Krafty Peeks Day FOUR! It's Monkey Business!!

Welcome to Day FOUR of the JULY Release Krafty Peeks

at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

Can you believe the amazing krafty-ness that just keeps on comin'?

Next up we have a hilariously fun new stamp set by artist Emilie Goulet!

It's called MONKEY BUSINESS!!

Don't you just love Emilie's animals?? They just have so much character and these guys are no different! The set has two crazy monkeys and FOUR fabulous sentiments!

I used this image to make a birthday card for my little brother who just turned 64.  It's perfect for him because he is a nutcase, well our whole family is crazy.  I stamped my image on Copic Xpress It and coloured it with my Copic Markers.  I used some very old sock monkey papers that I thought worked well with the stamp.  I used some retired Poppy Parade S.U. cardstock and some Gable Green S.U., which is also retired.  I added some green GG ribbon, some enamel dots and a red doillie.  The sentiment is one of four great ones that go with the monkeys and the other monkey is just as cute as this one.  I love fun stamps.

I hope you can join us for all the fun and excitement and prizes tomorrow night beginning at 7pm EST!! You can come hang out with the me and Krafty Team at our 

LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!

All of the Krafty Krew and Guests listed below have lots of super FUN designs to show you featuring these awesome new stamps! And while you're hopping around, be sure to leave a comment because we are giving away a gift voucher!!! You could WIN some Krafty $$$ to spend at the shop!!!! There will be one winner from all the comments this week and

it will be announced at the party tomorrow!

Happy hoppin'!

Nana Diana

Woo Hoo, once again it's time for a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Release!!

Yep, it's time to start showing you the preview cards for the September Release of Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!! As you can see, this is our Christmas Release. I absolutely love these stamps as Kimmie has chosen to have a Nativity Set this time around. They are created by the fabulous Cheryl Alger and they are all so adorable. This is the Shepherd, but they come in a set of 3 and the other two are Joseph and Mary with Baby Jesus and the other one is of the Wise Men. Also, Kimmie is releasing a Nativity Sentiments Set containing 8 sentiments, all of which are lovely. I used 'For Unto Us A Child Is Born. Unto Us A Son Is Given. Isaiah 9:6' on the inside of my card.
I used Wild Wasabi for the card base, also as the border for the strip of Candy Cane Christmas DP that I put across the bottom of my card. The striped DP is from the same pack of papers and I matted it onto some Pink Pirouette, then onto the card base. I coloured my image with my Copics and cut it out using my Rectangular Nesties, then used some Poppy Parade for a frame. I stamped ' O Holy Night' on some Pink Pirouette and put it on the right side and put some Baja Breeze Seam Binding Ribbon across the bottom. On the inside, I put the sentiment on some more P. Pirouette and adhered it to some white, then put some triangles of some more of the patterned paper in the corners, then matted everything onto some Poppy Parade.

Now be sure to leave a comment on the blogs of all the participating Krafty Girls as one lucky gal (or guy) will win the Nativity Set and the Nativity Sentiments Set. (You will find links to all the girls blogs on Kraftin' Kimmie's Challenge Blog.) That is an awesome win for someone!! Tomorrow there will be more winners of stamps, but I'll tell you more about them then. Just make sure you stay in touch until Sunday as there will be winners every day and then on Sunday we will have our Krafty Blog Hop and of course all the new stamps will be available at the Kraftin' Kimmie Shop.

Happy Stamping,
Diana

Challenge 69! Do whatever you please!!

Hi all you peeps out there, hope your day is shaping up to be a good one. Today is Saturday, so it's time for yet another Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge! We girls get to use whichever of the new images we like as we've already had a day of showing the work of each artist.

This week our hostess is our fearless leader herself, Kraftin' Kimmie and she's taking it easy on us. We get to use whatever we want to on our cards. Can't be easier than that, right?

I coloured up Becky Broadsword for the Challenge, isn't she a cutie? Can't say I ever wanted to play pirates when I was little, but I was not the tomboy type! I coloured and cut out my image using the square Nesties, then I sponged around the edges with some chalk ink. I then used my Scalloped Square Nesties to make a frame for the square. I used Early Espresso cardstock for this. I can't tell you what the patterned paper is as I've had it so long. I placed a strip of Baja Breeze down the middle after embossing it with Swiss Dots folder. I used the sentiment 'Shiver Me Timbers' from Kimmie's Pirate Sentiments on one of my Double Ended Tags. I attached it with some bronze brads and attached an anchor charm. I matted the patterned paper onto some more E. Espresso and the card base is a lovely shade of Bazzill Bling, but I don't know what it's called. (Don't know much, do I?) I attached it with some bronze brads and attached an anchor charm. I added some larger brads in two of the corners and that's it.

Don't forget to go and check out the rest of the team's cards, the easiest way is to go to Kraftin' Kimmie's Challenge Blog first. And be sure to come back tomorrow for the March Blog Hop and Release!! We have some awesome Krafty Guests along with our Krafty Team.

See you tomorrow,

Diana

Kraftin' Kimmie Previews Day 3! Meet Angie!!

Well, Hi and Happy Friday to you all. Have you been checking out all the good stuff our Krafty Girls have been posting for your perusal? The new Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps will be up online on Sunday and we are having so much fun with them.

Today we are all showing Annie Rodrigue's new additions to her fabulous line of Moonlight Whispers. I picked Angie as I like the way she looks in the morning. Mind you she looks a whole lot better than I do. I love the sentiment, which comes with this awesome image. I think that was written for me, although as I've got older, I can't sleep in any more. However, I'm still pretty groggy when I get up and I'm still not a morning person. Not my favourite time of day!!

Well, I'm rambling again. I coloured Angie, then matted her onto a Gable Green frame after sponging around the edges of the image layer with some Pale Plum ink, which has long been retired from Stampin' Up. I used some cute papers, which I cannot find now. I've just spent a good 20 minutes looking for them and given up. When I've posted this, I'll probably find them!! I matted the papers onto some pink cardstock and then onto a card base of Perfect Plum. I added a few Prima Flowers, oh, and I used a border punch along the bottom of the mauve patterned paper.

Tomorrow is Challenge Day, so be sure to come back and see what our hostess for this week has for you to do. If you go to Kraftin' Kimmie's Challenge Blog, you will find links to all the girls blogs.

I'll be back,

Blessings,

Diana

Thursday's Preview for Kraftin' Kimmie's March Release!

Well, here we are again, coming up to another release!! This is my first post for the Previews and Kraftin' Kimmie has outdone herself again.Today we are showing the Steven Leary stamps. For mine, I used Barnacle Brad. Isn't this perfect for a young boy card? Now who doesn't love a cute pirate? Whose son hasn't wanted to be a pirate. I remember making a costume for my son to be a pirate on Hallowe'en. His Dad made him a very cool wooden sword. I still have the pictures and Andrew has a mustache and beard drawn on his little 5 year old face. That was about 32 years ago, so I am really telling my age.

I used some Nutmeg papers, but I forget what brand they are. I can't check as I used some of my DD Kraftin' Kimmie's stash while I've been staying up there! Anyway, the cardstock colours are Chocolate Chip and Tangerine Tango and I used some brown linen thread across the front panel and put a ship's wheel charm on it. (Again compliments of my DD!!) I made a little flag with Ahoy Matey on it, that sentiment comes with the Pirate Sentiments. Just a simple little image for a simple little card.

Okay, so be sure to visit the rest of the Krafty Girls (listed on my sidebar) or hop on over to the KKS challenge blog and see what great things they have come up with and be sure to come back tomorrow and see what other good stuff we have for you. Tomorrow we will be showcasing some images from the awesome Annie Rodrigue collection. You won't be disappointed.

Have a wonderful day and I hope to see you tomorrow.

Blessings,

Diana

Wow, it's Day 3 of Krafty Peeks. It's Annie Rodrigue day today!!

