Inspired by Larainne

Afternoon All,

I spent a lovely day yesterday in the company of crafty friends. As always we talk up a storm about anything and everything. 

One of the topics under discussion was where our inspiration comes from, and as I often remind them, we get our inspiration from all around us, including each other. I have rarely taught a class where I haven't learnt something from someone there, be it a colour combo, or in the case of todays card a slightly different layout to a card.

We were playing some years ago with a Punched Window card technique, that I learnt from another crafty friend Mynette,

I made several examples for them to recreate, but this card was definitely inspired by something that Larainne made during the day. I just loved the design and asked if she would mind me pinching the idea. Thankfully she said yes.

This is another card I made using a page torn from an old book for the background.

I dry embossed the frame before adding it to the card using 3D foam tape.

This is another card that I made for the class using a shaped die to cut the central panel.

Hope you are having a great Sunday, I'm off to do a bit more crafting I think.

Thanks for stopping by.

Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx

Aperture/Window cards for Woodware blog

Morning All
My turn at Woodwarewitterings again today, and we are making Aperture/Window cards using Punches.

I don't possess many of the large Woodware punches, so I hope Dorothy will forgive me for using a fabulous Stampendous Leaf die instead.
I have stamped and embossed the co-ordinating leaf from CRS5068 Penpattern Leaves onto a piece of kraft card, and then sponged the panel with brown and green dye based inks.

I have used the leaf die to cut an aperture from the stamped panel, and then attached it to a square card blank using silicon glue.

I have used the small Maple Leaf punch 815-14 to embellish my card with a cascade of falling leaves.
I also added a stamped and embossed sentiment to the centre of the aperture and some white gelly roll glaze and gold sparkle pen.

Continuing my determined effort to use up bits and pieces I have created a second card from the leaf die cut to create the aperture on the original panel and a few more punched leaves.
I hope you will join us during the week to see how the rest of the team have interpreted our latest challenge.
Have a fabulous and crafty day.
Hugs Kimx

Floral Window Cards.

Evening Everyone,
I hope that you have had a wonderful 'crafty' weekend.
I have spent today finishing off some bits and pieces from a previous class, so I am feeling very pleased with myself.
It got too late for pictures so I will share them with you another time.

These cards were made a while ago using a technique that I learnt from my lovely blogging buddy Mynnette on one of the numerous challenge blogs that she has run over the years.

She called the technique Stamped Punched Window Cards  and I love it, in fact I won the challenge lol. 

Of course you can just as easily use the stamped panel on its own as I have done here. It just seemed too nice to cut into.
Lets hope these nice bright floral cards are reflected in the weather tomorrow. It would be so nice to be warm at work for a change.
Hugs Kimx

Window cards at Woodware.

Hi Everyone,
Long time no see.
Things have definitely not gone to plan for me over the last few weeks but hopefully I might start to get back to some sort of regular blogging soon.
This week it is my turn to choose the challenge for the Girls at Woodware.
I decided on 'Window Cards' inspired by something that my good friend Mynnette shared several years ago.
(See HERE for photo instructions)

I had a rather successful crafting and creating session, in fact I got rather carried away and ended up making three cards in all.

The background to this first card was made using my Creative Palette, dye based ink and Bubble Wrap.

I stamped and embossed Stampendous CRR131 Crowscape onto my piece of background and then die cut the leaf from the centre using a Stampendous die.

This card uses the same Crowscape stamp only this time I sponged the background with die based inks.

I added a circle mask before sponging the panel with colour, and then flicked some water at it for some added interest.

The 'Window' was cut with a large Circle die before layering it onto the card using silicon.

My final card uses the same stamp and another piece of background from my stash.
Once again I used the Stampendous leaf die and silicon to 'raise' the window panel.

This time I also decided to add a stamped panel to the edge of the card.
I hope that you enjoy my challenge. Don't forget to check out what the rest of the team come up with over the coming week.
Hugs and Happy Crafting.
Kimx

Window Feathers

Evening Everyone,
Hasn't it been beautiful today? We even had to have the doors open in class today as the room got so hot.
I remembered to take the cake with me, in fact there were several others provided so I'm sure that we all came away a few pounds heavier lol.

Today's class was 'Window Cards' as inspired by a tutorial posted quite some time ago by my lovely friend  Mynnette on her Technique Time Tuesday blog.
Unfortunately the blog has now closed, but all the techniques and tutorials are still there for everyone to see.
I also looked through Pinterest for some extra ideas, and that is where I found the inspiration for this card.

I die cut the feathers from a piece of white card stock and then layered the trimmed panel over a Penny Black stamp.......................

.....................4271L Winter Ledge.

I sponged dye based ink over the stamped and embossed image before attaching it to my card.
The die cut panel was placed over this using Silicon which also gave the panel extra dimension.
I spritzed the blue card stock with Glimmer Mist, and added some Card Candi.
I found several other ideas that would work well with this stamp so I will have to see if I can get anything else finished off tomorrow.
Bye for now.
Hugs Kimx

It's a 'Twofer' class!!

Evening Everyone
How are you all?
I have been very 'uncrafty' today, apart, that is, from putting away and tidying up after my hols.
I even managed to sort through some boxes of paper scraps and start a box for the Craft club at the School my Grandchildren attend.
My card tonight is from the last class that I taught whilst I was at SirStampalot. 
We jokingly referred to it as a 'Twofer Class', because you got two card ideas for the price of one!
The class was actually to teach the Punched Window Card technique (as learnt from Technique Time  Tuesday).

I coloured the panel with Distress Markers, cut the window with a nestie, and added some Faux Stitching.

I used a Dainty Dots M-Bossabilities folder to emboss the panel, but I managed to put the panel in the folder the wrong way round. I actually quite like this de-bossed effect.

As I don't like to waste anything, I turned the punched centre from my first card into a 'Spotlight' card. Hence the 'Twofer' of the title!!

I added a Woodware sentiment, some ribbon and extra coloured flowers as well as some stitching and gems.
Amazingly enough this was coloured before I saw the wonderful background paper that I have also used. It could have been made to match, but was just one of those very happy accidents.
I hope that the guys are coping in the tea making department without me.
We always joke that the toilet paper usage halves once I leave when they only managing to make 3 cups of tea in a day instead of the one per hour that I plied them with lol.
I will get a lie in again tomorrow as I still have a couple of days holiday left before I return to work. I do need them after my intensive week of late nights and early starts.
I have a couple of commissions to work on so I am hoping that I might find some inspiration from somewhere tomorrow.
Thanks for stopping by, and I hope that you have had a wonderful weekend.
Hugs Kimx

Punched Window Card Class at SirStampalot

Evening Everyone,
Here we are at the end of another week.
I can't believe that there is only one more sleep till my holiday is finished and I have to go home.
As much as I have enjoyed my stay here I do hope that the snow holds off until Sunday as I'm not sure that my Boss, or my bank balance, would accept me staying any longer.
Still November will be here before we know it lol.

I had another full class this evening where I taught the ladies Punched Window Cards, an idea that I picked up from the Technique Time Tuesday blog run by my lovely Teamie Mynnette.

The image at the center of the card has been stamped and embossed using white embossing powder and then the flowers have been coloured using Distress Inks.

The image is from a fabulous Penny Black cling set Every Happiness.

Definitely my kind of stamp set, and one of the first things to leap into my basket lol.
I have a Q and A session in store tomorrow instead of the usual demo so I am hoping that I don't get too many questions that I can't answer.
I know that several of the ladies that have been on my classes are coming back to see me with products that they are not sure how to use so tomorrow will be all about playing. Can't wait :O)
Better get some sleep I suppose, and then I will have to finish packing in the morning.
Night, night.
Hugs Kimx

Not a Fairy in Sight!!

Good Evening Everyone
I hope that you have been having a suitably wonderful weekend.
I have once again been chained to my Craft Room, although there is finally an end in sight to the projects that I have been working on. Not that I'm complaining you understand.

My card tonight was made using the technique highlighted in my teamie Mynnette's first Technique Tuesday challenge - Stamped Punched Window.

This particular card was made using part of a Hobby Art clear stamp set Fairy Girls, but as you can see there is not a fairy in sight. I also added a greeting from another set.
It was actually made for one of Jenny's TV shows. As you know I always try to make something a little bit different from what Jenny does, and so I think this technique worked perfectly.

I will be teaching this particular technique at Davina's next Saturday, so thanks for that Mynnette.

As you know Mynnette's second challenge Velveteen Stamping defeated me, so I really will have to give number three Faux Pressed Flowers a go and see if I have better luck.
Off to bed now, I have lots to do tomorrow.
Thanks for stopping by.
hugs Kimx

I'm a Top Winner at Technique Tuesday

Evening Everyone

I had a lovely surprise today when I found out that I am a Top Winner at Technique Tuesday, the monthly technique challenge blog run by the wonderfully talented Mynnette.
I loved trying out the Punched Window Technique that was the challenge for April.

In fact I have found that it has worked well with several of the stamp sets that I have had to make samples with just recently, so you can expect to see lots more of it.

This is actually one that I made using one of the Decoupage stamp sets from Imagination Craft that I was playing with at Port Sunlight.
I stupidly forgot to take photos of the cards that I left with Sue and Harvey so I had to get them to e-mail me some pictures. No close ups I'm afraid.
Thanks for making my day Mynnette.
hugs Kimx