Happy Halloween

Hi All,

I don't usually send Halloween cards, but last year the kids were having such a rough time with lockdown that I decided it was the perfect opportunity to cheer them all up, and send some pennies for sweeties. 

I had such fun, that I decided that I would do it again this year.

I chose some fabulously colorful images from Polkadoodles.

On this card made for my youngest Grandchildren I added them over a large spiders web with some added sparkle paste.

The background panel uses texture paste and a spiders web stencil from Dutch Doobadoo along with Tim Holtz Distress Ink and Oxide sprays.

I decided on the background panel after being inspired in the Stencils and Pastes class by my friend Jenny.

I made several cards for little people amongst my friends and family

and enclosed a few pennies for them to buy sweeties.

I fussy cut the coloured images,

and added sentiments from a fabulous stamp set from Simon Says Stamp that I have had for a while.

One recipient has a birthday a few days before Halloween, so I turned his card into a birthday card for him.

Thanks for stopping by. Two posts in two day, I wonder how long that will last lol.

Crafty hugs 

Kimx

Making the Most of Sue Wilson

Morning Everyone,
I did think I might have finally written all of my Christmas cards, until I thought of a couple more as I was in the shower this morning, so maybe not lol.
Anyway I thought that we might have a break from them on the blog today and share something different.

 These cards have all been made using Brushos or Color Bursts.

The background to this one also uses a Dutch Doobadoo stencil and a fabulous Hero Arts grasses stamp.

 I also added a little bit of sparkle with a little Imagination Sparkle Medium.

This one uses a different stencil, 

as well as a moon mask and some extra sponged ink.

These last cards use plain Brusho backgrounds

and stamped images

that match the fantastic Sue Wilson die.

Of course not wanting to waste anything, I have used up every part of my die cut card to create nice decorative borders

as well as using the centers as nice ornate frames.Maybe I can get back to the gym now that I have finished my card writing, I certainly need to, although it is not looking good for today. Why is it that having a couple of extra days off might make for a short week, but it feels like today has gone on for ever.
Time for a granny nap, me think the gym can wait another day lol.
Have a great day.
Hugs Kimx

From Our House to Yours at Christmas

Morning All
My turn at WoodwareWitterings again today, and this week we are showcasing Christmas cards.
The theme is actually 'From Our House to Yours', but I guess that pretty much anything Christmassy would count for that. Well I hope it will anyway lol.

My card was made using a Jane Gill stamp set JGS199 The House on the Hill.

I stamped and embossed the image onto watercolour cardstock, and coloured it using dye based inks.

I fussy cut around the image and layered it on to a piece of background from my stash using silicon.
The dots on the background were created using a Dutch Doobadoo stencil, a blending tool, some dye based ink and a little Star Dust Glitter Glue.

I also added some Puffy Stuff, which when heated looks like snow, and a Christmas sentiment.
I hope that you get plenty of Christmas inspiration from the Girls this week.
Have a great day.
Hugs Kimx

Spiders Web and Florals

Afternoon Everyone
How quickly the weather has gone from Summer to Autumn.
Of course there is still plenty of time for an Indian Summer, but for now I will just be grateful that the nights are cooler and I am able to sleep.

As usual I got rather carried away when prepping for this weeks theme over at WoodwareWitterings, 'Time of Mellow Fruitfulness'.

I never know what I am going to make so sometimes I end up with extra bits and pieces whilst I play.

That was just the case here where I dry embossed a couple of sheets of card with the fabulous Spiders Web mask from Dutch Doobadoo.

I coloured the panel using dye based inks and then added some die cut Silhouette Florals in black with a little Gilding Wax brushed onto them.

I used the spider and web from a fabulous stamp set that I bought from Card-io when I was at a show in Doncaster in July.

Of course if I had waited till today I could have used the Tim Holtz 661588 Mixed Media Halloween thinlets die that I bought at Ally Pally yesterday.

While I was finishing things off I created this card using a panel created by dry embossing a Dreamweaver Spiders Web stencil and adding sponged dye based ink and Gilding Wax.

Again I added die cut florals, this time in black and white.

I had a fabulous time at Ally Pally on Saturday. I haven't been to a show there in years so it was lovely to catch up with friends old and new.
I spent far too much, but then isn't that what I go to work for lol.
Better get a few more bits finished off, it will be back to work all too soon.
Have a great day, what ever you are doing.
Crafty hugs
Kimx

Time of Mellow Fruitfulness at WoodwareWitterings

Morning,
My turn today at WoodwareWitterings where it is 'Time for Mellow Fruitfulness'

We are left very much to our own devises once we have been given the title. It is up to us to interpret as we see fit.

Now to me it screamed cornfields, and spiders webs and autumn colours.

I used a fabulous Dutch Doobadoo Spiders Web Mask Art

and Decorating Chalks to create my background, before stamping and embossing JGS273 Wheat onto it using Black Versafine ink and clear embossing powder.

To create a darker piece of background for the main body of the card I first tapped a clean Versamark  inkpad over a sheet of Mixed Media card stock and then blended the same colours of Decorating Chalks over it. The ink makes the chalks appear darker and is a great way to create co-ordinating paper to match your chalked images. 

 Once again I got a little carried away and created a second card.

 I'm actually not sure which one I like best lol.

This time I stamped and embossed using Sepia Versafine Ink 

 and added a dry embossed spiders web as my background.

I sponged the embossed panel with the same colours of decorating chalks using a cotton wool ball and added some Gold, Copper and Bronze Gilding Wax. Unfortunately this doesn't show up very well in the photos.

I had several narrow strips left over from trimming my panels so I created a third card with a bit of paper weaving,

some die cut foliage,

and a sentiment.
I hope that you enjoy our challenge this week, thanks for stopping by.
Happy Crafting and Hugs.
Kimx

A new Sketch for Woodware

Hi All
We have a new sketch for you to play with at Woodware this week, and it is my turn to post today.

I love working with a sketch and decided that I would use this opportunity to add another Christmas card to my stash. I doubt very much that they will have been written by now

The cute Reindeer is one of Jane's new Christmas stamps.

I did a bit of paper piecing for the head and scarf and then painted the nose red before adding some Gelli Roll Stardust pen and Glossy Accents

The greeting is from another of Jane's new stamps finished off with a bit of bling, and layered over a panel of red card which has been dry embossed using one of the Doobadoo stencils.
As usual a bit of gold gilding wax helps to enhance the pattern.

I can see that this is going to be a very useful sketch so I expect you will see me use it again.
Have a great day.
Hugs Kimx