Creative Expressions Thursday

Hi Folks

Today of course is my day to have a little something made for Creative Expressions using the wonderful Vintage pad I have been showing you the last few weeks.

This time I thought I would go with a more green theme with a few of the pages matching then I cut out two hearts with the gorgeous Heart Bouquet Intricutz die made by Couture Creations and added them onto some left over pink paper and covered them in glitter which I them let a little pink chalk paint colour on some of the flowers, which gave a really pretty effect.
I turned both the hearts to one side overlapping to make it look a little like a butterfly with the sentiment also from the page of green sentiments in the book just sat so it could be the body, depending how you look at the card.

So here it is, what do you think?

The little stamps were also left over from one of the pages I used last week so I cut each stamp out individually and inked the edges and then mounted them onto cream card which I also inked, I laid them at a jaunty angle on the card rather than as it was in a straight border I think it looked so much more pretty this way.

 Here is the Heart bouquet die I used to create the delicate wings on the faux butterfly.

I took a close up so you could see how the paper underneath the dies is more pink , It didn't pick up the sparkle as usual but in person it is so pretty.

 This view picks up the shape slightly better along with more sparkle.

This long view shows the whole card sits on a mat of Milk card which then had a layer of soft gold cardstock, The next layer is more milk card with a layer of green paper from the pad. I then created a distressed layer on gold card before starting the butterfly shape  with the stamps which are added simply with Cosmic shimmer glue. The last item to add was the sentiment which also had a gold and milk layer each with inked edges.This view shows the card before the last few remaining touches of pearls to finish off.

 This picture shows the layers and sparkle much more I think.

 And here is the final image again with the pearl touches in the corners etc. 

Well I hope you like today's card , it was something a little different, the pad is so pretty and you can do anything with it, the main colours are pink and green of course but you could add any number of ribbons or natural fibres for a very rustic feel you all know how I love some hessian etc but you could also go extremely clean and simple with these fab patterns too, I think Couture creations really have created a very clever pad here with this paper ad I truly love this one.

Well done Couture I think. 

Ok guys and dolls I will see you all very soon . Thank you again for your continuing comments and support I truly appreciate so very much.

Lots of Love to all.

Hugs

Kim

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Creative Expressions Thursday

Hi all

Thank you for all stopping by and leaving me your comments as always. It is great to see you all are enjoying the onset of spring from the first butterflies to the gorgeous sunshine flooding the gardens while we all start to get our grass cut again etc My neighbour finally had someone in to cut down her over hanging trees in the back garden so this year I will have some sunshine in the house wish is a lovely thought.. ( now all we need is that sunshine to last haha). Cant wait.
Well Mothers day is almost upon us again and I am certainly looking forward to seeing my two very special children. This year certainly has been an extremely tough one for my own mother as you all know but she seems to be a fighter and although she has now had the dementia diagnosis along with heart issues, lung issues, extreme weight issues  and lots more she is still with us after we have been told she wont make it til the next month many many times now so for all of you that are mums or are celebrating their mums or are reflecting on the good times you had with yours I want to wish you a very special Mothering Sunday for the weekend ahead and dedicate this card to mums everywhere near or far.

I used again the lovely Vintage Rose garden paper pad from Couture Creations to create today's card.

I really enjoyed creating this one and all the mats and layers , I also used the Bold Bouquet die from Couture creations and some Milk, black and blossom foundations card stock.

To start I created my background and all its layers.

 This piece of paper I used in rich Pinks and greens with its cascading flowers also has some white writing on it which I know is hard to see but looks stunning .

 Here is the pad I was sent this month I love it so much. 

These are all my mats and layers blossom pink to match the paper , Milk to create some nice creamy elegant height and black to accent each layer and finish it in style.

Here is the die I used called Bold Bouquet and I just cut one piece which initially I used as a stencil so I could add the butterfly from it to my background

So here is the background now with 6 stencilled butterflies added, I used two colours of pink to give them a little dimension.

This pad as you know from last week also has some small sentiments ready for you in Pink and green so I cut out the main one and some little words too Inked the edges as I always do and mounted them onto black to make them stand out from the background, I then tool the piece I cut out with the die and used as a stencil and I added a little more colour , I cut out the flower you see above and added it using Cosmic shimmer glue to the card just above the main sentiment.

I also cut out these four words and mounted them on black and used more of the die cut piece behind the words , the colours I coloured it with really compliment the background . 

I also used the ribbon we received and made a tiny little bow with a pearl over the knot to finish the word 'LOVE'.

All that left is some pearls in the corners and I added some glitter into the flowers openings on the die cut and I used the diamond sprinkles which are so very sparkly in person.

 

So This was today's dedicated Mothers card , However it could be used for anything as you can see, this pad is very versatile in that the sentiments are inspiring but not for any particular occasion so will work  for almost anything. The patterns on the paper are stunning and not too fussy .

I hope you all have a great weekend what ever you are doing and I will be thinking of you all 

Lots of love and crafty hugs as always

Kim 

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Creative Expression's Thursday

Hi Everyone

Here is today's DT piece for Creative Expressions and wow I was soo pleased with this month's Goodies to create with and sooo different too.
I know you all know how I love all things Vintage especially paper and Couture Creations have a gorgeous little paper pad which is 6x6 called Vintage rose garden and yes it is as pretty as it sounds , oooo it just looks like a fancy high end chocolate box pattern it is soooo pretty and we were also sent a few dies and some gorgeous ribbon so here is the card I came up with for today and how versatile as the pad also had the little postcards and sentiments too so on this card no stamps were used at all.
Although I couldn't let go of my ink completely and had to use a little Walnut stain distress around the edges of the papers to take them a little further into the vintagey goodness and also to cover the white edges of the paper.

Here is the finished card.

The finished card is roughly just under a 7 inch square and it is so pretty, I just love these colours, the pink is very much in this years colour tone for the year which is Marsala on the Pantone colour spectrum with its mauvey clover type tone in the papers.

So I started by picking three of the papers from the pad that I liked together.

You can see the sparkle added here.

 I took the first sheet and covered it in double sided sticky sheet and some of the diamond sprinkles glitter it really does give such a pretty feel to the card. I also took my ink on some cut and dry foam after I had glittered and just dabbed it around the edges the glitter will still pick up the ink and change it to a light brown drawing your eye in.
I then gave it a mat of blossom pink card and another of soft gold card. Plus a further layer of both cards raised up on foam to create the back piece.

 Next I took the other two pieces of paper and made a smaller square ish haha and stuck them together on a piece of blossom card and then gold again , I wrapped one piece of the thicker ribbon from the Finishing touches range for Creative expressions in ivory.
I then added foam to the back and turned it on an angle to lay on top of the glittered piece.

 On one of the sheets in the paper pad there is several mini postcard pieces and some postage style stamps so I chose a couple of the cards and again added them to blossom card and inked the edges of course and added them both to the top right of the card slightly tucked under the ribbon

 I also chose the sentiment of another of the pages in the pad and inked the edges again and added to the blossom card stock ( theres a theme here haha).

I then cut two of these gorgeous little dies perfect for St Davids day with the daffodils on the very intricate little die. It is also from The Vintage rose collection and it is called Daffodil spray. I added one whole piece to the top right of the card above the two small postcards and then cut a second in half and added a piece either end of the first piece to extend it. I also inked it lightly to give it some colour on the edges. It is so delicate and pretty it suits this card very well.

 I tied a bow from the larger of the ribbons in the finishing touches set and then a triple bow from the small ribbon in the set and added them on top of each other on the bottom left of the card with a bronze flat back button to cover the knot.

 This is the ribbon I used and below are the vintage bronze button's I had in my stash already for knot coverage and other embellishment moments lol.

