Monday 30 November 2015

ATC365 #334 REPTILE






No particular reason, I just like the stamp.



Kim xx

MARVELLOUS MONDAY with VISIBLE IMAGE






Oh I love working with these Visible Image stamps!

This flower from the INKognito range is just amazing.


The background is from remnants for a BIGGER Visible Image project which I am keeping under wraps for the moment. I first coloured some white card with Brusho paints and then applied a very dry layer of white gesso. For half of the card I then stamped the circles from the universal set and coloured some of them in with red Brusho. Another dry brushing with gesso before stamping and embossing in black with the sentiment and the flower. Each piece was then machine sewn onto black card.


Visible Image Universal background stamps   Visible Image Flower INKognito stamp  Visible Image Imperfection Is Beauty stamp

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See you next week for another Marvellous Monday and in the meantime enjoy your week, get crafty and show us what you have been up to!

Happy Days!  Kim

Sunday 29 November 2015

Friday 27 November 2015

ATC365 #331 ALL MY TOMORROWS





FRIDAY !!!!
FRIDAY !!!!
FRIDAY !!!!
FRIDAY !!!!
FRIDAY !!!!
FRIDAY !!!!
FRIDAY !!!!


Nothing changes.

Kim xx

Thursday 26 November 2015

ATC365 #330 HAPPY BIRTHDAY BONSAI







No prizes for guessing what this ATC celebrates.

And no prizes for knowing who it refers to either.



Kim xx

Wednesday 25 November 2015

ATC365 #329 WHAT WE SEE





Yes, you were right!

Another using the eye from Visible Image.





Will this be it for now?

Kim xx


Tuesday 24 November 2015

ATC365 #328 I SPY.....






Told you I was going to use this eye stamp a lot!

It's from Visible Image and I think it is one of the most unusual stamps out there.



Will it be a different stamp tomorrow?

I wonder.....

Kim xx

Monday 23 November 2015

ATC365 #327 JUST WATCH ME!!







My lovely DT bosses have just sent me this stamp which I cannot stop using at the moment.

My head said 'Are you going to use this stamp again?'

Hence the title.....'Just watch me!!!'

I didn't know how much I needed this stamp until I got it.

Thanks Visible Image, you're the best xx



Kim xx

MARVELLOUS MONDAY WITH VISIBLE IMAGE




Hope you all had a good weekend?

Bit wet and windy here by the coast but then that is just how I like it!


My project today features the lovely INKognito Butterfly stamp with the Live Life Now sentiment.

It starts with the usual Brusho background and some simple white embossing.


I used the splatters of the butterfly wings to edge the card.

Mounting with white card makes the colours stand out.

Visible Image Butterfly INKognito stamp  Visible Image Live Life Now stamp

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See you next week for another Marvellous Monday and in the meantime enjoy your week, get crafty and show us what you have been up to!

Happy Days!  Kim

Sunday 22 November 2015

Saturday 21 November 2015

ATC365 #325 GOLD






By 'eck it was bloomin' cold today.

Hail, sleet, wind and rain.

So where did I decide to go?

To the beach of course!

No photos, camera would have got wet.


Kim x

Friday 20 November 2015

Thursday 19 November 2015

ATC365 #323 WINDSWEPT





I had a very long drive home tonight across some very beautiful hills 

but my goodness was it windy!


This is a beautiful stamp by Fred B Mullet.

One of my earliest purchases of rubber stamp.


Kim xx




Wednesday 18 November 2015

ATC365 #322 LIVE LAUGH LOVE






Tears rolling down my face.

I read 'that' letter.

So articulate and eloquent at a time of such pain.

"Vous n’aurez pas ma haine"


Kim xx


Tuesday 17 November 2015

ATC365 #321 LEAVE YOUR FEARS BEHIND




O.......K.......

Preparing for gale force 11 winds.

Candles at the ready, lights keep dipping.

iPads and iPods charged.

Quick, do my blog




More Visible Image stamps for my piece today.

Words from one, image from another.


Visible Image INKognito Behind every Mask Bird stampsVisible Image INKognito Leave your Fears Tree Bird stamps


Kim xx

Monday 16 November 2015

ATC365 #320 ATC




Yep, an ATC for my ATC365 challenge which I have named ATC

Nearly at the end of my year long journey

Been difficult sometimes

Already thinking about what to do in 2016.......


