Anya's Stamping too.... April's sneek peek

Good morning, it's another April preview over at Club Anya & Friends you might find this Anya very crafty, tee hee....

Well.... you've been asking for this little cutie since she was spotted in CHA!!! I so totally ♥ Stamping as I think we all do, tee hee.

And for this card I decided to do just that, yep noo patterned paper (I KNOW shock horror!!!) I have stamped the card base with large polka dots, and inked the edges slightly. The panel has been stamped with houndstooth backgrounder and the edges punched and embellished with some pretty adhesive stones.

I have used Tim Holtz stamps for the circles and the dots on the folded underside, my own double sided papers LOL! The butterfly is stamped and die cut also with inked edges. Seeing as I had my distress inks out on the table and loving these new colours I had to then restamp Stamping Anya onto some watercolour paper so I could paint her to co'ordinate.

If you can tell, my card is loosely based on the fabulous sketch over at Get sketchy.

 

Supplies: Paper: PTI: pink card; Watercolour paper;

Stamps: TGF: Stamping Anya (release 1st April); Stampers Anonymous: Tim Holtz bitty grunge;

PTI: Polka Dot Basics II; butterfly Dreams; CHF: Houndstooth background;

Ink: Archival: black; Ranger: Distress inks*;

Dies: PTI: butterfly; Martha Stewart: corner and border punch;

Other: Adhesive stones; 3D foam;

*spun sugar, victorian velvet, tumbled glass, stormy sky, antique linen, pumice stone, walnut stain, fired brick,

Thank you so much for stopping by, I know you're totally enjoying these new releases so do check out the rest of the teams fabulous creation's...

Jessica
Amy

Kelly

Pam

Traci

Caz

Not long now till April woo hoo!!! HuGs Kim :)

From the Desk of Teach, Cuttlebug Challenge #46 using Card Patterns Sketch.

I have been trying to put this post on for the past two days, how does that happen? So, Dillon will be starting back at school on Thursday and thought I would go ahead and make something for his teacher's desk which follows the Cuttlebug challenge be inspired #46 very nicely, also I bought a couple of Lauren Meaders timeless templates and fully utilised them for this project...

I altered the from the desk of template slightly to accommodate larger A6 cards but went a slightly different route... The back section houses a note card holder the all boxed up template, also altered slightly to fit snugly into the back section. More details lower down this post.

Don't you just ADORE this new line of scrumptious papers from the fabulous Cosmo Cricket? Well I very quickly got my grubby hands on some 6x6 mini pads and set to work cutting into them as soon as they arrived. I then went ahead and covered this desk box in some of the fabulous patterns, the Kraft goes so well. I have coloured the flower and leaves with my copics inspired from the papers and aged ever so slightly with some of Tim's distress inks. The 'Teach' title I have die cut and coloured with distress inks too, they came out so well.

And what desk set wouldn't be complete without wooden ruler and pencils and some little biscuit snack munchies, housed in this adorable satchel bag...

So, I won this X large die when I won a sizzix comp and this was the perfect time to give it some use, I have embellished it with buckles and some ribbon, using some fab Cosmo Cricket papers from a while back.

This is the notecard holder using the all boxed up template, it houses eight handmade note cards and coordinating envelopes. The front clasp is secured using a magnetic snap, fabulous item! I've tried to replicate an old book with worn stitching, mmm with more great paper?

As the title mentions I very loosely used the Cards pattern Sketch #29 but I didn't get it published on my blog quick enough still a lovely sketch... half are hello and the rest say thanks. You know... those little notes home!

Well I think my list of supplies might be as long as the post itself LOL!

Supplies: Patterned Paper: Cosmo Cricket: large selection new and old; PTI: Kraft; Stamps: PTI: Friends 'til the end; CHF - Kim Hughes -'Scripty words'; Bold Curls; Lined paper background; Ink: Momento: black; colourbox; Pallette: white; markers: copic; Tim's Distress inks; Die's: Nestabilities: label1; Circles; Sizzix: Alphabet; XL: Horizontal note; envelope; bag, favor; leaves and branches; buckle; Hearts & paisley; corner rounder; Cutb'g: embossing folder; Fiskars: apron lace; Other: grey board; Big Bite and eyelets; adhesive pearls & stones; natural thread; staples; 3D foam;

Phew, are you still here? there's some exciting news on the horizon so watch this space... Also pop back tomorrow for my ICSketches card... Thanks for stopping by and apologies if I've missed deets that you would like to know more of... just yell! HuGs Kim :)

Inspirational Card Sketches #14

Another wonderful sketch to inspire you this Tuesday from Inspirational Card Sketches designed by the lovely Dawn! This is one of my favourite cards to date, just don't want to give it away, but it's for my Dad who's birthday is the day after mine.

