Happy Birthday Jenni

Evening,

Today is a special day in our house, it's my eldest daughters birthday. Unfortunately she was working a split shift today, so not much celebrating, but it means that she can behave like the Queen used to and have a second birthday later in the year.

As you know by now, I am notoriously late with my cards, but since I retired I have definitely improved, so I am hoping that for once a card actually arrived on time.

I created the background to her card using inks and a fabulous stencil from Aall and Create.

Having added a little extra stamping to the background,

I then added a stamped, embossed, coloured and die cut image using a little silicon glue gell. I think the floral image is from Altenew but I really can't remember and it is far too late to go looking for the stamp.

A stamped and die cut sentiment and some gems complete my card for a special lady.

I hope that she managed to have a great day despite work and that the kids spoiled her rotten.

Thanks for stopping by.

Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx

New PaperCuts release - You're a Star

Evening,

There are some fabulous new Paper Cuts Edger Dies released today by Creative Expressions, and I got to play with one of them. 

This one is called CEDPC1226 - Paper Cuts You're a Star Edger Die.

I die a bit of paper piecing after die cutting it from several different colours of card stock.

It was a bit fiddly, but well worth the effort.

The blue background was created using inks and Cosmic Shimmer Gilding Polish through a small star stencil.

I paper pieced the green leaves and red hears and then added some glossy accents.

I do hate waste, so I used one of the leftover die cuts as a stencil and then added the red and green snowflakes over this.

I covered them with versamark and crystal embossing powder to give them a little extra texture.

I also added a stack sentiment for a Christmas card.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check out the rest of the release HERE.

Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx

'Branching Out' with a new Stencil

Evening,

There are some fabulous new DL Stencils launched today by Creative Expressions. and I was lucky enough to get to play with one of them.

Stencils are very versatile items to have in your stash.

They can be used with inks as in the central panel.

I also used a rubber mat with the stencil to run it through an embossing machine.

This gives added dimension, although it is almost impossible to see in the photographs no matter how hard I tried.

The panel at the back left hand side of the card has also been run through the embossing machine with the rubber mat. I spritzed the stencil with water before cleaning the ink from it and then placed it carefully on to a piece of coconut white cardstock and running it through the embossing machine.

This adds the ink from the stencil as well as adding texture.

I also used the stencil to emboss a piece of blue cardstock which was also spritzed with mica spray.

I made some faux card candi and added them to the card along with a stacked sentiment. So several slightly different panels made with one stencil.

I hope that the weather isn't too cold where you are. The frost has never disappeared from the garden today, but at least so far there is none of the snow that they have been forecasting, long may that continue.

Thanks for stopping by.

Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx

A Birthday Rose

Evening,

It has been perfect crafting weather today, not that I ever need an excuse to spend the day in the Craft Room lol.

I've been working on some samples for Creative Expressions, which are hush hush for now, so here is a card that I made a while ago using one of Jane Gill's fabulous Halloween stamp sets.

I stamped and embossed the rose onto black cardstock

and then coloured the rose and the spider with Iridescent Watercolour Paint.

I layered the fussy cut image over a piece of background from my stash.

The background was created using a stencil and paste along with some mica sprays.

I also found the die cut sentiment in my bits box, and added it along with a few gems.

Thanks for stopping by,

Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx

A Die Cut Twofer

Evening,

Crafty people never like waste, so I think we all like a 'Twofer'.  

I used a piece of Alcohol Inked background for this card.

I placed a stencil over the top of the alcohol ink coloured cardstock and then used Alcohol Lift ink to remove some of the colour

leaving the rather cobweb like image from the stencil showing.

I used a die to cut out the leafy image which I used as the focal point of the next card. The background was just too nice to waste so I added it to a rectangular scalloped frame along with a stamped sentiment.

I used the leafy die cut from the previous alcohol inked panel as the main focus on this card.

Once again I used a scalloped panel and a stamped sentiment.

Very clean and simple for me, but definitely a card design that I will try again.

Thanks for stopping by.

Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx

Countdown to Christmas - Day 22

Evening,

As my Granddaughter Chloe would say, 'Only three more sleeps' till Father Christmas comes to visit. And only one more for me till I join them for my Christmas stay. 

I managed to get some decorations up today so the place is looking a little more festive.  Not up to Mum's usual standards I know, but at least it is something. Just a bit of cooking to do for her tomorrow before I leave and things will be all sorted.

A couple of Christmas cards tonight using a stencil, gold paste and some handmade background paper.

The background paper was made using Cosmic Shimmer Airless Misters and clingfilm.

The paste was added through the stencil once the background had dried. I also used the stencil with some ink for the images on the base card.

Another small card made using the left over piece from the previous card.

I fussy cut the greeting so that it didn't cover up too much of that fabulous background.

Thanks for stopping by.

Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx

Countdown to Christmas - Day 16

Evening,

Another day nearer Christmas, and a couple of birthdays to celebrate as well. My Grandson is 20 today and a good friend is ???? (she would kill me if I revealed it lol)

The couple of cards that I am sharing tonight are Christmas cards,

but could just as easily be made to celebrate a birthday.

Especially made in blue for a change to the usual Christmas red.

The background to this one was created using a stencil, pastes and distress inks.

The same stamps, only this time I used the co-ordinating dies to cut the image out instead of fussy cutting it.

I also went with a more traditional colour palette.

The background is a fabulous 3D Embossing folder and a piece of background card from my stash.

It is the last get together of the year for the Girls tomorrow so there will be plenty of coffee, chat and crafty playtime. And probably a few mince pies as well.

Thanks for stopping by.

Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx 

Sunflowers

Evening,

I've just spent a lovely afternoon chatting with all the fabulous DT at Creative Expressions. It is so lovely to put faces and voices to the names that you see all the time. At least I got to see them. They on the other hand got a blank screen where my face should have been..................me and technology lol. Maybe I'll get to work it out before our next call in the New Year.

I thought that with them in mind I would share a couple of cards that I made using Woodware stamps available from Creative Expressions.

I do love Jane's floral designs.

I used a stencil to create the background on this one, running it through an embossing machine with a rubber mat to get the raised embossed finish.

I used the stencil again on this card but with darker colours along with some Distress Oxide Ink.

I painted this second image rather than using blending brushes and a second layer to the sunflower as I did on the first card.

I also added a thin die cut frame and a sentiment.

I'm looking forward to a new DT box arriving on my doorstep very soon. It's always such fun to open and come up with ideas of what to do with all the amazing things inside.

Thanks for stopping by

Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx