Papercraft Essentials - Collaged Creations

The latest issue of Papercraft Essentials, Issue 85, will be hitting the shops very soon, if it isn't on the shelves already, and in this month's magazine the lovely Lee Jepson (Editor of Papercraft Essentials) asked me to do an article making lots of collage backgrounds repurposing those sometimes overlooked paper sources. Oh yes one of my pet passions, as you know!

I had a lot of fun with this one using PanPastel to colour my collages and stamps from Creative Expressions and even some Basically Bare items. 

But get this - you can get a little preview as there is one of the makes as an extra on the Crafts On The Net site and it has the step by steps and everything!

Enjoy!

Kim

Fly With Me

Hey up Tuesday blog hoppers how you all doing? Do you remember the quick peek of a demo sample I was in the middle of making that I showed you on Thursday? Well I have another sample to show today, this time it is a complete project and not just a peek!

It's a Basically Bare hanger with a bit of a steampunk theme.

I've used the Bare Basics Gears set and run them through my Cuttlebug in an embossing folder and painted with acrylic paints.

The hot air balloon is from the Up Up and Away Basically Bare set and I treated the canvas balloon with a bit of ZIG Fabricolor twin colour through a mask and then stamped with Archival and added some stitching.

So lots of textures to play with! All the Basically Bare items are available from the Kuretake Shop btw.

I have some other samples to show at a later date but before I go I just wanted to let you know about my new article in the latest issue of Papercraft Essentials PE81.

It's the Kiss stamping masterclass and I've used Hero Arts stamps for this one, hope you like it!

Thanks for popping by and have a fun Tuesday!

Kim

Edit: I'm linking this up to Brenda's blog Bumblebees and Butterflies for Tuesday Treasures, don't forget to pop over and checkout the links and Brenda's lovely stamped purse.

Flying By With A Work In Progress And Demo News

Just a bit of a fly by from me today, I'm in the middle of some last minute sample making for my demo this Saturday at Stamp Addicts in Bedford.

Here is a little sneaky peek at one of the samples...

You guessed it I'm doing a Basically Bare Demo for Kuretake this week.  He is one of the felt Owls from the Stackabellies Owls kit and I've done a bit of stitchery on him.

Right, well I better get on. Hope to see you between 10am-4pm at Stamp Addicts. I won't be the only person demoing, it is a free demoing event so should be great fun!

Kim

Flying High In A Hot Air Balloon

How about a little trip in a hot air balloon today? I've always liked the idea of it but have yet to try it, what about yourselves? Ever been for a hot air balloon flight? What is it like?

I don't think we would fit into this little hot air balloon though! It is one of the Basically Bare from the Signature Range available from Kuretake, it is called Up Up and Away and you get two balloons in the set - a fabric one and an acrylic one, with a corrugated cardboard basket and a chipboard basket.

This one is the acrylic balloon with the chipboard basket.

All the colour is from the ZIG Painty Markers and I've used a collage background. The little flower button is made from the Basically Bare Bare Basics Blossoms and Leaves.

I've got full instructions on how to put this make together if you are interested - it is on the Kuretake blog.

Have a lovely flying Wednesday!

Kim

Kuretake And Basically Bare Snowy Angel Bauble

Hello Christmas Chicks! I don't know if any of you have spotted this already but I have a tutorial up on the Kuretake Blog for how I made this fun little Basically Bare and ZIG Pens Snowy Angel Bauble.

Do feel free to go take a look and whilst you are there check out all the amazing tutorials and tips from the rest of the Design Team and the Kuretake Marketing team.

You might want to hook up with Kuretake on their Blog, Twitter or Facebook or all three as they regularly do giveaways and you will get to see all the products and hear all the news first hand of course!

Kim

Kuretake Shop Opening For Business

Keep your eyes open - the new Kuretake shop is due to open today! Wahoo!

Not only will you be able to get all your Kuretake and ZIG products from the Kuretake shop but Kuretake are also distributing the fabulous Basically Bare!

So now you will be able to get all the alterables and colouring mediums you need to let your creativity go wild!

I recently got a chance to play with some Basically Bare products and they are the perfect substrate for all the  Kuretake ZIG range.

Here are a couple of projects, I'll be showing some more and some tutorials as well in the near future, so keep your eyes peeled.

Also have you checked out the Kuretake blog recently? Not only have there been some amazing projects from the DT but you might be interested in this 'Be A Kuretake Follower...Be A Winner' post!

Have fun nosing around the new Kuretake shop when it is open!

Kim