Autumn Colours at CCM&More

Hi All,
It's time for a new challenge over at CCM&More, and our host Jackie would like to see anything with Warm Autumn Colours.

I love Autumn with all its glorious colours so this was an easy challenge for me.

The central panel was created by tapping a Kaleidacolour inkpad on to an acrylic block, and then spritzing it with water before stamping onto watercolour card stock.

There is usually enough ink left on the block to create a second background, just spritz with more water before stamping.

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This card has been made using this second generation background. Once it was completely dry I stamped and embossed the panel with one of Jane Gill's fabulous Weeds and Grasses stamps.

The background paper was from my stash and I have toned the colour down a little by sponging it with some co-ordinating dye based ink before stamping and embossing it with the same stamp as the main panel.

I wrapped the stamped panel with some bakers twine and then added a LOTV circular sentiment.
I hope that you will join in with us this fortnight. Why not check out what the rest of the team have come up with, there are some truly stunning samples to inspire you HERE.

Mad as Hatters with Woodware

Good Morning,
And a very early one it is too , if  Blogger has done it's job properly and posted this on time.
This is my first post for Woodware this month as I am filling in for the lovely Siobhan so that she can have a well earned rest.
The challenge this week has been set by Gwen at The Stamp Pad who has suggested 'Mad Hatters'.

These are the links to all things Stamp Pad.

Facebook             https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Stamp-Pad/175102269196824?ref=profile

Gwenstampy     http://stamp-pad.blogspot.co.uk/

Papercraft Junkie         http://www.papercraftjunkie.com/

 

Now I have to say that I had absolutely no idea of what to do for this, so I thumbed through my catalogues to see if there was anything there to inspire me and came across this fun stamp from Stampendous Knit Gift.
There seems to have been a bit of a baby boom amongst my colleagues at work and this just screamed out to be made into a new baby card, so I killed two birds with one stone, so to speak!!

Unlike Dorothy and Jane I am not good at step by step given that I have no idea what I am doing till I start to play, and then it just goes where it will, so I took a photo of some of the products that I used in the making of the card instead.

The image was stamped onto Watercolour card using a Black Versafine ink pad and then coloured using Dye based inks and a waterbrush.

The background papers are from Woodware and I used my Magic stamp on the smaller panel having heated it and stamped it onto an old jumper of mine.
The button are also available from Woodware and I have tied them with some Bakers Twine.

The sentiment is from a Woodware stamp set Huge Baby and I also added some Stardust Pen and some Glossy Accents.
I hope that you will join us this week and see what the rest of the team come up with for this fab challenge.
Hugs Kimx

Thinking of You Dad

Evening Everyone,
Today would have been my Dads 90th Birthday.
I always send my lovely Mum a card on days like today, just to remind her that she, and Dad, are in our thoughts, so here is the card that I made for her on this occasion.

I have used my favourite Go Create dies and some Lili of the Valley paper for the base of my card and then added the stamped and embossed panel created from the Hero Arts 'Stamp and Emboss' set that I was playing with the other weekend.

The beautiful floral image was stamped using pigment inks and then this was dry embossed using the matching folder.

Oh I forgot to say, I stamped the sentiment (another Hero Arts stamp) onto the panel using Stazon ink before I put it into the embossing folder.
I added some shrivelled ribbon and a button tied with Bakers twine.
My Dad loved flowers so I think that he would approve of my choices for this card.
Happy Birthday Dad, thinking of you always.
hugs Kimx

Happy Halloween

Hi All
Happy Halloween to you all. I hope that you are having a good day.
Our house is looking particularly spooky and the kids will be getting ready to go trick or treating later today once it gets dark.

This is a card that I made a little while ago for a friend to give to her son for his 60th birthday, which happens to be today.

My lovely Penny Black Halloween Cat was perfect for this card I thought.
I made a bit of leafy background using Distress Inks and stamps available from Woodware.

I wrapped the panel with Bakers Twine and mounted it over some handmade background papers from my bits box. The greeting is by Lili of the Valley and Trev and 60 have been stamped using an Art Deco set that I bought ages ago.

