Ribbons & Lace

Hello all and I hope that your week is going well. Just a quick post from me as I'm heading out shortly for lunch with a friend (yippee!). I've got a sneaking feeling that I could be turning into one of those 'ladies who lunch' as it seems to be happening quite regularly now!  Not that I'm complaining - I'm a firm believer that one of the nicest ways to spend some time is catching up on news with a friend over coffee & cake!

But I wanted to let you know that it's time for a new challenge over at Whimsy Inspirations - and the challenge for this month is a nice, easy one - Ribbons & Lace!  Now I could have done my usual trick and gone for all girly and fluffy with lots of embellishments but I thought I'd try for something a bit more CAS (which is definitely out of my comfort zone!) and use one of the fabulous new digital stamps from Moon Cookie Gallery at Whimsy called Grandma's Garden

And I decided to just stick to two colours too!  I've coloured the image with copics and promarkers

The backing paper is from First Edition and the ribbon and lace are from stash. The metal filigree butterfly is from Wild Orchid. So a very simple one for me - by my standards anyway lol! But hope you like it - and I hope you'll join in with the Whimsy Challenge! 

Back tomorrow with a wedding card that is definitely NOT clean and simple lol!

Kimx 

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:-

City Crafter Challenge - colour inspiration

Try it on Tuesday - metal

C is for Challenge - flowers

CraftyBloggersNetwork - metal

Whimsy Digital New Releases for July!

Hello all and what a lovely day for the 1st July - the sun is shining! I'm a simple soul really, doesn't take much to make me happy, and one of the main ingredients is sight of blue sky and that bright yellow thing lol! 

And another lovely thing about the first of the month is it's time for new releases from Whimsy Digital! 

And a very warm welcome to the July digital release blog hop!!!!

There are lots of new images to share with you today created by

 Marika Collins Collection

Moon Cookie Gallery

Stamp Art Design

Lia Stampz

Dana's Digi's

Crissy’s Digis

All Whimsy Stamps digital images are 300dpi for high print quality.You can re-size, flip, or rotate to fit your own projects.

  To find all of today's new releases please visit the Whimsy Stamps Store

Don't forget to leave comments along the way as there will be 2 mystery DT Members who will each be choosing a winner from the comments left on their hop posts!

These winners will each win a Whimsy digital image of their choice.

The Grand Prize winner of the hop will be chosen from the very last stop, which is

Lisa's Blog

 This winner will receive 5 digital stamps of their choice from the

 Whimsy Stamps Store

The hop will run for 1 week and end on Monday 8th July at 12 Noon EST, when the lucky winners will be announced right here.

  

Below is a complete list of the hop in case you get lost along the way

  

Tammy Ortiz 

Marjolein Dekker

Charlene Brown

Ilonka Heuverkamp

Kelly Mannix

Judith Gowdy

Kim Taylor (me!)

Lisa West

For my card I've used a fabulous new digital stamp from Dana's Digis - Hummingbird

I've coloured the image with copics and promarkers and added some glossy accents to the centre of the flower (although it doesn't show up on the pic!)

The backing papers are from First Edition. I've added flowers from WOC (the cherry blossoms I recently won in a blog candy from the lovely Karen!) and the pink ribbon is from them too. The leafy die cut is using a Joy crafts die and I've added a Marianne die cut swirl. The pearls are from stash. 

Hope you like it! So do pop over to Whimsy and have a look at the fabulous new releases! And don't forget to take part in our blog hop for some great prizes! 

Back soon,

Kim x 

I'm entering this card into the following challenges :-

BunnyZoesCrafts - wings

HobbycutzChallenge - anything with 'H' (hummingbird!)

OneStitchAtATime - anything goes

ThatCraftPlace - flowers

Just for you...

Hello all in Blogland and I hope that your weekend has been going well? A little grey here this morning (the weather, not me - my grey is covered up!) but hoping it stays dry as I really need to do a bit more in the jungle garden!  It's amazing how much things can grow with some rain and some sunshine!  So before I lose the dog and cat in the undergrowth, I think I'd better make an effort to get some of it under control. I've never been keen on very neat and tidy gardens, with everything planted in regimental rows, but I think the 'relaxed and natural' look is getting a bit carried away with itself, so I can feel a 'hack and slash' mission coming on with the gardening tools. I might even persuade him indoors to help me - but I won't hold my breath. It seems the rest of the family are quite happy to sit in the garden when the weather's nice (or, in my son's case, if the barbecue is going) but strangely enough, no-one is too keen to do any weeding.....

And apologies for not getting round to everyone's blogs over the last few days - I will make an effort later today (when I've collapsed after gardening) to 'surf' the net and catch up with all your fabulous creations. I thought I'd share a card with you today that I was quite pleased with when I'd done it, but now I'm not so sure and think I've probably gone a bit overboard!  I've always tended to be a bit 'more is more' kind of gal when it comes to card design and embellishments, but now think I've perhaps gone too far.....

I've used an LOTV stamp 'Bunnies - In Love' - and they're so cute! 

I've coloured them with promarkers and copics. The gorgeous backing paper is from My Minds Eye. The flowers and leaves are from WOC, as is the pearly heart. I've used ribbon and lace from stash and the sentiment stamp and ticket die are from Whimsy. 

I did this as a sort of 'off-set' gatefold card, with the inside decorated to match and a Marianne die cut heart. 

I adore that paper, but think I may have added too much to it with other embellies! Oh well, I'll never be a CAS girl at heart lol! 

I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend - whatever you have planned. 

I'll be back tomorrow with one of the gorgeous new releases from Whimsy Digital - and a blog hop! 

Back soon,

Kim x 

I'm entering this into the following challenges:-

Jellypark Challenges - celebrate summer

Patties Creations - summertime fun

As You Like It challenges - 3 favourite embellishments (flowers (whether on cards or in the garden lol!), ribbon (especially bows), lace - I love girly, feminine embellishments!)

Crafty Ribbons - anything goes + ribbon

Addicted to stamps and more - anything goes

Creative Moments - flowers

Divas by Design - pearls

Three little foxes....

Hi, I'm back again with a new challenge for you over at Polkadoodles!  This week the challenge is 'Animals' and I've used the fantastic new cd from Polkadoodles 'Bonbon Belles'!  This really is a fantastic cd with so many images, embellishments and gorgeous papers on.  I've actually used one of the embellishments - this cute little fox

I had a play on the computer with the fox image, copying and flipping it, adding the fence embellishment image and leaves and toadstools! 

The gorgeous backing papers are also from the cd (especially love that 'button' one!) and I've added faux stitching round the edges. I printed out the first 2 lines of that sweet poem by A A Milne, the picket fence is from Doo Hickey 'lovely fence' die, and some Tonic punched flowers with pearl centres.  The spotty ribbon is from Joanna Sheen. 

Hope you like the cute little foxes! Do have a look at the fantastic inspiration from the DT over at the Polkadoodles challenge blog - and then join us with your animal creations. And please don't forget to check out the fabulous Bonbon Belles cd over at Polkadoodles. 

Back soon,

Kim x 

Say it with flowers

Good morning all and I hope that you're ok? It's nearly the weekend which always feels good! A warm welcome to my new followers - thank you so much for wanting to follow my crafting exploits!

A scheduled post from me as I'm off to work. My hubby had a day off yesterday, so with offspring at work and school it meant that we could have a few hours (and lunch!) out on our own which is something of a rare treat!  Sadly the weather was Yuck!  However, we did still have to cope with Tilly the Dog giving us the extreme 'sad eyes' look when she realised that we were off out - without her!  These pets do know how to give you guilty feelings for leaving them.

Anyway, as it's Friday it's time for a new challenge over at CraftyCatz.  Our lovely Janette is hosting the challenge this week and the theme is 'Say it with flowers'. We are sponsored this week by the Stamp Fairy and I've used one of their digi stamps 'Donny - thank you'

I've coloured the image with promarkers 

The backing paper is from K&Co and the flowers and pearls are from WOC. I've added some ribbon from stash and a Memory Box 'precious hearts' die cut. 

Do have a look at the fantastic inspiration from the DT at CraftyCatz and then join us with your flowery creations! 

Back soon,

Kim x 

BonBon Belles!

Good morning all and I hope that your week is going well - and thank you for calling by at this little corner of Blogland!  A little overcast here this morning - but I'm hoping it brightens up (especially as I have a pile of laundry to do lol!).

I just wanted to share a card with you that I made with the new release double cd from Polkadoodles - BonBon Belles!  This is available now on the Polkadoodles website HERE and this cd is fabulous!  There are 6 main characters, precoloured and b&w digi images, and the most fantastic collection of papers, embellishments, sentiments, etc.

I've used a black & white digi and coloured it with copics and promarkers, with some chalks for the sky. 

The backing paper is from the cd - as is the sentiment. I've distressed the edges of the coredinations matting and added a couple of  rosettes I made with seam binding ribbon with pearly centres (from WOC). And - I'm sorry but I did warn you that it'd be appearing a lot! - I've added the LaLaLand banner! 

I hope you'll have a look at this fabulous new cd  BonBon Belles- it's got some gorgeous stuff on it! 

Back soon,

Kim x 

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:-

InkyChicks - anything goes

PartyTimeTuesday - anything goes

Catered Crop - die cuts/punches

One Stop Craft - for a friend

Gone fishing!

Hello all and I hope that your week has started well!  And we've had some sunshine today - shame it didn't yesterday! Our barbecue went ahead but with gazebos up and some sheltering inside lol! But everyone seemed to enjoy it which is the main thing.  Shame we can never rely on the weather in this country!

Just a quick post today but wanted to share another of the June releases from Whimsy digital stamps with you - and this little cutie is 'Charlie Fishing' from StampArtDesign

I've coloured the image with copics and promarkers.  

The backing papers are from LOTV and Joanna Sheen and I've used the LOTV 'stitches' stamp for the edges. And I finally managed to get hold of the LaLaLand banner die! Yippee! So I've a feeling that it might be appearing quite often as I love it!  Then just added a button & twine from stash. 

Hope you like it.

And I hope you'll have a look at all the fantastic digi stamps available at Whimsy - a huge variety and there are always offers on too! 

Back soon,

Kim x