Craft Stamper Blog Hop – Looking Back

           

Hello and welcome to this stop on the Craft Stamper Hop!

You should hopefully have hopped over here from the talented Kate Bentley. If your just visiting then be sure to pop over to the Craft Stamper Blog to join in, as there are lots of prizes to be won!

Hi, well I'm Kim and I have been part of the Craft Stamper Magazine Design team since 2009, WOW I still pinch myself about that... Here's the post about my first published piece! I love being published in their fabulous magazine, and 2012 saw quite a few of my projects on the front cover Thank You! I hope I inspire readers to create whatever their imagination conjures up.

I can't quite narrow my style to anything specific I've always described it as a fusion of everything I love, like my next project will demonstrate.

I went for an arty piece for the blog hop, I'm so pleased with how it came out... totally fusion,  let me explain

I started by printing this stunning image by the talented Krista from Saturated Canary.This is what I love about digital stamps you can print to any size.

 Of course I used my copics, lots of airbrushing for the background, and even through the castle stencil, I used a few Lavinia stamps for the grasses and foliage. 

The water texture was created by stamping woodgrain and heat embossing in clear. Then I airbrushed over, notice the castle reflection? I simply turned the stencil over. Using a clear copic I brushed lightly over some of the embossed areas to create ripples.

So one thing I really had to get a hang of for a feature in Craft Stamper was using embossing paste and stencils, I love the effect and very impressed with how well it works on glass, really stays on there (think I can see a few more projects on the horizon)

This is the image with the glass from the frame laid on top.

I also followed my technique of embossing paste on acetate adding a generous sprinkling of stickles dry glitter. 

So here's the finished project...

thought I would share my sample sheet, had so many ideas too, a glimpse to see the process unfold.

I hope you enjoyed my post! Your next stop on the hop is the wonderful Jo Firth-Young.

Also before you go the hop letter to collect from me is: U

If you get stuck on the hop at any time, pop back to Craft Stamper for the full list of participants.

Also We have a Facebook event here!

Thanks for stopping by have a Wonderfully Creative Day
BiG HuGs Kim x 

SCACD Carmen Medlin Blog Hop

The Quixotic Paperie design team have once again joined forces with the SCACD design team for a blog hop to celebrate the release of the fantastic new NATURAL BEAUTY COLLECTION illustrated by Carmen Medlin. We hope you'll agree that these are images to fall in love with.

There are SEVEN stunning images in this release,and they are available either individually or as a full set at a special discounted price!

If you’re in the UK/Europe you can buy the stamps NOW at Quixotic Paperie.

There is a special offer on SCACD Stamps during the next week - buy ANY FULL SET or FOUR OR MORE individual stamps from the SCACD Stamps range and receive a FREE STAMP (free stamp will be selected at random by Elaine)!

If you’re in the US you can buy the stamps NOW at Susana’s Custom Art& Card Design.

Susana is offering a Prima freebie to anyone purchasing the full set - see the SCACD Store Blog for full details!

On to the hop!

If you have hopped on over here from RENKATA'S BLOG then you are on the right track, if not then the first blog on the hop you need to go to is Elaine's Blog - Quixotic Cards.

I've used Dances with Dragonflies, coloured her with copics... and the sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps - Moonlit Ride set.

The papers are Graphic 45 - 8 x 8 Paper Pad - Once Upon A Springtime which was the inspiration for my background scene. 

I've inked Make It Crafty - Swirly Corners - Lasercut Chipboard with Tim Holtz Distress Stain - Broken China and added a few gems to create a little dragonfly. I then inked Make It Crafty - Fine Swirls - Lasercut Chipboard with Tim Holtz Distress Stain - Walnut Stain

and while I had my Tim Holtz Distress Stain - Antique Linen I coloured some seam binding.

I also added spica glitter to make her wings shimmer!

Thank you for hopping with us today! I hope you are enjoying the journey.

YOUR NEXT STOP ON THE HOP IS CRYSTAL'S BLOG.

Have fun BiG HuGs Kim :)

Stamping Art!

I wanted to share a little project I have over at Quixotic...

I started out with the intention of creating a card but sometimes the project just follows their own route and want to be a little different! As you can see I'm still using the wonderful characters in the The Greeting Farm - Stamp Kit- Creeper Crew - Creepin' and I picked the fabulous Sasha for my picture. Sasha reminds me very much of Maoleidigh, I've coloured with copics and her dress is paper pieced.

Inspired to create a background with clouds and sky I used a masking technique by tearing paper cloud shapes and using repositioning glue before airbrushing. I had the idea of creating a rainbow, just had to be done with those clouds ROTFL! I did however need to spray a generous amount of colourless blender to make the rainbow a little more transparent!

I obviously have a love of long wild grass I just go with it and the grass gradually grows as I colour and with wild flowers like dandelions it's so fun to create. It doesn't show in my photos but I've added just a touch of spica glitter to the flower centres.

Now onto the fun part of my project, Here's a close up of the yummy new MAKE IT CRAFTY LASERCUT CHIPBOARD. I've used swirly corners for three of the corners and the butterflies are from the fine swirls set. I've glued all the laser cut pieces in place before giving the frame a weathered crackle effect. Then a little distress stain was lightly added to age it.

The mount is patterned paper from the gorgeous GRAPHIC 45 ONCE UPON A SPRINGTIME

I added a grunge edge to the cutout of the mount using distress ink and stamping stempleglede grunge collection directly onto the patterned paper.

I used that many colours to complete my picture I needed two pots to picture the copics I used LOL!

I have included a few challenges in my piece too...

copic creations #49 ~ sky/clouds

Crazy Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Make It Monday ~ Anything Goes

Timeless Tuesday #117 ~ Anything Goes

Creative Craft Challenge ~ Vintage and distressed
Southern Girls Challenge ~ Let's hear it for the Girls

Anyone for Anya ~ Smelling like a rose

Thank you so much for stopping by I will be back with a sneak from Craft Stamper and a link to some various copic inks for sale!!!

Have a wonderfully creative time:)

 BiG HuGs Kim :)