BasicGrey challenges #30 - soft centres

Wow! it's Easter Saturday and also time for a Basic Grey Challenge! and for this weeks challenge we would like you to take inspiration from your favourite Chocolates, so if your favourite chocolate is Mint chocolate... then you would base the colours of your card Brown and white/Green, sounds scrumptious doesn't it?

Well I'm quite partial to caramel centres, mmmm so sweet, I went for lighter browns, which I have cut into waves to represent the gooey caramel in lovely dark chocolate. I have stamped my swirlie stamps over this too!

The lovely Demure I thought went with the soft theme and with her flowing dress. I have coloured her in distress inks and used stickles over the dress which you might just make out the sparkle in one of the close ups. I have layered on top of the coloured image with clear embossing ink and three layers of Utee (Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel). Love this effect it has a very glass like finish.

The sentiment I have stamped and heat embossed onto acetate which I have trimmed and used my clear foam to raise it off the card front. Click images for close up!

Materials:

Paper: BG - Bittersweet, watercolour paper, acetate,

Stamps: Sugar Nellie - Demure, Inkadinkado - Collaged Expressions, BG - 2scoops swirlie,

Die's: Circle cutter.

Ink: Memento - Black, Distress inks, Distress clear embossing ink, colourbox brown,

Other: paper flower - from the lovely Martine, clear 3D foam, MM - velvet brads, ep - black, clear Utee,

Thanks for stopping by and BiG HuGs ♥ enjoy your Easter, Kim x

Card for a child

A Spoon full of Sugar's - Challenge 25 ~ A child's card

I wanted to try one of these shadow box cards. They're lovely to make and can be flattened for the envelope.

This is for a seven year old girl, but she's not girly girl, so I went for soft colours and not pinks! She happened to get a new kitten for her birthday so what better image! Here's a detail of my dimensional paper piecing, just can't get enough of that!

Materials:

Paper: Cosmo Cricket QVC TSV

Die's: Nestabilities - Circles. Sizzix - Trixie girl alphabet. Butterfly punch

Stamps: Sugar Nellie - Sweet Ebony, Kitty. PTI - sentiment

Ink: Versafine - Black, Copic sketch markers.

Other: Sakura gel pens, Scrapbook Adhesives Mounting Squares, Glossy accents, Adhesive gems.

This is just a little tutorial...

1. Cut 2 patterned papers 14.5 x 14.5 cm and score at 1cm and 2cm on each edge. On front die cut circle and (you could die cut smaller circle from separate piece to create a frame).

2. Stamp Image on to white card and using copic markers colour the head, hands and feet. Then using the black ink, stamp different parts of the image on scraps of patterned paper

3. Next cut out each stamped section, then layer image using 3d foam and glue to create Dimensional paper piecing. Highlight with pens and glitter to finish.

4. Die cut sentiment, edge with glitter pen add a few flowers from kit. Attach to back of card with 3d foam, decorate with gems.

5. Punch butterflies and decorate, Stamp sentiment and add pretty gems. Then adhere front and back panel together with double sided tape on to edges! 3D box card can be flattened for posting!

Thanks for stopping by and for all your congrats, I'm still over the moon! HuGs Kim x

Cool Yule

This weeks challenge over at PTW is to make a Christmas card! Yes, about 5 months to Christmas now so the countdown begins for us crafters!!!

I'm so pleased with how this turned out! The image isn't a very traditional Christmas but with the envelope in her hand, it reminded me of writing Xmas cards! Seeing as my copic markers arrived (wooo Hooo) I had to use them! Loving them there's no odour like other markers I've used and have I mentioned that I'm really loving them, and now I'm already addicted to them I will HAVE to get more colours (of course!)

I made the mini Christmas card with nesty and decorated by shrinking the holly that I had coloured with stardust pen before heating (so cute)! There's lots of inking around edges and stuff! creating bit of distressed look!

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Materials:
Paper: BG sugared, PM vellum, cream card, DCWV glitter card,
Die's: Nestabilities squares, Sizzix holly, snowflakes,
Stamps: Mixed Messages - merry Christmas,make a wish, Sweet Ebony - pen pal, BG - swirls,
Ink: Staz On Black, Copic markers, stardust pen, colourbox creamy brown, dark moss,

Other: Glossy accents, Tim's distresser, Tim's blending thingy, glue pen, 3D foam, yummy red adhesive gems.

Thanks for stopping by, I have made quite a few cards recently but haven't had a great deal of time to upload them, (camera full of baby photo's too!) so bare with me there's more on the way! HuGs Kim x

One for the Girls

Came across this challenge blog... a spoonfull of sugar

"We are primarily a card making challenge blog but if you wish to make something else that is fine by us. All we ask is that you have a Sugar Nellie a Rachelle Anne Miller or a Hanglar stamp somewhere on your design."

As I treated myself to the very adorable Ebony collection thought I could have a go,

One for the Girls
we had boys last week so we couldn’t leave out the girls, We would like you to make a Girlie inspired card.

click them to enlarge!

Materials:

Paper: BG 2scoops, white card,

Die's: Nestabilities circles, Sizzix - grass, flower layers, circle frames, ice cream

Stamps: Sweet art Ebony summer ice cream, & sentiment

Ink: Staz On Black, Watercolours, Pastels.
Other: Shrink plastic, PM gem brads, 3D foam.

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to look at my candy there's still a little time to enter!

Sweet Ebony Thank you

This thank you follows the Saturday Sketch over on Lauren's blog. I was very pleased with how this turned out...

I actually bought the sweet ebony set this is my first, they are such beautiful images they remind me of my childhood with Holly Hobby, (which seems all the rage!) You should check the artists Site she does amazing artwork. Her watering can just had to be red, I then went over with glossy accents and glaze, in fact I coloured the image as soon as it arrived in post and it happened to match the patterned paper (imagine! I probably wouldn't be able the other way round!)

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Materials:
Paper: BG 2scoops, white card,
Die's: Nestabilities circles, small daisy punch,
Stamps: thanks so much - Mixed Messages, Sweet Ebony Flowers
Ink: Staz On Black, Watercolours, Pastel pink colourbox, clear glaze pen.

Other: Glossy accents, flat backed gems, 3D foam.

Thanks for stopping by, hope your not fed up of thank you cards! I still have a few more to upload!