Make a Splash

Sassy Cheryl's newest challenge is Make a Splash! Water! Friends! Bubbles!
Here is my creation using a rubber stamp image from Best Fur-iends!

This image is adorable! It is colored using Copic markers and I added some  Donna Salazar Glitter Fairy Dust to the water/bubbles. I love this sparkly stuff! I would use it on everything if I could!

 The sentiment reads: Good clean fun!

The little bubble gems are a nice added embellishment! So fun for sure!

Click here to check out the other Sassy Gals creations! They are all so wonderfully talented!!!

Well, I am back at school today...the return of 12 hour work days but it is true... I do love my job! Bus duty included. 

Have a great day, my friends! 

The Squirrel and The Fox DT

I am like the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland! I am late...late...late... It seems that the once lazy days of summer have quickly  turned to a wild and chaotic stream of never ending  madness! No joke.

The Squirrel and The Fox's newest challenge is Autumn or Spring.
Here is my creation using Little Miss Muffett's Luna's Bitterfrost Winter Rocks digi stamp.

Luna is colored in using Copic markers. The sentiment reads: Fall Fun!

I added some twine and a few heart gems as well.

I think fall may be my favorite time of the year. This Friday starts football season! Yay!

Check out the other autumn/spring creations the DT created by clicking here.

Back to School~Kraftin' Kimmie Guest

Welcome back for another totally fun challenge here at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!!! We've got a great challenge for you again this week!! Come along and play with us!

This week our hostess is TANGII!! Her challenge for you this week is BACK TO SCHOOL!! So create a card, scrapbook page or altered item (with a Kraftin' Kimmie stamp) and share it with us here! Get creative! Perhaps someone needs a bookmark or a new notebook for class!! 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 Kraftin' Kimmie rubbah!!!

Here is my creation using Bookworm Jaime. This is a retired stamp so I am unable to link it up.

Did you see?? All our new AUGUST STAMPS are available now!!! We've got so many amazing new Halloween and Fall stamps from each of our artists!! ALSO our new Krafty Kardmaking Kits are available filled with patterned paper, cardstock, card bases, envelopes, twine and lot of fun embellishments!! Be sure to check them out!! AND this week's FRUGAL FRIDAY SPECIALS are up with several of our favourite stamps on 25-50% OFF!! OH YEAH!! We've also got lots of NEW PAPER PADS! Wheeeee!

Now go ahead and check out the wonderful creations by our Krafty Girls featuring this week's challenge by clicking here!! If you join us and play along, you could WIN a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp!!!

Happy kraftin', my friends!

A.R.T. Anything Goes

A Random Thursday Art Challenge (A.R.T.) # 11 is Anything Goes!  Of course, this is my favorite!
Sooooo, for this creation I used my brand new Stamping Bella rubber stamp that just arrived in the mail today! I have wanted this stamp forever. But I waited for it to go on sale and I used a five dollar gift certificate.
 It is Uptown Girl Emily and Ryan. It is the sweetest image.
Here is my creation:

See! Sweet, right? The card is so clean and simple...the image is fussy cut out. What can I say? I like a nice clean look and I love to fussy cut!!! Ha!
I stamped this image using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink onto Copic paper. The image is colored using Copic markers.
Emily- R81,83,85
Ryan-B93,95,99, C1,3,5,E43

The sentiment that accompanies the set reads: If nothing lasts forever, please be my nothing

I placed the sentiment on the inside of the card.

Have a great weekend, my friends!

Other challenge(s):
Sister Act Card Challenge # 21

OWH Mid-Week Throwdown

Operation Write Home's Mid-Week Throwdown challenge is For the Kids.

Here is my creation using this cute image from Doodle Pantry. It's called Snowboarding Birdie. 

The sentiment reads: Here's a warm and fuzzy for you. 

I made this card to be bright and colorful for a kid! 

Have a great Wednesday, my friends! 

