TSG190-Love is in the Air

This week our challenge at There She Goes is brought to us by Our Trendsetters! We are challenging you to make a card or project using our “Love is in the Air” theme!  

To be eligible for the giveaway, create a card or project with a Love is in the Air theme, and then come back to the TSG Blog to add your name and a link to your project in the InLinkz that is located at the bottom of this challenge post. This challenge is open until the winner has been announced on the following Monday (January 21st). The winner will get a $5 gift certificate to use in the TSG Web store!

By participating in this challenge, you may also find yourself in the Trendsetting Spotlight that shines on the TSG Blog every Thursday. We will be on the lookout to find challenge cards that stand out and show Trendsetting qualities. TSG stamps are not required to participate in the challenges but are appreciated :)

You do not need to have a blog to be able to participate in the TSG Challenges! You can simply add the URL link from your project after it has been uploaded to your online craft gallery. If you upload your card to an online craft gallery, please use the keyword TSG190 so we can check out your beautiful work! 

Ready for my card?

I paired the SUPER cute Lovebots set with my MME Love Me paper pad. I used MFT's Sweet Tooth, Wild Cherry, Bubblegum, and Berrylicious cardstock for my  card base and layerd, My ribbon is Sno Cone from MFT, and I also used Michael's brads.

Well, that is it for me! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day! I really hope to see you all playing along!

A Krafty Hop-Gamez R For Girlz!!

Well welcome back!! It’s Krafty RELEASE Day at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS!! And we’re celebrating with a KRAFTY HOP!! It's our first release for 2013 and it's a doozy!!!

Over the last few days in our Krafty Peeks, we have shared lots of AMAZING new stamps from all our artists! We’ve got something for everyone!! We've got TWO sweet new sets with the kiddos from Cheryl Alger........SWEET DREAMS and LOVE IS THE BEST MEDICINE! We also have a fun new set from Emilie Goulet called BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED! And of course we have an amazing new set of SIX awesome NERDS AND GEEKS from Annie Rodrigue that are simply stunning! OH and don’t forget the incredible new Trinket stamps for the backs of your cards, envelopes,gift bags and tags .... called HANDMADE TRINKETS by the lovely Nicole Aspinall!!! 

You will get to see most of the new images today as you sit back and enjoy our JANUARY 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 NOW available! 

And of course, as always, we have our Gimme Kimmies Kits available for those of you who ‘need it all’!! The stamps are grouped together by artist and are available at a discount, but only for a limited time!! 

**ALSO we are having a Krafty Guest Contest right NOW! So if you'd like to submit, please check out this POST HERE!

Now let's get hoppin' and shoppin'!!

For my card tonight, I used the SUPER fun new Gamer Girl set. I just LOVE her, and I had SO much fun creating this scene. I mean, what girl WOULDN'T want polka dotted walls, and a amazing floor?? She was colored with Copics, then cut out and popped up on my scene. It was created with some MME Happy Go Lucky paper, and then layered with Sour Apple, Blu Raspberry(MFT), and Orchid Opulence paper(SU). I used Sour Apple grosgrain, Sour Apple, Blu Raspberry, and  Grape Jelly buttons, hemp cord, and some brads from Michael's for my embellishments.

Well, that is it for me for now!! Have fun hopping!

KKS161-We've Got Chemistry

Now how AWESOME were those robots that we previewed yesterday in the BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED stamp set?? So fun!! The Krafty Girls cards were SO awesome!! Wanna know the random commenter who is getting a set of those cuties?? Well, ALL the winners of this week will be announced at the LIVE online RELEASE PARTY on SATURDAY!!! Go HERE to get all the details!!!

So are you here for a new challenge or are you here to check out the brand new ANNIE stamps for JANUARY 2013???? Well, not to worry! We've got BOTH!! Not only do we have a new weekly challenge but we also have SIX new AWESOME stamps!!! 

This month we have a set of FABULOUS...... NERDS AND GEEKS!!! Don't we all know a few nerdy peeps in our everyday lives?? If you can't think of anyone in your circles......it's probably YOU!! Haha!

Just wait 'til you see all the FUN creations by the Krafty Girls and Guests featuring Astro Boy, Bookworm, Computer Nerd, Gamer Girl, Lab Geek and Robot Boy!! It's another incredibly fun release!! You will D.I.E.!!

Check out all the amazing creations on today's hop in combination with this week's challenge!! The lovely JENNY is our hostess this week and her challenge is ANYTHING GOES!! We want EVERYONE to play along and have a chance to win the new GAMER GIRL, as featured on Jenny's gorgeous creation!! We really hope you are inspired by this week's challenge and share your inky creations!!! We SO enjoy seeing your beautiful designs inspired by our challenges!

