BasicGrey Challenge ~ Punch It

Punch Marie Antoinette?

tee hee, Good Morning, it's week 20 on the Basic Grey challenge blog and this weeks challenge is

Punch - it...

we would love to see some punches used on your creations :), oh yes but don't forget to include at least one item from BasicGrey on your creations if you wish to be in with a chance of winning this weeks prize!

I just had to have this Marie Antoinette image, don't you LOVE her dress. You could image her rustling past and I tried to create a soft scrunchy silk. I actually got to use my pale pastel copics, quite a bit of layering but love the effect!

I have used Kellie's fab Tickled Pink Stamp Sketch #1 for my inspiration. Marie dress is so large it's in place of the oval, LOL!

Supplies: Patterned Paper: Basic Grey: Capella; 

Stamps: Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps: Marie Antoinette with sentiment;

Ink: Memento & archival: black; Copic: markers*; distress ink's; inkessential: white;

Dies: Spellbinders: fancy tags; MS: border punches;

Other: Prima: lace; paper rose; adhesive gems; 3D foam;

*Skin: E000, 11, 13 & R20, eyes: G21, Hair: E35, 47, 79, Outfit: E40, R0000, R000 & G00, G0000, Roses: E04, YG93. E40 for shadows and I use my colourless Blender throughout.

ROLL CALL RELEASE DAY...

TODAY is the big day, the ROLL CALL set is now available for purchase. 10 Sprouts and 6 sentiments all rolled in to one stamp set for an awesomely low price. Make sure you head over to the TGF store NOW if you didn’t get your set during the pre-sale.

Thanks for stopping by have a fantastic weekend, HuGs Kim :)

Color Me Copic.... Coming Soon

So, a few of us fellow copic lovers know as Rachel, Amy, Traci and myself decided to get our heads together and form a little informational blog called “Color Me Copic” and it’s launching on May 28th!

This isn’t a challenge site and we aren’t selling anything, we’re just Copic lovers like you who wanted to put some information out there because we get asked a lot of questions and want to help you out. There will be photo tutorials, video tutorials and you are free to ask questions, we are here for you!

So hope to see you there, HuGs Kim :)

Roll Call ~ A SPECIAL Preview

Good Morning, I hope you've arrived here from Kelly's blog...

Here is Jade, just one of the gorgeous images from the Roll call set. Pretty COOL hey? ROLL CALL will be sold for $48 and includes TEN sprouts plus sentiments. The normal cost of this would be over $90 - it's a HUGE deal! ROLL CALL is a large, limited edition set that comes on a 8 1/2 x11 sheet of untrimmed rubber, similar to your regular TGF stamp sets (I don't want people to get confused as our SB kits are die cut) ROLL CALL will be available, along with NEW digis by artist Jessica Hymas and Marina Neira at the TGF Store on Sat 15th.

 

For today's Special preview, there is a BIG prize... since we're all posting Team Anya and the TGF Farmer's, we just decided to turn this into a fun, happy lil' hop :) ONE lucky winner will receive ROLL CALL just for hoppin' with our preview cards! Leave a comment on the CA&F blog after you've completed the hop for a chance to win!!!! - ONE random winner will be VERY happy tomorrow!

Please post the following order of DT members and stops on the hop:

TGF Blog

Cindy Haffner

Kadie Ensley

Kim Nath

Mary Giles

Melyssa Connolly

Mercy Kerin

Randi Wall

Amy Young

Kelly Booth

Kim Costello

Pam Varnell

Rachel Schneider-May Guest Designer

Traci Porter

Jessica Diedrich

Club Anya & Friends Blog

Thanks for stopping by and Good luck, your next stop is the wonderful Pam, have fun!!!

HuGs Kim :)

Happy Birthday Craft Stamper!!!!

WOO HOO!!! yes, Craft Stamper release their special celebratory issue of the magazine today and if you look closely I might have just made the front cover... tee hee you see it? top left hand picture above Linda Elbourne fabulous BIA masterclass! I am so excited about this issue... I think I've said before this will celebrate my contributing to craft stamper a year this issue!!! Thank You to the wonderful and talented editor Katy. This issue I have two projects in, I give a step by step tutorial in pastel colouring and little makes for the stamping contrasts feature. I was happy to see while browsing the updated site that the subscriptions are available worldwide which is great to know!

Here's a few snippets of my pastel colouring and stamping contrasts piece.

Thank you so much for stopping by, Have a fabulous start to the weekend, HuGs Kim :)

Birthday Celebrations Easel Card!

Thought I would take part in the Dare over at Daring Cardmakers this week the challenge is to make a shaped easel card... This also fits very nicely for the birthday celebrations challenge over at Simon says too :)

It's not exactly a different shape I just curved the top corners to follow the label die cut. So, I needed a card for someone who totally loves horses, then I remembered these Gorjuss images and edited the unicorn slightly to make it more horsey, tee hee! I have printed it twice and fussy cut one to layer over the other with dimensional foam. The rosette I made from adhering the ribbon in pleats around the circle and embellishing with die cut numbers. The charm I have attached with a little bead bling made by yours truly!

