CYCI#135-Back to School Smarty Pants

Hey there party people, and welcome to this week's Can You Case It? Challenge! This week's theme has been on EVERYONE'S minds....it's BACK TO SCHOOL!!

That's right, as our kids, grandkids, nieces, nephews, coaches, administrations, and beloved teachers head back to school, we here at Can You Case It? are making cards and projects saluting YOU!

I decided to use the SUPER CUTE Back To School Ellie set from The Paper Nest Dolls. I paired her with some My Mind's Eye School Daze paper from long ago. I'm not going to lie y'all, I have a hoard of paper that rivals probably anyone. It's terrible. So much paper. I colored my ellie in some bright, fun colors to match the crayon scribbles, and added some buttons and ribbons to add some fun. Yes, I know, I button and ribbon the heck out of everything...it's my style, it's my thing. I like, I love it, I can't get enough of it. Sorry, not sorry.

So, have you been playing along with the Can You Case It challenges? If not, we would love to have you!! Either follow one of the links(basically anytime I say the word's CYCI), or click on the challenge graphic to head straight to our blog to get all the info on our wonderful challenge, and to see the work of all of our talented design team!!

Thanks again for stopping by and have a crafty day! XOXOXO

C4C351-Totally Witchin'

Hey there party people, and welcome back to my poor, neglected blog. I'm a slacker, what can I say?

I'm actually not, I've been crazy busy, but you'll have to wait until later to see some of the other awesomeness that I have created!

Today, I have a card for the new Crazy 4 Challenges challenge! I am ending my month as hostess with a Holiday challenge. I left it am leaving it up to all of you to decide which holiday you want your card to be for, just make some sort of holiday card!

For my card today, I paired the super cute new Totally Witchin' set from Kraftin' Kimmie stamps with some yummy Doodlebug Halloween paper. Now, normally on Saturday I play along with the Kraftin' Kimmie challenge....but someone let Melanie be in charge, and they went with a vintage, shabby, chic theme or something....I can not. Can't.

Well, that is it for me for now!! Thanks for stopping by my blog and checking out my work!

Now, go to the 

CRAZY 4 CHALLENGES 

blog, and check out all my teammates!!

Have a stampy day!!

The Cat's Pajamas Tuesday Challenge#321-Paper Piecing

Our current challenge at The Cat's Pajamas is a fun one that I haven't done in a CRAZY long time! We are doing a PAPER PIECING challenge!!

For my challenge card, I used the SUPER cute Constellation Prize! I decided to pair it with some super cute Doodlebug paper, that I THINK was meant for mermaid cards or something, but I do what I want, ok??? I used the awesome 3x3 Star CutUps and the Stitched Cloud CutUps as well to decorate my card. Because I was having a super hard time trying to decide what to do with my sentiment, I decided to stamp it on the cloud...and omg...it worked, and I really loved it. What do you think?

Here are the products from The Cat's Pajamas that I have used:

Here are the details to the challenge!:

1. Every other Tuesday a new challenge will be posted on The Cat’s Pajamas blog and our Facebook page.
2. If you want to play along you just upload your design to The Cat’s Pajamas blog page using the InLinkz button by the Monday, 11:55 EDT before the next challenge.
3. You are not required to use a Cat’s Pajamas stamp or die but if you have them we would love to see them.
4. On the following TCP Tuesday, the winner will be chosen from the previous challenge and will receive a Cat Cash Voucher for $10 or $15 if a TCP product is used.

So, that is it for me for now!! I sure hope you had a chance to play along with this awesome challenge, and if you haven't what are you waiting for!??! 

Get on it!!!

CYCI#134-Pet Challenge

Hey there, and welcome to this week's Can You Case It? Challenge!! This week's challenge is all about PETS!! Now, I personally don't have a pet any longer...sniff sniff, but I used to have the cutest little dog name Sophie, so I decided to put a cute little doggie on my card today!

My image is from the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps set called Totally Paw-some! I paired him with the Doodlebug Puppy Love paper pad, and I even used the matching Puppy Love Sprinkles that go along with it! I of course had to add some gingham ribbon, brads, and a spiral clip to hold my sentiment on! My balls....hehehehhee, she said balls.....were colored and cut out seperately. 

Well, that is it for me for now!! Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope to see you all  joining me and the amazing crew at Can You Case It!!  

You can stop by the CYCI website to get all the details! 

Til next time, have a STAMPY day!!

Crazy 4 Magic Sketches

Hey there party people, and welcome to this week's Saturday challenge from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! This week's theme is MAGIC, so of course I had to use the new Make Your Own Magic set!

I also paired it with this week's Crazy 4 Challenges sketch challenge. I'm hosting the challenges this month, so I am super in love with this sketch!

