Wild Card Wednesday & A Flirty preview...

Good morning, 

Over at Club Anya & Friends... we have to say a goodbye to.... Donna, our totally wonderful FABULOUS guest designer for July. Donna has totally wowed us with her projectss this month and we want to thank her for everything she has done... Thank you sweetie :)

Which means it's time to introduce our new August guest designer. Say a big HELLO to Kristy Young of Delicious Papercrafting. We are so proud to have Kristy designing with us this month. We just know she is going to knock your socks off as she has ours with all the gorgeous TGF creations she makes.

Now on to today's challenge and PREVIEW.

You may already know that each Wild Card Wednesday this month at Club Anya has been a color challenge by a different DT member...this week Traci's colour challenge is Maroon, Turquoise & Summer Sun, how fun as it happens to fall on the preview day for the new Fabulous FLIRTY ANYA! Isn't she a beauty?

I've been playing with my copics, a bit and thought I would try a more painterly stroke effect on her hair instead of the usual smooth thing I do! What do you think? bit more practice maybe LOL! So pleased these papers fall into Traci's colour challenge quite well! There is just a glittering of spica on the gorgeous flower in Anya's hair and I mimicked it with felt for the flower embellishment!

Supplies: Patterned Paper: BasicGrey: lemonade;

Stamps: The Greeting Farm: Flirty Anya (release 1st Aug); roll call kit;

Ink: Memento & Archival: black; Copic: markers*; spica glitter; Ranger: distress inks: frayed burlap;

Dies: Spellbinders ~ Nestabilities: ovals; sizzix: flower 3D;

Other: American Crafts: ribbon; felt; 3D foam;

*Skin: E000, E00, 11, 13 & R20, Hair: E31, 35, 37, 57, 79 dress: Y08, 17, E50 flower: R39, 37 ground E43, 50, B60 for shadow and a little colourless blender!!!

 

I realise I'm not using a sweet & sassy image but I couldn't resist this fabulous sweet stop sketch #66.

Do pop over to Club Anya & Friends to see the rest of the team...

  Thank you so much for stopping by and hope you will pop back at 1pm for my quixotic challenge card!

Amy ~ http://athousandsheetsofpaper.blogspot.com

Kelly ~ http://cruzinkellster.blogspot.com

Kim ~ You're here already

Pam ~ http://stampingpam.blogspot.com 

Traci ~ http://wickedpixiecreations.blogspot.com

Jessica ~ http://www.thewhimsicalbutterfly.blogspot.com

Kristy Young: GDT ~ http://youngstamper.blogspot.com

 

BiG HuGs Kim :) 

Wild Card Wednesday ~ Colour Challenge

Good morning, time for another Wild Card Wednesday!

Over at Club Anya & Friends our fabulous host today is the wonderful Donna with these colours...

Kiwi , Daffodil, Pumpkin,

Supplies: Patterned Paper: pink paislee: 360' degrees;

Stamps: The Greeting farm: O.A: journey;

Ink: memento: black; Copic: markers*; Ranger ~ distress inks: frayed burlap;

Other: WRMK: corner rounder; 3D foam;

*Skin: E000, E00, 11, 13 & R20, Hair: E50, 51 eyes: B41; Outfit: YG91, 93, E13, 97, Y32, 35 and a little colourless blender!!!

I have followed the Clean & simple sketch #99 for my card... fabby sketch can see me using it alot more! Thanks so much for stopping by, I will have my project for Quixotic challenges later so hope you can pop back then too!!! HuGs Kim :)

Wild Card Wednesday ~ Kelly's Colour choice

Today over at Club Anya & Friends it's Wild Card Wednesday and this is one of Kelly's Favorite colour Combo's... Melon Berry, Chocolate and Aqua to inspire...

So this yummy BasicGrey paper inspired me to dig out an old greeting farm set 'pretty hat' although 'wild things' would have been perfect too (if I had it). I just love the characters included and they're adorable for any occasion! I have coloured them with my copics to co-ordinate with the challenge colours.

Supplies: Patterned Paper: BasicGrey: olivia;

Stamps: KennyKdigis: Mad Skillz; The Greeting farm: pretty hat;

Ink: memento: black; Copic: markers*; Ranger ~ distress inks: antique linen;

Dies: Spellbinders nestabilties: squares;

Other: WRMK: corner rounder; 3D foam;

*bunny: R20, 23, 43, RV34, doggy: E35, 47, 74, kitty: BG11, 13, G12 and a little colourless blender!!!

I have followed the Clean & simple sketch #98  for my card...  I moved the sentiment down just as it would cover up the images! Thanks so much for stopping by, I will have a card for Quixotic challenges later so hope you can pop back then too!!!

BiG HuGs Kim :)

Wild Card Wednesday ~ Pam's colour choice

Good Morning, here's a little card for the challenge over at Club Anya & Friends today...

All of our WCW's this month will be Colour Challenges. Last month we had a really good response to our sketch challenges for you on Wednesday's so this month we thought you would enjoy some awesome colour challenges. Different DT member's will be choosing the colours for the challenges...

 

Supplies: Patterned Paper: Basic Grey: Green at Heart; WRMK: textured cardstock;

Stamps: The Greeting Farm: Spotlight stamp set;

Ink: Memento & Archival: black; Copic: markers*;

Other: wooden buttons; 3D foam;

I have used Get sketchy #45 for my card... Thanks so much for stopping by, I will have a card for Quixotic challenges later so hope you can pop back then too!!!

BiG HuGs Kim :)

'Journey' ~ Second day of Club Anya & Frends Preview's

Well Good morning, it's our second day of previews and we're introducing another addition to the adorable Oliver and Amelia collection... 'journey'. We also have a sketch to inspire you designed by Jess over at Club Anya & Friend's.

My post is a little picture heavy today,

I wanted to show you all the bits, tee hee!

How stunningly adorable are these two?

I've used Amelia and she just made me think of vintage chic!

The papers helped, they inspired the colours of Amelia's best travelling outfit!

I made these little air dry clay embellishments a while back and they were great to accompany the canvas flower. I've added a little pearl brad and pearl paint to highlight!

The ticket stub uses one of the sentiments in the set and I have doodled the black outline plus a little dotted line.

For my luggage tag gift tag I have cut first from kraft, black pen doodling and inked the edges. For the image I have stamped onto patterned paper and coloured the background with distress ink. I managed to recolour the ribbon with distress ink, to co-ordinate too.

Supplies: Patterned Paper: pink paislee: bayberry cottage; PTI: Kraft;

Stamps: The Greeting Farm: OA~ journey(available 1st July); PTI: polka dots;

Ink: Memento: black; Copic: markers*; Ranger ~ distress inks: Victorian velvet; old paper;

Dies: Spellbinders nestabilities: labels 4; Sizzix: tickets; luggage tags; flower 3D; 

Other: PTI: Box Template; sticky back canvas; Pearl brads; clay embellie's; pearl dabber paint; edge distresser; stitch tracer; Offray: ribbon; clear ep; 3D foam;

*Skin: E000, E00, 11, 13 & R20, Hair: E50, 35, 74, Eyes: G12, Outfit: R000, R0000, E04, R59, E31, 40, 41, 43, B91, 97 ,99!!!

Hope you get the chance to pop over to the rest of the design teams previews...

Kim <~you're already here

Jessica ~ http://www.thewhimsicalbutterfly.blogspot.com

Traci ~ http://wickedpixiecreations.blogspot.com

Amy ~ http://www.athousandsheetsofpaper.blogspot.com

Kelly  ~ http://cruzinkellster.blogspot.com

Pam ~ http://stampingpam.blogspot.com

Donna ~ http://3umbrellas.blogspot.com

 
Thanks so much for stopping by, I bet you're looking forward to the first now?

Hope you have a creative day, HuGs Kim :)

Club Anya & Friends ~ Wild Card Wednesday

My Sketch!

Good Morning! At Club Anya & Friends this month all of the Wild Card Wednesday challenges are sketches designed by the Design Team. So this week it is my turn to challenge you and here is my sketch:

I adore these papers and they just oozed summery fun so I got out a pretty miss Anya who fit's the bill perfectly. she's coloured in copics and the flowers are all hand made, I had so much fun making them although the completed card may have taken me much longer then anticipated LOL!!!

Supplies: Patterned Paper: WRMK: vintage blue; textured cardstock;

Stamps: The Greeting farm: Miss Anya~ Rain,snow,shine; OA~ happy day;

Ink: Memento & archival: black; Copic: markers*; Distress inks: Bundled sage;

Dies: Sizzix: Styled labels; Flower layers: flowers 3D; branches and leaves; WRMK: corner rounder;

Other: adhesive gems; Foof a la: buttons; 3D foam;

*Skin: E000, E00, 11, 13 & R20, Hair: E50, 51, 31, Outfit: BG49, E97, YG91, BG96 and a little colourless blender!!!

 

Thanks for stopping by, Dillon won the egg & spoon race yesterday at his sports day I also tried to run with the other mum's but Maleidigh was on the track hahaha too funny, noooo didn't win but had a good go. So... I'm off to London tomorrow to pick up my painting from the RA and also have a nosey at the winners who's work got picked for the summer exhibition.

BiG HuGs Kim :)

Wild Card Wednesday ~ Gracias Miko

Good Morning, still having trouble with my laptop, I have two open beside eachother to write this post ha ha ha!!! I would have sent mine off yesterday to be fixed but didn't realise you needed to supply your own power adaptor??!!

So, on to this weeks Club Anya & Friends ~ Wild Card Wednesday Sketch by the lovey Traci....

I thought the sketch really lent itself to a pocket front card and I used the patterned paper for the pull out tag. I've added a washi tape strip across the bottom and another sentiment! The pretty Miko has been coloured with copics and cut out.

Supplies: Patterned Paper: BasicGrey: Kioshi;

Stamps: The Greeting farm: RollCall; Spotlight kit: sentiment;

Ink: Memento & archival: black; Copic: markers*; Distress: old paper;

Dies: Spellbinders nestabilities: labels; WRMK: circle cutter; Martha Stewart: border punch;

Other: adhesive gems; TGF:washi tape; 3D foam;

*Skin: E000, E00, 11, 13 & R20, eyes: B41, Hair: E57, 47, 21, Outfit: E40, 41, G21, 12, Heart clip: R22, 20!

I thought I would enter my card for Crazy4challenges ~ c4c41 too!

Thanks for stopping by and for all you wonderful comments I'm hoping to get some time later to comment back, BiG HuGs Kim :)

Wild Card Wednesday ~ Shrinky Clip Board Magnets

Hello, today is Wild Card Wednesday over at Club Anya & Friends and I thought I would make something a little different from the usual card... but still use the wonderful sketch by the fabulous Kelly!!!

These little clipboards have pockets in, thought I might want to send them a dinky little note or remember something special for them to keep in there (haven't got to that bit yet and it's not like Maoleidigh can read yet... she certainly tries though, bless her!)

Of course I HAD to do a boy for Dillon and girly for Maoleidigh! Loving Tim's patterned papers, great blues and pinks, the prints remind me of photographs somehow, so fab!!!

I wanted to show the close up of my little experimenting tee hee! I have glued the lace and string in place, then applied a generous amount of clear crackle rock candy. Just LOVE the encased look and it keeps it a little more child friendly too.

Now for the main images I have die cut the frosted shrink plastic from the largest oval nestie. I stamped the wonderful Oliver & Amelia onto the shiny side of the plastic, heat to shrink and coloured the frosted back with my copics, they do bleed a little (also tricky to see where your going) and some parts are messy. it changes with the angle too! I have glued the finished piece onto white card to show the colours!

To finish the back I like to punch little circles to allow for the magnets. Then attached the clip to the top!!!

Supplies: Patterned Paper: Tim Holtz: Shabby Chic; Shrink plastic: frosted;

Stamps: The Greeting Farm: OA - my favorite thing; happy day;

Ink: Archival: black; Copic: markers; Adirondack: paint dabbers;

Dies: Spellbinder's nestabilities: ovals; Sizzix: clipboard & holder;

Martha Stewart: border punch; circle punch;

Other: Glossy accents; Clear rock candy: crackle paint; natural twine; Prima: lace; BasicGrey: magnets; clips; 3D foam;

 
 

Thank you so much for stopping by today, hope it inspires! So, Dillon's off to the National gallery today with his school, wishing I was there too :)

HuGs Kim :) 

Wild Wednesday...

GOOD MORNING...

Now...  it's my turn to set the challenge over at Club Anya & Friends today and this Wednesday it's another colour theme but something a little sweet..
 

Pink Chocolate Roses...

