Copic Marker Europe: It's a man's world!

Hi everyone!

Deborah here today with the new challenge for the Copic Marker Europe blog.

First, I would like to thank you for the beautiful entries last time, it was a pleasure to take a look at them!

The winner will be announced on friday, December 26.

Our new challenge is called:

"It's a man's world"

So create a card for a boy or a man with your fabulous Copic Markers.

And here is my inspiration for you:

My boyfriend had his birthday this month, so I had to make a special card for him. We bought a new house last year and we had to rebuild it. Every free hour he was busy with working on the house. I'm so proud on him!  

The image is "Mr Fixit" by Mo Manning, her boysstamps are amazing!! The paper is from an old collection of BasicGrey "Bowties".  I've addes some die-cuts from Memorybox and some screw-brads. I've kept it very simple.

Here are the colours that I've used on this one:

Skin: E13, E11, E00, E000, R20

Hair: E35, E33, E50

Green: G28, YG67, YG17, YG13, YG11

Blue trousers: W7, B37, B34, B32

Warm grey: N9, W7, W5, W3, W1

Cold grey: C7, C5, C3, C1

Blue: BG09, BG05, BG01, BG000

Orange: YR07, YR04, Y17

Red: R59, R37, R35, R32

Brow: E37, E35, E33, E31

Background: E43, E41

So now, it's your turn! Show us your work, and you can win

3 sketch markers of your choice.

Please be aware that only entries from those living in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East are possible. 

To enter visit our Challenge page and enter your link in Mr Linky

before the end of 20th Januari 2015.

The winner will be announced 23th of Januari 2015.

We are looking forward to see your creations!

Hugs

Deborah

Winter Fairy

Hallo iedereen!

Zijn jullie al volledig klaar met jullie kerstkaarten? Misschien nog eentje voor iemand waar je niet direct aan gedacht had?

Vandaag ben ik er nog eens met een kerstkaartje, mijn allerlaatste, beloofd! ;-)

Na deze post is voor mij het kerstkaarten hoofdstuk voor enkele maanden afgesloten, en dat is toch altijd weer een verademing.

Deze keer heb ik gekozen voor een winter fairy van Mo Manning. Deze lag ook al 2 jaar ongeopend in mijn kast, ik moest me schamen...

Dus hier is ze dan!

Ik heb het super leuke papier gebruikt van Marianne Design "Winter Pastels". Ik  vind de zachte kleurtjes helemaal fantastisch en voor degene die me al een beetje kennen, blauwgroen en roze zijn mijn meest favoriete kleurtjes! 

Het is een vrij grote stempel, dus veel plaats was er niet meer over op de kaart, maar zo heb ik het graag.

Het is een kaart van 15 x 15 cm, waarop ik 2 stukken designpapier heb gemat. Het afdrukje is ook verhoogd gemat en ook verhoogd op de kaart gekleefd. Enkele bloemen, een dubbele strik en wat pareltjes maken het geheel weer helemaal af.

Dan de kleurtjes die ik hiervoor heb gebruikt:

huid: E13, E11, E00, E000, R32, R20

haar: E37, E35, E33, E31, E50

roze rokje: R85, R83, R80, RV10

vleugels en blauw broekje: B05, B02, B00, B000

sneeuw: C3, C1

bont: W5, W3, W1

achtergrond: B00, B000, B0000

Nu wil ik jullie vooral nog hele fijne feesten toewensen! Maak er een leuke en gezellige tijd van!

Vrolijk kerstfeest en een gelukkig nieuwjaar!!!

Wonderful Wednesday: Rock star!

Hi everyone! 

Today I'm the hostess for the new Wonderful Wednesday challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

 I've made this card with the amazing new stamp "Rock Star" by our fabulous artist Annie Rodrigue. She does remind me to my niece, who is a singer in a rockband and alone. I finally found the perfect stamp for her!

The paperpad is from MME "Just sayin'". I've used a die from Noor! Design and the leaves die is from Marianne Design. 

I've added some stickles to the star on her face, her shoes and her blouse.

Thank you for stopping by!

Deborah

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps new release bloghop!

Hi everyone!

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 fun, new rubber stamps!

Over the last few days in our Krafty Peeks, we have shared lots of FUN new stamps from all our artists for our December release! We know these new stamps will inspire you to make some ROCKIN' creations!! We’ve got an adorable new sentiment set called MAKE A WISH!! There's a supah cute new kids set from Cheryl called SAFARI FUN! And of course, we are SO excited to share TWO new glamourous girl stamp sets from Annie called....ROCK STAR and ROCKER CHICK!

This is the first card I've made for you today with the set "Safari Fun". Isn't this the cutest stamp ever?

Lulu is so adorable with that little giraffe!

For this card I'ved used the paperpad from Pink Paislee "Cottage Farms". The dies are all from Marianne Design. Those leaves are my favourite one's ever because they curl!

For the second card for this hop, I've used Becky's sentiments "Make a wish". They are perfect for fast/CAS cards!

I've made this one with créme cardstock and the dies are from Spellbinders.

The paperpad I've used is from Kaisercraft "Remember me".

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 one lucky stamper will win a $10 gift card!! When you’re done hoppin’, be sure to head over to the Kraftin’Kimmie shop, because ALL the new rubber stamp sets will be available this afternoon after our LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY! And don't forget...if you NEED it all, we have a Gimme Kimmies Kit which features ALL the new December stamps at a discount!! But only for a limited time!

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

Kraftin' Kimmie peeks day 3 + challenge!

Hi everyone!

Welcome back to day THREE of our DECEMBER Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks!!! Have you been enjoying the peeks so far?? All of our brand new rubber stamp sets will be released TOMORROW!

Today we are SO thrilled to share the newest set of adventurous kiddos by artist CHERYL GRANT! This adorable set features our kids Lexi, Lucas and Lulu having some fun with some new animals and is called SAFARI FUN!! This fun set includes THREE main images plus EIGHT awesome sentiments!!

This week our challenge hostess is Tracy! And her 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. We hope you can play along for your chance to WIN a $10 Gift Certificate to use on ANYTHING you want in the shop!! Wanna win??

Oh my gosh, I can't describe how much I love this little cuties, Lucas with a baby elephant!

It's safari-themed so I had to made a safari-themed card and I loved it, even without pink in it, hehe.

I've used dies from Spellbinders for this one and the paperpad is from Kaisercraft "Blae & Ivy"

Are you planning to join us for our LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!!! Hope you can join us for all the fun and excitement and prizes TOMORROW beginning at 2pm EsT!! Hope you can come hang out with the me and Krafty Girls!

All the Krafty Girls and Guests listed below have lots of super FUN designs to show you featuring these awesome new stamps from Cheryl! And while you're hopping around, be sure to leave a comment because we are giving away a gift card!!! You could WIN some Krafty $$$ to spend at the shop!!!! {This winner will be announced at the party tonight!}

Happy hoppin'!

Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks day 2: Rock Stars!

Hi everyone!

Welcome back for Day TWO of the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps DECEMBER previews!!! Wait 'til ya see the TWO new Moonlight Whispers stamp sets by Annie Rodrigue!! Check out these musical chicks!!!



Today the Krafty Girls and guests are thrilled to share with you....ROCK STAR and ROCKER CHICK!! You'll find so many glamourous creations on today's hop featuring both new images and sentiments from the sets! We know you are just going to LOVE these awesome ladies and be inspired by all the incredible designs!! Each set comes with one fabulous rocker image stamp, plus THREE coordinating sentiments!!

I really love this stampset SO much! They let me think about my niece, she's a singer. She has a rockband and she sings on her own too! She's both of Annie's Rock Stars in one person!

I coloured her with a black dress and used glitter on it! She has to sparkle! I also added glitter to her eyelids and shoes and glossy accents on her eyes!

I've used a paperpad from We R Memory Keepers "It-factor", I thought it was perfect for a rock chick!

That black with hot pink is perfect.

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 one lucky stamper is going to WIN some $$ to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop!! Woohoo!!!

ALL of our DECEMBER stamps will be available on Saturday night at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop!!! Be sure to join us for an hour of celebrating the new stamp sets, fun and prizes on Sunday afternoon at our LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!! Come hang out with the Krafty Girls, Guests and me!!

Happy hoppin'!!

Kraftin' Kimmie peeks day 1: Make a wish!

Hi everyone!

 Welcome to day ONE of our DECEMBER Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks!!! We have so many goodies in store for you for our last release of 2014 and we've been dyin' to share them! So here we GO!!

Today we are THRILLED to introduce a new artist to you! She's actually one of our Krafty Girl Design Team members!! It's Becky Pearce and we are previewing her very first AMAZING set today!! It's called MAKE A WISH!!

Becky's new sets feature larger sized fun sentiments featuring a mixture of gorgeous fonts!! This very first set is a beautiful birthday set perfect to use on their own on a more simple design or in combination with a focal image and a more fancy design! We know you're going to love all the amazing creations on today's hop full of inspiration!!

I've used this fantastic sentiment from Becky Pearce and stamped it on crème coloured cardstock with purple memento ink. The dies are from Noor!Design and I've used an very old paperpad from Basic Grey "Sweet Thread"

Be sure to leave some love at every stop because one lucky random WINNER will receive a $10 gift voucher to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop!! All of this week's winners will be announced at our LIVE Online Release Party on Sunday afternoon!!! ALL the new stamp sets we are previewing this week will be released on Sunday afternoon!!

Happy hoppin'!!

Candy bij het Colourstock blog!

Hallo iedereen,

Zoals jullie waarschijnlijk wel weten ben ik lid van het Colourstock Design team en ik wil jullie graag laten weten dat daar een leuke candy staat!

De candy gaat eruit bij 250 volgers, dus maak je snel volger en misschien ben jij wel bij de gelukkigen!

Wat kan je winnen? 6 Copic Sketch markers volledig naar jouw keuze!!

En wie kan dat nu niet gebruiken?? ;-)

Klik HIER om naar het Colourstock blog te gaan!

Veel succes!!

Groetjes, Deborah

KKS: Every time it snows, it's magic!

Hi everyone!

Today we have a brand new challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

Jenny is the hostess this time and her challenge is "Tag, you're it"

So make a tag or something with a tag in it.

I made a card with a tag in it, I really needed more winter cards! 

I've used the new "Snowball Fairy" from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps for this card with the beautiful Doodlebug papers "Frosty friends". 

I love the colours on the papers! I've used a die from Spellbinders "Floral oval" and the leaves are a die from Marianne Design. If you get the leaves out of the die, they are curled! I just love that effect on it.

After I coloured the fairy, I've added some blue glitter on the stars!

Did you know that I've made a tutorial how I do my sky with clouds like this?
You can find it HERE

Are you crazy for tags or cards with tags, join our challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

Vrolijk kerstfeest!

Hallo iedereen,

Het is alweer december, wat vliegt de tijd toch! 

Ook ik had nog enkele kerstkaarten nodig, ik ben dus maar aan de slag gegaan.

Ik had een stempelset met sneeuwmannen 2 jaar geleden gekocht en ik had er nog nooit iets mee gedaan. Nu heb ik toch al 1 pakje van de 3 open gedaan, haha. Ooit geraak ik er wel! 

Het Doodlebug designpapier mocht absoluut niet ontbreken, want dat is momenteel mijn favoriet winters blokje! Ik hou van die prachtige, felle kleuren! 

Het is deze keer een kaart geworden van 14x14 cm. Voor het onderste deel heb ik een ander design gekozen dan het bovenste. Zo komen alle kleuren voor in de kaart.  Enkele stansjes, een strik en een bloem konden volgens mij niet ontbreken. De parels en tekststempel maakt het geheel helemaal af!

Copic kleuren die ik gebruikt heb:

- sneeuwman en sneeuw op de grond: C3, C1, C0

- sjaal: BG49, BG18, BG13, BG11, BG10

- muts en handschoenen: B18, B16, B14, B12

- paraplu: V09, V06, V04, V000

- wortel: YR07, YR04, Y17

- bont: W3, W1

- lucht: B00, B000, B0000

De sneeuw die aan het vallen is, heb ik gekleurd met de Molotow marker, zo kun je makkelijker de lucht kleuren en hoef je niet rond de sneeuwvlokjes te gaan.

Voor de sneeuw op de grond heb ik hoopjes gecreëerd, zo komt het meer tot zijn recht.

Tot de volgende!

CME challenge: Wish you a blessed Christmas

Hi everyone, 

There's a new challenge at the Copic Marker Europe blog: anything goes.
And here's my inspiration:

I've made a christmascard in non-traditional colours for this challenge with a large rubber stamp of Mo Manning. I love those winterfairy's! I've bought this stamp 2 years ago and never used it before. Such a shame!

 The card is 15 by 15 cm and I've used 3 different designpapers. The blue and pink colours are my favourite one's!

The flowers, pearls and the snowflake are the finishing touch.

The colour's that I've used for this image:

skin: E13, E11, E00, E000

R32, R20

hair: E37, E35, E33, E31, E50

pink trousers: R85, R83, R81, RV10

wings: BG09, BG05, BG01, BG000

band in the hair: G28, YG67, YG63, YG61

fur: W5, W3, W1

I used dots from the Molotow marker for the swirl and added some snow on the ground with my snowpen.