For my card, I used the Make Your Own Magic set paired with some Echo Park paper. For my main image, I cut it out using MFT Die-namics. I used buttons from different makers(MFT and Recollections), gingham ruffled ribbon, brads, black twine, spiral clips, and some MFT Sno Cone grosgrain.

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!! In keeping in line with the rest of our challenges (Wonderful Wednesday and our NEW Krafty Scrappy Challenge), we will be drawing one winner per month from all Saturday Challenge entries to win a $20 gift card!! You can enter as many times per month as you'd like!!

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!!!

Frugal Friday specials are UP!  Better get 'em before they're gone!!!  As of Friday afternoon a few items had already sold out!!

So, it's your turn to play...in the KKS challenge, in the Crazy 4 Challenges challenge....all the challenges, just play!
Have a great day, and stay crafty my friends!

Wonderful Wednesday-

It's Wonderful Wednesday time!!  We hope you can play along!!  As always....it's ANYTHING GOES!!  Break out your Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and get krafty!!

For my card today, I used the super cute new Harvest Blessings set. I paired it with some paper from Carta Bella, and cardstock from both MFT and SU.

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 on this post until August 23rd at midnight!  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!!!  What do you think.....wanna WIN??  Let's see your krafty stuff!!

Well, that is it for me for now! Thanks for stopping by and checking out my work! Be sure to head to the Kraftin' Kimmie Blog to see which of my Krafty Sisters have played along!
Have a great day!

C4C-Back to School

This week's challenge at the Crazy 4 Challenges blog is a fun back to school challenge. With the kids headed back to school, the challenge was to make any card, scrapbook page, or item that had a back to school theme. I decided to make an altered notebook....yeah, I promise I wasn't sick when this happened.

I took a normal composition notebook and covered it with Martha Stewart paper. I used the MFT Apple Die-namics to make my apple, and a sentiment from the Happiness is Reading set  from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps set for my sentiment. I would have LOVED to have a notebook like this for my journal when I was in school. How about you??

My letters and numbers are thickers, and I used some May Arts Twill, and buttons from various manufacturers. 

Well, that is it for me for now...my craft area looks like a bomb dropped on it, and it isn't going to clean itself, apparently.

Be sure to check out the Crazy 4 Challenges blog for more details and to see the amazing work my teammates have done.

CYCI#133-Colorful Space Cadet...

Hey there friends, and welcome to this week's Can You Case It challenge!! This week we have a super fun COLOR CHALLENGE for you!! 

The colors we are using are Greens, Yellows, and Neutrals!

At first, I had no clue which way I was going to go with this challenge, and then things just started happening in my brain. I was going to go with flowers, and do something sweet....and then I saw this set when I was going through my stamps, and decided that why not(I was also maybe watching Independence Day at the mo')? This is from the The Cat's Pajamas set, Space Cadet. I paired it with paper from two different Doodlebug paper pads, one from Carta Bella(the b&w stripes) and lots of fun embellishments. 

Well, that is it for me for now! Be sure to head to the CAN YOU CASE IT blog to check out my fellow teammates creations, and we sure hope to see you playing along!! Lots of fun to be had with this challenge!!

Until next time, stay stampy and fabulous!

August Kraftin' Kimmie Hop and SHOP!!

It's finally here!!! 

The RELEASE of our AUGUST 2016 clear stamp sets!!!

We've released ALL SIX of the EEK-TASTIC new clear stamp sets that we've been previewing all week and we're celebrating with a super fun krafty HOP! So grab a nice hot beverage and put your feet up because you will need a few relaxing minutes to enjoy all the magical fun by our design team and guest!!

Today's post will have a bit of an overview of what's been released, but for now....take a look at Lucas and his prize winning pig...oink oink!

 Ain't he cute!!??!!

I paired this little cutie with some paper from Simple Stories, and ribbon from MFT, twine from Authentique, embellishments from everywhere, and a whole lotta love.

And now...the overview!!

There are TWO new sets from artist Annie Rodrigue

called VANESSA VAMPIRE 

and VALENTINA VAMPIRE!

We've got a fun new spooky set from artist, Emilie Goulet called TOTALLY WITCHIN'!

We have an adorable new set full of fall fun from artist, Cheryl Grant called AUTUMN WISHES!

And lastly there are TWO new sets of sweet images from artist Becky Pearce called

HARVEST BLESSINGS

 and

HAPPY OWL-OWEEN!

You will get to see ALL of the new sets in action as you sit back and enjoy the hop! Then head on over to the Krafty Shop because ALL of the new stamp sets are NOW AVAILABLE!

And if you HAVE to have it ALL, we also have our August Gimme Kimmies Kit which includes all SIX of the new sets together and at a discount! But only for a limited time and while supplies last!

