Thought I would mention....

"THAT I HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED....."

Yippee you can't imagine how delighted and a little shocked that the wonderfully, talented and creative Katy asked ME to do a feature for her in the Craft Stamper magazine?

The first of May was an amazing day for me wow I bought quite a few copies in WHSmiths Tee Hee, I have family in Ireland who have baggsied theirs!

June 09 Out Fri, 01 May 2009 you can click on the image to be taken to the website. So thought I would stop shouting and show you a couple of sneak peaks LOL

Now if you want to see how to create this little number you need to get hold of the craft stamper magazine and you can find me on page 56 onwards (how cool is that? I am in publication with such wonderful amazing designers (Carol Quance, Kay Carley, Marlene Ashby, Isabelle Norris, Sue Roddis, Alix Waterhouse, Jo Capper-Sandon, Cath Wilson, Penny Bearcroft, Anne Jones, Jo Firth-Young, Helen Chilton, Sharon Neill, Lana George,) who I admire and stir inspiration from)

As it happens I know that Mod Scraps has free delivery up till midnight tonight (sorry bit late in posting on my blog today, we went to May Fair in the rain but went on a few rides that was fun... love screaming!!!) and they definitely have a few of the latest issue in stock.

Also wanted to give my thanks to all of you with you amazingly supportive comments about the last post you can be sure I am quite determined now! BiG (((((HuGs))))) Kim x

Hope you pop back tomorrow I'll have my Inspiration card sketch for you!

A card and MY NEWS... (a long post)

OK third post in one day (((shock))) so please scroll down for my dt cards for BG and CCSR. I failed to mention just how behind I have got this week there's so many birthdays this time of year, this card I was meant to post on Thursday, I did in fact make it last Sunday... I know a week later I hope I'm just in time to post it for the two challenges... yes I've used the fab sketch from CPS and Jo picked my favourite colours on the Colour create blog...

My brief was for a male card that's retro and not too much on it but with the name and age (?) so here's the result... I have die cut the dog tag from yummy grunge board and passed it through a sizzix embossing folder. I love the effect, I have simply blended over with some distress inks. The name and age have been die cut raised on foam and the top letters I have gone over with a little glossy accents. Click images to enlarge.

Materials:
Paper: WRMK - Nonsense Pad Of Papers & Embellishments, grunge board, DCWV - textured,
Ink: distress inks,
Die's: Sizzix - Dog Tags, alphabet - graffiti, corner punch,
Other: Sizzix - embossing folder, Glossy accents, grommet, Big Bite, glue dots, 3Dimensional foam,

So on to my news.... I think I should have done another post for this but will add more info tomorrow... Some of you may know that I have designed some stamp images for Amy of Pink Papery Studios

So when I tried my link from my blog the other day what did I find... They're all GONE she has just erased me from the site, she has also deleted the Pink Papery studio group in the craft planet forum. I have a trusting, gentle nature and feel really heart broken and very used... I wouldn't mind if she could not commit to making the stamps but I have had NO communications from her in fact so so many emails I have sent have never been replied to and quite a lot have been returned because yes she changed her email address with out telling me took me ages to sift through different sites and find a contact. So what did I get for all the hours it took me to create images on her terms, sometimes drawing through the night to stop only to feed Maoleidigh? Nothing!!! not a penny or even an email to mention she is not selling stamps anymore.

Don't worry it hasn't deterred me... I intend to start out on my own and follow suit where many have created digital stamps and then all I will need is to find a stamp manufacturer of my own!!! So seeing as the artist has the right to the images this one is for all of you, on me... enjoy, save it and print it out as much as you like but please don't pass it off as you own and If you do use it I would love to see what you have created.

This one is called a night in, Click on the image to download, the watermarking won't be on yours. Wow if you've read this far thank you so much, and hope you have a wonderful May weekend, thank you for all your birthday wishes, I've had a blast this week we went to see this band Slainte last night (fantastic) and the most beautiful cards coming through my letter box brought a tear to my eye, thank you girls!!! HuGs Kim x

BG challenge #33 - Black, Grey and one more

This weeks challenge is up on the BasicGrey blog and this time it's a fun colour combo...

The colour I picked for the challenge is pink and I was inspired to create a z-fold card. I have paper pieced the beautiful miss Anya and coloured the rest with my copics. Although I probably should have thought about die cutting her out before I stuck the papers onto the image. As it is I did it afterwards and the paper piecing has become flush with the background. I have embellished the image with a little bling and some gloss for the bag!

The flower I have created by stamping the stalk in black ink onto BG pink paper and cutting out. I have stamped the flower head a few times and created a dimensional piece which I embellished with pearls and glossy accents. Card has been finished off with ribbon and tag, click images for a close up.

Materials:
Paper: BG - Ambrosia, sultry, black, grey & pink card,
Stamps: BG - different strokes(offbeat), TGF - Miss Anya, PTI - mixed messages,
Ink: Archival Ink - Black, colourbox, copic markers,
Die's: Nestabilities, Cutb'g - tag
Other: 3D foam, BG - ribbon, MS - hearts border punch, Bling, adhesive pearls, glossy accents,

Thanks for stopping by I hope you have a wonderful May weekend, Thanks ♥ HuGs Kim x

CCSR - Stitching Challenge

Good Morning, well today it's my turn to show what I've created for the technique challenge this week and it's stitching! Now this can either be real stitches or faux stitches, so its open to all whether you have a machine or just want to doodle.