I used a Visible Image stamp, one of my all time favourite ones, 
the flower, which I think is styled on a Gerbera, from the INKognito range.

Visible Image Flower INKognito stamp

Kim xx

MARVELLOUS MONDAY WITH VISIBLE IMAGE





My DT piece for today features one of my favourite, and unusual stamps from Visible Image.

Back in February 2015 the guys at Visible Image came up with yet another brilliant set of stamps with a music theme.  

I can't remember seeing any stamps like this before 
and when they were launched they sold like hot cakes!

It's nice to revisit old favourites and I hope you are inspired by this card.


First I painted a red and orange background using Brushos and then used some bleach to add the stars.

I used black embossing powder for the main image, the sentiment and one of the stars.

Some mounting and layering and a little bit of wet brush work to add a shadow and the job was done!

Visible Image INKognito Jazz it Up Sax Saxaphone stamps  Visible Image Universal background stamps

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It links to the group where you can upload your projects and tell us all about it!

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DT inspiration projects and check out the Gallery
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See you next week for another Marvellous Monday and in the meantime enjoy your week, get crafty and show us what you have been up to!

Happy Days!  Kim



Sunday 15 November 2015

Friday 13 November 2015

Wednesday 11 November 2015

ATC365 #315 JOURNEY




Nearing the end of this journey now.

I will be sad when it ends

~BUT~

I am already thinking ahead to the next long term project

Watch this space.....



Kim xx

Monday 9 November 2015

ATC365 #313 STRONG







"I would rather be a rebel than a slave"

Emmeline Pankhurst




Kim xx

MARVELLOUS MONDAY with VISIBLE IMAGE




A new week and with it comes another Marvellous Monday DT make with Visible Image stamps.



A simple one today, just white and mauve. 

I started by painting a piece of card with watercolor paint, Brushos as it happens.

When that was completely dry I used a coarse brush to apply a very very very dry brushing of white gesso in one direction only.

Onto that I stamped the 2 images with white embossing powder.

I tore the pieces to give a soft edge.

As I had my sewing machine out on the desk behind me I decided to attach all the pieces with stitches

A scattering of white brads and voila!



Visible Image Flower INKognito stamp Visible Image Imperfection Is Beauty stamp

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It links to the group where you can upload your projects and tell us all about it!

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DT inspiration projects and check out the Gallery
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See you next week for another Marvellous Monday and in the meantime enjoy your week, get crafty and show us what you have been up to!

Happy Days!  Kim

Sunday 8 November 2015

Saturday 7 November 2015

Thursday 5 November 2015

Wednesday 4 November 2015

ATC365 #308 JUST BE HAPPY



Mid-week tiredness setting in.

*yawn*

Thank goodness for these pre-made ATCs.




Kim xx

Tuesday 3 November 2015

ATC365 #307 TAKE RISKS








Another quick ATC 

One of the three I made at the weekend following a cup of tea disaster!

Lovely Visible Image stamps again.




Kim xx

Monday 2 November 2015

ATC365 #306 LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT







Monday, quick, tired, goodnight.






Kim xx

Marvellous Monday with Visible Image



So, what do you do when you spill a cup of tea over your blog piece?

You make something else!

And when you haven't got much in the way of stuff and time is short?

You make ATCs!


These were made from scraps left over from the blog hop piece I did a wee while ago.




Not as pink as they are in 'the flesh' for some reason but you get the idea.

I used the gerbera flower from the INKognito range
 and some of the Express Yourself sentiment stamps.


Visible Image Flower INKognito stamp  Visible Image Be Happy stamp set
Click HERE to go to the Facebook group.
Ask to join if you haven't already. 

Click HERE to 'Like' the Visible Image Facebook page


Click HERE to go to the Show & Tell page on the blog. 
It links to the group where you can upload your projects and tell us all about it!

Click HERE to go to the Visible Image blog to see
DT inspiration projects and check out the Gallery
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Click HERE to go to my KimzKrafts Facebook page

See you next week for another Marvellous Monday and in the meantime enjoy your week, get crafty and show us what you have been up to!

Happy Days!  Kim

Sunday 1 November 2015

ATC365 #305 PLAY IT LOUD




A day of contrasts.



Quiet, sunny, contemplative cliff walking then loud music tonight!

Nice!


ATC made using Visible Image stamps and scraps.

Kim xx