I'll start with the tag... I wanted to try Tim Holtz dabber-resist technique, I used Kim Hughes fabby trees, with my copper paint and I followed the video. I over-stamped the whole image using the script stamp with distress ink, then blended a few distress ink colours over tag with my blending tool. I didn't think the painted outline of the tree was enough so dabbed some paint onto my non stick sheet and used my water brush to fill in the trunk and tree tops. The flying bird I have simply stamped with black ink directly over everything. I have used a grommet to embellish the hole. Tee Hee... that was just the tag, the rest was really very simple. Loving this sassafras papers the edging is gorgeous and lent itself to the sketch very well. I have simply cut two slots in the patterned paper to slide the tag into. The bookplate is a Sassafras chipboard, I've attached with brads and the sentiment I have stamped onto Kraft paper and embellished with a little (man) bling LOL. I have placed a few yummilicious buttons with glue dots. Click images to get a good look at the details.

Materials:

Paper: Sassafras, PTI - Kraft, MM - Natural,

Stamps: CHF - Kim Hughes spring trees, script background, Studio Calico, PTI - Out on a limb,
Ink: Archival - black, distress inks, Tim's paint dabbers,

Die's: Sizzix - Dog Tags,

Other: Adhesive bling, Sassafras chipboard sticker shapes, buttons, grommet, Big Bite, glue dots, 3Dimensional foam,

Hope you get inspired and have a try at a new technique and join us this week. Thanks for stopping by and if you get the chance I would love if you popped back tomorrow I will have another card and some good news and I'm afraid some bad news, have a fantastic day ♥ HuGs Kim x

2Sketches4You and Colour Create Baby Card.

Wow it has been such a long time since I've had the chance to have a go at one the wonderful sketches at 2sketches4you. So this card follows Laura's Fabulous sketch and I have also used the colours and inspiration from Colour Create Challenges which is black and white and pink with the extra of polka dots...

The pink on my card is very pale as I wanted it to congratulate a new baby girl's mother... Lots of stamping with this card... the damask I have stamped and cut out, the sentiment I have stamped and cut out and the gingham is stamped and I have run my thread tracer to create stitching and roughed the edge slightly. It definitely needed the bling and it's so hard to stop I could very easily continued...LOL! Please click on the close ups to enlarge!

Materials:

Paper: Dena's closet - home sweet home, Core'dinations - black magic,

Die's: Punch - Martha Stewart,

Stamps: Inkadinkadoo - damask, BG - too sweet, CHF - gingham backgrounder,

Ink: Archival ink - black, Adirondack lights, Colourbox,

Other: 3D foam, Prima - centre kisses, adhesive gems, PM - shimmer dots, tracer, edge distresser, American Crafts - velvet ribbon, rubons - personal.

Thanks for stopping by I will have my Basic grey card tomorrow so hope you stop by then too, Thanks ♥ HuGs Kim x

Challenge 31 - Paper piecing

Good Morning, it's time for another great challenge at BasicGrey! And this weeks challenge is is a firm favourite for allot of people (including me), so for this weeks challenge we would like to see some paper piecing in your creations :), please remember though that you must use at least one item from BasicGrey somewhere in your creation, and most of all have fun creating...

This offbeat paper is so fun that I followed it through to my paper piecing. I've used Kim Hughes fabulous stamps and stamped the images on a selection of different patterns. I have cut out each part of the image and rearranged into a fun little scene. Hope you get the chance to check out the rest of the design teams wonderful creations. Click on the images to get a close look!

Materials:

Paper: BG - offbeat, granola, white card, DCWV - brown card,

Stamps: CHF - Kim Hughes -'Little Guy (Boy)', 'Forest Friendzy', spring trees,

Die's: Nestabilities squares,
Ink: Archival - black,

Other: 3Dimensional foam,

All your creations were Delicious last week, hope you get the chance to join us this week, thanks for stopping by, have a fantastic weekend ♥ HuGs Kim :)