A little handmade wallpaper

Evening All
I obviously had rather too much fun with the 'Bump and Smudge' technique at SirStampalot.

Another fabulous find while I was there was a rather lovely little Magnolia stamp. I think it makes wonderful vintage wallpaper.

Of course a piece of wallpaper just screamed out for one of the lovely Magnolia images that Janice and Andy sell to sit in front of it.

But it does look just as good with stamped floral images,

and even floral die cuts as used in the next card.

I don't know about you, but I'm looking forward to a nice crafty weekend with good company and some fabulous Woodware stamps to play with.
Thanks for stopping by.
Happy Crafting and hugs.
Kimx

Anyone for a game of golf

Evening Everyone,
What a difference in the weather today after the glorious day we had yesterday.
I took a couple of days off to get over the Moonwalk, so today was my first day back, and I made it through. My hips were a bit achy after a few hours standing at the till, but all in all not too bad.
Given that I had never done a walk of this kind before I thought it sensible to give myself a couple of days to recover in case I couldn't even stand up, let alone walk to work.
As it happens I actually felt fine after the walk, albeit tired, but time off did mean that I managed to find my Crafty Mojo, which seems to have been missing of late.
I have managed to finish all my samples for Jane's next TV appearance at the end of the month, and even managed to sort out a few birthday cards to send.
I'm sorry for missing all those special occasions over the last couple of months. I am well know for the lateness of my cards arrival, but I have made the decision that even by my standards, some of them would have been just too late, so I haven't sent them after all.

This card was actually made a while ago for my lovely 'Gym Buddy' and should have been blogged last month for the CCM Birthday challenge, but I forgot!!!!

As well as accompanying me to the gym, my friend also plays a mean round of golf.

We have also been known to hit the punch bag on occasion. In fact I managed a Kick Boxing class as well as Fitball tonight so I am feeling suitably knackered lol.

Of course no card would be complete without a few well placed flowers.
Off to bed now, before I fall asleep sitting up.
Hugs
Kimx

Cards for Kids

Evening Everyone,
It may have been Christmas, but people still had birthdays, so I did try to make sure that I sent those cards out. In fact I think some people may have actually got their cards early, which is kind of a first for me I think!!

I made quite a few cards for 'Little People' before Christmas in a bid to use up some bits and pieces.  

I do love this Sue Wilson alphabet die.

It is so useful,

and as you can see you can also use the 'leftover' section

as a great background to a card.

 

I think I might even try it as a stencil when I get the chance to play for me again.

These are a couple of other cards that I made using some rather cute Magnolia stamps.

 I managed to use up quite a few bits of background paper on these cards.

As well as some rather pretty floral buttons.
Better get some shut eye now.
Hugs Kimx

Blink and you missed the snow

Evening Everyone,
I don't know about you, but we had one of those blink and you missed it moments this morning with a flurry of rather large snowflakes.
Fortunately it only lasted a few moments, not even long enough to wet the ground which is just as well. It is quite cold enough without any of the white stuff.

So here is a quick Christmas card that I finished a while ago.
I'm afraid the the photo doesn't show it at its best.

Simple white embossing,

and a colour wash of blue dye based ink.

The main image and sentiment are from Magnolia and formed part of my challenge pile when I was last on holiday at SirStampalot.
I am hoping that Janice and Andy have got my new set of challenges ready as I am due to visit in just over a week. Can't wait.
Hugs Kimx

Create a Fairytale Scene for Crafty Cardmakers first challenge of 2013.

Evening Everyone,
It's the start of another year of challenges over at Crafty Cardmakers, and Our hostess Eva is asking for you to create a Fairytale Scene. 
Once again we are sponsored by THE STAMPMAN  who are offering the winner a £10 voucher for their store, and DI'S DIGI DOWNLOADS with a $10 GIFT VOUCHER.

My card has been made using several of my lovely Magnolia stamps and DooHickey dies available from SirStampalot..

Root Cellar Door X9937M was stamped and embossed onto Watercolour card using Black Versamrk ink and clear embossing powder. It was then coloured using Distress inks and cut out and mounted with my circular Nesties.

