ICS #20

Pop over to Inspirational Card Sketches.... there's another fabulous sketch designed by the very lovely Dawn it will hopefully inspire you, as it did me.

Our sponsor this week is a BRAND NEW company that was started by Melyssa Connolly. She has started Whimsie Doodles, a digital stamp and cutting file store, on etsy. If you stop by Melyssa's blog, you can find out about her Design Team Call!!!!

So using one of her adorable digi stamps I thought would be great for some dimensional paper piecing. I have printed the turtle onto three patterned papers and a plain white. I have then cut each section out and inked the edges and placed in position with dimensional foam. I have completed the turtle with some very much loved stickles glitter. The flame on the "Make a Wish" I have cut, raised and embellished with a little more glitter, LOL!

click on images for a close up.

Supplies: Patterned Paper: Basic Grey: marrakech; Stamps: Whimsie Doodles; Ink: colourbox, printer; markers: copic, inkssentials white; Die's: Nestabilties, embossing folder: Cutb'g; Fiskars: Apron Lace; Grosgrain ribbon: AC; Other: corner rounder,stickles, 3D foam;

Thanks for stopping by, HuGs Kim x

Pop out Scene... Stampin Chic's

The Technique challenge this week over at Stampin Chics Blog was to try a Pop up....

Make you creation interactive and give someone a surprise as they open it up! Don't forget that you need to use at least 1 item from the CCSR range...

I'm a little late posting mine but here is the front of my card and have let the yummy busy paper do it's thang!!!

So onto the inside, this is what will be revealed when you open it, Don't think I'm lazy either for not colouring in (as you will know I Ycolouring) I was following an idea!!! got totally inspired to create a scene using cutouts like they do for the very famous Paddington Bear children's program. So I went to work and drew the bench, grass and trees, I used Clare's fabulous stamps for the rest of the scene! Then cut it all out and assembled so that it would lay flat when the card was closed.The Characters in Paddington Bear are always coloured in so I paper pieced the Chic with the patterned papers and coloured with my whispers pens.

Products used:

Papers: White card, WRMK - nonsense, Core'dinations,Stamps: CCSR - Doodles set, Sentiments, Stampin Chic Party, Jesse Edwards,Ink: Clearsnap - Queues Fluid ink, Vivid - Black, Whispers brush pens,Other: PM - flowers, brads, 3d foam, circle punches,

Well I hope you get the chance to have a go It was great fun and challenging, take a look at the rest of the Team they created some fantastic examples, HuGs Kim YThanks for stopping by...

I'M BACK!!!! online and lots to catch up on!!!

As you may know I haven't had a working telephone line for two weeks (arrhhh!).... well It's back "ON!!!" You know, I skipped and danced about and even Maoleidigh could tell something good was going on, until of course I tried to go online and alas it took a further three days for that bit to work (thanks to Nigel who pressed the right button)... turns out they had changed the old lines underground to new fab ones, it took a lot of Telecoms staff down the hole to fix that problem (I could see them from my window), I don't think I was the only one without :( But here I am back online and a lot to catch up on...

so... this is my late Design team card for Inspirational Card Sketches....

Wow this is soooo Late on my blog, sorry Dawn....

This sketch designed by the very lovely Dawn will hopefully inspire you, as it did me.

Loving this Cosmo Cricket paper and with my new Greeting Farm Anya stamps "they're so adorable". I even tried my hand and stitching on my paper. Very pleased with the result will certainly give it another go!

I have coloured the beautiful Anya with my copics directly onto some patterned paper, it's a very subtle colour difference. I particularly like this one as her eyes are open and as always is the case it rains alot here in blighty! so her umbrella very fitting!

Materials: Paper: Cosmo Cricket, Die's: Nestabilties, Fiskars - Apron Lace, Sizzix - flower layers, Stamps: TGF - Rain Anya, CHF - Kim Hughes -'Scripty words', Hero Arts - floral, Ink: Archival Ink - black, memnto - black, copic sketch, Other: Adhesive pearls, Lace, adhesive bling, 3D foam, needle and thread,

Onto other news...

