Stay Magical with Designer Boutique

Evening,

Have you had a good Wednesday? I spent my usual morning in the company of new friends at 'Stitch and Bitch' or 'Sewing Bee' as they prefer the get togethers to be known.

We had been talking last week about card making, so I took a few cards with me so that they could see what I do, along with a copy of my books.

So here are a couple of cards that I made recently for Creative Expressions for the Designer Boutique range.

I used ink sprays and then took some of the colour out of the flowers with bleach.

This card was also made with the same inks and stamps.

I do love an inky background as you know.

I also added a little faux stitching 

and raised the panel on some 3D foam tape.

I really must get some walking done tomorrow, I have been very remiss in my training over the last week.

Thanks for stopping by.

Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx
 

Designer Boutique Launch

Evening,

There is another fabulous new launch over at Creative Expressions. This time it is a new set of stamps launched under the Designer Boutique range.

The set I got to play with is called Fairy Blooms, and as it contains several stamp designs in the one set I decided that it would work perfectly with the Retiform technique of masking.

This involved lots of masking and ink blending along with stamping.

It is a fabulous way of using lots of stamps on one cards. I also added a couple of fussy cut flowers and leaves.

The background to the card base was created using inks, and embossing folder and some Gilding Polish.

Thanks for stopping by.

Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx
 

Time to Paint Those Eggs

Evening,

Along with the beautiful 3D Embossing Folder that Creative Expressions recently released, there are some Easter stamps designed by the lovely Francoise Reid.

Normally I wouldn't blog them until Easter weekend, but as the supermarket shelves are groaning under the weight of Easter Eggs at the moment, I decided that I would share this card tonight.

I created the backgrounds using Creative Expressions Pixie Powders.

I love these powders because you never know exactly what you are going to end up with, every background is different even when using the same colours.

I stamped and embossed in white for all of the stamped images and then flooded the paper with water before adding the powders, and then more water.

I also added a little Gilding polish through a stencil in the background and then coloured some of the images with Pearlescent paint. All of the products used are from Creative Expressions.

Thanks for stopping by.

Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx
 

New 3D Embossing Folders

Evening,

We have some fabulous new 3D Embossing Folders that launched today from Creative Expressions.

I got to play with one of them, and got rather carried away with sample making, but for now here is just one of the cards that I made.

Thanks for stopping by.

Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx

New PaperCuts release - You're a Star

Evening,

There are some fabulous new Paper Cuts Edger Dies released today by Creative Expressions, and I got to play with one of them. 

This one is called CEDPC1226 - Paper Cuts You're a Star Edger Die.

I die a bit of paper piecing after die cutting it from several different colours of card stock.

It was a bit fiddly, but well worth the effort.

The blue background was created using inks and Cosmic Shimmer Gilding Polish through a small star stencil.

I paper pieced the green leaves and red hears and then added some glossy accents.

I do hate waste, so I used one of the leftover die cuts as a stencil and then added the red and green snowflakes over this.

I covered them with versamark and crystal embossing powder to give them a little extra texture.

I also added a stack sentiment for a Christmas card.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check out the rest of the release HERE.

Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx

Thought of You Today

Evening,

I've got another couple of cards to share tonight using the fabulous Sue Wilson Floral Panel Collection.

They actually come as a set of two, so although I have used the leafy die, 

the collection is called CED2055 Button Flower.

I die cut the panel once from a piece of mop up background,

and then again from kraft card, before doing a little bit of paper piecing.

I really liked the leafy spray, and as you know I don't like waste,

so I cut it away from the frame and added it to a panel with a little background stamping on it.

I stacked the sentiment dies, before adding some glossy accents.

My thoughts are with various people, as well as my Cousins who have no doubt been thinking about their Dad who died 3 years ago today.

Thank you for stopping by.

Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx

Many Happy Returns

Evening,

I've got another couple of cards for you tonight made using one of Jane's fabulous floral stamps JGS829 Many Happy Returns.

I stamped and embossed the image onto a piece of watercolour cardstock,

and then used Cosmic Shimmer Icy Pink Airless Mister to colour the image and the background.

The green is also an Airless Mister, Kiwi Twist, which I used to paint the leaves.

I used a ruler and craft knife to trim the panel and then fussy cut around the image before layering it over a dry embossed panel.

The second card was created in the same manner,

only this time I dry embossed a piece of handmade background 

for the panel on the right of the card.

Thanks for stopping by.

Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx

Roses with Love

Afternoon,

I'm home safe and sound, although definitely not dry. The motorway can be quite a scary place when there is torrential rain and people continue to drive like idiots.

There is always one stamp in any collection that stands out against the rest, and I think for me it was this one in Jane's spring release for Woodware at Creative Expressions.

I love Jane's floral images but I particularly liked this one JGS836 Roses with Love.

I used a variety of handmade backgrounds for my cards

along with various sentiments.

It's still pouring with rain so I think that I will go back to my needlework, or maybe a little cardmaking, or even a crafty granny nap lol.

Thanks for stopping by, 

Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx

Jane's Florals

Evening,

One of the major benefits of being retired, is being able to stay with the Grandchildren for an extra day after the weekend, because you don't have to get back for work.

It was lovely taking them all to school this morning, and then picking them up at the end of the day. Chloe asked if we could go for our treat at Costa. So we had a hot chocolate before coming home to read books and do homework.

This is a card that I made with one of Jane's fabulous floral stamps.

I rarely know exactly what I am going to create when I start making samples,

so I often end up with extra bits and pieces to make another card.

I did quite a bit of fussy cutting

and die cut some panels,

and made one card for Creative Expressions, and another for my box.

They are very slightly different,

because I hate to make the same card twice.

I've managed to make my laptop battery last for my stay. I do hope that I have left the charger on my desk at home.

Back to looking after Mum tomorrow. I wonder if she has missed me?

Thanks for stopping by.

Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx