.: 2013

Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year!! Hope your enjoying the evening!

I'm still playing around with one last Christmas stamp that Santa brought me :)

We will be staying in relaxing with some munchies and home cooking!

Tonight is the last night for the Lights and the tree, yep everything comes down Jan 1st.

outside view of our Christmas tree....

Do you have any New Years crafting resolutions? I started a Copic Art Journal and would like to finish it this year. How about you?

Happy New Year!

This little box of Vintage goodies sits in my Christmas Tree. The picture is of my Mom with Santa, I just love black and white Christmas photos. The little house/church is an old ornament which actually lights up and the angel is vintage too.

The added rosette is a Tim Holtz Die and Stamp along with the snowflakes. There is also old mercury balls, bells and tinsel added in with the treasures!

Close up of Vintage Christmas Memories

Made with ..
Hero Arts Winter's Butterfly

Tim Holtz on the Edge Snowflake Die

Tim Holtz Rosette Die
Vintage photo distress ink
cotton balls
glitter

Tim Holtz Vintage Christmas Ornaments Stamp

Vintage Ornaments

Old Photo Black and White with Santa

Green Bakers Twine

Tinsel

The Paper is called "Jolly" from Authentique, This paper has a beautiful thick texture, the opposite side has the candy cane stripes. Love it!!

Thanks for stopping in, happy crafting :)

Christmas Cookies & the Dollar Store!

No, I did not buy my Christmas Cookies at the dollar store! LOL!!!I made some peanut butter cookies using the recipe on the back of Kraft's crunchy Peanut Butter. The ribbon is from the dollar store, Dollarama now has May Arts Ribbon?? Totally excited as these ribbons are beautiful :)

The peanut butter...

the recipe ...

Close up Peanut Butter Cookies ...

These are super easy to make and very yummy! Added a chocolate chip the centers of each :)

All packaged up and ready to go!

May Arts Ribbon $2

Dollarama has tons of crafting supplies and name brands like Fiskars! You never know what your going to find :) Not sure if there are any Dollarama's in the US but we have a ton of them here in the Toronto area.

One of my favorite stores!

Take a second look at your local dollar store, you never know what your going to find ;)

Thanks for stopping in, talk to you soon.

Baby, its cold outside!

Trying to squeeze in a few more festive creations before the end of December. I'm still lovin chilled sweet Willard, he's a fave of mine! Made for One Crazy stampers Holiday challenge found here If you live in the GTA One Crazy Stamper has awesome prices on Copic Markers!! :)

Close up, coloured with Copics :)

Made With...

Kraftin Kimmie Willard Keep Warm

Copic Markers

Hero Arts Merry Stamp

Kaiser Kraft Green Gems

White acrylic paint

Creative Bag white satin ribbon

Stickles Rock Candy

Uktra fine warm glitter

pop dots

We've had a very bad Ice storm almost a week ago. Some parts of Toronto are still without hydro, we've been very lucky. Everything was coated with ice!

our backyard

Keep warm!! We're expecting more snow next week. It has truly been a white Christmas.

Merry Christmas

(retro me in the 70's)

Wishing you a beautiful December 25th. Merry Christmas!

Advent ATC swap Dec 23rd -- Vintage Christams 1953

For the past few years I have participated in Deja`s Christmas Advent ATC swap.

This year my ATC is for December 23rd. I made 25 cards, all the same and received 25 back, one for each day leading up to Christmas.

A close up.... The photo is my mom with Santa! The poinsettia is a Tim Holtz bigz die.

Added some vintage Christmas packaging to my atc. Along with a gingerbread recipe and other little details :)

Here`s all 25! Merry Christmas.

I love Willard!!!

Ok, I know he's just a fictional character but he's so darn cute!!! Love that chilled look on his face. Totally sweet :)

I coloured Willard with Copics and airbrushed the background using a snowflake die cut. A few other finishing touches such as flocking on his hat and touches of red glitter for the tree and scarf.

Made with ...

Kraftin Kimmie's Willard Warm Wishes

Stampendous ultrafine Red glitter

Janome Sew Mini

Copic Markers

Copic Airbrush

misc Pattern Papers

Plaid dollarstore ribbon (love it!)

dollar store pop dots

Recollections Brads

Quick Kutz Min Tag Die

Tim Holtz on the edge snowflake die

Close-up of Willard )

I think Willard will be proudly displayed at our festive coffee station :)

Thanks for peeking in, have a very merry weekend :)

Well, welcome back for some krafty fun and the last challenge of 2013 here at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!!! Hope you can play along as we've got another great challenge for ya! It's awesome to see so many of you creating with KKS!!! Keep them coming! This challenge will stay open for TWO weeks!

This week our hostess is .....Kimmie!! And her challenge is a FUN SKETCH!! So create a card, scrapbook page or altered item with a Kraftin' Kimmie stamp that is inspired by this sketch!!! Sounds fun!! 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!!! ...

Did you hear about our new SHARE to WIN challenges?? We introduced the new WONDERFUL WEDNESDAYS a few weeks ago, so go HERE to get all the information and play along with us!! Now you have MORE chances to play with your Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and more chances to WIN!! And the current WW challenge is open for THREE weeks over the holidays!

Also here's a little secret....we'll be having our Annual BOXING WEEK SALE starting on December 26th!! So if you happen to get a little $$ for Christmas, here's the perfect way to spend it! On Krafty goodies for YOU!! Almost EVERYTHING will be on SALE!

Now on to the challenge!! Check out the wonderful creations by our Krafty Girls and Guests featuring this week's challenge!! If you join us and play along, you could WIN a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp!

Happy kraftin'!!

Getting Crafty with friends :)

Up last night til almost 1AM baking banana breads...

and packed up goodies for friends...

All wrapped up and ready to visit ...

We each made a project and shared out craft. Dar taught us how to make a candy cane wreath ...

Donna helped us make these awesome scarves ...

and I taught the girls how to make this ornament using Kraftin Kimmies Tweet Winter Wishes set :)

By the way don't forget Kraftin Kimmies Secret Santa $50 giveaway. Tonight's the last night and you can find all the details here!!!

Dar (left in pink) Donna (middle) and me (right)

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you have a chance to visit with friends this Christmas!

We're all mad here!-- Kraftin Kimmie December release hop

These Kidos are super fun to Copic colour. Love this image paired with the sentiment "We're all mad here!".... too much fun :)

Made with....

Kraftin Kimmie's Once upon a time2

Michale's ribbon

Misc clock charm

Creative memories pattern papers

Recollections Metal Brads

dollar store pop dots

Copic markers

Copic airbursh

Frisket masking film

Quick Cuts tag die

We're so excited! It’s our DECEMBER 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 December release! We’ve got something for everyone!! We’ve got TWO sweet new FAIRYTALE sets featuring our favourite kiddos from Cheryl……ONCE UPON A TIME 1 and 2! And we have a sweet new baby set from Thais Narciso called...... A MOTHER'S LOVE! and also artist Rachelle Anne Miller ...has an awesome new BOY set of stamps called GREAT ADVENTURES! And we are thrilled to share Lastly, we are SO excited to share a SASSY new Moonlight Whispers stamp set....HEY, HOT STUFF!

Not only do we have amazing new rubber stamps for all your krafty creations.....but we've made your creating even EASIER with our *exclusive* new KRAFTY KARDMAKING KITS!!! We've designed our DECEMBER 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 the kit!

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

OH WAIT!! There's one more thing!!! Santa has stopped by the Kraftin' Kimmie Shop and he's left a special gift for one lucky shopper!!! All orders placed by Monday night at midnight will be in the draw to WIN!! One random shopper will receive......a $50 gift certificate in with their package!!! What a fabulous prize!!!

