t be with us in person......so come on back tomorrow to find out what we’ve got goin’ on!!!  It’s exciting!!

 So my favourite stamp?.....it changes all the time!  Haha!  With each new release, I have a new favourite!  But I wanted to go back to some of the older stamps and one of my favourites has always been Lavinia!  I just love the dress on this girl and her cool 'tornado hair'....it's so much fun to colour!

Plus this card has one of my favourite colour combinations....blue and brown!  I had so much fun making it!  I added some funky trim across the middle and added a felt rolled flower with a pearl in the middle.  Lastly, I added my favourite phrase from the Steampunk Sentiments set....Girls can do ANYTHING!!!  Yepper!

Now I hope you can join us for this week's challenge AND hope you try out for the Krafty Girl Guest Spot!!!

OH and be sure to come on back tomorrow for MORE big news!!

Challenge 93 - Michele's Gettin' Sketchy!

It's Saturday again, which means it's time for another fabulous Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge! Who wants to play???



This week our fabulous hostess is Michele and she has created an awesome sketch for us to use!! It's perfect for lots of our stamps and I had a great time using it for my inspiration. Sketch challenges are always my favourite because it takes all of the guess work out of creating the card, which is always the hardest part for me! So go ahead and use Michele's sketch as your starting point and join us for some fun!!! And if you use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp on your creation, you could be the random winner of the Potionmaster stamp that she's used on her card!



For my creation, I pulled out the lovely Elaine! I hadn't had a chance to ink her up yet and I hadn't cracked open my new Fancy Pants 6x6 pad called It's the Little Things yet either! Yaaay! I love playing with new stuff, don't you?



The card base is a 6x6 black square and I used Wild Wasabi and the new Calypso Coral colour, with coordinating ruffled ribbon....it's so pretty! I also added some rolled roses in black cardstock. Lastly I stamped the matching sentiment that comes with Elaine! What a perfect card to wish someone a nice day and let them know you're thinking of them!

Now hop on over to the KKS Challenge Blog and check out the other sketchy cards that the Krafty Girls and Guests have created for you!!! Then play along with us!!

Happy kraftin'!

Challenge 90 - Are You Distressed???

This week's Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge was perfect for me. I'm stressed. Haha! Who isn't, right? Well, I've got a lot on my plate right now, so taking it out on my card for this week was perfect!!!

Our hostess this week is the always enchanting, Melanie!! She has asked us to DISTRESS our creations.....be it inking them up, distressing the edges, makin' it grungy and dirty....just be sure to get rough with your stuff!! haha! We hope you can play along this week and if you use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp, you could be the random winner of the stamp used on Melanie's card.....just WAIT 'til you SEE it!!!

I hadn't had a chance to play with Melanie yet (convenient isn't it, that I used Melanie for Melanie's challenge? Bahahahahaha!), from our newest Travel Girls release! Shame, shame! So I inked her up and started colouring with my Copics! It's a 6x6 card with dark brown for the base and red and green for matting. The papers I used are from the new Oxford collection by Basic Grey. The edges of every piece of patterned paper and the main layer were all inked up with Walnut Stain distress ink and then everything was roughed up with my distressing tool. You can also just open up a pair of sharp scissors and use them....it does the same thing and that's often what I do (when I can find my tool).



I added a little cluster of red flowers with leaves and tied some red twine around the bottom of the main layer. And lastly I stamped the sentiment that comes with Melanie and added it at the top!



You will notice the lovely sketch that I used today....in fact several of the Krafty Girls used it! That's because Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps is thrilled and excited to be sponsoring the August Sketch For You To Try challenge!!! Hop on over to their blog today and you'll find your way to some MORE creations featuring our stamps! And you can join in the sketch challenge too!!



Hop on over to our challenge blog and check out all our inspiring cards from the Krafty Girls today....and join us.....and get distressed!!

Lots of fun this week! Happy kraftin'!

Challenge 89 - WHAT????

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! That's me screaming after finding out the challenge for this week! Started having heart palpitations and everything!!! hahaha!

Our fabulous hostess this week (and big ol' meanie....*giggle*) is DONNA!!! She has asked us to make a card with NO EMBELLISHMENTS!! Say whaaaaaaaaaaaat??? That's right....NO embellishments!! No ribbon, no buttons, no brads, no twine, no nuthin'!! We are allowed to use any kinds of paper....punches....and sewing, but that's pretty much it. Now do you see why I screamed?



I honestly can't make a card without most of that stuff on it...at the same time. So this was obviously a super hard challenge for me. But I did it! yaaaay! I used the lovely Mizuki for my creation and I pulled out some fun shiny papers from the Taj Mahal collection from DCWV. They have pretty gold flowers on them and I thought they looked perfect with the image.



I coloured Mizuki up using coordinating Copic markers and only decorated my card with strips of paper and a few flower punches. I think the papers were fancy enough that I didn't really need much else! I also decorated the inside of the card (which I never do) and added the sentiment that comes with the stamp!



Now hop on over to the challenge blog and check out the other embellishment-less cards for your inspiration!! And don't forget that this week's Frugal Friday specials and also our July Gimme Kimmies Kits are only available until Sunday night!!

Happy kraftin'!

Challenge 88 - A Sketch by TARA!!

I LOVE me a sketch....don't you?? Takes all the guesswork out of creating a card. For me, the creative process just seems to run so much smoother when I have a sketch to start things off!

This week the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps challenge is a fantastic sketch from the one and only, TARA!! It's got lots of layers, which I love and the main panel is the perfect size for any of our stamps!!



I decided to use one of the new Cheryl Alger stamps from the July release, because I hadn't had a chance to ink her up yet! I used the adorable, Bookworm Jaime, which I happened to name after a little friend who happens to be almost as much of a bookworm as I am!! hehe.



With the sketch already out of the way, all I really had to do was choose the image and the papers! The patterned papers are from one of my many My Mind's Eye 6x6 pads and I coloured the image up with coordinating Copic markers. I used my oval Nesties to create the main panel, added lots of layers of papers, added some matching bakers twine and a corduroy button! Lastly, I added the fun sentiment that comes with Bookworm Jaime!!



I hope you'll play along with this week's sketch challenge and you can hop on over to the challenge blog to check out more creations to inspire you by the lovely Krafty Girls! And don't forget that not only are our new July Stamps available, but we have this weekend's Frugal Friday specials available until tomorrow!

Happy kraftin'!!

Have a Picture Perfect Day!

Meet my friend, JEANNIE!!! This is one of the awesome new Traveling Girls from Annie Rodrigue for our July release......which happens to be TOMORROW!!! All six of these lovely ladies will be available at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop tomorrow and we'll be doing our usual Krafty Hop with prizes to celebrate!!

It's also time for a new challenge over on the blog and this week we need to finish the inside of our cards. This is definitely a challenge for moi!! I NEVER finish the inside of a card unless I am giving it away that very day!! Haha! I see my pal Michele always finishing her cards completely and they look so gorgeous and.....well, complete! I'm envious! So I took this challenge on!!



I used the new US travel girl, named JEANNIE!! I actually named her after one of my dearest stampin friends....and fellow Krafty Girl, Jeanne Streiff!! I love this gal in front of the Statue of Liberty! She looks like she's having a great day touring around, doesn't she?? I like how these images can be used on cards or also on travel scrapbook pages! Or if you didn't want the statue, you could just cut out the girl part of the image!

The papers I used just arrived on my doorstep this past week! They are from the Travel Forever 6x6 papers by Best Creation and I ordered them from One Crazy Stamper....another fabulous Canadian online store! I made a green card base, added some peach matting and used a diecut sheet with the scalloped edge, glitter and car image across the bottom. I added some wrinkled ribbon from Prairie Bird Boutique, some button brads and a 'travel' diecut from the pack.



Then I finished the inside rather simply, with some glittery patterned paper across the bottom, attached with four brads and I stamped Jeannie again in coordinating ink, leaving room for a note to the recipient!!

So I hope you can join us for this week's super fun challenge and be sure to hop around the Krafty Girls' blogs to see how they finished the inside of their cards. And come on back tomorrow for our Release Day Krafty Hop with prizes and of course, all the new stamps will be available at the SHOP!!!

See you then!!

TAG!! You're IT!!

This week I'm the hostess over at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps challenge blog!! And I wanna play TAG!! haha! And you're IT!!

So this week we'd like you to either make a tag or include a tag of some sort on your card or scrapbook page! That's easy, right?!

I whipped up a cute little gift tag to include on a birthday gift! I used Becky Broadsword for my main image, along with some scraps of paper from my stash....I think all the papers are from My Mind's Eye.



I started out with a medium sized shipping tag and altered it with the paper and distressed everything with my scissors. I added some kraft cardstock, a little bit of brown crochet lace, a button and some linen thread.

I coloured up Becky with my Copic markers and cut her out with a Nestie and then sponged around the frame with wheat chalk ink. I added some felt ribbon at the top and tied a bow with brown linen thread. And lastly, I finished off the tag with a sentiment from our Pirate Sentiments set!!

We hop you can play along with us this week.....I mean, you are IT! And if you use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp on your creation, you could win Becky Broadsword PLUS two more Steven Leary stamps of your choice!!! That's awesome!!

OH! And don't forget about our FRUGAL FRIDAY SPECIALS that are up right now, but only until Sunday!!

Now hop on over to the KKStamps Challenge Blog and check out all the other Krafty Girls' inspirational creations!

TAG!! You're IT!!

'Cause we are living, in a material world....and I am a Material Girl!!

Man, that song brings back the 80's!!! Oh how I loved Madonna and her music is the soundtrack to my high school life! So funny!

So this week our hostess is the incredible Melanie and she wants us to use some sort of material or fabric on our creations!!



I pulled out the lovely Eleanor, since it is summertime now! I love her old fashioned bathing suite and cap, don't you!? I used some lovely sparkly papers from DCWV with coordinating cardstocks and coloured her up with my Copic markers to match.



For the 'material' on my card, I used some matching felt and made a trio of rolled roses! I love the way they turned out and will have to make them again soon! I added some pearls in the felt flowers as well as the ones on Eleanor's cap! Then I added some white satin ribbon and a bow. The sentiment is one from our Beachy Sentiments set!

Hope you can join us for this week's fun challenge and perhaps you can win some new Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps rubber! Don't forget to scoop up this week's Frugal Friday specials, also this is your last chance to grab the June Gimme Kimmies Kits!!

Now be sure to hop on over to the KKStamps Challenge Blog to check out more inspiration from our wonderful Krafty Girls!!

Happy kraftin'!

Challenge 84 - Sunny Makes a Splash!!

*SIGH* Oh how I love Saturdays!!! Not only because it's the weekend, but also because it's challenge day at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!!! Gotta say, I love to have an excuse to colour up any of the new KKStamps!! And this week, we're makin' a splash!!

Our wonderful hostess this week is the loverly Michele and she wants us to create anything with a water theme....so beachy, mermaids, poolside, rain....anything wet or watery!

Sooooooo.....I was thrilled to be able to ink up one of my new stamps from our newest artist, Emilie Goulet! This is Sunny the Turtle and isn't he just a pip?? Just love that cheesy grin and I can almost see him wiggling his eyebrows at me!!



I stamped him on Neenah cardstock with Memento ink and used my Copic markers to colour him up. I'm quite happy with how it turned out but I'm not sure you can see all the dotting I did on him to accentuate the shading. It took a long time but I'm thrilled with how it turned out. I'm not so thrilled with the water....I'm not too skilled at creating water with markers just yet....practice, practice I guess.

I cut the main image out and embossed it using one of my newer Nesties and then I sponged in the clouds with a hand cut cloud template that I made. I think they look pretty cool.



So that was the hard part of the card made......and then I decided to challenge myself a little more! I mean, why not?! Well, my poor sewing machine hasn't been used in......at least a year, so I dusted her off and after a couple of practice runs and adjustments........I sewed on both layers......and IT DIDN'T EAT MY CARD!!!! Will wonders never cease?? I couldn't believe it! I'm not the best seamstress to say the very least, and usually I'm cursing at the darn thing but this time...no problemo!!!

I added some ribbon, a turtle charm, some glittery candy dots in the corner and then stamped one of the many perfect sentiments from our Beachy Sentiments set!! Voila!!

Now I really hope you can join us for this week's challenge.....and if you use one of your own Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, you could win the beautiful stamp featured on Michele's gorgeous card! Now hop on over to the KKStamps Challenge Blog and check out what the rest of the Krafty Girls have to show ya!!

Happy kraftin'!

Challenge #83 - Cards for Little Peeps!

This week's Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge is brought to you by.......Stampin' Nana Diana.....otherwise know as....me Ma!! Haha! She'd like us to make card for the little people in our lives!!! It can be any theme you like.....birthday, congratulations, thinking of you.....anything! Just make it for a little peep that you know!

The prize this week is a SWEET one! Not only will you get the Dancing Dylan stamp as featured on Diana's card....but the winner will also receive FOUR MORE Steven Leary stamps of their choice!!! Cool, right?!

For my card I used the wonderful Curtis!! Not only is this stamp one of my favourite stamps...it was designed and named after my nephew.....Curtis! He loves to fish! Hehe! So I plan on giving this card to him this weekend when I see him! He doesn't know yet.....shhhhh!



The papers that I chose are from one of my (many) My Mind's Eye 6x6 pads. Lots of boyish colours in these papers...and I coloured Curtis up with my Copic markers, using my Stardust gel pens to add some little dots of sparkle to the fishie! Then I cut him out and embossed him with my square Nesties. And while the image was still in the die, I sponged around the edges.

I added some yummy brown giant rick rack, a button and some linen thread. Lastly I stamped up the great sentiment that comes with Curtis!

Hope you can join us for this week's challenge! Happy kraftin' with your Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

24 Krafty Karats ..... and Annie's NEW STAMPS!!!

My goodness this day seems like such a long time in coming! It's only been about 3 months since Annie and I decided on an Asian Inspired theme for June but it feels like SO much longer!! I'm SUPER excited to share these elegant, gorgeous girls with you!! And we're combining them with this week's Krafty Challenge!!

Our hostess this week is ANGIE!! The challenge is called 24 Krafty Karats and we need you to use gold in some form on your creations! I don't have a whole lot of gold in my stash, but that's why it's called a challenge, right?? I was lucky to find some gorgeous designer paper with gold in it, but you can also use gold twine, gold paper, gold brads, gold embellishments or even just some gold glitter!!!



The image I used is the stunning new SAKURA! Her name means Cherry Blossom. Doesn't she look so sweet and demure, but also like she might have a little secret?? I went with the colour combination of red, gold and black and coloured her up with my Copic markers. The designer papers are by DCWV and I think they look perfect with Sakura!

I coloured her up and then used one of my new Nesties to cut her out and emboss her. While she was still in the frame, I sponged around the edges with some black distress ink and then I added some gold sparkle to her bow, hairpins, comb and fan using my gold Spica pen. The sentiment that I used at the bottom comes with Sakura!



Lastly the charm that I used at the side is an antique gold coin of sorts that I found in my stash of goodies. Not sure where I got it or when I thought I would ever use it, but see how it came in handy?? I think it really makes the card!

So join us for this week's challenge and you could win one of the stamps that Angie used this week. AND if you leave comments today on each of the Krafty Girls' posts, you could be one of TWO lucky winners who will each receive THREE of these lovely new Asian Inspired stamps!!!

Be sure to come back for tomorrow's Krafty HOP and ALL these amazing new stamps will be available in the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop!!!

Challenge #81 - Cut it Ouuuuuuuuuuuuut!!

Everytime I hear this phrase, 'Cut It Ouuuuuuuuuuuuut'....I am reminded of the show Full House with the Olsen twins. Well, Uncle Joey used to say it all the time.....and yes, I used to watch Full House. Don't judge me. Hehe.