There are also a limited number of Kreepy Kits which will include an assortment of Halloween patterned papers, cardstock and embellishments! AND all orders of $50 or more will receive a FREE fall rubber stamp set!!! ;)

Now let's celebrate with our NEW release and get

hoppin' and shoppin'!!

August Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks Day 4 and a Challenge!

Welcome back to our FOURTH and final day of August Krafty Peeks!  It's almost time to release ALL the new SPOOK-tacular stamp sets that you've been seeing all week!

We have TWO adorable new sets to share with you today from artist, Becky Pearce!  These sets can be used on their own or in combination with each other or even other Halloweenie type sets!!

First is this sweet set of feathered friends called HAPPY OWL-OWEEN! I used this super cute set to make my super fun Halloween card for today. Paired with a Doodlebug Paper Pad, I used all sorts of fun goodies to bring my owl-bat to life!! 

The set features three main images, several smaller accessory stamps and five SP-WHOO-KY sentiments for a total of THIRTEEN fabulous stamps in the set!

The other set being released today is a fun set of GOURD-GEOUS images and friends called HARVEST BLESSINGS! 

The set features three main pumpkin images, faces that you can stamp on the pumpkins if you choose, several smaller accessory stamps and four sentiments for a total of THIRTEEN fab-BOO-less stamps in the set!!

It's also challenge day, and as always during release week, the 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 because we'd LOVE to see your KKS designs.  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 August!  We hope you can play along for your chance to WIN a $20 Gift Certificate to use on ANYTHING you want in the shop!!  Wanna win?? 

I hope you can join us for all the fun and excitement and prizes  TONIGHT beginning at 6pm EST!!  Hope you can come hang out with the me and Krafty Girls at our 

LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY! 

All the Krafty Girls and Guests listed below have lots of super FUN designs to show you featuring these awesome new stamps from Becky!  And while you're hopping around, be sure to leave a comment because we are giving away a gift voucher!!!  You could WIN some Krafty $$$ to spend at the shop!!!!  There will be one winner from all the comments this week and it will be announced at the party tonight!

Happy hoppin'!

Skipping Stones August Blog Up...

Hey there friends and welcome to this month's Blog Hop with Skipping Stones Designs. When I first saw this adorable elephant, I squealed with delight....it's just too cute! 

And yes, I know....elephants aren't yellow, they are when I want them to be!!

For today's card, I used the Super duper cute Elephant End set. I paired it with some fun Carta Bella paper, and all the embellishments you know I love!

Well, that is it for me for now! As I mentioned before this is for a hop, so I hope you have fun checking out everyone else's cards. Here's a full list of links to get you where you need to be!
Tanja 
Cornelia 
Ilina 
Martha
You can also head to the Skipping Stone Design blog for more info!

August Kraftin' KImmie Peeks-Day Three!

Hello again and welcome back to Day THREE of our
August Krafty Peeks!!
Have you been enjoying the new creations so far?  Well, we're only half way done!  We have so many more fun fall designs!

Today's peeks features a sweet new fall set by artist, Cheryl Grant!  Of course we've got our three fave kiddos, Lexi, Lucas and Lulu and they're having lots of fun at the fall fair!  There's apples, cotton candy and furry friends!

For my card today, I used the super cute Lulu image from this set. She is eating her cotton candy, and strolling along in her fine fall weather. I love fall....for so many reasons. I paired her with some MME paper, and lots of fun embellishments!

The set has four main  images, a fabulous banner that you can stamp anything you want in....OR hand letter a special sign PLUS five fabulous sentiments!
It's called AUTUMN WISHES!

I hope you can join us on Saturday night at our LIVE Online Release Party for all the fun and excitement beginning at 6pm EST!  We'll be sharing lots of pics of the new stamps, chatting with krafty friends from all over the world and giving away some prizes!

All the Krafty Girls and Guests listed below have goodies to share with you today so be sure to check them out!  And while you're hopping around be sure to leave some love at each stop because one lucky commenter is going to WIN a gift voucher to the krafty shop!

Happy hoppin'!

August Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks-Day Two!

Hey there Krafty Peeps, and welcome to day TWO of this month's release peeks from Kraftin' Kimie Stamps!!

We are back again with more terror-ific stamps and designs and all of our new Halloween sets will be released on Saturday night!

Today we are sharing an EEK-tastic new stamp set by artist Emilie Goulet!  This fun set has two main images of a high-flying witch with her kitty cat friend and a whimsical bitty bat!  The set also comes with EIGHT fun sentiments!
This new set is called TOTALLY WITCHIN'!!

For my card today, I paired the super cute bat from this set so I could use the sentiment "I love you to the moon and bat!"...sigh....it's perfect. My spiderweb die is an old one that was sold by There She Goes, and I paired it with some of my favorite embellishments....you guys know how I do. My paper is from Doodlebug!

