Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps July Krafty Peeks... Day TWO! Penguin Paradise!

   Welcome back to Day TWO of our July 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 Sabrina van Vlotten

 and it's called.....

PENGUIN PARADISE!

These summer penguins are splashin' it up with lots of beachy activities!

I just couldn't choose which of these cuties to use -  so I used four of them on a pop up box card! 

I coloured them up with my Nuvo Alcohol Markers and added white gel pen highlights before adding them to the box in various layers.

I used the new Glorious Grapefruit Ink to edge the box and paper from the Add-On Paper Pack, which is perfect for the Penguin Paradise stamp set! 

 Check out PENGUIN PARADISE! 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! 

You'll see more of our June goodies all week, and then everything will be released after our LIVE Online Release Party on Saturday afternoon at 2 pm ET in the Krafty Friends facebook group!  

*Be sure to join us for our Live Release Party as one lucky Facebook commenter will win Krafty $'s!!

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

See you tomorrow!

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Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps April Krafty Peeks… Day FOUR! Panda-monium! Plus A Challenge!

 Today is our final day of Krafty Peeks for the April Release 

 at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

We are so excited to share a fantastic set

by artist

Becky Pearce called...

PANDA-MONIUM!

These delightful panda friends are sure to make anyone smile with their cute antics and adorable accessories!

The only hard part about today's card was deciding which of these cute pandas to use on my card!! Seriously, is this set not adorable?!! I pulled out one of the awesome Photoplay wiper cards included in the ADD-ON BUNDLE to put together for this project. These cards are amazing! They come in a 3 pack and are soooo easy to put together! I covered each of the folds with patterned paper from Kimmie's last Shop The Box (PS There's a STB party on Sunday if you're looking for a few more crafty goodies ;) and coloured up these sweet pandas with Copic Markers.

I used the New TINY TRIANGLES Stencil and New LUSCIOUS LEMON Ink to stencil a background for the front of the card. This yellow ink might just be my new fav! Here's a look at what the card looks like closed to fit into the envelope.

I stamped the sentiment on the bottom and popped up the little panda friends, adding a cupcake, a bow and a balloon to the birthday scene. I used some Krafty Kolours Inks to stamp the two sizes of stars included in the set around the bears. The gems from the ADD-ON BUNDLE come in so many different colours, so I used the white ones around the sentiment, and you can see the baby rickrack, also from the ADD-ON BUNDLE peeking out from behind the panel.

And here's the surprise! I added another cute bear on the wiper mechanism, holding the OMG cute bear balloon! She pops out when the card is opened!!

Here's a look at the wiper card in action! My daughter Erica was happy to be my helper!

As you hop around the design team's blogs today you'll be able to check out PANDA-MONIUM! in action in combination with a lot of our other new April Kraftin' Kimmie products!  

Of course today is also challenge day and as always during release week, it's Anything Goes!  So create a card, scrapbook page, altered item, planner page....with some Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps products for your chance to WIN the monthly prize! 

 We can't wait to see your creations and you have one week to enter!  Feel free to link up your creation at the bottom of this post and/or upload your pic to the folder in the Krafty Friends facebook group!  You could WIN a gift voucher to the krafty shop!

Check out PANDA-MONIUM! in so many amazing creations today as you hop around the Krafty Team's blogs!  You'll also see the new stencils, ANIMAL ADVENTURE! and TINY TRIANGES!, our new LUSCIOUS LEMON hybrid ink and the beautiful APRIL ADD ON BUNDLE along the way! 

Everything will be released after our LIVE Online Release Party TODAY!  All the fun takes place in the Krafty Friends facebook group beginning at 2pm ET!  See you there!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

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So Many Projects!! Let's Get Crafty!

Hello friends! I hope you've had a great week. I am over on the Scrap Shotz Blog today and I thought I'd share an assortment of crafty things that you might have gotten a peek at in this week's Facebook Live video! First I demoed this adorable box card using MFT Outside the Box dies and the MFT Winter Songbird stamps. There are so many ways to use this set!!

