Sympathy Card ~ Paperbabe Stamps Challenge

Hello and welcome,

The final days of summer holidays...

and getting ready for the new academic year?

♥

We have a new challenge over on the Paperbabe Stamps blog today...

I've created a sympathy card using the cherry blossom, and Butterfly Pieridae, adding a subtle colour in the background with a hint of blue copic marker to highlight the flowers.

The tone on tone Die cut letters I thought would be just enough of a message.

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Thank you for visiting,

Enjoy a wonderfully creative weekend,

Keep safe ♥ HuGs Kim x

Paperbabe Stamps Challenge #40 ~ Picture Inspiration

Good Morning...

Today, I have a card to share that I made for the current challenge over on the Paperbabe Stamps blog...

It's a picture inspiration and just perfect with our last release... 

I created a small layered card, I am enjoying this small card size, I have a theory that these little ones would most likely be placed right at the front of all the other cards on the mantle or window sill... lol that's my reasoning.

For my background, it was a simple heat embossing through the polka dot stencil, it's much quicker than stamping the rows of polka dots, not that I mind that really.

The mini shroom scene inspired from the picture was a bit of stamping and masking using the Whimsical woodland set 4 and Whimsical Woodland set 3.

I finished off my card with a little gold ink on the smile word substrate. If you ever want a gorgeous yummy shimmery gold ink then I highly recommend this liquid metal stuff... yum.

I actually combined a few other challenges on my mini card...

Case this Sketch #186

Penny black ~ Anything Goes

Simon Says Monday Challenge ~ Summer Fun

Work it Wednesday ~ Peridot

Seize the Birthday ~ Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion ~ anything goes

Crafting from the Heart ~ anything goes

Love to Scrap ~ anything goes

click pics for listings

Thanks so much for stopping by,

visit Paperbabe Stamps blog to see the rest of the DT's take on the picture and to play along if you'd like, you have until Friday 2nd September to link your project :)

Enjoy a wonderfully creative weekend!

HuGs Kim x

Paperbabe Stamps Challenge #39 ~ Anything Goes

Good Morning...

Here's my latest project for the current challenge over on the Paperbabe Stamps blog...

It's an anything goes as I'm just so super busy... 

and I've whipped up the quickest card using the latest release

I painted a little background with some acrylic

All the images are trimmed with a little border and added to the front with dimensional adhesive.

the sentiment is stamped directly onto some glitter washi, yum.

click pic for listing

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Enjoy a wonderfully creative weekend!

HuGs Kim x

Paperbabe Stamps Red Rubber Cling Stamps.

I'm introducing the new red rubber character stamps over at Paperbabe Stamps today... and here's my sample...

I've been noticing quite a few designers creating cards with a partial die cutting technique, although I don't have co-ordinating die's I simply cut the frame first then went in with my scissors to trim a border around my image.

Pretty pleased with the result.

I opted to use Mayleedee Witchily for my sample... I've coloured her a bit more wizard than witch. The sentiment has been heat embossed onto vellum and die cut. I've used clear dimensional adhesive behind the gems and letters.

Here's the selection of copic colours I've used. The orange background I airbrushed with copics then used my old stamp cumulus background and stamped over the orange in grey ink.

White hair certainly has it's challenges it was very close to it becoming grey, lol.

Challenges I am entering:

Copic Marker Europe - Challenge 32 ~ Anything goes

Craft room: Something old, something new(old cloud background stamp & new red rubber character stamp)

Penny Black And More - Anything Goes

Cute card Thursday 336 - anything goes

Card and scrap 81: everything is allowed
Let's craft and create 96: anything goes

Craft Creations - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by enjoy a wonderfully creative day!!!

HuGs Kim x

Lots of Challenges on One Card LOL....

 Good morning, I hope you are enjoying a wonderful Monday...

For my card I have decided to incorporated quite a few challenges:

Embellish Magazine: Colour challenge with Labels

Clean & Simple: FTL 93 

Daring Cardmakers: string of pearls

Raise the Bar: #21 ~Summer

Fab'N'Funky: #26 ~Paper Piecing

Charisma cardz: Flowers

 Supplies: Patterned Paper: October Afternoon: fly a kite;

Stamps: Papertrey Ink: Lily of the Valley;

Ink: Archival: black; distress inks: antique linen; Gelly roll: stardust;

Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities: Labels 4; Tags: PTI: butterfly;

Other: adhesive pearls,  Papermania: Pearl brads; 3D adhesive foam;

Thank you so much for stopping by, HuGs Kim :)

PTI ~ Clean and Simple Challenge #12

Morning, I have wanted to have a go at a challenge over at the fabulous A passion for Papertrey for some time and managed this quick card the other day...

Challenge 12 - Clean and Simple this week we're going back to basics with a Clean and Simple (CAS) theme!

Well for me this is pretty clean and simple and it is just about one layer too. I really love the idea of these Everyday Button Bits and how fun and versatile they are. Loving this urban prairie papers still and I have coordinated the buttons and simply adhered them with sticky dots.

Supplies: Patterned Paper: BG: Urban prairie; PTI: Bitty squares; kraft; Stamps: PTI: Everyday Button Bits Ink: Archival: black; colourbox; Die's: Cutb'g: butterfly; Fiskars: apron lace; corner punch; Other: BG: Buttons; AC: ribbon; 3D foam;

Thanks for stopping by and thank you for your wonderful comments... Big Happy HuGs and enjoy your day, Kim :)

Copic Colour Challenge #7

I Know!!! Two posts in one day and loads of photo's too. Well I had to get this one uploaded before the next challenge tomorrow over on Copics Colour Challenge and this weeks colours I nearly had... just needed to substitute the blue, I used a mix of BG01 and BG10.

