Monthly Archives: August 2010

Hi everyone!  Time for the Saturday challenge with Kraftin Kimmie!  This week our very sweet Krafty Girl Diana has challenged us to brighten our cards with stars!  If you’d like to play along, be sure to post a link to your creation on the Krafty Blog for your chance to win a free stamp from Kimmie!

If the Broom Fits…

I used Witchypoo from Kimmie’s fabulously fun Halloween release (my favorite so far)!

“If the broom fits…” is from Kimmie’s new Halloween Sentiments set.  Hee, hee, hee…love it.   

After coloring her, I added some sparkle to her hair, dress and broom using a Buttermilk glitter pen.  I then cut her out and adhered her over the ‘full moon,’  popping her up on dimensional boosters for added depth. 

The stars are tiny self-adhesive crystals by A muse.  (I really had to dig through my “stuff” to find them but thankfully they were still there.  I think I’ve had them for years.)

To see more samples for this challenge, please check out the Krafty Blog HERE.

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

Stamps:  Kraftin Kimmie “Witchypoo” (Moonlight Whispers)  Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Ranger Walnut Stain Distress  Cardstock:  Papertrey True Black, Vintage Cream  Patterned Paper: Cosmo Cricket Haunted “Gothic” and “Nevermore”   Accessories:  Copic markers (E000, E00, E13, E17, E18, E29, E31,  E35, YR23, YR24, YG03, R20, W1, W3, W5, W7), A Muse mini-stars Creative Candy, Buttermilk Spica glitter pen, Stampin’ Up mini library clip, ribbon, dimensional boosters.  Finished size 5 ¼” x 5 ¼”.

Today Kraftin Kimmie Stamps is releasing their new spoooooooooky August images!  As you’ve seen over the last few days in our Krafty Peeks,  Annie Rodrigue has created some super cute and creepy designs!  There are eight images in the complete set and one of them is a very special one created from Annie’s original painting, Little Batty Princess!

Steven Leary is back with Miles the Mouse and his ghoulfriend, Maisie, along with some new fun characters!   They are having a lot of trick or treating fun and you’ll get to check them all out in today’s August release day 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 stamps from the new release!  And when you’re done hopping, be sure to head over to the Kraftin Kimmie Shop because ALL the new images are NOW available!  Also, as in past releases, each and every order placed this week will be entered into a draw.  One lucky customer will win a 5×7 print of Annie’s Batty Princess!!

Additionally, we’re doing something new this month.  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.  There’s a kit of Annie’s images and one of Steven’s.  AND the kits are each discounted 20%!  What could be better???

Mum’s the Word!

Meet Mitzi the Mummy.  I love her.  She reminds me a bit of my little girl.  Not that she looks or dresses like a mummy…nor does she have red squirrely hair.  But one night as I stopped in her room to kiss her goodnight I noticed she was lying in her bed with her arms up in the air (like a mummy).  I asked what she was doing and she said it made her tired and helped her to go to sleep. (hee-hee-hee)  I’m not sure where she got this idea but whatever works….  🙂

I colored Mitzi (just a bit) with markers, added some ground with pencils and then snipped off two flowers from some felt trim I picked up somewhere…long ago.  I drew in the tiny eyelashes and skinny flower stems then added the little brads in the flower centers.

Your next stop in the hop is with MISS KRAFTIN KIMMIE herself.  I hope you’ll stop by to tell her just how spooktacular she and her stamps are.  🙂

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day!

Stamps:  Kraftin Kimmie “Mitzi the Mummy” (Moonlight Whispers) and “Halloween Sentiments”  Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black  Cardstock: Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream  Patterned Paper: October Afternoon Weathervane “New Pencils”  Accessories:  Copic markers (E000, E00, E13, E31, E17, E18, E50, R20, YR23, W1, B0000), Stampin’ Up Chocolate Chip marker, Spare Parts trim by Paper Studio, felt flowers (source unknown), brads, Prismacolor pencils, Creative Memories circle cutter.  Finished size 4 ¼” x 5 ½”.

Hi everyone!  It’s Day 3 of August previews as well as Challenge Day with Kraftin Kimmie.  This week Krista has a card recipe up her sleeve.  She’s challenging us to use scallops, buttons and bling!

