Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps March Krafty Peeks- Day 2! Buns & Peeps!

 Welcome back to Day TWO of our March Krafty Peeks!

Are you excited about what you've seen so far!?  Are you ready for more?

I hope your answer was yes because we've got more fabulous fun for you today!

The stamp set we are 'peeking' for you today is from 

artist Michelle Houghton

 and it's called.....

BUNS & PEEPS!

This absolutely adorable set is perfect for any of your springtime projects and of course Easter! 

 These sweet chicks and bunnies are so cute!! I decided to stamp them on watercolour paper and colour them with Zebra CLICKART Markers. 

I used the New FLORAL FANTASY stencil and the New MOSTLY MELON ink to add pretty flowers to the background before adding the two adorable chicks in the basket, popped up with foam tape. I stamped one of the sweet sentiments just above them. 

I added one of the bunnies from the set and a sentiment from the add on paper pack. I also used a glitter marker to colour a chipboard flower, from the add on bundle as well!

 Check out BUNS & PEEPS! in so many awesome creations today as you hop around the Krafty Team's blogs!  You'll also see the new stencils, Add-On bundle and hybrid ink along the way! 

 Be sure to leave some love at each stop on the hop because there will be a giveaway of some krafty $$ to the shop! 

You'll see more of our March goodies all week, and then everything will be released after our LIVE Online Release Party on Saturday afternoon at 3 pm ET in the Krafty Friends facebook group!  

For now, check out all the fantastic goodness in today's hop!

See you tomorrow!

 

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Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps May New Release Sneak Peeks - Day 1 - Up, Up & Away!

Spring is here!  (Well in most places anyway!) and the MAY Release at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps begins NOW! Welcome to Day ONE of our May Krafty Peeks! We are ready to celebrate and inspire you with FOUR new stamp sets, TWO new stencils, a brand new INK colour and some new Krafty DOTS! Who's ready to PAR-TEE!!!?! We're kicking off the krafty fun with an ADORABLE set from artist BECKY PEARCE and it's called..... UP, UP and AWAY!

What a fabulous and uplifting set of sweet images and sentiments to send to special people to let them know you're thinking of them, especially right now! It's a 4x6 stamp set featuring several main images, some accessory stamps and some awesome sunshiney sentiments!

These adorable stamps couldn't be any cuter with the sweet elephants, little birds and awesome hot air balloon! I decided to combine the two NEW stencils -  RADIANT RAINBOWS and SUMMER SUNBEAMS with the clouds in the Krafty Scenery Stencil to create a fantastic sky scene with a glittery rainbow!

I used our awesome new SUMMER SUNSHINE Krafty Kolours Ink on that fantastic Sunbeam and after inking the Radient Rainbows Stencil with various Krafty Kolours Inks I used Gina K Iridescent Glitter Gel over top to create a fantastic glittering effect! You can see the clouds peeking out from the background and the sunbeams just behind the rainbow.

I coloured up the adorable images with Copics and used a white gel pen to add highlights before paper piecing the balloon with fun summertime papers! I absolutely adore all the awesome sentiments in this set and decided to add the sweet birthday wishes to a banner. A few of the awesome NEW  RAINBOW BRIGHT DOTS finish this card off!

Here's a look at all these goodies and the Up, Up & Away Stamp Set up close in this VIDEO:

As you hop around the Krafty Team's blogs today you will see the UP, UP AND AWAY stamp set in action in combination with our all of our other awesome new MAY Kraftin' Kimmie products! You will spot our newest addition to the Krafty Kolours Hybrid Ink rainbow!  It's a gorgeous bright yellow named SUMMER SUNSHINE! As always it will be available in full sized ink pads, mini cubes and ink refills!

We've got TWO brand new Krafty Stencils for this month's release to help accessorize your creations! They are called RADIANT RAINBOWS and SUMMER SUNBEAMS!

And of course, we are adding the perfect new coordinating Krafty Dots for this release! The package includes 48 enamel dots in varying sizes in 6 different colours! These ones are called RAINBOW BRIGHT DOTS!

You'll get to see all of our brand new goodies in action over the next few days of April Krafty Peeks and everything will be released at our LIVE Online Release Party in the Krafty Friends facebook group on Saturday, May 16th at 2 pm EST! For now, hop around and check out some incredible designs from our Krafty Team!!  Be sure to leave some love on EACH stop on the hop because Kraftin' Kimmie is going to be giving away some krafty $$ to the shop!!  PLUS our designers are AMAZING and you should tell them so!  ;) Come on back tomorrow for more BRIGHT, SHINY goodness!

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Your Next Stamp June New Release Preview!!

