Kraftin' Kimmie Guest: Glitter Challenge

Welcome to another fabulous Krafty Challenge!

Are you ready for some krafty fun??

We've got a super easy theme for you this week and we hope you can play along!

This week's challenge is all about GLITTER!!!

Submit your glittery design for your chance to WIN! You have until Friday, April 6th to enter this challenge! Keep in mind, all entries are welcome but you must use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp in order to win.

Each Saturday we post a new challenge and you can enter as many times as you like!!! And each submission during the month will enter you into the monthly prize which will be....

a $40 gift voucher to spend in the krafty shop!!! 

What do you think? Worth playin' for? ;)

We've also got a fun sketch for your inspiration for March! You don't have to use it but if you need a little extra kickstart in your mojo, feel free to use it any time!

Be sure to hop on over to the Krafty Shop this weekend because our FRUGAL FRIDAY SPECIALS are up with FOUR of our amazing stamp sets on 40% OFF! Some of these sets will NOT be restocked in the future so it may be your last chance to snap them up!

Can't wait to see your krafty kreations!! Happy stampin'!

Here is what I created with Glitter!

I wanted to create a fun bookmark for my 10 year old daughter 

Jade Bess she also has a crafty blog http://writteninjade.blogspot.com/ :)

I used Rosie Fair as well as the sentiment that came with it. 

The little magical stars are actually from one of the new releases

Kick Ass Birthday  I used Distress Ink Broken China for the background sky

then I also stamped the stars with Distress Inks Broken China 

to give the background a magical look.

I used Copic Markers to color my image

Check out those glittery wings and stars!I love it! :D

For Glitter I used Spectrum Noir Sparkle Glitter Brush pens for the

wings and skirt. For the Stars I used Sakura Gellyroll Stardust Clear Pen. 
For the gold necklace, wraps on her wrists and waist I used a new
pen I recently found at Michael's and it's called Uni-Ball Impact Gold.
The gold pen pools a little so I used it sparingly and I manipulated it a
corner of a tiny scratch paper . 

Since it this is a book mart I wanted to make sure the glitter didn't rub off

so I used some Stampendous! Stampin' Stuff Embossing Powder: 

Star Dust Transparent and hit that with an embossing/heat gun I found at

Michael's. Oh yea, even the ribbon looks glittery because of it's iridescence.  

Here is how I embossed it since I didn't have yellow glitter paper. 

It's a cheater method... LOL 

Here's the link for the 

Glitter Challenge

at the Kraftin' Kimmie Blog

Thank you so much for visiting.

Katya Bess

LMMS: Vega Rise Above and Shine

Hello and welcome to another Inspirational Thursday over at Little Miss Muffet Challenge Blog

Today I'm showcasing a card I using Polka Dot Pals Vega

I used Kraft Cardstock and to start off I used

Copic markers. To brighten up the eyes, background,

star and skin I used a little Prismacolor over the Copic marker.

(Not a good idea to do it the other way around

if you want to keep a good Copic brush any. I Actually purchased a Prismacolor

colorless marker to blend/melt away Prismacolor Pencil wax but I hardly ever use it.)

It's a little hard to see but I added a little bit of Sakura GellyRoll Metallic Gold

to line the inside of the star that PDP Vega is holding. I then added some

Glossy Accents to the star to give it a 

little shine and emphasis to whomever looks at the card in person.

Another part I like to focus on especially with the 

Polka Dot Pal images is the big beautiful eyes. 

I used a White Prismacolor to color the sclera (aka whites of the eyes) 

then go in with the Black Prismacolor pencil to line and highlight

the eyes, eyelashes, and eyebrows. I used a little bit of PC 947

and a little more with PC 945 to define the her facial features such as:

jaw line, chin, sides of cheekbones, hairline, temples, eye crease, sides of nose

and a little for shadowing the ears, hands and legs.
When I was done coloring her face I went in with
Uni-Ball Signo Angelic White pen for the eyelights.

For the background I used Distress Inks:

Evergreen Bough and Black Soot

then I used a PC1011 PDP Vega to illuminate the area around her.

Then I added little stars all around with my Uni-Ball Signo Angelic White pen
when I was done just for a little more interest.

The clear stamp sentiment and square die is from My Creative Time.

The scalloped die is from Craftin' Dessert Divas

Remember to link up your cards or projects over at

http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com/

The challenges are ALWAYS Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting. 

Katya Bess

LMMS: Kaari butterfly

Hello there!

I'm back with another Inspiration Thursday card for Little Miss Muffet Stamps. Today I had a little fun working with Polka Dot Pals Kaari digi stamp plus a Polka Dot Pals Add-on Faces clear stamp and The Corner Park Background. The I had started coloring some of the Polka Dot Pals Kaari image for Kathy Racoosin's 30 Day Marker challenge and I finally finished coloring it. When Barbara, artist and owner of Little Miss Muffet Stamps posted the The Corner Park Background, I was inspired to color and add PDP Kaari to create a scene. I was undecided on the sentiment so for now.

I used Copic markers to color her up.

For the eyes and wing details I used a

Uni-ball Signo Angelic White pen as well as a Yellow Sakura Gelly Roll.

and I was inspired by the colors of a Monarch butterfly.

Another reason I was inspired is because someone I know

is moving; not very far away but she rented the same home for 

close to 30 years... sometimes even though we may not want to 

change is necessary. The situation is very sad and frustrating at the same time.

She will have to downsize immensely, travel further for work

 and leave or give away most of her precious plants. 

For that and many other reasons I wanted to make her a card to cheer her up 

during this difficult transition. 

I specifically chose these images: because of the butterfly and the outdoor scene .

Close-Up

Please make sure to link up at: 

http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com

as always the challenges are ANYTHING GOES

Thank you very  much for visiting. 

Katya Bess

March Kraftin' Kimmie Release Day Hop

Woohoo! It's here! It's here!!

Today we are celebrating the 

amazing release of ALL of our 

NEW March Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!!!

ALL THREE new sets will be available this afternoon 

in the Krafty Shop!

So let's have a big happy hop around the design team blogs and check them all out in action! Grab a nice hot beverage, sit back and relax while you hop around and enjoy all the amazing creations!!

First up is

KICK ASSY BIRTHDAY!

....then BIRTHDAY BIANCA!

and lastly....NINO-MITE PALS!

ALL the new sets will be available individually BUT if you HAVE to have it ALL, we also have our March Gimme Kimmies Kit which includes all THREE of the new sets together and at a discount! But only for a limited time and while supplies last!

Happy hoppin' and happy shoppin'!

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Happy Sunday Everyone!

 I hope you've enjoyedall of the fabulous cards everyone had created for the 

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp Sneak Peeks.

Thank you very much Kim Reid the KKS Guest DT package and  for letting me join in this month. 

I had loads of fun creating all of the cards for the hop/

Here I'm using Birthday Bianca again because I just love this image! :P

I colored Birthday Bianca with Copic Markers,
The sentiments are from the same Birthday Bianca set
and the design paper is from Doodlebug Design.

Here's a close-up

Copic Recipe:
E50, E51, R20, R30, E04, E11
E23, E37, Copic Multiliner Black, Uni-Ball Signo White Angelic
Y08, Y19, Y26, Y28
V04, V06, V05, V06, V09
RV06, RV17, RV09
BG02, BG05, BG07
YG06, YG07, YG17
YR04. YR07, YR09

Distress Ink:
Spun Sugar and a tad big of Gathered Twigs
but then I filled/blended it in with Copic E42 and E43
Dies are from:
My Creative Time and from CC Design

Thank you so much for visiting. 
Don't forget to check out all of the fabulous
Kreations (links below)

~Katya Bess

March Kraftin' Kimmie Krafty Peeks Day 3

Welcome back to Day THREE

of our March Krafty Peeks

at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

Today is the final day of peeks and the release party is

THIS AFTERNOON at 1pm EST on Facebook!  

Are you going to join in and help us celebrate ALL the new sets?

Our last stamp set is from fabulous artist Becky Pearce!!!

It's called DINO-MITE PALS!

I'm sure you'll agree with me when I SQUEAL with delight at this adorable set! Think of all the quick and simple cards, tags, gift bags, party decorations and suplies you could design and all the fabulous scenes you can create with this set! So easy to add to scrapbook pages, pocket pages, bookmarks and lots more! It's totally up to YOU what you create!!

The set comes with FOUR main images, LOTS of accessory stamps and also SIX fun coordinating sentiments! There's a total of SIXTEEN cutie pie stamps!!!

Now don't forget!!! It's also CHALLENGE DAY and as always, during release week the theme is ANYTHING GOES!!! So create a card, scrapbook page or altered item with a Kraftin' Kimmie stamp!! Use any sketch, any design, any embellishments because Anything Goes! Have some krafty fun and join us this week because we'd LOVE to see your KKS designs. You have a week to play with this challenge (until March 16th) and at the end of the month, we'll announce a WINNER from all of the weekly challenges for March! We hope you can play along for your chance to WIN a $40 Gift Certificate to use on ANYTHING you want in the shop!! Wanna win??

