Be Fabulous!!!

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!!

For this card I've used this beautiful women with real shapes from the stampset A Bit Smart Assy 2 by Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

And I thought that she deserved a tropical beach as background because that's the place where I want to be right now ;-)

I've coloured the beach with my Copic markers. 2 years ago I made a beach tutorial and you can find it HERE.

I just changed some colours and added some more details and voila, that's the result.

skin: E13, E11, E00, E000

hair: E59, E37, E35, E31

pink: RV69, RV19, RV19, RV55, RV52

orange: E09, YR07, YR04, Y38

red: R59, R46, R35, R14

glasses: E29, E27, E23

blue bag: B99, B97, B95, B93

sky: B02, B00, B000

clouds: C3, C1, C0

sea: B16, BG45, BG23, BG11, BG10, W1, blender

sand: E33, E31, E41, E40

And I made a simple card with my colourwork.

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!

Challenges I want to enter:

• Everybody-Art-Challenge W - #370 - For Girls
• Fairy Tale - 2W, 2E - No. 144 - For GIrls Only 
• Paper Minutes W - #436 - Legs
• Through The Craft Room Door W, 2E - Always Anything Goes
• Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party by Craftin Desert Divas - 2W - (Week 1) Create a Scene
• Craft Your Passion - W, E3 - Always Anything Goes
• Dragonfly Dreams - M – (May 1) Summertime
• Crafty Friends Challenge 2W, 3E, #32 Summertime

underwater background tutorial

Hi everyone!

If you want to read this tutorial in Dutch, click HERE.

First I stamped this gorgeous mermaid from the set "Mermaid Friends" by Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. Mostly you see the water is a little bit darker at the bottom of the sea, so I started to flick a little around her tail with BG45. I always start to flick by the tail towards the edge of the paper.   

It's useful if your image is not already colored, otherwise you'll pull out the color of her tail out the image .

Go over the previous surfaces with your BG34 and flick a little wider. I added some BG34 at the height of her belly too. It's important to use the flicking technique because we don't want a smooth effect.

Blend the area's with BG23 and add a new part at the height of her head.

Repeat the previous steps with BG45 and BG23 to darken up the area's.

Blend everything together with BG11. If you don't get a nice blend, check if you still have enough ink in your marker. That will make things much easier!

After we did the background we can add a lightsource. Just take a pencil and draw an arrow to give you an idea where the light is comming from.
Use your blender to draw some stipes from the corner to the edges of the paper in fan shape.

The left part of the image has to become a bit lighter than the right part because the light is coming that way, so I added some BG10 between the blender stripes. At the right side I've added some BG11 instead.

It would be fun if you could see the sun shining through the water, so you can add some YR20 in fan shape to the upper left corner of the coloring. Now it looks like a sunny day underwater.

After the background was finished I've colored the gorgeous mermaid and I used the colors that were in the Doodlebug paperpad "Under the sea".

Here are all the Copic colours I've used:

skin: E13, E11, E00, E000

lips: R29, R24

hair: E37, E35, YR23, Y21

star: YR07, YR04, Y38, Y35

top: RV19, RV55, RV52

tail: RV19, RV55, RV52, B00, B02

dolphin: B99, B97, B95, B93, B91

background: BG45, BG34, BG23, BG11, BG10, blender, YR20

As finishing touch I've added some white dots with a white Molotow marker and clear Wink of Stella on her tail so it looks like the tail sparkles.

I want to enter a few challenges with this card:

• Crafty Friends Challenge 2W, 3E, #32 Summertime (W1 of 2)
• Fantasy Stampers Challenge Blog  2W, E3 No digi All About The Girl (W1 of 2)
• Hiding in my Craft Room W,1E #251 Feminine
• Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - 2W, 3E -  #109 - Just Us Girls (W2 of 2)
• Crafting-With-Friends - 2W, 3E - (W1 of 2) Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz - W, 3E – #325 - Anything Goes
• Crafting With An Attitude M,1st Thurs,3E Always Anything Goes 
• Crafty Girls Creations 2W,3E Always Anything Goes
• Let's Color Saturday Linky Party  M(1st Sat) E and C unlimited  (Must include hand colored image) Anything goes with something colored

Deborah

Animal challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps

Hi everyone!

Today there's an animal challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

And this is the card I made for the new challenge.

I used the new stampset Ocean of Love by artist Becky Pearce.  Wich is currently sold out, it will be restocked asap!!!

All the animals of the set are super cute.

I've used the paperpad by Echo Park "Under the sea" wich is super adorable! Look at the little mermaids and sea creatures on the paper. 

I've made a rainbow  watercoloured background for the sweet inkfishes. The circular dies are by Spellbinders and the wave border is by Noor!design. 

Here are the Copic colours I've used:

for the female:

RV19, RV17, RV55, RV52

YR07, YR04, Y38, Y35

for the male:

BV08, BV04, BV02, BV00

C3, C1, C0

I just want to enter a few challenges with this card:

• Daring Cardmakers - W, C5 – Paint The Rainbow
• Fussy and Fancy - 2W - No.164 - (W1 of 2) - Dies and/or Punches
• Inspiration Destination - W, F- #86 Always Anything Goes
• Shopping Our Stash W, C13 - #252 -  Sounds of the Sea

Check out the challenge and be sure to join us!

Krafty peeks blog hop!

Hi everyone!

It's finally here!!! The RELEASE of our MAY 2016 clear stamp sets!!!

We've released ALL SIX of the new clear stamp sets that we've been previewing all week and we're celebrating with a FIN-TASTIC krafty HOP! 

There are THREE new sets from artist Annie Rodrigue

called SERENA SPARKLES, TREENA TWINKLES and a fabulous new background stamp set called THE OCEAN!

Here's the card I made featuring The Ocean and Serena Sparkles. I think they are a match made in heaven.

 Of course I've coloured them with my favorite colour medium Copic markers. I added some white dots with a Sharpie pen and used some Wink of Stella on her tail and top.

I used the paper by Doodlebug "Under the sea".

We have a sweet new set from artist, Cheryl Grant called KEEP SWIMMING!

We've got a splish splashy new set from artist, Emilie Goulet called MERMAID FRIENDS!

And lastly there is an adorable new set of WHALE-Y cute underwater friends from artist Becky Pearce called 

OCEANS OF LOVE!

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 MAY Gimme Kimmies Kit which includes all SIX of the new sets together and at a discount! But only for a limited time!

Challenges I want to enter with this card:

• Let's Color Saturday Linky Party  M(1st Sat) E and C unlimited  (Must include hand colored image) Anything goes with something colored
• Scrappers Delights  M, First Saturday of the M  Always Anything Goes 
• Artistic Inspirations - 2W, E3 - (Week 1) Anything Goes  / Die Cut
• Dragonfly Dreams - M – (May 1) Summertime

Now let's celebrate with our NEW release and get

hoppin' and shoppin'!!

Krafty peeks day 4: Oceans of love!

Hi everyone!

Welcome Krafty Friends to day 4 of our May Krafty Previews!!!

Plus a Challenge!

Today we are previewing a sunny new set of images and sentiments by artist, Becky Pearce! Check out all the adorable underwater stamps in this set called OCEANS OF LOVE! And I must say, I just LOVE it!!! You can do so many things with it and I love all the accessoiry stamps that's going with the "large" images!

It's also Challenge Day and our hostess is Krafty Girl, Becky! The challenge is Anything Goes!

I made this card with the adorable paperpad "Under the sea" by Doodlebug. I think it's the perfect match. I stamped a scene with some of the images and coloured them in with my Copic markers. I tried to use the colourscheme of the paperpad, so it coordinates perfectly.

I made a little shaker in a polaroid picture shape. So it's like you took a picture under the see. I filled it with some clear and flat sequins for a bubbles illusion.

You'll be able to check out lots of inspiration using the new set from our amazing Krafty Girl Design Team plus a couple of fabulous guests in today's blog hop! Below you'll find links to all the gorgeous creations and while you're visiting the blogs, be sure to comment and leave some love for our designers because one lucky krafty person is going to WIN a gift card to the shop!

All of our new May clear stamp sets will be released this afternoon! Be sure to join us at the LIVE Online Release Party beginning at 2pm EST! Come join us to help celebrate the new release, check out lots of krafty kreations, have a chance to win some prizes and just have fun with the Krafty Girls and me! Hope to see you there!

Challenges I want to enter:

• A Beautiful Mess - M(last Friday of M), 3E - No. 2 - Anything Goes
• Artbymiran Challenge - 2W , SIO, 3E, no digital projects - No.58 - (W1 of 2) - Anything Goes
• Crafting-With-Friends - 2W, 3E - (W2 of 2) Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz - W, 3E – #324 - Dies and Punches
• Creative Fingers -  2W , 3E, No totally digital projects - No.108 - (W1 of 2) Anything Goes
• PDE Linky Party - W,JFF, E3 - #123 - Anything Goes
• Simply Papercraft - 2W, E3 - No. 27 (W2 of 2) - Anything Goes

Happy hoppin'!

Krafty peeks day 3: Mermaid Friends

Hi everyone!

It's day 3 of our MAY Krafty Previews!!! Are you ready for another amazing day of May krafty peeks! Have you been enjoying all the underwater creations so far?

Did you think we were done with the MERMAIDS??? Nope!! Today we are sharing previews featuring a set that I KNOW will make a splash! 

 We're so excited to share the new set of fin-tastic images by artist Emilie Goulet called ...

MERMAID FRIENDS!!

 I just love them!!!

I have a waterturtle at home so I choosed to make make a card with the turtle. I just love them!

I sponged the background with some distress inks, sprayed some water  on it and depped it off with some household paper. I added some white spots with white ink.

I coloured the turtle and the mermaid with some Copic markers.

Here are the colours that I've used:

skin: E13, E11, E00, E00, R20

hair: E09, YR07, YR04, Y21

tail: V17, V25, V22, V20, BG13, BG11, BG10

top: BG49, BG18, BG13, BG11

turtle: G28, YG17, YG13, YG11/YG99, YG97, YG95, YG93

I added some Clear Wink of Stella on her tail and her top for a bit more sparkling and a white gelpen to add some white highlights on her tail.

You'll be able to check out lots of inspiration using the new set from our amazing Krafty Girl Design Team and Krafty Guests in today's blog hop! Below you'll find links to all the gorgeous creations and while you're visiting the blogs, be sure to comment and leave some love for our designers because one lucky krafty person is going to WIN a gift card to the shop!

All of our new May clear stamp sets will be released this weekend! Be sure to join us on Saturday at the LIVE Online Release Party beginning at 2pm EST! Come join us to help celebrate the new release, check out lots of krafty kreations, have a chance to win some prizes and just have fun with the other Krafty Girls and Kimmie! Hope to see you there!

Challenges I want to enter:

• Aud Sentiments Challenge 2W,E5 #155 Anything Goes + A Sentiment (W1 of 2) 
• Crafting With An Attitude M,1st Thurs,3E Always Anything Goes 
• Little Miss Muffet Challenges 2W,1E,SIO Always Anything Goes
• Sassy Studio Designs W,SIO #333 Anything Goes
• Southern Girls 2W,1E,C10 134 ANything Goes (W1 of 2)

Happy hoppin'!

Krafty peeks day 2: Keep Swimming!

Hi everyone!

It's day 2 of our May Krafty Previews!!!

We've got lots more fabulous previews for you today! Just wait 'til you seeeeee!

Today we are sharing another adorable underwater set, 

this one by artist, Cheryl Grant! I think you'll WHALE-Y love it!! 

The set is called KEEP SWIMMING!!

 It features our cute kids Lucas and Lulu having some splish splashy fun with some underwater friends! There are 4 main images plus 5 fabby sentiments!

