KKS July Mid Challenge Inspiration - Stamp & Stencil Combo!

Good morning and welcome to our

Mid Month Inspiration post for this month's challenge

at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

We are back today with an inspirational post showcasing more ideas to inspire you and help get your creative juices flowing for this month's challenge!

This month our Saturday Challenge themes for you are:
Ocean/Beach and/or Wild Card!

You can choose one or both...whatever inspires YOU!

I'm using the Wild Card prompt to create a card with one of my fav stamp and stencil combos - Fairies and Furries stamp set & Swirling Stars stencil! 

I used the Swirling Stars stencil with Texture Paste on watercolour paper and then added Lindy's Stamp Gang Magicals powders to create a beautiful bright background!

I coloured the adorable fairy from the Fairies and Furries stamp set with alcohol markers and added some white gel pen highlights. I popped up the image and the coordinating sentiment and finished it off with a few sequins!

We can't wait to see what you create!

*****

These must be new creations and you are welcome to use any stamp, however, using Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp products will earn you double entries!

Our Challenges are now combined with the 

Skrappy Challenge (first Tuesday of the Month)

and the Christmas Challenge In the Krafty Friends FB group! So feel free to enter any or all of these - the monthly prize is a $20 voucher to the Krafty shop!!!

Woohoo!  Please enter by uploading your photo to the July album in our Krafty Friends FB group.  

Be sure to check out all the fun projects the Design Team has come up with in the links below! Happy kraftin'!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

KKS New Release Recap!

This weekend we are having a very special

RELEASE RECAP EVENT!!

In case you missed it, our most recent release featured
FOUR brand new stamp sets and TWO sets of layering stencils
and we're going to celebrate them today!

First up we have a blog hop that starts here!
Our incredible Krafty Design Team has all new projects 
featuring the latest krafty goodies and you can find
the links to their blogs below!
So grab a beverage and sit back to enjoy all the inspiration!

Then join us in the Krafty Friends Facebook Group
today for several FREE Kolour Along Klasses
with some of our designers as they play with
these awesome products!

Saturday, July 13th
9:30am ET - I BEE-live in You! with Krafty Guest, Alidalis
noon pm ET - ... with Alexis
4pm ET - Good Times & Tan Lines: recorded video from
 Krafty Guest, Sasha
6pm ET - Floral Fun with Rosie

 

I'm sharing the new I Scream, You Scream layering stencil for my card today! There are so many options for delicious ice cream treats, so I decided to add lots of colours for lots of flavours! 

I added a sentiment strip using the new Sum-Sum-Summertime stamp set and a diecut 'hi' which was cut from blue cardstock. I added some blue ink to create an ombre colour and some white gel pen for highlights! 

KKS Krafty Kolours Inks:

Sandy Shores

Creamy Caramel

Totally Taupe

Marvellous Mocha

Summer Sunshine

Lucky Limeade

Glorious Grapefruit

Tranquil Teal

Be sure to hop around to see all the inspiration from the team today!

We hope you'll join us and help us celebrate!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

KKS July Skrappy Challenge!

Good morning, my Krafty Friends!

It's JULY and that means it's time for a new
Skrappy Challenge
at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! 

The theme of course is ANYTHING BUT A CARD!

For this challenge you can make anything that strikes your fancy....except a card!  So design a new scrapbook page, bookmark, tag, altered item, planner page, art journal, ATC cards...whatever you like! 

Just make sure to include some Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps products and make sure it's a new creation!  

 I'm sharing a travelers notebook I put together for the last Virtual Krafty Retreat! If you participated, we put this together live, and now I have a pretty journal to add photos and memories to for the summer! 

Travelers Notebooks are great to create smaller scale pages and add in photos or ephemera from your travels or an event. They are fun to try out different techniques and play with all your stamps, inks and stencils! 

Supplies: 

KKS Stamps: Fruity Favourites, Floral Fun, Fruity Fun

KKS Inks - Wicked Black, Festive Fuchsia , Tempting Tangerine, Party Peach, Mellow Mustard, Luscious Lemon, Soft Sage, Charming Chartreuse, Designer Denim, Totally Taupe

KKS Stencils - Butterfly Bounty, Pattern Parade, Fresh Fruit, Stylish Stars, Starburst

*NEW - Our Challenges are now combined with the 

Saturday Challenge and the Christmas Challenge in the Krafty Friends FB group! So feel free to enter any or all of these - the monthly prize is a $20 voucher to the Krafty shop!!!  Woohoo!  

There are two ways to enter: you can link up your creation on the  Kraftin’ Kimmie blog page (at the bottom of this page) and/or upload your photo to the June album in our Krafty Friends FB group.  

You have until July 31st to enter, and you can submit as many new creations as you like for more chances to WIN!  Also be sure to share your designs on the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps' Krafty Friends facebook page because we love to see your stuff!

Check out some awesome creations from the Krafty Team below and be inspired to get skrappy!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

KKS Saturday Challenge!

Good morning and welcome to our

Mid Month Inspiration post for this month's challenge

at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

We are back today with an inspirational post showcasing more ideas to inspire you and help get your creative juices flowing for this month's challenge!

We can't wait to see what you create!

*****

This month our Saturday Challenge themes for you are:

Masculine and/or Outdoor Activities!

You can choose one or both...whatever inspires YOU!