My friend needed the card early so that it could go in the post but I thought that it would be perfect to share with you today.
I'm hoping that Blogger has played the game and that this has gone live OK. I will have to get Sylvie to check it out for me. I have managed to blog every day so far this year so it would be really annoying if I fell in the home stretch.
Have a good evening. I will probably get very little done as I will have to be in charge of the treats when the door bell rings.
Hugs Kimx

Guest Spot a Our Creative Corner - Office Supplies

Hi All
It has been a very busy week for me.
As you know I just love the challenges over at Our Creative Corner, so you can imagine how thrilled I was to be asked to be their Guest Designer this week.
Their challenges always make you dig deep into your creative recesses and this one was certainly no different.
The challenge this time round is to use Office Supplies (see picture inspiration) -  Staples, Post-it Notes, String, Sticky Tape! Use your imagination and come up with a fabulous creation with those common items. But here's the twist, I want to see the colour RED. Lots and lots of RED!
Well I wanted to get this right so after several e-mails back and forth to the team I made my card.
I made it for my Mum's birthday which was on Wednesday, she's quite used to getting them late lol.

I took pictures and started to write my post and then while I was at work I realised that I had forgotten one very important and major ingredient NO RED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So having checked with the team that the card itself was OK it was back to the drawing board for a remake.

So here is Take 2, with LOTS of Red.
The picture makes it look rather brown but I promise it is definitely red.

In fact these are the ink pads that I used along with the lovely Hero Arts Leaf Flourish stamp.

I used two strips of  Masking Tape on the main panel for the card and then sponged and stamped using a combination of inks and the Leaf Flourish and an Inkadinkadoo clear stamp set.

The main focus of the card is created using a couple of Manila Tags.

The strips across the bottom of this one are made from sponged and stamped Masking Tape and Staples.

I stuck the Tape strips to a scrap of paper to colour and stamp on them and then I covered them with clear embossing powder to seal before adding them to the bottom of the tag.

The second Tag was screwed up and then coloured with Perfect Pearls.
I can't remember where I saw this technique so I can't post a link to it.
If anyone knows please tell me so I can let everyone else know as it was a brilliant technique.
(Edited to add link to The Artful Maven Faux Leather Video Tutorial - Thanks Buttons xx)

The flowers were punched from strips of card which have been sponged and stamped onto. The paler flowers are made from strips of coloured Masking Tape.

I added Brads to the corners of the card and the flower centres, and there is also some Bakers Twine in there as well.
I hope that you will feel suitable inspired to enter this wonderful challenge.
I look forward to seeing what you come up with, and don't forget to pop over and check out what the TEAM have done. I can't wait to check it out myself.
Oh and Mum your card will be with you very soon, I hope you think it was worth the wait.
It very nearly did have a hint of red on it as I cut myself while making the flowers and leaves lol.
I have a metal plate that I place in my Cuttlebug to help cut intricate shapes like the leaves. As I was putting things away the plate slipped and I grabbed it right on the edge - OUCH.
I had to go calmly into the kitchen and get a rather large plaster without my Granddaughter Saskia seeing me as she is absolutely freaked out by blood. No chance of  her being a nurse anytime soon :O)
Off to get ready for my class at Davina's this morning. I always look forward to my classes there as we have a good laugh........ and throw in a bit of work as well.
Happy Crafting and have a great day.
hugs Kimx

A Single Summer Rose

Evening Everyone,
Well it looks like I have done it again.
I seem to have exerted some sort of influence over the weather. It would seem that if we are ever to get any sunshine then I will have to post nothing but Christmas cards lol.
At the risk of us having another dreadful weekend, weather wise, I'm afraid that my card is a nice non Christmas rose.

