You Are Magical ~ Seventies Vibe

 Thanks for joining me...

Here's a magical doll card for the current paperbabe stamps anything goes challenge...

I had a total flashback to the seventies with my card, so as I was clearing a space to create and while putting bits away I got completely distracted by my paper stash and so when I rediscovered this vintage nonsense stack by WeR Memory Keepers well the rest just evolved from there.

I've used the doll body for the torso and the extra hole pieces I kept aside for flower centres. On Bristol watercolour card I cut the 3/4 view right head die and torso, then I've inked with ripe persimmon, crushed olive, and speckled egg distress oxides, next I stamped the face with the same distress inks and spritzed with water to get a nice inky look. I then went in with the face stamp again in black ink and defined a few areas with a paint brush and added a few details with the stamps from the hands set.

Her hair was so fun to create using the Willow template, cut out in brown cardstock and covered in super cute flowers, using the Potpourri die in matching cardstock, some of the centres were from the set and a few were from the body die.

I finished off the card with the Handwritten Stamp Set in white embossing on acetate as I didn't want to cover the rainbow. I had a couple of these go in the bin as I had a few issues with the double sided black foam sheets shifting in the die cutting machine.

I would love to enter my make in these challenges...

Pennys challenge ~ AG Using Paper

Art Impressions ~ Lots of dies and stamps on mine

Avenue 613 ~ Anything Goes

Arty Divas ~ Anything Goes

Addicted to stamps ~ Lots of marks

Snarky stampers ~ O is for old paper (vintage in fact)

Creative fingers ~ Anything Goes

Daring cardmakers ~ Old paper from long ago/long rainbow

DVArtist ~ Friday Face Off

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Thank you so much for stopping by,

Enjoy a wonderfully creative

weekend ♥ HuGs Kim x

May Your Birthday Wishes Sparkle

Thanks for visiting...

It's been a tough week, saying goodbye to my beautiful Grandmother. 

But I needed a birthday card and had a go at split stamping for the new anything goes challenge on the blog today...

The stamping platform really comes into it's own for techniques like this, I first stamped the Peony & Bud in clear embossing ink removed panel applied wow embossing powder and then stamped again for the back layer in black ink. I also used the Pop dots to add a little more interest.

The panel was a blend of saltwater taffy, seedless preserves and chipped sapphire distress oxides.

I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment on acetate, I adhered it to the top of the panel and used a little clear dimensional adhesive so it's floats for a little shadow play.

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Thank you so much for stopping by,

Enjoy a wonderfully creative

weekend ♥ HuGs Kim x

Dotty about Hair

Hello everyone!!!

Hope you're keeping well and safe...

just to mention there is still plenty of time to take part in our current

Picture Inspiration Challenge.

I thought I would create a very rainbow coloured card, inspired by the rainbow of flowers, adding lots of dots with the polka stencil. 

I've combined two hairstyles to create this one, the fringe from the rag tails with the volumptuous waves from this template set, framing the 3/4 view face.

I thought the clasped hand would be perfect to hold the cutie bear balloon, created using this old Adorimals stamp set.

 I love the contrast of real skin to the cartoon hair, so fun :) I've used distress oxides for the background, love that the templates help to mask her.

copic colours, because I forgot the photo..

R000, 00, 02, RV91

YR000, E70, BV20, 25, V12

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Thank you for visiting, Stay safe enjoy a wonderfully creative weekend,
HuGs Kim ♥

Paperbabe Stamps Challenge #107 ~ Picture Inspiration

Hello and welcome...

Today is one of those bitter sweet days, it's been 5 years since my mum became an angel and I still miss her greatly, she was my best friend and confidant. We worked together too before the launch of Paperbabe Stamps, I wish we could create together, I would love to see what she would make with my stamps and templates...

We have a picture inspiration challenge on the paperbabe stamps blog today... So any opportunity to create more christmas cards and these are as simple as can be really...

I used my stamping platform to create a stepped method so all the stamps I need are on the one plate. I have to turn the piece of card for each step, mask then turn for the next image and I continue until they're all done.

I followed this process to make a final mask so that I could get some ink blended onto the background. The whole card I used only two inks, rusty hinge and ground espresso distress oxides. 

I've added a little string, paper die cut foliage to bring the picture inspiration into play, to complete the look and add a little interest. I made four but the stamps are still clinging in place on the platform so I could knock out quite a few more, we'll see how the days goes.

Enjoy a wonderfully creative weekend and give your mum's a hug and a kiss x

HuGs Kim x