The We R Memory Keepers Explosion Board is really cool and I shared how easy it is to create an exploding box!! Be sure to check out the Scrap Shotz Blog post for all the details!

I love how it opens up to reveal the exploding surpise!

And lastly, I created a super cute little squash card with the We R Memory Keepers Explosion Board! It pops open for a whole lot of fun!! 

To watch the Facebook Live video click the link or watch below!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Don't forget to check out the Scrap Shotz Blog for full details on all these projects and links to supplies used! Have an amazing week friends!!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps September New Release Sneak Peeks - Day 3 A Crackin' Holiday! PLUS a Challenge!

 Who's ready for more holiday magic??!! Are you lovin' what you've seen so far? Because we've got MORE! It's Day THREE day of September Krafty Peeks at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!! It's our FINAL day of peeks and everything you've seen us share this week will be in the online shop this afternoon!

We are closing out the festivities with another fabulous set from artist Neda Sadreddin called A CRACKIN' HOLIDAY! How fun are these nutcrackers? We're so excited to share this fabulous set with you!  Three nutty characters, some accessory stamps and some hilarious sentiments to design some perfect holiday creations!

You'll get to see all sorts of sweet creations featuring A CRACKIN' HOLIDAY as you hop around the Krafty Team blogs today!  PLUS you'll see some of the other goodies in action....like our new stencils, new ink and new Krafty Dots! I decided to make a gatefold card today showcasing these adorable nutcrackers! They are seriously sooo cute!! I created a belly band to keep the card closed, which easily slides off and on, and decorated it with some of the fun nuts in the set as well as a stenciled string of lights using the awesome CHRISTMAS LIGHTS Stencil. I just love how you can customize these lights with so many colours and choose from the bulbs, round lights or stars!!

I coloured two of these guys up with Copic Markers and framed them with a Sizzix diecut which adds pierced holes around the edges of each rectangular piece. I added some of that fabulous PRECIOUS PINK Ink and then stitched with gold metallic thread for a fun effect. I added two of the sentiments, stamping with Krafty Kolours Ink.

Inside, I added the third cutie along with one of the punny sentiments and a peanut! I just love all the different ways you could colour these guys up!!

Of course, today is also Challenge Day and as always, during release week the theme is Anything Goes! So create a card, scrapbook page, altered item.....with a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp!  Use any sketch, design, colour scheme you want! We can't wait to see your creations and you have until next Friday night to play along!  Feel free to link up your submission on the blog and/or by uploading your pic to the folder in our Krafty Friends facebook group!  You could WIN a $25 gift voucher to the krafty shop!

We've also got a sketch for you!  If you're needing a little inspiration, feel free to use this awesome sketch anytime this month!

This afternoon at 1 pm EST everything will be released at our LIVE Online Release Party in the Krafty Friends facebook group! 

For now, hop around and check out some incredible designs from our Krafty Team!! AND MAKE SURE YOU COMMENT ON EVERY BLOG from all the peek days this week for a chance to win Krafty $$$ in the shop! See you back here tomorrow for our Krafty Release Celebration HOP! 

Linked to:

SSS Monday Challenge - Frame It!

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Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps September New Release Sneak Peeks - Day 2 Santa's Train!

Welcome back! Did you SEE all the AMAZING new krafty goodness we previewed yesterday? Are you ready to add some more holiday fun to our Christmas release? I hope you answered YES because we are BACK with Day TWO of our September Krafty Peeks at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

Today we're sharing a sweet new stamp set by artist Sabrina van Vloten! It's called....SANTA'S RIDE! What would a holiday release be without the man in red himself?!  This adorable new set features Santa and he's on his way to deliver some Christmas joy....by TRAIN!  You've got the jolliest elf in the engine and there are two different sized train cars plus a bunch of fabulous people and items you can interchange to go in the carts!  You can make your choo choo as long as you want!! This set is so packed full of images and holiday fun!

