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There She Goes: Aquaholic!

Woo hoo!  It's the first day of peeks for There She Goes May release!!!  Todays set is called Aquaholic (LOVE the name, lol).  My manly-man happens to have a birthday this week and this card will be perfect!  If the sketch looks familiar, that's cause it's this weeks TSG208 sketch!!  

Melyssa is back from a short break with a new set for us, and we were so excited about it, we had to show it off day one of our peeks!! She is getting us ready for summer with her signature style, and I’m just not sure if it can get ANY cuter than this!! With three adorable character images, and lots of accessories and sentiments, she will have you using this set for everything from party decorations to greeting cards!

Aquaholic is a 6x8 set that includes a total of 26 stamps and will sell for $24.00. This set will be available for purchase at 11pmEST on Saturday, May 25^th.

Would you like to win the new Aquaholic stamp set? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post.

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday, May 25th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

 

 

Kraftin Kimmie: May Release Day hop!

Happy Hop day!  Isn’t this month’s release just “beachy”? ;)   Today I inked up Margarita, isn’t she cute just chillaxin in her “floaty” with her fru-fru drink?  This is my first easel-card… how fun!!!  Cheers!

After all of these uber cute images, I am even more ready for summer!!  Today the Krafty girls will be showing off one more time most of the new images so grab your latte, sit back, happy hoppin’ & then happier shoppin!!   All new images are available NOW in the KK Store, but be sure to stop by the Kraftin Kimmie Blog to see what other store goodies Miss Kimmie has up her sleeve (seems like she’s always spoiling us with something in her store!).

 

Kraftin Kimmie: Anything Goes Challenge & Margarita, River & Sunny peeks!

Hey, happy weekend!  Welcome back to day 4 of Kraftin Kimmie May peeks!  This is Margarita and isn't she just cute??  I apologize for the quick post but our internet is being "wonky".  This week's Kraftin Kimmie challenge is, Anything Goes! So get your Krafty rubber and get inky!  Be sure to head over to the KK Blog for more deets about this week's challenge as well as all of the latest scoop on this release and release party!!  Don't forget to Hop along and check out all of the Krafty eye-candy (you could win ya some rubbah!!).  Thanks for popping by :)

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Kraftin Kimmie: May Release Peeks, Leilani, Jacquie & Gabby

Hey yall!  Today the Krafty girls are back showing off some of the new BEACHY GIRLS!!  This is Gabby, and as soon as I saw her I immediately thought of one of #1 son’s friends… she plays Volleyball for the H.S.  Of course I had to deck Gabby out in some school pride colors! SCORE!  The layout for my card is this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch!

Below you will find all the Krafty Girls who have goodies to show you today and while you're visiting their blogs, be sure to leave some love at each stop because ONE lucky stamper is going to WIN a package of today's stamps!! Woohoo!!!

ALL of our MAY stamps will be available TOMORROW night at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop!!! We'll be celebrating tomorrow evening at our ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!! It's over at our KKS Facebook fan page! Join us for all the fun!! You can find more details here!!

 

There She Goes AGAIN! On the Move

Have you been peeking at the TSG Blog this week?  I just LOVE TSG Again! week, it's so fun to play with some "less new" stamps ;)  It seems like we know so many people either moving or getting ready to move so I chose to use On the Move.  So stinking cute, I just LOVE that little girl :)  Well that's all I have for ya right now, be sure to pop by the TSG Blog to see what the rest of the Trendsetters came up with!  Thanks for popping by, hope to see ya again soon!

Kraftin Kimmie: May Release Peeks day 2, Shell me a Story and Totally Tubular!

So watcha think so far?  Isn't the May release just too cute??  This is Mermaid Lulu, from the Shell Me a Story set.

I used some Pool Smooch on the water bubbles and some Clear Smooch on her pearl.  My layout is this week's Mojo Sketch!  I just love these colors and the way she turned out :)  Be sure to visit the Kraftin Kimmie blog to get all of the deets on the release party and chances to win some free rubbah!!

