Scallops, Curves and Curls at Woodware and a new blog address

Hi All
I think that I may have given Dorothy a bit of a problem with my card for the latest Woodware challenge, which this week is Scallops, Curves and Curls.
I had terrible trouble sending her the photos, and it seems my picture of all the products used never arrived at all which means that she has had to do a bit of educated guessing.
She did a very good job of that by the way lol.

I have used the Crafty Edger cassette Japanese Fan on the white panel.

I sponged the edges of this panel with some Stardust Stickles using a piece of Cut and Dry Felt, it's very subtle and hard to photograph.

The flowers have been made using 3 different sizes of Flower Punch. Nearly right Dorothy :O)
I fastened 3 or 4 punched flowers together with a brad  and then spritzed them with some water and screwed up each layer.
After they have dried out a bit you can move the petals to create fabulous realistic looking flowers.

The 'curls' have been created using an old Artemio stamp set which I stamped and embossed onto acetate using Versamark and Shabby White Frantage Powder.
I picked this idea up off one of the crafting shows on the TV that I saw recently.

I fussy cut, which really doesn't take very long at all, but does make them look like leaves.

Of course, because of the flowers, the card will need a box, so I rustled up one of those. Also very easy to do, even if my friend Gill hates making them lol.

This is just to give you a reminder of some of the products used even if it didn't make it to Dorothy.
I thought that I had broken the Woodware blog, it always seems to breakdown when ever I am due to post on it,  but they have just moved it after it was hacked again before Christmas.
So HERE is the new site where we will be sharing weekly challenges with you.
I am honoured to say that I have been asked to help out on the DT for a while longer, so please stop by and show your support.
Why not FOLLOW them and continue to be inspired by a very talented team.
Hugs and happy crafting.
Kimx

A Woodware Sneak Peek

Hi All
As promised here is the first of several sneak peeks from the new Woodware catalogue which is due in the shops early next year.
I actually had to make this particular card several times since as well as being in the UK catalogue it was also destined for America to feature in the Notions catalogue.

The spiky flower stamped onto the green card stock is JGS188 Dorothy.

The flower stamped onto the paler background paper is Georgina JGS186.

The smaller flowers come from the set  JGS341 Mini Flowers which includes four of Jane’s new flowers in  a complementary size to the larger single ones.

On this card I added some small pearls to the punched border.

The greeting stamped down the right hand side of the card is JGS901 Birthday Text Box. This is a fabulous small stamp which is easy to repeat.

The flowers have all been stamped and embossed onto background papers available through Woodware.

The punched border has been created using the Crafty Edger, and the flower centres are Card Candi.

I had every intention of posting this to coincide with the Woodware Blog post but as usual things didn't go to plan.
I have spent a rather fretful day waiting for news of my youngest daughter who was undergoing surgery this morning.
Fortunately all is well and she has been allowed home, but cannot be left alone so I have stepped into the breach until her partner finishes work.
Have laptop will travel, but dinner and cleaning out the cat tray has come before blogging.
Of course no Christmas cards have been written, so maybe I will have to leave them all for next year now.
Don't forget to check out the Woodware blog again tomorrow as there will be more cards featuring some of the fabulous new stamps designed by Jane Gill and Francoise Reid.
Time for her pills so I will sign off now.
Hugs Kimx

Girlie Things at Woodware

Hi All,
I'm hoping that Blogger will behave and this scheduled post goes live when it is supposed to.
This is my 3rd week as Guest Designer, or Friend, as Dorothy so kindly called me, over at the Woodware blog.
This week we are looking at Girlie Things, and I must admit that I have cheated a little since I have used a card that I made for one of the Woodware catalogues.

The main panel has been stamped and embossed using Vintage Sepia ink and Jane Gill's lovely JGS302 Vive La Plume stamp.

The border has been punched from the GCD No Worries paper pad using the Butterfly Border Crafty Edger punch.