Anyway, this week that is the name of our challenge!!! Our wonderful hostess Donna wants us to use paper piecing on our creations!!! Honestly this is one of my favourite techniques yet somehow I always forget to use it! What a great (not to mention easy) way to add interest to your images by giving them some patterned clothing! It's almost like playing with paper dolls....yes I used to do that too! What? Didn't you?? I bet you did!!



I used the lovely Caroline on my card and the papers are from the Stella Rose Hazel line by My Mind's Eye! They have nice little patterns in those 6x6 pads and small patterns are usually best for paper piecing outfits, I've found.

I coloured up Caroline using my Copic markers then stamped her again on the patterned paper. I cut out her dress and attached it over top of the original one. I used my Nesties to cut her out and emboss the frame. The card base is a coral Bazzill Bling cardstock in 6x6 finished size and I used Kraft paper for matting and accents.



The sweet wrinkled ribbon is from a wonderful little Etsy shop called Prairie Bird Boutique!! She has all sorts of gorgeous colours and I have to admit that once I got my first order, I turned around and ordered more! SO yummy! I also added a pink through the ribbon's bow at the side and the sentiment on a scalloped oval punch. Lastly I added a sweet little flower in her hair with a white brad.

Now hop on over to the Krafty Girl Challenge Blog and check out the other samples from the Krafty Girls! Then be sure to join us this week for the challenge and if you link it up to that post and use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp, you could be our random winner of some new rubber!!

Oh and by the way......you might start seeing some Krafty Peeks later this week on the blog! Or you might see some even earlier over at our Facebook fan page!! So keep yer eyes peeled!!

Now go on.....CUT IT OUUUUUUUUUUUUUT!!!

Challenge #80 - A Stitch in Time!

Happy Saturday, stampers! I hope you get some time to kraft this weekend. It's awfully yucky and rainy here in Southwestern Ontario, so I'm thinking some fun colouring time is just the ticket!! hehe!

We've got a fabulous challenge over at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge blog for you this week from our newest Krafty Girl.....Carole!! I must say, her name was on my lips several times this week as her challenge to us is to HAND STITCH on our creations. Let's just say, sewing is not my strong suit. I curse enough at my sewing machine, but doing it by hand?? I mean, seriously. You think she'd be nice for her first challenge with us, not make any waves and give us a nice, easy challenge. But OH no! She comes out with guns blazin'! Sheesh. Who invited her to the party, anyway? *wink*



SEW....or should I say, SO.....I did the only thing I could do...a trio of little x's stitched with dark brown linen thread. Obviously I wasn't all too creative with this one, but I didn't want to wreck my image either, as I kinda like it. The other girls have done MUCH more creative things with their stitching!

I used the lovely Emelia...who will always be one of my favourite images. The papers are some from the It's Your Day collection from Fancy Pants. The card base is a 6x6 in chocolate cardstock, along with red and olive green for matting. I added some wide stitched red grosgrain ribbon and also discovered that I still have some metal photo turn embellishments (along with about four full tins of the rest of the stuff) from SU. Don't judge me. I finished off the card by attaching a sentiment flag with a coordinating brad, featuring a sentiment from the Steampunk Sentiments set.



Now, you can hop on over to the KKStamps Challenge blog and check out all the awesome (and much more creative) stitching samples the Krafty Girls and Guests have created for your inspiration! And we hope that you can join us!! You have one week to take part and upload your design....and if you use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp, you'll be in the random draw to win the lovely new Roxy stamp as featured on Carole's gorgeous card!! I'd LOVE to see your hand stitched creations!!!

Happy kraftin'!

Challenge 79 - *Text* Me, Baby!!

Woohoo!! I love Saturdays!! Because it's Krafty Challenge Day....and also it's a long weekend! Yeeehaw!

Today we have a fantastically fun challenge from the totally terrific TARA!!! She says....*Text* Me!! So you must use text in your patterned paper or in some way on your card. When I thought about this challenge, I wasn't sure if I had any pp with text on it, but I was pleasantly surprised when I actually went looking through my stash. It seems that a lot of paper collections have text pages! (Shows how well I really know what's in my stash!) You could also use music sheets or newspaper on your card.



For my card I used the sexy Joanie!! I pulled out the lovely MME paper pad and found the script paper which I used as the main layer on the card. I coloured her up in coordinating colours.....love the aquas and oranges together! The card base is a black 6x6 and I found some matching aqua textured cardstock for matting. I attached some layered flowers with silver flower brads and finished it off by adding one of the sentiments that comes with Joanie!



I'd love for you to play along with us this week and if you use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp, you could be our random winner for some new rubber!! Who wouldn't like that???

Have a fabulous weekend and happy kraftin'!

That's How I ROLL!

Good Wednesday morning, all! It's another wet and dreary day here in Southwestern Ontario, but that's okay because I have lots of stuff to do indoors!

Now before I tell you about the card I have to share this morning, I just want to tell you to go see the movie, Bridesmaids! I went with some girls last night and I honestly think it is the funniest movie I've seen in a very long time! It's one of those movies that you'll have to watch a couple of times because everyone was laughing so hard, that we probably missed a good portion of the movie. And I don't mean just laughing....I mean rocking back and forth in my seat, with tears streaming down my face and no sound coming out of my mouth!! SO funny! Kristen Wiig and the ensemble cast are just a riot! Grab your girlfriends and go see it!! Seriously!

Okay, back to the card!! Honestly, I've had so much fun playing with the new May stamps, that I have several cards coloured up from the Krafty Peeks and Release that I haven't shared yet! And today I thought I'd show you ROXY!!!



She is a strong chickie, but cute too! Plus I think anyone who can stay upright on roller blades is pretty cool.....personally, I'd permanently injure myself if I tried those things out. I love her hair and headband too.....so I decided to make her even more cool by giving her pink hair!



I pulled out a 6x6 pad of some We R Memorykeepers papers and coloured Roxy up with my Copic markers in these fun colours! The card base is a chocolate 6x6 and I used some pink and blue for matting. I stamped one of the fun sentiments that comes with Roxy and then cut up the sentiment, attaching it haphazardly along the side. I found this fun pompon trim in my stash...don'tcha love it!? And then I finished it off by adding some bright pink gems!

So have you played along with this week's Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge yet?? You're missing out if you haven't! It's a fun one, called GIRLS ROCK!! Just use a girl image on your card or make a card to encourage a girlfriend and tell her how fabulous she is!! Hope you can join us!!

Happy kraftin'!

Challenge 78 - GIRLS ROCK!!!

Welcome back for some more Krafty goodness!! Today we are not only posting our weekly super fun Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge....but all the samples feature our NEW Moonlight Whispers stamps for May!!! You'll get to see ALL SIX of the new Sporty Girls by Annie Rodrigue!! *squeal*

So your Krafty Hostess this week is ME! Hehe!! And I believe that GIRLS ROCK!!! Don't you?? We are ALL strong and powerful individuals and I think we need to celebrate that fact with a challenge!! Let's make cards featuring GIRLS....and if you'd like to go one step further, make a card for a girlfriend and celebrate her strengths....or send her some encouragement! Let's support each other!!

For my card this week I just HAD to play with the new.....JANELLE! She is just the perfect image for a strong woman card....a card to encourage someone, don't you think?? She's tough! It looks like I was also channeling the amazing Tara this week, as I made an easel card...love those!



So I pulled out some older papers from my stash and I believe they are from DCWV but don't quote me on that. They are all sparkly and glittery and perfect for this tough chick! The base of the easel card is made with black cardstock and I used red and also a deep pink for matting.



I added some yummy wide rick rack ribbon across the middle and also some glittery dots in the corners. Then I finished the inside as well with a popped up sentiment layer. Both of these awesome sentiments come with Janelle!!



Now hop on over to the Challenge Blog so you can see all the other samples and then join in this rockin' challenge!!! You could win Janelle and her sentiments and you have all week to play!

**Also if you leave some love on all the Krafty Girls and Guests posts, you have a chance to WIN some of the Sporty Girls!!! I'm giving away 3 each to two random commenters!!

Then be sure to come on back tomorrow for our Krafty Hop and Release Partay, which starts at the Challenge Blog!! You could win some MORE Krafty goodies!!! See you then!