Happy 1st Birthdays

Morning All
I can't believe that it has been a over a week since Emma's 1st birthday party, and I still haven't shared her card with you.
I just couldn't resist some Hobby House toppers when I was at the show in Doncaster last month.
They are always so useful when time is in short supply,

or when the image looks just like my cheeky Granddaughter Emma.
Not that she makes a habit of strangling small birds you understand - honest lol.

I decided to keep the card fairly simple as I wanted to incorporate the lovely wooden letters which were also purchased at the show.

The sentiment and number are from a fantastic Hobby Art stamp set which is going to prove very useful over the next few years.

I layered my topper over a rosette of card cut using the Tim Holtz Mini Paper Rosettes die.

While we are on the subject of 1st birthdays, here is the card that I made for Myla, my Great Niece, way back in May.
A LOTV topper this time and some rose themed papers as she is Myla Amelia Rose.
Have a great day with time for a bit of crafting I hope.
Hugs Kimx

Just for You Grandpa

Wow that sure was a shock to the system. Back to real work and standing on my feet for 8 hours!!
To cap it all I have a new pair of work boots to break in, steel toe caps no less, and one of them has been badly finished off inside. Of course I didn't notice this until I was already at work and in agony lol. Thank goodness it is going to be a very short week.

My card tonight was made for my old Boss who has just become a Grandad for the first time.

The pre-coloured image is from one of the new Lili of the Valley Art Pads  that I bought at the NEC.

I added a little Stardust pen to the image and matched it to papers from my stash, I also added a tiny silver charm which I bought while I was at SirStampalot.

The sentiments are a combination of Inky Antics and Hobby Art.
I'm not sure what my friend is going to be called, perhaps GRUMPS would be appropriate, but I thought that Grandpa might give him a laugh.
Hugs Kimx

It is never a mistake!!

Evening Everyone,
Another fabulous evening class at SirStampalot with a great bunch of ladies. There is definitely no better way to finish a holiday.
I'm off to the NEC tomorrow so I have been busy packing away all of my crafty stash.
My card tonight would certainly do my friend Julie Hickey proud. She taught me a long time ago that there is never a mistake in crafting, it is always an opportunity, and this is definitely one of those.

As crafters we never like to waste anything do we and so when my fabulous new Hero Arts background stamp missed the middle on both sides of the card stock I was loathe to throw it away so I got creative.

A stamped and embossed sentiment cut out using a Nestie covered up the bad stamping in the middle of the panel,

and some strategically places leaves and a bow covered up the corner.

The stamped image has been dusted with Pearlex powders and I added some Faux Stitching and some Hobby House Pearl brads.
I will have to redo the photos tomorrow I think as the images look rather grey here. I shall put that on my to do list while I am tiding up tomorrow.
Hugs Kimx

Springtime in Paris or Autumn in Peterboro

Evening Everyone,
I hope that you are having a good weekend, I am, playing in my usual spot here at SirStampalot.

This is actually comparatively tidy for me.

You should have seen it earlier when I was in the middle of my demo, stuff everywhere. A tidy crafter I am not lol.

One of the great things about being here, apart from all the fabulous products, is being able to finish things off with just the right colour card or embellishment. Of course it doesn't do wonders for the bank balance, but it is my holiday, so what the he...

This week the fabulous team at Woodware have been challenging and inspiring you with the theme of Travel.

I popped a couple of stamps into my box when I packed for my holiday so that I could join in the challenge as I hadn't had the chance to get anything made before I left.

Now I suspect that this would have been a completely different card had I made it at home, but as I said this is one of the many advantages to being at the shop I can match my stamped, embossed and coloured image to some of the fabulous papers in the shop in a few moments, instead of having to spend ages going through my paper stash at home.

The stamp of Paris is by Stampendous as is the matching flower that I have used in the background.
The background flowers have been embossed using Frantage powder although it is hard to see in the pictures.

I found some fantastic Marianne travel charms and Hobby House Pearl Brads amongst all of the other goodies in the shop.

The central stamped panel has been coloured using the Pearlex Vintage Palette and the 'Wet Watercolour Technique' which I have been playing with again today.
We are hoping to get a bit of a lie in tomorrow, so I had better remember to turn off my alarm!!
Hey I might even get to see Barbara on the box, and then its in to work for more playtime, what a hard life lol.
Hugs Kimx

A Nautical Birthday Card

Evening Everyone
I hope that you are all well and looking forward to your Bank Holiday weekend, well if you are in the UK at least.
I have managed to cross another project off my 'To Do List' today.
A friend has asked me to make a card for her Dad for his birthday. He was in the Navy for a number of years and so when I asked her if she had any suggestions for her card she just said 'Maybe something Nautical'.
I won't share the card that I made for her yet, I don't like to, at least until she has had a chance to see it :O).
However I did have quite a few left over bits, so in my 'use it all up' mode I made another card to add to my stash.

I had ordered several new 'Nautical' stamps from Woodware which arrived yesterday, so I used a couple of them here.
Woodware Clear Magic JGS163 Old Map Frame and JGCL554 Frigate and Stampendous CRR163 Cling Old World Map have all been used here as well as Aged Bronze Frantage Embossing Enamel and Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

I stamped and Embossed the 'Old Map Frame' onto white card stock using Sepia Versafine ink and clear embossing powder and sponged it with Vintage photo Distress Ink before tearing round it.
The circular panel with the Sailing Ship has been created in exactly the same way with the addition of a little Stormy Sky Distress Ink.
The sails have been painted with thin undiluted bleach.

I added a Compass charm which I found in my stash. I think that it came from The Hobby House at one of the shows that I have attended. They have a fabulous range of items and all so very reasonably priced.

The embossing on the background to the card has been created using 'Cling Old World Map' and Aged Bronze Frantage Embossing Powder.
I would like to enter this into the challenge at Tuesday Throwdown where the theme is 'Sail Away' and ABC Challenges where they want 'Stamped Backgrounds'.
I still have the instructions to write for the class tag tomorrow, but I think that I had better leave that for now as it may not make any sense if I try and write it now while I am tired.
Hugs Kimx