Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Very Last (and Favorite) Christmas card of 2016

Hello again friends and followers :o)
Are you as in shock as I am that there are
only 3 more days of this year?!
This past month was so full for me with
work and family that it seemed like I blinked
and now it is almost over.
I remember my Grandma telling me that
as you get older time goes by faster.
I didn't believe her until recently lol!

I have one more Christmas card to share with you
today that was made for my son and his lovely lady.

This is a retired Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp called Rudy.
I stamped it on Kraft paper and then colored with
copic markers and a white gel pen.  I really
loved how it turned out and not only was it my
very last Christmas card of 2016 - it was also my favorite!
This cheeky reindeer reminds me a lot of my son :o)
here's the inside too

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Merry Monday Christmas Challenges #228 - Favorite of 2016

Last of the Christmas cards for 2016

Hello friends hope you had the most blessed Christmas holidays!
Things have been very quiet on my blog lately as I've
been really busy with lots of family stuff and the holidays
these past 3 weeks.  Good stuff - just really busy! 

Today I'm sharing the last of the cards I made for Christmas 2016. 
I didn't get nearly as many Christmas cards done this
year as I had planned :o(.  How about you?  

Here's card #1 

I'm entering this card in these great challenges:


And here's card #2 

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
(Create a Christmas Card or Anything But a Card)

And card #3

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

And finally card #4

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Thanks so much for visiting me today!
Wishing  you and your family a very blessed 2017!
Hugs D

Friday, December 16, 2016

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges #362 - Winter

Hello friends!  
Today we have another theme challenge at
This week the theme is WINTER - brrr!


My daughter and I made several mason jar 
gifts containing minty hot cocoa mix (from
my own special recipe).  I used the adorable
Beary Big Hugs stamp set to make a gift
tag - take a look.  All I have to do now is
write the "to" and "from" on the tag and
it's ready to deliver with a batch of fresh
cookies next week!  The perfect wintery treat!


I hope that you will join our winter themed challenge
this week!  We love to see your creations!

Thanks for stopping in to visit me today!  Lots
of warm hugs to each of you! D

Monday, December 12, 2016

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps 12 Days of Christmas Wrap Up - My Favorite Stamp Set

Hello friends! Have you enjoyed the 
12 Days of Christmas review at

Today we are sharing with you our own personal
favorite stamp sets from the new releases of 2016.
Boy was this one hard for me because I had 
soooo many many favorites.  I mean... 
HELLO? Aren't they all fabulous?
After lots and lots of head scratching
I found that I kept going back to 
SNAIL MAIL as my favorite.  

Here are some of the cards I made with this
adorable set by artist Cheryl Grant 



And here's my newest creation 
which I'm actually going to send as as 
Christmas card this year. 


Can you see why it's my favorite set?
It just doesn't get a whole lot cuter than this!

Thanks so much for stopping in to visit me today!
Hugs! D

Saturday, December 10, 2016

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges #361 - CAS with a Sentiment

Hello friends!
Pat yourself on the back in congratulations for
making it to the weekend - I know I am!

Each Saturday we have a new challenge starting at
Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges and this week
the theme is CAS (Clean and Simple) with a Sentiment.
I hope that you will come play along with us this week.

I played around with some bright colored Zig clean brush
markers and some Ranger distress inks to make my
CAS creation.  The sentiment (from Love Story Sentiments)
is heat embossed on the watercolor paper.
That adorable snail and the mushrooms are
from Snail Mail (one of my favorite sets from 2016).


I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Thanks so much for stopping in to visit me today! 
We always enjoy your creations at Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges 
so be sure to submit them so you can have a chance to WIN 
a $20 gift card to the Shop!! Show us your stuff!! 

Have you joined the Kraftin Kimmie's Krafty Friends fb group?
 It's the best place to keep up with all of the goings on as well 
as sharing YOUR creations and getting inspired by others!
And don't forget about the Frugal Friday Specials which are up NOW 
 through Sunday... happy shopping!

Sunday, December 4, 2016

Whimsical Gnome Santa

Hello friends and followers! Happy Sunday!

Whimsical Gnomes was one of my favorite stamp sets
released this year from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. 
I decided to color one of the adorable gnomes up like
a Santa gnome and make a fun Christmas card.
I was kind of proud of myself because I used two 
die cut trees and the snow hills that I had laying on my 
table from a previous card.  I love when I actually use 
some stash and/or extras laying on my craft desk!  

