Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Saturday Challenge #580 - Card For A Guy!

  Good morning and welcome to another fabulous and fun Saturday Challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps ! Are you ready for another fun and krafty challenge to inspire you and help get your creative juices flowing? We've got some fabulous ideas for you and can't wait to see what you create! This week, our challenge theme for you is: 

CARD FOR A GUY!

I'm using the Lumberjack & Jill stamp set that we released in January along with the Burlap Stencil to create a masculine card that would be perfect for Father's Day! You'll find BOTH these items on sale in this weekend's Frugal Friday sales! 

Check out the step by step photos below to see how I created the background - and be sure to join me Saturday May 8 at 1 pm EST LIVE in the Krafty Friends FB group to make this card together!! 

I coloured up these awesome images with Copic Markers and added in some of the trees from the New Springtime Sentiments Stamp Set using both Fresh Fields and Mossy Meadow Krafty Kolours Inks. I stamped the coordinating sentiment with Rich Rust Ink and added Rainbow Dots to finish off the card!

Each and every Saturday we post a brand new challenge for the week and 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!

The monthly prize is a $25 voucher to the Krafty shop!!!

Woohoo!  There are two ways to enter: you can link up your creation on the  Kraftin’ Kimmie blog page and

you can upload your photo to the album in our 

Krafty Friends FB group.

Now, here's a look at the steps to create that fun grungy background! Don't forget to join me LIVE or watch the Replay to see it on video!

#1. Spray over stencil with Dina Wakley Gloss Sprays using Vicki Boutin Foundations Paper.

#2. Scribble on Vicki Boutin Crayons.

#3. Spray each scribble with a small amount of water and blend crayons with your finger.

#4. Using Houndstooth Stencil, blend Rich Rust Ink onto a couple areas and sponge/brush around edges of paper.

#5. Using Fresh Fields and Wicked Black Inks, sponge a few areas around the edges to finish it off!

Also, if you need a little extra inspiration or a jump start to your mojo, we have a new sketch each month! Feel free to use it any time!

And don't forget about this weekend's Frugal Friday Specials!! 

We've got a selection of gorgeous stamp sets on SALE 40% OFF this weekend while supplies last!!  

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

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps April Krafty Peeks - Day ONE! Wild And Crazy Guys!

 Who's ready for lots of brand new Krafty goodies?!

It's time for our April Release Peeks to begin 

at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

Today's featured set is a Krafty Komeback set by 

Emilie Goulet

 and it's called.....
WILD AND CRAZY GUYS!

This was originally released in rubber,

and we're so excited to bring it back in clear for you!!

These guys are going to be perfect to celebrate those awesome men, dads and husbands in your life - for Father's Day, birthdays and more!! 

Last year for my husband's birthday we got him an Akorn Jr. Smoker and he has definitely become a Grill Master, so I had to choose this BBQ guy and create a card I know he'll love for Father's Day!

I found some Doodlebug BarB Cute paper in my stash, which was the perfect match to compliment this card! I used our New MELLOW MUSTARD and both New stencils - DARING DIAMONDS  and ORIGINAL OVALS to create a masked oval background. I must say I love this yellow and it's definitely going to be one I use a lot!!

I used one of the adorable Forest Babies Buttons along with a strip of the fabulous glitter paper that are both included in the amazing APRIL ADD ON BUNDLE  to accent my card. I added a few Krafty Dots to finish off the front and then inside added a sentiment from the Doodlebug paper pad that was again just perfect for this card!

As you hop around the design team's blogs today you'll be able to check out WILD AND CRAZY GUYS! in action 

in combination with a lot of our other new 

April Kraftin' Kimmie products!  

You will spot our newest addition to the Kraftin' Kimmie Hybrid Ink rainbow!  It's a gorgeous new colour.....called MELLOW MUSTARD!  

As always it will be available in full sized ink pads, ink cubes and ink refills!

We've got TWO new Krafty Stencils for this month's release to help add some funky fun to your creations!  

They are called....
DARING DIAMONDS 

and 

ORIGINAL OVALS

Both designs are perfect for all your cards, scrapbook pages, mixed media and more!

Plus we have our exclusive APRIL ADD ON BUNDLE!

Our exciting Add-On bundle this month features several amazing products which will coordinate with our new goodies and will help you enhance your new creations!! 

This month's special curated Add On Bundle includes:

• A Spring Butterfly Chipboard Wreath
• Forest Babies Button Set
• 5 sheets of 6x6 Spring Glitter Cardstock
• A coordinating jar of Spring Glitter
• A coordinating colour of Pastel Ribbon

  This package is going to sell for the amazing price of $16.99 CAN, and a limited number will be available in the shop on Saturday afternoon after our Live Release Party! Get ready to get krafty!!

You'll get to see all of our brand new goodies in action over the next few days of the April Krafty Peeks and everything will be released at our LIVE April Release Party 

on  Saturday, April 17th @ 2 pm ET in the Krafty Friends group!

For now, hop around and check out some amazing creations from the Krafty Team and be sure to leave some love at each stop on the hop!  Your comment could be a WINNER of some krafty $$ to use in the shop!  (Not to mention our designers are incredible and you should tell them so!  😉  )

Come on back tomorrow for some more krafty fun and goodness!

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Vintage Father's Day Frame!

Hello! I sure hope you've all had a fabulous weekend! We had warm weather and sunshine here, and even a little crafting - all in all a wonderful and relaxing couple days. Today, I'm over on the Southern Ridge Trading Company Blog to share a Father's Day project I whipped up for my hubby. His grandpa was such an amazing man, and we recently came across this cool photo of him many years ago. He used to be a mechanic, so when I saw the Southern Ridge Trading Company Vintage Truck and Nuts and Bolts Chipboard along with the Medium size Multi Gear Stencil in the shop I knew just what I wanted to make. I have the full tutorial over on the SRTC Blog. I just love how it turned out, and I know hubby is going to love it too.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to head over to the Southern Ridge Trading Company Blog to get a full list of supplies, closeups and details. And, of course, have an awesome week!

