A Floral Thanks

Evening,

I don't know what it's like in your neck of the woods, but the fields around here are looking more like lakes!!

I do love stamp sets that come with co-ordinating stencils and dies.

This set is from Pink Fresh Studio and is one of my purchases from my last visit to Sir Stampalot, way back in March.

The background was created using my trusty Gelli Plate, inks and bubble wrap.

I used up the leftover stamped, coloured and die cut flowers on this second card. I am trying very hard not to have loads of leftover bits and pieces. 

It doesn't always work, but on this occasion they co-ordinated rather nicely with a piece of background that I had amongst my stash of bits and pieces.

This time I used a large Birthday greeting and a kraft card base.

Thanks for stopping by,

Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx
 

Gelli Plate and Rub-ons

Evening,

I hope that you have had a nice relaxing Sunday.

I was pleased to see on Friday that I hadn't put Janice from Sirstampalot off playing with her Gelli Plate after our little zoom session earlier last year.

I had used it on the background of a couple of cards that I had made for her, 

and she asked me to run through what I had done, which was obviously much easier over Zoom.

These are the cards that I made her using the Gelli plate, bubble wrap and paints for the backgrounds,

along with some die cut sentiments 

and some fabulous rub-ons.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx

It's the Gelli Plate this time

Evening All,

So after yesterdays Bleach, another firm favourite today.......the Gelli Plate.

The Littlest Grandchildren love to watch Jennifer McGuire with me on YouTube. In fact we were watching her use the Gelli Plate last time I was babysitting a fortnight ago.

Emma thought that it was 'AMAZING', and was thrilled when I told her that we could play with all the same things when I am babysitting this weekend.

I have packed up a 'crafty' box and am looking forward to playtime tomorrow and Sunday. I am sure that even Chloe and Jack will be able to play and have fun with the Gelli Plate, inks and brayers.

So here are just a couple of cards that I made using prints pulled from the Gelli Plate, along with stamps and sentiments.

I figured that I could add a sentiment to this one once I decided what occasion I am using it for.

My little 'sleepover buddy' is moaning about the light being on, so I guess I had better finish for today.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs 

Kimx

Inspired by the countryside at Woodware

Morning All
It's my turn to Be Inspired by Nature at Woodware this week.
Not a hard challenge, other than to narrow down which of Jane's fabulous nature stamps to use as my inspiration this time lol.

I picked this fabulous JGS333 Cow Parsley stamped and embossed onto a piece of background created using my Creative Palette,

some metallic acrylic paints

and some bubble wrap.

The background was actually a second generation print pulled from the Creative Palette,

so I thought that you might like to see the card that I made with the first print.

The sentiment is from another of Jane's sets JGS406 Woodland Bird.
I hope that you are enjoying our inspirations this week.
Thanks for stopping by, don't forget to see what the rest of the gang have been up to this week. HERE
Happy Crafting.
Hugs Kimx

Dragonfly Dreaming

Evening Everyone
Are you suitably rested and full of lots more Christmas goodies. It always seems to be one long round of eating doesn't it?
We had another fabulous class at Davina's last week, the final one in 2014. There was plenty of eating done there too lol.
Sue brought along homemade chocolate cupcakes, light as a feather. Sylvie and I provided mince pies, courtesy of MandS and Morrisons I'm afraid, and Mary even provided crackers so we all had to put our hats on as we got creative.
Fun, food, crafting and good company, how much better than that could it get?

I decided that I would give them a very limited choice for once, so I only took one stamp with me.
Well they will get to play with all of Jane's lovely new designs for Woodware as soon as we start back at classes in 2015.
I can't wait as there are some real beauties. But then you would know that already if you have been following  the sneak peeks that Dorothy has been posting daily over at Woodware during the festive period. 

The stamp that I chose is also by Woodware, but was designed by Francoise. 

Once again I let them play with the Gelli Plate, which seems frustratingly to have been out of stock for what seems like ages., dye based inks and bubble wrap. My favourite combo.

This first card was made using a piece of GP background from my ever growing stash. The dragonfly design has been stamped and embossed in white and then sponged with co-ordinating colours of Distress inks. Barn Door, Gathered Twigs and Forest Moss I think.

I painted the dragonfly wings with thin undiluted bleach which has given them a beautiful transparent look.
I added some glossy accents and white faux stitching as well as three fussy cut flowers.

The second card also uses handmade background paper created when cleaning up the bubble wrap - see nothing ever gets wasted.

If you press the inky bubble wrap onto a piece of card or paper it removes most of the surplus ink  and creates lovely background into the bargain. You can do this several times before finally cleaning it with damp kitchen paper, a baby wipe, or even under the tap.

I stamped and embossed in black this time and painted with co-ordinating shades of blue Distress inks.
More fussy cut flowers, faux stitching and some Gelli Roll glaze pen.
No home cooked lunch at work today I'm afraid and customers who really should have stayed at home, but at least I am off now for a couple of days before we start all over again for the New Year celebrations.
I have more DT work to finish so I will not be resting on my laurels, but it will be nice to have a bit of a lie in like everyone else in the house.
Have a wonderful crafty weekend.
Hugs Kimx

Bare Trees in the Forest.