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY~Sassy Cheryl's DT

Tuesday! Sassy Cheryl's new challenge is Happy Birthday!

Here is my take:

I used this adorable digi image called Let's Party. 

And she definitely looks ready to part-ay! 

I, however, am back to work! Summer vacay is o-v-e-r! I spent all 7 hours yesterday unpacking my new classroom. I have these huge bulletin boards that I have yet to decorate! 

Plus, I have transferred from 7th grade to 12th grade. New building.
New co-workers.
It was an emotional day for me...more so than I anticipated! It can only get better, right?! 

But this image makes me happy!

Click here to check out the Sassy Gals and their awesome birthday creations!
Have a great Tuesday, my friends!

Kraftin' Kimmie Release Day!

Well welcome back!! We're so excited! It’s our AUGUST RELEASE Day at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS!! And we’re celebrating with a KRAFTY HOP!!

Over the last few days in our Krafty Peeks, we have shared lots of AMAZING new stamps from all our artists for our Halloween release! We’ve got something for everyone!! We've got TWO WICKED new sets from Nicole.......FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE! and TIME FOR A COFFIN BREAK!! We’ve got TWO sweet new TRICK OR TREATER sets from Cheryl……HEY GHOULFRIEND! and YOU'RE FANG-TASTIC! We have a spoooky but cute new set from Thais Narciso ...... HAPPY HAUNTING! and also artist Rachelle Anne Miller has a trio of awesome new stamps of FABULOUS FALL ! WHEW!!

Not only do we have amazing new rubber stamps for all your fall and Halloween creations.....but we've made your creating even EASIER with our *exclusive* new KRAFTY KARDMAKING KITS!!! And we've also got ADD ON packages, in case you want MORE of the goodies found in your kits!

You will get to see ALL of the new images today as you sit back and enjoy our AUGUST 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'!!

Check out the list of Krafty Girls below who each have a project to share with you using all sorts of the NEW AUGUST release stamps that are NOW AVAILABLE !  Be sure to leave some love at every stop because two lucky stampers will WIN a package of stamps from this release !  Happy hoppin'!  And happy shoppin'!!

1.	Amanda Reed	9.	Kerry Johnson	17.	Cheryl Valadez
2.	Kathi (Our Krafty Guest Designer)	10.	Jessie Rone	18.	Jenny Peterson
3.	Alyce Keegan	11.	Sharon Caudle	19.	Alice Wertz
4.	Diana Pickering	12.	Angie Baker	20.	Karen Hanson
5.	Kim O'Connell	13.	Tangii Crain	21.	Sheri Willshire
6.	Deborah Deruyck	14.	Elisabete (Our Krafty Guest Designer)	22.	Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Blog
7.	Tracy Valure	15.	Cheryl Alger
8.	Angie (Our Krafty Guest Designer)	16.	Melanie Holtz

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Check out the list of Krafty Girls below who each have a project to share with you using all sorts of the NEW AUGUST release stamps that are NOW AVAILABLE !  Be sure to leave some love at every stop because two lucky stampers will WIN a package of stamps from this release !  Happy hoppin'!  And happy shoppin'!!

1.	Amanda Reed	9.	Kerry Johnson	17.	Cheryl Valadez
2.	Kathi (Our Krafty Guest Designer)	10.	Jessie Rone	18.	Jenny Peterson
3.	Alyce Keegan	11.	Sharon Caudle	19.	Alice Wertz
4.	Diana Pickering	12.	Angie Baker	20.	Karen Hanson
5.	Kim O'Connell	13.	Tangii Crain	21.	Sheri Willshire
6.	Deborah Deruyck	14.	Elisabete (Our Krafty Guest Designer)	22.	Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Blog
7.	Tracy Valure	15.	Cheryl Alger
8.	Angie (Our Krafty Guest Designer)	16.	Melanie Holtz

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Check out the list of Krafty Girls below who each have a project to share with you using all sorts of the NEW AUGUST release stamps that are NOW AVAILABLE !  Be sure to leave some love at every stop because two lucky stampers will WIN a package of stamps from this release !  Happy hoppin'!  And happy shoppin'!!

