Christmas with a Twist/Non Traditional Christmas at CCM and WoodwareWitterings

Morning Everyone,
Today I am host for a brand new challenge over at CCM, where we are sponsored once again by the wonderful WoodwareWitterings.
We would love to see your Christmas creations, but there is a twist which we would love you to play; we want to see your non traditional Christmas projects. 

Now I don't know about you, but one of my favourite colour combos is Black and White, so I decided that that would be my twist on the traditional Christmas card.

This glorious stamp designed by Jane Gill is perfect for this, although it would work just as well for a Birthday or Anniversary.

I have stamped it with black versafine ink,

and then embossed with Crystal Embossing powder, which is of course almost impossible to photograph!! When will I learn to think about that BEFORE I decide on my project lol.

I stamped the floral image twice and then trimmed the panel into a square.

I blended around the edges of the panel with black dye based ink,

and added a bow made from stripy black ribbon.

 

The sentiment is also from the same stamp set and I have added some faux stitching using a pokey tool and a Starlight 700 sparkle pen.

I also added some tiny dots of silver, and star dust glitter glue.

As it is the last challenge of the year, I decided that I would provide a prize for a second winner., so this is what I have put together for them.

Over the years I have been very lucky to work with some fabulous companies, so this is my way of saying thank you for all the fantastic products that they have provided.

As I said this stamp would work just as well for a Birthday,

so here are a couple of suggestions for you.
I hope that you will find time to join in with our challenge, although I do realize that it is a very hectic time of year.
Happy Crafting and Hugs
Kimx

Sketch 57 for WoodwareWitterings, Take Two

Hi Guys
I'm back again with another take on the Sketch over at WoodwareWitterings.

This time I used an old Magenta floral stamp.

I stamped and embossed it onto a piece of card and then painted the flowers with Masking Fluid.

Once the fluid is dry I used a brayer to cover the image with dye based ink.

Rub the masking fluid away with your finger to reveal a white image. By using the masking fluid the colours that you paint the image with remain true and uncontaminated by the background brayering.

Once again I used FRCL080 Mixed Greetings stamped and embossed on to kraft card and painted with brown dye based ink.
I hope that you have enjoyed all the different takes on the sketch from our DT.
See you next week with a whole new set of ideas to inspire you.
Hugs Kimx

Sketch 57 for Woodware Witterings

Morning Everyone,
We have a sketch for you at WoodwareWitterings this week.
Now you know I love sketches, but this one did have me scratching my head for a while, until I went to my bits box that is and then I got a little bit carried away as you can see.

The stamped panel was created using a leaf from one of my favourite Stampendous stamp sets CRS5068 PenPatterned Leaves.

I stamped and embossed the leaves onto some handmade background paper sponged with dye based inks.

I coloured some of the image with a purple and white Gelli Roll glaze pen.

The diamond pattern has been achieved by placing a stencil over the background panel. Remove the colour with a damp baby wipe and then burnish with a piece of Cut-n-Dry foam and some purple and Stardust glitter glue.

The sentiment is from a very old but much loved set FRCL080 Mixed Greetings and the main card has been stamped with versamark ink and clear embossing powder before being sponged with brown dye based ink.

As I said I got a bit carried away, so her is another card made with bits and pieces from my box. In fact there are enough cards for another post on Sunday lol.
The main leaf stamp in this one is CRR175 Leaf Background stamped, embossed and coloured with dye based inks.
I also used it on the main card, just stamped with black versafine ink.

Here is the sketch for you, why not give it a try it is great fun.
Have a wonderful day.
Happy crafting and hugs.
Kimx

Quick and Easy Christmas Cards for Woodware

Morning Everyone,
We are bringing you ideas for Quick Christmas Cards over at WoodwareWitterings this week in case you are starting to panic..

I played with a lovely old Woodware stamp set FRCL047 Mr Frosty and a new Stampendous one CRY032 International Snow.
I don't like making the same card twice so I made several different cards for you from the same set.

Instead of fussy cutting the snowman out as in the first card, I created a mask and stamped over him so that he looks as if he is standing in front of the sentiment panel.
Like all of the dark cards I used thin bleach to take the colour out of the image before painting back in with watercolour Pearlex and Sparkle pens.

These two are probably the nearest I get to making the same card.

Once again I fussy the snowman panel and added him over the sentiment using silicon.

My final card took a little more time because of the border, although the central panel has been created in the same way as the rest of the cards.
I hope you can find a few ideas here to help you with those last minute Christmas cards.
Have a great day.
Happy Crafting and hugs
Kimx

Table Decoration for Christmas

Morning Everyone,
I don't know about you, but I always seem to start the year with grand intentions of being super organised at Christmas, which always ends up being an epic fail.
Maybe this year will be different, you never know. I have kept up with my plan to make a few Christmas cards each month, so that's a start, and now here I am making a table decoration so maybe this is the year lol.

This week at WoodwareWitterings we are making table decorations for Christmas so I  decided that I would make an arrangement to go in the centre of our Christmas table.

I cut a square of thick cardstock (the back page from a paper pad) and covered it with a sheet of black and white stars from Craftwork Cards Noir de Luxe 8x8 pad. After sticking them together I tapped around the edge with a versamark clear ink pad and added Shabby White Frantage Embossing powder.

The holder for the candle has been created using the empty centre of a roll of DDST (I told you I never throw anything away!!) and a strip of gold card which I glued to the base.

I stamped and embossed the poinsettias from JGS360 Poinsettia Corner onto Mixed Media card stock using black versafine ink and then sponged them with dye based inks.
I then added more colour with a waterbrush, being more specific with my colouring.

I fussy cut two of the images and then cut the centre petals only from a third.

The holly leaves were die cut from gold and green card stock using Dreamweaver DL3005 Holly Die.

I added some Platinum glitter glue to the centres of the poinsettias and a little Star Dust glitter glue over everything else.

Of course I ended up with some extra images,

and a bit of 'Mop up background'

so I made a couple of Christmas cards to add to my stash.
I hope that you have been inspired to make a lovely decoration for your Christmas table, or even a couple of Christmas cards.
Happy Crafting and Hugs
Kimx

A Woodware Sketch

Hello All,
My turn to play with the Sketch today at WoodwareWitterings.

I love sketches, they are always a great place to start if you are stuck for a bit of inspiration.

I used a piece of handmade background paper from my stash and a lovely floral image designed by Jane Gill JGS446 Whimsical Flower - Sally Anne.

The background paper was made using 'Bleeding Art Tissue' and water, and the floral image was stamped and embossed onto it using Black Versafine ink and clear embossing powder.

I painted the leaves and stem with water blotted with kitchen paper to 'bleach' out some of the colour.

Parts of the image were actually painted with diluted thin bleach which gives a much whiter image. I also added a touch of sparkle by painting with the ink from a Gelli Roll Sparkle pen.

 The letters were cut using DD005 Dreamweaver Dual Alphabet and Number dies.

I created a second card using another piece of handmade background from my stash.

This time I painted the flowers with coordinating dye based inks,

and cut the letters from white and kraft card.
I also added some faux stitching using a black micron pen the same as on the first card.

I hope that you have fun with our sketch, and that you have enjoyed the cards that the rest of the team have made this week.
Happy Crafting and hugs
Kimx

Christmas Greetings for the Men in our Lives

Morning Everyone,
This week we are looking at cards for the Men in Our Lives at WoodwareWitterings.
I have made a couple of cards with a Snowman on them. All the men in our house like nothing better than building a snowman when the weather is right.

I have used ADS516 Mr Frosty stamped and embossed on white card using Vintage Sepia Versafine ink and clear embossing powder.

I stamped the snowman onto a piece of Mask It sheet, cut it out and then placed it over the original stamped image before stamping over the top of that with JGS261 Carol Background.

Once the mask is removed it looks like the Snowman is standing in front of the background. 

I used some scraps of colored paper to stamp and emboss the hat and scarf and then fussy cut and paper pieced them onto Mr Frosty.

The small cards have been made using the same paper pieced snowman image this time fussy cut and layered over some stamped cardstock.

The background stamp used this time is from JGS319 The Christmas Rush. 

I hope that you have a great week, and that the men don't get the chance to build a snowman just yet.
Happy Crafting and hugs
Kimx