Do You Have a Favourite?

 Evening All,

Do you ever make a card that you like so much that you just don't want to give it away? Well this is one of those.

I just love the background,

which was created using Distress Inks and a stencil.

I added Sparkle Medium to the background using a stencil, having first removed some of the colour with a damp baby wipe.

I completed the panel by stamping and black embossing some leaves from an old abstract stamp set. I think it was from Inkadinkadoo.

This card was created using the same stencil along with some black embossed images.

Once again the same stencil and sparkle medium and some die cut floral images.

It's a good job I love my Granddaughter isn't it, or she wouldn't have been allowed to choose the first card from the large supply that they all have access to when they need something.

Apparently it is her friends favourite colours.

Thanks for stopping by.

Stay safe and hugs

Kimx

On Your Wedding Day

 Evening,

A rather late finish for me, but at least I have managed to finish all my DT work and a commission for a friend as well, so all in all a very successful weekend.

I can't share the DT work, but here is the card that I made for my friend.

I used a Tonic die and some pale gold glitter card for the heart.

The die cut letters are also from a Tonic die set.

I added a die cut frame over a piece of paper from my stash.

The floral element is from a Crafters Companion decoupage pad which also has matching dies.

It makes a rather bold statement piece on a card, but it did mean that I had to make a box for it to go in. 

I need to get to bed now, early start tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by,

Stay safe and hugs

Kimx

Beauty and the Bee

 Afternoon,

I'm taking a break from my DT samples to blog a card made with one of the stamps that the fabulous Jamie Rodgers has been playing with on Create and Craft today.

I love these amazing stamps from Designer Boutique under the umbrella of Creative Expressions, and I think this one might be one of my favourites. UMSDB034 Beauty and the Bee.

I stamped and embossed the large floral image on to a piece of blue cardstock and then coloured it in using the Summer Garden Iridescent watercolour paint pallet.

I stamped and embossed the sentiment from the set onto pale blue card using gold embossing powder and then fussy cut round it.

You've still got one last chance to catch the show at 8pm tonight,. It is well worth it as Jamie's demos are always brilliant.

Have a great evening.

Stay safe and hugs

Kimx

Inspired by Altenew for a Lifetime of Love

 Afternoon All,

Boy am I glad to be home, it's been freezing at work, although thankfully no snow. I'm so glad when they get the forecast wrong lol.

I LOVE Altenew stamps, and so do the rest of the Crafty Girls, so we often based a class around just playing with my rather large stash of stamps and dies.

This card uses the beautiful Engagement Wishes stamp set. It contains two rather large floral images and two leaves along with a host of fabulous words.

I stamped and coloured one of the flowers and leaves for this card and then fussy cut them before adding them to a white card. The background was created using a stencil, some dye based ink and a blending brush.

I like to show the girls that there is more than one way to use a stamp, and that it doesn't matter if you don't feel like colouring in your image, it can look every bit as good in black and white.

This card uses both of the floral images and a leaf.

I also placed the images so that they hung off the edge of the card and then trimmed them to the shape of the card.

The sentiment was added on a strip of black card stock using clear ink and white embossing powder.

Off to start some more DT work, I have a very busy weekend in front of me.

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

A Christmas Stencil for Gill

 Evening,

Another cold one, I'm really not enjoying this change in the weather, I have to be honest and say that I would rather be wet than cold.

On a Wednesday, I try and post a card to support my good friend Gill with her Way to go Wednesday on Facebook.

Today she is featuring Stenciling, so I dug out a card that I made using a Tim Holtz one and some black stencil paste.

The snowflake background was created using Distress Oxide ink and some sponging.

I even added a little bit of bling with a clear sparkle pen over the holly branch and star.

That's another Christmas card that I can add to the drawer, now if I could just find the energy to write the blessed things lol.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Kimx

Another Christmas Treasure

Afternoon All,

Wow, it's bloody cold today, definitely thermal underwear weather. What a start to December. One lovely customer even told me that we are in for snow at the weekend. You can keep that thankyou.

We found another treasure when sorting through boxes at the weekend. A salt dough Advent Calendar that my Mum made for Adam about 30 years ago.

Unfortunately it hadn't faired very well in our loft, as most of the pieces had 'blown', but I did manage to salvage a few of the ornaments.

I am going to try and coat them with a sealant as Becki wants to hang them on her tree this year, and then I will pack them away in my treasure box.

The idea behind the tree was that every day in December we hung a decoration on it for Adam to look at instead of opening the more traditional chocolate Advent calendar which he couldn't eat.

Mum actually made several of these over the years for various people.  I would be curious to know if theirs have survived any better.

There was definitely a Christmas feel to my walk to the station on Sunday night.

This house always has a lovely display, but this year they went all out.

We saw them installing the lights with a cherry picker in the afternoon, so I promised the kids that I would take some pictures on my way home and send them to them.

They may not be the best pictures in  the world, but I can imagine that they lit up the little ones faces when they saw them.

Off to find my Granny blanket. I think I am going to need it tonight when I finish the wedding card that I started yesterday.

Thanks for stopping by, and happy December.

Hugs Kimx

A touch of Spring to cheer us

 Evening Everyone,

I hope that you have had a good Monday. Mine has been rather busy with more sorting through boxes, but at my house this time lol.

I might even get a card finished tomorrow afternoon, if a day back at work doesn't suck the creativity out of me.

So here in  the meantime is a card I made a while ago using a fabulous stamp from Imagination

a dry embossed background and a bit of paper piecing. Maybe a little springtime Crocus will help us forget the foggy winter weather that we have had today.

Thanks for stopping by.

Stay safe and hugs

Kimx

A Wonderful Weekend (photos added)

Evening everyone 

I hope that you have had a wonderful weekend. Mine has come to an end after a day filled with lots of time with the littlies.

We started by doing some painting. 

The Girls started making mermaids at the beginning of lockdown, but painting them has always taken a back seat to other things so today we finally crossed them off the list. 

Mummy will have to fix the bits together once they have dried but they had great fun getting messy, including Jack who had a box to paint so he didn't feel left out.

Daddy had given Emma some money to get us a treat at Costa when we went to the village to do the shopping, 

so we sat in the park and had our hot chocolate and cake before they burnt off some energy running around.

When we got home Mummy had managed to finish the reading den in the cupboard in Emma's room.  It's amazing how much space you can free up when you put things up into the loft.

After dinner and baths I left them all sleeping to catch the train and see all the lovely Christmas lights as I walked to the station.

Some people have really gone all out this year.

Thanks for stopping by.

Stay safe and big hugs

Kimx

A Rather Prickly Find

Evening All,

I don't know about you, but we have had another lovely day filled with playtime, sorting and exploring.

I have been going through some more boxes of stuff at Becki's which has unearthed more treasures and long forgotten memories.

Included amongst other things, were these glasses for the rather 'Deidre' look that was very fashionable back in the day.

The kids loved them, so I have removed the lenses so that they are safe to add to the dressing up box.

Another fabulous and rather prickly find was this hedgehog.

I'm not sure what on earth he was doing during the day time,

but the kids were fascinated by him

until he scurried back to his home.

They also showed me the local war memorial complete with poppy wreathes.

And then as we walked home after taking the kids out for a bike ride there was a glorious sunset to round off the day.

More of the same tomorrow I think along with a bit of crafting since Emma has requested that we do some die cutting.

Thanks for stopping by.