A card for Fetch a Sketch

Morning Everyone
Thought I would post early today so that I can craft without interruption, that and the challenge over at Fetch a Sketch  finishes in a couple of hours and I made a card to enter.
I really will have to get my act together with scheduled posting this year, maybe that should be one of my resolutions, if I made then of course lol.

I am definitely going to get myself a light box for photography this year, photographs taken late at night on my craft table are not the best, sorry folks.
The central panel has been created using JGS273 Wheat, stamped and embossed using Versafine Vintage Sepia and then sponged with Victorian Velvet and Antique Linen Distress inks.

The ghosted images in the background have been created by stamping onto the background with the same stamp spritzed with water.
The greeting is also from Woodware FRCL154 Salutations.
I will be teaching this technique on Saturday at Davina's where I will also be showing them how to create the stitched border around the edge of the card.
Time for breakfast, my craftroom is calling, and the TV so that I can catch up with Barbara on Create and Craft. You never know I may see some of the cards that I have made for her.
hugs Kimx

A Birthday Boy

Evening Everyone,
I hope that you have had a good weekend.
Mine has been quite productive since I have managed to get the cards ready for the twins birthday on Tuesday.
Thats quite an achievement for me as I am usually very late with them, I still have a couple of cards from June to send lol.

This card was made for one of the 'minded children' that my daughter cares for.
He also happens to be my Grandson's best friend.

I made it using the sketch over at Fetch a Sketch.
I don't know about you guys but I find it makes a card so much easier to make if you have a sketch or a challenge to follow.

The main image involved a bit of masking and has been in my bits box for quite some time.

The background papers are from my stash, and I added some embossing with some of the fabulous Frantage Embossing Enamel. This is creeping into my work everywhere at the moment.
Off to bed now, late again :O)
hugs Kimx

A Christmas card for Fetch a Sketch challenge 19

Evening everyone,
I have been babysitting this evening while my Daughter and Sin-in-Law went to Megan's first Parents Evening at Secondary School.
Of course we had to watch our favourite babysitting film Mulan and eat Cream and Caramel eggs.
Yes I am a bad Mamma, fill them full of sugar and E numbers just before bedtime. Still I did brush their teeth so I'm not all bad lol.

I have joined in with the latest challenge over at Fetch a Sketch and came up with another Christmas card.

The stamped panel was once again created using Stampin Up stamps and ink only this time I cut it into 9 squares and mounted them onto white card stock.

I tapped pine cone ink around the edges of each square, before mounting them onto the small white card.

I would also like to enter this into the picture inspired challenge over at Weekly Christmas Card challenges.

I had better get to bed now. 

I'm off to SirStampalot tomorrow for my holiday. Lots of late nights and early mornings, I am soooo looking forward to it.

Maybe you will pop in and say Hi, I look forward to seeing you.

Hugs Kimx

Fetch a Sketch challenge 10

        
Well I've made it through the first couple of days back at work, although I seem to have come down with a stinking cold.
At least it waited till I was back at home to strike so that it didn't spoil my holiday.
I managed to get a couple of things finished before I started to feel rotten, one of them being this card which I am entering into the challenge over at Fetch a Sketch.

I have rotated the sketch, but I think you can still recognise it.
The main panel is created using a Kaleidacolour ink pad Creole Spice, one of my favourites, and the lovely Artemio clear stamp set Hedgerow Plants 10001147.
I have cut the panel out using an oval Grand Nestie and stamped a greeting onto it from Hobby Art Sentiments clear set.

The greeting actually didn't stand out very well so I restamped and embossed it onto vellum and layered it over the original image so that no one would be any the wiser.

The die cut flower and leaves are Magnolia DooHickeys.

The background card is Bazzil Dotted Swiss from Sir Stampalot.

That's about as much as I can managed tonight, I hate it when you can't breathe with a cold and find yourself constantly sniffing, I'm always telling the kids off for it lol.

Off to bed now, I have work again tomorrow.

Nite nite

Hugs, but no kisses, I wouldn't want you to catch my cold :)

Kimx

K