Countdown to Christmas - Day 1

Evening,

Happy 1st of December, which means that the countdown to Christmas really has begun in earnest.

I try to make a few Christmas cards each month throughout the year. I haven't been quite as on top of that as usual this year, but I have still managed to make enough to share something Christmassy with you every day in the lead up to Christmas Day itself.

'The Girls' and I were playing with diecuts earlier in the year.

This is a layering die set which I have used to create a Letterpressed image.

Years ago I wouldn't have given you much of a thank you for a die. Now I probably buy them more often than I do stamps. I have learned that they can be very versatile and used not just for die cutting.

I added texture to the Letterpress panel by using a die and an embossing mat to create the stitched element in the background.

I really must start to write my Christmas cards tomorrow or they are never going to arrive. Still, I think everyone is quite used to me by now lol.

Thanks for stopping by.

See you tomorrow with another Christmas card.

Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx 

Hello Sweet Fiend, Let's Celebrate

Afternoon,

Another trip out for me today. I've just spent a lovely couple of hours sitting in the local Wetherspoons.  Before you start to worry that I've turned to drink, I was nursing a very nice cup of coffee lol. It was the monthly get together of a Carers group that I belong to. A much-needed chance to chat with other people that know exactly what you are going through when caring for someone.

Here are a couple of cards made a while ago for the lovely Janice at SirStampalot.

I used the framed background die and an embossing mat to create the background to this card. I then used my ink blending brushes to add colour to the resulting piece of embossed card stock.

I die cut the frame from black cardstock and stuck it over the coloured and embossed panel using wet glue. I used some floral elements and sentiments to embellish the finished card. 

I used the frame die again for this second card. I used white cardstock and an embossing mat to create the background and then cleaned my brushes on the embossing to give a soft finish to the panel.

I added a fine black line around the embossing with a micron pen.

Once again, a couple of floral embellishments

along with a die cut sentiment and a little bit of bling.

No galivanting tomorrow, unless you count a trip to the local co-op for some milk lol. I certainly don't want to go anywhere at the moment, it's p...ing down!!

Thanks for stopping by.

Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx

Toadstools

 Evening All,

What is it with scaffolders? Why do they think that they should be exempt from wearing a mask? It's the same old same old every morning. I've even suggested that the local coppers might want to come down in the early mornings and start dishing out fines, but no luck so far. To be fair I suspect that their minds are on their colleague who was shot on Friday. Croydon is only just down the road from us, so it is far too close to home.

Anyway rant over......................on to crafty matters.

There is definitely an autumnal nip in the air now, so here are a couple of cards made with one of Jane's lovely toadstool stamps JGS744 Lino Cut Toadstools. They always make me think of Autumn.

When I am making DT cards, I never know what they are going to be like until I start to play. This inevitably means that I end up with bits that need finishing off. Always useful, as it means that I am ahead of the game when it comes to getting cards to Jane for her TV shows.

I tried out the white embossing first, but wasn't totally happy with it, especially as it is going to form part of an online catalogue so I tried it again in black embossing instead.

I was happier with this one. I stamped and embossed on kraft card and then coloured with Cosmic Shimmer Watercolour Inks.

I used the Double Stitched Rectangles to emboss a frame around the toadstools, rather than cutting them out.

I added some white gell pen to the spots on the toadstools.

We found a couple of toadstools when I went walking with the Grandkids the other weekend.

They may not have been very exiting to look at, but the kids were fascinated by them, especially as they had literally appeared over night.

I did suggest that the fairies might have been having a party and that was why they had appeared, which they found to be a perfectly acceptable explanation lol.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs 

Kimx