Don't mess with a determined crafter

Evening Everyone
I've finished work for a few days now, booked playtime, because I'm off to Ally Pally tomorrow with Davina and 'The Girls'.
Typically there is a train strike planned in our neck of the woods, but we are hardened Crafters, and women, so we will not be beaten :O)
Plans seem to have changed about a dozen times. Poor Sylvie has been texting for England as she is our designated Chief Liaison Officer lol.
I think we are all armed with a long list of goodies that we just HAVE to buy.
I definitely want some of the new Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inks and lots of things from Imagination Crafts.
It is also a chance to catch up with old friends and blogging buddies, so if you are going, drop me a line and we can arrange to meet up at one of the stands.

One of the ones that I will have to visit will be Hobby Art, where I will get the chance to catch up with Jenny for a few minutes.
Unfortunately I haven't been able to get anything done for her live show on Sunday, so I hope that she will still be talking to me :O)

My card tonight is one that I made for her last sell out show a couple of weeks ago. It uses some of the smaller stamps from the fantastic CS164D Trees. I LOVE that set.

Jenny will tell you that I don't usually 'do' scene-it style scenes, so I was really pleased with how this one turned out.

The die cut leaves at the bottom of the card have been shaped slightly and attached using silicon glue to give them some extra dimension.
Better get myself sorted ready for tomorrow. Plans have been finalised, so god help Southern Rail if they make any more changes. They will have some determined ladies on their hands, and we are definitely not to be messed with. You can't come between a serious stamper and a craft show.
Have a great weekend, what ever you are up to.
Happy Crafting and hugs
Kimx

Scene-It Trees

Evening All
Just a quick post before I go off to teach.

This is one of the cards that I will be sharing with the ladies tonight at Davina's.
I have to credit Anna completely for this card as I took my inspiration directly from one of the cards that she loaned me. Thank you Anna, what would I do without you :)

I have used the trees from the Countryside Scene-it set CS019D and then masked them off before adding the smaller houses and trees from the Winter Scene-its set CS007D.
I stamped with my favourite black versafine ink pad, which remained wet enough to emboss even with the masking and over stamping - how great is that!!

I have coloured in a water colour fashion using my Creole Spice Kaleidacolor ink pad. This has to be my all time favourite colour combo amongst the Kaleidacolor pads.
I'm sure the ladies will come up with all sorts of wonderful scenes tonight. It never ceases to amaze me how different peoples work can be given that we are all playing with the same stamps.
I must try and remember to take my camera so that I can share some of their cards with you.
Anyway must fly, I need to get a bite to eat before I go.
Happy Crafting
Love Kimx

Calming Waters

Evening Everyone.
No post yesterday I'm afraid since I had to be coaxed gently from off the ceiling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How stupid of me to even suggest that installing a Sky+ box would be easy. What ever was I thinking, nothing is ever simple in this house, especially if it involves technology lol.
I got absolutely nothing done either crafting, or anything else as I spent absolutely ages with an extremely unhelpful sky telephone operator. I'm afraid to say that eventually I put the phone down on her - good job we weren't in the same room!!
It was at this point that my family had to haul me down off the ceiling. Do these people go out of their way to be unhelpful and rude? And of course no one has made a note on the computer of the things that have been promised to us ' as long standing customers'. So here we are back at square one, still climbing into bed through a six inch gap until Friday, and I DO have to unload those 3 units -  arghhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway I've now had the day to calm down so I managed to get on with some therapeutic crafting.
As I mentioned I am teaching tomorrow evening at Davina's in Purley. Cards made with Scene it clear stamp sets.
Scene its are not usually my thing, and I have to admit that I had to get some help from my good friend  (Thank you Anna xx) But once her inspiration got me started I was fine, just as she told me I would be.
Isn't that often the way. That is where I find challenges are so useful, even if you forget to link your entry to them :)
It doesn't need to be anything more than a colour choice sometimes, but it gives me a starting point if I don't know what to do.
Anyway, enough with the novella. This card was made using the Hobby Art Scene It Coastal set CS018D, and also Scene It Foliage SC1923MD.

I made a pale watercolour background and then stamped onto it using several of the stamps from the set. The foliage has been used to tie everything together, and to give a feeling of depth to the picture.
The card was actually made for Jenny at Hobby Art to use in the gallery of her new DVD. I will share the cards that I made for the class another day.
Of course if you want to see a real Scene It expert at work don't forget to tune in to Create and Craft (Sky 671, Freeview Channel 36 and Freesat 813.) on 30th July at 10am and watch Jenny Mayes at work.
I'd better get to bed now. Its been so hot the last couple of nights that I haven't slept much, and it will be a late night tomorrow with the teaching.
Nite nite
Love Kimx

Yipee, I'm here at SirStampalot at last

Hi Guys, well I'm here at last.
Well actually I've been here since late on Thursday evening - last minute change of plans with Olympia!! - but it has taken me a few days to get the Internet sorted so that I can blog.
Anyway here I am at last and so now I had better post the cards from Jenny's show as promised.They are all made using the Winter Scene Its clear stamp set.
Although it was actually designed as a Christmas set, I think you can see that it works for any time of the year.
And for any occasion.
The greetings used on these cards are from another Hobby Art clear stamp set amazingly called Greetings clear set lol.
I may have got the Internet up and running, but I'm afraid that the brain is not up to much tonight.
We have had a wonderful demo day at Sir Stampalot today with Brenda (Floral Fantasies) and then we all went out for a curry at one of those all you can eat places. Boy am I stuffed. So I'm afraid that I am struggling to write this, maybe I will do better tomorrow.
We are planning on a lazy morning at home tomorrow, so you never know I might actually get to post during daylight.
Night night for now.
Love Kimx