KKS September Mid Month Challenge #684! Back to School Card!

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Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps

September Monthly Challenge 

Mid Month Inspiration! 

Every month we post a brand new challenge with a choice of themes to choose from, and a mid month inspiration post with even more creative ideas! 

This month our challenge themes for you are:

Back to School/Primary Colours and/or Circles!

You can choose one theme or combine them!
Enter as many times as you like all month long!
It's a Choose Your Own Krafty Adventure!

I'm using the sweet S'more Fun stamp set, which is a super cute camping set - but as you can see these kiddos with their snazzy back packs can also be used for back to school! I really wanted to create a back to school card, so I coloured these cuties up with Ranger Distress watercolour pencils on Strathmore Bristol Vellum cardstock. 

I also wanted to use the circle theme and did a layered stenciling spotlight technique with the Lots of Dots and Classic Circles stencils and Lovely Lagoon Krafty Kolours Ink. I added a sentiment that would be great for back to school from the Air Mail stamp set and Sandy Shores Ink. 

The monthly challenges are a great way to inspire you and help get your creative mojo going!  We've got some fabulous prompts for you and can't wait to see what YOU create!

You are welcome to enter as many times as you like.

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! 

Happy kraftin'! 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

KKS Release Recap! Stenciled Backgrounds!

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!

For today's recap hop I'm sharing closeups of the backgrounds I created with the August Release stencils! Stencils are always so fun and can be used with so many different mediums.

For the first stenciled background I used the cute new Here For The Candy stencil and the following KKS Krafty Kolour Inks: 

Festive Fuchsia, Flirty Flamingo, Pumpkin Patch, Mellow Mustard, Summer Sunshine, Goblin Green, Charming Chartreuse, Tranquil Teal and Alluring Amethyst!

Find all the Krafty Kolour Inks in the shop HERE!

I used a sticky note to mask off any areas I didn't want to get ink on so that I could use so many different colours. Here's a look at the card I created with this background - KKS Day 3 - Sweet & Spooky!

I love the shading you get when you use stencils, and as you can see - just using ink is a very non-messy way to create with them too!

For the second background, I decided to get messy though! I wanted a mixed media galaxy  background so I pulled out all kinds of mediums. I created a fun galaxy background with the new Out Of This World stencil, using various sprays and pastes and then sponged over everything with Wicked Black Krafty Kolours ink to highlight the raised areas. 

Here are the steps I used:

1) Spread Ranger Distress opaque texture paste through the stencil.

2) Sprinkle on Lindy's Gang powders, mist with water. Spray on Ranger Distress Mica Sprays. Dry.

3) Highlight raised areas with Wicked Black Krafty Kolours ink.

4) Use a sponge with add highlights of Ranger Gold Lunar Paste to create shine!

I love how many layers of colour and depth you get this way!

Here's a closeup. You can check out the card I created for the August Release here in the KKS August Release Hop & Shop. 

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!  The team will also be sharing them in the Krafty Friends Facebook Group and on other social media channels!

PLUS we have something very special as well!! 
Krafty Girl Patti will be doing a LIVE on Sunday morning at 11am ET featuring our S'MORE FUN stamp set so we hope you can join us!!

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

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter