Set Goals and Achieve Them

Evening All,

A good mantra to live by, I just wish that I could live up to it myself lol.

This card is made using a couple of the new stamp sets designed for Woodware by the lovely Jane Gill.

I made the hexagonal background with an embossing folder and Distress Oxide inks.

I used JGS752 Umbrella Grass stamped and embossed in gold,

along with JGS753 Queen Anne's Lace in black ink with clear embossing powder.

The sentiment is from another new stamp set JGB012 You Can Do It.

To create the background I tapped several colours of Distress Oxide ink pads on one side of EF-019 Honeycomb Haven embossing folder and then spritzed it with water before placing a sheet of black card stock inside.

Making sure that the card stock doesn't move press firmly with your hands to transfer the ink to the card. You can often get a second impression after a little more water has been added. In fact I think the first card may actually have been made with one of those 'second impression' pieces.

This card was made using exactly the same colours of inks in the folder. It's amazing how different they can look on black and on white card.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great weekend.

Hugs 

Kimx

New Stamps from Woodware

 Evening,

Another really cold morning which didn't get much better all day, so let's have a card using one of Jane's fabulous new stamps to cheer us all up.

I created the background using Distress Oxide inks and an embossing folder.

I stamped and embossed this beautiful design onto it

and added some glitter glue once I had trimmed the panel down and added it to the main card.

I trimmed around the sentiment panel

and added it over some string.

There are some fabulous new floral designs in this new release. I LOVE them all.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx

Goodbye Liz

Evening Everyone,
Unfortunately I have need of yet another Sympathy card.
We have just received the sad news that my Mum's best friend passed away peacefully today.

She was a lovely lady and will be missed dreadfully by all who knew her.

She and Mum would ring each other every day, and could talk for England whenever she came to stay.

She was an avid knitter, working her way through her long list of grandchildren, and great Grandchildren. A bit like painting the Forth Bridge, she would make something for each of them, youngest to oldest and then start the process all over again.

Emma was a lucky inclusion to this list and we have several beautiful cardigans which I know Becki will treasure.
Mum had organised a post Christmas family gathering tomorrow to which Liz was invited, so I know that we will all be raising a glass and sharing our memories of a very special lady.
Goodbye Liz, we will miss you.
Hugs Kimx

Thank You Woodware

Morning Everyone,
This week we have been saying Thank You at WoodwareWitterings.
Hopefully we will all have plenty of this type of card to make to say thank you for those gifts that are waiting to be opened tomorrow.

Now I don't for one moment expect that you would want to make lots of my card, but maybe you have a very special Thank You to say to someone.

This one was actually made to say a huge thank you to the wonderful Doctors and Nurses who looked after a friend during major surgery.

The central panel uses one of Francoise Huge Words.
I do love these. They are fabulous to paper piece, or just colour as I have done here.

 I trimmed closely around the sentiment and added some faux stitching and Glossy Accents.

The background to the card has been created from scraps of co-ordinating card that have been cut into hexagons.

No large Thank You card is complete without some added flowers and leaves.

Of course you could always create a very simple card using just the coloured sentiment.
I hope that you all have a fabulous day tomorrow, and that you need lots of Thank You cards.
Happy Crafting and Hugs
Kimx

Summer for CraftyCardmakers

Afternoon All
It's time for a new challenge over at CCM where Bec is our host looking for anything related to Summer.

I have chosen to make a card with a bright summery background created from a patchwork of hexagons.

I covered a sheet of double sided sticker paper with white punched hexagons which I then stamped and white embossed with butterflies.

I coloured the entire panel with Brushos and added some random background stamping.
Because I wanted the background to remain the focus of the card I used a black die cut floral panel over the top of it and then layered the whole thing onto red card stock.

This card was made with a leftover strip, some co-ordinating background paper and die cut flowers.
I hope that you will join us HERE for our Summer inspired challenge.
Lets hope that the weather continues to reflect our chosen challenge, although maybe if I'm honest perhaps not quite so hot. I do like it bright, don't get me wrong, but I do struggle in this heat.
So happy crafting,
Kimx

Monochrome for CraftyCardmakers - 30th May

Morning Everyone,
It's my turn to host the challenge over at CraftyCardmakers this time, and I have chosen Monochrome as my theme. So your creations need to be made using MOSTLY ONE COLOUR. Hair and skin tones will be allowed but please make sure that your card is made using only one main colour.

