Floral Fussy Cutting

Evening,

I do love inky backgrounds, so here is a card created using some inks and stamps.

I layered the central panel over some white stamped and embossed images which I then highlighted with a little light inking using blending brushes.

The main floral images have been stamped, embossed, coloured and fussy cut 

before adding them to the main card using silicon glue.

Thanks for stopping by.

Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx

White Embossing and Bleach

Evening,

Painting with bleach, is the nearest I like to get to housework. I love the effect that you get when you paint a stamped and embossed image with thin undiluted bleach.

Here are several cards made using fabulous floral stamps designed by my friend Jane Gill for Woodware.

I have stamped and embossed in white for all of the cards

but I did try a variety of cardstock, as not all will allow the colour to be bleached out.

It is amazing the variations you can get just with black cardstock.

And then of course there is always dark blue.

Thanks for stopping by.

Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx

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
 

Grid Cards

Evening,

I've managed to catch up with all my sample making for Creative Expressions this afternoon, and get the parcel in the post, so I have a tidy desk.........for 5 minutes at least lol.

Here are a few cards that I made last year using a simple masking technique to create the background panel.

I taught it many years ago as an introduction to Masking, a Part 1, so to speak.

I used post it notes and black ink to create the grid lines,

but it looks just as good in gold on black.

I have used an assortment of stamped and coloured images

as the focal point on the cards, 

along with some good old Penny Black Stickeroos (first two samples).

I can't believe how quickly the days come round. It's 'Stitch and Bitch' again tomorrow, my Wednesday morning stitching get together. I so look forward to it and am making headway on the cross stitched panels for everyones Christmas stockings.

Thanks for stopping by.

Love and Crafty Hugs

Kimx

A Happy Hello from Altenew

Evening,

Please tell me that it is going to be fairly warm tomorrow. This refit at work feels like it has been going on forever, and now they are coming to replace all the chillers...................well most of them, one isn't ready yet!! As a consequence, we have to spend tomorrow serving through the night pay hatch. Last time they were replacing something and we had to do that it was freezing, so I am hoping for an unseasonally warm day tomorrow.

I finally managed to get a card finished using one of the lovely Altenew stamp, die and stencil sets that we were playing with on Saturday.

This is from the Elegant Motifs set which is part of their Craft Your Life Project Kit which I have signed up to. I found a gold die cut frame and black faux stitched panel in my stash and added the coloured panel to the corner to hide the pine branch. You can just see a little of it poking out from beneath the flower.

I added a tiny stamped and white embossed sentiment along with some pearls.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx

Vellum Florals

Evening,

A couple of cards tonight using one of Jane's fabulous floral stamps from Woodware.

I stamped and embossed the image onto parchment paper using Versamark ink and white embossing powder.

I then coloured the image on the reverse of the parchment using vibrant coloured inks.

The panel on this card has been created in the same manner only this time with the addition of some dry embossing.

I did some white work on the reverse of the parchment and added a frame using one of my groovi plates.

I managed another trip to the gym today. Twice in one week that's pretty amazing for me just at the moment.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx

 

A Torn Twofer

 Evening All,

Just a really quick post tonight, since I have to be at work at stupid o'clock tomorrow morning.

These are a couple of cards that I made a while ago at SirStampalot.

The torn panel on both of them was made using the mop up technique,

and some white embossed holly branches.

One panel,

and two cards, a torn twofer.

I also used the same embossing folder on card one and the vellum on the second card.

Off to bed now. Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx

Framed with A Different View

Evening All,

Why is technology so bloody complicated? I have been forced in to getting a new phone since the standard updates on my old one have eaten up ALL of the memory. It has taken the entire afternoon and evening, and help from my Sin-in-law to transfer everything from the old to the new. And people wonder why I hate change lol.

On a brighter note, we had a fabulous class today on Chalks. There were only a few of us, but we had a wonderful time, and everyone came away with plenty of homework, which I will now have to work on tomorrow.

In the absence of chalked cards to share, here are a few created a while ago using a fabulous frame stamp called a 'Different View' from Designer Boutique through Creative Expressions.

I create the panel on this card using dye based inks over white embossing and then die cut LOVE from the center of it. I added a layer of fun foam behind the sentiment and then placed it back in to negative space. The foam makes the sentiment stand out above the rest of the panel.

Similar panel only this time stamped and embossed in black. I die cut LOVE from the center of the panel

and turned it in to a second card.

The background is created using another Designer Boutique stamp called Meadow Life. I trimmed the background panel down,

and created another little card with the leftover piece.

This final card uses the same frame stamp and dye based inks, just in a totally different colour combo.

Thanks for stopping by.

Crafty Hugs 

Kimx

Bubble Christmas Tree

Evening All,

There is thunder rumbling around at the moment, and it is threatening to pour with rain, so I guess a couple more Christmas cards wouldn't be too out of place lol.

As you know I have been playing with Jane's latest Bubble stamps recently, so here are a couple of cards made several years ago with one of her older designs.

I used a dotty embossing folder with the stamped and embossed panel,

along with some glossy accents to highlight the snowflake bubbles.

This is the same stamp used with white embossing powder and a handmade background made using a Gelli Plate, inks and a piece of bubble wrap.

I used tiny silver gems at the center of each of the snowflakes.

Better get to bed before the littlies wake up again. It looks like the bad weather is set to continue for the duration of my stay, so we might have to get a little bit creative over getting them to expend some energy................or maybe just get the welly boots and raincoats out.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx

Pearlescent Poinsettias

Evening,

Hope you have had a fabulous day. Mine was rather hectic, but everyone is asleep now........for the moment lol.

I do love this fabulous old stamp from Imagination.

I coloured it using pearlescent paints which I 'dropped' into the white embossed image having first added plenty of water.

The colours blend beautifully but are best left to dry out on their own.

Same stamp, different colour combo. Much more subtle I think you will agree.

It's a shame that the pearlescence is so hard to see in pictures.

Definitely need a good nights sleep so that I am on top form tomorrow. It looks like it will be another day stuck inside because of the weather so you can imagine what the kids will be like by the end of the day. We might just have to get out and jump in some puddles.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx

Embossed Resist for Your Special Day

Evening All,

I have been rather looking forward to the rain that the weathermen have been promising us for today, and at 8pm on the dot it arrived. I know that it sounds mean, but I really don't cope very well in the heat, so I am really hoping that it takes the temperature down a bit. And of course the gardens all need it so it isn't all bad.

Here are the last couple of cards from the class on Resist and Distress Oxides. 

For this first card I have used some basic white embossing and the 'Mop Up' technique along with a load of fussy cut leaves.

For this card I stamped and embossed some stripes using clear embossing powder over the top of a dry piece of mop up background. Once the embossing has cooled, blend more Distress Oxide ink over the top of the panel and buff away any excess ink. I added some die cut wildflowers and a stamped sentiment to finish this card.

It's still raining nicely, although I can't say that it is any cooler yet.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx