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Release for Kraftin’ Kimmie Day 1

   Who’s ready for lots of brand new Krafty goodies?!

It’s time for our November Release Peeks to begin 

 

 
 

We are soooo excited to release our first full alphabet and kalendar sets for you!!  These TWO sets are perfect for creating your own sentiments, titles, planners, calendars and more!

Both are designed by Melissa Baker-Nguyen

 and they are called…..
KRAFTY ALPHABET!

 
 
and
 
KRAFTY KALENDAR!
 
 
 
The DIY possibilities are endless with both these fabulous sets! 
 
As you hop around the design team’s blogs today you’ll be able to check out KRAFTY ALPHABET & KRAFTY KALENDAR sets in action 
in combination with a lot of our other new 

 

November Kraftin’ Kimmie products!  

 

You will spot our newest addition to the Kraftin’ Kimmie Hybrid Ink rainbow!  It’s a gorgeous new colour…..called TRANQUIL TEAL! 

 

As always it will be available in full sized ink pads, ink cubes and ink refills!

We’ve got TWO new Krafty Stencils for this month’s release to help add some funky fun to your creations!  

They are called….
WOOLY WINTER!

 
 
and COZY COCOA!
 

 

Both designs are perfect for all your cards, scrapbook pages, mixed media and more!

Plus we have our exclusive NOVEMBER ADD ON BUNDLE!

Our exciting Add-On bundle this month features several amazing products which will coordinate with our new goodies and will help you enhance your new creations!! 

 

This month’s special curated Add On Bundle includes:

  • Eyelet Outlet Gingerbread Brads
  • Exclusive Cozy Cocoa Chipboard
  • Liquid Applique Puffy Paint Pen

  A limited number will be available in the shop on Saturday afternoon after our Live Release Party! Get ready to get krafty!!

You’ll get to see all of our brand new goodies in action over the next few days of the November Krafty Peeks and everything will be released at our LIVE Release Party 

 

on  Saturday, November 13th @ 2 pm ET in the Krafty Friends group!

 

For now, hop around and check out some amazing creations from the Krafty Team and be sure to leave some love at each stop on the hop!  Your comment could be a WINNER of some krafty $$ to use in the shop!  (Not to mention our designers are incredible and you should tell them so!  😉  )

Come on back tomorrow for some more krafty fun and goodness!

I decided to play with the letters today and make meal plan cards. I read this great idea recently of planing 4-5 weeks of meals and then rotating them through a season! So you still get a variety but you already have a plan for the week and a grocery list in mind. ALL GOOD! Here is what I created:

I love how they turned out and I could make several at once so I have more ready to go when we roll over to Winter!A few doodles with black and white markers and wa-la! Thanks for the quick stop today!

Have a Happy Colorful Day!

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Day 3 of the November Kraftin’ Kimmie Release

Today is our final day of Krafty Peeks for the November Releaseat Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps!Today we are absolutely thrilled to be introducing PLANNER DOODLES!This stamp set has been designed specifically for your planners, calendars, datebooks, journals, pocket pages and lots more! And who doesn’t want to be a bit more organized in 2021??!

As you hop around the design team’s blogs today you’ll be able to check out PLANNER DOODLES in action in combination with a lot of our other new November Kraftin’ Kimmie products!  

Of course today is also challenge day and as always during release week, it’s Anything Goes! So create a card, scrapbook page, altered item, planner page….with some Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps products for your chance to WIN the monthly prize! We can’t wait to see your creations and you have until next Friday night to enter! Feel free to link up your creation at the bottom of this post and/or upload your pic to the folder in the Krafty Friends facebook group! You could WIN a gift voucher to the krafty shop!We’ve also got a brand new sketch for you! If you’re needing a little inspiration feel free to use this sketch any time you like!You’ll get to see lots of amazing creations featuring PLANNER DOODLES as you hop around the blogs today! Plus you’ll see our other November products like stencils, the new SOFT SAGE hybrid ink and our new DREAMY DOTS!Everything will be released after our LIVE Online Release Party TODAY! All the fun takes place in the Krafty Friends facebook group beginning at 2pm ET! See you there!

I had a great time playing with the new Planner Stamps. It made getting all my to-do’s on the page a whole lot more fun. And opening my weekly spreads has me smiling with all the fun additions.

You’ll see a couple other products from this month featured as well. Both the Splish Splash Stencil and a couple critters from the Save My place stamp set as well. Here are a couple close ups.

Today is the day to scoop up new products! Thanks as always for stopping by my blog. There is a link at the bottom that will take you to see the other Design Team members.

Have a Happy Colorful Day!



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Dare 2B Artzy Snowflake Blooms

Hello friends and family. Today I am bringing you a fun twist on a stamp made for a different season entirely.

It is FINALLY feeling a little more like spring and moving into summer her in the midwest. It was feeling like winter was just not going to shake loose! So I pulled out a winter stamp set and decided to brighten it up and re-purpose it for the final change of weather.

