Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps

Cupid's Love Tag

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Dec 172011

Today’s Kraftin’ Kimmie Challenge is to create a tag. I changed it up just a little bit and created a Tag card. I started by folding 12″ textured Kraft cardstock in half and cut a tag card base with Tim’s large tag die.

A 2 1/4″ x 2 3/4″ piece of My Mind’s Eye Love Me Patterned Paper was adhered to a 2 1/4″ x 5 3/4″ piece from the same paper pack. The layers were stitched to a 3/16″ bigger piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock. Seam Binding was tied around the horizontal strip. The bow was topped with a button that was tied on with silver cord. That silver cord tied on a tiny tag with part of one of the sentiments from the new Lots of Love 2 set stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. The embossed part of the tag was colored with Copic Markers 1/5th YR31 (mixed 1/5th of YR31 refill with 4/5th of Blending solution in an empty marker).

Part of a paper doily was adhered to the left side of the layers and topped with the Cupic from Lots of Love 2. It had been stamped on Neenah Solar White cardstock, colored with Copics (Skin: E50, E51, E53 Hair: YR31, E97, E99, E31 Eyes/Wings: BG0000, BG000, BG01 Hearts: R22, R27, R39 Bow: E30, E31, E33, C0, C1, C3) and cut out. The wings were covered with Stardust Stickles .

The layers were adhered to the tag base and dressed up with part of a Finesse Rhinestone Swirl and additional Rhinestones.
A small slit was cut at the card fold and seam binding was threaded through there and the tag hole.

The inside of the tag was kept pretty simple. Just a white layer along with more Love me paper.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day.
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Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps December Krafty Hop

Challenge, Copics, Die-namics, Grand Nestabilities, Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, Nestabilities, Want2Scrap 29 Responses »

Dec 112011

Over the last few days in our Krafty Peeks, we have shared lots of FUN new stamps for you to get inky with! We’ve got something for everyone!! There is a fun new SET by Cheryl Alger for the little ladies in your life!! It’s called SUGAR AND SPICE! We also have TWO fantastic sets of VALENTINES from Emilie Goulet called LOTS OF LOVE 1 AND LOTS OF LOVE 2!!! And of course we have an amazing new set of six ALICE IN WONDERLAND stamp from Annie Rodrigue! PLUS we are also releasing a coordinating set of WONDERLAND SENTIMENTS!!

You will get to see most of the new images today as you sit back and enjoy our DECEMBER 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’!! (You’ve been buying presents for everyone else all month long….don’t you think it’s time to reward your krafty self a little bit??!! ) The stamps are grouped together by artist and are available at a discount, but only for a limited time!!

For my card I used an image from Cheryl’s new Sugar and Spice stamp set. The girl was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento ink on a piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock, cut and embossed with a Grand Square Nestabilities die and colored with Copic Markers (Skin: E000, E01, E11, BV00 Hair: YR24, E39, E29 Dress: Y13, Y15, Y17 Socks: YR15, YR18, R05 Cat: N0, N1, N3 ).Cloud Masks were added before the image was airbrushed with Copic Marker B02. Shading was added to the clouds with Copic Markers W00, W0, W1 and Diamond Stickles added a bit of sparkle to the dots on the headband.

For my layout I used the current sketch over at Magical Monday Challenge. I cut four 2 3/8″ patterned paper squares from My Mind’s Eye Stella & Rose Mabel Collection and stitched them to a 5″ square of white cardstock. White Organdy ribbon was tied around the layers and topped with a button that was tied on with iridescent curling Ribbon.

Brown Rhinestones and part of a Finesse Rhinestone swirl were used to tress up the card front. A sentiment from Sugar and Spice was stamped on a piece of white cardstock, cut and embossed with a Standard Circle Nestabilities die. The inside of the circle was colored with Copic Marker B0000. The layers were adhered to the card base, Sno Cone cardstock, cut and embossed with a Grand Scallop Square Nestabilities die.

The next stop on the blog hop is Diana. Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
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Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge #108 - A sketch

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Dec 102011

Today’s Kraftin’ Kimmie Challenge is an easy sketch.

Today is also a sneak peek day for a new set. These are from Annie and they are called Alice and Wonderland and Wonderland Sentiments. For my sample I used the Doormouse image. I stamped the mouse with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock and cut and embossed it with a Standard Circle Nestabilities die.

The cup was paper pieced with a pattern from MME Lost & Found Madison Avenue paper and the image and patterned paper were colored with Copic Makers (Mouse: E41, E42, E43 Tea Cup: R00, R01, R02 Bow: R21, R43, R46 ). The circle was sponged with Antique Linen and Vintage Photo Distress ink and layered on a piece of Kraft cardstock, cut and embossed with the largest Tear Drop circle Nestabilities die.

A 4 1/2″ long strip of white cardstock was cut with the small scallop Die-namics die and adhered to a piece of Madison Avenue paper. Several different pattern from the same paper pack were adhered to a 4 1/2″ square of paper and stitched to a 1/8″ larger white square. May arts Organdy Ribbon was tied around the upper half and topped with a button, tied on with Linen Thread.

A sentiment from Wonderland Sentiments was stamped in Tuxedo Black on a piece of white cardstock, cut and embossed with a retired Spellbinders tag die. It was sponged with Vintage Photo Distress ink and adhered to the lower right of the image layers. The card front was adhered to the card base, a piece of Kraft cardstock, cut and embossed with a Grand Scallop Square Nestabilities. Part of a Finesse Pearl swirl and additional pearls finish off the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have time to participate in the challenge. It’s a fun sketch!Have a wonderful day.
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Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge #107

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Dec 032011

I am excited to be a guest designer for Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps this month! My gig starts out easy with today’s Kraftin’ Kimmie challenge . Use heat or dry embossing on your project. Since making my first tag for the Flourishes Timeless Tuesday challenge this week, I was itching to create another tag.

For this one I started out with embossing a 2 /3″ x 4″ piece of Winter Park Patterned paper with a Snowflake Embossing Folder. The raised snowflakes were sanded and the sponged with Vintage Photo Distress ink. Two more 2 3/4″ wide pieces of the same paper pack were sanded and stitched to a 3″ x 6″ piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock that had been sponged with Vintage Photo ink. The layers were adhered to a piece of Kraft cardstock that had been cut with Tim’s large tag die.

For the sentiment panel I cut a piece of white and Kraft Cardstock with Tim’s Tag die. From the white piece I used the inner oval of the sentiment label. A sentiment from Kraftin’ Kimmie’s Holiday Sentiments was stamped in Rich Cocoa Memento Ink in it’s center. Then it was embossed with the same embossing folder used for the Winter park paper and sponged with Vintage Photo Distress ink. From the Kraft cardstock I used the outer part of the label. It was also sponged with Vintage ink and two brown brads were added. The panel was adhered with dimensionals to the lower part of the card.

I dyed some seam binding with Vintage Photo Distress Re-inker and water. It was turned into a bow and a button was tied on with Linen Thread. Parts of a Finesse Swirl were added above the bow and underneath the sentiment label. Three red Baby Bling Rhinestones were added under the sentiment.

As focal point for the upper part of the tag, I cut and embossed a piece of textured Kraft cardstock (Stampin’ Up!) with a Fanciful Holiday Shapeabilities die. It was sponged with Vintage Photo ink and a red Baby Bling Rhinestone was added to it’s nose. More dyed seam binding was attached to another red button and adhered to the top of the tag.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have time to participate in the challenge.
Have a great weekend!
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Inspiration Friday with La-La Land Crafts

Copics, Die-namics, Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, La-La Land Craft, Nestabilities, Want2Scrap 13 Responses »

Aug 052011

I was very excited when Irina asked me to be a guest designer for La-La Land Crafts this month. I will be participating in their Inspiration Friday challenges. Today’s challenge was to incorporate tearing. I am not a big fan of tearing, but I thought torn paper could make some great waves for this darling Mermaid Marcie.

I stamped Marcie in Tuxedo Black Memento ink on X-Press It! Blending card, colored her with Copic Markers (Hair: E08, E09, E19 Skin: E000, E01, E11 Lips: R21, R22 Tail: G12, G14 Vest: Y13, Y15, Y17, YR12, YR15, YR18) and cut her out.

Neenah Solar White cardstock strips were torn and cut with a small Petite Oval Nestabilities die and airbrushed first with Copic Marker G00, then with B12. Another piece of Solar White was cut with the same die. Some Cloud masks (cut with the Cloud Die-namic die) were adhered to the oval and the oval was airbrushed with Copic Marker B12 to create the sky. The waves were adhered to the sky and Marcie was adhered between them. Diamond Stickles were added to the waves to add some sparkle.

A 4 1/4″ strip of Neenah Solar White cardstock was cut and embossed with a Floral Doily Accent die before it was adhered to a 1 3/4″ x 4 1/4″ strip of Echo Park Splash patterned paper. Seafoam Organdy Ribbon was tied around the layers were before they were adhered to the card base.

The sentiment is from Kimmie’s Mermaid sentiments. It was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock. It was cut and embossed with the smallest Petite Oval Nestabilities die and airbrushed with Copic Marker YR15.

The top corners were rounded with the corner chomper (LOVE that tool!!!) and the upper part of the card edge were paper pierced. Baby Bling Rhinestones from Want2Scrap finish off the card.

Now you all know how much I LOVE my Copics. If you don’t have any yet, or not that many, head on over to the La-La Land Crafts blog. Irina is celebrating the first birthday of Marcie and Luka with a contest where you can win a 36 set of Copic Sketch Markers.

All you have to do is create a birthday card with either a Marci or Luka stamp, upload the card and add a link to the La-La Land Craft blog post. You have until the end of the month to do so. And if you don’t have any Marcie stamps….it might be the perfect time to purchase one. They are a blast to color.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
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Drucilla - Silver Pins

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Jul 092011

For this card I stamped Kraftin’ Kimmie’s Drucilla in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on a 3″ x 4 1/4″ piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock. The image was colored with Copic Markers (Hair: Y11, E31, E33, Skin: YR000, YR00, YR01, YR02, Stocking, dress trim: RV42, R32, R35, Dress: G21, YG63, YG67, Stuffed Animal: B41, B52, B45, Shoes: C5, C7, C9, Ground: YG63, YG67, E31, E33, T4, Background: B0000).

The image was layered on a slightly bigger piece of Welsh Blue cardstock and the edges of the image were paper pierced. A black piece of cardstock was cut and embossed with the Scallop Frame Nestabilities die and the image layers were adhered. Silver Recollection pearls were adhered to the pin heads as well as in the center of each bow on Drucilla’s hair.

Three buttons (2 October Afternoon, 1 Cosmo Cricket) were stitched to the lower left corner with silver cording. Two May Arts Trinket pins were added underneath the buttons. A bow was tied out of 1″ wide pink silk ribbon. A white button was tied around the bow with silver cording. The same cording holds the sentiment.

The sentiment is from Kraftin’ Kimmie Sassy Sentiments. It was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock and cut and embossed with Spellbinders Tag die.

Two 4 3/8″ wide strips of Cosmo Cricket Material Girl paper were adhered to a 4 3/8″ x 5 1/2″ piece of Material girl paper. The layers were stitched to a 3/8″ bigger piece of black cardstock. The card base is 5″ x 12″ piece of Textured Kraft cardstock folded in half.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
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The Copic Coloring Guide Blog Hop

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Jul 062011

Welcome to the Copic Coloring Guide Blog Hop! We’ve got information about the new book, beautiful coloring, stunning card projects, and BLOG CANDY!

The Copic Coloring Guide is a new book by Colleen Schaan and Marianne Walker. It’s the perfect resource for beginner and intermediate coloring artists alike. The book contains information about the different styles of Copic markers, explains the coloring/numbering system, details how to pick good blending groups, teaches a number of blending techniques through illustrated tutorials, and de-mistifies the colorless blender marker. And that’s just in the first 18 pages! The book also contains over 40 beautiful coloring card projects separated into beginner, intermediate and advanced skill level. Each card project includes step-by-step coloring AND assembly instructions… along with supply lists and manufacturer information to make recreating the projects simple and easy.

I was excited that Colleen picked one of my cards to be featured in her book. The stamp I used for this card is called Ophelia, designed by Crissy Armstrong from Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps. Crissy’s fairy stamp are so much fun to color! The book is published by Annie’s Attic, a division of DRG, also the publishers of the popular CardMaker magazine. Click HERE for more information or to or to purchase the book (also available in PDF electronic download).

How would you like to win an AUTOGRAPHED copy? Each of the contributing designers is hopping today and each one is giving away a copy of the book… signed by both authors AND the designer. To be eligible to win, please leave a comment on THIS post telling us what your favorite copic color combo is. Posting will close at midnight on Saturday (July 9) and the winner will be posted on Monday, July 11.

Make sure to visit each of the designers blogs to see their favorite project from the book and for a chance to win your own autographed copy!

Jennie Black
Michele Boyer
Lori Craig
Sharon Harnist
Debbie Olson
Colleen Schaan
Sherrie Siemens
Marianne Walker

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day.
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Sweet Peek-a-boo

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Mar 242011

I created this card for the Technique Lover Challenge on SCS as well as the 100th Sweet Stop Sketch. I picked Peek-a-Boo Cocoa as my image, printed it out on Neenah Solar White cardstock, cut it with a Classic Square Nestabilities die and colored it with Copic Markers (Sky: B21, B23, Mouse: N0, N1, N3, E93, E95 Flowers: Y17, YR15, YR18, E97, E09, E18 Rock: W3, W5, W7 Grass: YG01, YG03, YG25)….I know. I am so predictable. Neenah Paper, check, Nestabilities, Check, Copic Markers double check!

The image was adhered to a piece of black cardstock, cut and embossed with Classic Scallop Square Nestabilities and the edges of the image were paper pierced. Three buttons were stitched to the lower right edge with Lemon drop Twine. I think that color is my favorite. It’s so pretty!

A 2 3/4″ x 3 5/8″ piece of Pebbles patterned paper was stitched to a piece of white cardstock, cut and embossed with a Classic Scallop Rectangle die. The image panel was adhered to the patterned paper panel.

A 2 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ strip of dictionary was adhered to a strip of black cardstock that had one edge cut and embossed with a long Scallop Rectangle Nestabilities die. The layers were adhered to a 4 1/2″ square of Pebbles Happy Go Lucky Patterned Paper. The layers were stitched to a 3/16″ bigger piece of black cardstock.

Lemon Drop Twine was wrapped around the dictionary strip and a sentiment tag was added. The tag had been cut and embossed out of Solar White cardstock with the smallest of the Tag Trio die. The sentiment is from Kraftin’ Kimmie’s Everyday sentiment and was stamped on the tag with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink.

A Recollection Rhinestone swirl was adhered to the upper right corner before the image layer was adhered to the card base with dimensionals.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
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Kraftin' Kimmie and CPS sketch

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Feb 272011

Today’s CPS sketch challenge is sponsored by Kraftin’ Kimmie stamps. The sketch didn’t really lent itself to Kimmie’s big images, so I only used part of Charlotte for my card.

I cut three 1 3/8″ squares out of Neenah Solar White cardstock. On the first I stamped Charlotte’s head and the doll she is holding in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, on the second the doll she is holding in her other hand. The third square was stamped with sentiments from Sassy Sentiments. I stamped the extra stamp doll that comes with Charlotte on a scrap paper.

The images were colored with Copic Markers (Charlotte’s hair: E37, E47, E49, Charlotte’s skin: E000, E01, E11, Charlotte’s Dress: RV42, R32, R35, N3, N5, N6, YG01, YG03, YG17, Doll eyes: N3, N5, N6, Doll Skin: E40, E41, E42, E43, Doll Dress: BG10, BG11, BG13, Doll Collar: Y13, Y15, Y17, T2, Background: BG10, BG0000) and layered on black cardstock, cut and embossed with the smallest Lacey Square Nestabilities die.The extra doll was cut out and adhered to the sentiment panel with dimensionals. The image panels were paper pierced.

A 2″ x 5 1/4″ piece of October Afternoon Modern Homemaker paper was adhered to a 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of the same paper pack. All four corners of the big layer were rounded before the layers were stitched to a 3/16″ bigger piece of black cardstock. The corners were rounded as well.

Black Ric Rac was adhered over the edge of the horizontal strip. Over that green ribbon was tied and topped with a Build-a-Brad (Stampin’ Up!) was topped with a big silver Kaisercraft Rhinestone. To dress up the upper half of the card a bit, I added a Recollection Rhinestone swirl above the bow and three Buttons (Cosmo Cricket and October Afternoon to the top left corner. The buttons were stitched to the card with black waxed Linen.

The card base is a 8 1/2″ x 5 3/4″ piece of Core’dination cardstock folded in half. Three tiny Silver Kaisercraft Rhinestones in each of the top card corner finish off the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have time to play with the sketch! Have a great day!
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Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge #67

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Feb 262011

Today’s card was created for several challenges. The background was created with the Bargello Technique, which was the Technique challenge on SCS on Monday. The sketch is from Cute Card Thursday’s challenge and the Scallop Circle was used so the card would fit Kraftin’ Kimmie’s challenge today.

For my sample I picked Drucilla. I lover her slightly demented look. I stamped her in Tuxedo Black Memento ink and cut her out with Classic Circle Nestabilities and the Out of the Box Technique. The image was colored with Copic Markers (Skin: YR0000, YR000, YR00, Dress: YG01, YG03, YG17, N1, N3, N5, N7, Stockings: R12, R15, R17, E30, E0000, Doll: E30, E31, E33, Hair: E15, E25, E29, Background: B0000, B000, B91). The image adhered to Black cardstock that had been cut and embossed with Classic Scallop Circle Nestabilities.

My Bargello background was created out of Echo Park’s For the Record Patterned Paper. I cut my strips 5/8″ wide. The background was cut with Label 1 Grand Nestabilities and layered on a hand-cut, slightly bigger piece of black cardstock. The layers were stitched together. Two tiny tabs were cut with one of the Label Trio dies, adhered to the top right corner and topped with Silver Recollection Pearls.

The image was adhered with dimensionals and Prima and Bo Bunny Flowers were taped around it. One of them had a Basic Grey Button center, the rest were topped with Recollection Pearl Brads.

The sentiment is from Sassy Sentiments. It was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock that had been cut and embossed with one of the Double Ended Tags.

The main card was created out of one 4 3/4″ x 9 1/2″ piece of Sno Cone cardstock folded in half. Two bigger pieces of Sno Cone paper were cut and embossed with Grand Label 1 Nestabilities and adhered to the front and back.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful weekend!
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