Checkered Borders

Evening All,

I've got a few cards tonight, each with a hand drawn checkered border of frame added to them.

I added some extra doodling to the flowers on this panel along with a border to the main embossed background.

I added a frame to this Hobby Art floral stamp and then matched it to the backing paper.

Same Hobby Art stamp, different sized frame and a fussy cut flower.

I created a frame around the balloons on this card and also a sentiment border to the main card.

Once again the same Woodware balloon stamp with checkered border. 

Another Woodware stamp with an added border. It is amazing how you can change the look of any stamp just by adding a border to it. Why not give it a try.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx

Very Basic Zendoodle

 Evening All,

I hope that you have had a good weekend, I have had great fun making up a crafty package for each of the ladies that usually come to my classes. They are all missing our get togethers, so I decided to put a couple of bits together for them as a kind of homework package that we can then share on a zoom session in a couple of weeks time. Of course my homework is to come up with some samples to share with them, so that's my Sunday sorted lol.

I do love doodling, or at least I love what other people come up with when they doodle. I'm afraid that my efforts are very much more basic.

I do like adding a border, as you can see in these cards, 

but that is just about as adventurous as I get I'm afraid.

Of course all the hard work is done for you with this fabulous leaf stamp from Stampendous. And then there are those borders again, easy to do but they add something I think.

And just before you think that I can drawer anything other than borders, all of the images are stamped and embossed!!

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx

Hot Air Balloon

 Evening Everyone,

I hope that you have all had a wonderful weekend and are not too stressed out with all the preperations for Christmas which is just around the corner.

My good friend Gill has been reminding us this week about brass stencils in her 'Way to Go Wednesday' on Facebook. 

This is definitely not a Christmas card, but it does use a lovely Dreamweaver brass stencil.

I drew round the design  with a black micron pen and with the stencil in place. I then added a little bit of basic zendoodle.

In answer to Gill's question you can use them through an embossing machine, so once I had finished my 'tangling' I placed the stencil back in place and ran it through my Cuttlebug  with the appropriate sandwich for that machine.

It is very hard to show in the photographs but it does give it a little extra dimension.

I do like to be reminded of some of that stash that I have in my craft room.

My last sleepover tonight, so we are having a little bit of an impromptu movie night since Emma's class has been shut down early due to a case of Covid. We had lots of tears because she wouldn't see all her friends again before Christmas, but she decided that there was definitely a plus side.........................no spelling test.

Thanks for stopping by.

Stay safe and hugs

Kimx

A Sunny Sunflower

 Afternoon,

What is it they say, be careful what you wish for?

I said that I preferred the rain, and lo and behold that is exactly what we got today, and plenty of it too. Never mind, it did seem to make it a little warmer at work, if only marginally.

In a bid to make things feel a little sunnier here are a couple of cards that I made using a fabulous half sunflower stencil from Hunkydory.

I sponged through the stencil using Distress Inks and then stamped a script stamp over the top with the stencil still in place. Being plastic the ink won't dry on it so be careful when you remove it. Clean the stencil up and then position it to form the other side of the sunflower and repeat the process.

This card just uses the half sunflower and the same sponged and stamped technique.

I completed both cards with a large sentiment from Woodware.

This final card uses the same stencil, only this time I drew round the image with a fine micron pen and then did some very basic doodling inside the petals.

I added some dots of glossy accents to the flower center,

and finished things off with a die cut sentiment.

Stencils are such an underrated product and can be used in loads of different ways, so why not give them a try.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx

Just for You Gill

Afternoon Everyone,
Wow a post from me in the afternoon, it must mean I can't get to my craft room since I am currently helping out with the Grandbabies.
Emma started back at school this morning. All washed, dressed, breakfasted and out of the house by 8.15, quite a feat after all this time in lockdown. Even when she was at school before the summer holidays start time was 11.45 so it didn't matter if everyone had a lie in (what's that ha ha) or was still in their pj's mid morning.
I suspect that it will be a very early night for everyone lol.

An old friend of mine has been participating for some time in the Christmas Cards and Papercraft Challenge over on Facebook.
We met at Ally Pally, and she came to my classes for many years until she moved wayyyyy down south.
She has just taken on the role of Moderator for the 'Way To Go Wednesday' challenge, so I thought that I would join in, just to surprise her.

I made my card a couple of years ago for the Woodware catalogue using a beautiful floral image designed by the lovely Jane Gill.

I kept it very simple, just stamping and embossing in black onto a piece of kraft card.

I added a zentangled border along with a few extra bits to the flower centers.

The sentiments are from another of Jane's very useful sentiment sets.
I'm afraid that the pictures are not particularly good. For some reason they look very washed out, but I hope that Gill will appreciate them.
Have a great day. We are just off to do school pick. It's been a long time since I could say that.
Stay safe and hugs
Kimx