  • I used the Snowflake Wishes Stamp Set and stamped them with Versa Mark ink and heat embossed them with white embossing powder.
  • I used Copics and the Air Brush System to create flower petals and leaves over the snowflakes.
  • I used a cloth lightly dampened with Copic Colorless Blender and lightly brushed the Copic ink off the embossed snowflakes that now look like the centers of the spring flowers.
  • Next I added a a sentiment from the Refresh The Soul Stamp Set
  • To finish the card front I relied on a skill I have not pulled out of my tool kit in a while, Doodling!

Here is a look at the card:

And here is a close up:

Thanks for stopping by today and make sure to check in daily for your D2BA inspiration!

Have a Happy Colorful Day!

Here are the D2BA supplies I used for this project:

Thanks for stopping by today! And make sure to check out some of the products I’ve used here in the D2BA store!


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K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple Silly – Dare 2B Artzy Card Inspiration

Do you ever have one of those days, weeks, months? You know you are bogged down and yet you are wanting to be creative and maybe even need a card or two for friends? I am right there right now. My job has me creative most days, but I am longing for a few minutes to craft just for fun.

I colored with Copic on Kraft paper for today’s card, it basically does all the blending for me and is super fast so I could complete the card in minutes. I hope to have a video up in the next month to show you just how fast, but in the mean time here is a peek at the card.

I chose a group of colorful spring colors out of my Copic collection and stamped the flowers, bee and dotted flight path onto a Kraft colored card base:

Then just colored right the card base:

For this particular card I also chose to create a hand lettered sentiment but I used the ideas from the stamp set. (I really love these sentiments so normally would use one of those, it would save me even more time!)

I added a simple tie and then covered the inside of the card with fun patterned paper. Since Copic bleeds through most papers I decided I better clean up the inside a bit and that was a fast solution.

Thanks for stopping by today for a dose of inspiration. Make sure to check out the current monthly challenge at Dare 2B Artzy, it is a fun one AND easy! Pick Your Favorite Colors, then make sure that you have check off all your favorite new products from the Dare 2B Artzy store.

I would love to see you over at Copic In The Craft Room. I have some changes coming for Copic College so stay tuned for some news in the next few days.

Have a Happy Colorful Day

The stamps used for this card are: BEEutiful

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Imagination International, Inc. Holiday Wish List Part 2!

So I was going to do a top 5 wish list from Imagination International, Inc. BUT there are just too many things I love about the products at III so I am doing a part 2 with 5 more things that I would put on my wish list. So you know, I am only putting items on my wish list that I use regularly! These are things that I pull out multiple times a week and some on a daily basis. So on with the crafty/artsy goodness! If you missed the first 5 scroll down or check them out on this post: Imagination International, Inc. Holiday Wish List Part 1

6. Kirarina Wink pens

I love these opaque pens! I use them on top of my Copics in a lot of situations, in particular small touches of opaque white. Small reflection in an eye anyone? They even have a little shimmer!

7. Is another Kirarina product, Kirarina 2win

Do you have a planner person in your life? You know who I am talking about , list making calendar toting highlighting fool? These are so perfect! They have 2 ends (thus the 2win name) One is a sketch pen and the other is a slightly lighter ink that is a highlighter! All sorts of fun colors AND scented, makes me giggle every time! It takes me right back to grade school! Mr. Sketch ring a bell to anyone out there? These are an upgrade and I have found myself even tucking them into my purse and every corner so they are always available for lists, notes and of course my planner!!

8. Sense Book. OK I know another paper source, but this one I use completely differently! 

Sense books come in refill and non-refill varieties I have both and depending on who you are buying for both have their benefits. Why do I like them, I just like the aspect of different sizes, I have a small one for a prayer journal and medium size one (many of these) for all of my class notes, ideas, quick sketches AND lettering practice. And I love the variety of paper styles as well, they come in lined paper, blank and graph as well. The graph works brilliantly for my lettering practice and the blanks are super fun for quick sketches. 

9. Nobby pencils

These are SO FUN. If you have a sketch artist in your life this would need to get bumped up to #1. These are chunky lead pencils that are perfect for drawing. They even have their own built in sharpeners in the lid. (Don’t forget the refill leads if this makes it into your shopping cart)

10. Tommy Art

OK so out of the list I have given you this is the one I do not reach for regularly BUT it is not because I do not love the product it is a time issue! I heart these paints and all the mediums that come with them! Tommy Art is a chalk based paint that blows the others right out of the park. You know how Copic is the #1 Alcohol marker well Tommy is going to become the #1 crafters paint not to mention DIYer and maybe even some mixed media artists as well! This line includes colors and mediums like waxes, coatings, pastes, transfer gels, sparkle and ohhh metallic! And they are continuing to expand the product line!

Woosh! I am ready to go shop! I hope this helps AND if you ever have questions please ask! I am on-line most days and happy to help!

Have a Happy Colorful Week!