Leaf Burst Stencil Cards

Evening All,

Wow what a change in the weather. One day it's swelteringly hot, and the next we have pouring rain all day!!

At least so far the weather seems to have put off the perishing magpie, so that is one good thing.

I didn't manage to take any photos today. To be honest I completely forgot. I went out for a coffee with my gym buddy this afternoon and then I was finishing off bits for class tomorrow so everything got packed away so that I don't forget to take it.

So instead here are some more samples using stencils which we will be playing with in class in a couple of weeks time.

I made several cards using this lovely Altenew stencil.

As you can see you don't always have to use the whole stencil, which makes them even more versatile.

This one uses a Tim Holtz stencil and distress inks.

I drew around the image with a black micron pen, while the stencil was still in place to give it a little more definition.

When you have sponged ink through a stencil there is always plenty left on it after you have finished, so here I spritzed it with water and then placed a piece of card on top to transfer the ink. Waste not want not as my Gran would say.

I also did a little stamping over the top, and also once again drew around the image with a fine line pen.

Better set my alarm for tomorrow, I need to get back into the habit of getting up early in preparation for Monday, although I won't be setting it for 3.30am quite yet lol.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx

A Christmas Stencil for Gill

 Evening,

Another cold one, I'm really not enjoying this change in the weather, I have to be honest and say that I would rather be wet than cold.

On a Wednesday, I try and post a card to support my good friend Gill with her Way to go Wednesday on Facebook.

Today she is featuring Stenciling, so I dug out a card that I made using a Tim Holtz one and some black stencil paste.

The snowflake background was created using Distress Oxide ink and some sponging.

I even added a little bit of bling with a clear sparkle pen over the holly branch and star.

That's another Christmas card that I can add to the drawer, now if I could just find the energy to write the blessed things lol.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx

Stencils and Sparkle

Evening Everyone,
And a very happy Sunday to you. I hope that you are all OK.

Here are a couple of cards made using Tim Holtz stencils,

 Imagination Starlight Metallic paints,

 and Sparkle Medium.

This one uses Distress Inks through the stencil,

and then a little Sparkle Medium afterwards.

The die cut sentiment has been coated in Glossy Accents to make it stand out better.

 This final card is one that we have unfortunately had to send off all too often just lately.

It was made using the same ingredients as the first card,

just in far more muted colours.
Thank you for stopping by.
Stay Safe and Craft.
Hugs Kimx

I hope you All had a very Holly Jolly Christmas

Hello my Crafty Friends.
I hope that you all had a fantastic Christmas, it seems so far away now.
I was at work on the big day, but as I have pointed out to customers I am not totally stupid. We saved more than a few Christmas's for people who found their turkey was still in need of defrosting, or was off and at the end of my shift I got to come home to a dinner that was nearly ready to eat. It's a win win in my book.
I may not have sent any Christmas cards this year, but I still have loads of them that I need to share with you.

We did a class on Zentangle recently. 

Now I have to say that I am not very adventurous with it although I am getting a little better with the aid of the numerous books that I have.

I do think though that even the simplest of patterns can turn a very basic card,

into something really quite special.
We are going to make some non-Christmas cards using this technique in class at the beginning of January.

I seem to have rather a lot of holly stamps, from different manufacturers.

This one uses a Woodware stamp set.

The holly on this one is from a Tim Holtz stencil.

White stamping and embossing and a Hobby Art stamp can look so different,

 depending on what medium you use to colour them in.

 Here I used watercolour Pearlex in silver and white.

This one is a little more traditional in colour.

And this one is a very old Hero Arts stamp which has been used on red card stock.

It is a very solid image which I have used with Sticky Embossing powder, foil and mica powder.
At least I wont have the excuse of not enough cards made next year will I.
Happy Crafting and hugs
Kimx

It's that Spiders Web that I promised.

Evening Everyone,
Have you had a good weekend?
This seems to be becoming a bit of a bad habit, only blogging at the weekend. I will have to try and break that..
Did you catch Hobby Art Jenny on the box a week ago? She had some fabulous new stamp sets, and some of the most amazing samples, just check out the Gallery.
I am forever in awe of what the rest of the team come up with, theirs always look so much better than mine.
A little while ago I promised that I would share a couple of cards using my favourite 'Spiders Web'/Shatter stencil so here is one that I made for that TV show.

I love the foliage from the CS160D Janie’s Collection – Oliver Owl set.

I stamped and embossed them onto a panel that I had created using the spiders web / shatter stencil, Imagination Sparkle Medium and Alchemy Wax.

As usual I tried the background out first, so here is the card that I finished off using that panel. Very similar but not identical.

My card for the TV was actually inspired by this one that I made a few weeks ago using the same type of background and some die cuts.

The cute little spider is from a Card-io stamp set.

Here are another couple of cards that I made using the same stencil. 

See I told you I loved that stencil.
Maybe I will manage another post tomorrow. I did get caught up with quite a few things today so I guess it will all boil down to how much of a favourite I am with a certain little person tomorrow lol.
Hugs Kimx

For Those We Love

Evening Everyone,
As well as New Baby cards in my stash, there is unfortunately always the need for a sympathy card or two.
When I saw this stamp in the Stampendous catalogue I fell in love with the delicate leaves as well as the beautiful verse and decided that I just had to have it.

Unfortunately it's beautiful words have come in handy all too soon.

This last couple of weeks has seen me send out a couple of them, difficult at any time, but always so much worse I think at this time of year when all around you seem to be in party mood.

I have used a Tim Holtz stencil and distress inks on all of the panels.

Now like anyone else I like to get my monies worth out of my purchases so it was great to find that I could use the same stamp for any type of card,

including an anniversary.

I do hope that it gets more use in this capacity than as it was originally intended.

Love and hugs

Kimx

Birthday challenge at CCM

Hi All,
There I was doing so well.
I have a new gym buddy and we have been managing to make it there three times a week, often with the added bonus of me walking the 3 miles home rather than going on the treadmill.
Well all of that seems to have gone out of the window over the last fortnight. Still at least it is the start of a new week so lets hope that I can get back into a routine. I did manage to get there today, so I suppose that is a start.

It is also the start of a new challenge over at CCM where our host Pam is looking for Birthdays, a nice simple challenge.

I love this time of the year, all the beautiful colours, and the cooler temperatures, and of course my birthday in a weeks time.

I have used the fabulous shattered glass stencil by Tim Holtz along with blue and brown Distress Inks to create the background to my card.

The stamped and embossed floral images are from a Hero Arts stamp set that I have had for years.

I added the peel-off sentiment on a strip of vellum so as not to hide the background.

I hope that you will find the time to join us HERE.
Have a great week.
Happy Crafting and hugs
Kimx