Hello friends! I'm super excited to be guest designing this month for the fabulous Your Next Stamp!! I absolutely love working with this company and I'm always wowed by their fun and creative stamps, dies and accessories. Today is a special Sneak Peek Preview Day where you get to see what all the designers are doing with the awesome new stamps - before the big reveal Blog Hop on Thursday! Today, I'm using the super sweet Card Buddies stamp set to create three different cards. This stamp set is so versatile with so many different accessories!

The first card is a cute teacher thank-you card using the bunny and puppy in the set. I coloured all the animals and accessories in with Copic Markers and then mixed and matched them to fit each card. I thought the glasses, bowtie, book and apple were just perfect to set the scene for a teacher card! I used a thanks sentiment from the YNS Whatnot Sentiments Set Four stamp set and embossed with Emerald Creek Glacier White embossing powder on black cardstock. The stars are from a new set Cool Tees stamped with Distress Oxide Ink. (I'll be using the Cool Tees set on Thursday!!)

I used various papers and embellishments from the Scrapbook & Cards Today Sampler Packs from the last couple months. These are always fun to dig through to create something! I added a little Glossy Accents to the bunny's glasses - I love those glasses!!

For the second card I decided to create a wedding or anniversary card, using some soft floral paper in the background and the bear and pig stamps. I cut out the stitched frame border using the YNS Photo Booth Panel Die.

I added layers of foam tape to the animals and their arms and accessories to give them dimension. A bit of white gel pen adds detail to the images at the end.

And for the third card, because I just had to use all the images... I used the raccoon and cat to create a birthday card. I again used the YNS Photo Booth Panel Die, but instead of layering it on top of a full background piece, I used to the die to cut out focal cake images and placed them into the diecut on the cardbase. I added sequin embellishments from some Wild Whisper Designs sequin packs by SpiegelMom Scraps.

I added some Distress Oxide Inks to the Hooray For Cake diecut ephemera piece and popped it up with foam dots. I just love these little guys, and I still have so many more accessories to create with!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to head over to the Your Next Stamp Blog to see what all the other designers have come up with using this month's New Release goodies, and don't forget to pop back Thursday morning at 11 am EST for a fantastic and fun blog hop with a special sale code, a giveaway and lots of inspiration!

Have a wonderful week my friends!!

Your Next Stamp - June Release Sneak Peek!

Hi friends! I hope you've been enjoying a wonderful week! We've had sunny shorts weather and a crazy wind and rain storm last night! But really that's not out of the ordinary for Alberta, Canada. I have been looking forward to this new release weekend though all week! I can't wait to share a sneak peek today with you showcasing the brand new goodies from Your Next Stamp! I'm so honoured to be Guest Designing with the amazing team this whole month. I'm blown away by the great service, the fabulous products offered in the shop, and the quality of the products!

For my projects today I'm giving you a look at the new 6x6 paper pad For The Boys, the new stamp set Waddles Bring On The BBQ and the amazing new Gumdrop enamel dots! These will all be available 10 pm EST Saturday in the Your Next Stamp store. I couldn't stop at just one project - and since I decided to go with a Father's Day theme I thought I'd create a tri-fold card and a DIY folded box.

For my card I followed the easy tutorial HERE on YouTube  to create a tri-fold card and used the amazing papers from the For The Boys 6x6 paper pad. There are so many super patterns!! I coloured in the images from the Waddles Bring On The BBQ stamp set with Prismacolor and Hobby Colour Markers and added them, along with several sentiments also in the set, to the card. How cute are those oven mitts?!!

I added several of the enamel Gumdrop dots - I love the sparkle! and also used some cork and sequins from SpiegelMom Scraps.

I just love how many surfaces I can use for decorating on this card! I left one plain white panel to write a message to my hubby!

Here's a look at the card fully opened up.

I think he's going to love it!

For my second project I used a video tutorial HERE to create this cute little box from two pieces of cardstock. I added more of the awesome papers from the For The Boys paper pad and layered on a stamped panel using the stamps from the Waddles Bring On The BBQ clear stamp set. I can't believe how many images and sentiments are on this set! It can really be used for any occasion!

My girls are going to tuck in some small gifts they bought for their dad, and I know he's going to chuckle when he sees the cute penguin watching TV and drinking a cold one!

I think that bowl of fishies are one of my fav stamps from the set ;) My girls love Goldfish crackers - so we made them orange, of course!

Thanks so much for joining me today! Be sure to head over to the Your Next Stamp blog to see a list of all the blogs where you can find so many more inspirational sneak peeks showing more New Release goodness! And I'll be back at 10 pm EST Saturday to give for the New Release Hop - where you'll get to see the products and have a chance to win :) Hope you have a wonderful weekend friends!

