More Chalks for Dynamic Duo and Sketch Saturday

Evening Everyone,
I hope that all you Mums out there have been suitably spoilt with plenty of cups of tea or coffee and dinner cooked for you lol.
I have had a nice relaxing day but now I must get an early night. I have to be at work for 5am tomorrow since we have a stock take and I have to make sure that all of the invoices are booked in before they can start!!!

This is a card that I made after class yesterday using Versamark and Decorating Chalks.

The stamp is a lovely Hero Arts cling stamp and I have chosen my colours from Dynamic Duos where they want Sky Blue and Green Grass.

The sentiment is from a Hobby Art clear stamp set and I have stamped and embossed it in the centre of the chalked panel.

I added some gems and assembled the card following the challenge over at Sketch Saturday with some strips of punched card and spotty ribbon..

Better get to bed now or I will never get up in time, it is always so hard on a Monday without being an hour earlier than normal.
Hugs Kimx

There is a new Challenge Blog at Lavinia Stamps

Evening Everyone,
Hasn't it been another lovely bright and sunny day.
At least it has been here in Surrey, no doubt that will mean rain tomorrow, I'm not sure that we Brits can cope with more than two sunny days in a row lol.
Why is it that work seems so much longer after a couple of days off. Of course it may also have had something to do with the fact that at 9 o'clock last night I suddenly remembered that my work uniform was still in the wash and I had to stay up till it was finished!!

One of the stands that I visited at the show on Saturday was Lavinia Stamps.
I have owned several of their stunning fantasy style stamps for a while, but as I don't teach classes using them they are neglected when it comes to playtime.

All that changed on Saturday when I discovered that they have started a new Challenge Blog  where this month the challenge is Anything Goes.

Of course I had added a couple more floral stamps to my stash, and so I decided that I needed to play with them and enter the challenge.

I have used my Distress Markers here which work so perfectly when painted directly onto the polymer stamps, no 'puddling' like you get with ordinary markers or dye based ink pads.
They also remain wet enough when stamped to enable you to emboss the image as I have done here.

I cut the central panel by hand and layered it over Nestie Floral Ovals. I added Peeled Paint Distress ink to the frame as well as some tiny gems. I also added some 'shrivelled ribbon', faux stitching and tiny dots.

I took my colours from the challenge over at Dynamic Duos where they are looking for Dark Green and Yellow.
I would also like to enter this into the challenge at Make My Monday where they are looking for projects Inspired by Nature.
They are also looking for Lots of Flowers at Forever Friends.
Oh dear, it has got very late again, better get to bed.
Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Kimx

A Blue Christmas

Evening Everyone,
Oh Boy, have I been looking forward to today, the start of a long weekend for me, and a Craft Show to go to on Saturday, how much better can it get?
In fact I must have been focusing so hard on today that I forgot to post this card in time to enter the challenge over at Dynamic Duos where they were looking for Island Indigo and Pool Party.

I had great fun working with this colour combo, in fact, as is often the case, I got a little bit carried away and made several cards.

Once again I have used the lovely Woodware stamp set FRCL217 Poinsettia Magic and some pigment inks, this time Peacock and Cerulean. I don't have Stampin Up ink pads so this was the nearest that I could get to the colour scheme.

I also used a sentiment from a Hobby Art Christmas Greetings set.

The flower stems and leaf veins have been hand drawn on to the panel which has been embellished with a Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page.

I had better not stay up too late tonight or I won't make the most of my time off.

Night night

hugs Kimx

Two Challenges in One

Evening Everyone,
Well I did think that we were pushing our luck with two days of beautiful sunshine, especially given that it is half term and the children are at home all day. So I wasn't at all surprised by the rain that was falling when I opened the door this morning. At least it cheered up as the day went on, let's hope that this isn't it for this year and nice weather!!

The card I am sharing tonight has been made following this month's sketch over at Woodware.

I have also combined it with the Black Tie colour combo challenge at Dynamic Duos, Turquoise and Basic Black. 

The stamp set is another of Jane Gill's new floral images, JGS298 Victorian Spray.
I have coloured it using Distress inks Black Soot and Broken China, and I also added a little sparkle with some Starlight Pen blended with a damp paintbrush.

The background papers are also available from Woodware, and I added some tiny gems and Faux Stitching.
I do love black combined with one other colour. In fact I used just that for one of the sample pages in the Woodware catalogue. (Click on the arrow till you get to 10-11)
I wonder what sort of weather tomorrow will bring. Better get some sleep before I find out.
Hugs Kimx