Lots of lovely cake.

Evening Everyone,
Well we had a fabulous class today, but I think that we must have all put on a few pounds since everyone brought cake. Simnel cake, hot cross buns, cream sponge and homemade Victoria sandwich.
The Grandchildren are very pleased because I had to bring some of it home.

We revisited some stamps that I used to make cards some time ago for a Woodware catalogue.
We used Brilliance inkpads and the 'Wet Watercolour Technique'.
Having tapped the ink onto my craft sheet there was just too much to waste so I ended up with some lovely bits of background paper as well.
I will have to finish these cards off at a later date because at the moment I still have some samples to finish off for Barbara.
By the way don't forget to tune into Create and Craft tomorrow at 9am to catch her latest TV appearance.
Off to bed now, I wonder how many calories I can burn off in my sleep? Not enough that's for sure lol.
Bye for now.
Hugs Kimx

Combining Images or Masking at CCM&More

Hi All
There is a new challenge starting over at Crafty Cardmakers and More today.

Julie is hosting today and wants to see you combine (merge) two or more stamps in your creation. You might do this digitally or go down the traditional masking route. This is a challenge to merge two or more stamps together, please do not just stamp two times with different stamps, they need to be merged so that they appear as one stamp! We expect you to mask either with paper, masking fluid or digitally. Could you please TELL US what stamps you have combined (merged) and how.

I have used a couple of lovely old stamps on my card.

I think the leaf is by Hero arts and the sentiment is Stampendous, but I am quite prepared to be put right. (over to you Dorothy :O)) 

I stamped and embossed the Leaf Square and then masked it before stamping and masking the Birthday Sentiment Square around the first image.

To finish the panel off I masked the images again and then stamped around the edge with the leaf stamp.

The central panel has been coloured with Lightening Black Brilliance ink which looks grey/gold and green Gelly Roll Glaze pen.

The surrounding images have all been painted with Black Brilliance ink and then the leaves have been painted afterwards with a Clear wink of Stella pen.
I was trying to look for a couple of challenges to enter this in but my computer is not playing the game so I will just have to leave it for now.
Happy Crafting and hugs
Kimx

Brilliant Brilliance Part 2

Evening Everyone,
Well that's another Monday finished.
We had an unexpected delivery this morning so there were actually things to do which made the time pass much quicker.

 As promised, here are the other cards made during my last class at Davina's.

This time Post-it notes have been used to mask off  areas of my white card stock before Brilliance ink was sponged gently over the top (Make sure that you work away from your masks to avoid the sponged ink seeping underneath them)

I thought that these colours had a distinctly masculine feel to them, so I mounted the card accordingly.

 This is the other card that I made using the same technique.

This time I went for a more feminine colour scheme.

The small central tag has been created using one of Francoise Skinny flower sets.
One of the side effects of no customers to buy the delivery is the vast array of bargains to be had at the end of the day. Our fridge is groaning at the moment, although the bank balance could do with a shot in the arm lol.
Hugs Kimx

Brilliant Brilliance

Evening Everyone
We had another fabulous class at Davina's last Saturday using Brilliance Ink pads.
It has been a while since I last used mine, distress inks are my go to pads at the moment, so I had forgotten what great pads these are. They have such a lovely sheen to them and they sponge beautifully.

I thought that we would do some masking with them using peel-offs and post-it notes.

For the class tag and this particular set of cards I used peel-offs to create the masks. I will share the post-it note cards in another blog post.

I placed the peel-offs and on this card torn paper onto white card stock and then gently sponged with Brilliance inks. Once you have finished sponging remove the peel-offs and paper to create a lovely background.

I also painted a couple of the peel-off designs and fussy cut them to add an accent to the lower corner of the tag and cards.

The sentiment (Yesterday, Tomorrow, Today) is from Woodware stamp set stamped out using Lightening Black Brilliance ink.
I must get re-inkers for some of my pads as you can see, so I can feel a bit of a spending spree coming on.
I really had forgotten what fun it is to play with peel-offs. Sorry Shaz :O)
Back to the grind tomorrow. I have taken to leaving my colouring pencils and some stamped images in my box at work. Lets hope that the road has re-opened and we will be really busy. Some how though I'm not holding my breathe lol.
Hags Kimx

Catalogue samples

Evening Everyone,
Yeah, the doors shut today, so it hasn't been quite as cold at work.
I'm kind of hoping that the card I'm sharing tonight has not been blogged by me before. I don't think it has but to be honest I'm too tired to look any further back than I have so far.

Once again it was made for the Woodware catalogue, and used up some of the left over bits from one of the other cards that I made. Waste not, want not as they say.

As I said before Gallery pages have to be cards of similar colours so this has used Brilliance ink pads again.

I'm sorry if you are getting a bit fed up with catalogue cards, but there were rather a lot of them to share lol.
I left four boxes of cards at SirStampalot on my recent visit. I take them with me so that they get the chance to photograph them for their gallery.
Unfortunately we were so busy that I had to leave them behind to be sent on to me later which is why I have been limited to cards that I already have pictures of. (All my card making recently is not for sharing, at least not for the moment)
I should get them back soon, or at least I hope so or my Christmas cards will be very late again this year.
hugs Kimx

Crimson and Ivy

Here is another of the cards that I made for one of the Gallery pages in a recent Woodware catalogue.
As the name suggests there is more than one card featured on the page but they all have a similar colour scheme which is why you may be forgiven for thinking that I have posted the same card as yesterday.

Once again the central stamped and embossed panel has been coloured using my favourite colours of Brilliance ink pads - Pearlescent Crimson and Ivy.

I love this background paper as well, it compliments the colours perfectly.
I'm going back to my desk, I'm in full creative flow at the moment, so I don't want to stop.
Have a great weekend.
Hugs Kimx
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Black and White with a hint of Brilliance

Evening,
My card tonight was made for Woodware using one of the fabulous stamps designed by Jane Gill.

I have such a great time making samples  for the catalogues, although it is a bit scary having to stick to such a tight timescale.

The panel on this card was stamped and embossed onto watercolour card and then painted using Pearlescent Ivy and Pearlescent Crimson Brilliance ink.
I cut out two of the leaves using a craft knife and put some dark green card behind the openings before layering the panel onto some background paper.
I hope it is a little bit warmer tomorrow, although I'm not holding out too much hope. I have been freezing cold at work all week. Thank goodness it is nearly the weekend and I can hibernate for a couple of days.
hugs Kimx

Woodware Challenge Sketch 26

Hi All
Each month over at Woodware they have a Sketch challenge.
The September one is still running so I thought that I would make a card with these cute little mice.
Of course it also fits in perfectly with our latest challenge at Crafty Cardmakers which is 'Cute and Furry' and they are definitely that.
The stamp is one of the latest in the new House Mouse Collection at Stampendous. In fact you may have seen Fran on the TV recently demonstrating with them.

 I have stamped and embossed the image onto watercolour card and then coloured them with Distress Inks.

The blue dotty background paper is from my stash, but I have stamped the Kraft panel with CRR182 Cling Holiday Giving using Versamark ink and clear embossing powder.
The sentiment is from another Woodware stamp set Festive Greetings (sorry don't know the code) and I have layered it over a die cut snowflake that has been embossed with Shabby White Frantage powder.

The snowflakes (SSC623) are stamped using a Pearlescent Iced Blue Brilliance ink pad and I added a little Frantage powder to the panel to act as snow, as well as some Glossy Accents to the berries.
I can see me using this stamp quite a bit, in fact my Granddaughter has asked me to stamp her a few to colour in lol.
Thanks for stopping by, your comments are always appreciated.
Hugs Kimx
Hugs Kimx

CCM challenge 76 - Indian Summer

Evening Everyone
Today sees the start of a new challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers.
Our host this time is Mynnette who has provided us with a colour button for inspiration.
She would like to see a created scene using any nature themed stamps. Digis are also welcome. Examples of nature themed stamps are leaves, grasses, wildflowers, etc.  Anything nature and Indian (late) Summer or Autumn! Plus use only oranges, yellows, and reds for colors although some black/brown and white/cream are allowed as well. 
We are sponsored this time by DI'S DIGI DOWNLOADS.
I'm pleased to say that my couple of days off have meant that I have finally managed to get caught up a little and make a card for this challenge.

Now I do like Nature themed stamps, as you may have noticed, so the difficulty that I had was narrowing down my choice of stamps.
I finally settled on this lovely set from Stampendous SSC1080 Scripty Stems.

The main panel has been made by sponging Brilliance ink pads Pearlescent Yellow, Orange, Poppy and Rocket Red Gold onto white card stock. I then inked up the floral stamp using only Pearlescent Poppy and Rocket Red Gold and stamped this several times onto the panel.

Once this was dry I stamped and embossed the same image using Versamark ink and Frantage Aged Scarlet Embossing Enamel.

Having trimmed the panel to size I embossed the left hand side of it using an Embossing folder and my cuttlebug.
I tied some ribbon around the base of the panel.

The orange coloured background paper is from my stash and has also been stamped and embossed with the Frantage Embossing Enamel.
I also added some gold embossed vellum from my stash and some Card Candi and brads.
The sentiment is from a Hobby Art clear Sentiments set.
I had great fun with this challenge, I hope that you will too. Why not pop across HERE and check out what the rest of the team have come up with.
I look forward to seeing all of your lovely creations.
Happy Crafting.
hugs Kimx

Black and White with a 'POP'

Evening Everyone
I hope that you are all enjoying a wonderful sunny weekend.
Well, a week would not be complete without me making a card to enter into the challenge over at Woodware, and this is no exception. I confess that I did slip up last week, but I just didn't seem to find the time to wrestle with my shrink plastic lol.
This week the challenge was Black and White with a pop of Blue which is much more up my alley given that Black and White is one of my all time favourite colour combos.
In fact I did get a little carried away and actually made two cards.

