Hobby Art Feathers on Hochanda

Morning Everyone,
Happy Saturday. I hope that you will soon be settling down to watch the first of Hobby Art Jenny's shows on Hochanda (Sky channel 663) at 10am, followed by two more at 2pm and 5pm.

I had a fabulous time, as always, playing with the new designs.
Here is just one of the cards that I made. 

The central panel has been created by dabbing a dye based inks pad (Denim Kaleidacolour multicoloured pad) onto an acrylic block.
Spritz with water and then place the block on to a piece of watercolour cardstock as if it were a stamp.

Once this panel was dry I stamped and embossed the feather onto it using black Versafine ink and clear embossing powder.
I painted the image with a wet paintbrush and then used kitchen roll to remove the ink.
Once I achieved a depth of colour that I liked I painted the image with a clear Wink of Stella brush.

The background to the card was created using both the sentiment stamped and embossed in black, and another of the feathers from the set stamped with versafine and then dusted with Pearlex Powder.
I hope that you enjoy the shows today.
I look forward to seeing what the rest of the DT have come up with to inspire you. It always amazes me how different everyones creations are.
Have a great day.
Happy Crafting and hugs
Kimx

Mop up Backgrounds

Evening Everyone,
I hope that you are having a great weekend. I have spent a wonderful afternoon playing with inks, and catching up with old friends.

We were playing with several of the new Woodware stamps including this beauty JGS445 Meadow Flowers.

The coloured panel was created with what I like to call a 'mop up'  technique.

It is a great way to use up ink leftover on the craft mat after sponging,

or in this case by just tapping dye based ink from a kaleidacolour ink pad or distress inks onto a clean craft mat.

Spritz the ink with some water and then wipe a piece of scrap card through it.

 Allow the card to cry a little before tapping it in to the ink again to achieve a slightly more blotchy finish.

Once the panel has dried completely stamp and emboss your chosen image onto it and then add a little extra colour by painting with more dye based ink.
I also added a little bit of sparkle with some Wink of Stella or Stardust Gelly Roll glaze pens.
I also added some hand drawn lines and a sentiment.
I keep a pile of card strips on my desk to mop up any extra ink left over when creating a card and this gives me a stash of pre-made backgrounds ready and waiting for a quick card make.
Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Kimx

Autumn Sale at SirStampalot

Evening All
I have just spent a very enjoyable day at SirStampalot with a lovely group of ladies who have been there playing all weekend.
They arrange their trip twice a year and enjoy crafty play, shopping, good company and plenty to eat.
One of the things that they were using in class today was the fabulous Wink of Stella, so I shared this card with them that I made for Hobby Art Jenny's last TV show.

The card uses her beautiful Poppy stamp which I have stamped and embossed onto red card stock.

I have then painted the image using Wink of Stella pens 000 Clear, 020 Red, 041 Light Green and 040 Green. Very hard to photograph, but lovely to look at.

They leave a beautiful shimmer even on coloured card stock.
They have just started an Autumn sale at SirStampalot (on line and in the shop) so why not check out the website to get some bargains.
No dinner for us. We had All You Can Eat Chinese for lunch and we are all thoroughly stuffed so I think it is time for a DVD catch up and an early night.
They have a week of very early starts with me here, their choice I hasten to say, but tiring non the less.
I finally got my play table today so it will be nice to come in tomorrow and get down to some serious crafting, I'm starting to get withdrawal symptoms.
Have a good evening.
Hugs Kimx

Christmas trees

Evening All,
Another really late post I'm afraid, but I have a very good excuse, I've been doing my homework lol.
We had another fabulous class at Davina's playing with just a few of the new Christmas stamps from Woodwsre.
I always try to come home and finish off the bits and pieces that result from showing the girls a particular idea or technique in class.

So here is my finished card after today's lesson. I stamped and embossed the trees onto a piece of watercolour card and coloured them using dye based inks.

I coloured the baubles with red and white Wink of Stella pens.

The greeting belongs to the same stamp set, and then the panel has been layered over a piece of red card that has been pressure embossed using a Doobadoo brick wall stencil. I have added some highlight to the bricks using gold gilding wax.
I still have a couple of other bits to finish off, but at least I have made a start.
Better get some sleep now if I am going to get anything else finished.
Hugs Kimx

Wings at Crafty Cardmakers and More

Evening Everyone,
We have started a new challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers today.

Mary is our host and wants to see something with Wings.. birds, planes, fairies, insects or even a steampunk clock, as long as it includes Wings

For my card I chose a lovely old Stampendous stamp set which is just full of butterflies.

All the stamping and embossing has been done in white and then sponged with Distress Inks.

I added some tiny gems, clear Wink of Stella and gold gilding wax to the raised panel on the card.

The panel down the side of the card has been created with the individual stamps from the set, a torn paper mask and the same colour Distress Inks.

I did add a little extra colour to the butterfly wings using a waterbrush.

I would like to enter this in to the following challenges

CraftyCatz Weekly challenge - Anything Goes

House of Cards - Add a Butterfly and/or Colour challenge 

Fairytale Stampers - Things with Wings

Don't forget to stop by and show the rest of the team some love.

Bye for now

Hugs Kimx

Pretty in Pink

Evening Everyone
Welcome to the weekend,I hope that you have had a good day.

I feel like I have spent the day working with a bunch of Muppet's, serving some of the rudest customers in the world, but hey ho as I said it's Friday, and tomorrow is another day.

I often get requests from work mates for a card, usually with five minutes notice, oh and by the way I need to post it to Sri Lanka / India / Pakistan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
At least I had a little more notice for this card made for the 2 year old daughter of one such colleague.

I really don't know where I would be without my Lili of the Valley topper. I would love to be able to practise my colouring but I'm afraid that there really are not enough hours in the day, so I cheat, but what  a wonderful way to do it.

The sentiments are also from Lili of the Valley, stamped and embossed onto Kraft card and coloured using my trusty Stardust pen and White Wink of Stella.

The borders are DooHickey dies and the papers are from my stash. They match rather perfectly I think.

The flowers and leaves are also DooHickey dies with a lovely sparkly Glitter Dome in the centre.
I would like to enter it in to the following challenges
Crafting Musketeers - Challenge 22 Cute
That's Crafty Challenge - Animal Magic
Teaching tomorrow, so that will be fun, nothing like work at all.
Have a great weekend.
Hugs Kimx

Spring Snowdrops

Evening Everyone
Did you enjoy watching Hobby Art Jenny on the box this evening?
Well in case you missed it she is back again at 8am tomorrow morning (Create and Craft Sky channel 764), and I think that there is even a repeat at 1am so there is absolutely no excuse lol.

This is one of the cards that I made for the show using the Spring Scenes set.

I masked a panel across a piece of white card and then stamped and embossed the snowdrops into it before sponging the panel with dye based inks.

The snowdrops have been painted with green and white Wink of Stella pens, I love these and I can see that I am going to have to add to my collection this year.

The sentiment and tiny butterfly are from another of the sets on the show Scene It Sentiments.
There were some truly stunning samples on the show from the rest of the DT including our newest member the lovely Sally Dodger.
Enjoy the shows.
Hugs Kimx

Falling Leaves

Hi All
It's my turn to post something on the Hobby Art blog, so I chose a card that I made with one of Jenny's wonderful new stamps CS086D Falling Leaves.
It is always exciting when I get a parcel with the new designs in.
I love leaves so this has become a firm favourite as soon as I saw it. So many ideas, so little time, mores the pity.

I stamped and embossed the Horse Chestnut leaf randomly onto a piece of handmade background paper.
If I remember rightly it was a piece of copy paper that I had cleaned my brayer on after using actylic paint on my Gelli Plate. I told you I never seem to throw anything away lol.

I masked the leaves and then stamped randomly over the panel with another of the new stamps CS087D Sunny Day Greetings.

I coloured the leaves in using a Brown Wink of Stella brush and then trimmed the panel and cut it into three.
I also fussy cut out several other leaves which I added to the card using silicon having first shaped them on a padded mat.

The main card has also been stamped, embossed and coloured with more of the leaves and then I added some faux stitching around the edge.
Why not pop over to the Hobby Art website and check out the Gallery where there are loads of fabulous samples to inspire you.
Have a great weekend. Happy Crafting.
Hugs Kimx