YNS Blog Hop

Welcome to the YNS Holiday Preview Party Hop!

I am so pleased to have been asked to participate and am tickled pink with the new images!

There are 8 new digital images by the talented

Penny & Laurence of Omnia Designs!

Would you like to earn an EXCLUSIVE FREE YNS digi stamp!?

The party begins on Nicole's blog where you will pick up your first letter to build a phrase, which will enable you to get an EXCLUSIVE FREE digi from YNS.

There will also be 10 randomly selected winners from the comments that will each WIN ONE FREE DIGI of their choice. 

Please HOP to Nicole's blog for more details.

I have used the cute Teddie's stocking for my card today, I tried to go a little more rustic so this could be used for either a boy or a girl. I have colored the fur with copics then added a thin layer of prisma pencil over top to smooth out the texture a bit. 

If you have been hopping along and building your phrase…

The next letter you will need is:

Your next hop is the wonderful Tracy and a full list of all the participants is at the bottom of the post.

Winners will be posted at our online Facebook Release party, December 1^st @ 7:00pm EST on the Your Next Stamp Facebook fan page.

Winners will also be posted on the YNS blog.

We would love to have you join us at our Facebook Release Party,

To RSVP, simply click this link:

YNS Facebook page

Simple but useful

Would you like MORE chances to win our awesome Kraftin Kimmie stamps? We've created a fun new SHARE to WIN promotion called WONDERFUL WEDNESDAYS!!! Wanna play? Welcome to our last Wonderful Wednesday challenge for November!!

Each Wednesday (except on release preview weeks) we are posting some creations by our fabulous Krafty Girls and we're asking YOU to share your Kraftin' Kimmie kreations here for a chance to WIN!! There are three chances to enter for each month of Wonderful Wednesdays...... but this is the last one for November!! And as always....it's ANYTHING GOES!!...
Your submission must use at least one Kraftin Kimmie stamps but 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 (so you can't submit something you made last year...haha!) and you can enter every week for a chance to win and at the end of the month, we'll draw a winner for a Kraftin' Kimmie Prize Pack!!! What do you think.....wanna WIN??

This week I have made a simple little notebook for my husband. I actually made a larger one with a pocket and was gonna put "Honey Do List" on the front but thought that might be pushing it with him! So I just made a small notebook for him to use for lists as we have tablets thru our entire home, getting older and all that I guess! This cutie pie is from our latest release and is part of the Together is Better set. 

Sorry, I forgot to keep track of my copics this time, if you need to know I am sure I could make a reasonable guess for you. 

**Please note that you are more than welcome to combine this Share to Win challenge with other challenges, BUT not our regular weekly challenges. This must be a new and different creation than anything you create for our Saturday challenges.

Let it snow!

I am okay with this title for a bit, I love me some snow around the holidays but then I could go right into spring! So if you haven't guessed it, our challenge this week at Kraftin Kimmie's is "Let it Snow" and our hostess with the mostest is Deborah who makes some beautiful cards if I do say so myself!

I have used one of our newer images, this is You're so Cool and I love everyone of the images in this set but hadn't colored this one up yet.

It doesn't have quite as much contrast with the papers and embellies as I like but it works!

Copics

Skin  E000-00-11 R20

Red Shinhan R1-2-3

Green YG61-63=66 Shinhan G43

Blue  BG53-57  Shinhan B64

Blade  C1-3-5-7-10

Boots and handle  E43-44-47-49

Okay, this is a great challenge to check another Christmas card off of your list AND the chance to win a stamp from the store!

Anything but a card!

Happy Thursday everyone! Today I have an altered project for the challenge this week at Mo's Digital Pencil challenge blog which is "Anything but a card" and our hostess this week is the lovely Cathy.

I have made a tissue box cover for our challenge and have it sitting on my desk at work. Makes me happy.

My image is Nurse, quite appropriate don't ya think? I only decorated the front with an image and flowers but it does have the dp on the other sides and top.