Supplies: Patterned Paper: K&Co: Amy butler;

Images: Gorjuss Art: pack 24; PTI: sentiment;

Ink: Archival: black; distress ink: antique linen;

Dies: Sizzix: tags; alphabet; Spellbinder's nestabilties: labels 8; circles scallop; WRMK; corner rounder; 

Other: chip board; BG: brad; ribbon; Quixotic: horse charm; beads etc; 3D foam;

Thanks for stopping by today and I'm so pleased you enjoyed my little tutorial yesterday. HuGs Kim :)

Wild Card Wednesday ~ May Flower Tutorial

Good Morning, Well, this is a bit of a looonnng post but I wanted to include my little flower tutorial...

Today over at Club Anya & Friends is a Wild Card Wednesday Challenge and this week the theme is May Flower's... I have used the fabulous sketch 62 from card patterns. I don't usually go for a circular card but enjoyed the challenge. I have used a circular lace punch for the card base and even got out my teenie tiny sewing machine to add a little detail. Fleur Anya has been coloured with copics and you can scroll down for a little tutorial on the flowers :)

Supplies: Patterned Paper: Cosmo Cricket; material girl;

Stamps: The Greeting Farm: Fleur Anya; Studio G: alphabet(thank you Tara);

Ink: Memento & archival: black; Copic: markers*; distress ink: antique linen; inkessential: white;

Dies: Sizzix: flower layers #5; Tim Holtz tattered florals; Cuttlebug: scalloped flower; PTI: bloom II; 

WRMK; circle cutter; Fiskars & dovecraft: border punches;

Other: sewing machine (I Know!!!) tracer; 3D foam;

*Skin: E000, 11, 13 & R20, eyes: G00, Hair: E51, 50 Outfit: Y32, 35, R20, 22, 24 for flowers and I didn't use my colourless Blender at all which must be a first!!!

Dimensional Flower Tutorial

I had so many requests for a tutorial on the flowers on my Fleur Anya card I thought I would share how I made them here today...

Cut patterned paper to cover the size of the flowers you are cutting. You might consider using double sided patterned paper or as I have done make a sandwich of papers using double sided adhesive sheet between.

I have cut two from Tim Holtz tattered florals and one(double sided pattern) from flower layers #5

Simply draw a pencil line following the scallops of the flower so they spiral to the centre.

Cut along this line... you really don't have to be accurate, just scallop as you go... the line is only a guide.

If your pencil line was a little heavy handed like mine, you can just rub it off...

So with tweezers, hold the outer edge and start to twist into the centre.

You need to wind it until you have reached the centre and the spiral is tight.

Now let go and allow the flower to rest and unravel ever so slightly.

Using your preferred glue (I used glossy accents) apply some onto the base,

Squeeze or hold the flower tight until the glue has adhered, then leave aside to dry (doesn't take long).

Now it's time to scrunch up the other flower layers, I use my knuckle to shape into the palm of my hand but you can use anything... really... just scrunch and screw it up.

Then adhere your layers with thin adhesive foam or your preferred glue.

You CAN use ANY flower shape you have, you could even use an outline flower stamp.

Then simply adhere dimensional flowers to your finished card...

Hope it inspires and you have great fun making some May flowers :)

On another note:...for those who asked, here are the copic colours I used for my Rockin Rebel card...  :)

* 'Thursday'

Skin: E000, 11, 13, Hair: RV21, 23, 34,  Outfit: C0, 2, 4, 6, 8, B91, 93  E40 and colourless Blender,

'CC Drummer'

Skin: E000, 11, 13, Hair: R39, 59, RV34 Outfit/drums: C0, 2, 4, 6, 8, R39, 59 and colourless Blender,

Thanks for stopping by today, have a fun creative day, HuGs Kim :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Craft Stamper.....

I am soo soo soo excited because this Friday 7th May is Craft Stamper's June 2010 issue, it's a special bumper celebratory issue too, as they are 10 years old this month and I started contributing to their fabulous magazine a year ago this month too... WOO HOO!!!

-There are eight extra pages of projects to enjoy

-There is a special Birthday Bonanza competition with £1200 worth of prizes up for grabs

-There is a retrospective feature looking back on ten years of the magazine

-The website is getting a new look and a new interactive gallery to which readers can upload their work.

Here's the card I made to celebrate, have a look at the other designer's fabulous birthday cards too:

This is my first collection of Webster's pages and boy are they yummy... I have stamped Tim's flourish with gold acrylic paint, love the effect. The frame is cut from chipboard covered with patterned paper and the edges inked with gold ink! It's a papertrey ink sentiment, one of my favourite's. The bird's have been fussy cut directly from the patterned paper and I have given them a generous spray of glimmer mist. To finish I have embellished with satin ribbon and Tim's pin and type charms.
 

Thank you so much for stopping by today, hope you enjoy a wonderful May Bank Holiday we are off to enjoy Dillon's school fair, hope the sun shine's...

BiG HuGs Kim :)