Daily Archives: February 3, 2011

Paper Smooches Co-Hop

Posted on February 3, 2011 | 43 comments

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Hi everyone!  I’m so excited today to be helping my friend, Kim Hughes, kick off her new business!  If you know me (at all), you know that I adored Kim’s images when she designed for Cornish Heritage Farms.   In case you haven’t heard, she is back to illustrating and has started her very own stamp company, Paper Smooches.  (When she told me, I literally squealed with delight.) 

On the first day of each month, Kim will release three new whimsical and fun clear stamp sets hand drawn by Kim herself.    She asked me to create a card using one of her February sets.  I chose Falling for You.

Love Monster

Oh, how I’ve missed Kim’s style, her sweet fonts.  **happy sigh**

After assembling my card, I decided to add a little extra pizzazz by stamping the monster a second time and popping him up on foam boosters.  Before adhering, I gave him a little heart brad so he’s just full of love.

Kim offers high quality photopolymer clear stamps, shaped card templates, a design center and so much more.  There will be a monthly challenge on the The Paper Smooches Blog  (where free digi-stamps will be involved).  Participants will be eligible to be a guest designer for the following month.

Here is a list of some of Kim’s friends who are also playing with some Paper Smooches stamps today:

Alli Miles
Lori Craig
Julie Campbell
Carole Burrage
Karolyn Loncon
Kim Kesti
Betsy Veldman
Maren Benedict
Debbie Olson
Melissa Phillips
Carly Robertson
Julia Stainton 
Becky Olsen
Teri Anderson
Kryssi Ng
Heidi Van Laar
Heather Pulvirenti
Laurie Schmidlin
Lisa Johnson 
Lori Barnett
Jessica Witty
Asela Hopkins
Rae Barthel

Please help us welcome Paper Smooches Stamps!   I’m so excited, I could do cartwheels… but then we’d have to call the paramedics and this day would end on bad note instead of a super-excited mega-happy one.  So I’ll just smile (really big).

Stamps:  Paper Smooches “Falling for You”   Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black   Paper:  Papertrey Vintage Cream, Prism Suede Brown Medium, Basic Grey Hopscotch (6×6)   Accessories:   Copic marker (R24 to color heart brad), Prima trim, Basic Grey Hopscotch Bloomer, heart brad, dimensional boosters.   Finished size 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″.

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A Krafty Birthday, a Whopper of a Sale and a Guest Designer Contest!

Posted on February 3, 2011 | 2 comments

Hi everyone!  Today is Kimmie’s 40th birthday!

      

And to celebrate the Big 4-0, Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps is having a SALE! You KNOW how much we love a SALE!

Use coupon code BDAY and you will save 40% on orders over $50!!  This sale is ONLY good for February 3rd and 4th, so don’t delay!

Now…about the contest.    Have you ever thought that you might have what it takes to be a Krafty Girl?  Well, we’re holding a contest and YOU could be the winner of a Krafty Girl Guest Spot for the month of April!   Here’s what you need to know:

As a Krafty Guest, you will need to:

  • Provide samples and post on your blog for four to five days of Krafty Peeks leading up to and including the Release Day Krafty Hop for April (mid-month).
  • Join in on the Saturday challenges for the month of April and post them on your blog.  Samples must be submitted in a timely fashion and blog posts must be up on time.

Here’s what you’ll get:

  • A package of April release stamps will be sent to you in advance of the release to play with and make samples with (top secret…keep them under your hat…..heehee)!
  • You will get to be a part of the Krafty Girl yahoo group and hang out with the rest of us for the month of April.
  • If you live locally, you could join Kraftin Kimmie and some of the Krafty Girls in the Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps booth at Scrapfest in Kitchener on April 8/9th.
  • And you will receive a discount coupon code to use during your guest designer term.

What do you have to do to become the April Krafty Guest Designer?

  • You will need to submit a card/project for each challenge during the month of February and link each to the appropriate post on the Challenge Blog.  The first challenge is this Saturday!  Don’t worry though… You have a week to complete each challenge (and they’re easy).
  • Let us know that you are applying for the Krafty Guest position by sending an email to [email protected].  Include a little about yourself, your crafting and include a link to your blog and on-line gallery.
  • Lastly, please be certain that you can commit to the Krafty Guest responsibilities for the month of April.

 EVERYONE is encouraged to apply!  Don’t worry if you’ve never been on a design team before.  We wanna see your STUFF!!!   🙂

Now, please go wish Kimmie a VERY happy birthday (here)!   🙂

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