Using up the Leftovers

 Afternoon,

More years ago than I care to remember a very popular item in the Crafting market were Peel Offs.

They were brilliant for adding a quick sentiment or embellishment to a card, and like most people I owned thousands of them.

Davina, where I will still teach once these bloody restrictions are lift, was renowned for having the largest selection of peel-offs in the South of England.

As much as I like the corners and borders, and the little dots and squares that became a bit of a signature item for me, there always seemed to be so much waste.

So here is a card that I made using some of it up. I remember that it was inspired by something that I saw somewhere, probably in a magazine as it was very much pre-Pinterest, but I couldn't for the life of me tell you where.

I stamped and silver embossed the square stamp in the middle of a black square panel and added an open border using peel-off lines.

I mitered the corners for a cleaner look and then filled in the open spaces with lots of the little bits of waste. It was taken from the leftovers from those ornate peel-off corners.

I do still own loads of peel-offs which I use very occasionally. But things have definitely come a long way since they were a staple part of ones crafty stash so they rarely get an airing although I do still sometimes sneak a few tiny dots or squares onto a card. I've got to use them up some how lol.

Thanks for stopping by.

Stay safe and craft.

Hugs Kimx

A Wonderful Day to Remember

Evening Everyone,
I hope that you have had a fabulous Sunday.
Today would have been my Son Adam's 33rd birthday, so as you can imagine I have tried to keep myself busy.

This hasn't been hard given the mountain of washing that there was for my daughter to do after the family holiday.
In an effort to help her out, and try to find the living room floor lol, I have spent a good part of today ironing.
I figured that if I ironed it as it came off the line it might speed the tidying process along quite nicely.
It also brought back fond memories of early morning hours spent ironing when Adam was small.
I looked for a card to share with you tonight, and I thought that the sentiment on this one was rather appropriate. 'May your Birthday be a special celebration, and a wonderful day to remember.'

The central panel has been created using one of Jane Gill's fabulous designs for Woodware and Distress inks.

The panel across the middle of the card has been made using a piece of embossed card highlighted with more Distress ink.

I also highlighted the embossing with some tiny assorted gems.
I think that I am ironed out now so it's off to bed for me. Maybe I can get in some crafting after work tomorrow, I think I have done my bit in the domestic goddess department don't you.
Happy Birthday Ammi, love you always xx
Hugs Kimx

Help, Blogger Hates Me

Evening All

Well it is official, Blogger hates me, or rather it seems to hate the lovely Sylvie or Granny London as she is now known.

I have spent a rather frustrating couple of hours at her house this afternoon trying to help her with her blog. However, for some reason, even though we can find her posts by clicking on the link in my post from a few days back, whenever we go to dashboard it tells us that her blog doesn't exist and will not allow us to do anything at all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Any help with this would be gratefully appreciated or there are likely to be a computer and a tablet hurled through a window in the next couple of days lol.

As I seem to be able to post, until Blogger takes a dislike to me that is, I thought that I would share a couple of cards that I made last weekend.

 This first one was actually sent to my friend Corinne for her birthday a few days ago.

The central panel was created using an image embossed with clear powder and then sponged with Distress Inks.

This second card was created in the same manner.

The background papers are all from my bits box, and then I added some faux stitching and some gems.
I think that is enough of computers for me for one day, I'm off to bed.
hugs Kimx

Alcohol Inks - part 1

Evening Everyone.
I told you that I had finished off all of the bits and pieces from my Alcohol Inks class last Saturday. I was so good that I ended up with a pie of 22 cards, so I have decided to split the posts on them so as not to overwhelm you with photographs.

So here are the first selection which are predominantly basic Alcohol inked panels that have been used as background for some stamping and embossing.

This one is stamped and embossed in white, cut out using a Nestie and then layered over a dry embossed panel with a few tiny gems added.

 This panel has been stamped and embossed onto using Black Versafine ink and then cut out using a Nestie.

 I have gold embossed onto this fabulous background and then layered it onto a dry embossed background card. Ribbon and Card Candi add the finishing touches.

I stamped and embossed onto this piece of white card before add the Alcohol inks over the top. The finishing touches to this panel are some silver embossing and some peel-off dots.

 This final card with the 'Ghosted' images has been achieved by stamping in Blending Solution onto a basic Alcohol ink background

It is rather difficult to see, but I love the effect of the Blending Solution. Very Ethereal.
Its a busy day tomorrow as it is the 1st of May.
This time 14 years ago we were all sitting in a hospital room anxiously awaiting the arrival of my first Grandchild who was taking her own sweet time to appear. She took 36 hours before she finally graced us with her presence, and she has been keeping us hanging on her every move ever since lol.
Hugs Kimx

Hobby Art Butterflies

Evening Everyone,
I'm sorry for my rather sporadic return to blogging, but what with DT samples for the TV, class prep and the imminent arrival of the next parcel of stamps from Woodware I have been otherwise occupied.
Speaking of the TV, did you catch 'Hobby Art Jenny' on the box today?
Here is one of the cards that I made for her using the fantastic new Butterflies stamp set.

The butterflies were stamped and embossed onto white card stock and then Distress inks were sponged over them.

I used a stencil to add some dots to the background as well as some tiny solid stamped butterflies from the stamp set.

The text stamp from the show has been used to remove ink from the background by stamping it with water.
I've been having such fun playing with inks and stencils just lately, but then I always did love making backgrounds.
Better get some sleep, I have more class prep to work on tomorrow. We will be using Alcohol inks on Saturday at Davina's and it has been quite a while since I last played with them so we need to get reacquainted.
hugs Kimx