With Love

I feel like I must have been living under a rock.
For the second time I arrived at work to be greeted by newspaper headlines of an atrocity carried out in the UK. First Manchester, and then London (again)
It sounds ridiculous, and appalling that I should not know what is going on in the world, but to be honest I never have the news on (it's always too depressing) so that is my very poor excuse for being so ill informed.

I can't begin to imagine what all those poor families are going through, nor do I have the words so here is a card that I send with love to one and all.

The background is from my stash and was made, as far as I can remember, using pearlescent inks and cling film.

I stamped and embossed onto the handmade background paper using an old Hero Arts stamp which I love.

The panel was cut out using a rather interesting torn edged die. 

The woven background on the card has been created from Washi tape stuck onto strips of white card to make it possible to weave.
I added a couple of circular spotlights and a sentiment from Hobby Art.
I hope that tomorrow will be a better day for all of us and that I can avoid any more awful headlines.
Love and hugs to you All.
Kimx

Lists

Hi All
I made good on my own suggestion last night. I now have a nice box full of punched hexagons instead of odd scraps, all ready and waiting to be turned into more backgrounds.
So that is one job that I can cross off. I am determined to cross at least a couple of things off that ever growing 'To Do list'. Let's see......

• furniture moved - check
• paper sorted - check
• January DT cards made - check

It's just a shame that as fast as I cross one thing off the top of the list two more things get added to the bottom. Oh well, never mind, onward and upward as they say lol.

Over on the Woodware Blog today there is another sneak peek from the coming Spring 2014 catalogue.
I have used a couple of the same showcased stamps here on these cards.
The main floral image is Spring Spray Bouquet JGS331 which I have paper pieced and coloured using dye based inks.

The sentiment panel in the bottom corner is the fabulous Birthday Text  JGS901. I think I will have to work on Jane to add a few more of this type to her collection next time, they are going to be soooooo useful.
The floral strip across the centre is Washi Tape and I added some Faux Card Candi.
As you may have noticed I'm trying to post a little earlier in the day (still can't get to grips with scheduled posts) and so now I'm off to play. There is still a long list of crads that need to be made so I had better get on with it.
Have a good evening and Happy Crafting.
Hugs Kimx