Good Luck and Love in All that You Do

Evening Everyone,
We are in full blown exam mode in our house. GCSEs, or what ever it is that they call them these days.
Megan seems to be coping with them reasonably well at the moment although I believe there was a bit of a meltdown moment when there was confusion over exam rooms and seat numbers. Six of them all had the same number!!!
Hopefully today's exam has been a little less stressful.

It is a little bit late, what's new I hear you say, but here is the card that I made Megan to wish her luck and love in all that she does, namely said exams.

The background has been created using Imagination Silkies and a stencil.

Some of the colour was removed using a baby wipe whilst the stencil was still in place and then Sparkle Medium was burnished over the top using a piece of cut and dry felt.

The main stamped image is one of my favourite Woodware stamps at the moment,

and the sentiment is from LOTV.
I think we are exam free for a few days at least, so lets hope that the stress levels recede a little.
Bye for now.
Hugs Kimx 

A little bit of greenery

Evening Everyone
Yesterday has got to be a fluke, two posts in one day, unheard of for me.
I even managed to get back to the gym yesterday, so maybe things are looking up. I'd better not speak too soon though.
More exercise today as I took Emma home, and we went to visit my Mum which means a 3 mile walk from the station.
Now Emma is crawling she makes a beeline for Mum's horse brass which are just at her height.

Mum doesn't seem to mind, it's another generation to play with them just as we used to as kids.

 It was definitely not as hot as it has been recently for which I am rather grateful,

 but everywhere seemed so green and lush even though we haven't had too much rain over the last week.

 I stopped to take loads of pictures along the way.

I'm really quite pleased with them given that they were taken on my phone.
There were rather a lot of them so I won't bore you with them all.
I hope that I might actually get down to some crafting tomorrow, not that I haven't enjoyed my Emma sitting you understand, but I am starting to get crafting withdrawal symptoms.
hugs Kimx

Stitching Real or Faux for CraftyCardmakers.

Morning Everyone,
This is my second post of the day, wonders will never cease lol.
This week we have a new challenge over at CCM.
Maike is our host this time round, and she is looking for Stitching - Faux or Real.

Once again I have used a card that was made for the last Woodware catalogue using Jane Gill's JGS451 Sew Wonderful.

I figured that there was nothing better for a stitching challenge than an old fashioned sewing machine. My childrens Great Nan used to have one just like this. In fact that is why I coloured mine black.

I have actually paper pieced the sewing machine having stamped and embossed it in gold onto some black card stock. I painted the leaves with Watercolour Pearlex.

I have added faux stitching to the edges of the die cut panel and background papers.

Here is another card made using the same stamp set, some paper piecing and patchwork background papers.
I hope that you will join us for this latest challenge. Please stop by and show the rest of the team some love.
Hugs Kimx

Boys will be Boys for WoodwareWitterings

Morning Everyone,
My turn again over at WoodwareWitterings and this week our theme is 'Boys will be Boys'.

My card was made for the last Woodware catalogue using one of Jane Gill's stamp sets JGS431 Cowboy Boots.

I stamped and embossed the boots and hat onto watercolour card, coloured them using dye based inks and then fussy cut them out.

The background papers are from my Woodware stash. Yes I do have one of those.

I also added some punched stars, a lasso and stamped sentiments from the same stamp set

This card was made with the leftover bits and pieces. I always manage to have quite a few of those, all very similar, but different, if that makes any sense to you lol.
I'm looking forward to seeing what the rest of the DT come up with for this one.
Have a fabulous week. Bye for now.
Hugs Kimx

A Little Spotlight of Colour

Morning All, or afternoon as it is now!

Another beautiful sunny day. I wonder if we will make it to the park today or whether we will just have a lazy day? I think we might opt for the latter.

Of course this is taking a while to write as once again I have a helper. 

Mamma's toys are much more exciting than her own lol.

I thought that I would share a couple of cards that I made a while ago on a Spotlight Cards class at Davina's.

I found the idea for this on Pinterest, the most amazing place if ever you are stuck for inspiration.

I used a circle die for my spotlight and left the die in place while I sponged the image with colour. I then mounted it onto a circle of kraft card and mounted it over the main image using silicon. This created the 'Spotlight' of colour,

This is a second card made in the same manner using a slightly larger circle die but without the kraft card layer.

I also added some faux stitching to both cards with a micron pen.
My little helper is calling for some more attention. I think a clean nappy is in order !!
Hugs Kimx

A little helping hand.

Evening Everyone,
I hope that you have had a great day.
I have. We didn't make it to the park, shopping took far longer than expected, isn't that always the case lol.
I have been trying to get a few blog posts sorted out, in between playing of course, but it has been a little difficult as I have been having some help!!

I gave up in the end and chased her across the room. She has just started to crawl and being chased by Mamma on all fours is apparently hysterically funny.
I wonder what we will get up to tomorrow?
No crafting that's for sure lol.
Bye for now.
Hugs Kimx

I made it through Friday the 13th

Evening Everyone
Well it has definitely been Friday the 13th today, I think I should really have stayed in bed.
Still I have made it through, with a couple of minor hiccoughs, and now I have the prospect of a fabulous weekend of Emma sitting to look forward to.

I thought that I would share this little cutie that I made when I was staying with Janice and Andy earlier in the year.

She is one of the Magnolia designs which I have sat on a frame created using a couple of rectangular dies.

The background was created using an embossing folder. and I added a Penny Black butterfly. The colour has all been added using Distress Inks.
Emma and I have managed to visit my Mum (whom she adores) today, although a play date with a friend and her baby didn't happen due to a missed train.
I wonder what we can get up to tomorrow? A trip to the park maybe, although knowing my luck it will rain. It usually does when I am in Horley.
Anyway I survived today so lets see what tomorrow brings.
Have a great weekend.
Hugs Kimx

Cute Cards for Kids

Morning Everyone,
I wonder what the weather will be doing today?
We seem to have gone through snow, a heatwave, and torrential rain, all in the space of a couple of weeks!!
I have been trying to do a little tidying up on my laptop, perhaps it will encourage it to play the game for a while.

It has been a bit of a challenge working out where to start sharing samples with you, so I decided on a few cute cards for kids that I made recently.

This one uses a LOTV topper, papers from my stash and some punched photo corners.

I made a couple of cards using a rather old Tilda image that was lurking in my 'bits box'

They were already coloured in which was a bonus, and I managed to find a few pieces of co-ordinating paper and Card Candi,

The last two have been created using a couple of Penny Black stickeroos. It is amazing what you can find when you have to make a few cards in a hurry.

I hope that you all have a great day, and that the weather is kind. What else can we possibly get weather wise?
Happy Crafting, hugs
Kimx

Aperture/Window cards for Woodware blog

Morning All
My turn at Woodwarewitterings again today, and we are making Aperture/Window cards using Punches.

I don't possess many of the large Woodware punches, so I hope Dorothy will forgive me for using a fabulous Stampendous Leaf die instead.
I have stamped and embossed the co-ordinating leaf from CRS5068 Penpattern Leaves onto a piece of kraft card, and then sponged the panel with brown and green dye based inks.

I have used the leaf die to cut an aperture from the stamped panel, and then attached it to a square card blank using silicon glue.

I have used the small Maple Leaf punch 815-14 to embellish my card with a cascade of falling leaves.
I also added a stamped and embossed sentiment to the centre of the aperture and some white gelly roll glaze and gold sparkle pen.

Continuing my determined effort to use up bits and pieces I have created a second card from the leaf die cut to create the aperture on the original panel and a few more punched leaves.
I hope you will join us during the week to see how the rest of the team have interpreted our latest challenge.
Have a fabulous and crafty day.
Hugs Kimx

Thank You for Stopping By

Evening All
Long time no see.
I have finally finished all of my top secret samples, so lets see if I can get back into some sort of regular blogging. I'm not making any promises you understand as my laptop has been conspiring against me just lately, to the point where even opening up a blog page was taking forever which is another reason for me being MIA.
It was either that or throw the darn thing out of the window!!! I have now taken it to my computer fixing friend for a little TLC and a good talking to, so who knows lol.
Of course I really do need to get some blog posts done in order to share with you some of the 100's of cards that I have made.

So here is a Thank You to you all  for sticking with me.

This was actually one of the cards that I made during my fabulous holiday week at SirStampalot back in March.
Wow that seems like a distant memory now.

I coloured the stamped and embossed panel using spectrum Noir Sparkle Pens and a waterbrush.
I love these huge stamp designs from Woodware, so quick and easy to make a card, and a pleasure to colour in.
Better not push my luck tonight, I don't want my little computer to rebel again lol.
Have a great evening, what's left of it. And thanks again for stopping by.
Hugs Kimx

Bubble Stamps designed by Jane Gill for Woodware

Morning Everyone,

It's my turn on the Woodware Witterings blog again today, and this week we are playing with Jane's fabulous Bubble stamps.

I have been playing around with some Zentangle recently, so I decided to try something a little bit different with Jane's JGS449 Bubble Bloom Lynell. 

I must admit that I am no doodler, but Woodware sell some wonderful little helpers in the shape of Books and Yoga for the Brain cards.

I definitely played it safe with this one and stuck to very basic patterns.

I followed through with the bubbles by using a dotty embossing folder and some Card Candi.
I even 'Tangled' the strip across the centre of the card, and the border around the edge.
I must admit that I am finding this technique quite addictive, and it is guaranteed to keep people quite on a class, just ask the 'Crazy Birds' at SirStampalot and the 'Girls at Davina's on Saturday.
Better get back to my Top Secret cardmaking. Only two sets left to finish now and then I won't know what to do with myself, although I'm sure that things will start to catch up with me very quickly lol.
Have a great day.
Hugs Kimx