Okay, here we are again with some more Kraftin' Kimmie Krafty Peeks for you. Today we are showing some cards using images drawn by the amazingly talented Annie Rodrigue. Her line of stamps are called 'Moonlight Whispers'. Her images are so different from anything else I've ever seen and I love them. I am using Judy on my card and as you can see, perhaps more so with some of the other images, we are going with a 50s theme this time. I just love them all. Be sure to go and visit the blogs of the other Krafty Girls and see what amazing cards they have been creating for you to see.

I used a card base of Old Olive and the image layer is matted onto some Bashful Blue. I used some of my gorgeous KaiserCraft 'Tea at Elsie's 6 x 6 pad. I love the colours in this. The sentiment comes with Fanny, one of the other images you will probably see on one of the other girls' blogs. I used my new M.S. border punch, which I've already forgotten the name of. Actually I saw this punch used on Mary J's blog and immediately wanted it. I'd never seen it before and then, a few days ago I was at Michael's and found it there. Thanks Mary!!

Well, tomorrow it's time for the next Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge. Unfortunately, I left my camera behind at my DD Kraftin' Kimmie's house. She lives an hour and a half away from us, so unless I come up with a solution, I won't be able to post it! I'm really annoyed with myself. If I can think of someone I know who can take a pic for me and email it to me, I'll be all set, but so far I'm coming up blank.

Anyway, only another day to go, then it's February Release Day, so be sure and come back. We will be having another fabby Krafty Blog Hop and if you leave comments at any or all of the blogs, you will have lots of chances to win some of this awesome new rubbah!!

Till then,

Blessings, Diana

Let the Peeks.....BEGIN!!!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps has become known for their sweet, whimsical images that are so much fun to colour with markers, pencils and watercolours! But this month we are launching a new line of stamps that are headed in a different direction!

Today Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps is debuting a new line of stamps that will appeal to both scrappers and stampers alike! The sets are called 'Krafty Quotes'!! Each month we'll be releasing a new set and each set will have four quotes which are larger in size than your average word stamps. These gorgeous sentiments are perfect to accent your scrapbook pages, your main card images or to become the focal point of your design!

This month, Krafty Quotes #1 features quotes from Audrey Hepburn, Louisa May Alcott, Lucille Ball and Mother Teresa!!



My card features the quote from Mother Teresa. I used a simple layout, the card base is vanilla, which I stamped with a swirly image in Chocolate Chip. The image layer, also vanilla is cut out with my Labels Nesties. I framed the image layer with a larger Nesties die in Chocolate Chip. Then I added some little roses and glued some punched leaves behind them. Quite simple!

Well, that was the first Krafty Peek from me, be sure to come back tomorrow for a second peek. Also, don't forget to check out the blogs of all the other Krafty Girls and see their amazing creations.

Till tomorrow then,
Blessings,
Diana

Sneaky Peek Day 3. Annie's Images!! Challenge Day too!!

Good day all you stampers out there, I hope you're having a good weekend so far. I have to say that I'm having a better day today. I spent the last 2 days with a horrible headache!! Not fun, I have to say as it totally incapacitates me. Anyway, I'm just grateful that it's gone and I hope not to have another one that bad for a long time!!

Okay, now that I've done my whining, back to the reason I'm on here. As the title says, it's day 3 of the the Kraftin' Kimmie Sneaky Peeks. Today we are all showcasing the wonderful artistry of Annie Rodrigue. Her style is so unique and I love it. My card is made using Rebecca Raspberry and I had so much fun colouring her. I used two of the designs of my Raspberry Tart D.P., it's perfect for this image. The green layer is matted onto Rose Red cardstock, the main layer of D.P. is matted onto Regal Rose and that layer is matted onto the card base of Old Olive.

I stamped the sentiment, 'Wishing You A Berry Nice Day' (which actually comes with Stella Strawberry) onto some Old Olive and punched it out with my E.K. Success Punch, not sure what it's called. The sentiment that actually comes with Rebecca Raspberry is 'Thank You Berry Much'. Then I cut the piece off with the sentiment on and glued it under the main layer. I added some Rose GG Ribbon and a few Prima Hydrangeas.

Now, I almost forgot to mention that our hostess this week is the fabulous Angie, who is a new permanent addition to our team. We are so happy to have her and we love her work!! Anyway, the challenge this week is Fancy Florals. Angie wants us all to use flowers of any kind on our cards. It can be in your papers, in your image or decorative flowers, whatever you like. Remember, if you enter, you will have a chance to win one of the stamps Angie has used this week, she is using Stella Strawberry and Rebecca Raspberry. Make sure you link your card up to Kraftin' Kimmie's Challenge Blog and if you post your cards on a site like Splitcoast, be sure to put KKSC61, so we can find your cards on there.

Okay, so this is the last day for Krafty Peeks, tomorrow will be the January Release and also our Krafty Blog Hop. Make sure you come back to get a chance to win some blog candy. Also, let's see what creations you are going to make using Fancy Florals.

See you tomorrow,

Blessings,

Diana

Day 2 of January Krafty Peeks!!

Well, it's day 2 of the Sneaky Peeks for Kraftin' Kimmie's January Release. Today we are showcasing Steven Leary's images. They are all so cute!!

For my first card, I used Baby Bubble Bath. I found some Lime Rickey papers that I thought would work because of the ducky in the image. I'm not sure if any of the birds on the paper are ducks, but let's pretend anyway. For my card base, I used Wild Wasabi. I layered an orange piece of the Lime Ricky to mat my birdie layer on, put another design from the same papers down the right side, matting it onto some Pumpkin Pie cardstock. For my image, I used my Copics and I put some Stardust Stickles on the bubbles, which you probably can't see in the picture. I matted the image onto some Daffodil Delight cardstock, then popped it up. The sentiment is one from Kraftin' Kimmie's Mermaid Sentiments. I used the Daffodil Delight for it and backed it onto a piece of Pumpkin Pie punched out with my Oval Punch. Again, you can't see it, but I coated some half pearls with Stardust Stickles to match the bubbles.

For my second card, I used Special Delivery, another of Steven's new release images. This is perfect as I need a card for the upcoming arrival of a baby boy. I coloured the image with my faithful Copics, cut it out using one of my Labels Nesties and used some Nana's Nursery Baby Boy papers to mat it onto using the next larger size of Nesties. I popped it up on some more of the N. Nursery papers, then matted it onto some Morning Marigold cardstock, which was glued onto a card base of Baja Breeze. I added the sentiment 'Happy New Baby', which comes with another of the new Steven Leary images. I stamped it on a blue piece of the N. Nursery papers, added 3 pale green button brads, then tied some Baja Breeze ribbon vertically next to the buttons.

Well, that's me for today. Tomorrow I'll be back along with the rest of the Krafty Girls to show you some of Annie's gorgeous designs. They are all so beautiful and great fun to colour. Then on Sunday, we hope you will all check in to see the last lot of cards and also to take part in our fun Krafty Hop. Some lucky ladies will win some of the new release of stamps. That can't be bad, can it?

Kraftin' Kimmie's Squirrel in Love Krafty Peek

Well, hello and good Friday morning to you all. I am going to join the other Krafty Girls today and show you a peek at one of the new stamps being released this coming Sunday, Kraftin' Kimmie's September Release Day. My card features Squirrel in Love, which is one of artist Steven Leary's creations. I just love this little guy, he was fun to colour.

I coloured the image with my Copics as usual, then cut it out using my Labels Eleven Nesties. I then mounted it onto a larger matching Nestie, using some Martha Stewart Woodland papers. I then cut out a larger yet Nestie in Chocolate Chip. I turned it sideways behind the image layer, which I pop dotted. I used some more of the M.S. Woodland papers as my background and stitched it onto a rectangle of Chocolate Chip. Everything was then glued onto a card base of Pumpkin Pie. I finished it off with the sentiment 'Go Nuts' and tied some red gingham ribbon across the centre.

Now go and check out the designs of all the other Krafty Girls, their work is awesome!! Come back tomorrow for our weekly challenge and another Sneak Peek. Then Sunday will be our awesome September Release and Blog Hop Day.

See you soon,

Blessings,

Diana

A Peek at Pumpkin Miles!

Good morning everyone! You have probably already seen some sneak peeks at the upcoming Kraftin' Kimmie August Release cards. This is my first effort and I chose to use Pumpkin Miles, created by Kimmie's new artist, Steven Leary. I still just love his work, Miles is so cute. I coloured him as usual with my Copics and sponged around him with some chalk ink. I cut out the little cat from one of the Moonlight Whispers images and set him there for Miles to see. I cut him out using some Nesties, then cut out a frame with my Scalloped Nesties. I used some Vintage Violet for that. I used some older Stampin' Up Hallowe'en papers to pop dot the layer onto, bordering the main piece with Pumpkin Pie cardstock and the strip with some Certainly Celery. I added the sentiment, Best Witches, also three Green brads and some Old Olive ribbon.

That's my card for today, tomorrow I'll be back with another one, using a different image from the upcoming release. Meanwhile, be sure to check out all the fabulous cards the other Krafty Girls have made for your perusal!!

Blessings,

Diana

Preview #3 and Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge #38. Bows!!

Well, Hello and Happy Saturday morning to all you wonderful stampers out there.

Today, I get to show you my effort with 'Bikini Maisie', one of the adorable stamps from this release, created by Kimmie's new artist, Steven Leary. All Kimmie's team love his drawings, they are simple, yet they have character too and are really funny.

This week's Challenge is to put bows on your card. It can be a ribbon bow, bows in your paper or on your image, whatever you like as long as you use bows. I used my Copics to colour Maisie, then sponged around her with some chalk inks. I cut her out with my rectangular Nesties, then made a frame with my Scalloped Nesties. I used Groovy Guava for the frame. I pop dotted it onto some very cute Imaginisce papers, which I bought especially for these guys and the mermaid stamps. I put a strip of the striped one down the left side, tied some Groovy Guava ribbon across the bottom and made a bow. I added a couple of matching fishy brads and that's it. A fairly simple card, but I think Maisie is looking pretty snappy all by herself.

So there you have it. Now go and make something to show us with bows (or a bow) on it and you will entered for a chance to win the lovely Snow White stamp as that's the one our hostess Krista is using and she is the hostess for this week. Check out her card, it's just fabulous and so are all the other girls' creations.

I will be back again tomorrow in the Blog Hop, so be sure to come back, it's July Release Day too, so be sure to visit Kraftin' Kimmies' Stamps Shop as everything will be up on the site ready for you to get your inky little mitts on!

See you tomorrow,

Blessings,

Diana

July Release Preview, Little Red Riding Hood!

Good morning stampers! Well, it's finally time for some Krafty Kimmie Peeks for the July Release. We will all be posting cards using the awesome new stamps between now and Sunday, when they are all released. We have some wonderful new creations from Annie Rodrigue and Steven Leary.

For my first card, I used Red Riding Hood. I punched her out using my Oval Scalloped Nesties, then coloured her with my Copics, what else?! I sponged around her with some chalk ink. I used some Bittersweet papers for the background, putting a strip of the brown hearts across the bottom. I used some Pink Pirouette to mat it onto and punched a border along the bottom with one of my M.S. Border Punches. I used the sentiment 'Ever Had One of Those Days' from Kraftin' Kimmie's Sassy Sentiments, but the stamp comes with 'Oops, I Forgot Your Birthday'.

I finished the card with a pearly swirl and that's it.

Be sure to check in with all the other Krafty Girls and see what awesome creations they have come up with. I'll be back with another preview card tomorrow.

Blessings,

Diana

Kraftin' Kimmie Peek, Day 4 and Challenge 33!!

Wow, there is so much going on right now with Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps that I have a hard time keeping it all straight. This is day 4 of the Krafty Peeks, so today I have used Arianna. This is one of my favourites as I love Sea Horses, they are so beautiful. I coloured her with my Copics as usual and used some Destination Paradise papers from Me and My Big Ideas. It's a simple layout, but I wanted to be able to see some of the picture on the blue layer. I added the lovely sea horse charm and used the sentiment 'Waving Hello', which is in the Mermaid Sentiments. There are lots of other great sentiments such as 'Eat My Bubbles' , 'Fish You Were Here' and 'Dropping You A Line'. I can't wait to use them all.

Now for this weeks' challenge. Our leader Kraftin' Kimmie is the hostess this week and the theme is --- Beachy Keen! Summer or Water Themed Creations. Well, she gave us Krafty Girls a break, didn't she as we have all these awesome stamps to work with. I'm sure though that you can create some summery or beachy creations and if you are the random winner, you will receive your choice of either Cordelia or Tubing Miles as Kimmie is using both. So then you will have your own water or beachy themed stamp.

So now go and check out all the other creations on the rest of the Krafty Girls' Blogs, that's if you haven't already. Also, be sure and come back tomorrow for our fabulous Krafty Hop. We will have some wonderful guests artists joining in the hop along with our own Krafty Girls. If you leave a comment on each and every stop, you will have more chances to win some awesome rubber from the New Release!!

Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend,

Blessings,

Diana

Day #2 of Krafty Peeks. Meet Aurora!!

Okay, so it's Thursday and I'm back again as promised, with another Krafty Peek. This is Aurora, one of the fabulous mermaids from the new release. Isn't she just lovely? As I mentioned yesterday, there are 6 of them and they all come with an accessory stamp. They are so much fun to colour. Only 3 more days and they will all be available from Kraftin' Kimmie's Stamp Shop as a kit for a limited time and to make the deal even sweeter, Kimmie will be selling the kits for 20% off the regular price.

I coloured Aurora with my Copics as always, on Neenah cardstock. I added some Orange Peel Stickles to her tail, although you can't see that in the picture. I also added some Stardust Stickles to the stars in her hair. I cut out the image with one of my Labels 10 Nesties, then pop dotted it onto an assortment of A Day at the Beach papers by Paper Studio. I used some Summer Sun cardstock for the base, added some flowers and a shell charm, then stamped 'Something's Fishy' from the Mermaid Sentiment Set and put it at the bottom right, after punching it out with my trusty Window Punch.

Now don't forget to check out all the other Krafty Girls' creations, either by clicking on their names from my sidebar, or you can go there from Kraftin' Kimmie's Challenge Blog. Also be sure to come back tomorrow for more Krafty Peeks.

See you then,

Blessings,

Diana

Kraftin' Kimmie June Release Preview!!

Hi everyone,

It's finally time to start showing some previews of the Kraftin' Kimmie June Release Stamps. It's my delight to introduce you to a new member of the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp Family, Miles the Mouse. This is Beach Bum Miles, isn't he cute? The most exciting thing about starting out with a preview card with this image, is that I can tell you that Kimmie has a wonderful new artist joining the team and his name is Steven Leary. You are going to love the rest of his images too.

The New Release goes live at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps on Sunday, June 13th. and you won't be disappointed. Kimmie is also releasing a Summer Kit, which is fabulous. There are 6 fabulous Mermaids and 6 matching accessory stamps. There is also a set of Mermaid Sentiments, all of which are perfect for these images. Starting on Sunday, for a limited time, you will be able to purchase the kit for 20% off the regular price. Be sure to check out Kimmie's Website on Sunday, I believe the new release will be available at 1 A.M. Sunday morning.

Make sure you go and visit all the other Krafty Girl Blogs today and see what great creations they have made for you to see. Also be sure to check back with us all tomorrow and every day until Sunday as we will have more cards for you to see. Also on Sunday, we will be having a fabby blog hop. We want you all to join in on that and leave your comments to have chances to win some gorgeous new rubber from the New Release.

See you tomorrow,

Diana

No Card Today!! No, really! Challenge #29 and Preview #3

Well, I hope you are having a wonderful weekend ladies! I have just spent the last few days with my dear daughter, Kraftin' Kimmie herself. We spent time cutting and packaging stamps and also creating together, our Copics sitting on the table side by side. It was great fun. Well, I'm not sure Kimmie thinks so because I don't know where her stuff is and since I was scrounging from her, she kept having to run upstairs and find what I wanted. I did try to go up and get things myself a few times, but often couldn't find them. (She does have a lot of stuff!!!) We did get lots of exercise though.

Anyway, to get to the challenge. As the title suggests, we were asked to make anything but a card! Let me tell ya, I almost choked on this one as I am not very creative and I very rarely make anything but a card. However, Kimmie had some oval coasters, so I decided to run with that and make a gift tag or something. Once I started to make it, it dawned on me that I could put it on a bottle of sunscreen and make that the gift. Then, I have to confess that it was smartypants Kimmie who said "You could use the 'Pass the Sunscreen' sentiment on it. Darn it, I wish I could say I had thought of it first!!! Anyway, I was happy with it. It was perfect! The sentiment, I mean.

So your mission, if you decide to accept it, is to make anything but a card with your Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. Our hostess this week is the super talented Elaine, and I believe that the image she is using from the New Release is Florence, so if you are the randomly chosen winner, you will win that stamp. Hope you have fun creating, maybe you can show us something that I can umm... borrow!!

Anyway, for my little tag, I used sweet and sassy Mae, don't you just love her sun hat. I coloured her with my Copics and I put a bit of texture on her hat by dotting it all over with a couple of shades darker than the base. I paper pieced her dress and I sponged some clouds around her and sponged in some sand as well. The sentiment is from the new Beach Sentiments Set, which will also debut tomorrow along with all the other images you are seeing in the previews. I put an eyelet at the top and threaded some yummy red ribbon through it.

Make sure you come back tomorrow for our Krafty Hop, when you will see more creations with the images and if you leave comments on our blogs, you will have the opportunity to win some Kraftin' Kimmie Blog Candy from the new release no less!

Oh, and also make sure you visit all the blogs of the other Krafty Girls and see what they came up with for this week's challenge.

'See' you tomorrow for our Krafty Hop.

Diana

Krafty Peeks....Day Two!!

Happy Friday!! So you're back for another Krafty Peek at the new Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, huh?? Well today I have sassy girl Florence to share with you!!

I stamped her on Neenah cardstock using Memento ink and coloured her with my Copics. The card base is Real Red with Brilliant Blue for matting. The papers I used are some fabulous sparkly Citrus papers from a DCWV Stack. I've been using stuff from Kimmie's stash since I've been staying up here for a few days, helping her cut and package stamps! We've had a lot of fun stamping and colouring together too!

I came up with the layout myself, added some red grosgrain ribbon, pop dotted the main layer and added some yummy Prima flowers. The final touch is the 'Summer Smiles' sentiment that is from the new Beach Sentiments set that will be available at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, along with all the new images on Sunday!!

All the Krafty Girls have more lovely samples for you to see today, so be sure to head over to the Challenge Blog, where you'll find all the links!

Have a great day!!

Diana

Kraftin' Kimmie May Release Preview!

Well, as promised, here I am with my first creation for Kimmie's May Release Krafty Peeks!

This is Jack, who is all dressed and ready for the beach. I think he's so cute. All of the images from the new release are adorable and if you come back tomorrow, you will see another one here. Also, be sure to visit the blogs of all the other Krafty Girls and you can see their fabulous creations!

I used Pumpkin Pie for the base of this card and some lovely glittery DCWV Citrus cardstock for the background. I added a strip of Kiwi Kiss cardstock down the side after punching a border on it with my wave border punch, then added some Kiwi Kiss striped ribbon over it. I coloured Jack with my Copics, cut him out with some Nesties, sponged around him and pop dotted him onto the patterned paper. I put orange brads in the two left corners, then added the 'A Warm Hello' sentiment, which is from a new Beachy Sentiments set that goes perfectly with this release!!

Now hop on over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge Blog where you can find all the links to the Krafty Girl's incredible designs!! See you tomorrow!!!

Diana