Happy Birthday One and All

Evening,

I don't know about you, but there are some dates in my planner that seem filled with not just one or two, but several birthdays or anniversaries. Today there were 5!!!!, one of them being my Sister. This is costing me a fortune in postage lol.

I decided to parcel up a box of cards and a handmade notebook for her, along with a birthday card, of course.

We had a great time before Christmas making notebooks and boxes of cards in class, but I found I had another smaller Eileen Hull notebook die suitable for a Post-it pad and a small pen.

I made loads of them as teachers gifts and decided that I would give some as birthday prezzies this year.

I made this one from mount board off cuts and a piece of inky background from my stash. I ran it through my embossing machine inside a Simon Says Stamp embossing folder and then added extra inks to highlight the beautiful embossed image.

I added various die cut frames, foliage and florals along with some gems and my Sisters initial.

I also completed a box of cards for her. Just one of several in my stash lol.

Thanks for stopping by, have a great weekend.

Crafty Hugs

Kimx

Paper Pieced Floral

Morning,

I do love a bit of Paper Piecing, especially when there are nice large pieces to play around with.

I used a sheet of background paper from a Clarity Paper pad for the first two cards.

That of course being the other beauty of Paper Piecing.......you get a Twofer.

I'm not so sure about this card, but as I have often found everyone's taste is so different. The cards that I have spent ages on and am really happy with are often sidestepped for the ones that I am less than happy with, like this one. I guess that it is a good thing that we are all different otherwise there wouldn't be such a wealth of wonderful new things for us to play with. It would be very boring if we were all the same.

This is a lovely layering die set and I have used the leftover paper for the background panel on this card. I then layered some white card stock on to a sticker sheet before die cutting the main image. This allowed all the pieces to be held in place.

I managed to match the colours in the background paper using my Distress inks.

A fine white matt helps to 'lift' the die cut and coloured panel along with a piece of funky foam for added dimension.

The sentiment is from my stash and comes from Simon Says Stamp........I think.

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs Kimx

Happy Halloween

Hi All,

I don't usually send Halloween cards, but last year the kids were having such a rough time with lockdown that I decided it was the perfect opportunity to cheer them all up, and send some pennies for sweeties. 

I had such fun, that I decided that I would do it again this year.

I chose some fabulously colorful images from Polkadoodles.

On this card made for my youngest Grandchildren I added them over a large spiders web with some added sparkle paste.

The background panel uses texture paste and a spiders web stencil from Dutch Doobadoo along with Tim Holtz Distress Ink and Oxide sprays.

I decided on the background panel after being inspired in the Stencils and Pastes class by my friend Jenny.

I made several cards for little people amongst my friends and family

and enclosed a few pennies for them to buy sweeties.

I fussy cut the coloured images,

and added sentiments from a fabulous stamp set from Simon Says Stamp that I have had for a while.

One recipient has a birthday a few days before Halloween, so I turned his card into a birthday card for him.

Thanks for stopping by. Two posts in two day, I wonder how long that will last lol.

Crafty hugs 

Kimx

A Banner Birthday

Evening,
What a miserable day. Several of my crafty friends are suffering with leaking roofs after the dreadful wind and rain that we have been experiencing today.

So here is a nice bright card to hopefully cheer up your day.

Every year I make a card for my Boss's daughter, and he likes me to put her name on it.

This time I used a piece of Clarity patterned paper for the base of my card and then some die cut banners and an Altenew Tall Alphabet die set for her name.

The flowers are diecut from more of the background paper and some matching plain scraps.

The sentiment is a new die that I recently acquired from Simon Says Stamp.

Let's hope that tomorrow is a little calmer and that there are no more leaky roofs.

Thanks for stopping by, happy Crafting and hugs 

Kimx

Halloween Chalenge at CCM

Hi All,
I am soooooo sorry for the tardiness of this post, but it seems to have been a manic few weeks, coupled with an Internet connection that seems to drop in and out every few minutes to the point where I have abandoned trying to use it at all.

Anyhoo it's my turn to host the challenge over at CCM, and as you may have guessed the theme is Halloween.

I have to say that it is not something that we celebrated when I was a kid, but then I am old lol.
Now it seems to be a big thing, and my Girls love it. There are always loads of sweeties for the Trick or Treaters, and the house is usually festooned with cobwebs and all sorts of scary things.
I spent the day wearing a rather batty headband that I had strung with lights. I did get some looks as I travelled on the train, but it certainly put a smile on a few peoples faces.

My card uses a fabulous old LOTV topper and lots of Tim Holtz dies.
The wizard was a little too cute, so I trimmed away his teddy bear when I fussy cut the image.

The background was created by attaching die cut bats to the black card base to add a little interest and dimension.

I found the letterpress tree panel amongst my stash and added some glitter around the moon, and a couple more bats.

The spooky house and tree are also from Tim Holtz.

I added a bit of sparkly card behind the windows,

and then a bit of funky foam for added dimension.

The spooky branches are another Tim Holtz die.

The sentiment is from a new set that I bought from Simon Says Stamp. It is a fabulous set with loads of little sentiments, and it has a coordinating die so you cut them all out at once.

I promise that I will get round to see you all over the next few days.

I am off to Sir Stampalot for my annual holiday, and I am soooo looking forward to it.

Have a wonderful crafty weekend.

Crafty hugs

Kimx