One of the trees has an embossed pattern on it which I
was going to leave just as it was and then somehow I
got black ink on my finger and on the tree.  So...
then I grabbed a sponge dauber and added a little green
ink to cover up the black boo boo.  Crafters are so
good at thinking of plan b :o).  The sentiment
is from "Shake It Up!" also by KKS.

This card is being shared on the 
as my DT card for 12 days of Christmas.  

I would also like to enter this in the following challenges:
( I chose June 2016 - Christmas Landscapes)
S = Snow, T= trees, A=aqua (the paper is a light aqua) R= Red, 

Thanks so much for stopping in to visit me today! 
Hugs to each of you! D

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges - Wonderful Wednesday Nov 29th

Hello friends! Happy last day of November 2016!
Oh my heavens...seriously where has the time gone?
Tomorrow is the first day of December and Christmas 
is right around the corner.  I need to get shopping!

This is also the last Wonderful Wednesday of the month
and as always the theme for WW is ANYTHING GOES!
Since I'm behind with my Christmas cards I decided to
make another one to share with you today using the
super adorable and FUN clear stamp set called 
I kept it fairly simple but added a few of my favorite 
embellishments - enamel dots.  The layout is from 
the MOJO MONDAY #476 sketch
I'd also like to enter these challenges too:

Come play along with us this week! 
You can make ANY type of creation with any type of 
color scheme, layout or theme.  
We love to see your creations too!!!  

Be sure to tune in here tomorrow as we kick off 
our 12 Days of Christmas - Yearly Faves Review!

Saturday, November 26, 2016

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges #359 - Use Ribbon,Lace and/or Twine

Happy weekend friends!
We had such a lovely Thanksgiving
with my parents and my best friend and
her family.  Lots and lots of good food.
great company and lots of of laughs.

It's time for another weekly challenge theme at
and there's an amazing 
BLACK FRIDAY SALE
going on right now!  

Our hostess this week is Marilyn and she has challenged
us to use ribbon, lace and/or twine on our creations.
Although I absolutely adore cards using any one of
these terrific elements I must admit that they are the
 most drastically neglected items from my crafty stash! 

This past week was an absolute blurr
for me. I lost track of what day of the week 
it was due to the holiday and almost forgot that 
I had signed up to share a card with you
for this week's challenge. Yikes!!

Thankfully I had this adorable image colored up
and waiting to be put on a card.  Whew! 

This sweet, smiley elf is from 
GIFT WRAPPING ELF  and guess what...?
She's on SALE this weekend  as part of the
BLACK FRIDAY SALE for only $1.99. 
Holy Smokes! That's a great DEAL!
The sales are good through the weekend. 
But when this stamp is sold out its gone
forever so HURRY if you want it!

I finished the inside quickly too
with a sentiment from Shake It Up!

I'd like to enter my card in these wonderful challenges too:

Do you have some lonely and unused ribbon, lace or twine in your 
crafty stash?!  If so grab that stuff and get busy crafting this 
week so you can play along with us.  

We always enjoy your creations so be sure to submit them 
so you can have a chance to WIN a $20 gift card to the Shop! 
Show us your stuff!! You have until Dec 2nd at 11:59 pm EST
to get  your creation linked up.   Can't wait to see what you make!

Have you joined the Kraftin Kimmie's Krafty Friends fb group? 
 It's the best place to keep up with all of the goings on 
as well as sharing YOUR creations and getting inspired 
by other Krafty Friends' creations!

Thanks for visiting me today!  Hugs! D

Friday, November 25, 2016

Kraftin' Kimmie - Coffee and Friends

Hello friends and followers!  
Hopefully you had a awesome Thanksgiving!
We have a wonderful surprise for you
at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE today.
Kimmie has brought back a favorite retired
stamp set but this time it's in clear rubber!!

As many of you know, lots of the KKS rubber stamp sets have
long retired and are not available for purchase anymore.
But Kimmie decided to switch some things up and re-release
a few of your faves in clear! And today we're announcing the first one!
To celebrate the revival of Gilmore Girls coming out this weekend
 we're giving one of our awesome coffee stamp sets a Krafty Komeback!!!
You might remember it...it's called...
COFFEE AND FRIENDS!
This is one of my favorite sets!  I added a sentiment from
another coffee inspired set called One Cup at a Time
That pretty paper is from My Mind's Eye "Hello Gorgeous".
Isn't it perfect for two ladies having coffee? 
The set is NOW available in the shop!

ALSO we have our Black Friday SALE going on ALL weekend long
 with many rubber and clear sets on SALE 30-75% OFF while supplies last!

PLUS if you shop between 7-10am EST on Friday morning,
you can use coupon code BF2016 for an additional 10% OFF!!
(For those early risers!) Happy shoppin!

The Krafty Krew design team members listed below have new
samples to share with you featuring the Coffee & Friends stamp set!
Be sure to hop around and check it out in action!

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Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges - Wonderful Wednesday Nov 23rd

Hello and Happy Wednesday!
Thanks for stopping in to visit me today :o)
Wednesdays are always Wonderful at
because the theme is Anything Goes! 

I fell in LOVE with the NEW Eskimo Pals 
stamp set that was just released last week!
So I used it for my DT card to share with you today.

I stamped the image in grey instead of black and then colored
it with my copics.  It's a baby step for me toward the 
no-lines coloring technique that I really admire. 
I also used the November KKS sketch 
but I flipped it on its side

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges;
(use 3 of something - I used 3 enamel dots)

I hope you will find some time this week to get krafty and
enter your own fabulous creation! 
In addition to the great Krafty Challenges & Wonderful Wednesday, 
each month we post a Sketch.  The sketch will last all month long 
and if you use it in ANY of our Challenges or WW's 
during that month you will get an additional chance to win 
a store gift card!  You do NOT have to use the sketch, 
it's just a little extra boost for your mojo if ya need it!

We want EVERYONE to be able to play along 
so your submission can use ANY stamp and can be 
any theme, any style, any design and it can be a card, 
a scrapbook page, an altered item....you name it!  
It must be a NEW creation and you can enter until 
November 29th at midnight (EST)! 
I can't wait to see what you make!

Thanks so much for stopping in to visit me today!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

Saturday, November 19, 2016

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - November NEW Release Blog HOP!

Hello friends! 
Oh boy are you in for a treat today!
We have a very special blog hop 
to celebrate the NEW release this month.
So grab a nice hot beverage, sit back and relax while you hop around
and enjoy all the amazing creations from the Krafty Design Team!

ALL of the SIX new clear stamp sets of the November Release
are NOW available in the Kraftin' Kimmie Shop - Whoo Hoo!

Yesterday I shared a card I made using one of the
TWO new sets from artist Annie Rodrigue called
CARLY CUPCAKES and today I have one to share using
 BETSY BOOKLOVER and a couple of the fairy tale friends
from the books she loves to read.  Take a peek :o)
Her fairy tale friends are from Once Upon a Time 4 (Cinderella)
and Believe in Fairytales (prince).  I also finished the inside
using a second sentiment from the set and a retired image
from Once Upon a Time 1 (Snow White).

This is the perfect set for the bookish stamper or if you stamp
FOR bookish peeps! The set comes with the main image plus
five awesome coordinating sentiments!

Thanks so much for stopping by to visit me!
I hope you will join us in the
ONLINE LIVE RELEASE PARTY
at 2pm EST today.  Kimmie and the Krafty Krew
have lots of fun and prizes planned!
Now on to the next stop you go!  

KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS - NEW Release November 2016 - DAY FOUR and ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE

Oh Hello!  Happy weekend!!
Today is the last day of the sneak peeks for 
the NEW November Release at 
KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS!
It's also challenge day and our hostess is Krafty Girl, Martha!
And as always during release week, the challenge
is ANYTHING GOES!

What an awesome week it's been!  
Aren't you absolutely LOVIN" the new stamps?
You can grab them for your very own tomorrow  
afternoon after the LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!

Today there are TWO new stamp sets that are being
shared by the Krafty Krew they are both by
the incredible artist, Annie Rodrigue!

I'm sharing a card from CARLY CUPCAKES!
Who doesn't love cupcakes? And baking with the kiddos?
It was always one of my favorite activities to do with
both of my kids!  My son loved to make cookies with
me and my daughter was crazy about cupcakes.
This set just gives me the warm and fuzzies!!!
Here's my card

I used this month's Kraftin' Kimmie Sketch (I flipped the
orientation of it) as the inspiration for my design 
and some fun Doodlebug Christmas papers.

The set comes with four fun sentiments!