Yes we would love to see pink, brown and rose colours on your creations, here's my card using the adorable Nahla from the fantastic Roll Call set,

I went for some very old paper in my paper tower, this is one of the first collections I purchased ages ago but it's nice to give it another lease of life and I thought the colours would be lovely and subtle for the challenge! Totally inspired by Mercy's fantastic Sketch and I experimented with my stitched ribbon by pulling the top thread to create my very own custom made no sew ruffle. The embellishment is shrink plastic stamped with the spotlight set butterfly. If you haven't guessed already... I may have coloured her using my copics ha ha ha!

She really reminds me of Maoleidigh, super cute innocent eyes and that unruly curly hair. We are trying to grow sunflowers... which she insists need picking and putting elsewhere (way before the shoot is and inch tall.. LOL)

Supplies: Patterned Paper: SassafrasLass: in stitches;

Stamps: The Greeting Farm: Roll Call set; Spotlight set;

Ink: Memento & archival: black; Copic: markers*; distress inks: spun sugar; inkessential: white pen:

Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities: labels 8; WRMK: corner chomper;

Other: adhesive stones, shrink plastic, stitch ribbon; 3D foam;

*Skin: E000, 00, 11, 13 & R20, eyes: B21, Hair: E35, 51, 50, Outfit: RV23, 34, R000, E71, 74, Y32, 35, I used my colourless Blender throughout!!!

So, seeing as I participated in WOYWW last week I thought I would show you the mess I have to clear up today after my little creativity yesterday....

I had to hide a few things as they're for magazine article... but this is the main working area of my desk and there's certainly loads to see, bits and bobs everywhere ha ha ha!!! Ooo look at my new ink blending tool holder, not sure it will stay there. Such a fab thingy, I have writen the colours onto the blending foam but (as I found out you will need to heat set it or it will contaminate your work Big Time). I still have acrylic paints and medium sat on my desk since the painting I did a few months ago tut tut. Also I see a stack of stamps to put away.. I'm hoping to nose round a few more desks this week,

Thanks so much for stopping by, have a wonderful day BiG HuGs Kim :)

Wild Card Wednesday ~ Summer

Wow good morning, Lots to share this Wednesday LOL, like WCW, WOYWW, 2S4Y, Mad for Markers...

For WCW this week the talented Kelly is challenging you to create a project with a summer theme using as much yellow as possible... So I HAD to use Summer from TGF Roll Call Set and I've used plenty of yellow! so fun. I went for a picnic theme really, the gingham fits in so well. I then coloured the pretty Summer using my copics (of course), gave her a little grassy garden and even managed to colour the whole sky background! I've attempted feather blending on her outfit and a little on her hair. Which fits in nicely with the challenge over at Mad for Markers challenge. And in  case you can't see it, I have used Laura's wonderful sketch over at 2Sketches4You. Just budged the ribbon down a little to hold the cute sentiment!

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

Stamps: The Greeting Farm: Roll Call - Summer + sentiment;

Ink: Memento & archival: black; Copic: markers*; distress ink: old paper; inkessential: white;

Dies: Spellbinder's nestabilties: scallop circles; tags; Fiskars: border punch; MS: punch

Other: Offray: ribbon, adhesive gems; 3D foam;

*Skin: E000, 11, 13 & R20, eyes: G12, Hair: E50, 51, 35, 97 Outfit: R22, 37, Y35, E97, G12, The grass: YG67, 93, G29, Y35 & BG0000 for the Sky and I use my colourless Blender throughout.

What's on Your Workdesk? Wednesday

Now, I've been eager to participate in WOYWW for ages... so took the opportunity to snap a quick picture of this desk. OK so it's not my usual desk this is the dinner table but it's so nice to bring things out here and have the wonderful help for my adorable assistant to mount and organise my growing stamp collection.

I like to laminate the image card as the stamp clings so well to the back. Then arrange in a drawer...

Here's Dillon waiting so intently for the laminator to do its job, LOL

Now here they are in there new home organised and tidy, I have a draw just for Anya stamps now as well as one for The Greeting farm LOL (not that I'm addicted or anything ;)

See... I have other stamps too, which I organise pretty much the same way and if I don't have an image card I simply stamp my own!!!

Thank you so much for stopping by today and hope the middle of your week will be creative and inspiring too, HuGs Kim :)