Plenty of Peel-offs

Evening everyone,
I can't believe how hot it still is here.
The lights in my room are a bit like the Blackpool illuminations. Perfect for crafting, but boy do they feel like they chuck out some heat. Not very good in this current climate so I have tried to manage without switching them on today. It is turning into a bit of a challenge now, so it is definitely time to call it a night.

It is getting very close to the end of the school year and with that comes the Teacher Thank you cards.

I made quite a few last year, which I never got around to posting on the blog, so that seems a good place to start.

We had a fabulous class one Saturday which made use of handmade background papers and peel-offs.

So I used up quite a few bits and pieces to create these cards.

Some of the backgrounds use Glimmer Mist sprays and cling film which give a beautiful subtle shimmer,

and others use much brighter background created using glossy card stock and reinkers.

I have used bleach on all of them to paint parts of the main images.

The background to most of the cards has been created by using a large stamped sentiment and pale blue/grey ink.

On this card I added the peel-off direct to the card and coloured the image in using Sparkle pens.
Most of the cards got used up during the year so I will have to make some more for this year, but not tonight cause I can't see what I'm doing lol.
Happy Sunday
Hugs Kimx

Masking for Woodware

Evening Everyone,
Sorry I have been absent for a few days, but to be perfectly honest the heat seems to have got to me and I have fallen asleep almost as soon as I get home.
The evening then seems to go by in a blur and I don't really feel like crafting, let alone blogging.

I didn't feel that I could let the week go by though without entering the latest challenge over at Woodware, where they are looking at Masking.

The background panel for my card has been created using my Creative Palette and some colour box reinkers.

I stamped and embossed one of the leaves from the Stampendous Jumbo Cling Leaves set onto the background and then cut out a couple of masks using the matching Leaf Die Cut set. 

I placed the mask over the stamped and embossed leaves and then stamped again several times to give a panel of tumbling leaves. Remove the masks and the original images appear to be on top of the rest of the leaves.

I die cut a couple of extra leaves and added them to the card using silicon.
I find it very hard to make a single layer card. There is a fabulous Jumbo PenPattern Leaves set which matches with this die set and I can see that I NEED it as well.
Hope you like the card, and don't forget to check out what the other girls have been up to with masking over at the Woodware Blog.
Hugs Kimx