We are looking forward to see your creations!

Hugs

Deborah

Tutorial: sky

Hi everyone!

Today it's my turn to share a tutorial with you all at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

There are so many requests if I can show you how I colour my sky with clouds.

So I decided to do that.

Remember, there's no right or wrong, only your own interpretation and creativity!

 You can click on the image to enlarge. Sorry for the reddish photo's!

We start with stamping the image on good colouringpaper. I use Neenah cardstock, but it will work on other too! I've used "Icy Fairy" for the example.

First step: I draw some clouds with my C0 marker. I like to have them "flat" underneath the cloud and fluffy on the top. I always try to have 3 or 5 clouds on an image. The results are the best if parts of (some) clouds are behind the image, that way the image pops. I draw the clouds bigger at the top of my image than the clouds on the bottom. (They are much further away)

If you are happy with the clouds, you can create shades in the notches with your C3.

Blend your C3 out with your C1 marker and look at those clouds, they are coming alive!

The last step for the clouds: create some extra shading at the bottom of the clouds with your C0 marker. The clouds are ready!

Now we have to fill in the sky. We start with B00 around the image (not in the clouds of course) and flick to the outside.

Blend it out with B000 and add some extra long parts of sky between the clouds.

Blend it out with B0000 and fill in the white parts with it. And now your image is ready!

This is the image when it's totally coloured up

I hope this was clear, if not, please ask your questions. I would be happy to help you!

Wonderful Wednesday: Merry Christ-mouse!

Hi everyone!

Today it's time for another Wonderful Wednesday at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

As always, it's anything goes!

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 October 21st 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!!

I've made this card with an older paperpad from Dovecraft "Merry Magic".

I love the bright colours in that paperpad, so it's one of my favourites!

I've used this stamp from the set "Merry Christ-mouse!" from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

Hope you will join us!

There's magic in the air!

Hallo iedereen,

Onlangs kwam ik deze prachtige digi tegen van Helena Reis en ik kon echt niet wachten om er mee te beginnen! Ze ziet er zo lieflijk uit en houdt blijkbaar enorm van lezen, ze geniet er echt van!

Ik denk dat iedereen wel iemand kent die graag leest, dus zo'n kaartje komt toch altijd wel van pas.

Ik had nog een papierblokje liggen waar ik nog nooit iets mee gedaan had, zonde! Dus ik heb er meteen maar werk van gemaakt.

Als basis heb ik een mal gebruikt met die leuke scallops en daarop mijn wit en designpapier gemat. Deze kaart is iets kleiner dan ik normaal werk, nl 14 x 14 cm.

Nog enkele stukjes designpapier gemat en opgekleefd, 2 vlindertjes gestansd, een strik gemaakt en als afwerking hier en daar nog wat pareltjes toegevoegd.

Aan de hand van het papierblokje mijn Copickleuren gekozen, het geel in het papier is eerder geel-groen dan echt geel, dus wist ik meteen dat ik in de YG serie moest gaan zoeken.

Hier de gebruikte Copic kleuren:

Huid: E13, E11, E00, E000, R32, R20

Haar/zwarte strepen op het pakje: N9, W7, W5, W3, W1

Blauwe bril/boeken: N7, B29, B26, B24, B23, B12

Gele boeken/strepen in pakje: YG23, YG03, YG00, Y02

Vleugels: B34, B32, B00 

Boekenplank: N7, N5, N3, N1

Schaduw: W7, W5, W3, W1

Verder heb ik nog een accent gelegd op de vleugels met de Molotow marker.

Groetjes,

Krafty hop: You colour my world!

Hi everyone!

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 fun, new WINTER stamps!

Over the last few days in our Krafty Peeks, we have shared lots of FUN new stamps from all our artists for our November release! We know these new stamps will inspire you to make fabulous wintry creations!! We’ve got an adorable new special edition Krafty Day set called COLOUR MY WORLD plus the coordinating TOTE BAG!! There's a supah cute new kids set from Cheryl called SNOW MUCH LOVE! And of course, we are SO excited to share TWO new WINTER FAIRY stamp sets from Annie called....ICY FAIRY and SNOWBALL FAIRY!

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 one lucky stamper will win a $10 gift card!! When you’re done hoppin’, be sure to head over to the Kraftin’Kimmie shop, because ALL the new rubber stamp sets are available NOW! And don't forget...if you NEED it all, we have a Gimme Kimmies Kit which features ALL the new November stamps at a discount!! But only for a limited time!

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