Copics

Skin E000-00-11  R20

Labcoat  C1-3-5

Red  Shinhan R2=3=8

Hair E21-35-99-57-49

Scrubs  BG10-11-13

Shoes  N1-3-5

Alright, this is also a two week challenge to give us all a little holiday break so plenty of time for you to make an awesome project to show us! And you can get a $5 credit to the store!

It's release time!

We're so excited! It’s our NOVEMBER RELEASE Day at KRAFTIN KIMMIE STAMPS!! And we’re celebrating with a KRAFTY HOP!! So grab yourself a cuppa joe, sit back and be prepared for some krafty eye kandy! We're going to inspire your creations with our new stamps and MORE!

Over the last few days in our Krafty Peeks, we have shared lots of AMAZING new stamps from all our artists for our November release! We’ve got something for everyone!! We’ve got TWO sweet new sets featuring our favourite kiddos from Cheryl……SENDING ALL MY LOVE! and TOGETHER IS BETTER! And we have a sweet new set of from Thais Narciso called...... LOVE IS IN THE AIR! and also artist Rachelle Anne Miller has FOUR awesome new stamps we'll call the VALENTINE Collcection! And we are thrilled to... share THREE new sets from Nicole Aspinall which coordinate beautifully with ALL our other new stamps.....CANDY HEARTS, LOVE BIRDS AND SEW IN LOVE! Eeeee!!

Not only do we have amazing new rubber stamps for all your lovey creations.....but we've made your creating even EASIER with our *exclusive* new KRAFTY KARDMAKING KITS!!! We've designed our NOVEMBER KRAFTY KARDMAKING KIT to make your krafty time more enjoyable and less stressful! And we've also got ADD ON packages, in case you want MORE of the goodies found in your kits! You won't believe all the fabby supplies you'll receive! PLUS you get to CHOOSE your FREE stamp to go with it!

I have chosen to make a little box today using two of the new SEW IN LOVE images. I put a piece of magnet in the bottom of it to hold the pins I use to open up clogged glue bottles and the sticky toothpick for picking up and placing little bits on my cards. 

You will get to see ALL of the new images today as you sit back and enjoy our NOVEMBER Krafty Hop! 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 these incredible stamps from the new release!! And when you’re done hoppin’, be sure to head over to the Kraftin Kimmie shop, because ALL the new images are available NOW

Now let's celebrate with our NEW RELEASE and get hoppin' and shoppin'!!

RAM previews

Welcome back to day FIVE of our NOVEMBER Kraftin Kimmie Peeks!!! The awesome new stamps just keep on comin'!!

We are SO thrilled to share the newest set of FOUR stamps from Rachelle! Let's call it the VALENTINE collection!!! It includes stamps called.... BEAR HUGS, HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!, I {HEART} YOU! AND OWL LOVE!...

This week our challenge hostess is ALICE! And her challenge is ANYTHING GOES!! So create a card, scrapbook page or altered item with a Kraftin' Kimmie stamp with no restrictions! 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. We hope you can play along for your chance to WIN some NEW Kraftin' Kimmie rubbah!!!

Todays card features these two cuties and even though I whipped this up in a hurry, it turned out pretty well! This image is by Rachelle Ann Miller and is called Happy Valentines Day. 

I'm sorry I don't have a list of copics this time, I was really in a rush and didn't keep track. I will tell you I used E57 and E59 on the bench because I hate them, they always get gloppy!

Would you like to know who won the new stamp sets that we previewed yesterday???!! Well, you'll just have to wait until Saturday night at this month's ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!!! Hope you can join us for all the fun and excitement and prizes!!! We'll be releasing all the new stamps you've seen this week PLUS our fabulous new NOVEMBER Kardmaking Kit!! You can read all the details about how you can join us RIGHT HERE!

All the Krafty Girls listed below have lots of super FUN designs to show you featuring these sweet new stamps from Rachelle! And while you're hopping around, be sure to leave a comment because we are giving away some stamps!!! You could WIN the new CUDDLE UP collection of stamps!!!!! {All of this week's winners will be announced at the online party tonight!}. And tomorrow the stamps will be available for sale!

