Thinking of You

 Evening,

Unfortunately I have need of yet another 'Thinking of You' card as one of the boys at work lost his Mum last night.

She is in India so I'm not sure whether he will be able to get back for services. 

How awful it must be to have family so far away. I find it hard enough that my youngest daughter and the littlest Grandchildren are in Kent and that's just down the road compared to the other side of the world.

I made this card using one of the fabulous Designer Boutique stamps from Creative Expressions.

I'm always a sucker for an Agapanthus stamp, I have several of them.

I stamped and embossed the image on to a piece of handmade inky background.

The background to the main card is made from a piece of rice paper that I keep on my desk for mopping up any left over inks. Once it is dry I add it to a sticker sheet so that I can use it on a card. 

I also added some stamping and a little gilding wax which highlights all the wrinkles in the paper.

I need to get to bed now since I have to be at work at stupid o'clock tomorrow to cover for my grieving colleague.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx

A Country Cottage

 Evening,
Another card using one of the new Paper Panda dies tonight.

I've told you before that I hate to waste anything, so I have started to keep a piece of plain rice paper on my desk to pick up any inks left over on my craft sheet. This was a tip courtesy of Leonie on Hochanda.

Once it has dried I add it to a sheet of sticker paper and then I can use it as background paper.

For this card I die cut the die from black cardstock and added it on to a circle of the handmade background.

For the card base I embossed another square of black card using a 3D embossing folder from Creative Expressions. I also added Lavender Blue Opal polish and Ocean Teal Gilding Polish to highlight the embossing.
Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Kimx

A Foxy Celebration

Afternoon All,
I can't believe how hot it still is, so here is a little foxy Christmas card to try and cool you down.

This was made using one of Francoise new Christmas stamps that were released recently FRS082 Foxy Christmas.

The strips in the background are cut from a piece of 'Mop up Background' with a little faux stitching added.

I coloured Mr Fox using Cosmic Shimmer Inktense Pigment Stains and then fussy cut him out.

I stamped one of the sentiments from the stamp set on to another of the strips of background.

I hate to waste ink on my mat and plastic spray booth, so I have been using some sheets of rice paper (as suggested by Leoni) to mop up anything that is left on the mat.
Once it is dry I scrunch it up and add it to a piece of DS Self Adhesive sheets and then highlight with a little gilding wax.
Of course this is a Christmas card with the addition of a little Fluffy Stuff, but I think it could be used for a winter birthday just as easily.
I hope that you are all OK in this heat. Thank you so much for stopping by, I really do appreciate it.
Hugs Kimx