Monthly Archives: November 2010

Today’s the day!  All of the cute Kraftin Kimmie  images you’ve seen over the last few days are now available!   Annie’s KRAFTY GIRLS — The Krafty Stamper, Annie the Artist, Mona the Seamstress, Natalie the Knitter, Lavender the Quilter and Sabrina the Spinner!  Each one comes with it’s own matching accessory stamp and a bonus coordinating sentiment!  And Steven Leary is back with Miles and pals — Miles on Ice, Miles and Winter Friends, Skating Polar Pal, Skiing Miles and Mice Angels.   (Two of them come with sentiments too.) 

As in previous months, Gimme Kimmie’s Kits are available, one of Annie’s images, one of Steven’s.  If you need every image in one of the collections, they’re only one click away.  And they’re available at a discount.

If you want to start at the beginning of the hop (which I hope you will because I’m just about at the end of the list), head on over to the Krafty 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!!   

Let’s Get Krafty

This is my favorite image of the new release, The Krafty Stamper.  See, that’s how I look after working on sneaky peeks…I’m happy (usually) but my eyes are big and kind of glassy. lol.  And those big stacks of papers?  They would actually be all over the place in one big mess on my table.

After coloring with my markers, I paper-pieced the tablecloth then added some shading with markers and pencils.  The little sign/sentiment is tacked to the table with tiny brads.

For the layout, I used this week’s CPS Sketch.  I decided not to add embellishments because my papers are kind of busy and the image is rather large.

Your next stop along the hop is with Twisty Artist Extraordinaire ANNIE RODRIGUE.  🙂 

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

Stamps:  Kraftin Kimmie “The Krafty Stamper”   Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black  Paper:  Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream, Echo Park Life is Good “Brown Floral,” “Simple Stripes” and “Seeing Spots”  Accessories: Copic markers, Prismacolor pencils, Creative Memories circle cutter, Michaels mini brads, dimensional boosters.  Finished size 5 1/4″ x 5 1/4″.

Hello.  This is the last day of previews of Kraftin Kimmie‘s November release, but it’s also Saturday and that means Challenge Day!  This week Krista has challenged us to use funky fibers on our cards–fun ribbons, yarns, cord, twine etc.  In all honesty, I did find some funky fibers in my stash.  I don’t know WHY I have them.  (Jody must have sent them to me.  Ha!)  I just couldn’t bring myself to use them.  I really don’t know what to do with funky fibers.  I think linen thread is about as funky as I get.  (I know. Boring.)

Knit Happens

This is Natalie the Knitter.  According to my daughter, she is knitting her own hair.  Apparently I didn’t give the yarn color much thought.  I just wanted it to match the paper.  I tried to add a bit of “blonde” to Natalie’s hair but I don’t think there’s enough of a difference.  So in addition to my not-so-funky fibers, I have a girl who’s knitting her own funky fibers–her hair.  Lol.   **sigh**

Once my image was colored, I stitched and tied the sentiment pieces and added tiny brads to the ends of the knitting needles.

You can see more November previews and samples using funky fibers HERE on the Krafty Blog.  And as always, if you’d like to play along, please post a link to your creation on the Krafty Blog for your chance to win a free Mona the Seamstress image from the new release!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I’ll be back tomorrow (or very late tonight) with the November Krafty Release Hop!  (I saved my favorite image and sample for last!)  🙂  Have a great day!

Stamps:  Kraftin Kimmie “Natalie the Knitter”   Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black  Paper:  Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream, Basic Grey Pyrus 6×6 paper pad  Accessories: Copic markers (E000, E00, E08, E13, E17, E18, Y21, YR23, YR24, B93, B95, B97, B0000, YR0000), Spellbinders Nestabilities, Michael’s mini-brads, corner rounder punch, linen thread.  Finished size 5″ x 5″.

Hello again.  🙂  It’s Day 2 of previews with Kraftin Kimmie‘s November releases.

My sample today uses Annie the Painter.

Color Me Happy!

Annie comes with a paintbrush accessory stamp and the sentiment I’ve used here.  Had I been feeling a bit more creative, I would have come up with something other than blobs of ink on the canvas.   Something to think about the next time.  🙂

For direct links to more previews, please check the Krafty Blog HERE. 

