Some Sugar for ya...AND a little sneek peek...

Just sharin' more sugar with you today with the new July release Sugar Stick from

Claudia & Co. Stamps!

Isn't she so cute? She comes with a sentiment 'Oh happy day'....and she is on sale right now at DCRU. Which is also where I got that gorgeous dp. I just love the bold bright colours!!!

Don't forget that you still have a few weeks left to enter our current Pink & Aqua Challenge at Claudia & Co. The deadline is August 10th to be entered to win some cute C&Co rubber of your own! We'd love to see your creations!

On another note.....August is fast approaching and that means another fantastic release from C&Co. Stamps...so today I thought I'd show you a few snippets of whats to come. Be sure to check back on Sunday August 1st when we will be having our big Release Blog Hop, there will be some prizes to be won...

Have a great day! Thanks for stopping by.

First Annual Krafty Day!!!

First Annual Krafty Day with Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps!!

Saturday, September 25th, 2010 9am-5pm
in London, Ontario
at the FCCChurch 3725 Bostwick Road
Cost: $55

- join us for a whole day of Krafty fun!!
-each participant will receive an exclusive Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps Tote Bag filled with stampin’ goodies!
- a special edition Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamp to commemorate the occasion!
- a lovely catered lunch, snacks and refreshments!
- make and takes, demonstrations, etc.
- meet some of the Krafty Girls Design Team!!
- enjoy lots of kroppin’ and kraftin’ space!
- Door Prizes!!
- Scrappin’ Great Deals on site for all your Copic needs!
- And of course, lots of Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps on hand for all your stampin’ needs!

This will be a Krafty event that you won’t want to miss! It is being held at a gorgeous location that is easily accessible and near to hotels

Space is limited, so please contact Kimmie directly to reserve your spot (kraftinkimmiestamps@gmail.com)
OR tickets will soon be available at Scrappin’ Great Deals (519) 473-5751

I will be there with my Krafty bells on! Hope you can make it too!!!

Lets get sketchy...

Happy Monday! I hope you enjoyed your weekend!

Today at The Pink Elephant our sweet & talented Tina has given us a super fun sketch to work with:

We also got to play with some really fun digis this week from our great sponsor

Coco Studio Designs! Be sure to swing by their shop and check out their cute digis!

I chose to work with the cute little birdie from the Forest Friends set!

I decided to paper piece this little cutie with some of my very favorite dp from My Minds Eye! So fun and really easy to do with these great digital images! I loved Tina's sketch and know you will too when you play along! So be sure to check out out what the rest of the Design Team has to show you and load up your card!

Have a great week!

Alot of pink goin on...

Today my card has ALOT of pink goin' on...thats because at Kraftin Kimmie Stamps, our wonderfully talented Krafty Girl Michele, wants to see

MONOCHROMATIC! Or MOSTLY Monochromatic anyway!

As long as there's ALOT of one colour with a little bit of somethin' else, then that counts!!!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps is also the sponsor this week over at CUTE CARD THURSDAY. They have a fantastic sketch for you this week which I did my very best to follow!

You can find the sketch HERE!

I've been dyin' to colour up cute little Goldilocks, which is part of the new Fairy Tale Release at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! She is available to purchase now, check out the KKSTORE for the entire release!

I coloured Goldi up with my copics (I think I need a refill on my Y21, don't you just love those corkscrew curls? I have insanely curly hair and can't seem to tame them the same way...thats why I love my straightener..lol)! Anyway, I used alot of pinks for the dress and teddy bears and tried to match it to this great dp by Making Memories (Love Struck). I inked around the edges and used my copics to colour some prima flowers to also match the dp and added a button and a prima pebble to finish it off! See, lots of pink goin' on!!!

So make sure you play along with us this week, if you upload your card, you could win the stamp Michele used on her beautuful card, check it out!

Now, go check out what the other Krafty Girls have to show you & have a great weekend!

Endless Summer...

Don't you wish the summer would never end? I'm lovin spending lots of time with my kids and they are appreciating the time too! Just praying that my allergies will be under control soon, so I can start feeling better!

I wanted to post this cute little card today to show you one of the new releases for July at Claudia & Co. Stamps!

This is Puddle Jumper Christian! I think he is soo sweet, I love colouring him! I used my copics and cut him out and popped him on a BoBunny panel. I added lots of fun bright buttons and dew drops and voila, it was done in a flash!!!

I hope you're enjoying your summer so far! I wish it would never end....

A card for Macie!