Below you will find all the Krafty Girls and Guests who have goodies to show you today and while you're visiting their blogs, be sure to leave some love at each stop because TWO lucky stampers are each going to WIN a package of today's stamps!! Woohoo!!!

ALL of our JANUARY stamps will be available TONIGHT at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop!!! We'll be celebrating tonight at our FIRST EVER 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'!!

For my card today, I used the SUPER cute new Lab Geek set...don't you just LOVE her??!!! I paired her with some Echo Park For the Record paper, and used Pacific Point(SU), Gumdrop Green, Black Licorice, and Sweet Tooth cardstock from MFT. My buttons and ribbon are Black Licorice from MFT, and I used black jute twine in my buttons. To finish, I added some silver brads from Michael's.

Well, that is it for me for now !!! Thanks for stopping by, and have fun hopping!!

Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks-Day Three

Welcome back!! We hope you enjoyed all the sweet new designs we shared yesterday featuring the new LOVE IS THE BEST MEDICINE and SWEET DREAMS stamp sets! And before we go any further, would you like to know who won those sets??? Well, ALL the winners of this week will be announced at the LIVE online RELEASE PARTY on SATURDAY!!! Go HERE to get all the details!!!

Today at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps we are sharing a new set by the totally talented Emilie Goulet!!! We've got something super fun and so unique for you!! Let us introduce..... BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED!! Emilie has created a fun set of ROBOT images for your cards and scrapbook pages! You're going to get a real kick out of these guys!!!

Below you will find a list of all the Krafty Girls who are sharing PEEKS with you today!! And as you're hoppin' around, be sure to leave a comment at each stop because someone will win a package of BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED!! {All of this week's winners will be announced at the online party on Saturday night!}

All our new JANUARY 2013 stamps will be available on Saturday at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop!!! And don't miss the online PAR-TAY to celebrate! Come on back tomorrow because not only will we have a fantastic new challenge for you, but we'll be revealing the NEW stamps by Annie Rodrigue!!! Get ready to celebrate with......NERDS and GEEKS!!

Happy hoppin'!!

I used the SUPER cute Bot holding a heart for my card today, and I paired it with some Echo Park For the Record 2 papers. My cardstock colors are Orange Fizz, Gumdrop Green, and Wild Cherry. I used Black Licorice buttons and grosgrain to embellish my card, and finished the buttons off with Maraschino twine.

Well, that is it for me for now! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks-Day Two

Welcome back to our JANUARY Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks!!! Today we are excited to share TWO ADORABLE new sets by artist Cheryl Alger!!! You'll recognize these characters from previous sets.....Lulu, Lexi and Lucas! And they are just as cute as can be!!! These new sets are.......SWEET DREAMS and LOVE IS THE BEST MEDICINE!!

Would you like to know who won the new HANDMADE TRINKETS stamp set that we previewed yesterday???!! Well, you'll just have to wait until Saturday night at our very first 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 and Krafty Guests listed below have lots of super sweet 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 the new SWEET DREAMS or LOVE IS THE BEST MEDICINE stamp set!!!!!

Then come on back tomorrow to check out MORE new stamps we have to show you , this time by artist Emilie Goulet!!! And ALL the new stamps will be available on Saturday night at the KKStamps Shop!!

Happy hoppin'!

My first card uses the SUPER cute new Sweet Dreams set. I stamped my Lucas on the Moon stamp on X-Press It blending card, and then colored him with Copics. He was cut out using the Circle Stax Die-namics from MFT, then layered with the Open Scalloped Doily Die-namics in Hot Fudge cardstock. My other cardstock colors are Banana Split(Bazzil), Sweet Tooth, and Blu Raspberry from MFT. The paper I used is from the MME True Blue paper pad. I embellished my card with the Stacking Stars Die-namics from MFT, Michael's brads, hemp cord, and Hot Fudge cardstock.

For my second card, I used the Love is the Best Medicine stamp set. I stamped Lexi on X-Press It blending card, and then colored her with Copics. Her shirt was paper pieced with some MME Tangerine paper. I paired my paper with Fossil and Sweet Tooth cardstock from MFT, Banana Split from Bazzil, and Groovy Guava from SU. My flower is the new Mini Hybrid Heirloom Rose Die-namics. I also used the new Mini Double Dot Border Die-namics. To embellish my card, I used Michael's brads and some Sweet Tooth grosgrain.