This first card uses part of a lovely Magenta stamp that actually contains 3 different pots of flowers.
I cut the panel out and then sponged it with Weathered Wood and Black soot distress inks.

The pot and flowers are coloured using Lightening Black brilliance ink which has a very gold tinge to it.
The background was a piece made during a Shaving Foam  class a while ago.
The 'POP' has been added with crystals that I have coloured with a blue Promarker.

The second card is also made with a Magenta stamp this time stamped and embossed in white before sponging and colouring in the same way as the previous card.

This time I added tiny white, black and blue pearls for my 'POP'.
The vases in both cards have been covered with Glossy Accents.
I can't wait to see what challenge Dorothy has set for next week.
Anyway dinner calls and then I have a commission to finish for one of the Boys at work, no rest for the wicked.
Happy Crafting
hugs Kimx

Don't forget to watch Hobby Art

Evening Everyone,
This is just a quick reminder that Jenny from Hobby Art will be on Create and Craft (Sky channel 671) at 9am tomorrow morning and then again at 3pm.
Still no mojo I'm afraid so this is a card that I made for Jenny's last show on the box.

I have used the Butterfly Kisses Lilies stamp and some from the Decorative Backgrounds set.

I kept it monochrome by stamping and colouring with the same ivy green brilliance ink pad.
I added some extra fine dots to the image with a Gelly Roll glaze pen and cut it out using a nestie.
Don't forget to set the Sky box or video recorder.
hugs Kimx

Frosty the Snowman

Evening Everyone,
I've spent another day making cards for the TV. Everything I'm working on is geared towards Christmas at the moment so it seems logical to share a card that I made a while ago using the Frosty the Snowman stamp set from Hobby Art.

I have stamped and embossed Frosty 3 times and coloured him using Distress inks. The background has been stamped with gold brilliance and versamark using a couple of the other stamps from the set.

I have added punched snowflakes and some buttons. I love the greeting from the set, it says it all doesn't it.
Love and hugs
Kimx

Woodware Challenge times three

Evening Everyone
I hope that you have all had a good day.

Well I did tell you that I liked Black and White and that I had found lots of cards to enter into the Woodware Challenge.

I suppose technically these don't qualify since they do have the addition of pale pink and green, but as they were made using a Woodware appropriate stamp set JRCL308 - Flower Frames I thought that I would share them with you anyway.

The background has been made using another item available from Woodware - the stylus tool. Once I have heated it with a light bulb I have pressed it onto a small stamp which has created a negative image, This has then been used to create a mosaic pattern with brilliance ink pads.

This card uses the same stamp set and handmade background paper. The central image has also been painted using the brilliance ink pads.

This final card was actually inspired by one that I saw at Sir Stampalot. One of the DT members made it but I'm afraid that I can't remember which one of you it was. Sorry Girls lol

This is probably nearer the challenge but the original idea wasn't mine. Of course I have added a little bling to mine with some pink gems.
I think three entries is quite enough for this week so I will wait and see what the new challenge is on Monday. I hope that maybe my efforts will inspire some more people to join in the fun.
Nite nite
Love and hugs to All
Kimx

More Black and White for the Woodware Challenge

Evening Everyone,
As I told you yesterday it wasn't difficult to find cards for the Black and White challenge over at Woodware, so I thought that I would enter a couple more.

This was made using another rather old Stampendous stamp. It was from the Window Art collection, but I'm afraid that as with most of my wood mounted stamps they are very well loved and all the info has been rubbed away. I couldn't bare to part with any of them so I'm afraid that my collection just gets bigger and bigger, I really am a stampaholic lol.

I have stamped and embossed the image onto white card and then coloured the image with ink from a black brilliance ink pad. I do like my black glossy card to give the image a narrow border when mounting.

This card uses another of the Window Collection L144 Butterfly Bloom Window. Once again I have mounted the images onto black glossy card stock and then added some vellum and peel-off lines.

Perhaps this is a little outside the theme but I know that some people don't like just black and white so I have added a hint of colour - in this case pink brilliance ink to some of the flowers.
My class this evening was cancelled so perhaps I should take advantage of the extra time and get an early night. Then again I do need to finish the classes for the weekend, and then there are cards to make for Barbara, and Jenny and and and........
Oh well it was a nice thought. Back to the craft table :)
Thanks for stopping by. Don't forget to enter the challenge.
Love and hugs
Kimx