Christmas Pink

Hey Guys, My last Christmas card to show you and this one uses the colour combination inspiration from the Basic Grey Challenge which is Blue, Cream and Pink.

I've chosen to use the lovely Oakley with Christmas Bauble another of my favourites from the Whiff Of Joy Winter Kit - perhaps an odd choice for the colour combo? LOL! The Basic Grey paper is from the Granola set.


So I've used my PrismaColor pencils and Sansodor to colour him and put him on an embossed piece of White Wash card from Core-dinations.

I've hand stitched this one, with a little swirl and snowflake motif and stitched some lace and beads onto the embossed card.


The sentiment from the CC Designs Cookie Crumbs Reason from the Season set was stamped onto some calico and then I stitched a border with some beads around it.


I had some fabulous news the lovely folks at Saturday Spotlight Challenge picked my Willow with Christmas Candle make as a favourite! Thank you guys, you have made my day!

Less than a handful of days to go....
Kim

Materials:
Stamp - Oakley with Christmas Bauble Whiff Of Joy; CC Designs Cookie Crumb Reason For the Season
Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black
Colouring - PrismaColor Pencils; Sansodor
Paper - Basic Grey Granola
Usual Suspects - Silicone glue; paper trimmer; double-sided tape
Other - Beads; Calico; embroidery thread; cuttlebug; embossing folder; lace; white wash core-dinations

Save All Your Embroidery Kisses For Me

It is a Wednesday Challenge over at the InStyle Stamp Blog and this week we have paper piecing as the challenge. Here is my GDT card for this week and it uses the very cute Dan and Mandy, aren't they sweet?




Don't forget to check out the other lovely makes from the rest of the DT.

Materials:
Stamp - InStyle Stamps
Colouring - Koh-i-noor; Prismacolor; Sansodor
Paper - Papermania
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; double-sided tape
Other - Embroidery thread; Colorbox chalk inks; Ribbons; Buttons; Nesties; Cuttlebug

Pink Magnolia

So how was your weekend? Isn't it strange being back to normal after a three day weekend? A challenge card for you today and this one is for the Simon Says Challenge. I've been meaning to do a challenge for these guys since the blog started but time never seems to be on my side. Anyway I've managed to get this done for the wonderful sketch they have this week, but you need to hurry 'coz today is the last day before a new challenge!



Materials:
Stamps - Magnolia; Woodware sentiment; Wendy Rhodes swirls
Inks - VersaFine Onyx Black; Colourbox chalks
Colouring - Distress inks; Watercolour pencils; Marvy Le Plume watercolour pens
Papers - Basic Grey; Own made
Usual Suspects - Silicone glue; Paper trimmer
Other - Raffia; White gel pen; Embroidery thread

Get Your Lovely Apples

Hey everyone, hope that if you are lucky enough to be having a three day weekend that it is a fun one for you. At the moment my other half is scrapping glue and bits of wood off of the bathroom floor, I've had a bit of reprieve to post this card, good excuse I thought :)

Bank holiday weekends are for DIY aren't they? We got thrown out of Homebase yesterday, what we had not factored in was that they close at 4pm and we got there at 3.40pm D'oh.

The look of panic on our little faces as we heard the 'Choose, pay and get out NOW' over the tannoy at 3.45pm. So we went into Mission Impossible - bathroom floor mode and split up to get the stuff on our long list.

Having asked one of the staff where the sealant was I then got a lecture on the different types of sealant and, although very useful, all I could think was 'I haven't got time for this! Why did I pick the only person in Homebase who takes an interest in their job?'!

No-one else seemed that worried that the shop was closing, this is how non-DIY we are, we do not know the 'Way of the DIY shop' on a bank-hol, Sunday afternoon.


Anyway onto the card! The stamp is one of the lovely Summer collection from Whiff of Joy and is coloured in with distress inks and watercolour pencils. There is machine and hand-stitching on this card and the apples are drawn by me ('coz I don't have any apple stamps!).

The beautiful vintage gold metallic thread lace is from my wonderful friend Siri, who sent me a gorgeous ribbon and button RAK from her Grandmother's stash, they are so lovely that I want to use them for something special :) Siri is an interior designer and if you are looking for some ideas for your craft space have a look at her new venture.


To all you DIY-ers out there - we feel for ya brothers and sisters.

Materials:
Stamp - Whiff of Joy
Ink - Versafine Onyx black
Colouring - Ditress inks; Watercolour pencils
Papers - Basicgrey; K&Co
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; silicone glue; 3D-foam
Other - embroidery thread; Metallic thread; Sewing machine; paper distresser; Siri's lace

Darla Does The Housework

Boy I wish she would come round to my place - it needs a good clean! A late post today and I have no excuse. Where does the time go? Well it certainly wasn't from doing any housework.

The lovely Darla here is from InStyle Stamps and is coloured in with a mix of prismacolor pencils and my new Koh-i-noor pencils, which I've been trying to get my hands on for a while but they are very hard to get in the UK, well until Elizabeth from Elzybells Art Stamps started to supply them. Thanks Elizabeth I love them!

I might also have done some more hand-stitching. Ok so this is now reaching obsessive heights I reckon :) Can I even make a card now that does not have hand-stitching on it?

Don't forget that there are a couple of challenges up on the InStyle Blog to play with - the Wednesday Challenge and the Thank Thursday Sketch Challenge - so plenty to be getting on with if you are bored ;) Of course you could always go do some housework instead!



I reckon my mind is very tidy then! Hope you are all having a lovely weekend.

Materials:
Stamp - InStyle Stamps Darla
Colouring - Kor-I-Noor pencils; PrismaColor Pencils; Sansodor
Papers - HOTP
Usual Suspects - Paper Trimmer; Silicone glue; Double-sided tape;
Others - Nesties; Cuttlebug; embroidery thread; white gel pen; buttons

Stand Out From The Crowd

A simple card today which happens to fit well with the 'Minimal' challenge that is going on over at the Creative Card Crew this week.

I've managed to do another challenge card - yippee!

So this card has been nestie embossed and I've stamped directly onto it with this gorgeous cute Matryoshka Dolls stamp from My Cute Stamps. The image has been coloured with PrismaColor pencils and Sansodor and I might have done a little hand-stitching again :)


Materials:
Stamp - My Cute Stamps
Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black
Colouring - Prismacolor; sansodor
Usual Suspects - Double-sided tape
Other - Cuttlebug; Nestibilities; ribbon; embroidery thread

Sugar Bowl Challenge

A challenge card today and this is for the sketch over at The Sugar Bowl. The papers are from the Bloomin' kit from Designs by Krista. I've coloured the Gorjuss girl with my PrismaColor pencils and of course finished the card with some hand-stitching.


Materials:
Stamp - Sugar Nellie Gorjuss
Ink - Versafine onyx black
Colouring - prismacolor pencils; sansodor
Papers - Designs By Krista
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; Silicone glue; Double-sided tape
Other - embroidery thread; Buttons; Ribbon

At Last!

I've had time to play with my Ms Anya stamps. I thought that I would join in with the challenge over at Creative Card Crew which this week is about embossing. I've embossed the pearlescent tulips with my cuttlebug and added some hand-stitching and glitter glue to finish the card. Ms Anya is coloured with my copics and promarkers.

I've been completely thrown by the bank holiday. I thought it was Tuesday today!



Tasha from the Creative Card Crew has a fab game running at the mo with some totally yummy candy including the much sort after copic pens and other lovely crafty stuff. So to find out how to join in pop along to Millie's Magical Moments.

Materials:
Stamp - The Greeting Farm
Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black
Paper - DCWV
Colouring - copics; promarkers
Usual Suspects - paper trimmer; scissors; glue dots; double-sided tape; White gel pen
Other - Cuttlebug; embossing folder; glitter glue; embroidery thread

Sugar Stitch

As promised a card! After a very lazy Easter weekend with very little crafting going on - shock! Horror! I have managed to finish this card for you today.

I've used the Twilight In Provence Papers from Designs By Krista which, btw, is only $1 and Krista has a sale going on at her shop with lots of yummy downloadable kits for fantastic prices.

The beautiful Sugar Nellie stamp is coloured with my usual mix of Derwent and Prismacolor pencils but I've also used the Shimmerz paints Blue Sky, Sunflower and Sugar Plum to add that extra shine.

Then you might notice a bit of hand stitching again?



Materials:
Stamp - Sugar Nellie
Inks - VersaFine Onyx Black; VersaColor blue; Distress inks broken china, lavender
Colouring - Prismacolor pencils; Derwent pencils; Sansodor; Shimmerz paints
Papers - Designs By Krista
Usual suspects - Double sided tape; Paper trimmer; scissors
Other - Embroidery thread; needle

A Bit Of Colour Inspiration And Name That Stitch Competition...

A challenge card today taking inspiration from the Colour Create Challenge blog which is celebrating a fab 10k hits - well done guys. They have some blog candy to celebrate so hop over ASAP :)


These are colours I rarely use but really like so I had to have a go! I dug about in my stash to find a colour match and after much hunting I found the mix of papers you see on this card.

I've done some hand stitching on the card. For a bit of fun can you name the stitches? The first person who can name the three types of stitch I've used on this card will receive a little stash RAK from me :) So have a guess and leave me a comment or email me.



Materials:
Stamp - Sugar Nellie Gorjuss
Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black
Colouring - Derwent pencils; Prismacolor; Sansodor
Papers - HOTP; Papercraft Essentials cover gift; Others that I have no idea where they came from :)
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; Silicone glue; Double-sided tape
Other - Button; Shimmerz Flashee Fuschia; Embroidery thread; needles; Paper files; Seam ripper