Kraftin' Kimmie's August Release Sneak Peeks-- Day 1!

Today's the first day of Kraftin' Kimmie's new release week and I'm pleased as punch to be able to play along with her super-talented Design Team to present it to you, especially since this release features Halloween and/or Fall-themed stamps. Personally, I think Halloween is the most wonderful time of the year!

Here's what Kimmie's got to say!

It's time for Kraftin' Kimmie's AUGUST 2013 RELEASE!!!!! We've been dying to share this month's new STAMPS with you!! We've got SO many exciting things going on....so let's get to it!

We are kicking off the *New* AUGUST Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps previews today and we're SO excited to share these new stamps with you from artist, Nicole Aspinall!!! Today we’d like to introduce you to these spooooooky new sets ….FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE! and TIME FOR A COFFIN BREAK!

These fabulous images are perfect for your Halloween cards, tags and treat bags!! And you'll see this in the amazing samples today!

We have lots of inspiration from the Krafty Girls and special Krafty Guests, so hop around....and be sure to comment at each and every stop because one lucky stamper is going to WIN BOTH of these new SPOOOOOKY sets!!! {All of this week's winners will be announced at the online party on Saturday night!}

OH YES!! We are having another amazing ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!!! It's happening this SATURDAY evening at our Facebook fan page....and you can get ALL the details HERE!!! ALL the new stamps we're sharing over the next few days will be released on SATURDAY!!

Happy kraftin'!

 Here's my card featuring two of the images from the Beyond the Grave set by Nicole Aspinall!

The Treat Bag image and two Jack O' Lanterns were stamped onto Judikins Eclipse Tape and fussy cut. The Treat Bag was stamped again onto Neenah cardstock, masked, then the Jack O'Lanterns were stamped so they slightly overlapped the bag and were masked too. The background was sponged over the masked images using Scattered Straw and Wild Honey Distress inks.  Post-It notes were used to mask the "wall" and Black Soot Distress ink was sponged over a Cityscape stencil by The Crafter's Workshop to mimic the checkerboard pattern in the patterned papers.

The Jack O'Lanterns and the Treat Bag were colored using Copic markers and the candies were all covered with clear Gelly Glaze pen to add dimension and shine to them. Mats were cut from Bo-Bunny Double Dot 6x6 pads to match the Copic colors I used. The Jack O'Lantern paper and checkerboard papers are from Graphic 45's Happy Haunting 8x8 pad.

I used a Martha Stewart Drippy Goo Border punch to add some interest (and a purple element) to the mat. Fish-tale Die-Namics were also used to to anchor the image and sentiment panels.