So this card will be one of quite a few, us sisterhood 15 of the blogging sisters have come to our 1st year and we're making each other a card to celebrate. This is my first, only another 15 to make.

I have used the sketch created by Heidi on Caardvarks from the other week, It just suited the card and images perfectly will probably use it to produce a few more I thinks! Also, I got to use my JustRite stamper which is fantastic for creating any message, It would have been good on a smaller circle too!

Materials:
Paper: October afternoon, white card, orange textured,

Die's: Cutb'g - flower, Nestabilities - circles, rectangles, corner rounder,
Stamps: TGF - Miss Anya Collection, JustRite stamper,
Ink: Memento - black, copics sketch,
Other: American Crafts - ribbon, bling, prima flower, 3D foam,

Thanks for popping by hope to go round your blogs later and I will be planning on some special blog candy very soon so keep watching!!! BiG HuGs ♥ enjoy your evening, Kim x

Copics - Colour challenge Sketch

Well I thought I would actually put my card up that I've created for the Copics colour challenge. This week they have a sketch to follow....

It's the paper's fault for being so floral that I went to town!!! Don't you just adore this glitter paper had to use it, the flower I have die cut and scrunched and inked and sanded just to look shabby(as you do!) I've used a little creative license on the sketch there's a square with the sentiment, the large flower and the small flower with swirls!

So onto the important part... the copics are the colour medium for the gorjuss girl. I've taken the colours that I think co-ordinate with the pp, and my favourite bit HAS to be the sparkle from the heart bling... just couldn't help myself and the colourless blender did such a fantastic job! There's a picture with the markers I have used, in order from the bottom layer up, skin, then hair & boots, dress, socks and envelope.

click on the images for a close up!

Materials:

Paper: BG - Blush, white card, glitter paper,

Stamps: Suagr Nellie - Gorjuss Girls, CHF - Kim Hughes -'Scripty words'

Die's: Sizzix - flower layers, Nestabilities squares, Quickutz - flourish, Cutb'g - Butterfly,

Ink: Memento - black, copics sketch, colourbox,

Other: PM - gem brads, BG - sanding tools, 3Dimensional foam, adhesive pearls and heart bling,

Thanks for stopping by and keep your eye on the Stampin Chic blog for the sketch and colour winners and a new challenge! Hope you come along, Happy HuGs Kim :D

Colour Create Blue and Brown

Thought I would have a go at the wonderful Colour Create challenge blog, this weeks yummy colours are Blue and Brown!

Well... this gorgeous paper was the starting point for my blue and brown combo! And when these stunning greeting farm stamps dropped to my door step and I just had to ink and colour! I have inked the edge of the sentiment with a little distress inks just to tone in.

The rose on her hat is paper pieced and embellished with a little glitter as are her pearls around her neck which I have raised with glossy accents! So I have a bit of lace with the border punch and a few pearls with the necklace! (well nearly... LOL!)

Click Images for close look!

Materials:
Paper: Daisy D's - the autumn collection, white cardstock, shimmer texture card,
Stamps: TGF - Pretty Hat, WoJ - Sentiment
Die's: Nestabilities - ovals, Sizzix - Alphabet, Lace border Punch,
Ink: Mimento - Black, Copic Markers, Sakura - stardust, Distress inks,
Other: American crafts - ribbon, glossy accents, 3D foam,

Thanks for stopping by, HuGs Kim X

BasicGrey Colour Combo & Cutting Cafe

Challenge 23 - Colour Combo

Well its time for another challenge over at BasicGrey and this time its a colour combo, we would like you to pick one of the following colour combos for your creations (Skin and white card colours are allowed too),

Pink and Green

Pink and Brown

Blue and Brown

So what are you waiting for, pick your favorite combo and get crafting :), but of course not to forget to use at least one item from BasicGrey on your creation...

Regina has very kindly offered one lucky winner , two downloads of your choice from her wonderful store, how fab is that ♥

We got the chance to use her amazing cupcake designs, I printed the cupcake out twice onto heavy weight cartridge, a mini cupcake, the sentiment and cherry. I have coloured using my copics, The cup case I have stamped BG Inspire heart stamps and shaded with distress inks using a mask over the cupcake top! For the shiny icing I have gone over the top with liquid applique and while still wet, sprinkled the top (the table, the carpet, my face & head, the whole room it seems) with sparkly glitter! The cherry I have coloured and cut out. The sentiment I have cut using circle and ribbon slider to create hole! The mini cupcake I thought would make a cute charm, so I coloured with copics and cut out! Then finished off with a good dollop of glossy accents and adhered to a brad through the ribbon!

click images for a close look

Materials:

Paper: Basic Grey - Bittersweet, heavy weight cartridge,

Stamps: The Cutting Cafe - Cupcakes, Basic Grey - Inspire me,

Die's: Nestabilities - Circles, squares, cutb'g - corner

Ink: Printer - Black, Tim's - Distress inks, colourbox queues, Copic Markers,

Other: Basic Grey - brad, infuse ribbon, Glossy Accents, MM - ribbon punch, Liquid applique, glitter, 3D foam,

Thanks for stopping by have a great weekend, HuGs Kim ♥