Holiday time

This is my second card for today, if you are looking for my Kraftin Kimmie release it is just down below this one.

Today I also have a card for the Oozak challenge blog and our theme for the next two weeks is "Holiday". What a great challenge for this time of year! I have used a digi image from the Lee H Digi shop on etsy but Oozak has an enormous selection of holiday stamps to choose from!

I hope you get a chance to play along with us, Oozak always has great prizes up for grabs and you also have the chance to be a guest designer with us by putting GDT after your entry.

Copics

Skin E000-00-11  R20

Dress E41-43-44-47

Boots  G61-63-67

Red  R22-24-27-59

X press It cardstock
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Farm House in "Norland"
Glitter
Copics

Stickles in Platinum

Annie is BAACCKK!!

Welcome back to Day FOUR of the Kraftin Kimmie Stamps November previews!!! We are back with some SUPER exciting news.....and some of you may have already heard this through the grapevine....or our teases!! The art of Annie Rodrigue is BACK!!! We've got a fabulous new Moonlight Whispers stamp for you this month and more to come in the following months!!! Today we are previewing the new November stamp PLUS a super cute new set by Nicole!!!

Today the Krafty Girls and I are thrilled to share with you...... HANNAH HEARTS and CANDY HEARTS!!...

There are lots of amazing creations on today's hop featuring both new stamp sets!! We know you are just going to LOVE these images and be inspired by all the creations!! 

I have used both Hannah Hearts and the Candy Hearts collection on my card today. I am so happy to have Annie back, her Moonlight Whispers were what drew me to Kraftin Kimmies when I first started cardmaking.

Papers are Basic Grey and I have used the Candy Hearts as a little banner. 

Copics

Skin  E000-00-11  R20

Hearts  R22-24-29-59

Green  BG 43-46 and prisma pencils

Hair  Y21-26  E35-99-59

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 NOVEMBER stamps will be available on Saturday night the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop!!! We'll be celebrating at our LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!! It's over at our KKS Facebook fan page! Join us for all the fun!! You can find more details here!!

Happy hoppin'!!

Love is in the air...

Welcome back to day THREE of our NOVEMBER Kraftin Kimmie Peeks!!! Today we are sharing THREE super cute new sets! SO much krafty goodness to show you today! They are called.......LOVE IS IN THE AIR!, LOVE BIRDS! and SEW IN LOVE!

I have chosen to use an image and sentiment from the "LOVE IS IN THE AIR" collection on my card. This is a A4 card which I find really tough but I think for this image it works.

Would you like to know who won the new stamp sets that we previewed yesterday???!! Well, you'll just have to wait until Saturday night at this month's ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!!! Hope you can join us for all the fun and excitement and prizes!!! We'll be releasing all the new stamps you've seen this week PLUS our fabulous new NOVEMBER Kardmaking Kit!! You can read all the details about how you can join us RIGHT HERE!

All the Krafty Girls listed below have lots of super FUN designs to show you featuring these ADORABLE new sets, 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!! {All of this week's winners will be announced at the online party on Saturday night!}

Then come on back tomorrow to check out the some MORE new stamps....because Annie and her Moonlight Whispers are BACK! And ALL the new stamps will be available on Saturday night at the KKStamps Shop!!

Happy hoppin'!

Not too early for Christmas!

Hello everyone! Today I have my card for the awesome Mo Manning challenge blog and this week we would like to see "Christmas or a Winter Holiday" theme to your projects. This weeks hostess is Franz (I sooo admire her work!) and I am happy to be able to get another Christmas card made.

This is Little Elf Kit and she has been glittered like nobody's business!

My sentiment is by LOTV and I have stamped it on black cardstock in white ink and then embossed with white embossing powder to get the chalkboard look. Papers are Basic Grey from a few years ago but I love the rich colors on them. I have used glamour dust on her trim and glamour dust gold on the star.

Okay, here is your chance to play along AND get a Christmas card made up for your stash! Plus you could win $5 to spend at the store!