Linked to:

SSS Wednesday Challenge – Masculine

SSS Monday Challenge – Masculine

DL Art - Thankful Thursday June Linky Challenge
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - June Linkup

FFC #192 – AG

Word Art Wednesday – AG

Pile It On – June Challenge Fancy Folds

PDE – 176 Cards

Pretty Cute Stamps October New Release Sneak Peek!

Oh, you are going to LOVE the adorable stamps this month in Pretty Cute Stamps October release!! I got to play with this super sweet Fantastic Foxes Digital Stamp Set for the Sneak Peek today and can't wait to show you what I can up with!

I started off making a neat folded card that I saw on Pinterest - I cut the card base 5.5" x 8" wide - scoring at 2", 3", 5" and 6" according to the instructions. Then I covered my card base using the Hello Winter collection by Echo Park.

 These oh so adorable foxes are coloured with Prismacolor and Hobby Colour Markers, which are alcohol based. I fussy cut them and added them to an embossed tree background - and, of course they needed to hold hands!

Ok, this saying is so cute! I love Lisa's witty sentiments included with her stamps! I printed it to the size I needed to fit in this little frame and added two star brads.

Here's a look at how the card looks on the side view - I love the dimension of this card, but it folds flat for mailing - though I don't know if I could let it go, lol! I printed the sentiment at the bottom of the card directly onto patterned paper and cut it into a banner shape with a pop of orange underneath.

Make sure to head over to the Pretty Cute Stamps blog to pick up your FREEBIE digital stamp - available free Wednesday and Thursday!

Thank you so much for stopping by today! You can check out the rest of the sneak peeks from our fantastic Design Team at the Pretty Cute Stamps blog and make sure to check back Thursday for our New Release Blog Hop where you get to see all the images and they will be available for purchase!!

Linked to:
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Oct Link Up
Sunny Day Crafting - AG
DL Art - Thankful Thursday Oct Link Up

Pretty Cute Stamps August New Release Sneak Peek!

I just love being able to share with you a sneak peek of the new releases each month at Pretty Cute Stamps, and I know you are going to love this month's digital stamps as much as I do! Today, I'm giving you a sneak peek at the Birthday Monkey digital stamp set, which is so super cute!

I've created a card with this stamp by first saving a Project Life card to my computer from the iPhone app. Then I opened PicMonkey, an online editing program, and opened the PL card. After I had the base card on my screen, I choose the PNG versions of the digital stamps and layered them on. I used a light yellow colour for my stamps so that when I coloured them with my Prismacolor and Hobby Colour Markers I would get a 'no-line' effect! Some pretty sequins from 28 Lilac Lane finished off my bright birthday card!

I added some Glossy Accents over my bananas and some highlights with a white gel pen. Because I added the sentiment, included with the Birthday Monkey set, in the PNG format over a base layer I was able to change the colour before printing.

Inside, I created another card using the PL card and adding the bananas and sentiment from the stamp set. I printed it slightly smaller and layered it over some pretty papers!

And here's a FREE digital stamp set for you! You can get it until August 12th at the Pretty Cute Stamps blog. I can't wait to see what you make with it!

Thanks so much for joining me today, and be sure to come back Friday to see the big reveal of all the stamp sets available in the Pretty Cute Stamps August Digital Stamp Release! In the meantime, see all the sneak peeks today and tomorrow at the Pretty Cute Stamps blog!

Pretty Cute Stamps June 2016 Sneak Peeks!

This is an exciting week! The new digital stamp releases arrive at the Pretty Cute Stamps store on Thursday, but don't worry, you'll get lots of sneak peeks between now and then to get you super excited for these awesome sets that Lisa has put together for you!!

I decided to make a pocket page scrapbook layout using the new Mermaid Kisses digital stamp set! I love this sweet little mermaid and the fonts used for this sweet sentiment. I can't wait for you to see the whole set released on Thursday ;) I've been working on some summer photos from a camping trip we went on a couple years ago. It's amazing to see how much the kids have grown since then! This set along with some fun Simple Stories papers were the perfect thing to finish my page.

I used a cute summery journaling card from Simple Stories in my pocket page and added this adorable little mermaid, which I coloured with Prismacolor and Hobby Colour markers.

I love, love, love this sentiment! I thought it would be perfect as a focal point for my journaling card - so I printed the digi stamp directly onto a piece of patterned paper cut to 4x6. I used some Glossy Accents to accent the starfish after colouring with Prismacolor pencils and then added some embellishments and stickers.

And here's a sweet FREEBIE available for you this week! 

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Be sure to head over to the Pretty Cute Stamps blog to pick up your FREE digital stamp and see all the other amazing sneak peeks - you'll be blown away by all the new sets and the new additions to our Design Team! There will be sneak peeks everyday until Thursday when you'll get to see all the sets and join in the New Release Blog Hop! Have a wonderful week everyone.