Yay!! Time for Kraftin' Kimmie's July Release and Blog Hop!!

It’s Krafty RELEASE Day at Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps!!!  And we’re celebrating with a KRAFTY HOP!!  There are SO many incredible new stamps to SEE this month and we’ve put them all together in a fabulous showcase JUST FOR YOU!!    

Over the last few days in our Krafty Peeks, we have shared lots of AWESOME new stamps from all our artists!  We’ve got something for everyone!!  Lulu is back from Cheryl Alger.....we know how much you love her!!  And she’s having a party!! So we are celebrating with a set called BIRTHDAY LULU!  We also have an adorable set of toddlers having a celebration from Emilie Goulet called BIRTHDAY BUDDIES!!  And of course we have a GLAMOROUS new set of six OLD HOLLYWOOD stamps from Annie Rodrigue!  OH and don’t forget the newest set in our BRAND NEW line of stamps called BIRTHDAY TRINKETS by the lovely Nicole Aspinall!!! 

You will get to see most of the new images today as you sit back and enjoy our JULY Krafty Hop!  If you want to start from the beginning, just head over to the Kraftin’ Kimmie Challenge Blog!  As you hop from blog to blog, be sure to leave a comment at each and every stop because some lucky stampers will win packages of these incredible stamps from the new release!!  And when you’re done hoppin’, be sure to head over to the Kraftin’ Kimmie shop, because ALL the new images are NOW available! 

And of course, as always, we have our Gimme Kimmies Kits available for those of you who ‘need it all’!!  The stamps are grouped together by artist and are available at a discount, but only for a limited time!!

Okay, so that's the important stuff out of the way, now to my card.  I got to play with one of the Birthday Lulu Set, they are all so cute.  I used Cupcake Lulu.  I used some retired Gable Green for my card base and for the frame around the image layer.  My patterned papers are Tickled Pink from MME, aren't they cute?  I put a square of one pattern onto some Pumpkin Pie cardstock, then cut out a circle of the orange pattern and cut it into 4 pieces and placed it close to the corners.  I cut a strip of the cherry pattern, matted it onto some more Pumpkin Pie and glued it down the centre.  I cut out the image layer using one of my Labels Nesties, then drew around the outside of the die using some more Gable Green C.S. and cut it out to make a frame.  I also added one of the new Birthday Trinkets, stamping it on white using Baja Breeze ink, then I cut out a Scalloped Circle from one of my Nesties.  I just added a couple of cute little cupcake embellies to finish it off.

Now if you are already hopping, you will have arrived here from the blog of the super talented Alice.  If not,  you will want to begin at Kimmie's Challenge Blog.  From here you will go to the blog of our own amazing artist Emilie.  Wow, am I in great company!!

Happy Hopping,

Diana