Let it Snow.....no thanks

 Evening All,

What a cold and miserable day it has been today. Thankfully we haven't had any of the snow that my Sin-in-Law said that we were expecting. It's too wet for it to settle at least even if it did arrive.

I have decided that the easiest way for me to decide what cards to share with you, is to be guided by some of the challenges that I follow both through Facebook and individual blogs. So here we are with the first challenge of 2021 over at Christmas Card and Papercraft Challenges on Facebook

....................................Snowflakes - Multiple Colours......................................

As I only managed to write about a dozen cards before the virus got hold of me, I still have plenty more cards still to share with you, before they go in the drawer for next year.

This one was made using a lovely stamp set designed by Jane Gill JGS681 Let it Snow. I created a masterboard/one sheet wonder using the snowflake stamps from the set and various colours of Distress Inks.

Once I cut the panel up it gave me enough for two cards.

This card is made with some second generation stamping around the edges of the main card along with the lovely large sentiment from the set and a few sequins.

Same idea here,

just different snowflake stamps along with a script background stamp.

And finally a torn paper mask across the centre of this card.

Better get to bed, it's my last chance for a lie in tomorrow before I'm back to work at 'stupid o'clock'.

Thanks for stopping by.

Stay safe and hugs

Kimx

Die Cut Flowers for Gill

 Evening Everyone,

Well our nice bright day, has turned into torrential rain, so I'm going to hide indoors I think. 

Since today is Wednesday it is time for my lovely friend Gill to set her weekly challenge at Christmas Cards and Papercraft Challenge over on Facebook. This week she is looking for Die Cut Flowers.

I delved into my box of cards and came up with a couple that I made in a class at the beginning of the year. I do miss my Saturdays teaching my group of lovely crafty friends.

The background to the card was created by running a stencil through my embossing machine and then sponging it with plenty of ink.

They really are the most fabulously useful things and so very affordable. 

You can use the debossed side as in the first card,

or you can use the embossed side as with this one. I then added the required die cut flowers and foliage, along with a stamped and embossed sentiment.

Same design just a different colour combo. 

I used Distress Oxides for all of them and then added some gilding wax to the finished panel to highlight the dry embossing.

I added some gems or glitter glue to the flower centers. I'm sure that Gill will appreciate the added bling.

This final card uses some die cut and heat embossed snowflakes. 

I die cut the snowflakes and then covered them in versamark ink before adding Frantage Embossing powder.

I hope that these will inspire you to dig our your floral dies and stencils.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx

A Masked Moon

Afternoon Everyone,

Monday again, and it's nearly time for my good friend Gill Till to post another challenge on The Christmas Card and Papercraft challenge Facebook page. So before this week is over here are a couple of cards using masking which she challenged us with last week.

Now I don't use it very often, so finding a card with it on was a bit of a challenge in itself, but one thing that is always useful is a nice moon in a scene.

I created my scene with plenty of fir trees, and added ground with a torn paper mask and sponged ink.

The moon is created in the same way by added a circle die cut from a post it note or masking sheet to the finished panel. I carefully sponged blue ink around the edge of the circle and once it is removed it looks like a full moon in the background.

This card was created in a similar way using a piece of background from my stash. I also added a fine line of sparkle pen to the outer edge of the moon for a little bit of bling.

I wonder what Gill will come up with this week to challenge us?

Thanks for stopping by.

Stay safe and Craft.

Hugs Kimx

Christmas Embossing Folder

Evening All,

Boy was it cold this morning when I came home. We had to scrape the ice off the car windows as there was quite a frost. Time to swap out the summer shirts for the winter jumpers me thinks lol.

My good friend Gill Till has posted her Way To Go Wednesday challenge over on Facebook for Christmas Card and Papercraft Challenge.

The challenge is to use your embossing folders.
I made this card lots of years ago for the lovely Janice and Andy at SirStampalot. It uses an old Christmas embossing folder for the background.

I used Versamark ink and embossing powders on black card stock for a Letterpress look.

I also added a cute Penny Black image and some die cut holly branches.

Thanks for stopping by, better get my stuff ready for work tomorrow.

Stay safe 

Hugs Kimx

Using up your Scraps for Gill

Evening,

My friend Gill has set another challenge over at the Christmas Cards and Papercraft Challenge on Facebook....To use up your scraps.

I don't know a crafter who doesn't have a box full of those lol.

Those bits of card and embossing that you just can't bear to throw out because.....'they are bound to be of use at some point.'

This card was made out of just some of those bits and pieces.

I'm so sad that even the tiny thin strips of sparkle along the edges of the blue panel are trimmings from another card, just too good to throw away!!

I do have a sort out every now and then, but it doesn't seem to take very long for the box to get full up with scraps again.

Here are another couple of cards that use up the leftovers.

These were scraps leftover from a previous card making session.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx

A Focal Sentiment for Gill

 Evening,

It's Wednesday, and my friend Gill has suggested a Sentiment as the focal point on your card for her 'Way to Go Wednesday' over at Christmas Cards and Papercraft Challenge on Facebook.

My card was made for Creative Expressions using Jane's Quirky Typewriter Alphabets. 

I used a piece of background that I made using Cosmic Shimmer Watercolour Inks and clingfilm.

I dropped several colours of ink onto a piece of wet watercolour paper and then added a piece of scrunched up clingfilm over the top. 

Some of the inks are pearlescent and it is the mica in them that sits in the creases in the clingfilm.

I'm afraid that this technique requires patience, something I know us crafters are not renowned for possessing. If you remove the cling film before the panel has completely dried you don't get this beautiful frosted glass effect.

The beauty of an alphabet stamp set is that you can write your own message. I tend to be a bit traditional and safe with my greetings, but it will be great to be able to personalize a card, especially for those people that I know with non traditional names or spellings like my daughters Jenni and Becki.

Why not join in and see if you can create a card with a greeting as the focal point.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Kimx

 

Just for You Gill

Afternoon Everyone,
Wow a post from me in the afternoon, it must mean I can't get to my craft room since I am currently helping out with the Grandbabies.
Emma started back at school this morning. All washed, dressed, breakfasted and out of the house by 8.15, quite a feat after all this time in lockdown. Even when she was at school before the summer holidays start time was 11.45 so it didn't matter if everyone had a lie in (what's that ha ha) or was still in their pj's mid morning.
I suspect that it will be a very early night for everyone lol.

An old friend of mine has been participating for some time in the Christmas Cards and Papercraft Challenge over on Facebook.
We met at Ally Pally, and she came to my classes for many years until she moved wayyyyy down south.
She has just taken on the role of Moderator for the 'Way To Go Wednesday' challenge, so I thought that I would join in, just to surprise her.

I made my card a couple of years ago for the Woodware catalogue using a beautiful floral image designed by the lovely Jane Gill.

I kept it very simple, just stamping and embossing in black onto a piece of kraft card.

I added a zentangled border along with a few extra bits to the flower centers.

The sentiments are from another of Jane's very useful sentiment sets.
I'm afraid that the pictures are not particularly good. For some reason they look very washed out, but I hope that Gill will appreciate them.
Have a great day. We are just off to do school pick. It's been a long time since I could say that.
Stay safe and hugs
Kimx