Kraftin ' Kimmie Stamps - Let them eat cupcakes

To really make a stamp pop try a subtle matting and a lot of white. This great stamp set is by Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and is called "Let them eat cupcakes". A simple sentiment makes this the perfect card for any reason, be it birthday or just because.

Copics List 

Skin E00 E01 E02 E04

Hair C1 C3 C5 C7

Buns E21 E23

 Shirt C1 C3

Pants B93 B95 B97 B99

Shoes B93 B97

Headband B95 B97 B99

Yellow Y06 Y13 Y19

Red R24 R29 R59

For the base I used a beautiful blue patterned paper from My Mind's Eye 6x6 paper pad called "Nutmeg". 

The sentiment is an oldie but a goodie from Stampin' Up called "Short and sweet".

I added foam under the sentiment to add dimension.

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Your next Stamp - Cute Home

Whether you're celebrating a friend's new home or sending a note to a long lost pen-pal this "Cute House (CNYS423) stamp set is perfect. A great Canadian stamp company, Your Next Stamp, brings you this versatile stamp set. One of my go-to papers is Neenah 80lbs Super Smooth Coverstock paired with Black ink - India Ink by Hero Arts. The black is rich and crisp and the Copic markers blend well on these sheets without a worry. 80lb coverstock is great when you are fussy cutting around an image and it will hold up well.

Copic Color Chart:

Yellow: Y11 Y13 Y19

Blue: B000 B00

Green : YG03 YG05 YG06 YG07

Red: R14 R29 R39

Grey Roof and Steps: C1 C3

Windows: N2 N4

Brown : E23 E25

For the background I used a fun rainbow themed paper I found in Lawn Fawn's "Really Rainbow" 6x6 paper pad.

                                   

To create the grass I found a scrap piece of solid green card stock and put it through my Sizzix Big Shot using the Your Next Stamp "Chunky Grass Die".

You'll find the clouds paper in this oldie but a goodie of a paper pad by American Crafts called #Summer. 

 I used red cardstock to mat the piece and cut out the word Hello with a die that I had in my case, unfortunately I don't know the brand but many companies have great "Hello" dies. I used the same die to also cut out a 2 matching pieces of foam so that it could be layered.

For a hidden fun feature I used the flowers for the inside of the card as I found them to be a tad bit disproportionate compared to the tree and house.

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Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Book Dragon

From one book lover to another, this book loving dragon caught my eye and was a joy to color. I snagged this cutie from Kraftin' Kimmies Stamps, it's evidently called "Book Dragon". 

Copics List 

Dragon - YG03 , YG05 , YG06 , YG07, blender to create the dots

Belly - Y13, Y15, Y17

Horns, toe nails, Spikes - C1

Glasses - R24

Book - E21, E23, E25

Shadow - W0, W1, W3

White 110lb cardstock for the base of the top folding A2 card.

The green paper I found in American Crafts "Hip Hip Hooray" 6x6 paper pad. This pad is one of my favorites with it's bright colors and fun patterns, great for bright beautiful birthday cards.

                                  

You can't have a book reading dragon without book themed paper, this primary colored paper I found in Echo Park's 6x6 paper pad called  "Paper & Glue" by Lindsay McLaughlin. This paper pad has many great school themed pages.

To create the white banner I used a ruler and pencil and drew straight lines across being cautious not to cover the dragon, I then cut out the bottom line with a paper cutter and the top line I carefully fussy cut the line up to the image and then around the image. I used foam behind the sentiment and the image to add dimension.  

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Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Gift Wrapping Elf

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              This fun little "Gift Wrapping Elf" is an older stamp from Kraftin Kimmie Stamps, although it may be difficult to come by... it's worth the search. A cheerful grin is great for your holiday cards. Get started early and you'll be ready to go for next Christmas season. 

