Thank You

Morning,

When you have the huge amount of cards that I have yet to blog, it becomes difficult to decide which one to share next, so I decided that perhaps I would check out a few challenges to help me out.

The Alphabet Challenge Blog has a brand new challenge for 2023, Thank You, so I thought that would be the perfect way to start.

 Here are a couple of cards made using some more of Jane Gill's stunning floral stamps.

I have several cards to send to thank people for their Christmas gifts, so these will be perfect.

Thanks for stopping by.

Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx

V is for Vellum

Evening All,

And what a cold and miserable one it is too, so I am tucked up in my room making Christmas cards lol.

So while I am doing that, here is a card made a while ago using a piece of inky background and some stamping.

I used Distress Oxides to create the background.............I think. It is so long ago that I couldn't swear to it. That is one of the problems of having so many pictures of my cards to work my way through.

A great way of adding a sentiment to a card is with a wrap around of vellum as I have used here.

I stamped and embossed the sentiment on to a torn strip of vellum. A stamping platform is good for this as you can press gently, but re-stamp if necessary.

Vellum is lovely because it doesn't hide the images behind it, but it is also very hard to attach without the glue showing through, so a good way is to wrap it around the card and attach to the back of the panel, or use brads. I have used both here.

The challenge at The Alphabet Challenge Blog is V is for Vellum, so I would like to enter this.

Off to play with snowmen and snowflakes, and maybe a little more vellum, all bits and pieces from my Christmas Bits Box. I'm on another mission people lol.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx

Another New Arrival

Evening Everyone,
Are you having  a good weekend. The weather has been very changeable here with big black clouds overhead, which thankfully haven't come to anything so far except a few spots.

It's just as well that last time I made a card for a new baby I made a couple of extra ones for my box as we needed one today and I have had no time to make a new one.

Once again I used one of my Lili of the Valley die cuts and a combination of Grand Nesties which I bought at SirStampalot.

 It was nice to make a nice big card for a change, although of course I also had to make a box for it lol.

The sentiment is also from a Lili of the Valley stamp set and the flowers are made using a Tim Holtz die.
I would like to enter it in to the following challenges
Stampin for the Weekend - Cute
Alphabet Challenge - I for Image
Thanks for stopping by, see you again tomorrow, I hope.
Hugs Kimx

Bright and Beautiful for Lavinia

Evening Everyone
I hope that you have had a good Monday. It has been a little colder than it appeared I have to say, but still quite bright which is why it was so deceptive.
I have a rather special card to share with you tonight.

It has been made for an equally special young lady who will be 13 on Wednesday.
However as it was also made for the Lavinia challenge which will have finished by then, I decided that I will share it with you tonight and hope that she doesn't check out the blog before Wednesday.

The challenge at Lavinia has been Bright and Beautiful, so I hope that this will fit the bill, you practically need sun glasses to look at it :O)

I have used several of my Lavinia stamps, Distress Inks, Glimmer Mists and Nesties, along with an assortment of flowers from my stash.

I also added some tiny white dots to the central panel, along with tiny black dots around the edge of the panel and some gems on the wording.
And of course there is some Glossy Accents and Glitter.
Well you can't have Fairy Toadstools without a bit of glitter can you lol.
I decided that at 13 Megan might appreciate something other than the cute Lili of the Valley images that I usually reach for.
I would also like to enter this into Alphabet Challenge where F is for Fantasy, and Forever Friends use Lots of Flowers.
Off to bed now.
Night, night.
Hugs Kimx