Well, that is it for me for now! Have fun hopping!!

MFTWSC106-I Adore You

*** For my Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps post, please scroll down!!!*** 

  Hey everyone, and happy Wednesday!! That means it is time for another Wednesday Stamp Club challenge from My Favorite Things! It's MY favorite

                                               sketch challenge!

For my card today, I used the SUPER cute new Doodle Garden set-I'm Raptor Round Your Finger. He was paired with some Basic Grey Archaic paper, and my cardstock colors are Orange Fizz, Jellybean Green, Hot Fudge, and Sweet Tooth. My image was stamped on X-Press It blending card, and then colored with my Copics. I used the Oval Stax Die-namics to cut him out, and layered him using the Oval Open Scalloped Doily Die-namics. At the bottom of my card, my sentiment was cut out using the Mini Tab Foursome Die-namics, and under that I used the Double Dot Border Die-namics. My finishing embellishment touches are hemp cord and Michael's brads.

 Here are the Die-namics I have used:

We encourage you all to play along, and to enter your card in the weekly draw for a $15 gift voucher to the MFT Boutique. Simply follow the sketch and create a card or other paper creation. You may use any stamps and supplies that you wish. Each week, a keyword is assigned to the sketch. All you need to do to enter, is upload your card to the gallery at SCS, and enter the given keyword in the keyword box, during the upload process. After the deadline, we randomly choose a winner from that week's entries and the winner will receive a $15 gift voucher. If the winning card uses MFT stamps, the participant will earn a $5 bonus, for a total of a $20 gift voucher! That is up to $100 per month in prizes, JUST for playing along. We hope you'll join us in 2013.

Check out the FAQ - Wednesday Stamp Club thread if you need any further info on this challenge or help on how to upload your card to the gallery.  Upload your creation to SCS using keyword MFTWSC106 for a chance to win this week prize (see above). You have until noon Tuesday, January 15th to play along.

Well, that is it for me for now! Be sure to check out the MFT blog for a full list of designers participating in today's sketch!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps-It's Time!!

Well it's 2013 and Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps is startin' things off with a BANG!!! We have tons of awesome new stamps for our first release of the year AND we're having our very first ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!!! It's happening this SATURDAY 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 NIGHT!

Now let's get on with our JANUARY 2013 RELEASE!!!!!

We are kicking off the *New* JANUARY Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps previews today and first off, we’d like to introduce you to a beautiful new set of Trinkets!!! We are very excited to share with you our GORGEOUS….HANDMADE TRINKETS!!

What a fabulous new set of Trinkets, wouldn't you say??? Here you are, creating all these gorgeous cards and gifts to give to your family and friends....and now you can stamp them up to show YOU made them!!

There are SIX fantastic stamps featuring images from our artists that you can use for the backs of your cards, for gift cards, altered items and all those baked goods you plan on giving out!! *wink*

These circular sentiment stamps have been created and designed by the totally talented Krafty Girl, Nicole Aspinall!! They are made especially to fit in your 1 3/8ths and 1 ¾ inch punches, for quick and easy cutting!!! This month we are releasing the Handmade Trinkets set which includes SIX trinkets in each set PLUS two tiny little copyright stamps so that you can stamp them in a tiny little obscure spot on your creations if you want! You will get the set as a completely unmounted full sheet of deeply etched grey rubber.

I gotta say....we love our TRINKET stamps, but we all absolutely ooohed and aaahed when these were unveiled!!! Heehee!

Today we have awesome samples that the Krafty Girls have put together for you....and be sure to comment on each and every stop because one lucky stamper is going to WIN the new HANDMADE TRINKETS set!!! {All of this week's winners will be announced at the online party on Saturday night!}

Happy kraftin'!

For my project today, I used a wax bag, along with some SUPER cute MME Playdate paper. I used Gumdrop Green cardstock, Wild Cherry cardstock, the MFT Circle Stax Die-namics,  and the MFT Rosette Die-namics to create my sentiment panel. My trinket was stamped on X-Press It blending card, and then colored with my Copics. For my bag, I used the Playdate paper, along with a Small Open Scalloped Border Die-namics from MFT, and some Wild Cherry grosgrain. 

Well, that is it for me for now!!

January New Product Tour

That's right everyone, we have made it through teasers, and now, all the new sets are available in the My Favorite Things Store!!!! Before you go shop, be sure to hop around to all the designers and leave them some love! You never know who has the candy!!

Tonight, I am showing off the new Laina Lamb set: Journal It-For The Record. It will sell for $15.95.