To create this card 5"X 7" card I first stamped the image and colored it up and then used Tim Holtz distress ink to dirty up the background, I used a q-tip as I got closer to the image. This was a lot more difficult then just stamping the image again on a masking paper, cutting it out, and covering the image. 

Copic Color Chart

Green : YG03 YG05 YG06 YG07 G07

Red : R24 R29 R39 R59

Ribbon : Y13 Y15 Y19

Hair : Y21 YR18 E08 E09 E19

Skin : E000 E00 E01 E02

Spool : E21 E31 E23 E44

                                                                                                                                                                The patterned paper I chose for the card base was from the Momenta Cardstock 6x6 paper pad.

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Stampin' Up - Christmas Cutie

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  This stamp is definitely appropriately named as a "Christmas Cutie".  I stamped the image on white 110lb coverstock.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    I created the base of the 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" side folding card by first folding it it half and then cutting off 1 7/8" from the cover piece. I covered the top flap with a piece of yellow cardstock measuring 3 1/2" x 4 1/4". I also covered the inside back piece with a piece of yellow cardstock measuring 2" x 4 1/4". I covered this inside piece using red Magic mesh and cut it to size before adhering this yellow piece to the card base.

I colored this cutie using the following color guide:

Copic Color Chart:

Scraf and Mittens: R29 R59

Yellow: Y11 Y13 Y15

Boots and snow suit: N4 N6 N7 N9

Snow Suit : B21 B23 B34

Hair : E21 E23 E25 E27

Skin : E01 YR00 E02 E04 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        I used the stampin' up adorning accents edgelits to create the red border detail. To create this I used the scalloped border and secured it to red cardstock using washi tape and the moved the die down a 1/4" secured it with washi tape and then ran it through the big shot again. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              I used the same die to cut a matching border on a piece of striped paper from the Bo Bunny Surprise! Collection 6x6 paper pad. I then secured the red border to this piece, and cut the striped piece to a width of approximately 3/4" by 4 1/4".

I cut a piece of the same red cardstock 3 1/4" x 4 1/8" to create a base for the image. I cut the image 3" x 3 1/4". I used my Stampabilities Happy Birthday #1 stamp for the sentiment and used Stampin' Up Cherry Cobbler ink pad to stamp the "Happy Birthday" on white cardstock that I then cut to 7/8" x 2 7/8". I cut a red border piece 1" x 3" using the red cardstock. I secure the sentiment to the card base only where it met up with the top piece and not the overhang.

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Quilled - Thinking of you

If you enjoy twirling paper paper then quilling is for you. I really enjoyed working in fine detail with making these little flowers. At the time I wasn't sure is quilling was for me so I used paper I had and cut my own strips with a 1/8 inch thickness. I would not recommend this because I wasn't easy to be consistent on the width of the strips and for quilling to look at it's best a better practice is to use the machine cut packs. They are economical and available in a vast array of colors.

I used a fine tip clear glue to secure the piece together and adhere them to the base of the card.

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Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Make a Splash!

This card makes a rainy day bright using this wonderful stamp from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. Although I usually make the base of my cards in bright white for this card I decided to change it up and use grey given the rainy image. The base is a top folding 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" using 110lb coverstock.

The dotted base I used was from the Bo Bunny Baby Bump collection and was cut the 5 1/2" x 4 1/4". 

I used my Copic markers to color up this image as follows:

Copic Color Chart

Coat : Y11 Y13 Y15 Y19

Dress : R14 R29 R59

Water : B00 B02 B04

Eyes : B02

Grey pant stripes :  C1 C3 C5

Skin : E000 E00 E01 E02

Mouth : R89

Tongue : R29

Hair : E35 E47 E49

Once the stamp was colored I cut the piece to 4 3/4" x 3 3/8". I cut a base in crimson red 4 7/8 x 3 1/2". I adhered these pieces together and added foam to the base before securing it to the card. 

I cut the "sending sunshine your way" sentiment from the Pebbles Spring Fling 12x12 sheet "From me to you". I added foam to this piece before securing it to the card.

To finish off the card I found in my case of dies a great raindrops confetti die. I cut a bunch of smokey blue raindrops in various sizes and pasted them to the card.

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Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps- Challenge - Anything but a Card

We challenge YOU to make Anything BUT a Card!!!
For this challenge you can make anything you wanna....except a card! So that means bookmarks, gifts, scrapbook pages, journal art, planner pages, tags, boxes...pretty much anything that includes a krafty stamp!!

Just make sure to include a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp and make sure it's a NEW creation! As soon as we have at least five people playing, we'll be giving away a PRIZE!!! yep! One lucky krafter will WIN a $20 gift voucher to the krafty shop!

You have a whole month to play along until
Monday, February 25th at midnight EST!
Also be sure to share your creations on the Krafty Friends facebook page because we LOVE to see your stuff!

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I ran with the challenge and I created this cute little Valentine favour bag that I absolutely love.

To create this fun bag I used the new Beary Love stampset.

Copic Color Chart

Fur E49 E47 E45

Belly/ears/muzzle E40 E43

Hearts R29

https://www.kraftinkimmiestamps.com/product/new-beary-love/

 covered my bag using the new hearts stencil and Gold Nuvo paste.

https://www.kraftinkimmiestamps.com/product/new-happy-hearts-stencil/
Check out some incredible inspiration from the Krafty Design Team below, then join us for all the fun!!

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Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Cold Noses! - Layers Challenge

Hello and welcome to another fun
Saturday Challenge!

Are you ready for some krafty fun?
We can't wait for you to play along and share your amazing krafty kreations!

This week our hostess is Krafty Girl, Melany and
your challenge theme is....LAYERS!

Each and every Saturday we post a brand new challenge for the week and you are welcome to enter as many times as you like! These must be new creations and you are welcome to use any stamp, however using a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp will earn you double entries! Each submission will enter you into the monthly draw of a $40 gift voucher to the krafty shop!

We've also got a fun sketch to inspire you for the month of January! You don't have to use it but it's there for you to use if you need a little kickstart....feel free to use it any time!

There are two ways to enter our challenges! 1) you can link up your entries at the bottom of this post and 2) share your KKS creations in our Krafty Friends facebook group! We can't wait to see what you create!

Don't miss our Frugal Friday Specials!! There is a selection of our fabulous stamp sets on SALE 40% OFF but only for the weekend and only while supplies last!

I decided to layer my patterned paper as well as my die cuts for this layers challenge.  I love this cutie and decided she needed to be a fiery little red-head.  I used 2 sheets from the Recollections Blush and Mint 6x6 Paper pad to create both the base and the chevron strip. I used dark burgundy cor'dinations paper to create the tiny borders.  To create the depth of the snowflakes I used 3 layers of dies in white and then sandwiched the top with the light blue patterned paper. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                I cut the image to 3 1/4" X 4 3/4" and created a mat around it using a piece of gauze paper from the DCWV paper pack cut to 5" X 3 1/2". I added foam to the back of the image. 

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         This top folding 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"card was made using 110lb white coverstock. It was a very quick card to whip up. I used a great multi striped sheet from the Lawn Fawn "Into the Woods" 6x6 paper pad.

     

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              To create the illusion of a lot of work I cut the some of lines on this sheet and added foam to them to add dimension. I then added 2 rows on bright turquoise crocheted ribbon. I adhered all to the card ant then used a corner rounder on the bottom corners.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             To create the sentiment I used a piece of diagonal orange striped paper from the same paper pad cut to 1 3/8" X 4 1/8".  I cut a piece of white cardstock 4 1/4"X 1 1/2" as a border.  I used a vellum quote from the Core'dinations Celebrate pack for the sentiment. I added foam to the base of the sentiment and secured to the card. I added  turquoise gems to the sentiment to finish it off.

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