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

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 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

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

KKS: Do you love me now?

Hi Everyone!

I worked on an image for the 30 Day Coloring challenge. I haven't colored every single day but I have colored more that I usually do which made me quite happy. For this one I did challenge myself to use my Dr PH Martin's Hydrus watercolors. My watercolors have been in the box for a really long time.  I opened it months ago but didn't actually use them. Watercolors are more challenging to me because I don't have much control with them, I need better paper and of course I need lots and lots of practice. This time I colored two stamped images using the same colors but two different days with the same pallet- that's one thing I like I can just re-wet the pallet and boom! I reactivate the pigments.
Another thing I did this time is I blindly grabbed one of the rubber stamps I have in a section drawer just for Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps one section is all Clear stamps and one section is all Rubber Stamps. Most of I still haven't colored (sad to say) but I grabbed a random rubber stamp and it just so happens to be Drucilla. This stamp is kind of fun and sort of spooky to me. LOL I stamped it with StazOn (solvent ink pad) called Saddle Brown. This type of ink is perfect for watercoloring and I chose the color because I was trying to do an almost no-line color effect but it was darker than I wanted. I will have to find a lighter color but this time the color worked well with the colors I chose.

I couldn't find a sentiment that I wanted in my stash nor I could find something online 

and I didn't want it to be mean in any kind of way... so I created the sentiment myself on the computer. It was pretty simple as long as my program didn't crash on me. This usually

happens when my Mac needs to install new updates. LOL 

Drucilla - Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp (retired gray rubber stamp)

As soon as I grabbed this stamp I thought about a Crafty Friend on the other 

side of the country that loves spooky and twisted books, movies and tv shows.

She also doesn't like Valentine's Day haha she's 

Anti-Valentine haha which is funny cause I love Valentine's Day.

Here is a close-up of the image. 

Very carefully I added Glossy Accents to the heads of the pins

to give them dimension and shine.

Oh yes, I forgot to mention, I tried to keep a 

minimum palette and it was actually the leftover 

paints from stamped image (same stamp actually) I colored the day before.

The Dr. PH. Martin's Hydrus Watercolors I used are:

10H Venitian Brown, 2H Gamboge, 6H Pthalo Green,

5H Quinacridone Magenta, and 11H Carbon Black

After a bunch of mixing here and there from a day old watercolors...

this is how it looked without added shading with Prismacolor Pencils

plus the lighting is a little weird.

As you can see I only needed a tiny bit of watercolor paint

because the colors are super intense- very little goes a heck of a long way.

When the image was dry I went over certain sections with 

Prismacolor Pencils just to give the coloring some accent and definition, 

for example shading around the face, the hair, dress and the voodoo doll.

The hardest part was trying to find paper that sort of matched the colored image.

Good thing I didn't use too many colors this time. heehee

The dies are from Craftin' Desert Divas, CC Design,

The Greeting Farm and My Creative Time.

I hope you like my card

with slight twisted humor.

Thank you for stopping by,

Katya Bess