Copics

Skin  E000-00-11-13

Red R43-46=59

Shoes  YG93-95-97-03 and YR21-24-27

Let the hugging begin!

Welcome back to day two of our NOVEMBER Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks!!! Didja see our New KARDMAKING KIT??? Wowzers...so many awesome goodies!! Today we are excited to share TWO supah cute new sets by artist Cheryl Alger!!! It's always a good time to tell someone you love them, right?!? We are sharing samples today featuring.......SENDING ALL MY LOVE! and TOGETHER IS BETTER!

I have used this cute little couple hugging and this is actually my husbands birthday card this year. I have also used another one of our release sets for the sentiment, this is SEW IN LOVE. 

The heart with sentiment is also being released this week so keep an eye out, you may see it popping up here and there! 

Copics

Skin E000-00-11  R20

denim  B91-93-95-97

Dress  Y11-13-15-19

shirt  YG61-63-67

All the Krafty Girls listed below have lots of super LOVEY 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 SENDING ALL MY LOVE! and TOGETHER IS BETTER! stamp sets!!!!! {All of this week's winners will be announced at the online party on Saturday night!}...

Then come on back tomorrow to check out MORE fun new stamps we have to share with you! And ALL the new stamps AND the new NOVEMBER KARDMAKING KIT will be available on Saturday night at the KKStamps Shop!!

Happy hoppin'!

November Krafty Kardmaking Kit

It's time for NEW STUFF!!! Haha!! We're kicking off the November Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Release with our brand NEW NOVEMBER Love Letters Krafty Kardmaking Kit!

You've been lovin' our first three Kard Kits so here's our newest design!!! Do you live far away from the nearest Krafty store?? Is it hard to choose all your krafty goodies online without seeing them in person?? Or do you ever feel like you’re running out of krafty mojo?? Need a little help putting things together to make a fabulous card?? Or maybe you don’t have the time to design something yourself and want to just be able to put things together quickly! Well, we’ve taken out all the guess work for you and designed a Krafty Kardmaking Kit with everything you need to make SIX awesome cards AND have some goodies leftover to whip up some extras!

We’ve taken our krafty know-how and done all the designing for ya!! We’ve chosen and coordinated patterned papers, cardstocks, envelopes, sweet heart shaped doiles and several different types of embellishments including adhesive pearls and heart charms..... and you’re ready to go!! With the November kit, you’ll also receive YOUR CHOICE of one of our gorgeous $8 stamps!! Choose whichever one you like from our many lines and styles of rubber stamps!

Check out everything you get in this month's kit:

- Six 6x6 black cardstock bases (precut and prescored) featuring Bazzill cardstock

- Six 6.5 x 6.5 square white envelopes

- Twelve 6x6 patterned papers – 2 of each of 6 different designs featuring the Love Letters collection by Bo Bunny!

- 8 6x6 coordinating coloured cardstock sheets (pink, cream, teal, red) featuring Bazzill Card Shoppe 100 lb Cardstock and regular Bazzill

- 3 yds of May Arts red wrinkled seam binding ribbon

- 3 yds of white lace trim

- 6 sweet heart shaped doilies

 1 pkg of pink adhesive pearls and several heart shaped charms!

- YOUR CHOICE of any $8 stamp from ANY of our lines of stamps....including the new ones!!

I have used one of my favorite Kraftin Kimmie stamps, this is Dandy Lion and I thought she would be perfect for this Krafty Kard kit. I haven't used all of the goodies I got so I have stuff to add to a second card too!

Additionally, our Krafty Girl design team has taken ONLY what's found in this kit (plus their own white cardstock, ink and colouring medium) and created SIX amazing card samples for you (you'll get to see them all as you hop around the links at the bottom of this post)!!! And with this kit you'll receive a gorgeous colour handout, emailed directly to you, featuring pictures of the six cards PLUS some extras and the sketches to go with each creation!! It couldn't be any easier!!

