Ila has some wonderful candy

Ila has some amazingly gorgeous candy up for grabs, you really have to go and check it out!

BG Embossing & CPS #92

This is just a quick post, wanted to upload this card for the Basic Grey Challenge using the sketch CPS #92

I always enjoy triple embossing and I used white ep so it looks more enamel (yummy), then rubbed over with gold wax so it shimmers, and continued rubbing gold wax all over the card you may just get a glimpse in the close up! Sorry piccies are a little dark!

Materials:

Paper: BG - wassail, MM cardstock - moss, white card,

Die's: Nestabilities - ovals, Labels 1, Cutb'g tag,

Stamps: PTI - merry & bright additions , Inkadinkadoo - Tree

Ink: Versamark, Hero Arts Shadow,

Other: White ep, gold shimmer rubbing wax, eyelets and cropadile, 3d foam, Tim's edge distresser,

Nighty Night, I'm off to bed early it turns out both myself and Dillon have the flu and tonsillitis, so not feeling too great! HuGs To you all, have great weekend! Kim x

Bev's Candy

Bev's gorgeous pink candy including a WOJ stamp - ends Dec 4th!

2Sketches4you - Kazan's Sketch 14

There's a great sketch over at 2sketches4you



Kazan's Sketch 14

Materials:
Paper: BG ambrosia, MM stone cardstock, grey board,

Die's: Sizzix - Accent with flower, Quickutz - Butterfly, Nestabilities - rectangles, lace punch,
Ink: Sakura pens.
Other: adhesive gems, 3D foam, doodlebug - rub ons

Thanks for stopping by, will have more to upload soon, HuGs Kim x

Whiff of Joy, Sketch

This is for this weeks sketch over at Whiff of Joy challenge...

Fancied colouring in watercolours and twinkling H2o's (so pretty, but it's difficult to see the shimmer in the pics!) I used my long nesties so it's not as close to the sketch because the image takes up loads of the front!

click images to enlarge!

Materials:

Paper: Flair Designs - Holly Jolly Collection, Embossed card - Black, watercolour paper,
Die's: Nestabilities - long rectangles, Sizzix - Holly, flower layers, Lace punch,

Stamps: WoJ - Willow-with-lantern, joy sentiment, Paisley,

Ink: Versafine - Black, green distress, glaze, Hero Arts - shadow, Watercolours, Twinkling H2o's, gold gel pen,

Other: elvet ribbon, Pretty bling, glossy accents, 3D foam, tracer, edge distresser,

Thanks for stopping by, and all your special comments, Thank you! HuGs Kim x

Cardmaker of the Year 2008 in Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine

This will be a long post I have lots I wish to share,

Do you recall this post?

Well I am so happy to tell you that I won FIRST place in the sizzix category and third place for Cuttlebug category! "Woooo Hoooooo" Jumping up and down with glee my winning letter waving around which I had to read out loud at least ten times to be SURE!

Here is the cover of the latest cardmaking and papercraft which I am in with my winning entries...

Cardmaking and papercraft it says it will be out tomorrow but I have my copy already and you can get it in WHsmiths aswell!

Wow I couldn't believe it I am still grinning and have been sitting on this information for ever!

So I may as well share my entries with you now... I took pictures before I sent them off...

This is my sizzix entry, I used the die of rocking horse and made it rock with a brad and penny which is all concealed behind the frame. In the slide show you can see how it moves back and fourth!

Materials:

Paper: K&Co - playful? (can't remember), DCWV - textured, wood paper, white card.

Die's: Sizzix - rocking horse, ornate frame, cherish alphabet, pin,

Ink: Colourbox chalk inks, white gel pen

Other: 3D foam, crop a dile, black bling for eye! Brad and a penny!

This was my cuttlebug entry...

Materials:
Paper: K&Co - Blue Awning, felt
Die's: Cuttlebug - Build a bloom, Tag, Corners, Embossing plate floral?

Ink: Colourbox chalk inks, distress inks, versamark,
Other: 3D foam, Tim's distresser, adhesive lace, blue ep, adhesive sheet,

Okay... so I took lots of photos, because I actually sent in six cards!!! and I've created a slide show instead of this post being super long!

Thanks for stopping by and I will be putting a special blog candy up soon to share my good luck!so keep watch and have a great Monday!!! HuGs Kim xxx

Laura's Sketch 13 - JOY

I made a few christmas cards using the wonderful Laura's Sketch 13.

I love the spotty paper in the figgy pudding collection but my pad only has one, so I got to work with my polka dot stamps from PTI and made my own version! I used distress inks and hero shadow pad to soften the edges. I was on a roll and managed to create four cards from this sketch! Well, you can never have enough christmas cards!

The robin is the new inkadinkadoo stamp I embossed, cut and put on 3d foam, finished with some Sakura sparkle and gems! Red velvet just screams christmas to me, so had to add it and this alphabet is delish!

click to enlarge

Materials:
Paper: BG - Figgy Pudding, MM cardstock - moss, white card, Die's: Nestabilities - Labels 1, sizzix - alphabet, Stamps: PTI - polka dot basics , Inkadinkadoo - Winter Birds Ink: Tim's distress inks, Hero Shadow, Sakura stardust, Other: Pretty pearls, Bling, stones, 3D foam, Velvet ribbon, clear ep.

Thanks for stopping by, HuGs Kim x