All the Krafty Design Team members and Guests listed below have lots of stunning creations to share with you today featuring the DINO-MITE PALS! stamp set! Be sure to hop around and leave lots of love at each and every stop because one lucky commenter will WIN a gift voucher to the krafty shop! The winner will be announced at the LIVE Online Release Party this afternoon, so don't miss it!

Happy hoppin'!

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Hey there welcome back to my blog for Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps' March Peek Day 3 and Release Party.

The Prismacolors I used to color both dinosaurs are actually the same.

They are actually like a negative image of each other like they way I see a black and white photo and black

and white film strip. I'm not sure how to explain myself. LOL 

Basically I used the same colors but in a different amount.

All colors listed below are used on both dinosaurs. 

Prismacolor Premier Pencils:

PC915, PC1002, PC921, PC1033, PC902, PC903

and PC935 to outline the black lines to make them stand out again.

I used a little bit of the Uni-Ball Signo Angelic for the eyelights 

and for the frosting on the cupcake.

Oh yea! I also used PC109 and PC911 for the tall grass.

The Mini Distress Inks: 

Fossolized Amber, Abandoned Coral, Spiced Marmalade,

Mowed Lawn, Gathered Twigs

and lightly with Black Soot all  around the edges.

I did go a little heavier with the Black Soot above

the sentiment to dim down the brightness and bring eyes/attention back to the 

sentiment and dinosaurs. 

Both of the layering dies are from 

My Creative Time

I hope you liked this card as well as the previous peeks. 

Don't forget to hop along to see what the rest of the 

Krafty Krew + Krafty Guests have Kreated.  :D

Thank you for stopping by.

~Katya Bess

March Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks Day 2

Welcome back to Day TWO of our March release of 2018

at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

In keeping with our birthday theme for this month,

we're introducing a super fun set by artist, Annie Rodrigue!

It's called BIRTHDAY BIANCA!!!

This lovely stamp set comes with one large main image and FOUR super sassy sentiments!!

All of the Krafty Krew design team members and Krafty Guests listed below have lots of great designs to share with you today featuring the BIRTHDAY BIANCA stamp set! Be sure to hop around and leave lots of love at each and every stop because one lucky commenter will WIN a $10 gift voucher to the krafty shop! Plus we're doing a GIVEAWAY of the ENTIRE release on the Krafty Friends facebook page! 

The winners will be announced at the party so don't miss it!

You'll get to see all the incredible creations for March as we share them each day this week! Be sure to join us at the LIVE Online Release Party on Saturday afternoon at 1pm EST! We'll be checking out ALL of the THREE new clear stamp sets, sharing fabulous creations, giving away prizes and having tons of krafty fun!

Happy hoppin'!

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Hey there! So here is my take on this Birthday Bianca. Isn't she just
so fabulous! Love this image!

I've been listening to Melanie Martinez music on iTunes but I was

inspired by her music video Pity Party.

I gave her the two-tone hair, the gap in her teeth, sat her on an antique couch similar to her video. LOL

I had so much fun creating this scene. Of course she isn't crying though. haha

I think I will do more coloring inspired by Melanie Martinez style.

Then I felt like there was too much of a white background so I colored in a wall color with 

Y23 and used Distress Ink to antique the edges.

Then I tried to do a wooden floor... I think I should have used guidelines or at least a ruler...
Either way I had loads of fun recreating a scene from a music video without the tears. LOL 

I hope you liked my card. 

Don't forget to hop on to see more inspiration from all of the Krafty Peeps on the inlinkz lineup. 

Thank you for visiting!

Katya Bess

March Kraftin' Kimmie Krafty Peeks Day 1

Welcome, welcome, welcome!

Today we are kickin' off our March Krafty Peeks

at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

We have a theme for this month's stamp sets and it's a category that every stamper must have in their stash!

We're celebrating BIRTHDAYS!

Today we have a totally SASSY new set

by artist Melissa Baker-Nguyen!!

It's called KICK ASSY BIRTHDAY!!!

I'm super excited to share this set because.....some of you have seen it already! That's because it was the Super Secret stamp set that was included in the latests Krafty Kard Kit!!! So those who preordered it already have it in their inky little fingers and you'll get to see their creations today and on release day!

This totally awesome set comes with a bunch of sassy larger sentiments that work for boys, girls, men or women!

There are also a selection of birthday themed images including balloons, stars, cake, candles and ice cream! Just wait 'til you see all the totally different creations today!

