It's Hoppin' Time at Kraftin' Kimmies!

Today is the full release of the March release of Kraftin' Kimmie's newest stamp sets and our monthly Krafty Kimmie Hop!!!  There are SO many incredible new SPRING stamps to see this month!    

Over the last few days in our Krafty Peeks, we have shared lots of amazing new stamps from all our artists!  And as we do every month, we’ve got something for everyone!!  Lulu is back from Cheryl Alger.....we know how much you love her!!  So we have a new set called SPRINGTIME LULU which you will see below. We also have TWO fantastic sets of adorable GARDEN GNOMES from Emilie Goulet called HANGIN’ WITH MY GNOMIES AND WHAT’S UP GNOMIE?!!! And of course we have an amazing new set of six FLOWER GIRLS from Annie Rodrigue!  

If you just happened to visit my blog, you will want to make sure that you visit all of the stops along the way. You can start from here OR just head over to the Kraftin’ Kimmie Challenge Blog!  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 NOW available!

And of course, as always, the Gimme Kimmies Kits are available for those of you who ‘need it all’!! The stamps are grouped together by artist and are available at a discount, but only for a limited time!!

I showed one of the Lulu releases on Thursday and here are two more of the Lulu stamps from the Cheryl Alger collection...

Lulu Gardening

Lulu at the Birdhouse

And here's the card I posted for the sneak peek on Thursday, in case you missed it... Lulu swinging

Aren't these new stamp sets just the cutest? Lulu has certainly become one very popular little lady in stamp land thanks to Cheryl Alger and Kraftin' Kimmie. 

Did you come here from the talented Cheryl's blog and see her lovely creation?  If you did, then you are on the right path for our hop. Your next stop after leaving here is to visit Michele's gallery at Splitcoast Stampers. She is one very talented lady. 


Have a fantastic time as you hop along and have a terrific day. Thanks so much for stopping by and good luck in Kraftin' Kimmie's drawing. Just make sure you leave comments as you go to automatically be entered.

Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow

This week at Sugar Creek Hollow, we are sponsored by Robyn's Fetish. And the Sugar Creek Hollow Sensational Saturday challenge is to create something primitive, shabby chic or vintage with layers! Lots of layers. 

I admit it.. I love packaging whether I start from scratch or alter something existing. So I had to use this Robyn's Fetish image "Angie Angel" for the front of my gift package.

The base of my package was a very small kraft shopping bag. I pulled out the rolled paper handles and trimmed the top of the bag to create a smooth edge. The rest is pretty much self-explanatory, I think.

It's a perfect little bag for candy, a small bottle of perfume, or a pair of hand-knitted socks....like these...

Trust me on this.. there is nothing in the world as warm as hand-knit wool socks for cold tootsies!  I'll be making more packaging like this for my sock gift-giving.

The lucky (random) winner of our challenge this week will receive their choice of 5 digis from Robyn's Fetish. But the design team also picks their favorite entry of the week and then their favorite of the month, so please do join us.

I'm also entering this in these challenges today....

Crafting for all Seasons - Green and yellow

Crafts and Me - circles

Digistamps 4 Joy - green

Divas by Design - citrus colors

Simon Says Stamp - Green

Whimsical Wednesdays - green

Kraftin' Kimmie's Sneak Peek

 

Time sure does fly by and it's already time for the new monthly sneak peek at Kraftin' Kimmies.




I've got three darling Lulu images from the Cheryl Alger (aka Sassy Cheryl) design collection to show you this week. They are just perfect for Spring. But for today, I can only share just one during our sneak peek..

This Sunday we'll have all of the new stamp sets to share with you during our monthly blog hop. Kraftin' Kimmie is a very generous lady and there's always some prizes for lucky commentors. So be sure to check back on Sunday and get more details about the hop! See you then.

I'm also entering this in these challenges...  

Color Throwdown – colors combo – Baja Breeze, Kraft, Celery, Rust

Crafting for all Seasons - Green and yellow

Divas by Design - citrus colors

Little Darlings Challenges -  colors of Spring

Stampavie and More -Spring/Easter

Slainte!

We're lovin' a bit of the green this week at Sassy Cheryl's challenge. It's my chance to hostess the challenge this week and I chose our green theme. For me, it's another opportunity to make one more card for St. Patrick's Day. I just love this bear and used him last year as well. Isn't his face just adorable?

My entire repertoire of Gaelic comes down to these two expressions... Slainte and Erin Go Bragh. While Erin Go Bragh means Ireland Forever and Slainte simply stated, means "cheers and good health". What a wonderful word for toasting someone special... so I'm toasting you, my blog friends. Have a fantastic St. Patrick's Day!

In addition to Sassy Cheryl's challenge, I'm also entering these challenges today...and in blogland there's green just about everywhere you look at this time of year.

·                     Cupcake Craft - Going Dotty

·                     Digi Makeover Challenge -  Critters

·                     Digistamps 4 Joy - Green 

·                     Inky Impressions - Luck/green 

·                     Make it Monday - Always Anything Goes

·                     MyGrafico - St. Patrick`s Day

·                     Paper Shelter Challenge - Anything goes

·                     Penny's Paper-Crafty - Anything goes

·                     Scrapalicious – Anything goes

·                     Simon Says Stamp and Show... - Anything Goes

·                     Victorine Originals - Green and White or Black

·                     Whimsical Wednesdays - Green

Catered Crop - Quick Fire

Sometimes I have to step away from card-making to work on a 3-D project.. gotta get my fix. This week for our challenge at Catered Crop we were treated to a selection of ribbon from Corinna McGregor, owner of Ribbon Carousel. She has a Ribbon Club Kit each month and I just know that I'll be weakening and sign up.... Her selection of ribbons for the kits is delish! You can check out the entire package of all of the lovely green ribbon I received here.

I took a simple white box that had a tent top fold and an acetate oval window in front. Sorry, but I failed to take a picture of the box before I started attacking my project. I cut the oval on the main piece of the designer paper using a Nesties and allowed for the white border to offset the black papers.

The sunflower stamp is one I had to have now that I live in the Sunflower State of Kansas.. it's from Rubber Stampede... and I use it often. I stamped and colored the flower several times and popped up the pieces with dimensionals for a 3-D effect. My papers were all picked from my scrap pile and the ribbon, of course, is from Ribbon Carousel. And to make it even more fun, it's filled with Ghirardelli Dark & Mint chocolates. Viola.. it's now ready for gift-giving.

I hope you will check our Quick Fire challenge at Catered Crop... the chefs are always cooking up something fun. If you need a bit more inspiration, here's the board that Linda McClain, our fearless Top Chef, put together for us.

Thanks so much for stopping by my little spot in blogland. Have a fantastic day.

I'm also entering this in these challenges today....

Bloggers - Something 3D

Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge - Special Mom 

Crafty Ann's - Anything But A Card

Crafty Catz - For a Special Lady

Fairy Tale - Paper Piecing

Hotshot Crafts – Ribbon

Poodles Parlour - Birthday

Raise The Bar – Go Green

Stempelsonnen Challenge - Easter

Totally Papercrafts – Favorite Things

Wags 'n Whiskers - Spring Break

CCEE Stampers - Flowers, flowers, flowers

Crafty Ribbons - Celebrate Mom

Crop Stop - Use at least 4 different colors

Delightful Challenges - St. Patrick's Day

Do You Stack Up? - Go green

DRS Designs - Green, yellow & black

Paper Crafting Journey - Anything made with paper goes

Pixie Dust Studio - Show us your Irish