1.	Amanda Reed	9.	Kerry Johnson	17.	Cheryl Valadez
2.	Kathi (Our Krafty Guest Designer)	10.	Jessie Rone	18.	Jenny Peterson
3.	Alyce Keegan	11.	Sharon Caudle	19.	Alice Wertz
4.	Diana Pickering	12.	Angie Baker	20.	Karen Hanson
5.	Kim O'Connell	13.	Tangii Crain	21.	Sheri Willshire
6.	Deborah Deruyck	14.	Elisabete (Our Krafty Guest Designer)	22.	Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Blog
7.	Tracy Valure	15.	Cheryl Alger
8.	Angie (Our Krafty Guest Designer)	16.	Melanie Holtz

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Send a Smile 4 Kids~DT

Send a Smile 4 Kids new challenge is Animal Cards 4 Kids! The challenge is to create and link any card for a child that has an animal on it. Fun, right?

You have an extra week to participate this time, as we have new challenges on the 1^stand 3^rd Saturdays and there is an extra Saturday this month!

We have three very generous sponsors for this challenge:  Dollar Graphics Depot is giving their winner a $15 gift certificate! Bugaboo is giving their randomly picked winner 7 digis of their choice!  And Fred She Said will award their winner a $10 gift certificate! TEAM S.A.S will also be choosing their favorite cards for our top three and the winners will receive a blog badge and an opportunity to be a guest design team member on a future challenge.

Here are my two creations using Bugaboo and Dollar Graphics Depot:

Ewe Behind You

Dollar Graphics Depot~ Baby Zoo Animals

You have until Friday September 6th at noon CST to enter this challenge. After you do, please consider sending in your card(s) to cheer a child who is inpatient in one of our eight children’s hospitals. Check it all out by clicking here.

Kraftin' Kimmie Release Day #4!!!

Welcome back to day FOUR of our AUGUST Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks!!! The awesome new stamps just keep on comin'!! We are SO thrilled to share the newest trio of stamps from Rachelle! Let's call the collection......FABULOUS FALL!!! It includes stamps called.... Fall Fun!, I pick YOU! and Pick of the Patch!!! Here is my creation:

This week our hostess is DEBORAH!! 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!!!

Would you like to know who won the new Happy Haunting stamp set that we previewed yesterday???!! Well, you'll just have to wait until TONIGHT at this month's ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!!! Hope you can join us for all the fun and excitement and prizes!!! 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 FABULOUS FALL stamps!!!!! {All of this week's winners will be announced at the online party tonight!} So come and hang out with us tonight for all the LIVE action krafty fun at the release party and then come on back here tomorrow to check out the release day blog hop! ALL the new stamps AND our amazing new product, the KRAFTY KARDMAKING KIT, will be available on Saturday night at the KKStamps Shop!! 
 Happy hoppin'!

Thanks for hopping around with us today!  Below is the list of Krafty Girls who have a project to share with you featuring the new FALL stamps that we're previewing today!  Leave a little love at every stop to qualify for a chance to win some blog candy!  One lucky stamper will WIN all THREE of these adorable stamps!

1.	Cheryl Valadez	8.	Kathi (Our Krafty Guest Designer)	15.	Tangii Crain
2.	Sharon Caudle	9.	Alyce Keegan	16.	Amanda Reed
3.	Deborah Deruyck	10.	Kim O'Connell	17.	Angie (Our Krafty Guest Designer)
4.	Angie Baker	11.	Alice Wertz	18.	Jenny Peterson
5.	Karen Hanson	12.	Sheri Willshire	19.	Jessie Rone
6.	Elisabete (Our Krafty Guest Designer)	13.	Melanie Holtz	20.	Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Blog
7.	Tracy Valure	14.	Kerry Johnson

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Kraftin' Kimmie Release Day #3!