Your Krafty Kit will be shipped in a sturdy box so that your goodies are nice and safe!! The VALUE of each kit is over $32 but our price this month is $25!! Shipping in Canada and the US is $12 PLUS when you order the kit, we are offering FREE additional shipping on anything else in the shop that you order at the same time! So go ahead and load up with paper pads, ezmount, more stamps etc. because the shipping is covered! All your goodies will be shipped together in a box for only $12. (International customers please email me directly to go over your options for the kits!)

And this fantastic kit will be released on Saturday night at our LIVE online release party starting at 6:30pm EST on our facebook page, along with all of our new stamps being previewed this week!! We hope you'll join us for all the fun!

Now hop around and check out the SIX awesome cards plus a couple of extras that the Krafty Girls have made to inspire you!

   

Warm and Cozy

Hey everyone! So glad it is Saturday, this has been a really busy work week for me and I am looking forward to just being able to sit and craft for a bit. Plus, with it being dark so early, all I want to do is sleep when I get home, not a very productive way to be.

This week at Kraftin Kimmies our challenge is brought to us by the fabulous Karen and she would like us to go with the theme "Warm and Cozy" and with the weather we had today, that sounds good to me!

I have used one of Cheryl's images today, this is from the  Lulu and Friends stamp set, doesn't her bear look squeezable?

I think this card needs more embellishments but I just couldn't decide what to put on it, I have a hard time covering up stuff on cards, I want to SEE the pretty paper haha! So a bow, a heart and some glittery dots finish it off for me. Papers are MME Jack and Jill line I bought at Michaels.

Okay, we always love to see your take on our challenges and Kimmie is giving away a stamp to the randomly drawn winner so you can't win it if you don't play!

Copics

Skin  E000-00-11-13  R20

Hair  Y21-15-26  YR24

Pants  R22-24-29-59

Shirt  YG01-03-05  G25

Bunnies  C1-3-5-7

Anything goes!

Good morning all my crafty friends! Today I have another card for the Mo Manning challenge blog and this is an easy challenge, "Anything Goes"! And with the amazing amount of wonderful images available at the store you can find something to suit anyone. I have used an image I have been wanting to color up for awhile, this is A Little Birdie told me.

I have used some flowers my friend Kathi sent me and I have used some as they came and others I have stacked up for some variety. I hate coloring wood but this image made it easy as all of the grain is already drawn in. Alright, lets see what you have to show us, we love to see your creativity and you can also win a $5 voucher to the store to get more images!

Copics

skin  E000-00-11-13  R11

frame  E55-57-59

sky   B000-00-01

Hair Shinhan Y141-144  BR104-100-102

Dress  R21-22-24-29  E18

Patch  Shinhan  PR 69-72-70

Thanks!

Wow! can you guys believe it is November already? Time sure does fly and here is your reminder to turn your clocks back this weekend too. That is one of the worst things about this time of year, losing so much daylight. Oh well, whining won't change it right?

Today my card is for the Oozak Challenge blog and our theme for the next two weeks is Anything goes "Thanks". I chose a sweet Sassy Cheryl image for my card this time.

He is colored with a mix of copics and Shinhan markers, my list of supplies will be at the bottom of the post. I have used an older Echo Park paper pad (This and That Christmas) but Rusty has TONS of christmas paper available at the store. I swear it is the largest selection I have ever come across. Some chipboard snowflakes, a little paper piecing on the scarf and WOC flowers and we are all set! Make sure you play along, you can enter to be a guest designer and to win a prize from the store!

Copic Xpress cardstock   http://www.oozak.com/proddetail.php?prod=COPXPBC25

Copics  http://www.oozak.com/products.php?cat=25

Wow glitter in gold  http://www.oozak.com/proddetail.php?prod=AMC27310

Echo park paper  http://www.oozak.com/search.php?pg=1&stext=echo+park&sprice=&stype=&scat

Copics

Snowman  C00-3-5  BG000-01

Arms  Shinhan  BR95-97

Carrot  YR12-16-18

Hat  N1-3-5-7-9

Mittens/hat band  Shinhan R1-2-15

Shoes  Shinhan  GY48-47  G42  Copics  N1-3-5-7