Bleedin Art Tissue - Part 2

Evening,

Yesterday I shared several cards made using Bleedin Art Tissue. 

Once the ink has been bled from the tissue onto cardstock you are left with some pieces of tissue which have the most amazing patterns on them. Along with the majority of hardcore crafters I hate waste, and so here are a few cards made with some of that patterned tissue stuck onto some DSSSticker sheet.

I stamped and embossed onto this piece,

and then used thin undiluted bleach to remove the colour from the embossed image.

Another piece that I stamped and embossed onto once the tissue was stuck to the sticker sheet.

Just a small strip on this card........I told you that I can't stand waste. I added a little gilding wax to this which highlights the fabulous texture in the paper.

An incredibly old card here, probably made during my first encounter with Bleedin Art tissue way back in the days of The Craft Barn and fabulous wood mounted stamps from Magenta. I might just add a die cut sentiment to this one. They weren't around when this was made!!

Thanks for stopping by

Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx

Cards for Men

Afternoon,

What a lovely day it has been today, for the first time in weeks I actually managed to get washing out on the line..........without making it rain!!

I don't know about you, but there are some months when most of the cards I need to send are for men, and February seems to be one of those.

Now I know that a lot of men are gardeners and therefore like flowers, but I do think they want something a little less feminine than a lot of my floral cards turn out to be.

I went through my boxes of cards and found several that I think are more particularly suited to the men of our acquaintance.

A bit of mop up background, a die cut border and some leaves.

More mop up here along with some fussy cut leaves and coloured berries.

I used the same leaf that I die cut in black to create the stamped background. Dies have so many fabulous uses.

A beautiful stamped image and some fussy cutting.

Stamping with bleach and metallic embossing powders.

And this card made more years ago than I care to remember, but one that I have always loved.

Thanks for stopping by.

Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx

I Did My Homework Sylvie

Evening,

There is nothing like spending the day with good friends and playing with crafty goodies.

We get together once a fortnight and I 'teach' them, although we usually all learn from each other.

Sometimes there is a miscommunication, or misunderstanding of the technique and bits of card get thrown in my direction with a 'See what you can do with that!!' 

One such occasion was when we were last playing with bleach. 

One of the Girls tried to heat emboss the image that she had stamped with bleach, but of course the powder didn't stick very well before it was heated so it resulted in a very patchy background which she didn't like. 

I, on the other hand, rather liked it so I turned it into the background to a couple of these cards. I gold embossed some extra leaves which is what was supposed to happen, and then painted them with thin undiluted bleach. I added the fussy cut leaves to panels of the patchy background. Perfect for a couple of Men's cards I think. I hope that you agree Sylvie.

Not all cardstock will bleach, but when it does you can get some fabulous colours.

I love to use it to stamp a background, as well as painting with it. Create a stamp pad with some folded kitchen roll and add the thin undiluted bleach to it. 

Now I'm home and packed away I need to get on with my own homework. There are always bits and pieces to finish off after class, and I'm trying hard not to let them build up.

Thanks for stopping by.

With Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx

Sadie the Sheep

Evening,

As promised I'm back with one of my samples for Jane's latest Fuzzy Friends release.

I created a background on a small square card by randomly stamping and embossing the small floral images from the set. I then painted with a wash of colour before dropping a little more colour on to the flowers using the Cosmic Shimmer Pearlescent Paints.

I stamped and embossed Sadie onto white card stock, coloured her and then used a circular die to cut, matt and layer her using grey and black card before adding her to the main card.

The fun sentiment is also part of the set and was edged with a black sharpie before adding it to the card.

I will share a few more of the cards that I made for this release over the next few days prior to Jane's TV appearances on Sunday 13th February on Create and Craft. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx
 

Autumn Leaves

Evening All,

I toyed with posting a couple of Christmas cards this evening to try and bring the temperature down, but in the end I went with Autumn instead.

These were actually made after last weeks class on Distress Oxide inks and resist. Not multiple Resist this time just a good old black embossed image, blended inks and some fussy cut leaves.

This card used white embossing to resist the blended inks.

Better go and pack my rucksack, it's my weekend with the Littlies, so there will be very little rest lol.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx

A Mind to be Wild form Paper Panda

Evening Everyone,

Another lovely socially distanced get together this afternoon only this time we needed the gazebo to fend off a few spots of rain. Fortunately it didn't come to anything and we managed more lively discussion.

We are hoping to get together again in a couple of weeks time. Hopefully by then a few of us might have managed a haircut lol.

It was lovely to sit and hear the birds in the trees, in fact a newly erected bird box has already become occupied, which was lovely to watch.

Here are a couple of cards made using one of the fabulous stamp designs from Paper Panda called A Mind to be Wild. They make me think of sitting in the garden this afternoon.

They emboss beautifully, which unfortunately makes them hard to photograph. I couldn't manage one photograph without the light reflecting off the embossing.

I wonder what weather we will get tomorrow. One delightful soul at work today said that they had heard that we were in for snow next week!!!!!! I do hope that little snippet of information is wrong.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx

Embossed Embossing Folders

 Afternoon All,

I'm always looking for help in deciding what cards to share with you, and this time I found it on Facebook. So here are a few using Heat Embossing..................and Embossing Folders.

