Silhouette Style Grasses

Evening All,

My lovely friend Gill has set us the challenge on Facebook of using silhouette stamps.

I had a look through my card stash and found this card made a while ago using a handmade background, and a silhouette style stamp.

The backgrounds were made using a session with my Gelli plate, inks and stamps.

I love playing with my Gelli plate, you end up with a pile of amazing backgrounds, no two alike.

It's hard to stop cause there might be just enough ink for one more pull.

I think this fabulous silhouette style stamp is from Chocolate Baroque, but I wouldn't be able to swear to it. I do love floral images like these.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx

Butterflies and Poppies

Evening Everyone,
Just recently several of my classes have been inspired by things that I have found on YouTube, my go to place when travelling on the train to my daughter.

One such such find is 'Bump and Smudge', such an easy technique, but so effective. It involves the use of Distress Oxide inks, and has proved a particular favourite with 'The Girls'.

Basically you 'bump' your inked stamp onto your cardstock, and then 'smudge' the image with a blending tool.
You do need to 'smudge' pretty quickly since the technique makes use of both the dye base properties of the Distress Oxides to give you the image, and then the pigment part for the 'smudge'. If you wait too long then the slower drying pigment part will have dried too.

I used a fabulous butterfly panel from Chocolate Baroque for these cards which would have been perfect for the new challenge at CCM where we are looking for Bugs.

I also used this stamp with the Oxide inks

and a damp paintbrush to pull the colour into the image.

This last card also uses the 'Bump and Smudge' technique with my favourite Penny Black Poppies.
The wood panel background paper is from a 12x12 pad that I bought at The Works for £3, amazing value don't you think.
Wow, two blogposts in a row, I might have to go and lie down :O)
Have a great crafty evening.
Hugs Kimx

Fairies or Other Mythical Creatures at CCM

Afternoon Everyone,
We have a new challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers today where our host Jackie is looking for Fairies or other Mythical Creatures.

My time has been extremely limit of late so I decided to look back through my not so inconsiderable stash of cards and photos of projects already sent out.

 This was actually made a couple of years ago using a lovely topper from LOTV.

 As I had several images all the same I decided to do a little decoupage.

The main card was die cut using a favourite Go Create die which I then stamped and white embossed with large Chocolate Baroque butterflies before sponging with Distress Inks.
I hope that you will find the time to join in with our challenge. Anything will do so long as it contains a fairy or other mythical creature.
Don't forget to pop along and see what the rest of my wonderful Teamies have come up with to inspire you HERE.
Have a fabulous week.
Happy Crafting and hugs
Kimx

Things wirh Wings at CCM

Evening Everyone,
Sorry that this is a little later than planned, I have been having a fun filled couple of days playing with some of my new toys.
I have been killing two birds with one stone, finishing off some of the cards that I need to send out this month, so I haven't been totally naughty.
Yesterday saw the start of a new challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers where our host Mary is looking for Things With Wings. Anything with wings will count, birds, butterflies and other insects, fairies, aeroplanes, even hearts as long as they have wings!

I chose a huge butterfly stamp from Chocolate Baroque for my card.

I stamped and embossed the image onto vellum and then dry embossed sections of the design on the reverse to create 'whitework'.

Vellum is always difficult to mount as any form of glue tends to show through, so I wrapped the panel around a square of patterned card stock and taped it down using DSST.
I added some faux stitching to match the white die cut panel and then finished it off with a white peel-off sentiment.
Thanks for stopping by, and don't forget to check out what the rest of the DT have created to inspire you.
Happy Crafting and hugs
Kimx

A Sprinkling of Fairy Dust

Evening Everyone,
Having spent a very pleasant Saturday teaching Spotlight Cards at Davina's, Sunday was spent working on a couple of commissions.
I have to get on top of things before the next set of DT stamps arrive.
Not that I'm complaining, it's always exciting when the parcel arrives and the brain goes in to over drive.

This card was made for a lady who comes in to the garage every day for her coffee.

She wanted a card for her Sister who will be 50 this week, and who likes fairies.

Of course it was a very good excuse to purchase the fabulous October Fairy stamp set from Chocolate Baroque.

Isn't she fabulous.

I stamped and embossed her onto a piece of Gelli Plate background from my stash.

I used this lovely background stamp from Lavinia Stamps called Fairy Words as well as the leafy stamps.
Sorry my computer is not playing the game tonight and links are proving difficult.

The other sentiments are from Lili of the Valley.

I finished it off with some die cut leaves along with flowers and stamen from my stash and a liberal sprinkling of Fairy Dust aka sparkly embossing powder.

This is what I added to the inside.
The card was safely delivered this morning, so I can cross that off my 'To Do List'.
Shame I've just added about four more things to the bottom though lol.
Early night tonight I think.
Back tomorrow.
Hugs Kimx