KKS spring challenge: Let's go fly a kite!

Hi everyone!

 Welcome to another challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! This time the challenge is: Easter/spring!

I think the nature is at is best when it's spring! Love it when you see the first flowers again!

Did you see our Coffee cardkits yet? There's still a few left!

I've made this card with a new stampset "springtime friends" and the paperpad "Hip hip hooray" from Doodlebug. I love those bright colours. 

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 (spring) as a starting point for your creation!!! You will have until April 3rd 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!!

WW: Wishing you tranquility!

Hi everyone!

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!!

In addition to NEW stamps, there are MORE Coffee Kits available! You've seen the AMAZING inspiration samples from the DT... there are TONS of uber-cute goodies in here! The last time Kimmie listed these kits they sold out QUICK! There are limited quantities. Get yours before they are gone again!

For this Wonderful Wednesday I've made this card featuring "Akiko" from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

I love all the Asian girls stamps and they are back in stock again!!! Woohoo!

The papers are from an very old paperpad from MME "Mabel" 

Here are all the Copic colours I've used:

skin: E13, E11, E00, E000, R20

hair: 100, W7, W5, W1

orange: E29, E08, YR07, YR04, Y38

turquoise: BG18, BG13, BG11, BG10 

green: G28, YG17, YG03, YG11

shadows: W5, W3, W1

whistle: C7, C5, C3, C1

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 January 6th 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!!

In addition to the great Krafty Challenges & Wonderful Wednesday, each month we will post a Sketch. The sketch will last all month long and if you use it in ANY of our Challenges or WW's during that month you will get an additional chance to win a store gift card! You do NOT have to use the sketch, it's just a little extra boost for your mojo if ya need it!

Krafty tips and tutes: stippled background

Hi everyone,

Today it's my turn to share a Krafty tip or tute with you.

Someone of you asked how to do stippled backgrounds.

Our past Krafty Girl, Tracy Valure, did an awesome video tutorial of this technique and you can watch it HERE on our YouTube channel.

But for today I wanted to show you something simular. You can do this technique with 1 colourgroup or you can mix it up with a few extra colours, just like you want.

Keep in mind that the darkest colour has to be the closest to the body or object and the lightest colour has to be further away.

Let's start! If you click on the image, they will be bigger! ;-)

I've used these cute girls from Emilie's set "Squishy hugs". I coloured the girls first and than the grass, now I'm ready to colour the sky.

First step: Take your darkest colour (B02 here) and add smal dots against the image. Come back with the same colour and add stipples around the image. Stipple close to each other when you are the closest to the body and stiplle with more room when you are further from the image.

Second step: take a marker who is lighter (B00 here). Add some dots between the previous dots and go a little further from the image like on the picture. you have to see a contrast from dark to light.

Third step: 

To the same with your lightest colour (B000) here

Next step: Are you happy with the result? I'm not!

I don't like to see some "shadowlines", so I take my darkers maker again (B02) and add some extra dots out of the previous B02 zone (further away from the image, to smoothen the contrast)

And I go back with my B00 and B000  marker too until I have the result I've wanted.

And that's the card I've made with the image:

I hope you enjoyed it!

Deborah

New Copic Marker Europe challenge: Spring is in the air!

Hi everyone!

Deborah here for you with the super fun NEW challenge!

Thank you for all who participated to our latest challenge, it will be a hard time to choose a winner!

There are so many great entries!

The winner will be announced on the 20th of April.

Back to the new challenge.

Like you already noticed, spring is comming!!! Yaaay!

So our new challenge for you is:

 "Spring is in the air"

Let us see your spring cards with happy, bright or pastel colours.

I've used a digital stamp from Jeremiah Ketner "Spirals".  It was so much fun to colour!

These are the colours I've used:

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

lips: R27, R24, R22

hair: R59, E37, E35, E33; E50

orange: E09, YR07, YR04, Y17, Y15

pink: R89, R85, R83, R81, RV10

branches: E79, E77, E74

dove: N7; N5, N3; N1, blender

leaves: YG67, YG17, YG13, YG11 

I hope you liked my card!

Now it's your turn!

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 April 14.

The winner will be announced on April 17.

We are looking forward to see your creations!

Hugs

Deborah

Best wishes!

Hallo iedereen!

Al kunnen genieten van het mooiere en warmere weer? Het wordt weer lente!!!

Heerlijk vind ik dat, de beste tijd van het jaar!

Ik heb voor jullie nog een laatste winterse kaart gemaakt. Ik had deze digi gewonnen en nog nooit gebruikt, zonde! Doet het jullie ook zo denken aan de film "Frozen"?

Ik heb geprobeerd om de kleuren van de film zoveel mogelijk te gebruiken.

Dit zijn de kleuren die ik ervoor gebruikt heb:

huid: E13, E11, E00, E000, R20

haar: E47, E43, E41, E50

ogen: B37, B34, B32

oogschaduw: E77, E74, E71

paars: V09, V17, V15, V12

turquoise: BG49, BG18, BG13, BG11, BG10

blauwe kristallen: B00, B000, B000

blauw: B26, B24, B12

uil: E37, E35, E33, E31

lippen: R37, R35, R32

Zo, dit was mijn bijdrage voor vandaag!

Tot de volgende,

guest Copic Spain: Congratulations

Hi everyone!

Cristina from Copic marker Spain asked me to make a card as guest designer. 

Of course I said yes, it's an honour!

So this is the card I've made with a super cute stamp from AliciaBel "Anita y su unicornio" and the paper is from Echo Park "Bundle of joy: a new addiction"

 I've made it very simple and added some ribbon, flowers, pearls and a brad.

Here are the Copic colours I've used:

skin: E13, E11, E00, E000, R05, R02

hair: E59, E37, E35, E31

eyes (girl): B37, B34, B32

eyes (unicorn): YG17, YG13, YG11

green: G28, YG17, YG13, YG11

pink: R89, R85, R83, R81, RV10

bluegreen: N7, BG49, BG18, BG13, BG11, BG10

unicorn: N5, N3, N1, blender

shoes: E49, E79, E77, E74, E71

floor: W7, W5, W3, W1

shadow round the image: W3, W1

I hope you liked my card,

Hugs, Deborah

Bloghop + Coffee card kit!

Hi everyone!

It’s our MARCH 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 amazing creations featuring new stamp sets from all of our artists for our March release! We know these new stamps will inspire you to make your own fabulous creations! We’ve got an elegant new sentiment set by Becky called RAIN OR SHINE!! There's a supah cute new kids set from Cheryl called SPRINGTIME FRIENDS! And of course, we are thrilled to share two new strong girl sets from Annie called....ELISHA THE MAGE and KIERSTEN THE KNIGHT! Lastly we are thrilled have another incredibly fun set from Emilie Goulet called, YOUNG AT HEART!

I've made this card with the set from Emilie "Young at Heart". The images of that set are so adorable. I decided to make a CAS card with this image. The papers are from Echo Park "Bundle of joy: a new addiction"

You will get to see ALL of the new images today as you sit back and enjoy our MARCH 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 gift card to the shop!! When you’re done hoppin’, be sure to head over to the Kraftin’Kimmie shop, because ALL the new rubber stamp sets are NOW available (after noon EST today)!! And don't forget...if you NEED it all, we have a Gimme Kimmies Kit which features ALL the new March stamps at a discount!! But only for a limited time!

One more exciting thing....the COFFEE CARD KITS!! Some of you were lucky enough to scoop up one of the limited edition card kits that were available a couple of weeks ago, but they sold out very quickly! Well, since there has been so much interest in them, I am opening it up to preorders again TODAY! There will be a handful that are ready to go right now and the rest will be PREORDERS and I estimate them to be ready in about a week or so. But again, there are only a limited number so grab one while you can! You will also see some creations along the hop today featuring the Limited Edition I {HEART} COFFEE! stamp set which is in the kit! Yay!

And here's my sample with a few of the goodies from the kit.

Don't you love the stamp?

It was such a pleasure to make this card without thinking to find the right embellishments!

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

Kraftin' Kimmie peeks day4 and challenge: Hang in there!

Hey everyone!! 

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

Today we are SO thrilled to share the newest set of sweet kids by artist CHERYL GRANT! This adorable set features our kids Lucas, Lexi and Lulu having some fun in the nice weather (it'll be here soon I'm told) and is called SPRINGTIME FRIENDS!! This fun set includes THREE main images plus EIGHT coordinating sentiments!!

This week our challenge hostess is ME! And my challenge is ANYTHING GOES (as it always is during release week)!! 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??

For this card I've used the adorable Lulu and the paperpad from Echo Park "Sunny days ahead". Love the bright colours on the pad. I also used this month's Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps cardsketch.

OH and here's another AMAZING PRIZE that I'm giving away!! Wanna WIN the ENTIRE March release?? Well, GO HERE to find out how!!It involves hanging out with us at our LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!!! Hope you can join us for all the fun and excitement and prizes Sunday morning beginning at 11am EST!! Hope you can come hang out with the me and Krafty Girls!

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 Sunday morning beginning at 11am EST!! Hope you can come hang out with the me and Krafty Girls!