Linked to:
SSS Wednesday Challenge - AG

Timepiece Father's Day Card!

Hello! I'm back today to share a Father's Day card using Pinterest as inspiration. A friend came over last week and we chose a card we liked the style of and spent the morning doing a little crafting. I layered some Canvas Corp Ivory Cardstock and some black cardstock over a kraft cardbase cut to a 5 1/2" square. Then I used a black and white print from the Canvas Corp Black and Ivory 5x7 paper pad (there are so many options with the B&W prints) and added some SpiegelMom Scraps Natural Burlap String, a button, and some leafy diecuts from the newest Tim Holtz Funky Floral Set 3.

I found an older CTMH stamp set that included the sentiment and timepiece stamp so I used Distress Oxide Ink and spritzed it lightly with water before stamping the watch to create a slightly watercoloured look. I also splattered some ink with a paintbrush onto the background and then stamped the sentiment with Archival Black Ink. I used a bit of Ivory paint to coat the grooves of the metal embellishment before adding it on top of the card.

Inside I stamped a simple Father's Day sentiment.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have a fantastic week and get a little crafty time to play this week!

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SSS Wednesday Challenge - For The Boys

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

Wild Whisper - World's Best Box Cards for Mom & Dad!!

Hello crafty friends!! I'm super excited to share the newest release from Wild Whisper Designs - World's Best collection!! These papers, cards, stamps and wood veneers are so wonderful to create excellent Mother's Day and Father's Day projects as well as everyday creations!

I've been loving the box cards I've seen that fold up to tuck into an envelope - just the way they magically unfold is so amazing when opened. I wanted to use this collection to create a beautiful Mother's Day card! You can see all the details and closeups over at the Wild Whisper Designs blog post HERE.

I've also created a video to show you how I made this fun card HERE

Well, I just couldn't stop after one, so I created a Father's Day card with the World's Best collection as well!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and be sure to head over to the Wild Whisper Designs blog to see all the details, supplies and closeups!

Linked to:

FFC #186 - AG

Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper - May Challenge

DL Art - Mother's Day

SSS Wednesday Challenge - AG

Craftaholics R Us - Spring Colors/Flowers

Always Fun Challenges - Flowers #4

FCCB #297 - Anything Goes!

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge on the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog!

Challenge #297-Anything Goes
Make a project using anything in the Cricut Library!

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The winner will receive a $20 Gift Certificate!

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used. If you use a Cricut Explore machine, at least one cut must be from the Cricut catalog of images.

If it isn't a card, you will get two entries into the drawing!

This challenge I'm using a large background diecut from the CTMH Artistry cartridge along with a diecut heart from the CTMH Art Philosophy cartridge as a base for a Father's Day layout. Over the weekend I went to a one day scrapbooking crop, which was so much fun! I don't get away too much without my girlies and even though I love spending time with them - I really appreciate getting some time to myself! And, my awesome hubby appreciates ME even more when I get home ;)

I started off using the February 2017 sketch from the Creative Scrapbooker Magazine Sketchy Gallery and using my triangular diecut in place of one of the circles in the sketch (shown at the bottom of post). I pulled out some papers, stickers and embellishments from the Shimelle Starshine collection. My oldest daughter has been away travelling for almost a year! and this was the last Father's Day we were all together! I'm hoping she'll be back in time for this Father's Day... <3

I used my new DOX Inks along with some Tattered Angels Ivory Baseboard and Tutti Frutti Glimmer Mist sprays to colour the diecut.

I added some DOX Ink to the top of my black wooden Happy diecut and stamped 'Father's Day' directly onto my photo. The 'love' paper clip is a coordinating Starshine embellishment.

I decided to stamp some CTMH stamps on my heart diecut before popping up with foam dots, and I clustered some fussy cut elements, wood embellishments and cork confetti stars (from SpiegelMom Scraps) along with some Simple Stories enamel dots. I always forget about these pretty dots, but a crop is a good time to grab a few of those things you've been meaning to use, but haven't got around to. When you have limited supplies with you it's easier to be creative with what you do have!

The 'this beautiful life' sticker is a clear sticker, and I wanted to have a solid base on it, so I layered it on ivory cardstock and cut around the edge.

Here's a selfie of one of my crafty besties, Laura, and myself at the crop!

and all the fun goodies I had set out on my table!

For my second page with photos from this Father's Day I used the March 2017 Creative Scrapbooker Magazine sketch and used more of the Shimelle Starshine collection so it coordinated with the first page.

I used the fun letter stickers in the collection and added more wood and cork embellishments, a fussy cut camera and enamel dots in coordinating colours.

At the crop some people had items from their own stash for sale, and I picked up a CTMH stamp set with the fun DAD sentiments and images that I used on my pages for $2. Yay!

I added the Awesome sticker on some ivory cardstock and popped it up with foam dots beside the DAD stamped sentiment. It matches the 'Awesome Dad' on the cute plaque Amie made for her dad in the photo!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to head over to the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog to see what all the other Design Team members have come up with for this challenge, and enter your own Anything Goes project with a Cricut cut for a chance to win!!

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Creative Scrapbooker Magazine - Feb 2017 Sketch 

Creative Scrapbooker Magazine - March 2017 Sketch

Scrapbook.com March Cricut challenge

Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper - March Challenge

DL Art - Thankful Thursday March Link up 

FFC #180 - AG 

SSS Monday Challenge - Layer It Up