Today Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps is releasing their new December images! As you’ve seen over the last few days in our Krafty Peeks,  Annie Rodrigue has created some totally awesome DUDES this month!  There are six images in the complete set and they are Clint the Cowboy, Curtis, Prince Charming, Private Message, Raymond the Golfer and Valentine Willard!  Each one comes with one or two bonus sentiment stamps!!

And if you’ve been hammered with the white stuff over the last week or so, like we have, Steven Leary’s images will be right up your alley!!  He’s back with MILES THE MOUSE and his pals and they are having some frosty winter fun!   You’ll get to check them all out in today’s December release day KRAFTY HOP!!  You’ll meet Sharin’ Some Cocoa, Sledding Pals, Shovelling Miles, Snowmobilin’ Fun and Snowshoe Fun!

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 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!

Also we’ve got ‘Gimme Kimmie’s Kits’ again!!   For those of you who just HAVE to have all the new images, we’ve got the perfect thing for you!  It’s called the ‘Gimme Kimmies Kit’!!!  Instead of clicking on each image that you’d like, you only have to click once to pick up a Gimme Kimmies Kit AND it’s at a discounted price!!  What could be better???

**ALSO** for the next week, we are having a little special to thank all of our loyal customers who shop with us throughout the year!!!  It’s called Kimmie’s Kustomer Appreciation!!! And all orders of $50 or more before shipping and taxes, will receive a FREE STAMP of our choosing!!!  That’s right!!  It will be a surprise gift, so no requests, please.  This special runs from Sunday, December 12th to Saturday Decemer 18th!!!

For my sample I used Steven’s darling Sharin’ Some Cocoa image. I stamped the image twice, once on Cosmo Cricket 1934 paper, once on X-Press It! Blending Card with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. I colored the mice on the white cardstock with Copic Markers (boy fur: T1, T3, T4 nose, ear: E93, Jacket: B91, B95, B97, girl fur: E34, E35, E37, Nose: E02, E04, Jacket: YG03, YG25, YG17, Cups: C0, C1, C3, E37), cut them out and colored the the edges with my black marker. Next I cut out the couch and colored it with Copic Markers (YR21, YR23, YR24, E07, E09, E18).  Shading paper pieced images was the last challenge over on the Copic Challenge blog.

A 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ piece of 1934 Cosmo Cricket paper was colored with Copic Marker E09 and adhered to a 2 1/2″ square of paper from the same pack and was stitched to a 2 5/8″ square of Classic Cream cardstock. A piece of black cardstock was cut and embossed with Label 15 Nestabilities die. The stitched layers were adhered to the Black Label die. The image was adhered to these layers with dimensionals.

A 2″ x 3 3/4″ piece of 1934 Cosmo Cricket paper was colored with Copic Marker E07 and adhered to a 3 3/4″ square of the same paper pack. The layers were stitched to a 3/16″ bigger piece of black cardstock. Seam binding was tied around the layers and topped with a blue button. The layers were adhered to a 4 1/4″ x 8 1/2″ piece of Kraft cardstock that had been folded in half.

The sentiment is from Kimmie’s Birthday Sentiments. It was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Classic Cream cardstock that had been cut and embossed with Tag dies. The tag center was sponged with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. A washer was adhered to the front of the tag and a hole was pierced through the tag there. It was attached to the button/bow combo with waxed Linen.

The card base is pretty simple, just something to tie it in with the front.

Next on the blog hop is Jeanne Streiff. Check out what she has in store for you! Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day! Hugs and smiles

I am excited to be the hostess of today’s Kraftin’ Kimmie Challenge. It’s an easy one. All you have to do is use “manly colors”. Because I used the new image “Curtis”, which will be available starting tomorrow, you will be able to win the image when you participate in the challenge.

I stamped the image in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on X-Press It! Blending card and colored him with Copic Markers (Overall: B91, B93, B95, B97, Shirt: YG91, YG93, YG95, Shoes: N4, N6, N8, Skin: E00, E02. E11, Hair: E99, E18, E19, Fish: YG01, YG03, YG25, YG17, BG01, BG02, Y38, E97, E99, Ground: E70, E71, E74).

The image was cut and embossed with the inner part of Spellbinders Classic Frame. The image was airbrushed with Copic Marker B91 and layered on a black piece of cardstock cut and embossed with a Classic Rectangle Nestabilities die.

The card base is a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Kraft cardstock folded in half. A 3″ x 3 1/2″ piece of Nottinghill 7Gypsies paper was adhered to a 3 3/4″ x 5″ piece of paper from the same paper pack. The layers were stitched to a 1/4″ bigger piece of white cardstock and then adhered to the card base.

The sentiment is from Kimmie’s Beachy Sentiments. It was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento ink on Solar White Neenah cardstock that had been cut and embossed with Petite Oval Nestabilities. It was airbrushed with Copic Marker B91. A jump ring was attached to the right hand side of the sentiment panel to make it look like the sentiment is on Curtis fishing rod hook and adhered to the image.

Lately I have been lazy and not decorating my cards. That just feels wrong somehow, like the card is not finished. For this one I finally got over my laziness and added a bit more paper stitched to a 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of white cardstock.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day! Hugs and smiles

Today’s Kraftin’ Kimmie Challenge is called “Let It Snow”. It sure is perfect for where I live. We had our first snow “sprinkles” a few days ago. Today we are supposed to get some more later in the day. For my card I picked Oliver. I really like this little guy. I stamped the image in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on X-Press It! Blending card and colored it with Copic Markers (Penguin: C0, C1, C2, C3, C5, C7, C8, YR23, YR24, E97, Hat: YG63, YG67, G28, Marshmellows: E50, E53). The background was airbrushed with Copic Marker B21. Faux Snow and a bit of  Chunky Crystals Crafty Sparkles were added to the bottom of the image.

A frame was cut with Label 8 and curved Rectangle Nestabilities out of and embossed with both dies as well as Canyon Brown Neenah Solar Card Snowflake Impressabilities. With the dies and the Impressabilities template over the frame (that wasn’t easy to hold all three) the frame was sponged with Walnut Stain Distress Ink.

A piece of Acetate was taped behind the frame and a mounting tape was added. More Chunky Crystals Crafty Sparkles were added inside the frame an the image was taped behind it to create a shaker.

Beige felt was cut with Create-a-Flake Shapeabilities dies, held together with a Recollection brads and adhered to the frame. The sentiment is from Kraftin’ Kimmie’s Holiday Sentiments. It was stamped on Natural White Neenah cardstock with Tuxedo Black Memento ink, cut and embossed with the Five Tag Spellbinders die and airbrushed with Copic Marker E51. It was topped with a small felt snowflake cut with Create-a-Flake Shapeabilities die and topped with another Recollection brad.

The card base is a 4 5/8″ x 11 3/4″ piece of textured Kraft cardstock folded in half. A 2 1/2″ x 4″ piece of Merry Christmas Echo Park paper was stitched to a 5 1/4″ piece of the same paper series. The long side of a 4″ long beige felt strip was cut with the Label 8 Nestabilities and adhered to the horizontal paper strip. May Arts Crochet Lace was adhered over the lower straight edge of the felt.

The shaker piece was adhered to the center of the card base with dimensionals and the sentiment was adhered to the left hand side of that.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful weekend! Hugs and smiles