I believe I have included a good mixture of stitching is this one, I have hand stitched around the paper printed circle and inked the edges, there is faux printed stitching on the sentiment block and then I have faux stitching around the edge of the backing paper. The flower layers have been created with a few stamped images (coloured in) and on patterned paper the leaves are in fact the wings of the butterflies. Click on the images to get a close look.

Materials:
Paper: CCSR - the Big One, Papermania - elegance, natural earth,
Stamps: CCSR - Doodles set, CCSR - Sentiments, PM - sweet nothings
Ink: Clearsnap - Queues Fluid ink, Vivid - black, whispers - brush markers,
Other: 3d foam, PM - flowers, PM - brads, stitch tracer, needle and thread,

We would love you to join in with our colour challenge this week, just go to Mr Linky pop in your name and the link to your entry... can't wait to see all your stitched creations this week.

Have a wonderful weekend, thanks for stopping by ♥ Happy HuGs Kim x

Inspirational Card Sketches #14

Another wonderful sketch to inspire you this Tuesday from Inspirational Card Sketches designed by the lovely Dawn! This is one of my favourite cards to date, just don't want to give it away, but it's for my Dad who's birthday is the day after mine.

I'll start with the tag... I wanted to try Tim Holtz dabber-resist technique, I used Kim Hughes fabby trees, with my copper paint and I followed the video. I over-stamped the whole image using the script stamp with distress ink, then blended a few distress ink colours over tag with my blending tool. I didn't think the painted outline of the tree was enough so dabbed some paint onto my non stick sheet and used my water brush to fill in the trunk and tree tops. The flying bird I have simply stamped with black ink directly over everything. I have used a grommet to embellish the hole. Tee Hee... that was just the tag, the rest was really very simple. Loving this sassafras papers the edging is gorgeous and lent itself to the sketch very well. I have simply cut two slots in the patterned paper to slide the tag into. The bookplate is a Sassafras chipboard, I've attached with brads and the sentiment I have stamped onto Kraft paper and embellished with a little (man) bling LOL. I have placed a few yummilicious buttons with glue dots. Click images to get a good look at the details.

Materials:

Paper: Sassafras, PTI - Kraft, MM - Natural,

Stamps: CHF - Kim Hughes spring trees, script background, Studio Calico, PTI - Out on a limb,
Ink: Archival - black, distress inks, Tim's paint dabbers,

Die's: Sizzix - Dog Tags,

Other: Adhesive bling, Sassafras chipboard sticker shapes, buttons, grommet, Big Bite, glue dots, 3Dimensional foam,

Hope you get inspired and have a try at a new technique and join us this week. Thanks for stopping by and if you get the chance I would love if you popped back tomorrow I will have another card and some good news and I'm afraid some bad news, have a fantastic day ♥ HuGs Kim x

Colour Challenge #3 - Shower of Thanks

We've woken up to a very wet Monday morning here but I hope you had a fantastic weekend! Well today it's my turn to show what I've created for the colour challenge at Stampin Chic this week, set by Kath and Sheila, hope it brightens with the fab colours Turquoise and Yellow!!!

I created a circle matt by cutting and distressing the edges. The circles are punched and adorn under the edge which I have inked all around! This cute umbrella which I have been waiting to use I have stamped and paper pieced. The 'you' is from CCSR paper which I have simply cut out inked edges and raised on 3D foam. The yummy felt ribbon I decided to staple on, as it's quite thick. Flowers I have embellished with buttons, brads and shimmer dots.

Materials:
Paper: CCSR - the Big One, Papermania - retro floral & pastel colossal,
Stamps: CCSR - Stampin chic party Stamp set,
Ink: Clearsnap - Queues Fluid ink, Vivid - black
Other: 3d foam, PM - flowers, PM - buttons, PM - special brads, PM - shimmer dots, Anita's and PM felt ribbon, Quickutz - alpha,

We would love you to join in with our colour challenge this week, just go to Mr Linky pop in your name and the link to your entry... can't wait to see all your Turquoise and yellow creations this week and don't forget to pop back to Stampin Chic tomorrow to see what the talented Mina will be showing for the colour challenge,

Thanks for stopping by and Happy ♥ HuGs Kim x

Making Handmade Cards Reveal - Love to shop eKit...

Thought I would share my news that I have accepted the position of quest designer for Making Handmade Cards, Clare and Jo have set up a craft eshop which sells wonderful printable kits of images and papers...

Here's my first card using Love to Shop image ekit... and Madison backing papers...

I have printed the Sienna sheet twice, coloured with my copics and raised on 3D foam to give dimension, have also cut the flowers out by hand and embellished around the image.

There will be a step by step about this card on the site when the kits are available. Hope you like, be sure to sign up for Making Handmade Cards Newsletter...

When you subscribe to the free Making Handmade Cards Newsletter you'll get a gorgeous, E-Kit absolutely free! The E-Kit contains 26 pages of lovely floral designs that you can print out on from your computer to your printer and use as backing papers and embellishments to jazz up your cards! All you need to do, is subscribe here...

Have a lovely evening and hope you get the chance to pop back tomorrow for my challenge card for Stampin Chic! HuGs Kim x