I carefully brayered Versamark ink onto the raised portions of the dry embossed image and then covered it with white embossing powder.

Once the embossing powder has been heated I sponged and sprayed various inks on to the panel till I was happy with the results.

I added a die cut sentiment to the cards which is the best way to make sure that all of the panel can be seen.

The background to this card was made in the same way.

This final card uses the other side of the embossed panel, and instead of inks I have used a variety of gilding polishes,

Once again I used a die cut sentiment. Of course one way of making your die cuts stand out is to cover them with versamark ink and embossing powder. You can repeat this process multiple times for added dimension.

Off to cook the dinner, it's my turn tonight.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx

B is for Bauble

Afternoon All,

Well I guess I jinx it didn't I.......we woke up to snow this morning. Not masses, and it looks like it is disappearing fairly fast, thankfully, but I really don't like it. At least I can just admire it through the window today, so let's hope we don't get any more.

I'm still a bit in Christmas mode in terms of card sharing I'm afraid, perhaps it comes of having spent my Christmas asleep!!

Here are another couple of cards that I made (back in the summer actually!!) using one of my favourite Designer Boutique stamps from Creative Expressions. You can see the other cards that I made  HERE

I stamped and embossed the image using a dark brown Versafine Claire inkpad and then spritz the panel with ink sprays. I added some glossy accents to a couple of the baubles for a little added dimension.

This card used the same stamp, and one colour of Distress ink.

Having inked up the stamp I spritzed it will a little water before stamping it on to cream card stock.

I also added a few gems. You need a bit of bling on a Christmas card don't you lol.

They have a new challenge over at Christmas Crafts All Year Round. 

Their challenge for the month of January is Something that starts with A and/or B so I think that these will fit perfectly.

I would also like to enter them in to these challenges.

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas challenge - 523 Anything Goes as long as it's Christmas

Stamping Sensations - Favourite Stamps 

Thanks for stopping by.

Stay safe and craft.

Hugs Kimx

Leafy Circle

Evening All

Samples safely in the post, and a circuit of the gym accomplished, so a good afternoon all round.

Jane has several lovely small leafy stamps in her latest release, and this card is made using JGM001 Ellie Leaf.

I used Distress Oxide inks in Gathered Twigs, Forest Moss and Crushed Olive.

I stamped and embossed the first circle of images using Gathered Twigs and then stamped the second and third circle of images making sure to wipe off the extra ink which won't dry on the embossing. This gives a slightly smudged look to the image.

I die cut the wreathe using a Dotted Circle die and layered it onto a circular card which has been dry embossed using a leafy embossing folder.

I foolishly embossed the piece of card stock before I die cut it, which of course flattened out some of the embossing, so a little Golden Olive and Chocolate Bronze Gilding Polish added to it helped the embossing to show up.

Thanks for stopping by. Don't forget to check out the latest challenge over at CraftyCardmakers. I didn't manage to make a card for it this time, but me Teamies have some lovely things to inspire you so don't forget to stop by and show them some love.

Stay safe and Hugs

Kimx

Easy Peasy

Evening,
I seem to be doing quite a lot of quick posts just recently. The trouble is I get carried away with doing something and then suddenly realize how late it is.

So here is a quick card that would be suitable to give to a man

Some heat embossed leaves down the edge of the card and then a dry embossed bubble panel highlighted with gilding wax.
Very easy.
Night, night.
Kimx

Green - Day 3

Evening All,
Here I am again with another Green creation. Day 3 if you forget about Jacks birthday yesterday lol.

The Masterboard for these cards was made using leaf stamps that have been stamped onto green card

using thin undiluted bleach,

brown ink,

and versamark ink and gold embossing powder.
Each layer is done separately, and randomly, across the green cardstock and then this was cut up to create the cards. I just finished them off by adding die cut and stamped sentiments.
I Hope you have a great evening.
Happy Crafting and hugs
Kimx

Embossing Challenge at CCM

Evening Everyone,
We have a new challenge over at CCM where our lovely host Josephine is looking for all things Embossing, be that heat embossing using a stamp or dry embossing using a tool or folder.

For my card I used some lovely die cut trees one of which I covered in several layers of embossing and mica powders.

While it was still hot, I stamped into it using a gold ink pad. Provided you leave the stamp in place until the molten powder has cooled down, the inked stamp will come away cleanly leaving a deep impression.

The background is a piece of black cardstock embossed using a Christmas themed embossing folder and then highlighted with Gilding Wax.

The central panel on this card uses the same heat embossing technique on a shaped piece of card.

The panel on this last card uses the same technique only this time I stamped into a pile of molton embossing powder on my craft sheet using gold ink.

Because there is no card stock underneath, the shape of the resulting panel is very irregular but forms a nice spotlight over the stamped image.
I do hope that you will find the time to join us, and that you will check out what my lovely teamies have come up with to inspire you.
Happy Crafting and Hugs
Kimx