Tea for Two?

Evening Everyone
Well I certainly seem to be having a 'Cute Phase' in my card making at the moment.
Maybe it is the time of year, Valentines and all, but most of the cards that I have needed to make just lately have had me reaching for my fabulous Lili of the Valley die cuts. Not that I'm complaining you understand, it is just not the usual me :O).

While we are on the subject of cute cards here is the one that I made for Jenni (my eldest daughter).

This puts me in mind of my two daughters after a shopping trip lol.

The image has been cut out using circular nesties. I added a little faux stitching and some background papers.

 I combined a cream flower with some DooHickey cut ones, as well as foliage and chandeliers.

 The tag has been stamped with a greeting from Hobby Art.

I have also added some pearls and glossy accents.

We had a lovely meal out at the pub this evening to celebrate Jenni's birthday. She even got candles to blow out lol.
Hope you had a great day, thanks for stopping by.
hugs Kimx

For a Very Special Young Lady

Evening Everyone,
The 1st of May is a very special day in our house since not only would it have been my parents 62nd Wedding Anniversary, it is also the 12th birthday of my eldest Granddaughter Megan.
I can't believe how quickly the last 12 years have flown by. I can remember the day she was born like it was yesterday.

I know that her favourite colour is purple, so this is the card that I made for her.
Once again I used the lovely sketch over at Saturday Sketch.

The main image is a Lili of the Valley die cut which I have cut out using a nestie. The background papers are from my stash.

I added a DooHickey butterfly and swirl as well as some embossed swirls on the background paper.

The butterflies in the corner are from part of an embossing folder.

The flowers and lace are also DooHickeys which are available from SirStampalot.

I also added some brads and purple chandelier.

I added Megan using letters from a Pergamano stamp set that I bought recently in a sale.

Megan told her Mum that she wanted a big badge to wear on her birthday, so I made this one for her. The photo makes it look blue but it really is purple, honest.

And here is the young lady herself wearing her badge and her One Direction PJ's. They are her favourite band.
There was much screaming when it came to present opening as her Mum and Dad have got her tickets to see said band in April next year. It was the earliest available date so God help her if she likes someone else by then lol.
The challenge over at Dream Valley this time is to make a card 'For a Special Lady' and she is certainly that.
Happy Birthday Sweetpea, I hope that you had a good one.
Hugs Mam-ma xx

Two Little Girls

Hi
I hope that you have all been having a wonderful Saturday. I have been reveling in the peace and quiet. Although it was Megan's birthday on 1st May her party had been postponed until today. Five extra bodies plus a friend for Reece!! She is having a sleepover so I can see some late night blogging in my future lol.
In the meantime they have been swimming so I have been making the most of it.

I told you that I had a couple of new baby cards to make, well I had to add another baby girl one to the list after I found out that an old friend is now a Daddy.

This first card was made today for Mathu and Kavitha on the birth of baby Kaavya on 12th April. I made it with one of the lovely Lilli of the Valley Babies die cut sheets.
I love them as you will have noticed from the last few posts. I do stamp and colour in myself honest but these are just so brilliant when time is short.

I cut out the image and circular background using a Nestie and mounted it over more background paper and pearlescent card stock.

Of course flowers are a must and the pink ones have been made using my new  Marianne Creatable Flowers and Leaves LR0162 and LR0163.

This second card has also been made using a Lili of the Valley Babies die cut. Making this one really does make me feel old since I remember the Mother being born and here she is giving birth to her third child!!!

The greeting is also by Lili of the Valley and is from their Circular Sentiments clear stamps sheet. More flowers but not hand made this time I'm afraid.

Everyone has now returned so my peaceful afternoon is officially over.

Have a good evening. Who knows I may post again later if I can't get any sleep :)

Love and hugs

Kimx

Picture This

Evening Everyone
Another lovely day of teaching at Lavender Lane. I always have a wonderful time with my Saturday 'Groupies', lovely ladies who always manage to inspire me with their interpretation of my class.
A couple of the ladies even brought in some work to show me - cards that they had finished at home after a previous class. It is always so nice to see that they have gone home filled with inspiration to try out the techniques that they have learnt with me.

Today we spent the morning making a picture frame. The class was actually inspired by the large frame that I made for the April edition of Craft Stamper (see blog post here).
I made this smaller version with left over pieces from creating the original.

The ladies made their frames from a choice of Bazzil and background papers from the shop. They also added handmade flowers - the table fairly groaned under the weight of flower punches lol.

The little people in the picture are my youngest Grandchildren, I can assure you that they don't always look this cute and angelic!!
We also managed to get the dates for the next class schedule worked out, so all in all a very productive day.
Don't forget that Jenny from Hobby Art will be on Create and Craft tomorrow. (11am - 12midday and then 3pm - 4pm). I'm not sure exactly what she will be doing but I do know that is bound to be as informative as always. I also expect that a couple of my cards might manage to find there way in there.
Have a good weekend.
Love and hugs
Kimx

Spring Florals in Craft Stamper

Evening Everyone
It turned into a beautiful day here, if still a little chilly.
Babysitting went off without a hitch yesterday, in fact they didn't stir once, not even after their parents arrived home. Tonight they were up and down like yo-yos with Mum and Dad around - oh the power of the Mam-ma :)

This is the card that has just been published in the latest edition of Craft Stamper (May 2011 page 52). Once again it was done for Janice and Andy at Sir Stampalot.

The theme was 'Spring Florals' although there has been a bit of a typo and they have called it Framed - that was last month. I've spritzed the background papers with Glimmer Mist once I have cut them using a Nestie.

As usual there was a colour theme which was lemon, mint and peach. I have used craft chalks blended over a versamarked image for a change. The stamps used are of course Anna's Collection - Just for You by Hobby Art.

I've added flowers coloured with Glimmer Mist, punched leaves and chandeliers, as well as stitched lines and peel-off borders.

Hope you like it.

Nite, nite

Love and hugs

Kimx

Wishful thinking

Evening

 Another cute easel card tonight for a very special lady - my eldest daughter Jenni. With four children of her own and a career as a childminder I think the sentiment was very appropriate lol.

 I think there are probably days we would all rather have spent soaking in the tub. The girly in the bath was actually stamped, coloured and decoupaged by my other daughter Becki, so it was very much a joint effort.

I added some Glossy Accents to the bubbles and a few crystals. This is another lovely Whipper Snapper stamp that has finally been inked. One day I might get to use all my stamps.......if I live to be 103 that is. Will I still buy more, you bet I will :)

Of course no good easel card is complete without a nice border punch, some ribbon and flowers. Unfortunately Jenni had a parents evening to attend tonight so I guess she will have to be like the Queen and celebrate again at the weekend. I wonder what she will choose for her dinner. I hear it on the grapevine that she has her eye on a huge stuffed crust pizza, blow the diet for one night I say, she deserves it, and then maybe a couple of hours soaking in the tub. I don't think our hot water is up to much more than that.

Nite nite.

Love and hugs

Kimx

Happy 1st Birthday

Afternoon Everyone,
I'm on a roll now :) I'm off to class soon so I had better make this a quick post.

I was asked to make this birthday card for a little girls 1st birthday. I hope she likes it.

The hedgehog is by Penny Black and is called a Gift for You 1447H. The circular greeting is from Personal Impressions clear stamp set All Year Round and was designed by my friend Paula Pascual. The number is not from that set. Of course my favourite Magnolia swirl made it in there too.

The flowers and chandelier are all from Sir Stampalot as are the nestabilities.
I'm afraid I don't have any info on the other greeting stamp. As I told you before I'm being a good girl and using things from my numerous 'bits boxes'.
On that note I made my first Christmas card last night - how good am I. It can't last lol.
Bye for now my dinner is calling me.
Have a good evening.
Love and hugs
Kimx

Swing on over to Newbury

Evening Everyone.
Have you had a good day?
This weekend sees the Artstamps Show at Newbury.
I haven't managed to get to it for a few years now, but I always remember it fondly as a lovely friendly show.
I have made this card for Julia at Simply Stamps, who will be exhibiting at the show.
It uses one of the new Slapstick Stamps from Penny Black.


She's definitely not my usual style, although I did manage to use my Distress inks to colour her, and of course I had to sponge the edges of the card panels.
I think the pearls finish it off nicely.


I used a Nestie to cut the panel that she is mounted on to, and after sponging around the edges I have drawn a dotted line using a white Gelly Roll pen.
The background paper is from my stash and has been embossed using one of the Cuttlebug folders, and then sanded.


I have added ribbon, lace and flowers, all from stash. Its amazing what you find when you don't have to worry whether or not people can buy it on your class!!!!!!Even some of the Magnolia Chandeliers managed to find their way on to it.(These are available from http://www.sirstampalot.co.uk/)
The card is being hand delivered for me by Jenny from Hobby Art.
She will also be at the Show and very kindly said that she would make sure that it arrived safely, not squashed as it might have been if I had popped it in the post.
That's the trouble when you get inspired, you don't give a thought to how you are actually going to get your finished work to it's destination, so it became very dimensional.
I hope you like it.
Can't believe that tomorrow is Friday again, where has another week gone to???
Better finish now, have a few e-mails to send.
Happy Stamping
Love Kimx