Something.........Wedding

Hi there lovely friends (and hi to new friends too) xoxo

So in between all the un-packing of the dusty boxes and bags from the house move I've managed a little time-out here and there - about 2 days worth of lovely crafty time and oh I've enjoyed myself - as usual lol Can't wait till i'm crafting full time again.......soon, so soon - YeY!!! (just a few more boxes :-)

This card was a special order - I had total free reign and this was the result - I hope you like......

Ingredients

• Tim Holtz distress paint (for the chalky finished background)
• Tim Holtz layering stencils - hearts & doily (for the textured background)
• Tim Holtz elegant flourishes Sizzix die (also for the textured background)
• Golden fibre paste medium (for the heart stencilling)
• Amsterdam extra heavy gel medium matt
• Amsterdam metallic silver acrylic paint & Dina Wakley white gesso
• luminarte primary elements & luminarte bind resist (amazing shimmery paint effect - adds hi-lights)
• Tim Holtz Notebook Sizzix die (used to add interesting texture on the edge of the card)
• Tim Holtz Vintage lace Sizzix die (adds a little frilly texture)
• Tim Holtz Tattered flower garland Sizzix die (for the 2 tattered flowers)
• Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous classics #9 (used script & pumice stone distress ink for background)
• Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous mixed media (used honeycomb & white gesso for background)
• An old fav of mine - Tim Holtz 'Vintage Shabby' paper stash (for my machine sewn layered hearts) 
• Tim Holtz crinkle ribbon
• Tim Holtz festive foliage
• Finnabair metal - go to town on any of these lovelies x
• Assortment of chunky lace & linen
• Calico Crafts beautiful must have Rusty Tin heart and wire
• Own stash old yellowed book, pretty tiny pearls & other curio I can lay my hands on that I've saved for a rainy day
• Stabilo all pencil black (for shading)
• Signo uni-ball gel pen white  (for hi-lights and scribbles)

There a few close-up piccys for all the tiny detail.

I've used new stash I bought from my Fabulous workshop day with Finnabair aka Ania Dabrowska - that extra heavy gel medium sure does the trick Ania (thank you for sharing your art :-)  and I can't get enough of Ania's photo-shopping techniques - just love the Luminartes over the top of the Tim Holtz chalky distress paints - adds a little zest to my shabby-chic style.

So it's off to Cyprus with this little card - hope the bride and groom likes it.

I'm off for now too (not Cyprus - boo hoo lol - cuppa tea time now x

Thanks for popping by Kassa xoxo

Bird Heart Easel Card - Tattered Flower Cards And Colourful Cone Wreath.

FRIDAY, 15 FEBRUARY 2013

Hi 

Week 7 -  time flies!!!

Good morning/afternoon/evening........
Lovely to be back in again - so who's had snow again!!!

The dates for my Workshops at the new Outlet are now out.....
.....there are limited spaces so book early to avoid disappointment x
To see full details of the workshops and book your seat click on the dates/workshops you are interested in x

Saturday 23rd February - Tremendous Tunnel Cards CLICK HERE to book your seat 
Thursday 28th February - Luxury Butterfly Wreath CLICK HERE to book your seat
Saturday 9th March - A Load Of Hot Air CLICK HERE to book your seat
Thursday 21st March - Dressing Up Delightful Dollies CLICK HERE to book your seat
Saturday 30th March - Dressing Up Delightful Dollies CLICK HERE to book your seat
Hope to see you sooooon x

Now a little piccy or two or three or four of my latest creation........lol...

........well you know me - I loVe to share x

This is a little card that I soooo enjoyed designing from scratch - I was so happy how the heart easel turned out - I cant wait to create more cards with it cos it's so easy to work with x

The heart easel cards can be used to create cards for many different occasions x

Yep you've guessed - this is a little creation for Easter x 

A little close-up to show all the detail x

I loVe my magic toadstools - they make me smile from cheek to cheek x

A little boho bloom with sparkle - adds a pretty touch x

The heart wreath is covered in ruffled ribbon - green for grass,  blue for sky and yellow for the sunshine x

Now then here are piccys of a few new yummy bits that will coordinate nicely with all your other CWC stash - coming soon to the CWC are these fabulous craft flowers which I have loVed playing with!

White foil 'n' kraft - Mmmmmmmmm a real dream!

I created the rose in the centre of the flower from the waste  petals  of the larger outer flowers x

LoVe, loVe, loVe these new Kraft postcard cards - so delish x 

The large bloom pictured  in close-up here is created from the daisy flower from the new flower packs - the smaller flowers were created from the tattered flowers from the same pack!  I adore this new pack of flowers - they're like sweeties to crafter's lol x

Hmmmmm, shall I or sharn't I?......

Hmmmmmm, to sneak in another piccy or not??????....

Oh why not....

..........cos I know you all loVe the new Authentique paper range x

An Authentique 'Cone Wreath'

And breathe again lol......

Hope you've all enjoyed another packed post again, thank you ALL for popping by every week I really do appreciate it. 

Huggles

 Kxoxo

Happy Monday!!! Birdhouse Wreath in Pretty Pastels

 Happy Monday out there in blogland x

As promised another one of my wreaths that I designed and created from last year.

A layered birdhouse Wreath.

I just loVe birds 'n' birdhouses so creating it was a ball x

Hope you enjoy!!!