And here's the card I made with this fantastic set. 

I sponged a background with some distress ink pads (Weathered wood, Salty Ocean and Mermaid Lagoon) and sprayed some water with my mister on it and depped it of with some household paper.

After that I've embossed the sentiment with some white embossing powder. I stamped some fishes and bubbles from the set by Becky that we're going to see tomorrow. So you get a little peek of her new set and it's on of my faves EVER! Wait till you see it!

Of course I coloured Lucas and the dolphin with Copic markers.

Here are the colours that I've used:

skin: E13, E11, E00, E000

hair: E19, E17, E15, E13, E11

green: G28/, YG09, YG06, YG03, YG00

grey mask parts: C7, C5, C3, C1

dolphin: B99, B97, B95, B93, B91/C3, C1, C0

As finishing touch I've added some clear sequins.

I hope you liked my card.

You'll see today's set featured by our amazing Krafty Girl Design Team plus Guests in today's blog hop! Below you'll find links to all the gorgeous creations and while you're visiting the blogs, be sure to comment and leave some love for our designers because one lucky krafty person is going to WIN a gift card to the shop!

All of our new May clear stamp sets will be released on Saturday afternoon! Be sure to join us at the LIVE Online Release Party beginning at 2pm EST! Come join us to help celebrate the new release, check out lots of krafty kreations, have a chance to win some prizes and just have fun with the Krafty Girls and me! Hope to see you there!

Challenges I want to enter:

• 7 Kids College Fund - 2W, 3E, SIR - #151 - Anything Goes
• Fab 'n' Funky - W,1E, C10 - #304  For A Child
• Inspiration Destination - W, F- #85 Always Anything Goes
• Little Red Wagon - W - #341 Let's Hear It For The Boys
• The Male Room - 2W, masculine projects only -  #35 Theme - Transport (swimming is transport I think)
• Ruby's Rainbow - 2W, JFF, C10 -  #129  Use A Transparent Element (sequins)
• Stampaive and More - 2W, JFF #262 Animals 
• The Crafty Addicts 2W, E #15 - Anything Goes/ Add A Sentiment

Happy hoppin'!

May Krafty Previews day 1

Hi everyone!

Woohoo! It's day 1 of our MAY Krafty Previews!!!

First off, we have a 2 new stamp set featuring BRAND NEW MERMAIDS!!!!!!! I know some of you have been waiting for these!! They SHORE are beautiful and they are called SERENA SPARKLES and TREENA TWINKLES! And each one features several super cute and funny coordinating sentiments!

Next up Annie has designed the perfect BACKGROUND stamp set to go with these new mermaids and many other summer stamp sets OR to just use it by itself!! How gorgeous is this underwater scene called THE OCEAN!!?

Here's the card I made, I've used Treena Twinkles and the Ocean background. I used them together and made a see through (haha, don't know if that's a correct name) card, because the background is too beautiful too hide a piece of it! 

I coloured the sea background and putted it on the inside of the card.  I used a retangular die by Crealies to cut out the middle of the front and I adhered a plastic sheet behind the retangle. I added the mermaid in front of the card with some foam tape to create some reliëf.

Here's the inside of the card. It looks like it's a sunny day underwater, right?

And here's a close up from the tail of my mermaid. I used a dotted technique on her tail and added some white dots with my Sharpie pen and as finishing touch I've added some Clear Wink of Stella over it.

You'll see all the stamp sets featured by our amazing Krafty Girl Design Team and Guests in today's blog hop! Below you'll find links to all the gorgeous creations and while you're visiting the blogs, be sure to comment and leave some love for our designers because one lucky krafty person is going to WIN a gift card to the shop!

All of our new May clear stamp sets will be released on Saturday afternoon! Be sure to join us at the LIVE Online Release Party beginning at 2pm EST! Come join us to help celebrate the new release, check out lots of krafty kreations, have a chance to win some prizes and just have fun with the Krafty Girls and me! Hope to see you there!

