Countdown to Christmas - Day 6

Evening,

I do love Embossing Folders, and this Poinsettia one is a particular favourite of mine as you will find out over the course of this month lol. 

I have used gold metallic card for the embossed panel on this very easy card.

Once you have embossed the card stock add black acrylic paint to the embossing with a sponge or brush and then gently remove the excess with a cloth to give an aged effect.

The trick here is to wipe the paint off at just the right time. If it is too wet you risk wiping it all off, and if it is too dry it is difficult to remove any of it! So, experimentation is the key.

This technique can also be achieved using Cosmic Shimmer Metallic Gilding Polish. Here I have used Graphite, which was the nearest I could get to black.

This polish gives a slightly lighter finish to the panel.

Thanks for stopping by.

Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx

Wrapped Notebooks

Evening,

It's been such a long time since I blogged regularly that I now have a huge amount of projects to share with you. So here are a couple of notebooks that I made with the Girls ages ago.

I do love the Eileen Hull dies, they make the most amazing notebooks, just perfect to give as a gift.

I used the Wrapped Journal Die here.

I covered one side of the Mat Board with Sizzix Texture Roll in gold. 

I added an extra panel to the front which I had embossed using a Honeycomb Embossing Folder.

I also added some acrylic paint to give the panel a distressed look. The pages inside were cut from Kraft card

The outside of the notebook was embellished with a variety of tiny die cut flowers, 

a twiggy wreath,

and diecut letters.

I have several more of these in a box waiting to be finished off........no surprise there then lol, but I have given a couple of them away as birthday gifts.

Perhaps I will get them finished in time to give away as Christmas presents, you never know.

Thanks for stopping by.

Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx

Happy Birthday Branches

Evening,

I said the best laid plans, didn't I? I've had a successful day of crafting, just not with Altenew stamp sets. Still there is always tomorrow after work lol. 

Here is a card that I made last year using a pre cut and coloured floral branches die cut.

The background was created using an embossing folder and some acrylic paints.

A fabulous sentiment from a Woodware stamp set to finish it off.

Back to work tomorrow so I had better get my head down. At least it will be a short week thank goodness.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx

Fabulous is What You Are!

Evening, 

We had a fabulous day today with classes on 3D Embossing folders and white inks. We also saw the long awaited return of a couple of the ladies after their various health issues. They both looked really well, and it was so nice to see them after what seems like ages.

I haven't had the chance to take any photos of class samples today, so here is a card from a while ago made using a 3D embossing folder and acrylic paints.

It was made for Janice and Andy at Sirstampalot.

The die cut sentiment is from Creative Expressions and comes with some co-ordinating stamped sentiments.

I have a box full of Goodies from Janice and Andy to play with tomorrow, so I had better get my thinking cap on.

Hope that you had a great day. Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx

A Get Well Wish

Evening,

Another lovely, if hectic, weekend with the littlest Grandkids. No crafting I'm afraid, unless you count moving all mummy's crafting stuff downstairs for a little bit of room reorganization.

So here is another card that I made a while ago using some fabulous rub ons,

acrylic paints, gems

and an embossing folder.

The sentiment is from Creative Expressions. It is a die set with several small stamped greetings to compliment the layered die.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx

A Birthday Commission

Evening,

One of my crafty jobs before Christmas was to make a birthday card for my Boss's daughter. 

I make her a card every year, and so this time I decided to use a piece of background made using my Gelli Plate and acrylic paint.

I added some extra distress inks to the trimmed panel and created a fine white matt and layer.

The decoupaged floral image is from a Crafters Companion paper stack and die set. I saw them on Create and Craft right at the beginning of the initial Covid lockdown and just had to have them.

There are several different designs which create stunning decoupaged panels. I added some black die cut pieces using dies from AAll and Create.

The decoupage dies add embossed detail and texture to each of the floral layers.

Boss always likes his daughters name added to her card, after all it makes it all the more special, and is impossible for him to find in your average card shop.

That is the beauty of making cards for people, you can personalize them. I also like to add a few gems and some glossy accents.

Thanks for stopping by today.

I hope that you have had a great crafty Saturday.

Hugs Kimx

Gelli Plate and Rub-ons

Evening,

I hope that you have had a nice relaxing Sunday.

I was pleased to see on Friday that I hadn't put Janice from Sirstampalot off playing with her Gelli Plate after our little zoom session earlier last year.

I had used it on the background of a couple of cards that I had made for her, 

and she asked me to run through what I had done, which was obviously much easier over Zoom.

These are the cards that I made her using the Gelli plate, bubble wrap and paints for the backgrounds,

along with some die cut sentiments 

and some fabulous rub-ons.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx

Yah Hey it's Friday

 Evening, 

It's Friday at last, and as it has turned rather cold here, it is the perfect opportunity to hibernate in my craft room and make samples.

I have just taken delivery of a wonderful box of new stamp designs from the lovely and talented Jane Gill, so that is my weekend mapped out.........................playtime and lots of it.

So here are a couple of samples made with one of Jane's stamps from her last release JGS751 Letting Go.

The central panel to this card was made using a combination of acrylic paint and Distress Oxides.

I used the same image as a background to the main card,

and then added some sentiment strips

and a die cut border.

This card was made in the same way, just different colours.

I added some white gell pen to the tops of the floral image,

and some more sentiment strips.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope that you have a great weekend, and manage to get in something crafty.

Stay safe.

Hugs Kimx

Creative Expressions 30 Day Challenge - Day 23 Involving Paint

Morning All,
Todays challenge at Creative Expressions 30 Day Challenge is to involve paint.

About the only thing I ever use paint with is my Gelli Plate, which I love.

The background to this card was made using it

along with a fabulous Sunflower stamp, once again designed by Jane Gill for Woodware.

This card also uses my Gelli Plate only this time I have used inks which has meant that I could paint the sunflower with thin undiluted bleach.

I have used the same stamp as a background on the main card.

I love this stamp, it is one of the largest stamps that Jane has made.

It is a beautiful image which always puts me in mind of sunny days.
Have a great day, and stay safe.
Hugs Kimx