With All My Love

Evening,

I've been going through my photos trying to see if I have anything that would fit the bill for a couple of challenges that I have see, and I think that I have found something that suits both very well.

I thought that I would have shared this with you already, given that Jack will be 2 next month, and this was made when he was born, but I can't find where, so here goes.

I do like circular cards, there is something rather special about them, although they are not the easiest to display, unless you turn them into an Easel card.

Once again I opted for a fabulous LOTV Simply Print image.

They can be printed with 2, 4 or 8 to a page, so I went for the largest size and used the second image to add as a decoupage layer over the first.

I used some Sue Wilson pierced circle dies and some background papers from my stash. I added his name on a banner,

I also used a stacked die cut as a stopper for the easel.

This now sits in pride of place on a shelf over Jack's bed. I suppose that I had better get my thinking cap on for his birthday card this year, it will be on us before we know it.

I would like to enter this in to the following challenges-

Mix it Up Challenge - Anything Goes + optional twist of Fancy Fold

Make My Monday - Shaped Card not Square or Rectangle

The print is available in pink or blue, so here is a card that I made for a friends Granddaughter. As you can see she will be 1 this week.

I found some pink hexagonal background that I had previously made in my stash and so I used a similarly shaped die to but out the image before mounting on to the card.

I do love my LOTV Simply Print images.

Thanks for stopping by again. Hope you have had a good day.

Stay safe and hugs

Kimx

Bleach, much more fun than housework.

Evening All

One of my all time favourite mediums to use on cards has to be bleach.

You can paint with it, stamp with it, even spritz with it, if you have the right card stock that is.

Many years ago when I wrote my book on Rubber Stamping I wanted to include a chapter on the use of it. I had to wait on tenterhooks for quite a while for permission from America to add it, since they obviously have far more rigorous HSSE rules and regulations than here in the UK.

Thankfully they agreed and I was able to share my passion with the crafting community.

This month they have a new challenge over at the Mix It Up Challenge Blog where it is Anything Goes with the optional twist of Bleaching.

As I said before you have to use the right type of cardstock. Not everything will react to the bleach so I have lots of sheets of cardstock with a small bleached blob in the corner where I have tried it out.

The black card used in the panels on the last 3 cards bleaches out to an amazing array of colours from a pale grey, almost white to a beautiful teal blue depending on the strength and amount of bleach used. 

Experiment with what you have. 

I find that the best bleach to use is the cheap thin stuff from one of the bigger supermarkets. Use it undiluted with a waterbrushes to paint with. Don't try and fill the brush as it eats the valve and leaks every where which is not very useful. Tell me how I know that little titbit lol.

You can make your own bleach inkpad using several pieces of kitchen paper or a piece of Cut'nDry felt.

If you are spritzing card with it place the card into the sink or bath. Then you don't ruin anything, you have a beautiful piece of background paper and there is the added advantage that it smells like you have been doing some cleaning. It's a win win.

Like I say just play around, it's much more fun than housework.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx