A Woodware Sketch

Evening Everyone,
Have you had a good Monday? Not too hot I hope.

They have a sketch challenge running over at Woodware this month, and I thought that it was high time that I made a card for it.

The background has been made using Waxed Paper, an Embossing Folder and an Iron. It was then coloured using my favourite Creole Spice Kaleidacolor Ink Pad.

I have stamped and embossed onto the background using a variety of Woodware stamps, Black Versafine Ink and clear embossing powder.

I do love this silhouette style of stamps, they are always the first ones that I am drawn to in any catalogue.

The sentiment is also from one of the stamp sets, and I have layered it over a stamped and embossed circle of card.
I have spent the afternoon and evening making Thank You cards for the Grandchildren to give their teachers on the last day of term. Nothing like leaving it to the last minute lol. I will have to share them with you tomorrow.
Off to bed now before I fall asleep where I sit.
Hugs Kimx

Wax Paper Resist and Embossing Folders

Hi All
Well I've made it through my eight straight days at work, and here I am facing the start of another week. Where on earth did those 2 days off go. (In fact I have just finished a day of work since once again this post got side lined !!!!)
Sorry I have been absent for a while, this post has been started about 5 times, and then much like any cardmaking  last week, a 'granny nap' took over.
Not that I don't have plenty of things that I can share with you, given how quiet I have been in Blogland just lately, in fact I could really do with blogging twice a day in a bid to catch up with things.
We had another fabulous class at Davina's on Saturday, and this time I didn't break the iron so no thinking  on my feet, we were able to play with Waxed Paper and Embossing folders.
Once again I got a little bit carried away with the samples so I think that I will split them up into a couple of posts or this will end up like War and Peace.

As usual we made a technique tag to add to their book, and in fact this time they made two so that they could remember what to do with the left over waxed paper (tag far left)

The background to this card was made using a fab Sheena embossing folder, waxed paper and kaleidacolour inks.

I added some matching punched leaves and some stamped flowers along with a Hobby Art sentiment.

This card was made with another panel of the background,

 punched leaves, stamped flowers and a different Hobby Art sentiment.

I also found a few matching gems.

The beauty of this technique is that if you sandwich your embossed waxed paper between two pieces of card before you iron it you get the positive and negative image transered to the card stock.

I placed a strip of both the positive and negative background onto one of the tags,

and the other tag had a left over piece of the waxed paper coloured with stazon inks after the wax had been removed.

The sentiment has been added by stamping it onto acetate using Stazon ink and then attaching it with a fine line of glitter glue around the edges.
I think I had better press  publish on this before yet another day goes past.
Hugs, and Happy Monday.
Kimx

Two for the Woodware Sketch Challenge

Hi All
I'm rather late to the party again. My card for the Woodware Sketch challenge was nearly ready on Friday but I'm afraid that classes and power cuts intervened and so this is the first chance that I have had to get it finished and posted.
In fact I actually have two cards to share with you for the challenge. This is the first one.

They are also a couple of those 'nearly in the bin' pieces that I managed to salvage with a bit of vellum.

I was trying to kill two birds with one stone as they say, by creating a card for the challenge and also prep a card to advertise a class later next month.
The class will involve using embossing holders, waxed paper, glossy card stock and dye based inks to create  fabulous backgrounds.

I stamped and embossed some images over the top of this but was unhappy with the results so rather than throw them in the bin I reached for the vellum.

The waxes paper technique yields two pieces of background from one piece of waxed paper so I thought that I might as well make two cards at the same time.

I used the same Woodware greeting on both cards.

And also the same fabulous Stampendous stamp on the vellum overlay.
As usual I seem to be cutting it fine to get this posted before midnight so I haven't left myself time to find codes for the stamps. You can always leave me a message and I will let you know what they are.
Hugs and goodnight from me.
Kimx 

Embossed Bargello

Evening All
Another Friday, boy are they coming round quickly.
I've been playing with my embossing folders again this evening after finding inspiration on Sue Wilson's blog.

She has a video clip showing how to do the Bargello technique using strips of embossed paper, so I thought that I would give it a try.

And if I do say so myself I think it looks fab.

She used plain white embossed strips on her card, but I just had to add some ink on the edges.

I was also reminded of Waxed Paper Embossing , a technique that I haven't played with in ages.
The central panel on this card was created using this technique.

Not wishing to waste anything I coloured the used waxed paper with Alcohol inks and then die cut some flowers from them using some of my Magnolia dies.

I added some extra flowers cut from white card as the waxed paper was a little fragile.
Of course I have another couple of panels to finish off as cards.
Why is it that I can never just make one piece when I'm playing, I always end up with loads of different bits and pieces. Oh well I guess that's why they call it playtime lol.
Have a great weekend.
Hugs Kimx