Today I'm posting a special card for my very good friend! I'll also be sending this card in the mail and hopefully it will brighten Macie's day! Lori Boyd has designed this adorable Sugar Stick to help raise money for a great cause. For all the details on the cause and how you can get your hands on this adorable digi image, please click HERE!

I found this super awesome glitter rainbow paper a while back and saved it for when I was going to use Macie! I also came across this adorable rub-on rainbow sentiment in my shopping travels and knew it would be perfect!!!

Well, just a quick post for today, thanks for stopping by!

A Fairy Tale of a Blog Hop...

Today Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps is releasing their new July images! As you’ve seen over the last few day in our Krafty Peeks, Annie Rodrigue has created the MOST FANTASTICAL FAIRYTALES! There are six images in the complete set and one very special one that we have created from Annie’s original painting, Little Red Riding Hood.
And Steven Leary is back with Miles the Mouse and his cute girlfriend, Maisie! They are having a lot of backyard fun by the pool this month and you’ll get to check them all out in today’s July release day KRAFTY HOP!!

I used the lovely Rapunzel for my card today:

So, if you just got here and want to start from the beginning, 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 stamps from the new release!! And when you’re done hoppin’, be sure to head over to the Kraftin’ Kimmie store, because ALL the new images are NOW available! OH and did we mention? Each and every order placed this week, will be entered into a draw?? One lucky customer will win a 5x7 print of Annie’s Little Red Riding Hood!

Your next stop along the way is my very good and talented friend Melanie and her equally talented sweet daughter Ainsleigh! Have fun hoppin!

Another peek and a new Challenge...

Welcome to day 3 of the sneek peeks for Kraftin Kimmie Stamps July Release!

Today also comes with a brand new challenge, hosted by ME! This weeks challenge theme is:

Beautiful Bows!!!

Meet Snow White! Isn't she the fairest of them all? haha! I think she is sooo very pretty, and though I didn't colour in her with the traditional blue, yellow and red, I think she looks like she could be in a fairy tale of her very own!


So, we want to see your beautiful bows! It can be any kind of bow, made from ribbon like mine (I looove my bow easy)...or it could be interpreted another way as long as there is a bow somewhere, we wanna see it!


If you enter your card you will be eligible to win this brand new Snow White stamp! Yep, before it even hits store shelves!!!


Check out the samples from the Krafty Girls to get your mojo flowing! Don't forget to come back tomorrow for the big Blog Hop! There will be lots of eye candy along with a chance to win some brand new Krafty Rubber!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Krafty Peek Day 2!

Its day 2 of the krafty peeks for the new July release over at

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

Today I'm giving you a peek at 'Little Red'...another great character by Annie Rodrigue!

Doesn't she look curious? Lost? Scared? I looove her! I actually have this image on a keychain I got from Annie's Etsy store! You could use this for many different types of cards! I had alot of fun colouring her up too!

I coloured her up with my copics then went in afterwards to add some deeper shading with my prismacolor pencils and gamsol. I had a hard time trying to find the perfect paper to go with Little Red...but finally settled on this great dp by DCWV. I love those little mushrooms! I added a big red button with a smaller green one in the centre and finished off with some ribbon.

Make sure you check out the other Krafty Girls' sneek peeks! And come back tomorrow for a brand new challenge hosted by ME along with another Fairy Tale of a peek!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Let the peeks begin...

Today is the start of the new peeks for Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps July Release!

You are gonna loooove these ones!

Today I'm giving you a peek at "BBQ Miles":

(notice my clouds are the right side up today...hahaha)

I cracked right up when I first saw this image. Oh if only I could bbq cheese like that, how yummy would that be? He looks like he's done it a thousand times before, just chillin' with his glass of lemonade...lol.

Make sure you check out what the rest of the Krafty Girls have to show you, and remember there's a big ol' blog hop on Sunday and you'll have a chance to win some brand new rubbah!

Check back tomorrow I'll have another peek for ya!

Baby Lollipops!

So yesterday I showed you what you can do with some of the cute new

Digi Lollipops available HERE!

Today I've got a few more to show you!

Check out these adorable little Baby Lollipops designed by Lori Boyd!

Lollipop Baby Jussie

Lollipop Baby McCoy

(I coloured this one up as a bald little baby girl!)

How cute are these little pops? I must say I do enjoy using digital images, they can be resized to any size you need to suit your project, and you can fill up a whole page without getting your hands all inky! And the best part is they're very economical! That means more to spend on all that pretty paper...or markers or buttons?...lol!

So be sure to check out all the new Lollipop digis available HERE!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Lollipops x2!