Girls love flowers, well I do anyway, and this one was made using 3 different sizes of Kiku punch and a gold brad. And of course what could be more girlie than some ribbon and pearls.
I would like to enter this in to the Words, Words, Words challenge at Our Creative Corner.
Hope you will join us this week with your lovely Girlie projects.
Happy Crafting
hugs Kimx

A Woodware Catalogue preview

Hi All,
Another scorching hot day here in Peterboro.
We are trying to persuade Janice and Andy (SirStampalot) to turn the Gents toilet into a wet room so that we can have a nice cooling shower. That will put an end to the sunshine and bring out the frost lol.
I have a little preview for you this evening of one of the fabulous new stamps from Woodware.

Once again I have been lucky enough to have been involved in making some of the samples for the new catalogue.
I feel very honoured.

This stamp is called The Vine JGS310 and although it is classed as a Clear Magic Single it is formed of 3 separate stamps.

I used some of my stash of papers also available from Woodware (I think this one may be a Magenta 12 x 12 paper) and did some paper piecing with the leaves.
I also added Card Candi, ribbon and gems and used the Inverted Corner Rounder and one of the Crafty Edger border punches.
This was one of my favourite card samples from this collection, and I can't wait to see the finished catalogue.
I still like a paper copy to flick though when I am making my wish list, which is getting longer by the minute.
Why not check out the website to see the latest images y6ourself and also to find out where your nearest stockist is.
I also thought that perhaps this would be considered suitable for the latest challenge at Woodware where they are looking for The Great Outdoors. Do vines count for this Dorothy?
Hugs Kimx

Anything but a Square or Rectangle

Evening Everyone
Another Monday, and the start of another new challenge over on the Woodware blog
This week they are looking for ANYTHING BUT A SQUARE OR RECTANGLE.

Now I must admit that a square card tends to be my favourite shape, but I'm always up for a challenge, and another favourite is the Grand Nestie scalloped circle folded in half.

I decided to make a card that I could also enter into the challenge at Christmas Cards All Year Round where the July theme is Christmas flowers / Holly.

The circular greeting on the card is a stamp designed by Jane Gill for the new Woodware catalogue. I was lucky enough to get to borrow it. It's not always what you know but who you know lol.
I made the flowers from a Nestabilities Poinsettia die set, and added some punches leaves. The border across the card is a Crafty Edger punch available from Woodware stockists.
I also added some tiny dots with my white souffle pen, and some stamped and embossed Holly using a Magnolia stamp.
I hope that you will join in with the challenges. I'm looking forward to seeing what the Design Team come up with for the rest of the week at Woodware.
hugs Kimx

A Christmas Cutie

Evening Everyone
Another weekend in sight and no signs of anything resembling summer in my neck of the woods at least. It is amazing how many people sporting winter coats and jumpers that have come in to the garage today!!

So I suppose that it makes perfect sense to share another of the Christmas cards that I have made, far more weather appropriate lol.

This was made using one of the wonderful Lili of the Valley die cut images cut out with a nestie.
I kept it simple with a punched border using one of the Woodware Crafty Edger punches. I added a little bit of glitter to the snowflakes and glossy accents to the peel-off dots.
I would like to enter this into the following challenges
Winter Wonderland - Christmas Teddy
Crimbo Crackers - Anything Goes
Forever Friends - Anything Goes
Thanks for stopping by, let's hope that the weather is better tomorrow other wise I will be shouting above the sound of rain on the roof of Davina's conservatory lol.
hugs Kimx

Red, White and Blue for a small person

Evening Everyone.
I hope that you have had a good day.
I have got a long weekend now due to an extra day off, but with so much DT work to do I can see several late nights in my future, starting with this one lol.

I have been trying to post this card all week.
The challenge over at Woodware this month is a very patriotic Red, White and Blue, and this week they are also looking for Children's cards so I guess that this one fits on both counts.

I must confess that although the greeting is a wonderfully useful Woodware stamp, the hedgehogs are Penny Black stickers, so I do hope that Dorothy will forgive my little faux paux.

I actually made the card with our latest challenge at Crafty Cardmakers in mind, but then changed my mind.
I stamped and embossed the greeting on white card stock and then painted it with dye based inks and plenty of water.

The background papers are from my stash, and I used one of the Crafty Edger cassettes along the bottom edge of the red card.
I added a few tiny black pearls and some glossy accents. Oh yes and a little bit of my trusty sparkle gel pen.
I hope you like it.
Back to the craft room. Tomorrows challenge at The Stampman is calling.
Sorry Boss, my card might be a little late :)
hugs Kimx

Crafty Cardmakers challenge 66 - Fantasy

Evening Everyone.
Today sees the start of another challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers, where our host Lin wants to see a  Fantasy theme to your projects. So dragons, fairies, witches, etc, anything Fantasy or mystical just please make sure that the fantasy element is the main focal point of your creation and not a small fairy charm in the corner for example.
Our two fab sponsors are, Crop Stop with a $15 gift certificate to their store and Di’s Digi Downloads with a $10 gift voucher for their store.

I didn't have any trouble choosing my stamps when it came to this challenge.
What else would I use but Wizard Tilda  and Lillyrose the Dragon. 

I didn't have a suitable background stamp so I made my own on the computer and printed it out. I added distress ink around the edges and stamped the Shooting Star Border into the corners with the same colour ink.

Tilda has been coloured using Distress ink and then placed over an oval panel cut out with a nestie. I added some glossy accents to her glasses.
I sponged a little colour onto the oval with the nestie still in place, and also added a few stamped stars.

The dragon was a little too large so I decided to shrink her so that it looked as if Tilda had done just that.
The only shrink plastic that I could find was frosted so I painted the back of the shrunk dragon with some white acrylic paint to make the colours a little more vibrant.

The main background to the card has been punched using the Woodware Crafty Edger and Star cassette (The other half of the panel from the Woodware 21st Birthday challenge card)
I have added a large punched star behind the Dragon and a liberal sprinkling of smaller stars around the card.
I hope that you will join us HERE and don't forget to check out what the rest of the team have come up with.
hugs Kimx

Happy 21st Birthday at the Woodware challenge

Evening Everyone,
Another late post for the Woodware challenge this week.
I really do miss having to get my card ready to post on the Sunday like I did as Guest Designer.
I hope you feel that this one is worth waiting for lol.

The challenge this week has been to make a card to celebrate a 21st birthday.
I confess that I wasn't really sure what to do, it's difficult when you don't have a specific person in mind.
I chose to use the fabulous FRS214 Huge Happy Birthday. I have stamped it onto two different background papers from my stash so that I could do a bit of paper piecing. This stamp works brilliantly for this technique.

I am still trying very hard to use up left over bits and pieces, so the background is very similar to another card which I will be able to share with you in a couple of days.

I have used the Crafty Edger and Star Party cassette along the bottom edge. Then I have stamped and embossed 'cheers' from the Wine Buff clear stamp set all over the background.
Next I used the leaves from Artemio clear set Floral Borders to stamp over the entire thing using versamark ink.

I had already stamped and embossed the Happy Birthday onto the panel before doing any further stamping so  I cut out the letters from the images stamped on to background papers and attached them to the main card using silicon.

I didn't have any Woodware Chippies but I found these numbers in my stash, I think that they came with a magazine. I covered them in Frantage Aged Silver embossing enamel and then stamped the leaf stamp into the molten powder which adds texture.
The glass of wine is also from the Wine Buff clear set and I have added some glossy accents to it after I coloured in the wine.
Off to bed now.
hugs Kimx

A Card for 52(Christmas) Card Throwdown

Evening Everyone,
Just a quick post tonight.
This is a card that I have made to enter into the challenge over at 52(Christmas) Card Throwdown, where this week they are looking for Red, Green and Blue, and of course a Christmas card.

The main stamped panel was made using a Stampin Up stamp and ink pad. The bauble has been stamped multiple times onto white card before re-inking.
I added a panel of chequered paper punched down one side using my Woodware Crafty Edger Japanese Fan cassette.

The greeting is also from Stampin Up. I have added some metallic nailheads and tiny drops of Glossy Accents   to the baubles.
Off to bed now, nite, nite.
Hugs Kimx

Come and Join me for the Woodware Challenge

Hi Everyone
This is my first attempt at a scheduled post so I do hope that you are viewing this while I am safely tucked up and in the land of nod :)

The month of March is a very special one for me as I am honoured to be Guest Designer over at the Woodware Blog.
This week we start off with a Sketch, and once again I have used the fantastic Artemeo 10001147  Hedgerow Plants. This really is such a useful set as you can see by how much I have used it recently lol.

The main panel on this card has been created using the embossed resist technique that I was teaching at Davina's today.
Ink up the stamp using different colours of pigment inks.  I used a combination of colours from Colour Box Cat's Eye or Queue inkpads.

I like these little ink pads as the shape of them makes it easier to ink up the stamp.
I always start by covering  the entire stamp with the lightest of the colours and then add the others over the top. This way you guarantee to have covered the whole image and there is also less contamination of colours.
When you have stamped out the image once onto white card, cover it with clear embossing powder and heat, and then re-stamp the image again without adding any extra ink. If you 'huff' on it there is enough moisture in your breathe to rejuvenate the ink on the stamp and allow you the opportunity to re-stamp the image, sometimes several times.

I have also added some fine text using another of my Artemeo stamps 10001048 Manuscript Backgrounds. I only used second generation ink here to give a very subtle effect.
Once the panel is finished don't forget to wipe over it with some kitchen paper to remove any excess ink.
As it's name suggests the embossing acts as a resist and any ink stamped onto it won't dry so wiping it away will save you getting yourself in a mess, something I managed to do the first time I tried this technique out.

The stamped panel has been edged with my Pinecone ink pad (Thank you Crafty Lou  for introducing me to this colour) and some stitching using a fine black pen.
The background paper to the card is from a GCD Zen Garden paper pad.
I stamped onto it with my stamps and pinecone ink.
I have also added a border of pale orange card which I have punched with my Crafty Edger Antique Floral cassette and some gold peel-off lines.

The small square with greeting on it from the Woodware FRCL154 Salutations clear stamp set has been created in the same manner, but has then been dry embossed from the back and added to the card using silicon which gives it the padded look.

Of course no card of mine would be complete without three little 'somethings'.

I hope that you like the card and that it will help you feel inspired to join me this month.

Maybe you will even join in with the challenges HERE on the Woodware Blog.

Have a fantastic Sunday with hopefully a bit of crafting thrown in.

Hugs Kimx

A Thank You and a very Happy New Year

 
The challenge over at Woodware this last week has been to make Thank You cards.
I actually got mine made at the beginning of the week for once, but sadly never got around to posting it.

It seems to me though that it is a very appropriate way to end the year, and to say thank you to all of the lovely people that have visited me during it.
My Thank You to you all has been made using one of the background papers from the GCD paper pack Rocket Red Glare.
I have punched the panel down the right hand side with my Crafty Edger punch and mounted it onto a square white card. Of course I had to add a few tiny pearls.

The greeting is taken from the clear stamp set FRCL200 All Occasions Bloom  and has been stamped and embossed onto a piece of Dotted Swiss Bazzil card stock.

The floral panel has been stamped and embossed onto a piece of handmade background paper from my stash and the flowers were coloured with Promarkers.
See Anna I am embracing the new lol.
I added a few extra dots with a white gelly roll glaze pen, and some stitched borders with a fine black pen.
Once again I would like to say a huge thank you to you all for visiting, and for all the lovely comments that you have left. They really are very much appreciated.
Only just over an hour to go, so I will leave you with a wish for a very Healthy and Happy New Year to you all.
I hope that 2012 is a wonderful year for everyone.
Happy Crafting and hugs
Kimx