Here is the longer image so you can see the mats and layers and although you can only just see the glitter peeking on the central layer and the 3rd paper peeping through also  without it it would have looked really bare so it was good to add these steps in and give the card a stylish and polished look.
To complete the card I added an 8mm creamy/ivory pearl in each corner with some glue to make sure they stay on the glitter and dry nice and strong.

Here again is the finished image. 

I really hope you enjoyed this Thursdays venture into the vintage world of the rose garden and I would love to know how you feel about it.

I hope you are all having a great week with lots of love from my house to yours.

Hugs

Kim 

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Creative Expressions Thursday

Hello Blogglies

Welcome to Thursdays Creative Expressions Kraft and natural fibres card.

I love Kraft card and I managed a little twist here also with the sentiment which I hope makes you smile.

Here is today's card.

.Different isn't it,  I used another of the gorgeous Singles stamp range from Creative Expressions called Temptation , here is what it looks like.

 I love these silhouette images they are nice and sharp and you can adapt them as you saw over the last few week where I had used white and sparkle pens to add lights into the hair etc or as with this one where I did several layers of True white embossing powder for a very shiny flat white image which looks fab with Kraft and red card stock.

 I took a large piece of Foundations Kraft card and embossed it with Couture creations embossing folder from the Ambassador Collection called Large Classics I also extended it to make it a larger square shape rather than rectangle 5x7 which the folder is. I ran a little sand paper in fine over the top of the words very gently just to break the top coat of the paper a little to absorb ink a little more.
I then took a white ink pad and some cut and dry foam, you can also use a brush or a blender/duster or even a piece of micro fibre cloth works and dab into the white and using Small circles buff it into your lettering.

I took some gorgeous silky crush ribbon in champagne which I think is my 2nd fav colour in this ribbon of all time, my first is the teal/seafoamy colour and both together... stunning. (I digress haha).
I wrapped the ribbon around the bottom of the card and then mounted it onto some Milk card stock keeping a nice small border.

 Here is the backing piece ready like a blank canvas waiting patiently for its masterpiece (ooo get me lol).

 I had a small piece of corrugated card on the desk next to me so I again rubbed some white ink into the raised striations and added it to milk card and set aside.

Using Perfect Medium embossing ink I stamped out the main image from this stamp set and embossed it with True white as soon as the powder melted I moved quickly and added some more powder two more times to make it very opaque and shiny. I then added that to a layer of milk card to match the other pieces.

 I then stamped my sentiment three times close to each other and of course it then changes the appearance from simply, "lead me not into temptation.... I can find the way there myself". to having a centre line of " I can find temptation....I can find temptation....". which made me smile haha... It is always good to find others ways to use things and other ways to show an item in another light etc.

 I used Coffee Archival to stamp out this one on milk card and mounted it onto red cardstock for a small pop of colour.

So to keep it all matching I took the backing piece and gave it a thin layer of red and another very small milk mat also.

 I stamped my sentiment one more time mounting it on red in the same way and adding it onto the ribbon on the bottom right  I cut off the corner on the corrugated piece so I could add it next to the sentiment without raising it too high from the card front.
I decided to take a piece of Calico Cotton and fray the edges to create a natural mat to go under the main image. But first I added my corrugated piece with some of the cream crochet ribbon from Creative Expression to the left with a small piece of red card behind to show through.

 I added it to the card and added the calico and then added foam to the back of the main image and adhered that onto the cotton. I then tied a bow out of the matching ribbon and added that with a glue dot and covered the knot with a large 8mm cream sticky back pearl and wrapped some of the fused pearls in white around the pearl and left the end free to dangle prettily.