Welcome back to day THREE of our AUGUST Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks!!! Today we are sharing a super cute new set by artist Thais Narciso! It's called.......HAPPY HAUNTING!!

Here is my creation using these haunting stamps:

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!!! 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 this ADORABLE new set, 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 the new stamp set!!!!! {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....this time from Rachelle Anne Miller in combination with this week's challenge. And ALL the new stamps will be available on Saturday night at the KKStamps Shop!!

Happy hoppin'!

Thanks for hopping around with us today!  Below is the list of Krafty Girls who have a project to share with you featuring the new HAPPY HAUNTING! stamp set!   Leave a little love at every stop to qualify for a chance to win some blog candy!

1.	Jenny Peterson	8.	Deborah Deruyck	15.	Karen Hanson
2.	Kathi (Our Krafty Guest Designer)	9.	Tracy Valure	16.	Sharon Caudle
3.	Alice Wertz	10.	Alyce Keegan	17.	Cheryl Valadez
4.	Elisabete (Our Krafty Guest Designer)	11.	Sheri Willshire	18.	Jessie Rone
5.	Kerry Johnson	12.	Tangii Crain	19.	Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Blog
6.	Amanda Reed	13.	Kim O'Connell
7.	Angie (Our Krafty Guest Designer)	14.	Angie Baker

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Monster Ball

Little Miss Muffet's new challenge starts today and it is a F-U-N one! The theme is Monster Ball!

Here is my monster creation using Monster Hal:

The sentiment reads:AEIO Missing U

Cute, right? It comes from the Hero Arts clear stamp set.

And... Just look at Hal's face...he looks so sad! 

Thanks for stopping by today, my friends! 

Kraftin' Kimmie Release Day # 2!

Welcome back to day two of our AUGUST Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks!!! Today we are excited to share TWO supah cute new sets by artist Cheryl Alger just in time for Trick or Treatin'!!! We are sharing samples today featuring.......HEY GHOULFRIEND! and YOU'RE FANG-TASTIC!!

Here are my creations:

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!!! 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, 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 HEY GHOULFRIEND! and YOU'RE FANG-TASTIC! 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 will be available on Saturday night at the KKStamps Shop!!

Happy hoppin'!

Thanks for hopping around with us today!  Below is the list of Krafty Girls who have a project to share with you featuring the new HEY GHOULFRIEND! and YOU'RE FANG-TASTIC! stamp sets!   Leave a little love at every stop to qualify for a chance to win some blog candy!

1.	Kim O'Connell	7.	Sharon Caudle	13.	Jenny Peterson
2.	Amanda Reed	8.	Elisabete (Our Krafty Guest Designer)	14.	Kathi (Our Krafty Guest Designer)
3.	Sheri Willshire	9.	Cheryl Valadez	15.	Deborah Deruyck
4.	Tangii Crain	10.	Kerry Johnson	16.	Karen Hanson
5.	Angie (Our Krafty Guest Designer)	11.	Tracy Valure	17.	Jessie Rone
6.	Alice Wertz	12.	Melanie Holtz	18.	Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Blog

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OWH Mid-Week Throwdown~Friendship

It's Wednesday! The middle of the week and it's Operation Write Home's Mid-Week Throwdown with the theme being friendship...one of my favorite themes!
For this challenge, I colored up a Kraftin' Kimmie rubber stamp image from Cheryl Grant's Best Fur-iends set.
Here is my creation:

The sentiment reads:You're a PURR-fect friend! 

Again...I kept it CAS. 

Thank you for stopping by, my friends!

Buttons & Bows

Pollycraft's new challenge includes buttons and bows. 

Here is my creation using Cherry Kisses Whatever from the Classic Cave.

I colored her in using Copic markers and the paper comes from My Mind's Eye. The sentiment simply states: hey. 

I added a black button with some hemp twine. Pretty plain and simple today. 

I'll be back in a little bit for a Mid-Week Throwdown. 

See ya later, my friends...
 
