Who Doesn't Love a Twofer

Afternoon All,

I hope that you are all having a fabulous Bank Holiday weekend, just a shame that the weather isn't up to much. Still I suppose that's par for the course for an English Bank Holiday weekend lol.

Who doesn't love a Twofer? Two cards for the price of one. It's always a good option and a great way to use up bits and pieces. I do hate to waste anything.

I used a floral shaped circle die to create my window for this card. I dry embossed the outer panel and added some distress inks to the edges which helps to highlight the embossing.

The background to the 'window' has been created using a piece of card stamped and embossed in black and sponged with Distress inks. I splattered the panel with some water to give some added interest.

I ran the die cut 'waste' from the first card through a floral embossing folder and then added inks.

Always dry emboss after die cutting your shape so as not to flatten the embossed pattern.

Of course this may be the effect that you are going for, slightly more subtle embossing.

Or you might just have forgotten to die cut first, like me. Still a little bit of gilding polish helps the pattern to show up. 

Better get on. I've got some tidying up to do before I can start on the next round of samples. It's all part of my creative process, as bizarre as it sounds. I have to sort out, tidy up and clear away everything from the previous things that I have been working on, and then once everywhere is clear I start to make a mess again. I'm sure that I'm not the only one that does that. My craft room needs to be clean and tidy for a few minutes at least.

Have a great afternoon.

Hugs Kimx

Jean's Flowers

Evening Everyone,

I hope that you have had a productive day. I chickened out of a walk this afternoon in favour of some crafty playtime. A no brainer really......walk in the cold and maybe slip over or sit in the warm and play!!!

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One of my all-time favourite Hobby Art stamps has to be this floral stamp.

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It was taken from a painting done by the Mum of my good friend Anna.

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My stamp is an original wood mounted rubber stamp, but it is now available as part of a clear stamp set CS207D Jean's Flowers which also contains several of Jeans other fabulous painting inspired designs.

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We all like to get good value for money, so we want designs that can be used in a variety of different ways.

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With this in mind I have held several 'With One Stamp' classes over the years and this is definitely a favourite stamp to use.

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There are so many different cards that you can make,

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So here are just a few to get you started.

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Some use hand made backgrounds and inks

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Others are die cut or torn from a panel.

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Some use several images,

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while others only use part of one.

I will write a brief list of the techniques involved on each card just to give you some ideas.

1. Bleeding Art Tissue background panel. Images painted with bleach.
2. Spotlight panel of bleeding Art Tissue. Background stamping uses the damp tissue as an ink pad.
3. Bleeding Art Tissue background and Spotlight created from a panel die cut from Card 4.
4. Window Card. Image painted with inks. Die cut window used on Card 3.
5. Background panel created with Pixie Powders and cling film.
6. Stamped and Embossed image sponged with Distress Inks. Image painted with water and blotted with kitchen paper to remove ink.
7. Same as Card 7.
8. Stamped and embossed image painted with ink. Images on main card painted with Pearlex.
9. Torn hand made background panel, image painted with inks. Multiple Resist background.
10. Masterboard panel layered onto a piece of scrunched kraft card.
11. Mop up background panel with stamped and embossed floral image painted with inks.

I hope that this helps, but you can always message me if you need any more detailed info on how I have created a specific card.

Don't forget to check out Hobby Art. They have some amazing designs and a fabulous gallery of cards to inspire you.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx

A Floral Watercolour 'Twofer'

 Evening All,

My wellies got another airing earlier in the week when I was about the only mad thing walking around the park in the rain. I did encounter one dog walker, and a couple kids jumping in the puddles with their Mum, but other than that I had the place to myself!!

I'm sure that it was a different story today as we had glorious sunshine, albeit rather chilly, but I was too busy to find out unfortunately.

Sometimes one stamped panel is enough to create two finished cards.

I wanted a raised frame on a card so I die cut it from a floral panel using Sue Wilson Pierced Rectangle dies.

I mounted it onto a card using funky foam for added dimension. I then stamped and embossed the sentiment onto another piece of card and die cut it using the smaller rectangle die and added it to the centre of the frame, this time using wet glue.

The beauty of these dies is that they are pierced either side of the cutting line so you get the dots whichever part of the panel that you use.

I couldn't see throwing away the central floral panel so I mounted it onto some lilac cardstock and created this second card.

I used the same sentiment, this time stamped and embossed directly onto the floral design.

Definitely a 'Twofer'. I like this kind of crafting............no waste.

The floral panel was created using dye inks randomly on a floral image and then stamped onto white card stock. I took a damp paintbrush and 'pulled' some of the colour on to parts of the design ie the flowers and leaves.

The finishing touch to both cards is the fine line of glitter glue around the edges.

Let's hope that tomorrow is as nice, and we don't wake up to a foot of snow!!!!

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx

Creative Expressions 30 Day Challenge - Day 30 Apeture

Morning All,
I can't believe that we are on the last day of the 30 Day challenge over at Creative Expressions, where did that month go to?

For the last challenge, they are looking for an aperture, so this is my take on it.

The background is created with a fabulous floral stamp, designed by my friend Jane Gill, and white embossing powder.

I sponged the images with bright colour Distress Inks, and then cut the aperture using a Sue Wilson rectangular die. I mounted the outer part of the panel onto craft foam to elevate it above the central panel.

As usual when I was designing my card I had to have a play, so I created a Masterboard using the same stamp and the Mop Up Technique.

I chopped up the Masterboard and created a couple of extra cards for my stash.

I'm afraid I'm very sad, and even the little bits get used up.
Have a great day, and thanks for stopping by.
Stay Safe and Happy Crafting
Hugs Kimx