Time to Paint Those Eggs

Evening,

Along with the beautiful 3D Embossing Folder that Creative Expressions recently released, there are some Easter stamps designed by the lovely Francoise Reid.

Normally I wouldn't blog them until Easter weekend, but as the supermarket shelves are groaning under the weight of Easter Eggs at the moment, I decided that I would share this card tonight.

I created the backgrounds using Creative Expressions Pixie Powders.

I love these powders because you never know exactly what you are going to end up with, every background is different even when using the same colours.

I stamped and embossed in white for all of the stamped images and then flooded the paper with water before adding the powders, and then more water.

I also added a little Gilding polish through a stencil in the background and then coloured some of the images with Pearlescent paint. All of the products used are from Creative Expressions.

Thanks for stopping by.

Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx
 

Happy Birthday Rithika

Evening,

I may no longer work at the BP, but I still keep in touch with my former colleagues, and continue to make cards for my Boss's daughters.

Coming from Sri Lanka, it is impossible to go into a shop for a personalized card, so I have been making them for him for more years than I care to remember.

I created the background for the card using a stencil, paste and ink sprays. 

The floral image is from Altenew and is available as a bundle which contains a layering stamp set, die and stencils called Fairy Tale Florals.

I added a sentiment strip and stacked die cut letters to personalize the card.

I hope that she had a fabulous day.

Thanks for stopping by

Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx

Spring colours and Wildflowers

Evening,

What a gloriously sunny start to the day. It was a bit chilly with evidence of a frost, but beautiful sunshine.

So here are a few cards featuring nice spring coloured backgrounds and wild flowers.

The background to this first one is created using a stencil and Brushos.

The background to this one is made using the Brushos left on the stencil after creating the previous background.

Die cut wildflowers are a great way to use up Handmade Backgrounds without hiding too much.

The background to this card is made using one of my absolute favourite Embossing Folders for this watercolour technique.

Ink one side of the embossing folder with Distress inks and then spritz with water before placing a piece of watercolour card inside. Instead of running it through an embossing machine use pressure from your fingers to transfer the ink to the card, without adding texture.

I told you this was a favorite Embossing Folder. Another background created like the last, in fact you can often get a second impression, just by adding more water.

I've stamped and embossed onto this background, silhouette stamps work just as well as die cuts.

Thanks for stopping by

Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx

Happiness is.............Good Friends

Evening,

I have just spent a fabulous afternoon in the company of good friends.

We used to work together at The Craft Barn back in the day, and although we keep in touch, our get togethers have been few and far between. In fact it has probably been 10 years since we last sat down together. Despite the years conversation flowed like we had never been apart, good friends indeed.

I have always loved solid, silhouette style stamps as the Girls will probably remember, so these beauties were a definite must from Stamps By Me.

The background has been created using stencils and Distress Oxide inks before stamping and embossing in black.

As you can see I used the stencil the wrong way round for this background, but who cares that the numbers are back to front, I don't, I just like the look.

Once again I have used a black ink pad and clear embossing powder to give a dramatic look to the card.

This final card uses the same numeric stencil, this time with black card and pale Distress Oxide inks.

In order to make the images stand out on this card, I stamped and embossed with versamark ink and pale gold embossing powder.

Thanks for stopping by

Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx

 

Just a Note

Evening,

I've spent a very productive day clearing the decks of crafty projects in preparation for a parcel from the lovely Janice from SirStampalot. I'm helping her out with some samples so it was good to get a few things finished so that I could get the old brain cells working on what she is sending me.

Here are a couple of cards made a while ago for a class on stencils and pastes.

I used the brick wall stencil and some texture paste over the top of some stamped background paper.

The tulips are a layering stamp set from Altenew which also has a co-ordinating die.

Same idea and layout just a different stencil for this card.

Off to bed now, much later than it should be given my early start tomorrow, but it can't be helped.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx

Thinking of You with Stencils

Evening All,

Here are the last of my cards from the class on Stencils and Stamps.

Once again I used this fabulous stencil from Altenew, but this time I kept it monochrome.

I made them as Sympathy/Thinking of You cards,  

but the idea would work every bit as well for an Anniversary or Birthday.

Same technique, but a different floral stencil, once again worked in monochrome colours.

I added a few gems to both cards,

along with a stamped and embossed sentiment.

These last two cards feature a couple of circular Clarity floral stencils. 

They are only small, but a card doesn't always have to be huge. They are sent with love and best wishes what ever their size.

Better get my tag written for class on Saturday or I'll get a ticking off :O)

Several years ago I started a tag book for the Girls, inspired by a class that I had done at SirStampalot a few months previous. The idea of it is to create a tag to go with each class to remind the Girls of what they have done so that they can more easily recreate it later. Each tag is supplied with instructions on the technique that they have played with, and a piece of appropriate cardstock for them to create a visual prompt. I supply the tag and instructions, they supply the artwork lol.

I tried very hard to supply tag instructions for each of the classes pre lockdown, but time just got away from me sometimes, so I am determined not to fall into the same trap now that classes have started up again.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope that you liked what you saw.

Happy Crafting and Hugs

Kimx

Foliage Stencils

Evening All

I have so enjoyed playing with my stencils this week. They are soooo useful, but I tend to forget about the drawer full of them that I own, so it was nice to dust off the cobwebs and play with them.

I was showing the Girls how to stamp over the top of a stencil, as well as highlighting the image with a micron pen.

I cut the panel in half, having shown them what it looks like with and without the pen highlights.

The card layout was inspired by something that I saw on Pinterest, one of my favourite places for inspiration and a mojo kick start.

I added an embossed panel, using a Lisa Horton folder, to the base card,

before adding the stenciled piece.

For finishing touches I added a sentiment strip and some die cut foliage.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx

 

Red and Green with Stencils

Evening All,

Another miserable Monday weather wise that is, but much more to my liking I must admit. It was even quite reasonable at the gym this afternoon which has definitely been unbearable just lately.

Here are a few more cards from Saturdays class on stencils.

The panel on this one started off as a piece of mop up and brush cleanup paper and then I added the Lavinia stencil and some more distress ink in red and green.

I stamped and embossed this fabulous floral image over it and then matt and layered it using rectangular stitched dies.

I used the same red and green to colour the image, along with a bit of white pigment ink for the main flower.

I used the same stencil on a piece of card to clean off my blending brushes, which led to a rather subtle background to this card.

The floral image on this card is a new purchase from Clarity.

I added some extra ink to the main card and green panel along with a die cut sentiment and some faux Card Candi.

As the stamp from Clarity was a new one I tried it out first on a piece of scrap card to make sure that it stamped properly and I didn't waste my nice background.

Of course it stamped out perfectly, so rather than waste it I blended ink over it and added it to a coloured and embossed panel.

The main panel on the card is a Lisa Horton embossing folder blended with colour and spritzed.

I added a die cut sentiment to this card as well as some white and gold Gelli Roll glaze pens.

I can't believe that we are actually at the longest day in the year. How did that happen? It certainly isn't what you would expect of the middle of June.

Hope you have a great evening.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx