Mini Santas

Hi All,

I must be getting clumsy in my old age, I fell over again just as I turned on to the forecourt at work. Nothing too bad this time, apart from a scraped knee. My trousers must be made of teflon since once again they survived intact, even if my knee and hip didn't. I will be able to compare cuts and bruises with Emma and Chloe at the weekend, they always seem to have scraped knees lol.

Of course my pride took a battering, but fortunately no one saw me, so I could pick myself up and continue in to work as if nothing happened, well apart from a bit of a limp anyway.

Here are a couple more cards made using Jane's Festive Fuzzies, this time JGM021 Mini Santa.

I stamped, embossed and coloured the images before die cutting them.

I used the technique of leaving part of the image outside of the die when cutting. I haven't done that in a while. I usually end up stamping the image again and adding the fussy cut image over the die cut shape. This is much less time consuming.

The background to this card was created using the left over ink from colouring all the images.

I stamped the sentiment across the background and then added Santa over a black circular die cut.

I couldn't resist adding some fluffy stuff to Santa's outfit.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx

A Foxy Celebration

Afternoon All,
I can't believe how hot it still is, so here is a little foxy Christmas card to try and cool you down.

This was made using one of Francoise new Christmas stamps that were released recently FRS082 Foxy Christmas.

The strips in the background are cut from a piece of 'Mop up Background' with a little faux stitching added.

I coloured Mr Fox using Cosmic Shimmer Inktense Pigment Stains and then fussy cut him out.

I stamped one of the sentiments from the stamp set on to another of the strips of background.

I hate to waste ink on my mat and plastic spray booth, so I have been using some sheets of rice paper (as suggested by Leoni) to mop up anything that is left on the mat.
Once it is dry I scrunch it up and add it to a piece of DS Self Adhesive sheets and then highlight with a little gilding wax.
Of course this is a Christmas card with the addition of a little Fluffy Stuff, but I think it could be used for a winter birthday just as easily.
I hope that you are all OK in this heat. Thank you so much for stopping by, I really do appreciate it.
Hugs Kimx

Festive Circle on the TV

Evening Everyone,
Oh Boy, another scorcher. Time to cool it down with a nice Christmas card.

This is one of the cards that I made for Jane's show on Create and Craft tomorrow.

I stamped on to red card with a versamark ink pad and then added gold, silver and copper embossing powders.

I also stamped it again on black card and this time embossed with Fools Gold embossing powder.

I fussy cut some of the trees and added them to the circular panel and then also cut out a couple of triangles from the left overs as well as stamping and embossing a couple of the single trees from the stamp set.

Of  course you need some snow at Christmas, so I added some of the fabulous Fluffy Stuff and then heated it to 'puff' it up.
Don't forget to tune in tomorrow for Jane's shows at 12.45 and 6.45 on Create and Craft.
Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Kimx

A Little Christmas Robin

Evening Everyone,
I hope that you are having a wonderful Wednesday.
You can tell that the schools have returned after the holidays as the road outside the garage was chockablock at school opening and afternoon pick up time.
It will definitely take a few days for things to get back to normal here I think. At the moment they are still in holiday mode so trying to get them to do their reading was a bit like pulling teeth lol.

 This card was made for the lovely Jenny at HobbyArt who will be on the TV tomorrow afternoon - Create and Craft, Sky channel 671 at 2pm and 7pm.

I have used Distress Inks and Frantage Embossing powder as well as background papers from my stash.

The little robin has been paper pieced and then I have added some Fluffy Stuff and Glitter to the hat.
Why not check out the show tomorrow and see what other new stamp sets Jenny is showcasing.
Hugs Kimx