All the Krafty Girls listed below have lots of super FUN designs to show you, so be sure to hop over to each of them! And while you're there, be sure to leave a comment because we are giving away one of EACH of the new sets!!! You could WIN one of the new SHELL ME A STORY or TOTALLY TUBULAR stamp sets!!!!! {All of this week's winners will be announced at the online party on Saturday night!}

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Kraftin Kimmie: May Release Peeks, Good Vibes!

Hey yall!  Welcome to the Kraftin Kimmie May Release peeks!  This release is chock-full of fabulous-ness!!  Today I'm peeking Good Vibrations set by Nicole.  LOVE how fun and cheery these look!  

We have lots of inspiration from the Krafty Girls, so hop around....and be sure to comment at each and every stop because one lucky stamper is going to WIN BOTH of the new GOOD VIBRATIONS and SUMMER LOVIN' sets!!! {All of this week's winners will be announced at the online party on Saturday night!}

OH YES!! We are having another amazing ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!!! It's happening this SATURDAY evening at our Facebook fan page....and you can get ALL the details HERE!!! ALL the new stamps we're sharing over the next few days will be released on SATURDAY!!

 

Just Inklined: Knitting Basket

Hey yall!  Just a quick post today to show you this Thank You card I made for my cousin!  The image is called Knitting Basket from Just Inklined Stamps.  She's knitting me a cozy blanket and this image is just perfect for her :)  Thanks so much for popping by, hope to see you again soon!

Kraftin Kimmie: Get Sentimental Challenge

**If you are looking for my JUGs chalkboard/challenge card, please scroll down one post or click >here<**

This week's Kraftin Kimmie challnge hostess is SHERI, and her challenge is Let's Get SENTIMENTAL!!  I took this literally and grabbed one of my fave sentiment sets, Neverland Sentiments!  I've never worn out a stamp set, but it's a possibility with this one ;)  Sometimes I just LOVE CAS cards, I'm not normally very good at them, but I just LOVE the way this one turned out :)  I just grabbed some scraps from one of my fave paper pads and made the smaller panel, it's popped up on Sticky Fingers as is the sentiment which is also stamped on a piece of paper from the pad.  The sentiment frame is the Vintage Oval die (from Verve).

Be sure to head over to the Kraftin Kimmie Blog for more DT inspiration and the deets on how you could WIN a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp!!!  Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon!

Just Us Girls #188: A WHITE Technique!

Ok, so seriously, this could be one of my fave cards!  This is my week as Challenge Hostess over at Just Us Girls and I'm challenging yall to use a white "medium" on your creation.  Now it can be white ink, white crayons, white chalk, white pastel pencils... it's just gotta be white!  Easy Peasy, huh?  Well it was until I realized my White Pigment pad had dried out and so did the refill bottle!!! Dang-Blasted!!  I knew I wanted to use the new Chalkboard Memories set co-designed by my gal Tobi Crawford so I decided to break out some VersaMark and White Embossing powder (if EP isn't a medium, it is now!;)).  I also stamped it on In The Navy blue cs (from Gina K) instead of black.  

After getting everything embossed and pretty I took a #230 Pastel pencil and did some shading areound the images and then smudging with my finger.  I used the same pencil to add some initials inside the heart (yup, this is gonna be hubby's b-day card!).  I used From the Heart dies (from verve) for the red hearts on the "chalk board", the arrow is from the Arrow die (also from Verve).  Voila!! 

Thanks so much for popping by, be sure to head over to the JUGs blog for more deets and some DT inspiration!  Can't wait to see what you create :)

Just Inklined: Daisy Patch bookmark

Hello!  I seem to be on a bookmark-making-kick here lately :)  Today I grabbed the bookmark cut out from the Silhouette online store.  For the center image, I used Daisy Patch by Just Inklined.  SInce it's a digi image I could size it any size I wanted so I made it rather large and then just chopped off the piece that I wanted for the bookmark... perfect proportions of leaves and flowers :)  That's about it.. thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon!!

Just Inklined: "This one's for the Boys" Hop

 

Hello, Happy Monday and welcome to Just Inklined's May hop... This One's for the Boys!  If you are hoping along then you should have come here from Tammy's blog, and if you just happened here then you should head over to the start of the hop, Dawn.  Today I'm using Black and White Sheep and colored it up with some Copics.