And that's the sketch for march!

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 voucher!!! You could WIN some Krafty $$$ to spend at the shop!!!! {This winner will be announced at the party on Sunday!}

Happy hoppin'!

Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks day 3: Young at heart!

Hey everyone!!

 Welcome back to day THREE of our March Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks!!! Have you been enjoying the peeks so far?? So much fun!!

We are super excited to have another amazingly fun set from artist, Emilie Goulet!!! This one's called YOUNG AT HEART! This fabby set is all about love and life and having fun, no matter what age you happen to be!! It features THREE sweet images plus TEN coordinating sentiments!!

I've made this card featuring the new papers from Simple Stories "I AM..." and coloured the image with Copic markers. Aren't they just adorable???

Wanna WIN the ENTIRE March release?? Well, GO HERE to find out how!!It involves hanging out with us at our LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!!! Hope you can join us for all the fun and excitement and prizes Sunday morning beginning at 11am 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 Emilie! 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!!!! {This winner will be announced at the party on Sunday!}

Happy hoppin'!

Kraftin' Kimmie peeks day 2: Rain or Shine!

Hey everyone!! 

Welcome back to day TWO of our March Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks!!! Have you been enjoying the peeks so far?? We've got more beauties for you today!

Today we are SO thrilled to share the newest set of elegant sentiments by artist BECKY PEARCE! This set features some lovely words about friendship in beautiful fonts and is called RAIN OR SHINE!! This set includes NINE lovely sentiments and is designed especially to brighten anyone's day!

For this card I've used one of my favourite papers from MME "Honey" and my favourite Spellbinders die "Floral ovals"

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 Sunday morning beginning at 11am 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 Becky! 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 on Sunday!}

Happy hoppin'!

Kraftin' Kimmie peeks day 1: Kirsten and Elisha!

Hi everyone!

 Welcome to Day ONE of the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps MARCH 2015 previews!!! It's going to be another amazing month with so many fabulous designs! I couldn't be more excited to share them all with you!

After just celebrating National Women's Day and Gender Equality this past weekend, it's only fitting that our first day of previews features two exceptionally strong women characters from artist, Annie Rodrigue!! Today the Krafty Girls and guests are thrilled to share with you two incredible new stamp sets with you called KIERSTEN THE KNIGHT and ELISHA THE MAGE!!! (They also happen to be named after two little cutie pies.....Krafty Girl, Tracy's daughters.....I hope they are surprised!!). You'll find so many amazing creations on today's hop featuring both new images and sentiments from these fabulous new sets!

I've used Elisha for this card and the new paperblock from MME "Fancy that!" and off course I've used some extra bling "Kraftin' Kimmie's Sparkles! Sassy Silver"

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 spend at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop!! Woohoo!!!

ALL of our MARCH stamps will be available on Sunday 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 morning at our LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!! Come hang out with the Krafty Girls, Guests and me!!

Happy hoppin'!

Paper Nest Dolls: Frog Princess!

Hi everyone!

Today I just wanted to share my card I've made as guestdesigner for The Paper Nest Dolls.

Aren't they just adorable??

For this card I've used another stamp from The Fairytale collection named "Frog Princess"

 The papers are from BoBunny "Enchanted garden" and I kept the design very simple.

I hope you liked it!

Deborah

Make a wish!

Hallo iedereen!

Vandaag mag ik op het Colourstock blog weer iets laten zien wat ik gemaakt heb.

Deze afbeelding van Scrapberry's doet me zo verlangen naar de lente! We zijn er bijna, nog eventjes doorbijten!

Het was heerlijk om deze afbeelding in te kleuren, het heeft alles wat ik wil: lang en veel haar én veel plooien in de kleren. Ik betrap mezelf erop dat ik weinig blauw gebruik, dus heb ik maar even in de kast gedoken en mijn blauw papier te voorschijn gehaald. De stempel heb ik dan ingekleurd met de overeenkomstige tinten.

Mijn kaart is, behalve de grote roze bloem, volledig opgebouwd met Scrapberry's artikelen.

De Molotow marker heb ik gebruikt om de witte pareltjes aan haar kleed te accentueren.

Copic kleuren:

huid: E13, E11, E00, E000, R20

haar: E59, E37, E35, E33, E31

blauw: B29, B26, B24, B12, B000

roze: RV69, RV17, RV55, RV52

wit: W5, W3, W1

gras: G28, YG67, YG17, YG13, YG11

lucht: B00, B000, B0000

vogeltje: W7, W5, W3, W1

Ik wens jullie nog een prettige dag verder!