I started by stamping my lined paper pattern on some MME Union Square paper with Black Licorice Ink. I also stamped the For The Record sentiment, and then layered it with Black Licorice cardstock. My edges were sponged with Black Licorice ink, as well. My other cardstock colors are Wild Cherry, Whip Cream, and Fossil. To embellish my card, I used some Michael's brads, Wild Cherry grosgrain, and hemp cord. I used the new Keys and Locks Die-namics on my hemp cord, and one of the Rustic Hearts Die-namics on my sentiment panel. For that panel, I used part of the Layered Label Die-namics.

Here are the Die-namics I have used:

Well, that is it for me for now! Thanks for stopping by,  hanging out with us for another release, and have fun hopping around to all my teammates blogs! Head on over to the MFT Blog for the official list!

January Die-namics Pep Rally

Now that we've teased and tempted you all week long, it's almost time for you to shop for your favorite Brand Spankin' New products from MFT.

But first... it's time for our Die-namics Feature and Pre-Release Pep Rally!

Our Design Team has been busy creating jaw-dropping and inspiring projects for you, and we've saved the best for last.

We've taken an in-depth look at this month's Die-namics, while re-visiting the amazing sets being released tonight at 10 PM EST RIGHT HERE in the MFT Boutique.

And while we are at it, how about we make your life even easier with a "cheat sheet" of all that's new?  Head over to the MFT Blog to print out a shopping list.

Here are the details about the upcoming release:

• You can attend the New Release Party on January 8 from 8-10 PM EST HERE in the MFT forum, where you can WIN PRIZES!
• The MFT release, including all new stamp sets and Die-namics, is on January 8 at 10 PM EST.  You'll find all the newest products HERE at release time.
• If you'd like to see all the designers' posts for today, please click on over to the MFT Blog NOW.  Be sure to leave comments as you go for the chance to win one of 2, $10 gift certificates given away daily.  The winners will be posted on January 8 just before the release party, on the MFT blog.

For my cards tonight, I paired the new You Make My Day set with several of the new Die-namics.

I used the Lilybee Designs Victoria Park paper pad, along with Gumdrop Green, Bubblegum, Sweet Tooth, and Black Licorice cardstock. My sentiments were stamped with the new Black Licorice ink. At the base of my card, I used the new Layered Hearts Border Die-namics in Bubblegum over my green paper. 

I then used the Heart Stax Die-namics to cut out my heart, which I then intertwined with the new Leaf Filled Flourish Die-namics in Gumdrop Green. To accent that, I used the Mini Hybrid Heirloom Rose Die-namics in two different Lilybee Designs papers. As a finishing touch, I added some Bubblegum Grosgrain on a Spiral Clip.

Here are the Die-namics I have used:

Well, that is it for me for now! Thanks for stopping by, and have fun hopping around to all my teammates blogs! Head on over to the MFT Blog for the official list!

Pure Innocence Monday

Here we are at my FAVORITE night of teasers from My Favorite Things, and we have two SUPER cute Pure Innocence sets this month: Around the World-Netherlands and Read All About It.

Here are the details about the upcoming release:

• You can attend the New Release Party on January 8 from 8-10 PM EST HERE in the MFT forum, where you can WIN PRIZES!
• The MFT release, including all new stamp sets and Die-namics, is on January 8 at 10 PM EST.  You'll find all the newest products HERE at release time.
• The guest designer contest is going on now!  Check out the forum for details on how YOU can win over $200 in stamp sets and Die-namics.
• If you'd like to see all the teasers for today, please click on over to the MFT Blog NOW.  Be sure to leave comments as you go for the chance to win one of 2, $10 gift certificates given away daily.  The winners will be posted on January 8 just before the release party, on the MFT blog.

For my card tonight, I used the new Around the World-Netherlands set, which was stamped on X-Press It blending card, and then colored with my Copics. I used Fossil cardstock, and the Oval Decorative Doily Die-namics to layer her after cutting her out with the Oval Stax Die-namics.I paper pieced her hat and apron with some MME Bluebell paper, which was also used on my background and the Mini Heirloom Rose Die-namics I used. For my cardstock colors, I used Sweet Tooth, Berrylicious, Fossil, and Banana Split(Bazzil). On the base of my card, I used the Faux Crochet Border Die-namics to accent my patterned paper. To finish, I used the First Place Award Ribbon Die-namics for my sentiment, and I added some brads, and Kraft Grosgrain.

Here are the Die-namics I have used:

Well, that is it for me for now! Thanks for stopping by, and have fun hopping around to all my teammates blogs! Head on over to the MFT Blog for the official list!