Today...I'm giving you a sample of some of my very good friends' Lori Boyd's sweet Lollipops, x2! I just love them to bits! These sweet little images are now available to purchase as digi's exclusively by Claudia & Co Stamps!!! Check them all out HERE!

For my card I used Gracie and Dylan!

'Sigh' young love...

For this card, I was inspired by the wonderfully talented Linda Heavens and her card HERE! I remembered she had made that beautiful card with her magical colouring and all, and thought I'd try to find my inner Linda...I've got some work to do...lol. She's been MIA lately and wanted to let her know everyone is missing her at the Pickle!!! (our lss). Please get that wrist all healed up, as you can see I need some help with my grass...LOL!

I also tried the do-it-yourself cloud background for the first time. I cut out a little scalloped template and sponged away. I was trying to figure out why it didn't look right to me until I noticed that my clouds are upside down! Oops! Ah well, now I know for next time!

So if you just can't resist these sweet little Lollipops (like me), head over to DCRU! and check them all out!

Have a great day, thanks for stopping by!

Pocket full of Sunshine....

Happy Monday Everyone! I hope you enjoyed your weekend. Its time for another great Monday challenge with The Pink Elephant! Today we have a pocket full of sunshine for you:

Pocket Cards!

This week our great sponsor is Sassy Studio Designs! They have lots of fun images to play with so check them out!

I got to play with Crissy's Prom from the Sassy Fashionista line...

Here's my pocket card:

the inside:

I have to admit I've never done a pocket card before. My sweet friend Sheri gave me this great link to a tutorial (thanks Sheri) and I must say I'm a little hooked! Don't be surprised if you see more pocket cards coming...lol. I'm so used to just doing the boring traditional square cards 'cause they're fast and easy to whip up. But these ones are just as easy!

Be sure to play along with us this week at The Pink Elephant! And don't forget to check out what the Design Team has to show you!

Pink it Up!

Welcome to another fabulous challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

Today, our Princess Andrea...lol...wants to see you Pink it Up!

This definately wasn't a hard one for me. I looove PINK!

Today I used Calliope the Mermaid and her cute little 8 legged friend! She is now available to purchase individually at Kraftin' Kimmie Store. She also comes with 3 bonus accessory stamps! Awesome! Swing by and pick yours up today!

I coloured them on Beckett Expression paper with my copics and added lots and lots of glitter! I started to cut out the image so I could pop it onto a card and about half way through I thought 'what the heck was I thinking?'. It was pretty labour intensive (well for me anyway)...trying not to snip off octopus legs or mermaid hands etc...but I got through with some patience...so a million snips and tiny pop dots later...voila...ready to put on a card!

Now lets talk about the card. I'm not very happy with the way it turned out...I started to stitch around the edges and ended up with some weird funky looking stitch...I tried to fix my tension on my machine and nothing was working so I had to go with it! I wasn't starting over!!! Does anyone know what I might be doing wrong? I think I have to pull out my ancient heavy clunker of a machine which works awesome...its just so big and heavy oh and did I mention it's really old? Those ones are built the best though....The one I am using now is a cheapy from Zellers and now I know why it was a cheapy...hehe, that'll learn me! haha!

So make sure you play along with us this week. If you upload your card HERE you'll be eligible to win the stamp Nerissa that Krafty Girl Andrea used on her beautiful card! Check it out!

Make sure you take a look at what the awesome Krafty Girls have to show you! You'll be in pink mode for sure!

Thanks for stopping by, have a great weekend!

A Pink & Aqua Challenge!

Welcome to our 2nd Challenge at Claudia & Co. Stamps!

Today we have a super fun color challenge for you:

Pink & Aqua!

For my card I used the brand new Hannah Puddle Jumper!

Hannah PJ is so fun to colour up. She also comes with 2 accessory stamps (fish & star). I stamped the images on Beckett Expression paper and coloured them up with my copic markers. I cut them out and popped them onto a white circle cut with my nesties. I used some of my fav dp by My Minds Eye (lots of Aqua and Pink on this one!). I stamped her sunglasses twice, and popped them on her head for a 3d effect. I also added some clear glaze pen to them to make them look like real glasses. Oh and I used lots and lots of Star Dust Stickles! I loooove glitter!

So all you have to do is load up your card HERE and be sure to use a Claudia & Co. Stamp or digi stamp...you can find the wide variety HERE. You will be eligible to win a C&C Stamp of your very own just for playing along!

Also, just a reminder that DieCutsRUs is having a super sale going on until the 12th...be sure to check it out...there are some great deals!!!

Thanks for stopping by today...I hope you enjoy your weekend. Happy Stamping!