Be sure to join us for all the fun and excitement on Saturday night beginning at 6pm EST for our LIVE Online Release Party!

All the Krafty Girls and Guests listed below have lots of BOO-tiful designs to share with you today featuring this new set!  And while you're hopping around and checking them all out, be sure to leave some love at each stop because one lucky commenter is going to WIN a gift voucher to the krafty shop!  The winner will be announced at the party, so don't miss it!

Happy Hoppin'!!

August Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks Day 1!

If you are a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps fan, you'll know that AUGUST is always our HALLOWEEN release and it's probably our most popular release of the YEAR!!! If you're new to KKS, you're in for a fabulous TREAT!! 

Welcome to a week of SPOOK-TACULAR designs featuring our NEW August Release stamp sets!!! We have absolutely incredible creations ready to share with you, so welcome to Day ONE of our August Peeks!!!

The Krafty Girls are kickin' things off with a couple of FANG-TASTIC sets from artist Annie Rodrigue! I'm sure you'll agree that these two ghoulfriends are bloody amazing!!

Annie has two sets this month, I have used Vanessa Vampire. She was paired with some Peebles BOO! paper. I cut out a spiderweb die cut for the background, and embellished with some sparkly bats, googlie eyes, divine twine, black cord, and a spiderweb paper clip.

Here are the sets in full:

Each set comes with a stunning new vampire image plus 5 or 6 coordinating sentiments!! Below you will find links to all the Krafty Girls and Guest who have goodies to share with you today and while you're there, be sure to leave some love at each stop because one lucky commenter is going to WIN a gift voucher to the krafty shop!  Who doesn't want to spend some krafty dollars??! 

ALL of our brand new clear August release stamp sets will be available on Saturday night after the LIVE Online Release Party which begins at 6pm EST!  I hope you can come hang out with us and have lots of krafty fun!!!!

CYCI#132-A Totally Pawesome Sketch

Hey there crafty people!! It's time for yet another Can You Case It Challenge!!

This week's challenge is an awesome sketch challenge, and I gotta say...it scared me a bit at first. It was simple, and clean, and let's face it....I make stuff that is embellished and bright and layered....so, I figured out a way!

For this week's challenge, I decided to use the A Purr-Fect Day paired with some CUTE new Doodlebug Designs paper called Kitten Smitten. I even used some of the sprinkles. I also used several dies to create my card. 

OH, and while you're there, have you started following us on all our social media? Look on the top right side of the blog to find where you can sign up for our email updates, and you'll find the links to all our social media there as well!!

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

Kraftin' Kimmie Saturday Challenge-Birthdays

Hi everyone! Welcome to another challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! This week's challenge is a fun BIRTHDAY challenge, so we hope to see you playing along!!  I mean, who doesn't need a stash of birthday cards?

Before I get to my card, though, guess what? Krafty peeks start on Wednesday....I'm SO EXCITED!!

For my card today, I used the Unicorns &Rainbows set. It has been on backorder, so I haven't been able to use it...but as soon as the boss said it was in stock, it was the first set I thought of! I paired it with some super cute Tropical paper from Doodlebug. 

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!! In keeping in line with the rest of our challenges (Wonderful Wednesday and our NEW Krafty Scrappy Challenge), we will be drawing one winner per month from all Saturday Challenge entries to win a $20 gift card!! You can enter as many times per month as you'd like!!

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!!!

Now create a card, scrapbook page or altered item with a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp or any other stamp and be sure to use our THEME as a starting point for your creation!!! You will have until August 12th at 11:55 pm EST to get your entries in!

Pull out those fabby stamps and play along! Have some krafty fun and join us this week!!

Crazy 4 Challenges- You Really Got This

It's my month to host the challenges at the Crazy 4 Challenges blog, and since today was opening ceremonies for the Summer Olympics, I decided to go with an Olympics theme! Basically, you can either use something sports related, or use the colors related to the Olympics. Me, I did both...and even pulled the rings in a bit!!

I decided to pair the super cute The Cat's Pajamas set You Got This with some fun paper from Carta Bella. My cardstock is from both MFT and SU. I paired it with all sorts of buttons, brads, twine, and red ruffled ribbon. My circles were cut with the Framed Up 2 CutUps.

Here are the TCP products I have used:

Well, that is it for me for now!! Thanks for stopping by and checking out my blog!! I hope to see you at the Crazy 4 Challenges blog playing along with our challenge! Have a great day!

August Paper Nest Dolls Challenge!

It's time for this month's Paper Nest Dolls Inspiration Challenge.

We just had a special Christmas in July release, so I decided to use one of the gorgeous new dolls released, Avery with Snowman.

I paired Avery with some of my favorite Christmas paper from Carta Bella, and some fun embellishments as well.

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