You're the Icing on my Cupcake

Hello Everyone,

Just wanted to share a little birthday themed card. This stamp set is called:

 Kraftin' Kimmie: Made With Love 

and I purchased it from one of my crafty online friends on her crafty destash instagram page:

thefairydestash. 

Check out her page she posts a lot of the stamps or dies that she no longer uses and 

many that I've purchased are still brand new.

The paper which inspired the colors I used is 

Bubbly Girls by Find IT Media Kampen (Yvonne Creations)

I got that paper pad from one of Kim Reid's live "Shop the Box" sales on her

Facebook Group page.

Kraftin' Kimmie: Made With Love

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Katya Bess

I'm entering this card at:

Kraftin' Kimmie - Anything Goes

7 Kids Crafts: Rowena

Hello Everyone!


I hope you've been having fun with these little Wee images. For today's card I'm showing Witchwee Rowena you can get her in a bundle here: Bundle Rowena, Tabitha, Jack O'Lantern and Half Moon

Here's a little background on Rowena and friends by Amy Young:

Rowena loves to spend crisp autumn nights snuggled up against her black cat familiar, Tabitha. Together they enjoy the glow and warmth of a happy jack o'lantern as they dream beneath a harvest moon.

I wanted to give her green skin because I had The Wizard of Oz on my mind. This could be before The Wicked Witch of the West became so mean. LOL Also, with the green skin I hope I didn't make her look so much like Yoda, because I kept thinking of him too. haha The sentiment is from a retired Kraftin' Kimmie stamp set that I thought went perfectly with her demeanor. I did a combination of marker and pencil. For a the base layer I color her skin, the pumpkin and the sky in Spectrum Noir, the I colored with Polychromos pencils on Kraft Cardstock. For the Skirt I first colored in dark blue and then I used a color shift paint that goes from purple to blue. I wanted to set her in a pumpkin patch... and most pumpkin patches that I've been to have hay all over the ground.

Rowena, Tabitha, Jack O'Lantern and Half Moon - Bundle

I love that she looks relaxed and unbothered at all. 

Polychromos:

Permanent Green, Deep Cobalt Green, Black, Rose Carmine,

White, Black, Burnt Umber, Burnt Siena, 

Burnt Ochre, Brown Ochre

Thank you so much for visiting. 

Katya Bess

7 Kids Crafts: You Make Life Bloom!

Hello Everyone!


I used a Dreamerland Crafts stamp. Just an FYI all of the stamps from Dreamerland Crafts are part of o the Vendor of the Month sale at 7 Kids Crafts using code DREAM for a 20% off discount.

Nourishing Life

To make sure not to cut around the bunny's tail, ears and the boy's hat I first fussy

cut around those sections so I can use the outer bounds method with 

the circle spellbinders die. I also don't have a circle that is 1/4 bigger

so I just traced the outer part of the circle die and fussy cut it.

I used Memento: Desert Sand ink (Copic safe) to stamp the image. I know I want to 

cut it with a circle die so I just traced my circle die before I started coloring.
I used the Homegrown 6x6 pad from Echo Park.
I used a little distress ink for the sky
and Distress Oxide for banner Shabby Shutters and Vintage Photo
and Kraftin' Kimmie rubber stamp for the sentiment.

Copic markers used: 

E0000, E00, E11, R11 

E23, YR12, E21

E31, E33, E42

R17, E07, E81, Y02, 

G28

YG25

E50, E51

G07, YG17, E55, E57

Thank you for stopping by.

Katya Bess

7 Kids Crafts: Sweet November - Nixie Surfacing

Hello Everyone!

Today is the big day! It's release day for brand spankin' new images from Sweet November called Surfacing at 7kidscrafts.com

You can choose to get the entire Limited Time Surfacing Bundle Pack or you can buy your favorite ones separately:

Sweet November- Loire
Sweet November - Nerida
Sweet November - Nixie
Sweet November - Talise
Sweet November - Gully
or you can chose a background that includes a fish, frog, two lily pads, post reed and water lily.
Sweet November - Surfacing Background Builder Set which is completely customizable.

Amy Young, will be on live at 7 Kids Customers Create Facebook Page
at 11AM PST and then at 3:00PM PST, today May 1st. Throughout the day there will be games and prizes.

Okay on to my card.... I colored her with Polychromos coloring pencils and one Prismacolor. Around the edges of the water and sky I used Distress Oxide. For the Glowing fireflies I used a Sakura Gelly roll and smeared it with my finger, then added yellow Polychromos on top. The sentiment is from Kraftin' Kimmie stamps. I've been very excited since I fist saw these stamps. I need that I wanted to color them with color pencils to be able to work on blending skin more. I love my Copic markers but sometimes I can't get them to blend the way I want compared to the way I can with color pencils. Yes, color pencils are much slower... it's like a miniature painting but I love it either way and it's so much more relaxing.

 Sweet November - Nixie

I used Polychromos (+1 Prismacolor):
Ivory, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Caput Mortuum, Rose Carmine, (Beige), Cinnamon
White, Black, Cold Grey VI, Ultramarine,
Permanent Green, Hooker's Green, Chrome Oxide Green
Earth Green

Distress Oxide:
Black Soot, Pumise Stone and Broken China.

It's usually a little difficult for me to capture color pencil on photograph 

but here's a pretty good close-up of Nixie

Also for May over at 7kidscrafts.com 

Make sure to use code: Mama to save 20%

(please note that this does not include new arrivals*)

Thank you so much for stopping by

Katya Bess

7 Kids Crafts - Have a Snappy Day!

Hello Everyone!

Happy Earth Day! :D

I had so much fun creating this card for 7KidsCrafts.com. If you don't know,  7KidsCrafts.com has a Vendor of the Month every month and it's usually always 20% discount. This month the Vendor of the Month sale is Picket Fence Studios & Select Carstock. I purchased this Beautiful Girls - Isabella from 7KidsCrafts.com a while back, and I believe it's not available at the moment but there are plenty of pretty stamps from Picket Fence Studios. Remember to use code: PAPERHOARDING for the 20% off discount. 

For my card I used Sweet November Background Builder, City Park - If you purchased Picket Fence Studios - Beautiful Girl, Kate you would get it free while supplies last but you can also purchase the digital background by itself. I purchased Beautiful Girl, Kate but while waited for my package to arrive I started to color the background. Then when planning my cards I noticed that Beautiful Girls - Isabella fit perfectly in the foreground and I decided to used the Sweet November Background Builder, City Park with Isabella instead. I think it came out alright.

Sweet November - Background Builder, City Park

Picket Fence Studios - Beautiful Girls - Isabella

sentiment: Kraftin' Kimmie - Oh Snap! (retired stamp set)

I love how it came out! Isabella is out on a beautiful day

sitting at the park admiring all of the beauty around and taking 

lots of photographs. Down below you will see some of my process.

First I colored the background, then I colored Isabella. 

I was trying to figure out where I wanted to place her and of course

photography is another hobby of mine so I framed her with the 

"Rule of Thirds" in mind. If you don't know what the Rule

of Thirds is, picture a tic-tac-toe or a hashtag, you 

want to set your focal image in of of the points where two lines meet.

I decided to stamp it straight on to the background because

she has wispy hairs flying around from the light refreshing breeze...

and those little whispy hairs are hard to fussy cut around. 

That's my trick on keeping little whispy hairs or other small details. heehee 

When all was glued down, I added a little bit of Ranger Ink - Inksentials, Glossy Accents

to her glasses and camera lens for added interest. But before I added the Glossy Accents

to her glasses I used a white Gelly Roll to give her eyelights. 

For the necklace and bracelets,  I also colored them in with a White Gelly Roll,

waited until dry and then added color with a Copic marker and finished

off with Glossy Accents to make them look like shiny beads or stones.

 I hope you liked my card and got a little inspired to 

work with stamps that have intricate details.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Katya Bess

7 Kids Crafts: Friends are Flowers

Hello Crafty Friends!

Hope you are all having a nice day. Yesterday was the release of the brand new stamps from Sweet November Stamps called The Brownies at 7 Kids Craft Store

To make this card I merged several digital stamps:

The Brownies - Brownie Hole

The Brownies - Bramwell

The Brownies - Marigold

The Brownies - Hole Accessories for the flowerbed

The sentiment is from Kraftin' Kimmie rubber stamp: Let's Dish the Dirt! set

Here's a close-up

I hope you liked my card. 

Thank you so much for stopping by.

-Katya Bess

Once upon a time - Girl Power

Hey there Crafty Friends,

A few days ago my oldest daughter  Jade turned 11 years, she received some money for her birthday and of course one of the first things she wanted to buy was books. She purchased a hardcover book called "Mother Knows Best: A Tale of the Old Witch," from this little shop not too far from our home. The name of the shop is called The Bookworm and every time we passed by it she wanted to go but usually I had groceries or other errands so I finally took her and she was so happy to just be there. I made her a bookmark since she loves reading and we have to make her stop reading to go eat or to work on her homework or do chores... (lol is that making me sound like Mother Gothel?)
I really love the images on this set because they show skinny girls like my daughter Jade but I really love the sentiments too. You can find Girl Power clear stamp set from Kraftin' Kimmie here: Girl Power!

Colored the entire image with Copic markers

added flat star sequins my Mom gave me with a tiny bit of glue

before I ran it through my Scotch laminator.  I punched a hole

on the top in case she wanted to add ribbon or some other charm.

Here is a close-up of the bookmark.

Here are 3/4 of my kids on the side of The Bookworm store window.

I thought this window art was really cool so I had to take a photo.

I hope you liked my bookmark,

my daughter really likes it and I'm happy about that.

Thank you so much for visiting.

Katya Bess 

Kraftin' Kimmie: Do I Like Coffee?

Hello Everyone,

It's been a while since I just sat to color or focus on making a card. Here is what I have created this week. I used a retired stamp from http://www.kraftinkimmiestamps.com/ her name is Angie and  Coffee & Friends! set for the sentiment. I can't believe it's retired!!! I will surely miss Annie Rodrigue's new releases at Kraftin' Kimmie- she is definitely one of my favorite artists. Anyway, I used marker paper and I wanted to experiment using colored pencils on marker paper to see how it looked. I'm still not sure how I feel about it, so I I only colored the skin and hair with pencils and then I colored the clothing with Copic markers. I stamped the same image on a Scrapbook paper I trimmed down from Michaels, it's called Garden Party from Craft Smart. I then fussy cut the image I colored and carefully glued her on top with some Glossy Accents.

Here is my completed card

I colored her up and fussy cut her and glued her on top of the 

uncolored image since I can't colored directly on the Design Paper

and I knew I was goin to loose some of the curly hair. 

Here are the Copic Colored I used:

Here is a close up of Angie.

Thank you for stopping by.

Katya Bess

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