Hi All,
Two nights in a row, that can't be bad.
Here are pictures of the cards that I made using backgrounds from yesterdays class at Davina's where we played with both the Creative Palette and Gelli Plate along with Kaleidacolour Inkpads.

This is a first generation background pulled from one of the plates and it uses the Blue Breeze inkpad and a combination of stamps (CRS5069 Delicate Snow Set) and bubble wrap.

This card was made with the second print pulled from the plate, and is much paler. I also 'cleaned' the bubble wrap by stamping it over the background to transfer any excess ink.
The main stamped image is FRS313 Bare Tree.

This card uses a second generation piece of background with more stamped snowflakes from the Stampendous set as well as bubble wrap stamping.

The trees on this card, and the one above, are from FRS278 Forest which have been embossed with white powder onto a piece of background.

Now you know as Crafter we hate to waste anything so when I was cleaning the plates I spritzed them with water and then lay a piece of plain card down on them to collect any leftover ink before I cleaned them properly.
This card again uses the  FRS313 Bare Tree along with a sentiment added on acetate and some die cut snowflakes.

And of course no class would be complete without a tag. I can't believe that this is actually no 25!!!!
I would like to enter this into the challenge at Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge Extra.
Better get to bed now as it is back to work tomorrow, Mondays seem to come round so quickly don't they?
Hugs Kimx

Woodware Father's Day Gift

Hi All
Another very early scheduled post, as it is my turn to share with you a Father's Day gift for the Woodware challenge.
I decided that I wanted to make something a little bit different, for me at least, and so I made this plaque to hang on my Sin-in-law Jason's shed.

We do tease him about the time that he spends out there. If it was bigger perhaps we could fit in a bed so that he wouldn't need to stop working, but I know that he would rather that it was big enough to fit a whole car in to work on, not just bits of one lol.

I used the Creative Palette again. I'm getting quite addicted to playing with this, only this time I used acrylic paints. I used some extender on the Creative Palette first before I added the Acrylic paints, and then I stamped into it with Bubble wrap and stamps from Stampendous NKCRS02 Wired

I'm no use with step by step photos as I never know where I'm going until I start to play, so I took a photo of some of the equipment that I used instead.

I pulled the print off on to a piece of MDF that I had first painted with Gesso.

Boy, this is so not the usual me, I even impressed myself lol.

The letters are Chippies which I covered with Versamark ink and then Black Frantage Embossing Enamel.
I sealed the background with a mixture of Matte and Glossy accents applied with a paint brush, and this is also what I used to stick the letters on.
I'm not sure that it would stand up to the outside too successfully, but as the door to Jay's shed is shielded by an overhanging roof hopefully it won't be too much of a problem.

 

As you can see I got a bit  carried away again and so I made a card out of the second print that I pulled from the palette, this time using white card.

The paler section is where the original plate was pulled by the MDF, so I stamped and embossed CRQ144 Cling Dad Words into this section and then painted it using dye based ink.
The little mice on the projects are a small in joke since Jay's shed was home to a family of rodents during the winter. I think that he will see the funny side of it lol.

I needed something to pull everything together so I added some large leaves from an old Stampendous clear set SSC022 Fall Foliage.

They were stamped and embossed using Sepia Versafine and clear embossing powder.

Here is a picture of my Palette.
As you can see I'm afraid it never gets cleaned. I just add another layer of paint or ink to it the next time I use it!!!
It still seems to work, although I'm sure that Fran from Stampendous would be horrified.
I would like to enter it in to the following challenges
Fashionable Stamping Challenges - 3D Object
Paper Crafting Journey - For that Special Man
Our Creative Corner - Love those Leftovers ( The card was made from the print pulled from the paints left on the Creative Palette, so I hope this counts as leftovers)
Have a fabulous day.
Hugs Kimx

Woodware Sketch challenge

Morning Everyone,
It's my turn with the Woodware sketch today, and I have to say that I got a little bit carried away and made two cards, one for a lady and one for a man.

The backgrounds to both have been made using my Creative Palette which I have been having great fun playing with.

This one uses inks, bubble wrap and Stampendous NKCRS02 Wired.

I stamped and embossed Jane's lovely grasses onto an oval panel from a second piece of handmade background paper.

The background paper for the 'Girly' card has been made in the same way using the Creative Palette, inks and bubblewrap, just using slightly different colours.

The flowers were stamped and embossed using another of Jane's stamp sets onto more of the background paper.
I cut them out and attached them using silicon to give them a little more dimension.

The greeting is from a Stampendous set which found it's way into my basket recently.
Sorry Dorothy, I haven't done very well with the links or the names of the items I have used. I will have to try and amend that when we are reconnected :O)
Let's hope that Blogger is kind and this publishes on time.
I can't even check it to find out. So unless I get a text message from Dorothy tomorrow telling me what a naughty girl I am I will assume that you are all reading this with your cornflakes.
I will be packing my box for my class at Davina's. Lots of playing with embossing folders and inks.
I'm glad I decided to leave the wax paper and ironing until the autumn otherwise we would be boiling tomorrow given that we are in for some really hot weather.
Let's hope the ladies all remember how warm it gets in the conservatory, we don't want anyone passing out.
Have a great weekend.
Hugs Kimx