Stencil Flowers

Evening All,

Well I managed to get to my daughters for my babysitting weekend in one piece. No trips or stumbles, and an enthusiastic greeting from all of them which is wonderful. Chloe has fussed around me like a mother hen, wanting to fetch my 'blue and black thing' (my splint), and telling me off for not wearing it all the time, even though I don't have to anymore. Aren't children wonderful :0) 

We are playing with stencils next weekend in class. They are such versatile things and can be used with a variety of products.

These cards were made using a floral stencil and alcohol inks.

They were also run through an embossing machine to which gives them extra dimension.

We will be using inks with the stencils this time, but I'm sure that we will play with them in other classes just like this one.  As I said they are so useful.

I added a die cut sentiment to this card, cut from glitter card.

Better get to bed, I'm bound to get an early morning wake up call lol.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx

Hot Air Balloon

 Evening Everyone,

I hope that you have all had a wonderful weekend and are not too stressed out with all the preperations for Christmas which is just around the corner.

My good friend Gill has been reminding us this week about brass stencils in her 'Way to Go Wednesday' on Facebook. 

This is definitely not a Christmas card, but it does use a lovely Dreamweaver brass stencil.

I drew round the design  with a black micron pen and with the stencil in place. I then added a little bit of basic zendoodle.

In answer to Gill's question you can use them through an embossing machine, so once I had finished my 'tangling' I placed the stencil back in place and ran it through my Cuttlebug  with the appropriate sandwich for that machine.

It is very hard to show in the photographs but it does give it a little extra dimension.

I do like to be reminded of some of that stash that I have in my craft room.

My last sleepover tonight, so we are having a little bit of an impromptu movie night since Emma's class has been shut down early due to a case of Covid. We had lots of tears because she wouldn't see all her friends again before Christmas, but she decided that there was definitely a plus side.........................no spelling test.

Thanks for stopping by.

Stay safe and hugs

Kimx

Better late than never Twins :O)

Hello again.
As I said before I have missed several family birthdays in my computer enforced sabbatical from Blogland.
One of those was the July birthday of the twins eleven days before Emma.

I used a stencil run through my embossing machine to create the background for Saskia's card.

 The main image is a LOTV topper which has been fussy cut and added to the card using silicon.

I added some gilding wax to the background and some die cut letters.

Ciaran's card also uses a background created using a stencil and my embossing machine.
Can't you just tell that I did a class on that technique round about then lol.

 I used an image from my stash and some favoutite die cut letters and sentiment.

I added sparkle medium to this background while the stencil was still in place, a technique learned from the lovely 'Imagination Sue'.
We are playing with bleach in class tomorrow, so I had better go dig out some old clothes, and narrow down the list of stamps that I am going to take along to play with. Decisions, decisions lol.
Have a great weekend.
Hugs Kimx

Welcome to Your New Home

Morning Everyone
Ive got a New Home card to share with you today.

The slightly spooky houses are a fabulous die cut from black card.

The background layer was created using a Clarity stencil, 

die based inks and my Grand Caliber Embossing machine.
I placed some coloured paper behind the windows and then added Glossy Accents.

The greeting is from a rather old, but well loved Hobby Art stamp set.
I think this has a rather autumnal/wintery feel which goes rather well with the weather that we are having of late.
Have a great day.
Happy Crafting and hugs
Kimx