Jester Tilda Y0087M and Lillyrose the Dragon Y0087M have been stamped and coloured in the same way before being fussy cut and added to the scene using silicon glue.

The background papers (Stella Rose and Bo Bunny) have been given a faux stitched border using a pricking tool and fine black pen.
The Grass Lace DooHickey has been used to ground the scene and I stamped a greeting into the Cloud.
I finished everything off with some tiny punched flowers, gems and Card Candi.
I hope that you will join us HERE this fortnight with your Fairytale Scenes, but please make sure that you read the rules. 
It was very disappointing last month that so few people actually made what they were asked to make.
It certainly made it easier to pick the winners though so maybe there was some consolation.
Have a great evening.
It's chaos here trying to get the Grandchildren to calm down and get things ready to go back to school tomorrow. I think everyone is going to need an early night.
Hugs Kimx

Christmas Photo Inspiration for Challenge 80 at Crafty Cardmakers.

Hi All
I'm sorry this is late, Internet issues again!!
We have started a new challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers.

Our Challenge this fortnight, hosted by Fiona, is a photo inspiration challenge.

Make a card or project inspired by the photo on the left. You can take inspiration from any part of it really, from the actual image or from the colours.

We are sponsored again by DI'S DIGI DOWNLOADS with a $10 GIFT VOUCHER, and CROP STOP with a $15 Gift Certificate to the Crop Stop Store. 

I took the colours and the Christmas Tree itself as the inspiration for my card for this challenge.

I inked my Magnolia Spruce Tree 2279H using pigment inks and heat embossed it with clear powder. Before cleaning the stamp I huffed on it and restamped it either side of the embossed image. It's hard to see in this photo, but there is a shadow image to the right, honest!!
Make sure you wipe the embossed image with some paper towel as the embossing acts as a resist and you will end up with extra ink everywhere. Guess how I know that lol.

I cut the panel using Labels 22 and gently sponged ink around the edges of the panel with the die still in place.
One of the tasks I set myself when I was on holiday at SirStampalot was to label all of my Dies to make it easier when blogging.
It works!!

I stamped and heat embossed a piece of matching card stock using Magnolia Christmas Text Background X9449G, Versamark and White Embossing Powder.
The white panel at the right of the card has been embossed using a Snowflake Embossing Folder.
The final touch are some small Glitter Domes.
I really enjoyed this challenge and look forward to seeing what you all come up with.
Don't forget to check out what the rest of our fabulous DT have made HERE.
Back to my desk now, I have to make the most of my few days off. So much to do and so little time.....
Have a great day with plenty of Crafting.
Hugs Kimx

Fall in the Circle

Evening Everyone,
I hope that you are well.
I must admit that I have been struggling with my Sciatica over the last few weeks.
I have it on authority (The Daily Mail) that I am in good company as Her Majesty is suffering at the moment as well.
Not sure that she will have had to stand at the till for hours but I sympathise with her none the less - it bloody hurts!!!!
I have finally had to give in and go to the GP today who has given me pills, which I don't usually take, and told me I need to take a week off work and see how I am after that!!!!
At the moment doing anything for more than a couple of hours is agony so I can see a restless few days.
Anyway that's enough of my winging on lets get down to business.

I'm definitely in cute mode at the moment aren't I lol.
The challenge this week at Our Creative Corner has been Fall in the Circle 

 - simply create a CIRCLE card/project (or card/project contains circle diecut) with fall theme - colours or objects.

 Once again I have used this lovely Tilda in the Leaves stamp coloured with Distress inks.

I used my Circular and Grand Nesties to create my card out of a piece of background paper that I had made. I stamped and embossed some leaves in gold on to the green card as well as stamping with bleach which made the card turn yellow.
The border punch is from EK Success and I have use the small punched out maple leaves to add to the card.

The leaves which border the circle are actually from the Magnolia Fall Wreath which I have cut into three sections.

The greeting is from Lili of the Valley.
I so enjoyed making this card  for the challenge over at Our Creative Corner.
Why not check it out there are some awesome samples from the Design Team.
I need to go and lie down for a bit now. I'm not used to taking pills and I'm feeling a bit woozy at the moment so this may not make any sense tomorrow when I read it back to myself :O)
Night night and sleep well.
hugs Kimx

Autumn or Autumn Festival at Crafty Cardmakers

Hi All
I hope that you have had a good Monday.
We see the start of a new challenge today over at Crafty Cardmakers.
Josephine is our Host this time and she is looking for Autumn or Autumn Festivals - NOT Halloween. 
She says 'There are always so many Halloween challenges around! So instead of creating a Hallowe'en card I would like to see something that depicts the season of Autumn, or maybe Harvest Festival, Guy Fawkes, Diwali or some other festival that happens in the Autumn. If your theme is a lesser-known festival, please tell us about it in your post! But remember, this is not a Halloween challenge, any Halloween entries will be deleted!
We have a new sponsor this time Milk coffee Digital Stamps with a prize of 5 digital stamps.

 I seem to be going through a Cute phase at the moment, and this card is no exception.

I created a scene using 2 of my Magnolia stamps, Edwin with Broom and Tilda in the Leaves that I bought from SirStampalot.

I layered them onto a panel cut out using a Nestability and stamped with a Magnolia swirl stamp.
I also added Fall Corner Foreground to the corner. All of the images have been coloured using Distress inks

The greeting comes from a clear stamp set that I found amongst my stash.

The background paper is also from my stash and reminds me of Autumn and playing in the piles of leaves that we swept up on the lawn as a child.

Why not check out the challenge HERE and see what the rest of our lovely team have come up with to inspire you.

Happy Crafting

hugs Kimx

Let's be Royal at Our Creative Corner

Morning All
I hope that you are well and looking forward to a great weekend.
As those of you that are regular visitors to my little world will know I won the Recycle It challenge over at Our Creative Corner a few weeks ago.
My prize is to be guest designer this week where the challenge is Let's be Royal.
As usual there is a picture for you to be inspired by, and a few other requirements.
- Create a card or project with a royal look using a crown, castle or a princess.
- Use the photo to inspire you.
- Your project must have something yellow or gold embossed.
- Most of all have fun!
I searched through my stamps for something suitable to use, and once again I was inspired by a lovely Magnolia stamp available from SirStampalot Princess Welcome Tilda.

I coloured her using Distress inks Scattered Straw and Mustard Seed.

 I fussy cut Princess Tilda ready to add her to the finished card.

The very regal shield which I trimmed and mounted onto gold card stock is by Stampendous as is the floral stamp that I used in the background.

I ran the main background panel through my Grand Caliber using an embossing folder on the left hand side only.

Princess Tilda was shaped and then added using Silicon.

I also added some tiny pearls.
I hope you like my efforts and that you will pop across and check out all the other wonderful creations that the Team have come up with, there are some truly talented Ladies on the team so I feel very honoured to be allowed to join them this time.
Have a great day.
Happy Crafting
Hugs Kimx

'Howdy'

Evening Everyone,
Nearly the end of another week!
Where do they disappear to so quickly?
We has a spot of Disney magic in our house this evening when I babysat the Grandchildren and we finally got to watch Pocahontas 2, or 'Mulan on the Boat' as Saskia calls it!!
Once I got them to bed I just had to finish my card for this weeks 'Howdy' challenge over at Our Creative Corner.
They have this lovely picture to inspire you, and then a few requirements.
Create a card or project with a country or western look. 
Use the photo to inspire you.
-Your project must have something plaid or gingham (checkered/tartan is acceptable too!), such as in a ribbon, or designer paper.
-Most of all, have fun!

Well I certainly did that, I had great fun creating this card to share with you.

The main images are all by Magnolia which are available from SirStampalot as is the lovely Hero Arts Background which I stamped and embossed onto a piece of Gingham paper from my stash.

The bench is 2171H Santa Bench. I cut off the holly and then sat 1482E Farmer Tilda on the bench.
I did some paper piecing with her outfit and then added a couple of tiny buttons. Tilda's Horse 1484F completes the picture. I coloured them using Distress inks.

The greeting is from Lili of the Valley, and I also added a couple of gems to the centre of the flowers.
Definitely a 'Me' card Dorothy as I added 3 buttons tied with twine lol.
Why not check out what the DT have made for the challenge, as always there are some fabulous creations.
Night night
Hugs Kimx