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 DECEMBER release stamps and the fabulous Kardmaking Kit that are all 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.	Tangii Crain	9.	Tracy Valure	17.	Jessie Rone
2.	Deborah Deruyck	10.	Melanie Holtz	18.	Amanda Reed
3.	Christine Riley (Krafty Guest)	11.	Kadie Ensley (Krafty Guest)	19.	Natalie Murdock (Krafty Guest)
4.	Cheryl Valadez	12.	Diana Pickering	20.	Kerry Johnson
5.	Dana Joy (Krafty Guest)	13.	Sheri Wilshire	21.	Alice Wertz
6.	Stephanie Beauchemin	14.	Angie Baker	22.	Kimmie Reid
7.	Karen Hanson	15.	Jenny Peterson
8.	Cheryl Alger	16.	Sharon Caudle

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Have a great adventure!

Lots of airbrushing on this card base and stamped image using Misket an Frisket masking. Also used a star stencil on the base background for a space effect :)

Made with ...

Super cute Kraftin' Kimmie Great Adventures stamp set

copic markers

copic airbrushing

star ribbon from a friend (thanks Linda :)

metal brads Recollections

white satin ribbon Creative Bag

Hedi Swapp star stencil

dollar store pop dots

Misket

Frisket

Tim Holtz Gold stickles

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

We are SO thrilled to share the newest set of THREE images with matching sentiments from Rachelle! This fabulous new boys set is called GREAT ADVENTURES!!...

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!!!

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 DECEMBER 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 collection of 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 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 GREAT ADVENTURES stamp set 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 this adorable set!

1.	Kadie Ensley (Krafty Guest)	7.	Alice Wertz	13.	Sharon Caudle
2.	Deborah Deruyck	8.	Melanie Holtz	14.	Tracy Valure
3.	Karen Hanson	9.	Kerry Johnson	15.	Christine Riley (Krafty Guest)
4.	Stephanie Beauchemin	10.	Amanda Reed	16.	Dana Joy (Krafty Guest)
5.	Sheri Wilshire	11.	Jessie Rone	17.	Cheryl Valadez
6.	Natalie Murdock (Krafty Guest)	12.	Jenny Peterson

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Another manic Monday!

Another Manic Monday! love this sentiment and sassy Gal from Kraftin Kimmie! I added music notes since I have the Bangles song on the tip of my tongue.... "wish it was Sunday, that's my fun day" :)

I pulled out the Sew mini and tried to stitch all the parts on my card. Pattern paper is from Bo Bunny "Gabrielle" and the image is coloured with Copics.

Made with ..

Kraftin Kimmie -- Hey Hot Stuff

Copic Markers

Janome Sew mini

Bo Bnny Gabrielle

Lomey Gem Pins

pop dots -- dollarstore

Michaels recollections sheer ribbon

Prima flower

misc metal paperclip

Cricut Cards die cut

Welcome back to Day FOUR of the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps DECEMBER previews!!! We are back with a fabulous new Moonlight Whispers stamp set!! You'll love these two SASSY girls along with the FOUR fun sentiments!!

Today the Krafty Girls and I are thrilled to share with you........HEY, HOT STUFF!! There are lots of amazing creations on today's hop featuring both new images and sentiments from the set!! We know you are just going to LOVE these images and be inspired by all the fun designs!!

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 DECEMBER stamps and our new Kardmaking Kit will be available on Saturday night at 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'!!

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, HOT STUFF! stamp set by Annie Rodrigue! Leave a little love at every stop to qualify for a chance to win some blog candy!

1.	Tracy Valure	7.	Karen Hanson	13.	Kadie Ensley (Krafty Guest)
2.	Deborah Deruyck	8.	Amanda Reed	14.	Sharon Caudle
3.	Tangii Crain	9.	Angie Baker	15.	Kerry Johnson
4.	Stephanie Beauchemin	10.	Jessie Rone	16.	Jenny Peterson
5.	Sheri Wilshire	11.	Natalie Murdock (Krafty Guest)	17.	Christine Riley (Krafty Guest)
6.	Alice Wertz	12.	Dana Joy (Krafty Guest)	18.	Cheryl Valadez

(Linkup closed)

Congratulations on your new arrival!

I love having a selection of cards on hand and will most likely use this for the next baby shower at work. Love the clouds and totally sweet elephant stamp, another awesome set from Kraftin Kimmie! :)

The pearls are hot glued to my card and background embossed with a Swiss dots texture which reminds me of a baby's blanket.

Welcome back to day THREE of our DECEMBER Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks!!! Today we are sharing a LOVELY new set by artist Thais Narciso! It is called.......A MOTHER'S LOVE!

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 DECEMBER 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....this time from the wonderful ANNIE!! And ALL the new stamps will be available on Saturday night at the KKStamps Shop!!

Thanks for hopping aroundwith us today! Below is the list of Krafty Girls who have a project toshare with you featuring the new A MOTHER'S LOVE! stamp set! Leave alittle love at every stop to qualify for a chance to win some blog candy! All winners will be announced at the LIVE Online Release Party on Saturdaynight!

1.	Deborah Deruyck	6.	Alice Wertz	11.	Sharon Caudle
2.	Stephanie Beauchemin	7.	Christine Riley (Krafty Guest)	12.	Natalie Murdock (Krafty Guest)
3.	Sheri Wilshire	8.	Jessie Rone	13.	Jenny Peterson
4.	Kadie Ensley (Krafty Guest)	9.	Amanda Reed
5.	Karen Hanson	10.	Dana Joy (Krafty Guest)

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Wood you be my Friend?

Super fun stamp set, created with Kraftin Kimmie's "Once upon a time" and coloured with Copic markers. The background sky, ground and clouds were air brushed using Copics! This background scene can also be achieved by using distress inks and a cloud die cut :)

close up of Kraftin Kimmies "Once Upon A Time" Stamp set

Welcome back to day two of our DECEMBER Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks!!! Today we are excited to share TWO supah cute new sets by artist Cheryl Alger with a fabulous theme.....FAIRYTALES!!! We are sharing samples today featuring.......ONCE UPON A TIME 1 and ONCE UPON A TIME 2!

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 FAIRYTALE! 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 DECEMBER KARDMAKING KIT will be available on Saturday night at the KKStamps Shop!!

Happy hoppin'!

Thanks for hopping aroundwith us today! Below is the list of Krafty Girls who have a project toshare with you featuring the new ONCE UPON A TIME 1 and 2 stamp sets! Leave a little love at every stop to qualify for a chance to win some blogcandy!

1.	Dana Joy (Krafty Guest)	7.	Angie Baker	13.	Sheri Wilshire
2.	Tracy Valure	8.	Deborah Deruyck	14.	Kadie Ensley (Krafty Guest)
3.	Karen Hanson	9.	Sharon Caudle	15.	Amanda Reed
4.	Jessie Rone	10.	Natalie Murdock (Krafty guest)	16.	Melanie Holtz
5.	Stephanie Beauchemin	11.	Tangii Crain	17.	Christine Riley (Krafty Guest)
6.	Alice Wertz	12.	Cheryl Valadez	18.	Jenny Peterson

(Linkup closed)

Vintage Christmas

I think this is one of my favorite angles of all time. Elysia from Kraftin Kimmie can be found here! I used a lot of earth tones for a vintage look. A few cotton balls to give a snowy, fluffy cloud, angel hair feel to my design. The miniature Christmas lights are from my local dollar store, a necklace I found in the Christmas section.

Coloured with Copics and an old used bow to complete the look. The frame is from an old K&Co Christmas set.

This week our hostess is CHERYL!! And her challenge is VINTAGE CHRISTMAS!! So create a card, scrapbook page or altered item with a Kraftin' Kimmie stamp that features a vintage feel.....use vintage papers, distressing, lace etc.!!! Sound fun??!! 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!!!

Made with ...

Kraftin Kimmie's Elysia Hark stamp

White Acrylic paint

K&Co Christmas Mat

2 clear pins from Lomey Gems

cotton balls

copic markers

old gold ribbon

copic Spica butter milk glitter pen (for wings)

sakura gelly roll clear star (for wings)

I will leave you with these traditional cookies my mom makes every year... yummy :)