Check out SANTA'S RIDE in action as you hop around the Krafty Team's blogs today!  You'll also see the new stencils, new ink and new dots along the way!!  Be sure to leave some love at each stop because Kimmie is giving away some krafty $$ to a lucky commenter! For today's project I decided to make a Z-fold card to showcase this adorable train and all it's fabulously filled cars!! 

I coloured up images from the set with Copic Markers to coordinate with the Crate Paper Snowflake Collection I had in my stash. I chose a sentiment from one of the cut apart pages to add to the front of my card and layered the papers along each of the folded edges. Some of the wonderful NEW CHRISTMAS DOTS decorate the front - they are such a great size for embellishing!!

I used the pretty bow on the HOLIDAY LIGHTS Stencil with the NEW PRECIOUS PINK Ink to decorate a spot to add a special message and added some fun snowflake shaker mix elements on the inside. You can see there are so many ways to decorate this train! You can mix, match and layer all thr awesome images!!

Here are a couple closeup photos of the card and this must have stamp set, which includes it's very own train track! 

You'll see MORE of our brand new goodies tomorrow and everything will be released at our LIVE Online Release Party in the Krafty Friends facebook group on Saturday, September 19th at 1pm EST! For now, hop around and check out some incredible designs from our Krafty Team!! See you again tomorrow!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

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Cupcake Wishes Triangle Fold Card!

Hey friends! I'm over on the Gerda Steiner Designs Blog today to share a cute cupcake birthday card with you all using the Let's Eat Cupcake digital stamp. This little guy is currently FREE so you'll definitely want to grab him! I brought out my Copic Markers and coloured him up with a fun and yummy cupcake - perfect for a birthday card. I used the Mama Elephant Birthday Messages Stamp Set to add the 'cupcake wishes' sentiment and the inside sentiment as well that says 'have a sweet birthday'. These fun papers are by Doodlebug Design and were included with the August SCT Sampler Pack. Of course I had to add some pretty SpiegelMom Scraps Sequins! (Be sure to use the code KARLA15 to save 15% off in the SMS Shop)

This is a triangle fold card, which is super easy - basically, you are scoring an 8 1/2"x11" piece of cardstock at 5 1/2" on the long edge and 4 1/4" on the short edge and then cutting it from corner to corner. The flaps then fold in to create your card front. You'll get two cards front one sheet of cardstock.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to head over to the Gerda Steiner Designs Blog to see closeups and details. You might even want to check out the Shop to see what inspires you today! Have a fantastic weekend friends.

Lawn Fawn Center Window Picture Cards!

Hello friends! I'm so excited to share these adorable cards with you using the new Lawn Fawn Center Picture Window Card Die and Add On, Lawn Fawn Say What Pets Stamp Set and Dies and Lawn Fawn Smooth Sailing stamp set. These cute cards can be customized to any occasion or event and work with any stamps you already own!

Be sure to head over to the Scrap Shotz Blog to see closeups and all the details on these cute cards! I just cannot wait to make more 🥰 Have an awesome week, my friends!

Gerda Steiner Designs - Impossible Penguin Card!

Howdy friends! Wow, where is December going?!! I'm having so much fun doing Christmas things, but really, there is just never enough time... Oh well, I guess I'll just enjoy as much as I can 😉 Today, I'm over on the Gerda Steiner Designs blog with a sweet little Christmas card using the super cute Decorating Penguin digi stamp and an Impossible Card fold. If you haven't tried this fold, you are going to want to check it out - so easy, but it looks so complicated.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to head over to the Gerda Steiner Designs blog to see closeups and details, and have a very Merry Christmas!

Kitty Bee Designs - I Heart Unicorns Panda Gatefold Card!

Hello! I'm sharing this neat gatefold card over at the Kitty Bee Designs blog today using the sweet Kitty Bee Designs - I Heart Unicorns Panda digi image. I just love that this adorable panda is wearing a cute little t-shirt! Unicorns are so popular right now too, so I thought a bright, flowery card with a magical sentiment inside would just be perfect.

I coloured her up with coloured pencils and used a Spellbinders Nestabilities die to cut out the image. Since I created a gatefold card I chose to use a ribbon to provide a closure and layered it around the card and in between the image and the black border. I added some sparkle gle pen to the heart and her little hair clip and then added some Glossy Accents to both of those as well as her eyes and nose.

I used some My Mind's Eye papers and the diecut rainbow/star from the SCT Sampler Pack I just got full of fun little samples of papers and crafty goodies. (check out the unboxing of the pack HERE) I added a sentiment from the Waffle Flower Stitched Unicorn stamp set, creating an ombre stamped effect with Distress Oxides and my stamp press. I used gems and pretty SpiegelMom Scraps sequins to both inside and out for just a touch more magical bling!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Be sure to check out the Kitty Bee Designs shop to see all the sweet images available as well as the Kitty Bee Designs blog for much for inspiration! And don't forget we have a bi-weekly challenge on the Kitty Bee Designs Aloha Friday Challenge blog where you can enter for a chance to win a prize from our awesome sponsors.

Linked to:
Word Art Wednesday - AG
D.L. Art - March Thankful Thursday AG
CHN Patterned Paper - AG

Bright Lights Blog Hop with Scrap 'N Stamp!

Hi friends! I'm really excited to be part of another awesome blog hop with the Scrap 'N Stamp team, and this month we are featuring the fantastic Lawn Fawn String Of Lights die set!! If you've come from Julia's Blog you're in the right place. If you want to start at the beginning, head over to see Tara at the Scrap 'N Stamp Blog. Wait till you see the amazing projects everyone creates with this lovely die set...

For my project today I've made a beautiful Christmas Twist & Pop card. I love how much fun you can have decorating this style of card! I used some Tim Holtz Christmas paper from his new 8x8 paper pad on the background of my card, as well as using two different patterns to diecut the little light bulbs from.

You get three different sizes of light bulbs in this set, which includes one that has the little highlight strip cut out and one that is a full bulb - so you can layer them or use them separate. You also get two different types of toppers in each size and the string, which is a lovely, twisty scroll. I decided to layer my bulbs and pop them up with foam dots between the layers. I added a bit of Glossy Accents on the highlight and some pretty SpiegelMom Scraps sequins. .

I used Distress Crayons to watercolour in images from the Lawn Fawn Winter Village stamp set and used some Stickles on the snowy areas of the the homes. The Your Next Stamp Double Stitched Hills dies created a snowy background for my little scene, and I used the string die again along the bottom as a loopy scroll.

Here's the Twist & Pop effect when the card opens! So cool! If you want to see directions on how to make this card you can check out the details on this video HERE I made for another card in the same style.

I used the pretty In The Making Cling NOEL stamp on top of the larger bulb diecut. This stamp is great as each letter is separate so there's no masking required. I used more of the Tim Holtz Christmas paper for the bulbs and background of the pop out section of the card. Along the bottom of the card I've layered another watercoloured house and snowy hill, leaving space to add my handwritten message.

On the top of the card I've added a stamped sentiment from the Winter Village stamp set along with a few more pretty sequins.

BLOG CANDY!!

Scrap'n Stamp is giving away a New Release Lawn Fawn Stamp Set for every stop on the blog hop! So make sure to take a moment to comment on all the designers' fabulous work. Winners will be announced and must email Scrap'n Stamp to claim their prize! GOOD LUCK! This prize is open internationally.

Here's the Blog Hop line up:

Tara Nixon Cox
Julia Chupik
Karla Yungwirth - You are here!
Nancy Frustaci
Amy Rysavy
Karen Warner
Amber Trubiak

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Be sure to head over to Nancy's Blog next to see her beautiful project - and you can check out the Lawn Fawn String Of Lights die set at the Scrap 'N Stamp store. Have an amazing, crafty weekend - and good luck on the giveaway!

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