I’m Batty for You     

Is this image cute or WHAT?  I LOVE her!  She’s dainty…yet just a wee bit twisted (lol).  I was so excited to see that Annie had turned her Little Batty Princess into a stamp.)

After coloring sweet Little Batty with markers, I added lots of sparkle using Clear, Black and Buttermilk Spica glitter pens.  (I had a hard time getting a good picture of the sparkle.)

You can find direct links to more design team samples on the Krafty blog HERE.  Then I hope you’ll come back tomorrow (or late tonight actually, 8/15, 1 a.m. EST) for the August release Hop & Shop!  See you then! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Kraftin Kimmie Stamps “Batty Princess”   Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaMagic Wheat  Cardstock: Papertrey Ink True Black, Vintage Cream  Patterned Paper: Graphic 45 Halloween in Wonderland 8×8 paper pad  Accessories: Copic markers (E000, E00, E31, E33, E35, E57,Y21, YR20, YR0000,  W00, W1, W3, W5, W7), MFT Small Scallops Die-namics border die, Black, Clear and Buttermilk Spica Glitter Pens, Prismacolor pencils, buttons, black DMC floss.  Finished size 4 ¼” x 5 ½”.         

Hey Ghoulfriends!  *snort*  I’m back today with another preview from Kraftin Kimmie’s August release (Sunday, 8/15).  

Hey Ghoulfriend!

Meet Hattie, another of the fabulous new Moonlight Whispers images.  (Don’t you just love that little spider?  …maybe not, hee, hee.)   Hattie has a boyfriend (or “suitor”) named Horace.  I’ll have a sample using him later.

I colored Hattie with Copics, cut around the image with a Nestabilities die and sponged the edges (with the die still in place). 

I just picked up the (top) floral paper from my ‘kind of local’ scrapbook store this weekend.  It’s from Echo Park’s “Life is Good” collection.  (Kind of funny, huh? …maybe just to me.)  The (bottom) brown floral paper is my first shot at Core Impressions.  LOVE that stuff.  I used a sanding block to reveal the color beneath.  Very cool.

Don’t forget to check out the other Krafty girls’ samples (direct links HERE)!  I’ll be back tomorrow with my favorite of my samples.  🙂

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day!

Stamps: Kraftin Kimmie Stamps “Hattie” and “Halloween Sentiments”  Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaMagic Wheat  Cardstock: Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream, Jenni Bowlin Core Impressions “The Chocolate Box”  Patterned Paper: Echo Park Life is Good “Brown Floral”  Accessories: Copic markers (E000, E00, E31, E33, E35, E57,R00, R81, R83, R85, YG03, YG0000, B0000, W00, W1), Spare Parts trim, twill, Spellbinders Nestabilities, sponge, sanding block, dimensional boosters.  Finished size 4 ¼” x 5 ½”.

It’s time to begin the previews for Kraftin Kimmie’s August release!  They’re creepy and they’re spooky, mysterious and ooky!  And oh so cute too!   There are lots of new images this month so be sure to check out the Krafty blog each day (after 7 a.m. EST) for direct links to more design team samples!

You Keep Me in Stitches

Meet Zelda the Zombie.   She’s cute in her own creepy kind of way, don’t you think?  I like the stitches.  She’s one of the many new Moonlight Whispers images available Sunday, August 15th.

The new Halloween Sentiments set comes with many fun and quirky sayings.  I thought this one was perfect with Zelda.  (I cleared embossed after stamping to help the words stand out against the patterned paper.)

After coloring her with markers, I dabbed my colorless blending pen over her clothes, more so on her pants, to give them a faded, blotchy kind of look.

Lastly, I added the black zig-zag stitches and screw brads.

I’ll be back each day between now and then with previews.  🙂

Thanks SO much for stopping by! Have a great day!

Stamps: Kraftin Kimmie Stamps “Zelda the Zombie” and “Halloween Sentiments”  Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaMagic Wheat  Cardstock: Papertrey Ink True Black, Vintage Cream  Patterned Paper: Pink Paislee Twilight Collection “Sunset”  Accessories: Copic markers (E000, E00, E31, E33, E35, E57, V12, V15, V17, YR02, YR04, YR07, YG03, B0000, G0000, YR0000, W00, W1, W3), Prismacolor pencils, clear embossing powder, Karen Foster screw brads, sewing machine, dimensional boosters.  Finished size 4 ¼” x 5 ½”.