Floral Fussy Cutting

Evening,

I do love inky backgrounds, so here is a card created using some inks and stamps.

I layered the central panel over some white stamped and embossed images which I then highlighted with a little light inking using blending brushes.

The main floral images have been stamped, embossed, coloured and fussy cut 

before adding them to the main card using silicon glue.

Thanks for stopping by.

Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx

Countdown to Christmas - Day 14

Evening,

I'm back home, safe and sound, after my extra few days of babysitting. The roads were actually much clearer than expected which was a very pleasant surprise. Let's hope all the snow disappears as quickly as it arrived. It's now gone past the picturesque stage to the grey and dirty looking one lol.

Here is a card made using a fabulous Poinsettia 3D embossing folder.

The folder also has a die inside of it to cut out the circular, non embossed portion of the design. 

I removed the die from inside the folder before embossing as I preferred this look.

The colour was applied using blending brushes and Distress Inks.

Thanks for stopping by.

Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx 

Hello Sweet Fiend, Let's Celebrate

Afternoon,

Another trip out for me today. I've just spent a lovely couple of hours sitting in the local Wetherspoons.  Before you start to worry that I've turned to drink, I was nursing a very nice cup of coffee lol. It was the monthly get together of a Carers group that I belong to. A much-needed chance to chat with other people that know exactly what you are going through when caring for someone.

Here are a couple of cards made a while ago for the lovely Janice at SirStampalot.

I used the framed background die and an embossing mat to create the background to this card. I then used my ink blending brushes to add colour to the resulting piece of embossed card stock.

I die cut the frame from black cardstock and stuck it over the coloured and embossed panel using wet glue. I used some floral elements and sentiments to embellish the finished card. 

I used the frame die again for this second card. I used white cardstock and an embossing mat to create the background and then cleaned my brushes on the embossing to give a soft finish to the panel.

I added a fine black line around the embossing with a micron pen.

Once again, a couple of floral embellishments

along with a die cut sentiment and a little bit of bling.

No galivanting tomorrow, unless you count a trip to the local co-op for some milk lol. I certainly don't want to go anywhere at the moment, it's p...ing down!!

Thanks for stopping by.

Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx

Red and Green with Stencils

Evening All,

Another miserable Monday weather wise that is, but much more to my liking I must admit. It was even quite reasonable at the gym this afternoon which has definitely been unbearable just lately.

Here are a few more cards from Saturdays class on stencils.

The panel on this one started off as a piece of mop up and brush cleanup paper and then I added the Lavinia stencil and some more distress ink in red and green.

I stamped and embossed this fabulous floral image over it and then matt and layered it using rectangular stitched dies.

I used the same red and green to colour the image, along with a bit of white pigment ink for the main flower.

I used the same stencil on a piece of card to clean off my blending brushes, which led to a rather subtle background to this card.

The floral image on this card is a new purchase from Clarity.

I added some extra ink to the main card and green panel along with a die cut sentiment and some faux Card Candi.

As the stamp from Clarity was a new one I tried it out first on a piece of scrap card to make sure that it stamped properly and I didn't waste my nice background.

Of course it stamped out perfectly, so rather than waste it I blended ink over it and added it to a coloured and embossed panel.

The main panel on the card is a Lisa Horton embossing folder blended with colour and spritzed.

I added a die cut sentiment to this card as well as some white and gold Gelli Roll glaze pens.

I can't believe that we are actually at the longest day in the year. How did that happen? It certainly isn't what you would expect of the middle of June.

Hope you have a great evening.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx

Purple Poppy

Evening,

After our lovely class yesterday I have been trying to finish off a few bits of homework.

This fabulous floral stencil was a favourite with all of the ladies on Saturday.

I created a piece of script background with an old stamp and then stenciled over the top using Distress inks.

With the stencil still in place, held there using my Wendy Vechi Make Art Stay-tion, I drew all around the image with a fine micron pen.

I added some soft stenciling to the base card using the same colours, and finished the whole thing off with a die cut sentiment covered in glossy accents, gems and hand made Card Candi.

This second card using the same colours of ink and leafy background stencil from Lavinia. The background started as a piece of clean up paper for the blending brushes. I have one brush per colour family and like to clean them off on a piece of paper before changing ink colours.

I held the white die cut LOVE under the stencil, on top of the clean up paper before adding more ink. I rather liked the contrast on the die cut so I decided to stack it and then add some glossy accents to help it stand out against the background panel.

Off to bed now since I am back at work at stupid o'clock tomorrow. Still at least it shouldn't be too hot tomorrow which will suit me very well.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx