Hello!
Today sees the first of a series of 3 ATCs which I made this morning.
I am not sure I will have the energy or time to craft for a few days.
So here is #1.
Kim xx
Sunday, 31 May 2015
Saturday, 30 May 2015
ATC365 #150 LOVE ME WHEN
What started out as a lovely sunny day turned in a wet and quite cold evening.
The bit in the middle was taken up with lunch out, a bit of gardening, a very long walk, dinner out and then a quick visit to the local before heading home very tired but content!
Made my ATC this morning before all this happened but only just getting round to showing you!
Night all. See you tomorrow!
Kim xx
ATC365 #149 SMILE
Oooops!
Late with this one.
Good reason, it was Friday night and I had a surprise visitor.
Used some little stamps to make the background, reminds me a bit of 1960s fabric.
Off to bed now, very late but I had a lovely evening.
Kim xx
Thursday, 28 May 2015
ATC365 #148 BALANCE
Number 148 in the series of 365 ATCs I am making through 2015.
One a day, every day!
Another tomorrow!
Kim xx
Wednesday, 27 May 2015
ATC365 #147 GROW WINGS & FLY!
Jumping in and out as I have lots of things on the go today!
Catch up with you all again tomorrow.
Kim xx
Tuesday, 26 May 2015
ATC365 #146 CHAMELEON !!!
Well, I have to laugh!
I didn't notice this until I came to edit the picture.
Do you see a chameleon?
I didn't intend it to look like one but I can't see passed it now.
Oh well, these things happen.
It is actually 2 feathers but the placement of the words seems to be the reason for this strange transformation.
Back tomorrow with another, hopefully normal, one.
Kim xx
Monday, 25 May 2015
ATC365 # 145 LUST
A quick in and out tonight.
Busy as usual, sorry!
Love Visible Image stamps!
They are the best!
Kim xx
Marvellous Monday with Visible Image
Hello! Nice to see you here again.
Also, really nice to see you, yes you, you're new here aren't you? Welcome!
Settle down with a cuppa and take a look at my inspirational piece using the fab
stamps from Visible Image.
Once again it all started with a big piece of card that I coloured.
I used Pin Flair Gentle Blends in Sunshine and Lavender on plain white card.
I cut the piece of card in half and then added more detail to one piece using the Grunge Polka Dot stamp and purple Brusho paint.
When this was dry, I gave it a quick blast with the heat gun to hurry it along, I brushed a very dry brush with gesso over the whole piece to soften the colour.
When this was dry I used the Polka Dot stamp again this time with gesso to add white spots. Remember to wash the gesso off straight away!!
Next came the stamping. I used black embossing powder for all the images.
This was a little fiddly as it all needed to line up nicely.
There are a few ways of doing it and this time I used the 'by eye' method!
The stamps are clear and the acrylic blocks are clear so that helped!
I cut the 2 pieces of card, one just the colour the other with the gesso and dots, to the right size.
I laid the clean stamp on the corner of the plain card and then placed the acrylic block over it lining the block up with the corners of the card.
I then stamped and embossed. I used the patterned piece of card as a guide and stamped some additional branches in the other corner.
After cleaning and drying the stamp thoroughly I placed the patterned piece of card over the first image and lined everything up, moved the first piece out of the way and stamped the second part of the image.
Sentiment stamped and all pieces matted with white card to make them stand out.
A few faux gems and there we are!
OK, me thinks a photo step-by-step of the positioning is in order. I will do a new post later this evening for that. I also have another way of doing this technique which I will show you at the same time.
Confession - I know the second impression 'jumped' a bit but it's branches right, so I just left it!
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See you next week for another Marvellous
Monday and in the mean time enjoy your week, get crafty and show us what you
have been up to!
Sunday, 24 May 2015
ATC365 #144 LIFE MOTTO
What an exhausting day!
It was raining this morning so decided to stay in and be busy and boy! was I busy!!
Quick simple ATC today as a result.
Used Visible Image stamps on this one again.
Resting this evening now.
See you tomorrow.
Kim xx
Saturday, 23 May 2015
ATC365 #143 PRECIOUS
What a lovely day it has been!
The sun was up early and stayed all day.
Love where I live!
Quick make tonight with some amazing Visible Image stamps.
Back tomorrow with another!
Kim xx
Friday, 22 May 2015
ATC365 #142 SADDLE
Whooo! Whoooo! It's Friday!
Paid a visit to Mr Generator today and he gave me the word
SADDLE.
Here is my ATC for that word and perhaps Mr Generator you would consider being a little more kind to me next time I visit?
Oh well, I made something that is the main point.
See you tomorrow for another.
Kim xx
Thursday, 21 May 2015
ATC365 #141 LEAVE YOUR FEARS
Well, I received a very lovely parcel of stamps from my bosses at
today and it seemed rude not to use one of these stamps for my ATC today.
I love this stamp!
When we are asked to select the ones we want to do samples for on release date it is always hard to pick out the ones you would like to work with most.
I want them all !!
In my opinion they design the most fabulously amazing gorgeous stamps in the world!
Go look and see for yourself if you can pick just a handful of stamps!
It's a hard task I promise you!
See you again tomorrow!
Kim xx
Wednesday, 20 May 2015
ATC365 #140 HIPSTER
Well, I went for a dabble with the random word generator again today
because I needed a bit of inspiration!
BIG mistake! It came up with the word HIPSTER!!
Wish I hadn't bothered to be honest, it was less inspirational that I am at the moment.
Head a bit crammed with 'real world' stuff today!
Anyway, I decided to run with it and came up with this little 'gem'.
It makes me laugh looking at those words.
Funny how they sound so wrong when spoken by some people and yet they sound so natural when spoken by others!
That would be those hipsters I suppose.
Back tomorrow with another gem.
Kim xx
Moo Mania & More #88 BOTTLES
WOW! What a lovely lot of entries for the last challenge!
It is great to see all your projects.
We have a new theme over at the Moo Mania & More challenge starting today.
The theme is BOTTLES - FLASCHEN.
I have used shrink plastic to make these tiny little bottles which fit perfectly on the Moo.
Looking forward to seeing your projects over the next 2 weeks.
Enjoy!
Kim xx
Tuesday, 19 May 2015
ATC365 #139 DEFYING GRAVITY
Quick dash in and out!
Thundery weather is playing havoc with the
electricity and internet tonight!
See you again tomorrow!
Kim xx
Monday, 18 May 2015
ATC365 #138 PUT THE KETTLE ON!
Who doesn't like a nice cuppa?
Whether it is a coffee, classic English tea, or a cup of redbush,
a nice cuppa is always, well, nice!
I love coffee in the morning,
redbush through the afternoon
and a camomile before bed!
And no matter what I have,
it always tastes better when drunk in the open air with a view like this.......
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| Aberaeron |
So here is my ATC for today.
See you again tomorrow!
Kim xx
Marvellous Monday with Visible Image
Hello!
Monday is upon us again but as always I have a little bit of inspiration for you using
some fab stamps from my Visible Image stash!
I tend to stay clear of the overly symbolic or religious styles for sympathy cards because I think that simplicity is best.
And this card is really the epitome of simplicity don't you think?
I used the sentiment from the More than Words Sympathy set and the leaves from the Christmas Poinsettia.
Simple stamping on lovely white card using
Tim Holtz Peeled Paint.
No more no less!
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See you next week for another Marvellous
Monday and in the mean time enjoy your week, get crafty and show us what you
have been up to!
Happy Days! Kim
Sunday, 17 May 2015
Saturday, 16 May 2015
ATC365 #136 FLIGHT
Another in and out today I'm afraid.
Sunny day, back out in the garden as soon as I hit 'publish'
See you tomorrow!
Kim xx
Friday, 15 May 2015
Thursday, 14 May 2015
ATC365 #134 FRIENDSHIP
In some ways I am pleased to bring you something different,
in another way I am going to miss those crazy birds!
I have also made an executive decision about
what theme my ATCs follow.
I am going to ditch the random word generator in favour of making them to suit
a) what is on my desk and b) what I feel like doing!
Radical but the random word thing has run its' course I think now.
Here is my ATC for today, a little bit squiffy but it was still a bit damp and so not lying flat when I took the picture!
It reminds me of a playing card.
The colours and the crowns.
Back again tomorrow with another freestyle ATC.
Kim xx
Wednesday, 13 May 2015
ATC365 #133 SERIES #6
.........and finally here we are with #6
I love these birds but I promise I won't use them again for my ATC365 challenge again
..........for a while!
Kim xx
Tuesday, 12 May 2015
Monday, 11 May 2015
Marvellous Monday with Visible Image
Another week begins and you know what that means? Yep!
Another inspirational blog from me for Visible Image.
How often do I tell you about how wonderful these stamps are? Well, I'm going to tell you again! They are fantastic! Made from a high quality photopolymer, these stamps are all hand poured, hand cut, packed with love and care and they perform bloomin' marvellously!!
I am reminded of this every time I get out the stamp I want to use! As long as you wash off any 'dodgy' product immediately, these stamps will last and last!
By 'dodgy' I mean things that extreme stampers will have a go at using things like bleach, gesso, polyfilla, anything wet in fact that might leave an impression! I always have a pot of water on the desk usually used to clean brushes but it is also where I drop my used stamps so they don't dry out!
Right, on to my project for today! I love using brown craft card especially with blue ink. Something about it. I like to team it with green sometimes and this is where I went with this project.
I mentioned Gesso earlier on, and I am a little obsessed with white inking on cards at the moment. White stamping ink isn't always very opaque and also there are times when I don't want to use white embossing powder. Gesso, or even acrylic paint, is the solution for me. I also like the texture it adds.
The card I made this week uses wet Brusho paint applied direct to the stamp. I used Lime Green and Prussian Blue, but Peeled Paint and Chipped Sapphire Tim Holtz distress inks would work just as well as the colours are very similar.
Using Bronte script and ink splats I made the detailed background. Starting with the Brusho then moving on to the Gesso. The butterflies were done in the same way.
To make the sentiment stand out I used just the Brusho paint.
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See you next week for another Marvellous
Monday and in the mean time enjoy your week, get crafty and show us what you
have been up to!
Happy Days! Kim
Sunday, 10 May 2015
Saturday, 9 May 2015
ATC365 #129 SERIES #2
Here is the second in the series.
Number 3 tomorrow!
Spent a great afternoon on Aberaeron beach.
Ankle breaking pebbles but such good exercise.
Work those glutes!
Nice cuppa and a Tunnocks afterwards.
A little piece of perfect!
Living the dream!
Friday, 8 May 2015
ATC365 #128 SERIES
Right, I know they are everywhere at the moment
but I have decided to use the Bird Crazy set for my next few ATCs.
Reason being the word that came up today was SERIES.
I could have gone with any number of designs
but I haven't really given these birds a serious workout yet
despite having had them for a couple of weeks now.
I looked at each bird and decided to create an ATC based on their facial expression!
So here is the first of 6.
Back tomorrow with #2
Kim xx
Thursday, 7 May 2015
ATC365 #127 BIRDHOUSE
Dashing here and there today, feel like the
White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland!
Back again tomorrow with another ATC!
Kim xx
Wednesday, 6 May 2015
ATC365 #126 CRUMPLED
I embarked on a new project this week. big canvas art and this little ATC is a spin off from there!
The word CRUMPLED was presented to me by Mr Generator this morning and I was quickly on the case.
Unfortunately this process isn't a quick one hence the long delay in getting it blogged.
Back tomorrow for another one!
Kim xx
MOO MANIA & MORE CHALLENGE #87 FLOWERS - BLUMEN
WOW! Those 2 weeks went by quickly!
The new challenge at Moo Mania & More has the theme flowers.
I am reading a book which happens to have a
Charles Rennie Mackintosh design on the front cover.
Inspiration comes from anywhere and everywhere!
Hope my Moo inspires you,
and don't forget it can be anything,
not just a Moo!!
Inspiration comes from anywhere and everywhere!
Hope my Moo inspires you,
and don't forget it can be anything,
not just a Moo!!
Can't wait to see your projects!
Kim xx
Tuesday, 5 May 2015
ATC365 #125 PARADISE
I have found it!
It might not be a tropical paradise but it is paradise non-the-less!
This was about an hour ago on my local beach.
Not a soul in sight and beautiful!
That's paradise right?
My ATC is a mini watercolour.
Gesso primed piece of card.
Brusho paint background and then a bit of stamping and colouring!
See you again tomorrow.
Kim xx
Monday, 4 May 2015
Marvellous Monday with Visible Image
Hello to all my readers!
Hello to any new readers.
It goes like this, on a Monday I blog for my DT. I am on the Visible Image design team.
Each week I show you one of the pieces I have made using ONLY Visible Image stamps.
Hopefully my project will inspire you!
Make yourself a drink, pull up a seat and enjoy the ride!
Sometimes I get the inclination to do some serious cutting out! It may not be for anything in particular but I like to have a stock of bits ready to add to random projects. I have a few favourite Visible Image designs I like to stamp and cut. Butterflies is one of them but this rose stamp which was the freebie with Craft Stamper a while back, is another favourite!
Now don't worry if you don't have the freebie stamp because Visible Image do the same rose in a couple of sizes. Details at the bottom of the page.
I started as I usually do by colouring a couple of A3 pieces of card. Here I used dark pinks and pale greens which I then stamped over with the grunge polka dot. Once all this was dry I went over the whole area with a very very dry brushing of gesso. This took the edge off the colours and also gives a lovely chalky finish.
On a piece of card which was big enough to be the main background for the project I stamped the rose all over in a burgundy colour. On another piece I stamped and embossed the rose in white.
I then stamped some leaves from the Poinsettia set using just green watercolour paint.
Then came the cutting out! I settled down with a cuppa and got to work. Little while later I had a pile of roses and leaves!
Theses were arranged onto a piece of burgundy card and I used some of that 3D silicone glue to give them some height. I placed them in a swathe across the card, I used a piece of vintage lace to give some more interest.
I then stamped the sentiment which is from the More than Words group of stamps. A few faux gems to add a bit of sparkle and it was done!
As always here is the ingredients list, just click on the image to go straight to the web-shop page.
Ask to join if you haven't already.
It links to the group where you can upload
your projects and tell us all about it!
DT inspiration projects and check out the Gallery.
See you next week for another Marvellous
Monday and in the mean time enjoy your week, get crafty and show us what you
have been up to!
Happy Days! Kim
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