Kraftin' Kimmie June 2023 Challenge- You're Kind of a Pig Deal

  Good morning and welcome to our new 

Monthly Saturday Challenge

at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

Are you ready for another krafty challenge to inspire you and help get your creative juices flowing?

We've got some fabulous ideas for you 

and can't wait to see what you create!

This month the challenge themes for you are: 

CAS (clean & simple), Boys/Men and/or Brown!

You can choose any or all - whatever inspires you!

I used the Down on the Farm stamp set for my card! Gotta love Lucas and that fun pig!!

Our Ink Of The Month, which will be on sale all month long, just happens to be a lovely shade of Brown!! This month features the gorgeous Creamy Caramel Ink Pad, Cube and Reinker! Grab it now to add to your collection.

Every month we post a brand new challenge with three themes to choose from, and a mid month inspiration post with even more creative ideas! You are welcome to enter as many times as you like.

These must be new creations and you are welcome to use any stamp, however, using Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp products will earn you double entries!

The monthly prize is a $25 voucher to the Krafty shop!!!

Woohoo!  There are two ways to enter: you can link up your creation on the  Kraftin’ Kimmie blog page and if using KKS products,

you can upload your photo to the album in our 

Krafty Friends FB group.

And don't forget about this weekend's Frugal Friday Specials!! 

We've got a selection of gorgeous stamp sets on SALE 40% OFF this weekend while supplies last!!  

Be sure to check out all the fun projects the Design Team has come up with in the links below! Happy kraftin'!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Supplies~

Kraftin' Kimmie Down on the Farm Stamp Set, Catherine Pooler Cardstock, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Copics, Bazzill Cardstock, Gina Marie Designs Big and Little Chain Rectangle Dies, Simple Stories 6x8 Homegrown Paper Pad, Kraftin' Kimmie Ruby Red Ink, Simple Stories Homegrown Enamel Dots, 

Copics Used:

Ground: YG03, YG06, YG09

Shadow: B000

Skin: R20, E00, E11, E13

Hair:  E07, E09

Hat: YR02, YR04, YR07, G14, B45

Clothes: B91, B95, B99, YG21, YG23, YG25

Boots: E71, E74, E79

Pitchfork: E33, E35, C3, C5

Pig: E51, R30, R21, R32 

Variations Week at Sweet Pea Stamps- Wither

It's time for one of my most favorite weeks at Sweet Pea Stamps~~Variations Week! This is a week each month where all the designers are given an image to work with and we all create a project using that image. It's so fun to see all possibilities with the same image!! Be sure to visit the Sweet Pea Stamps Blog each day to see what everyone came up with!!

This month we are using a digi stamp by Rebecca Sinz called Wither. You can find this digi~ HERE or also in rubber form~ HERE! 

One of the reasons I love when we do these weeks is that it helps you see stamps in a different light. I have bypassed this stamp numerous times in the store thinking "it's not for me" but oh my!! What a beautiful stamp and I had so much fun coloring it up!!

Wither is colored with copics and then paired with Bazzill's Wayfarer designer paper. I inked all the edges of the papers with Delicata Golden Glitz ink. Some stickles and pearls finish off the card.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges~

• Love To Scrap Challenges~ Anything Goes
• Creative Creations Challenges~ Anything Goes
• Inky Chicks~ Anything Goes
• Papertake Weekly Challenge~ Anything Goes
• Through the Craftroom Door~ Anything Goes
• Penny's Paper Crafting Challenges~ Anything Goes
• Sister Act Card Challenges~ Anything Goes
• Card Makin Mama's~ Anything Goes
• Challenges 4 Everybody~ Anything Goes

Have a wonderful day! I'm feeling tons better, still a bit tired but better. We went to the zoo today and that always helps me smile! Thanks for all the well wishes!

Inky Impressions Challenge-Mother's Day/For a lady

**Please scroll down for my Flutter By Wednesday post!**

Time for another Inky Impressions Challenge! Be sure to visit the blog to see how you can play along and to see the other fabulous inkettes creations!

Our challenge this week is Mother's Day or For a Lady. I thought Flower Lili would be perfect for this!!

My layout is based on Sweet Sketch Wednesday's sketch from last week~

I'm also entering this into the following challenges~

• Paper Crafting Journey- Anything Goes
• Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge- Anything Goes
• The Corrosive Challenge- Mother's Day
• Created With Love-Mother's Day
• Kaboodle Doodles- For the Ladies
• Love to Create- For Mom or Special lady
• The Pink Elephant-Mother's Day

Thanks for stopping by!!

stamps~ Inky Impressions-Flower Lili, SU Teeny Tiny Wishes
ink~ Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Pool Party, SU Peach Parfait
cardstock~ Copic Xpress it, SU Crumb Cake,
designer paper~ Bazzill Wayfarer,
other goodies~ copics, twine, flowers, pearls from Inky Impressions,

Good books build character

I'll admit it..as much fun as I've been having making my holiday cards, I'm still putting too much pressure on myself-plus it seems that for every one that I get made, I get three more names added to my list to send to so I think I'm going to just take the pressure off myself and go buy some. It's not the end of the world, right?

I will still be creating some holiday cards but not every.single.day, LOL! Onto my creation for today~

I'm in a gift exchange and the name I drew said she was a bookworm so I thought it would be appropriate to make a bookmark for her. My inspiration came from this bookmark on SCS! Isn't that just gorgeous??

Have a fabulous day!

Supplies~
stamps- Bookworm Ruby,
ink- Memento Tuxedo Black
cardstock- SU Crumb Cake, 
designer paper- Bazzill Wayfarer
other goodies- copics, Cricut Tags,Bags and Boxes cartridge, ribbon, staple

Altered Clipboard

Years ago a friend altered a clipboard for me as a gift and it is still one of my favorite things so I thought I’d try my hand at altering one. I found these cute little clipboards at Walmart so thought I’d try a little one first.

I really sat down without a plan and just let the creative process flow. I started with my designer papers- Bazzill Timeless. I happen to have an extra package of this fab paper so I will pick one commenter on this post to send it to!

I just cut the paper into strips/sections and then used mod podge to adhere it. Next I sanded the edges just a touch and waited for it to dry. I then brushed on Luminarte Silks in Honey Amber and Solar Gold. Once that was dried I stamped Unique from the Authentic Words Set from Susana Loves Stamps in Archival Jet Black ink several times.

I wanted an image on this so I decided that Steampunk Eyes from Susana Loves Stamps would be perfect. I inked her up with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then colored her with copics and cut her out. I added touches of sparkle with a stardust pen. After I cut her out I noticed she just sort of disappeared into the design of the paper so I took some more Luminarte Silks in Vavoom Red and painted an area for her to be placed on so she’d stand out.

  

I adhered her with The Best Glue Ever and then added some diamond glaze to her goggles. To finish the clipboard I added some ribbons and fibers to the top.

I made this for a very special friend so I hope she likes it.
Thanks for stopping by today and have a great one!