I completely forgot to take any photos before it got dark, so while I still have several Christmas cards that I could share, I have no piccies, so you will have to make do with this card that I made for Hobby Art Jenny's last TV appearance.
You will just have to curse me for the weather tomorrow :O)

This card was made using one of the stamps from the new Roses Collection, an oval nestie and some Bakers twine. I added the tiny black dots with a fine pen.
I had better get to bed now.
I have quite a bit of tidying up to do tomorrow before the family return from their holiday, and I don't want a repeat of my 11am lie in or I will never get any time for crafting :O)
Hugs Kimx

Pretty in Pink

Evening Everyone
How's your Monday been? Have you been busy?
I've been putting the finishing touches to another couple of commissions, the first of which I'm sharing tonight.

As you may have guessed it is about to wing its way across a continent to Pakistan. It had better go in the post quickly, the last one that was sent arrived but was very late!!
I have used another Lili of the Valley die cut which I have cut out using a circular nestie.

I have put the card together using the lovely sketch over at Sketch Saturday.

At Sweet Stampin challenges they are looking for Scallops, so that is what I have used to mount my image on to.
The chipboard numeral was free on a magazine and I have covered it with Frantage Embossing Enamel which I have stamped into using the same swirl stamp used on the vellum panel.

The flowers have been cut from background paper, and I have added Bakers twine and Card Candi.
I hope that I have correctly followed the colour challenge at CR84FN.

I'm really pleased with how this has turned out, so I hope that Haider likes it. He is sending it to his niece to celebrate her first birthday.
Late to bed again, I really must get the hang of scheduled posts, it might mean I could get a little more sleep. Still don't hold your breathe, you know what I'm like with computers lol.
hugs Kimx

Make it for a Man at The Stampman

Evening Everyone.
I hope that you are all now ready for your long weekend.
Somehow I have managed to get into major creative mode now that I know I haven't got to get up at 5am. It's a shame that I didn't feel the same during last week as I am now so far behind with everything. Still never mind I don't like the sunshine anyway so if it rains it will be a good excuse to be indoors crafting, not that I need an excuse you understand.
Anyway today saw the start of the latest challenge over at The Stampman, and we are looking for you to 'Make it for a Man'

I wasn't sure quite where to start with this challenge since like a lot of people I find cards for men much harder to make, so I decided that the best place to start was my 'Bits Box' to see if anything inspired me.

I do love leaf stamps and I think they are always good for masculine cards so when I came across a piece of background made using Moonshadow ink - Smoky Sapphire and Van Dyke Sepia and some cling film, I decided that that was a good place to start with the addition of a few leaves.

I stamped leaves from Stampendous SSC023 - Summer Leaves randomly over a square of the premade background and embossed them with Stampendous Aged Silver embossing enamel.

I added some extra leaves stamped with Walnut Stain distress ink and black versafine before mounting the panel onto a square white card.

Of course before I attached it to the card I wrapped some Bakers Twine around the panel and added a greeting from Woodware FRCL171 - All Through the Year.
This was cut out using a Nestie and I also added some stamped leaves using Walnut Stain ink. The white card had also had leaves stamped over it and a fine black stiched line drawn onto it.
I hope that you will join us this time, and of course don't forget to check out what my lovely Teamies have made.
Happy Crafting
Hugs Kimx

A Camper Van for Jason

Evening Everyone.

Just a quick post tonight to show you the card that I made for my Sin-in-law Jason's birthday.

Jason desperately wants to get an old camper van to restore, he's very good at that sort of thing having already done it to an old Beetle and BMW.

Unfortunately this is the nearest that I am ever going to be able to get for him.
I actually got this image as part of a kit that I bought from Create and Craft to use with the Grandchildren, but I couldn't resist using it to make a card for Jason.
I cut it out using an oval nestie and mounted it on to a card using background papers from my stash.

The greeting is a Molly Blooms design available from SirStampalot, and I have added card candy and some bakers twine.

The card has been made using Marie's sketch over at Sunday Sketch and Stamp.

We have ended the day with a lovely roast lamb dinner and Saskia has had us all in stitches with her entertainment, quite the budding actress lol.

I suppose everyone else will be back to normal tomorrow after the long weekend.

I hope that you have all had a nice break even if the weather here at least has been typical Bank Holiday weather.........rain. Well what else would you expect in England lol.

Hugs Kimx