I wanted a sentiment for this so I added, "Who's your da-a-a-a-ddy?" *giggle*  Can't wait to use this one for Father's Day ;)  Well that's all I have for you for now.  Grab your latte and get hoppin... your next stop is Lori!  Happy hopping!

Kraftin Kimmie: Banners challenge

**If you are looking for my TSG Stampbook Saturday/JUGs post, please scroll down one post or click >HERE<**

Hey Krafty peeps!  Here's my card for todays Kraftin Kimmie challenge... BANNERS!  Miss Sharon is our Hostess with da mostess this week!  Be sure to play along for your chance to win ya some rubbah!  I decided I wanted to play with some PINK stuff, and who looks better in pink than Tinkerbell :)  I just LOVE Tink and the Neverland Sentiments are one of my fave!!  

I grabbed the banner from the Silhouette store and cut it out twice, once in Espresso cs and once in my patterned paper and then off-set them a bit.  I also added some Cinnamon Stickles to the banner.

Of course I had to Bling-up Tink, so she has some Stardust on her wings and rhinestones on her hair tie and belt tie!

Are you coming to our National Scrapbook Day Krafty Krop??? It starts this morning on the KKStamps Facebook Fan page!!! Challenges start at 10 am EST.

**NSD SALE!! Kimmie has put TONS of stamps on sale (including some retired stamps!.. woot woot!) 

ALSO have you heard about the new section in the shop.....called KRAFTY SINGLES?? Some of you have asked about purchasing some of the images from our sets of stamps and while we can't do it on an ongoing basis, I will be putting some singles in there occasionally....feel free to make requests! Right now we have the single stamps from LOVELY LULU and WORLD OF WONDER but only for a limited time!!

Well that's all I've got for ya for now... thanks for popping by! 

There She Goes: Stampbook Saturday & a JUGs sketch!

Hey yall!  It's my final post as Trendsetter of the Week and today I have a "scrap page" for ya, well kinda!  This really is going on a canvas, it's for my daughter.  She graduated a few years ago, but she really loves this pic of her and our oldest son, so I made this for her room.

The cute little GRAD-girl here is from the ConGRADulations set by There She Goes, I of course, colored her to look like my daughter :).  The Journal Lines are also from TSG, I did a little "masking"so the lines fit up against her.  I left the Journal Box blank so #1 Son can write her a note on there.  

and my sentiment is from The Beary Best from TSG... I think it's just perfect for a Grad picture!

I took the sketch for today's Just Us Girls Challenge and tilted the panels a bit... the sketch was just perfect!  Well that's it for now!  Thanks for stopping by!

There She Goes: ABC Friday

Hello, well it's time for my TSG ABC Friday post .  Remember when we were kids and ABC stood for "Already been chewed"?  Well now that we're all grown up and color all day and play with paste & cardstock, it stands for Anything But a Card!  So today, I made a magnet bookmark!  My in-laws read alot and you know those refrigerator magnets you get from like the Pizza place, etc?  Well they would fold one in half and use it as a book mark!  BRILLIANT!  The bookmark won't fall out of the book because there's a page in between the two magnet pieces.  So I took this idea and made it pretty!  The set is called Dance, by There She Goes and the sentiment is one of my faves or all time!!!!  Of course I LOVE the flowers too :)  The front flap of my bookmark is a transparency so it's hard to photograph.

 Here's the bookmark holding my place.  The sentiment is stamped on white, but I took a few Copics and added some stippling using RV10, YG0000, YR00.  To make the sentiment panel pop a little I "edged" it using E47, just ran the side of the E47 along the edges.  The flower is popped up from the book mark a bit, and I raised the flower so it would stick out of the book.  Doing that also allowed me to use a brad in the center of the flower... it won't get squished or ruin the book.

 This is the bottom panel of the bookmark.  I just added some pretty patterned paper to it, and the black piece is the magnet (it hides behind the sentiment panel).

 Well I hope you like my bookmark!  Thanks for popping by & Happy Friday!