 

Kraftin' Kimmie Release Day!!!

I am Guest Designing with Kraftin' Kimmie this month and it is time for Kraftin' Kimmie's AUGUST 2013 RELEASE!!!!! We've been dying to share this month's new STAMPS with you!! We've got SO many exciting things going on....so let's get to it!We are kicking off the *New* AUGUST Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps previews today and we're SO excited to share these new stamps with you from artist, Nicole Aspinall!!! Today we’d like to introduce you to these spooooooky new sets ….FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE! and TIME FOR A COFFIN BREAK!

Here is my krafty creation using Nicole's new stamps From Beyond the Grave:

These fabulous images are perfect for your Halloween cards, tags and treat bags!! And you'll see this in the amazing samples today!

We have lots of inspiration from the Krafty Girls and special Krafty Guests (that's me!!!), so hop around....and be sure to comment at each and every stop because one lucky stamper is going to WIN BOTH of these new SPOOOOOKY sets!!! {All of this week's winners will be announced at the online party on Saturday night!}

OH YES!! We are having another amazing ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!!! It's happening this SATURDAY evening at our Facebook fan page....and you can get ALL the details HERE!!! ALL the new stamps we're sharing over the next few days will be released on SATURDAY!!

Happy kraftin', my friends!

Thanks for hopping around with us today!  Below is the list of Krafty Girls who have a project to share with you featuring the new FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE! and TIME FOR A COFFIN BREAK! stamp sets!   Leave a little love at every stop to qualify for a chance to win some blog candy!  One lucky stamper will WIN both of these new sets!!

1.	Deborah Deruyck	7.	Elisabete (Our Krafty Guest Designer)	13.	Tracy Valure
2.	Angie (Our Krafty Guest Designer)	8.	Kerry Johnson	14.	Tangii Crain
3.	Alice Wertz	9.	Melanie Holtz	15.	Sheri Willshire
4.	Cheryl Valadez	10.	Jenny Peterson	16.	Jessie Rone
5.	Angie Baker	11.	Kathi (Our Krafty Guest Designer)	17.	Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Blog
6.	Karen Hanson	12.	Sharon Caudle

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It's Black & White!

It's Tuesday and that means a new challenge over at Sassy Cheryl's Challenge Blog. The challenge...if you so choose to accept ( and I hope you do)...is to create using a black and white photo look. One of my favorite Copic techniques is to color monochromatically using the shades of gray. (C1,3,5,7 and R05 for the pop of red on the heart).

Here is my creation:

I colored up the adorable Sally using the digi image called A Letter Sent with Love.
 The Polaroid looking frame is from Recollections. The white flowers are from K&Company. The sentiment and heart comes from the Hero Arts clear rubber stamp set designed for Operation Write Home. 

Click here to check out the other Sassy Girls wonderful black and white photo creations! 

It's hard to believe...but this time next week...I'll be back at work teaching 12th grade. Yikes! Until then...have a great Tuesday!

MIM#153

Make It Monday #153 is up and here is my creation that I made this afternoon after my morning back to school haircut. 

I used Bookish Tia from Some Odd Girl.   Tia is the feature digi of the month so you can get her at a great discounted price. 

Here is my creation:

I based this off SOG's August Sketch. 

The sentiment reads: Oh, the places you'll go...

I am entering this in MIM #153. 

Have a great Monday, my friends! 
 

Sunday Sketch

Operation Write Home's Sunday Sketch Challenge #185 looks like this:

 

And...here is my take:

 

I used this oldie but goodie digi stamp from Sassy Cheryl's Stamps.  She is called Ladybug Magnet Girl. I'm not even sure if she is in the store to link her up. 

The paper is from American Crafts and the sentiment is from a clear rubber stamp that reads: Hooray...

I colored this stamp using Copic markers and then fussy cut her out.

Added a few gems and there is my take on OWH sketch challenge this Sunday. I am off to write some letters to my soliders. 

Have a great Sunday, my friends.