Challenges I want to enter with this card:

• Through The Craft Room Door W, 2E - Always Anything Goes
• Artistic Inspirations - 2W, E3 - (Week 1) Anything Goes  / Die Cut
• Cards in Envy - 1st & 3rd Mondays, E3, flat cards only,  - (Week 2) Girls
• Crafting from the Heart - W, E3, F - Always Anything Goes
• Craft Your Passion - W, E3 - Always Anything Goes
• Love to Scrap - 2W, 3E, F, digi or real stamping - (Week 2) Girly
• Melonheadz Friends Challenge - 2W, 2E, SIO - (Week 1) Make It Sparkle
• Ooh La La Creations - 2W, SIO - (Week 1) Mythical
• Our Crafty Corner - M, First Monday, E3 - (May) Always Anything Goes

Happy hoppin'!

The coolest!

Aloha lieve volgers,

Ik heb sinds vorige week zo'n zomers gevoel. Ik ben ook weer gaan shoppen en ik heb me weer laten verleiden door de mooie kleurrijke kledij die momenteel in de winkel hangt. 

Morgen, op Hemelvaart, doet mijn metekindje zijn eerste communie, dus ik had een geldig excuus om het geld te laten rollen, haha.

Door mijn zomerse stemming had ik echt zin om ook iets zomers met papier te doen. Ik had eerst de pinguïn (My Favorite Things "Pinguïns in Paradise") en de palmboom gekleurd met mijn Copic markers en deze dan voorzien met een zandkleurige ondergrond. Toch miste ik iets, het plaatje was voor mij niet compleet.

Toen dacht ik, wat als ik nu er eens een strand van maak? Dus heb ik het stemmetje in mijn hoofd gevolgd. Als ik een achtergrond kleur, doe ik die meestal eerst. Zo voorkom ik dat ik kleuren van andere ingekleurde vlakken meetrek naar buiten toe. Ik wil geen zwart in mijn zee of groen in de lucht. Deze keer kon ik niet anders dus heb ik er heel voorzichtig rond gekleurd.

Eerst ben ik begonnen om met een licht blauwe marker de scheiding tussen het water en de lucht te bepalen, daarna heb ik de wolken getekend en de lucht gekleurd. Daarna heb ik het water gekleurd en als laatste heb ik mijn zand wat uitgebreid. Daarvoor heb ik eerst het volledig vlak ingekleurd met E50 en daarna met E51, E53 en E41 en E43 stippen geplaatst zodanig dat er wat structuur aanwezig is. Daarna heb ik met mijn blender stippen gezet om de inkt wat weg te duwen waar het water het zand raakt, meestal zie je daar wat witachtig schuim. Met een witte gelpen heb ik nog enkele streepjes getrokken als weerkaatsing van de zon op het water, zo zit er precies wat meer leven in.

Het glas heb ik een beetje doorschijnend proberen te maken door met een witte Molotow marker een boogje te trekken evenwijdig met het glas en dan snel weer weg te vegen met mijn vinger. Zo vangt het precies de weerkaatsing van het licht op.

Hier volgen de Copic kleurtjes die ik ervoor gebruikt heb:

wit: C1, C0, blender

zwart: 100, C7, C5, C3

geel: Y02, Y00

rood: R59, R37, R35

oranje: YR07, YR04, Y35

stam: E59, E37, E35, E33

bladeren: G28, YG17, YG13, YG11

turquoise: BG13, BG11, BG10

wolken: C3, C1, C0

lucht: B00, B000, B0000

water: B16, B14, B12, BG34, BG11, BG10, BG000, blender

zand: E50, E53, E51, E43, E41

Tot de volgende!

Challenges:
7 Kids College Fund - 2W, 3E, SIR - #150 - Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs - W,F, 3E  May Anything Goes
Creative Moments - 2W, 3E - #92 Always Anything Goes/ optional twist Showers and/or Rainbows 
Inspiration Destination - W, F- #84 Always Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door W, 2E - Always Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - W, E3 - Always Anything Goes