I sure hope that you will join us this week and share your
own card, scrapbook page or altered item with any stamp 
but if you use a Kraftin' Kimmie stamp you'll double your chances to WIN! 
Use any sketch, any design, any embellishments because Anything Goes! 
Have some krafty fun and join us this week because we'd LOVE 
to see your KKS designs. You have a week to play with this challenge. 

And don't forget about the LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY
tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon beginning at 2pm EST! 
There's lots of fun and prizes.  Hope you can come hang out 
with Kimmie and the Krafty Krew!

Thanks so much for stopping in to visit me! 
Now hop on down to the links at the bottom of my
post to go visit the rest of the Krafty Krew's creations. 

Thursday, November 17, 2016

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - NEW Release November 2016 - Sneak Peek DAY TWO

Hello sweet friends and followers! 
Welcome back to DAY TWO of the 
November NEW Release sneak peeks
for KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS.

Today we have a beary sweet set called
BEARY BIG HUGS by artist Becky Pearce.

Here's my card to share with you today:
 and the inside too
after I took this photo I decided to go back and
him this bear a black and red scarf with my copics.
It turned out even cuter :o)

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

These chubby little bears are ready for the cooler weather with lots 
of cocoa and goodies! The set comes with several main images, 
lots of cute accessory stamps and four gorgeous sentiment stamps 
for a total of FIFTEEN stamps in the set!

ALL of the new November stamps will be available on Sunday 
afternoon at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop! 
 Be sure to join us for an hour of celebrating the new stamp sets, 
fun and prizes on Sunday at 2pm EST at our 
Come hang out with the Krafty Krew and Kimmie!

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS - NEW RELEASE SNEAK PEEKS for November - DAY ONE!

Happy Wednesday - Whoo Hoo!  
I'm so happy you are to visit me today 
because it's DAY ONE of the 
sneak peeks for the November NEW Release
from KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS!

The featured set today is so stinkin' CUTE!
It's called Eskimo Pals by artist Emilie Goulet


I am in LOVE LOVE LOVE with this adorable new set!
Here's my card to share with you today:
Didn't I tell ya?!  Soooo CUTE! 
This is one of my favorite color combos for winter.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge Blog - Snowflakes challenge

This sweet set features two main images of adorable eskimos
having some fun in the snowy tundra!
 It also comes with three COOL (pun intended) sentiments!

Be sure to join us at the LIVE Online Release Party on Sunday
afternoon at 2pm EST! We'll be checking out ALL the SIX new
clear stamp sets, sharing fabulous creations, giving away prizes
and having tons of krafty fun!  I'll be there  :o)
So now you get to go hopping - Enjoy!

Saturday, November 12, 2016

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges #357 - Use Non-Traditional Christmas Colors

Hello sweet friends and followers! 
It's Saturday and time for another fun
challenge theme for you at 

This week we would like to see you use
Non-Traditional Christmas Colors.

My favorite non-traditional color for
Christmas creations is pink.  
What do you like to use instead of 
the traditional red and green?  


This sweet little elf is from the adorable set
called Treat Yours-Elf.  The pretty plaid papers
are from Lawn Fawn.  

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
(use the word Wish or Wishes on your creation)
and MOJO Monday 473  as I used the sketch
for my card (with a mirrored orientation).
 

Thanks so much for stopping by to visit me today! 
I hope that you will decide to join us this week 
with your own card, scrapbook page or altered item 
using NON-Traditional Colors  and a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp 
or any other stamp as a starting point for your creation! 
 You will have until November 18th at 11:55 pm EST to get your entries in!
Til next time friends...Hugs! D

Saturday, October 29, 2016

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges #355 - Lots of Layers

Hello sweet friends and followers!
Happy "nearly" Halloween!
It's the last Saturday of October (how does that happen so fast?!)
and time for a new weekly theme at 
Larisa is our krafty hostess and she wants to see us
use "Lots of Layers".  Ohhhh I LOVE this theme!

If your style is usually a CAS or One layer this could be a
fun challenge for you to stretch yourself. Or... if you
already love layers (as I do) this is right up your crafty alley ;o).   

I choose to make a Halloween card because I still needed two
more cards for a couple special people  (AND I STILL need
to get them mailed - gulp)! I often wonder how it is that I
make so many cards over the course of a year and yet am often
late getting them sent out to my family and friends. 
Do you do that too?  It's kind of embarrassing really :o/

Anyhoo...here's my lots of layers halloween card
using the super sweet (and not too spooky) stamp
set called "HAPPY OWL-OWEEN"
I used my favorite paper line of Doodlebug design 
and several die cuts and punches for my layers.  

