Crealies Patchwork Dies

Evening,

I spent a lovely morning at 'Stitch and Bitch' today, although it was b....y freezing. We meet in a church hall and have to put the heating on when we arrive, so I have learnt the hard way that I need to wear a jumper and my fur lined boots. Mum's house has under floor heating so Wednesday is the only day that my jumpers come out lol.

I still haven't managed to take photos of the cross stitch that I have been working on, so here are some cards made using the fabulous Creilies Patchwork Dies.

They are fabulous for creating a stacked patchwork background to a card,

or for a single layer watercolour stamped image.

I inked the stamp and then spritzed it with a little water which had pearl mica powder added to it.

This final card used a stamped, embossed and coloured image along with a mop up background.

I do love these dies, and they make such unusual backgrounds. The bit that took the longest was cutting all the pieces. But then I guess that is the same with regular patchwork done with material.

Thanks for stopping by.

Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx

Three of a Kind

Evening,

I back home safe and sound, and laptop all charged up. 

I recently had to replace the charger when the laptop slipped off the sofa and landed on the charger while it was plugged in, so I think that I might order one that I can leave with the Grandchildren for when I go to stay. I have a couple of drawers in a cupboard where I keep a set of toiletries, underwear and pyjamas to save me having to bring them with me each time, so I think that it would make sense to add a charger into the mix lol.

As I've told you before, when making samples I often have no idea of what I'm going to make. Sometimes I try out an idea or technique in several colours before deciding on which card I will send to Creative Expressions.

I coloured the ribbon with ink to match the stamping, but it was a little messy when placed at the top of the card,

so I decided to remake the card.

Of course it ended up very slightly different to the first one. I also added a strip of the embossed card over the top of the ribbon on the first card to help hide the mess.

The stamped panel on all of the cards have been created using a Misti or Stamping Platform.

Ink the stamp with Distress Inks (or similar) and spritz with water before stamping on to watercolour card stock. The colours will bleed, particularly if you lightly spritz the card stock first.

Clean the stamp, dry the cardstock, and then restamp the image using Versafine Clair ink. By leaving the stamp on the Misti/Stamping Platform in between inking, the image looks as if it has been watercoloured with minimum effort.

Of course you can always add more colour to parts of the image with a paintbrush.

Thanks for stopping by.

Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx

Watercolour Grasses

Afternoon All

I'm gradually working my way through the photos of card samples that are on my laptop. Of course once I have finished with them there are loads more in boxes just waiting for their camera ready moment lol.

This card, the last of my Sam Poole samples makes use of a couple of techniques that I favour.

This grassy image was first stamped using a distress oxide ink pad on to a piece of wet watercolour card stock. The colour will bleed leaving a rather blurred image which is actually what you want.

This technique is best done using a stamping platform of some kind because you need to stamp back over the blurred image once it has dried, this time using a versafine ink pad and you need it to be in exactly the same place. I also like to heat emboss this second image which of course means that the cardstock must be completely dry.

I stamped and embossed part of the image on to a scrap of cardstock which I then die cut into a small tag. Having coloured it with more distress inks I layered it onto the main panel to form a spotlight.

I used the main grassy image on the kraft card base, this time stamped using versamark ink to create a watermark image. A bit of faux stitching finishes off all the various components.

That's me for today, I need to cross at least one thing off my to do list, and I'm nowhere near that at the moment.

Thanks for stopping by. 

Hugs Kimx

 

Sending You Some Sunshine

Evening, 

I hope that you have had a great Saturday, and a warmer one than me, I don't seem to have been able to warm up today.

I've been working on some new stamp samples, which of course I can't share yet, so here is another card made for Jane's release a couple of days ago.

As I have told you on numerous occasions, I rarely know what I am going to make with a stamp set until I start to play, so here is a background panel that I created during said playtime.

It wasn't what I was looking for at the time, so it was consigned to the 'To be finished' pile.

When I looked at it again I added a stamped and embossed image and suddenly I had something that I liked.

I added a sentiment strip across the bottom of the panel having fussy cut around the sunshine.

I've had a reasonably successful day today with the samples so I am going to take a break and start again tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Crafting and hugs

Kimx

B is for Bauble

Afternoon All,

Well I guess I jinx it didn't I.......we woke up to snow this morning. Not masses, and it looks like it is disappearing fairly fast, thankfully, but I really don't like it. At least I can just admire it through the window today, so let's hope we don't get any more.

I'm still a bit in Christmas mode in terms of card sharing I'm afraid, perhaps it comes of having spent my Christmas asleep!!

Here are another couple of cards that I made (back in the summer actually!!) using one of my favourite Designer Boutique stamps from Creative Expressions. You can see the other cards that I made  HERE

I stamped and embossed the image using a dark brown Versafine Claire inkpad and then spritz the panel with ink sprays. I added some glossy accents to a couple of the baubles for a little added dimension.

This card used the same stamp, and one colour of Distress ink.

Having inked up the stamp I spritzed it will a little water before stamping it on to cream card stock.

I also added a few gems. You need a bit of bling on a Christmas card don't you lol.

They have a new challenge over at Christmas Crafts All Year Round. 

Their challenge for the month of January is Something that starts with A and/or B so I think that these will fit perfectly.

I would also like to enter them in to these challenges.

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas challenge - 523 Anything Goes as long as it's Christmas

Stamping Sensations - Favourite Stamps 

Thanks for stopping by.

Stay safe and craft.

Hugs Kimx