Mmmmmmm, sugared almonds spring to mind!!!

After cutting out my basic wreath ring from grey-board - (i use my Grand Calibur 'n' Spellbinder circle dies but you can also use dishes from your kitchen such as a tea plate, coffee mug etc to draw around and cut out)  I then covered my wreath ring with Hessian and created a little hanger too.  I purchased my Hessian ribbon strips/lengths from my local craft shop 'The Craft Box'

I loVe the charms from The Hobby House - unbelievable prices and fab quality

As you will see as you keep looking at the piccy's I've taken I took individual piccy's (for finer details) of each birdy house as it was sat hanging from my craft room wall. Hence the piccys are all at different angles - dough!!! (silly me!!!)

Now to create one of the layered birdhouses.

I cut out all the birdyhouse layers (2 large and 2 small birdyhouses), roof, base strips and apertures by hand and coloured all the different layers with Pan Pastels x

The 2 larger birdhouses (1 plain card stock, 1 patterned paper, felt etc) layer/adhere together (pinflair glue - for 3d depth)

The 2 mini birdhouses (1 plain card stock, 1 patterned paper, felt etc) layer/adhere together using the 3d glue again.

Adhere (using 3d glue) the mini layered birdyhouses over the top of the big layered birdyhouses.

Once all the 4 birdyhouse layers are adhered I then decoupaged/layered the base 'strip' and roof 'strip' for extra detail/depth - again using 3d glue.


As you build up you layers you can add more bling (like the green pom-pom layer on the base of the above/below piccy - simply sandwiched between the base layers)

I chose a fairly muted patterned paper cos I wanted to dust over them with the Pan Pastels and achieve a  real feel of a battered, worn out, faded, weather worn look.

Each home is decorated individually as we do in our own homes....
...the lived in cluttered look for some , a blingy show look, a  minimalistic feel and the shabby chic!
All look cosy 'n' loVed

How sweet does the door opening looksey  - a little heart x

I scrunched the top layers of my birdhouses before and after dusting with the Pan Pastels - this helps create the weathered worn out look x

I colour coordinated my birdhouses with lush lace from Crafty Ribbons
but then I would go and throw in a curve ball with some zingy neons!!!

 I hope you have enjoyed this little show 'n' tell xoxo


Below is another card created last year using the birdhouses - you may well have seen it before but I've popped in extra large piccys for you to peep at this time round cos I know we all loVe to see the details in full x

This is a tunnel card with a large aperture opening - so there is room for a little scene like this above woodland 'Home Tweet Home' scene if you wish.

The natural hues in these yummy Authentique papers inspired this little nature  number.

A different camera angle allows a peep into the tunnel card to see all the depth and different layers x

This birdyhouse has only 2 layers
a large and a small patterned paper birdhouse were adhered with the 3d glue
then titivated to taste!

Mr 'n' Mrs Birdy (again layered) are just sat catching the last of the evenings sun rays
And I couldn't resist giving Mrs Birdy (with the 60's pointy glasses) an open chirruping beak!!!
TEE HEE!!!

The glasses and moustache are my own designs that I painstakingly hand cut out - but they are sooooo worth it x
And I'm soooo lucky to have pheasants roaming around cos their fallen feathers look a real treat on this card x

SO

Quite a few of you have asked about these beautiful wings - invaluable to me I use them quite often as they are sooooo darling perfect!!!

I have found you a link to a site that sells them (PRESS HERE)

Cos where i purchased mine from a couple or 3 years ago no longer stocks them.

  

It is a UK based site called Bunny Zoe's Crafts

METHOD & INGREDIENTS

I die cut 3 sets of wings, one in plain card stock, one in vellum and the last in glittered card, all were inked with various pretty coloured distress inks on the edges.  Once I had adhered them between the hearts I pop a blob or 2 of 3d glue between the layered wings (near to the heart) to create a look of fluttering X

OFFSKI - TTFN
Well I'm offski again - tidy-up time again (spring cleaning on a mega scale at ours - skip coming Wednesday!!! - all my unwanted craft goodies have been given away where ever possible though - not skipped if I can help it!!! but some things are destined for the skip big time!!!)

So when i do sit down to craft it will be for a glorious little hour and like last night my little fingers will be moving like the clappers cos I'm loVing wot I'm up to at the moment!!!

Piccy's for those of you who have not seen them on Facebook.  

These fabulous stamps are by Sarah Hurley Designs 

Go take a peek at her shop HERE - I just LoVe it x

I stamped the 'Be Amazing Girl Stamp' onto Tim Holtz's yummy 'Vintage Shabby' papers.

I've decided to calll her Mollie!!!

Mollie cos the big pinky updo hairdo was inspired by the late Mollie Sugden aka Mrs Slowcombe from the fabulous...
...'Are You Being Served' BBc show from way back when I was a child .
I remember her outrageous ever changing fabulous bouffant hair like it was yesterday x

So I will show 'n' tell when I've finished the 2nd of Sarah's trio of girl stamps
I've nearly finished Dream a Little Dream Girl Stamp
she's cute too!!!
Just sorting the hair - hopefully paper hair this time - we'll see - tee hee!!!

AND
I have another wreath to share with you all - again one from last year
Cath Kidston inspired!!!

Thanks for all your lovely comments
Any questions??? - I will get back to you x
huggles as always
Kassa
XoXo