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges - Anything Goes
My Time to Craft Challenges #332 - Autumnal Colors or Halloween
If You Give a Crafter a Cookie Challenges #55 (photo inspiration)
The Alphabet Challenge Blog - R is for Recipe (use at least 3 from grid)
I used sentiment, stamp, dies and punches for my 3

Crafty Catz Challenges #344 - Anything Goes w/twist of using die cuts or a punch
Jo's Scrap Shack FFC#162 Color Challenge - Use Orange, Purple and Green
Fab N Funky Challenges #324 - Halloween
The Crafty Addicts Challenges #27 - A.G. with Halloween Colors

I hope that you will decide to play along with us this week!
  We LOVE to see your creations so be sure to submit them 
so you can have a chance to WIN a $20 gift card to spend 
in the Kraftin' Kimmie Store! 

And OH MY GOSH... I don't want to forget to tell you about 
the NEW Surprise Krafty Guest Kit! 
Details are on a 'pinned' post on the KKS Friends FB page.
Please go check it out!  You'll be so glad you did! 

Thanks so much for visiting me today!  

Tata for now!  D

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges - Wonderful Wednesday

Hello sweet friends and followers! 
It's WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY at
so you know what than means....
the theme is "Anything Goes"!

You can make ANY type of creation (card, scrapbook page
3D item, tag, ATC, etc.) and you can use ANY 
theme or color combo and any stamp set.  But we LOVE
when you use Kraftin' Kimmie stamps of course :o)

I think the Christmas Blessings Sentiments 
set is so elegant and wonderful!
Here's my card using one of the gorgeous sentiments.

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
(this card took me about 12 minutes to make)

 In case you didn't know...the entire October release
 is in the Krafty store NOW! I'm so glad I have this set
because I plan on using it a lot!


I hope you will be joining us this week with your own fabulous creation.
With Anything Goes as the theme you have lots of options :o)
Your creation MUST be a NEW one (no back linking) and you 
have until October 24th at midnight to link up!  
At the end of the month one random winner will be chosen 
from all the submissions for the whole month and will receive
a $20 Gift Card to the shop!  Another great reason to join the fun!
  Let's see your krafty stuff!!

Thanks for visiting me today! Hugs! D

Saturday, October 15, 2016

Kraftin' Kimmie NEW Release Blog Hop Celebration

Hi there friends!  I'm so happy you're here
to visit me today because I'm participating in
the NEW Release BLOG HOP for 

ALL of the SIX new stamp sets featured this past week
are now available in the Kraftin' Kimmie Shop! Wahoo!
afty shop and we're celebrating with a Krafty HOP!
So grab a nice hot beverage, sit back and relax
while you hop around and enjoy all the amazing creations
from the Krafty Design Team!!

My card for today's hop features the sweet COLD NOSES 
by artist Cheryl Grant. LOVE this set!
Don't forget that you can now get any and ALL the
newly released sets and some of your other favorites
on your wishlist now.  Happy hoppin' and shoppin' ;o)

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps October NEW Release and Anything Goes Challenge

Hooray! We've made it to the weekend and it's time
for another ANYTHING GOES challenge  AND
the final sneak peek of the NEW Release stamps
this month at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE!!

It's been another great month of NEW sets!
I honestly am not sure which one is my favorite.
Hmmm....I think they all are :o).  

ALL of the new stamp sets you've been seeing all week
will be releasing THIS AFTERNOON after the
LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!

Please join us for all the fun, beautiful cards, giveaways and more!
The PARTY starts at 2 PM EST!  Hope to see  you there!

Today I'm sharing a card made with GOT SNOW?
by artist Annie Rodrigue! This little person seems to be having
a great ol' time making a snow fort! The image could be used
as a boy OR a girl! I LOVE that!

The set comes w/ the main image plus SIX sentiments!

During release week, the Saturday challenge is ANYTHING GOES!
So create a card, scrapbook page or altered item with any stamp
but if you use a Kraftin' Kimmie stamp you'll double your chances to WIN!
Use any sketch, any design, any embellishments because Anything Goes!
Have some krafty fun and join us this week! You have a week to play
with this challenge and at the end of the month, we'll announce
a WINNER from all of the weekly challenges for October!
We hope you can play along for your chance to WIN
a $20 Gift Certificate to use on ANYTHING you want in the shop!