Check out this versatile birthday set in action as you hop around the Krafty blogs today! You'll see the list of Krafty design team members and Krafty Guests below and be sure to leave some love at each stop because one lucky commenter is going to WIN a gift voucher to the krafty shop! Plus we're doing a GIVEAWAY of the ENTIRE release on the Krafty Friends facebook page! The winners will be announced at the party so don't miss it!

You'll get to see all the incredible creations for March as we share them each day this week! Be sure to join us at the LIVE Online Release Party on Saturday afternoon at 1pm EST! We'll be checking out ALL three new clear stamp sets, sharing fabulous creations, giving away prizes and having tons of krafty fun!

Happy hoppin' and we'll see you back here tomorrow!

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Hi there! Back again with an inspiration card for Kraftin' Kimmie as March Guest Designer. 

When I saw these I was really excited to use these sentiments. 

Here is the first card I have created with one of the sentiments from the Kick Assy Birthday set. :P 

I used Distress Inks for the background 

and a Uni-Ball Signo Broad White pen to create a galaxy scene. 

The rectangle die is from My Creative Time and the balloon dies

are from C.C. Designs. 

I decided to keep it sort of simple to focus on the sentiment but still have plenty of color

for some interest. For me CAS cards are a little challenging but I love adding lots of colors anyway.

Since I used Black Soot for  the edges and in between some of the bright colors I wanted to 

give it a high contrast with a white card base and used white paper to stamp the sentiment and make it stand out as well. 

I chose this stamp from the set because it gave me a little giggle and

it's perfect for my older crafty friends. LOL You can use it for whomever you'd like but my crafty friends are the ones that came to mind first- one in particular knows I like to mess

with her on her birthday cards. :P

Here is the full set

Thank you so much for visiting.

Katya Bess

LMMS: Polka Dot Pal Temoc Cheer!

Good morning Everyone!

Welcome back to another Inspiration Thursday! A new challenge starts over at Little Miss Muffet Stamp Challenges. For the next 14th days you can link your creations to the inlinkz list for a chance to win a $10.00 gift voucher to the Little Miss Muffet Stamp Shop.

Little Miss Muffet Stamps is also holding a Guest Design Team Call for a 6 month term. Just click here for the Guest Designer requirements. Deadline is March 17, 2018.

For today's card I used digi Polka Dot Pal Temoc and combined it with one of the clear stamps from Polka Dot Pals Add-On Faces.

I colored up Polka Dot Pal Temoc with the Golden State Warriors (formerly known as The Oakland Warriors.) Is it bad that I don't know if it's basketball season... Is it? But if it is... Go Warriors!!! LOL I know that it's not football season anymore though. haha I was thinking I should color her as an Oakland Raiderette but maybe next time I use PDP Temoc I will. heehee Some of my friends

might want me to color up a Goldrush Cheerleader. :P

Copic Recipe:

E0000, E000, E21, E11, R21, R30,

E23, E25 +(Uni-ball Signo Angelic)

C9, W7, W5,

B28, B16,

Y19, Y26,

N0, N2

Distress Ink:

Black Soot

Design paper is from Doodlebug Design 

and the rectangle card die is from My Creative Time.

Don't forget to link up your card for the Anything Goes Challenges over at http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com

Thank you for visiting. 

Katya Bess

KKS Guest: Happiness is Reading

Welcome to another fabulous Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge!

Are you ready for some krafty fun??

We've got a super easy theme for you this week and we hope you can play along!

This week our challenge to you is to make

.....a ONE LAYER CARD!

Now this may be a big challenge for some of you who love lots of layers!! Haha! Use any one of our stamps and try really hard to limit yourself to ONE LAYER! How fun is that??

Submit your design for your chance to WIN! You have until Friday, March 9th to enter this challenge! Keep in mind, all entries are welcome but you must use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp in order to win.

Each Saturday we post a new challenge and you can enter as many times as you like!!! And each submission during the month will enter you into the monthly prize which will be....

a $40 gift voucher to spend in the krafty shop!!! 

What do you think? Worth playin' for? ;)

We've also got a fun sketch for your inspiration for March! You don't have to use it but if you need a little extra kickstart in your mojo, feel free to use it any time!

Be sure to hop on over to the Krafty Shop this weekend because our FRUGAL FRIDAY SPECIALS are up with FOUR of our amazing stamp sets on 40% OFF! Plus we've got a bunch of fabby sets back in stock and some of them will not be restocked!

ALSO the Krafty Vault has been OPENED! We have rereleased a retired stamp set and you can NOW get it in unmounted red rubber! GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN is back in the shop for a limited time so if it's on your krafty wishlist, add it to your cart this weekend!

Can't wait to see your krafty kreations!! Happy stampin'!

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Hey Everyone!

I'm delighted to say that for the month of March I will be guest designing for Kraftin' Kimmie!  Yay!

For my first card, in honor of Dr. Seuss Day, I decided to color up a cute little stamp called Happiness Is Reading. I love the cute little images Cheryl Grant creates for Kraftin' Kimmie so my collection is slowly but surely getting bigger. While we were at Bible Club and since it's not at our own school, I stay with them but tucked in a little corner and sometimes I take a little nap but usually I spend my time coloring. This time I decided to pull out my Prismacolor Pencils again.

 t has been raining a lot but the sun decided to come out for a bit so I decided to take another shot with some natural light. 

Here is a close-up.

My Prismacolor Recipe is:

PC947, PC945, PC997, PC1013, PC929, PC140

PC908, PC909, PC913

PC925, PC924, PC923

PC915, PC942, PC917

PC903, PC208

PC1102, PC933, PC208

PC935, PC1099, PC1058, PC1060, PC938

Distress Ink:

Vintage Photo

I hoped you liked my card and hope that you can enter the Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge at:

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge: One Layer Card

Thank you for visiting!

Katya Bess

Entering this card to:

http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/2018/03/challenge-420-one-layer-card.html

create a one layer card

LMMS: Toby It's a Super Big Day

Hey there!

Today I'm worked on a boy card, I was specifically thinking about one my nephews when I colored rubber stamp Polka Dot Pals Toby. I used Polka Dot Pals Add-on Faces clear stamp as well to give him his expression. I really liked that PDP Toby has curly hair like my nephew, he's in his play clothes and in a homemade cape. I like that he looks playful and in super hero mode. I was thinking about how my brother takes him to him on B.A.R.T. rides a lot and he gets to see Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland and San Francisco city skylines on their way home after day care /and after work. My nephew gets excited about all of the people and action he gets to see but also city scapes with the sunset colors on The Bay.

I used the sentiment called Big Day Tobie from Some Odd Girl Stamps, the Make A Card #7 die set from C.C. Designs, and the cityscape is called Super 2 from Paper Smooches, the card rectangle layers dies are from My Creative Time. I colored Polka Dot Pals Toby with Copic markers and I used Distress Inks for the sunset background.

Copic Markers:

E04, E11, E13, E21, R30

E25, E15, Y19, Uniball Angelic White. 

W9, W7, W5, E25

R24, R29, R39

B21, B45, B95, B97

G07, G09, G28

Y19

Mini Distress Inks:

For the background layer I started with Distress Inks: Fossilized Amber at the bottom working my way up, from the very top I used Abandoned Coral working my way down towards Fossilized Amber. Then in between the first two colors I used Spiced Marmalade to blend them out. Lastly I used a very light amount of Black Soot on the top and bottom edges and an even tinier amount on the sides. I really enjoy using Distress Inks to give color for backgrounds I can't wait for more colors. I really need to do inventory because there might be more colors out there that I'm missing out on. Oh yea I really need to buy Re-inkers for them too.

I cut up two sets of the Super 2, Paper Smooches die set and just lined and trimmed them to extend the cityscape and fit the card size. After fussy cutting Polka Dot Pals Toby I made sure to place him to cover up the edges where it was more obvious that I joined the two sets of dies.

The reason I used the squiggly comic speech bubble is because I made a mistake with the stamps. I really meant to stamp part of the Some Odd Girl sentiment, add the super die cut and then the rest of the Some Odd Girl stamp....on the background but somehow my paper got stuck to the stamp and the paper lifted bit [insert internal whine face here. LOL] and the I got an offset stamped section where I didn't want it. So after digging around since I had no time to start another background and cut up more cityscapes I found a way to block it with that big comic speech bubble die from CC Designs that also has the "Super" die cut. Sometimes super hero's don't have capes... sometimes they are in paper form and die cuts to block the bad stamping away. Haha In the end I liked that it gave it more of a small child comic book feel. I think I'm going to play with that die set a little more now.

See my crafty mess... looking over to my desk and there is still a bunch of things I need to put away so that I can start on a new card or project.

Also check out Little Miss Muffet Stamps on Amazon... Whaaaaat?! 

I know some people that ONLY do their online shopping with Amazon.

BUT if you're like me, I like to go to the artist's main site which is here:

 http://www.littlemissmuffetstamps.com/

and don't forget about the challenges (Always ~ Anything Goes!)

Little Miss Muffet Challenges

Thank you for visiting,

Katya Bess