Patti Made a Thing: April 2024

4/21/2024

April Kraftin Kimmie Shop and hop! New Release available now!

WOWZERS!

Have you enjoyed all the incredible Krafty Peeks this week? SO many fabulous creations from the Krafty Team featuring ALL of our new products and they are
NOW AVAILABLE
in the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop!

We are SO excited to recap everything and celebrate with you today in a Krafty HOP!

So grab a beveragino and a snack and let's head out on today's tour to enjoy and be inspired!!

First up we have a super sweet stamp set from artist Sabrina van Vloten called FRUITY FAVOURITES!

Next up is a delicious and punny stamp set perfect for this time of year from artist Michelle Houghton called FRUITY FUN!

And to coordinate with both these sets, a yummy layering stencil called FRESH FRUIT!

Then for our baby theme we've got the perfect stamp set from artist Neda Sadreddin called LOOK OUT WORLD!

Aren't these babies so CUTE!?!

Our final stamp set is a set of huggable fluffy, stuffies called Hello Little One from artist Sabrina!

And to finish things off the perfect set of layering stencils to coordinate called NEW BABY!

Of course you can purchase everything individually....but if you NEED IT ALL you can grab this month's
GIMME KIMMIES KIT which will get you ALL six products but at a discount!!

And don't forget about our April Stamp of the Month when you spend $75 before shipping and taxes!
You'll automatically get this adorable stamp set added to your package!

Surprise bonus this weekend only Darling Dashes stencil will be added to all orders!

Now head on out on today's celebration blog hop and check out all the new products in action as the Krafty Team shares their incredible designs! Then jump on over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps shop and grab some of these fabulous goodies for yourself!

I cannot get enough of Fruity Favourites! I created this card for the Spring retreat, and I enjoyed colouring the cute little caterpillar and butterfly with their sorbet!

I’ve really enjoyed using soft colours lately!

Ink Used: Mostly Melon, and Bashful Blush.

I hope you love our new release, and I'm excited to play more with our new goodies!

Happy Krafting!

4/19/2024

Kraftin Kimmie April Release Peek Day 4: Hello Little One!

Good morning and welcome to our FINAL day of
April Krafty Peeks!

Today we are previewing our last stamp set that will be releasing TOMORROW!

This one is from artist Sabrina and is called
HELLO LITTLE ONE!

Eeeeek! So cute!! It features all those fluffy little stuffies that kids and adults alike LOVE! (Who is in love with Jellycats or Squishmallows? heehee)

ABSolutely adorable!! And as you head out on today's Krafty Hop you'll get to enjoy lots of gorgeous creations from our Krafty Team featuring HELLO LITTLE ONE and NEW BABY stencil in combination with some of our other incredible products such as our Krafty Kolours Hybrid Inks!

Oh my gosh another cute set! I had to colour up the pupper first, as he kind of reminds me of my belated dog. I would love a stuffy in his memory.

I chose to colour him in some neutrals with a pop of aqua. The ball and stars are painted gold for a bit of glimmer!

I think this set will make wonderful baby cards, but also could use it for anyone who loves a stuffy!

Be sure to join us on Saturday, April 20th at 2pm ET in the Krafty Friends Facebook Group for our LIVE Release Party when all the new goodies will be available! (That's tomorrow!)

Happy hoppin'!

4/18/2024

Kraftin Kimmie April Day 3 Peek: Look Out World and new Layering New Baby Stencil

Good morning and welcome to
Day THREE of our April Krafty Peeks!

Today we are sharing an ADORABLE new stamp set from artist Neda!

It's called LOOK OUT WORLD!

Sooooooo cute....and the sentiments are just the best!

Who doesn't need a new baby stamp set for welcoming babies, baby showers, birthdays and fun scrapbook pages! (I can tell you I've used this set so much already!)

PLUS check out this amazing new set of layering stencils to coordinate called NEW BABY!

As you head out on today's Krafty Hop you'll get to enjoy lots of gorgeous creations from our Krafty Team featuring LOOK OUT WORLD and NEW BABY in combination with some of our other incredible products such as our Krafty Kolours Hybrid Inks!

This set couldn't come at a better time! We have a delivery person who's wife just had a baby girl and because he is the sweetest my boss and I wanted to congratulate him on the new arrival!

I went for a very sweet almost vintage vibe on this one, keeping the colour scheme very simple with peaches and some mustard yellow colours.

I must admit I'm not the best at layering my images(I was lazy and didn't mask the images), but because I stamped the images in Mostly Melon very lightly once I added the ink over top, you couldn't see my mistake as much.

I hope you enjoy this fun stamp set. I didn't get the stencil this month, but I know the girls rocked their projects with this stencil!

Be sure to come back to the blog each day this week to see new products from our April Release and then join us on Saturday, April 20th at 2pm ET in the Krafty Friends Facebook Group for our LIVE Release Party when all the new goodies will be available!
See you there!!

Happy hoppin'!

4/17/2024

Kraftin Kimmie April Release Day 2 Peek: Fruity Fun!

Welcome back!
Did you enjoy yesterday's Peeks?
Well, we are back with MORE fun stuff!

Today we are spotlighting a new stamp set from artist Michelle Houghton called FRUITY FUN!

Who doesn't love fruit?
And fruit plus puns.....equals tons of FUN!

As you head out on today's Krafty Hop you'll get to enjoy lots of gorgeous creations from our Krafty Team featuring FRUITY FUN and the FRESH FRUIT stencil in combination with some of our other incredible products such as our Krafty Kolours Hybrid Inks!

Watermelons are always a staple for our family meals in the Summer. I can remember smashing the watermelon when we forgot a knife!

I watercoloured the watermelon slices with the following Kraftin Kimmie Ink cubes: Pretty in Pink, Pink Pizazz, Berry Bold, Fresh Fields, and Stormy Sky (note stormy sky was used to darken up the fresh field ink). I had embossed each of the watermelon slices with white embossing powder.

I then cut each of the watermelons into slices and attached it around the slimline base that I had made by layering a pink cardstock (inked with rainy day stencil to add seeds to the paper), then paired it with a green sparkly paper.

I had a few watermelon themed stickers in my stash so I used that around the sentiment.

I love how my watermelons turned out, but I would probably pay more attention to how I'm cutting them up next time, as I have to admit this card is a bit busy for my liking.

I challenge you next time you don't want to pull out your markers to use your Kraftin Kimmie inks to watercolour a stamp. Its very easy, you just have to make sure to not let the ink dry when blending.

Happy hoppin' and see YOU tomorrow for more awesome goodies!

4/16/2024

Kraftin Kimmie April Peek Day 1: Fruity Favourites and Fresh Fruit Layering Stencil!

Who's ready for some brand new Krafty Goodies?

It's time to bring you NEW stamp sets and layering stencils
from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

In case you haven't heard, we are moving to release every other month but the same number of wonderful products!

So we will be sharing FOUR new stamp sets and TWO new sets of layering stencils over the course of this week!

Today we are excited to kick things off with a super SWEET stamp set from artist Sabrina van Vloten called FRUITY FAVOURITES!! You may remember her design called Fall Favourites from last autumn! You loved it so much that we expanded on this yummy theme!

ALSO we have a coordinating set of layering stencils which is super FRESH!

It's called FRESH FRUIT!

As you head out on today's Krafty Hop you'll get to enjoy lots of gorgeous creations from our Krafty Team featuring FRUITY FAVOURITES and FRESH FRUIT in combination with some of our other incredible products such as our Krafty Kolours Hybrid Inks!

Who doesn't love cut little ladybugs and a refreshing summer drink!

I started by making my background panel with our new Fresh Fruit stencil focusing on the raspberries and lemons and not inking the fruit that didn't match my colours. Ink used as follows:

Summer Sunshine, Yummy Yellow, Mostly Melon, and Bashful Blush!

Next I coloured the lovely Fruity Favourites in a no-line copic colour scheme. It was so much fun to colour!

Lastly, I layered my coloured panel with some scrap pattern paper, and embellished with Gems from Prima and stickers from my stash. My sentiment was stamped in Bashful Blush.

I cannot wait to colour up the other stamps in this set, I have already got request from my mom to colour up this image only in more of a red colour scheme and strawberry lemonade.

Happy hoppin'!

4/06/2024

Kraftin Kimmie Challenge 679: Something old, Something New, and/or Something Blue!

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 our Saturday Challenge themes for you are:

Something Old, Something New
and/or Something Blue!

You can choose one theme or incorporate both themes - whatever inspires you!
It's a Choose Your Own Krafty Adventure!

We also have a new Ink Of The Month, which will be on sale all month long!! This month features the gorgeous Glorious Grapefruit Ink Pad, Ink Cube and Reinker! Grab it now to add to your collection..

Krafty Girl Karla is the hostess for this week!

We also will be back later in the month with
a mid-month inspiration post for you!

I have been wanting to do a night scene for a while now and I came across Forest Friends that I had coloured up over a year ago (my something old).

For my something new I used the new Swirling Stars stencil and a sentiment from New Beginnings.

For my Blue I inked blended the night sky with the following ink: Blue Bay, Incredible Indigo, and Stormy Sky.

I wish you a lovely spring night like this cute little critter couple are having!

Every month we post a brand new challenge with a choice of 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!

*Our Challenges are now combined with the

Skrappy Challenge (first Tuesday of the Month)

and the Christmas Challenge In the Krafty Friends FB group! So feel free to enter any or all of these - the monthly prize is a $20 voucher to the Krafty shop!!!

Woohoo!

4/02/2024

Kraftin Kimmie April Scrappy Challenge

Good morning krafty friends!

It's APRIL (can you believe that?),

and that means it's time for a brand new

SKRAPPY CHALLENGE

with Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

The theme of course is ANYTHING BUT A CARD!

For this challenge you can make anything that strikes your fancy....except a card!
So design a new scrapbook page, bookmark, tag, altered item, planner page, art journal, ATC cards...whatever you like!

Just make sure to include some Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps products and make sure it's a new creation!

*NEW - Our Challenges are now combined with the

Saturday Challenge and the Christmas Challenge In the Krafty Friends FB group! So feel free to enter any or all of these - the monthly prize is a $20 voucher to the Krafty shop!!! Woohoo!

There are two ways to enter: you can link up your creation on the Kraftin’ Kimmie blog page (at the bottom of this page) and/or upload your photo to the album in our Krafty Friends FB group. *These are all challenges we have done in the past but now when you upload them, please put them all in the one challenge album!

You have until April 30th to enter, and you can submit as many new creations as you like for more chances to WIN! Also be sure to share your designs on the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps' Krafty Friends facebook page because we love to see your stuff!

Check out all the details from the Krafty Team below and be inspired to get skrappy!

For my April Scrappy Challenge I made a shaker bookmark!

I’ve given myself a mini challenge to try and colour with pastel colour palettes this month. I really enjoy soft colours but struggle with them.

This bookmark features our cute Storytellers book dragon!

I hope this makes you dream of soft pastel colours!