 I have used punched hexagons to create the background.

The shapes have been punched from black scraps in my bits box. It is quite amazing to see how many different shades of black there are amongst my cardstock stash.

Each shape was edged with pale gold sparkle paint from Imagination and then stuck onto a piece of double sided sticker sheet, before my floral images were stamped and embossed onto it.

The entire panel was edged with Gold Gilding Wax, also from Imagination, before I added a bit of black dotty ribbon and mounted the whole thing onto more black card stock.

Unfortunately I didn't think about photographs when I made the card and typically it hasn't shown up very well. It really does look so much better in real life.

I hope that you will join us over at CCM. I really look forward to seeing all of your creations.

Have a wonderful Bank holiday Monday. Happy Crafting.

Hugs Kimx

Happy Birthday 'Twinies'

Evening Everyone,
A rather late post this evening I'm afraid as we have been celebrating. Today is the twins 7th Birthday.

They had a lovely evening, and there was lots of screaming as they opened their prezzies.

These are the cards that I made for them. Good old Lili of the Valley toppers.

 This image made me think of Saskia, and how I imagine her when I hear her having one of her little tea parties.

I added her name using die cut letters and banner.

The background has been made using papers from my stash and my fab hexagon punch.

 I also have an embossing folder which is full of stitched hexagons.

 Ciaran's card has been made using a fussy cut image which I attached using silicon to give it dimension.

The sentiment is also from Lili of the Valley mounted over some die cut stars.
I found the 7s in my stash and added some Frantage powder to this one.

I have had the gold spiders web card for years, perfect for the spooky theme.

The background paper has been embossed with another folder and then I added ink and embossing powder to it. The die cut letters have been Frantaged as well.

They were also celebrating at school today.
It was Egyptian day for the twins year, and so they all had to dress up as Egyptians. Thank God for e-bay, and a friend in the year above who still had their costume lol.
Happy 7th Birthday Saskia and Ciaran.
Hugs and kisses from Mam-ma
aka Kimx

A Fabulous Fairy

Evening Everyone,
Wow, what a difference.
After the hectic few days of last week, today has been REALLY SLOW. Which of course makes the whole day drag, especially when you start thinking of all those projects you could be getting on with at home. It's so frustrating, I would much rather be rushed off my feet.
Still at least  I manage to cross another couple of things off my 'To Do  List' last night. In fact I'm almost ahead with my DT work which is some what of a miracle.

One of the cards that I managed to finish over the weekend is this one that I made for a customer at the garage.

She asked for a card with Fairies for her Mum's 70th birthday next week so out came one of my lovely Lili of the Valley die cuts.

Of course there had to be some ribbon and foliage.

And some background paper made using my favourite hexagonal dies.
She came and collected it from me today, so I know that she likes it.
I have another sneak peek for you tomorrow, so why not stop back and see what fabulous Woodware stamp set I will be sharing with you.
Hugs Kimx

Happy Birthday - The Do Over

Evening Everyone,
I'm sorry for the truly pathetic post yesterday but it was two minutes to midnight at the end of a horrible day and it really was the best I could offer, especially when I found that I had forgotten to take pictures of my Grandsons card.
So here is a do-over - Happy Birthday (for yesterday) Reece, and my good friend Anna.

Reece likes to play football so I used this lovely Lili of the Valley topper cut out and mounted using my Nesties.

I made the background using a hexagon punch and some black and white paper.
He follows Crystal Palace football club, like his Grandad, so I used their colours for the flags and wrote his name using the new Alphabet die that I bought at the NEC. Of course I threw away all of the packaging so I can't remember who makes it. When will I ever learn lol.

The sentiment is also from Lili of the Valley and I added some Glossy Accents to his boots.
I hope that I will be forgiven for the fact that the little boy is wearing the wrong strip. That's what happens when you use a pre-coloured image.
Better try and get some sleep now.
Hugs to All
Kimx