I added those same pearls to each corner and then three atop of the corrugated card. Lastly I took one of The Wendy Vechi embellishment pieces from one of my last shows and coloured the back in a little cocktail style colour as it is a little clear acyclic cocktail/Martini glass , I used alcohol pens so it would no rub off and then used a white ink in dots on the from and highlighted pieces to sharpen images. I also cut a little circle and made a little umbrella for the glass , because the centre section is raised It allow the umbrella not to squash onto the card but to sit freely away from the card.
So here are a couple of the finished images.

 I hope you like all the layers and natural materials on this one, I know I love the pop of red with the Kraft and milk card teal looks fab too if you are looking for a male alternative with maybe a beer glass and a tartan bow cut very square and boxy. Masculine style.

I decided to add a tiny bit of glitter in a few of the letters on the back and just around the dress and a little fizz coming from the glass to finish off.

This is a total contrast to yesterday's inky card but look how versatile these two looks are and ho its such fun to adapt to all different styles. I really do love the challenges. I would love to do some workshops as a few of you mentioned in comments recently and I would love to come to shops near you to do it so if you have any shops near you and you would like to see me there with Inky styles or today's gorgeous natural look please ask them to contact me and we can arrange something otherwise please bear with me as I do have a few things coming forward in the coming months to share with you all.
Huge thanks to you all for being here with me as always.

You all have my appreciation and grattitude , lots of love and crafty hugs to you all.

Kim 

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Creative Expressions Thursday

Hi Folks


Happy happy Thursday and today is the start of course of another month on the DT and so a new set of stamps to play with , this time we have a silhouette type theme and humour thrown in to boot, you will see what I mean once I show you the pictures of the card I have created for today.

I have a huge thank you and a shout out to my lovely friend Carol Clark and hubby David here on the blog for my birthday card, she did a fabulous job on my card and it was so very nice of her to remember so thank you from the bottom of my heart. I will keep it forever as it means such a lot to me. Carol you have a huge heart, bless you.

So who has had Snow then? oh I was so disappointed when I looked out a couple of days ago and there it was all glowing taunting me and twinkling, of course it looked soooo pretty but those of you who are aware of the recent ish foot op you will know I just panic the minute I see any thing remotely slippy so I was hoping I may get out of work that day but no such luck haha.

Ok so here is today's offering lovlies...

Something a little different isn't it.?

 So this is a nice easy one and  just has a little inking and die cutting i used an embossing folder for the background and a gorgeous ribbon and embellishments.

I started with a piece of Milk card which I ran through my Couture Creations embossing folder called Large classics from the Ambassador collection. I cut the card to size and left a section on the bottom to stamp my sentiment which I did using Archival black ink from Ranger.

 I used Vintage photo embossing ink to shade the edges of the card and drag some colour in towards the centre gradually getting lighter on a gradient toward the centre.
I mounted that section onto a piece of black card leaving just a small border to be seen.

I stamped out my lady from the set called 'Chocolate'  I think she stamps soooo chrisp the lines are fab..
I coloured in any parts I wanted blacker and then added some white pen highlights and dots etc on the cakes and shiny things like hair and shoes, I knew I would add a sparkly pen later but thought I would add the white to brighten the sparkle later.

 I cut her out using a die and while it was still in the die I took off the tape and inked it with the same Vintage photo.

 I wrapped the red ribbon that I also got in my DT pack around the edge where the sentiment is and added foam to the back to raise it from the next level on the card

I then cut a black mat for my lady to sit on and added lots of sparkle to her and her cakes and dress etc. I added her to the black mat too and added a bow toed from the ribbon to match

 I tied a double bow and shaped it into a nice chocolate box type bow with little pointed legs and added one of the black embellishments  I love these, they sparkle so much in any light. I also found my black marabou feathers. So I slipped one of those floaty things under the bow also, They always amuse me with the way they fluff about lol daft I know

Ok I thought I would show a  close up after I had coloured the cup cake and dress and hair shoes etc with their sparkles.

My finishing touch was just to add a few little black pearls in the corners and voilla all complete.

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I hope you like this card and the silhouette image.

 Have a great day. 

lots of love

Kim

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