If you happen to pass by a newsagants tomorrow (June 5th) I might just be in this months Craft Stamper... Woo Hoo. I created a teacher's gift's with templates too.

here's a little peek at one of the items I hope you can get to see the rest in the July 09 issue.

Click magazine to be taken to their website!

I hope you are all well and I miss having the time to leave you comments and seeing your stunning creations. Thank you so much too for still popping by my blog and also for those extra followers, wow surprised me! My blog candy is so overdue I wanted to post it a couple of weeks ago so I now plan to post it on my blog over the weekend! BiG HuGs Kim x

Some Gorgeous Blog Candy to mention

There's some wonderfully generous crafters giving their gorgeous craft shash away....

June at simplyelegantpapercrafts

Suzanne at slumbercards

Bev at bevscrafts

There's lots more good luck, HuGs Kim x

SheetLoad of Cards...: May 2009 - Shout Out to SheetLoad

SheetLoad of Cards...: May 2009 - Shout Out to SheetLoad

Be Chic and sheetload of cards....

We have a new challenge this week for you called 'BE CHIC'!! This is where you can let your imagination and creativity run wild in the hills!!Our challenge to you is to create a beautiful project with the CCSR product, whether it be a card for a friend, an alter item for your home or even a scrapbook page this is your chance to BE CHIC!

Very quick post as I have no working telephone line at home and at mum's to upload my CCSR creation for this weeks challenge! I made this origami box with decorated lid from CCSR papers, and a few die cuts and stamping! A gift set of 6 Cards using May issue of sheetload and the scraplings are made into tags, I even made the co'ordinating envelopes...

This is for my show us your sheetloads

Products used:
Papers: CCSR - the Big One, Papermania - Jesse Edwards Collection, natural earth, Acetate,
Stamps: CCSR - Doodles set, Sentiments, PM - floral,
Ink: Clearsnap - Queues Fluid ink, Vivid - Black,
Other: Heat it up - Silver EP, Quickutz - alpha, butterfly, PM - flowers, brads, adhesive pearls, shimmer dots, buttons, Anita's - 3D gloss, sheer ribbon, peel off borders, mounting squares, 3d foam, corner rounder, scallop scissors, WRMK - eyelets, tool,

Thanks for stopping by, HuGs Kim x

STILL no telephone.... but managed ICS #18

Ouch still no telephone but I am trying to keep you all updated with my design team makes and hopefully will be back on track in a few days! I can't quite believe just how much I really rely on my Internet and computer, so while the other half is left to watch the little ones I have come armed to my mum's with laptop and chocolate and images and have ONLY spent the last 4 hrs trying to catch up Aaaaarrrrrrrrh and still have not finished...

This sketch designed by the very lovely Dawn will hopefully inspire you, find it at Inspirational Card Sketches....

I'm sure you know by now how experimental I can be and with out my telephone I've just a little more time for more fun with trying new things, LOL! The Damask I have stamped onto acetate and heat embossed with distress powders! Really love the end result how fun. I have embellished with little stickles to give a subtle sparkle and cut out, fixed in place with fabulous clear foam.

The rest is as simple as it looks and the papers just ooze yumminess, as does this gorgeous velvet ribbon! If you want to have a close look at the texture from the embossing just click on one of the images.

Materials:

Paper: October afternoon, Acetate,

Die's: Nesties - rectangles,
Stamps: CHF - Kim Hughes -'Silhouette blooms', inkadinkado - damask,

Ink: Archival Ink - black, distress embossing pad,
Other: Adhesive stones, bg - button, distress embossing powder, stickles, AC - velvet ribbon, lace, clear & white 3D foam,

Hope you get the chance to have a go looking forward to being back on line and admiring your creations, thanks for stopping by, HuGs Kim x