I stamped elements from both the adorable Monkey Business and Stu-Pand-Ous stamp sets to make an outdoor jungle scene!! I love that there are so many mix and match accessories! My daughter had requested a card with a pink monkey on it for her friends birthday and she loved it!! 

I added some clouds using the Chubby Clouds stencil and Ocean Opulence ink and stamped the sentiment with Berry Bold ink to match the monkeys, which were coloured with Copics. 

These must be new creations and you are welcome to use any stamp, however, using Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp products will earn you double entries!

Our Challenges are now combined with the 

Skrappy Challenge (first Tuesday of the Month)

and the Christmas Challenge In the Krafty Friends FB group! So feel free to enter any or all of these - the monthly prize is a $20 voucher to the Krafty shop!!!

Woohoo!  Please enter by uploading your photo to the June album in our Krafty Friends FB group.  

Be sure to check out all the fun projects the Design Team has come up with in the links below! Happy kraftin'!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

KKS June New Release Hop & Shop!

Woohoo!

Have you enjoyed all the incredible Krafty Peeks this week?
So many amazing designs and samples from our Krafty Girls and Krafty Guests, wouldn't you agree?

Well ALL the new stamp sets (including a Krafty Komeback) plus the new sets of layering stencils are all NOW AVAILABLE in the Krafty Shop!

I'm using the super sweet BUMBLEBEE STENCIL and one of the adorable bee images from I BEE-LIEVE IN YOU for this cute card!

I stencilled the cute bees using Wicked Black, Granite Grey, Blue Bay and Summer Sunshine. This is such a great layering stencil!

I watercoloured the bee and flower and popped her up on a glitter cardstock diecut. I added a sentiment from the set and some yellow dew drops from The Robin's Nest Creative!

We are so excited to recap everything and celebrate with you today in our KRAFTY HOP!

So grab a beverage, sit back and relax and head out on today's tour and get ready to be inspired!

First up is our super elegant FLORAL FUN stamp set from artist,
Michelle Houghton!

Next up is a set of fluffy cuties from artist, Sabrina van Vloten called

I BEE-LIEVE IN YOU!

And here's a fabulous set of layering stencils to coordinate...it's our

BUMBLEBEE STENCIL!

Next up is our Krafty Komeback stamp set which was originally released in rubber back in 2013!!  Can you believe it?!
It's called SUM-SUM-SUMMERTIME!

And for more summer fun we have this adorable beachy stamp set from artist, Neda Sadreddin! Who's ready for splish splashy fun?!

It's called GOOD TIMES & TAN LINES!

And our second set of layering stencils is perfect for all those summer creations!  It's so delicious!  What's more perfect than ice cream?

It's called I SCREAM, YOU SCREAM!

Of course you can purchase each of the new goodies individually but it you NEED it ALL...hehe...you can grab this month's GIMME KIMMIES KIT which includes all SIX products and at a DISCOUNT!

And don't forget about our June Stamp of the Month when you spend $75CAN or more before shipping and taxes, you'll automatically get this added to your package for FREE!

Now head on out for today's celebration blog hop and check out all the new products in action as the Krafty Team shares their incredible designs!  Then jump on over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop and grab some of these fabulous products for yourself!

Happy hoppin'!  And happy shoppin'!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

KKS Kine Krafty Peeks Day 4 - Good Times and Tan Lines!

 Good morning and welcome to our FINAL day of June Krafty Peeks!

Today we are revealing our last stamp set which will be releasing tomorrow afternoon at 3pm ET!

This one is from artist Neda Sadreddin and is called

GOOD TIMES & TAN LINES!

It's the perfect summer stamp set with these adorable kiddos!

Who wants to hang out at the beach or the pool??

Let's go splish splashing!

 

I watercoloured these super cute images and fussy cut them to create a fun beach scene!

I added some gold Lunar Paste through the She Sells Seashells stencil on kraft cardstock for the top of the card, and used some patterned paper for the bottom of the card. I love the sentiments in this set and the awesome beach accessories!

As you head out on today's hop you'll get to enjoy so many fabulous designs from our Krafty Team and Krafty Guests!

Be sure to join us at 2pm ET in the Krafty Friends Facebook Group TOMORROW for our LIVE June Release Party!  You'll get to see lots of samples and we'll celebrate all the new goodies! OH and you'll have a chance to WIN a prize!

Happy hoppin'!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

KKS June Krafty Peeks Day 3- Sum-Sum-Summertime!

Good morning and welcome to Day THREE of our June Krafty Peeks! 

Today's set is called SUM-SUM-SUMMERTIME!

This set is a KRAFTY KOMEBACK stamp set!

I watercoloured the delicious treats in this set using Tonic Nuvo watercolor pencils! Then I used KKS inks in Festive Fuchsia, Tempting Tangerine and Summer Sunshine with the Summer Sunbeams stencil to create a bright summer background! 

I added some Stickles glitter gel and Touch Of Gloss to add some sparkle and shine to my card.

I stamped the sentiment, popped it up on my background and finished it off with a few matching sequins!

For those who are new around these parts, Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps will be celebrating 15 years this fall so we have a lot of retired images most people have never seen before!  (And there are lots of requests for past stamp sets!) So once in a while we bring a set back and this one will be back this weekend!

AND check out this scrumptious new coordinating stencil!

It's called I SCREAM, YOU SCREAM!!!

It's a set of TWO layering stencils to create this colourful summertime background!  Yummy!

Happy hoppin' and see YOU tomorrow for more awesome goodies!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter