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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Did I ever have fun coloring beautiful Cordelia from Kraftin’ Kimmie for the Kraftin’ Kimmie challenge today. Today it’s a sketch, a fun one to boot. I hope you all have time to play.

I stamped Cordelia in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock and cut  her out with the largest Classic Circle Nestabilities die and the Out of the Box Technique. The image was colored with Copic Markers (Skin: E0000, E00, E01, Hair: YR18, E07, E19, Shells: E00, E02, Snail Houses: G20, G21, Star: Y13, Y17, E31, Tail: Y13, Y15, Y17, E31, G20, G21, G24, Water: BG11, BG34, BG45) and adhered to a piece of Really Rust cardstock that had been cut with the largest of the Large scallop circle dies and colored with E19 to match the hair of Cordelia. The edges of the image circle were paper pierced.

White Opal Liquid Pearls were added to dress up the pearls in her hair. White Liquid Pearls was mixed with water and brushed on to the tail, shells and snail of the mermaid for a really cool shimmer.

A 1 7/8″ x 4 3/4″ piece of MME Fine and Dandy -  True Blue paper was adhered to a 4 3/4″ square from the same paper pack. The top right corner of the strip was rolled, Melissa Frances white lace was adhered at the end of the strip and the layers were stitched to a 3/16″ bigger piece of Really Rust cardstock (again, colored with Copic Marker E19).

The card base is a 5 1/4″ x 10 1/2″ piece of Textured Kraft cardstock folded in half. The layers were adhered to the card base and the image was adhered over the layers with dimensionals. Recollection Pearl Brads were added as center to Prima Flowers and adhered next to the image with dimensionals.

The sentiment is from Kimmie’s Mermaid Sentiments. It was stamped on a 1/2″ wide strip of Neenah Solar White cardstock with Tuxedo Memento Ink. Color was added with Copic markers, a banner was formed and it was adhered with dimensionals and Scor-Tape. Two Pearl Pins were added to the lower flower. Snow Kaisercraft Pearls finish off the card.

Thanks so much for stopping  by! Have a wonderful weekend!
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Today is Sneak Peek day #2 for the new Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps. For a list of all sneak peek participants, check  the Kraftin’ Kimmie blog. Today you get a peek at the new Steven Leary images.

For my sample I used Springtime Maisie. The image was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock and colored with Copic Markers (Maisie: C1, C2, C3, C5, Ears and Nose: E93, E95, Flowers: BG10, BG11, BG13, R30, R32, R43, Y13, Y15, Y17, Grass and leaves: YG01, YG03, YG17, Basked: E13, E15, E18, shading: T0, T1).

The image was cut and embossed with Classic Square Nestabilities. Small and medium sized cloud masks cut with the Cloud Die-namics die and layered over the sky. The mouse and flower were masked and the sky was airbrushed with Copic Marker B32.  Next the image was layered on a piece of Neenah Canyon Brown cardstock, cut and embossed with Scallop Square Nestabilities and the edges were paper pierced.

For my card I used the current CPS sketch. I just turned it a bit so I wouldn’t have to cover up the flowers with the sentiment.

The card base is a 4 3/4″ x 9 1/2″ piece of textured Going Grey cardstock folded in half. A 4 1/4″ piece of Echo Park Life is Good paper was stitched to a 3/16″ bigger piece of Canyon Brown cardstock before the layers were attached to the card base. The image was adhered to the base with dimensionals.

The sentiment is from Kraftin’ Kimmie’s Thankful Sentiment set. The edges of a medium size cloud die-cut were airbrushed with Copic Marker B32 before the sentiment was stamped in it’s center with Tuxedo Black Memento ink. Yellow Kaisercraft Rhinestones in the center of the blue flowers, as well as the sentiment panel and the lower right corner of the card base finish off the card.

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