New images will be available Sunday, November 14th at 1 a.m. EST.  🙂

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

Stamps:  Kraftin Kimmie “Annie the Painter”   Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black  Paper:  Prism Rose Dark, Papertrey Ink Vintage Cream, Jillibean Soup Pasta Fagioli “Clove Fresh Garlic” and “Meatballs”  Accessories: Copic markers (E000, E00, E13, E17, E18, E31, E33, E35, R20, R59, R27, Y21, YG03, YG05), Prismacolor pencils, Doodlebug Limeade jewels, ribbon, My Favorite Things Open Scallop Die-namics border die, dimensional boosters.  Finished size 5 1/4″ x 5 1/4″.

Hi everyone!   It’s time to begin sharing samples of Kraftin Kimmie‘s November releases!  You know how much I love the Twisty Girls.  Well, this month they’re “crafting” up a storm.   Each image comes with it’s very own sentiment as well as one or two accessory stamps.  Bonus!

You’re Sew Nice!

This is Lavender the Quilter.  She comes with two accessory stamps (a pin cushion and thimble) and the sentiment “You’re Sew Sweet.”  (The sentiment I used here comes with Sabrina the Spinner.)

I spotted the “buttony-string combo” the other day on a Debbie Olson masterpiece. (Everything she creates is a masterpiece, you know.  🙂 )  So mine is copied, exactly, from hers.  The next time I’ll try to be more independent.  🙂

If you’d like to see more November Krafty samples, please check out the Krafty Blog HERE for direct links.  The new images will be available on Sunday, November 14th, 1 a.m. EST.

I’ll be back tomorrow with another!  Thanks SO much for stopping by!  Have a great day!

Stamps:  Kraftin Kimmie “Lavendar the Quilter” and sentiment from “Sabrina the Spinner“  Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black  Paper:  Papertrey Ink Vintage Cream, Crate Paper Restoration Collection 6×6 paper pad  Accessories: Copic markers (E000, E00, E31, E33, E35, E37, YR23, YR24, BG000, BG01, BG05, R20, R22, R27, YG93, BG0000, W00, W1, W3), Prismacolor pencils, buttons/string, Spare Parts trim by Paper Studio, sewing machine.  Finished size 5 1/4″ x 5 1/4″.

Hi everyone.  This week with Kraftin Kimmie, Tara has challenged us to use distressing on our cards.  It’s been quite a while since I’ve done this, and it used to be one of my favorite techniques so I was happy to revisit it.  🙂

Watch It!

It’s also been a while since I pulled out one of my all-time favorite Kimmie images, Drucilla.  She’s so sweet yet…not.  🙂

After coloring her with markers, I added some shading (dirt) to her dress (she’s been playing outside after all) with pencils and added tiny brads for pin heads.  I distressed the edges and added lots of stitching. 

I plucked the little green things from the flower centers, scrunched the flowers and attached each with buttons and string.

To see more design team samples, you can check out the Krafty Blog HERE.  If you’d like to play along, please post a link to your creation on the Krafty Blog for your chance to win a free stamp from Kraftin Kimmie!

Also, November previews begin on Thursday!  

Thanks for ALL the suggestions yesterday on the coffee! That was a big help!  Some flavors were mentioned that I’m very eager to track down.  And I’ve created an account with Big Cat and started filling my cart.  I like that you can create your own assortment!   🙂   

As always, thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a great day!

Stamps:  Kraftin Kimmie “Drucilla” and “Steampunk Sentiments”  Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and VersaMagic Wheat  Paper: Prism Island Mist Medium, Papertrey Ink Vintage Cream, Cosmo Cricket Togetherness 6×6 paper pad  Accessories: Copic markers (E000, E00, E31, E33, E35, YR23, YR24, BG10, BG23, R20, R35, R37, Y21, B000, W00, W1), Prismacolor pencils, Prima “Flight of Fancy” flowers, buttons/string, ribbon scrap, Michaels mini brads, edge distresser, sewing machine.  Finished size 5 1/4″ x 5 1/4″.