Claudia & Company November Challenge

Welcome to Claudia and Company Challenge #6 and this month we have a

colour challenge: cream, brown, and color of your choice...

 

I chose a dark red for my other colour mainly because it was in these patterned papers and it's a yummy chirstmassy colour LOL! I have coloured Noah using my copics, cut out and raised him onto a die cut label, embellished with button, paper swirls and string!

Supplies: Patterned Paper: Websters pages: Hollywood vogue & waterFALL;

Stamps: C&Co puddle jumper: Party Time Noah;

Ink: Memento: black; Copic: markers(as pictured);

Ranger: distress inks: antique linen; vintage photo;

Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities: labels 8; long rectangles; Marianne D Creatables: Frames/Swirls;

Other: wooden button; bakers twine; 3D foam;

My card is also inspired by Mercy magnificent sketch #99 this week who's also our fabby quest designer and I thought I would enter this into this weeks cute card Thursday challenge #138... as anything goes and Noah is CUTE!!!....

Hope you have fun looking at the ladies wonderful creations too

Lori
Tori
Krista
Kim <~you're here ;)
Tracy
Kadie
Risa
Sandra
Sheri

Mercy - Our wonderful Guest Designer
Claudia

Thanks so much for stopping by, hope you have a wonderful weekend,

BiG HuGs Kim :)

Quixotic Paperie November challenge

Quixotic Paperie November challenge

This month is... No Square or Rectangle?

So your project can be any shape you like as long as it isn't square or rectangular!

Also this month there is a chance to win a fabulous prize donated from Quixotic Paperie by Elaine, picked randomly. There will also be the opportunity to work with us as a guest designer as each month the DT will pick their favourites from the entries and one will win a guest DT spot for a month...

Here's my make, nothing square about this little cutie lol...

I was so inspired by Jo Kill's fabulous punched penguins in papercrafts inspirations, I simply HAD to have a go. I've made a mini card using my largest circle nestabilites, as I don't own circle punches and got to work assembling him using patterned papers form the scrummy pink paislee christmas pad.

His hat I have paper pieced from the greeting farm's Xmas sweeties and the sentiment is from TGF keep cosy set.

The tando creative chipboard was so fun to embellish and decorate I've gone to town with beads and glitter and gems, although I had to stop myself adding more LOL! 

 

Materials: PINK PAISLEE FATHER CHRISTMAS 6X6, TANDO CREATIVE CHIPBOARD, The Greeting Farm - Christmas - Xmas Sweeties, The Greeting Farm - Christmas - Keep Cozy, Memento - Tuxedo Black Ink Pad, Ranger - Archival Ink Pad - Jet Black, Flatback Round Gems, Misc Shaped Pearls, Pearl Beads (acrylic) - 10mm - Mixed Pack of 30, Viva decor - Glitter Liners.

 

I hope you get the chance to play along this month, hope you have a wonderfully creative day...

BiG HuGs Kim :)

Simon Says Stamp & Show ~ Favourite Tim Stamp

Oooh it's Monday did you have a wonderfully creative weekend? I met up with a the most amazing bunch of blogging friends, they are so very special and really make me feel fabulous!

So after an exciting day at the NEC it's time to move onto the challenge over at

Simon Says Stamp and Show which is...

Your favourite Tim Stamp

Well, I found choosing just one Tim Holtz stamp was a tad too tricky, but notice that I really do love using fabulous flourish!!!

I have tried using it in different ways. Simply stamping on the 7 gypsies patterned papers with archival and also making a little heart embellishment with some UTEE melted in my melting pot and enhanced with some black paint dabber then wiped off excess so it stayed in the grooves.



Of course the flowers are Tim's Alterations die Tattered florals adorned with adhesive pearls and the bookplate is cut from chip board and 'pop' can metal.

Hope it inspires and here's the rest of the teams Favourite Tim Stamp!

THE director ~ Linda Elbourne 

Dan ~ Katie Davis

Kim Costello <~ You're already here ~ Linda Coughlin 

Lori Hassler ~ Lynne Forsythe ~ Nancy Crissinger 

Nancy Wethington ~ Terry Wietsma-Girbes

Thanks for stopping by have a wonderfully creative day

BiG HuGs Kim :)

Claudia & Company ~ Winter Release Party!!!

It time for the.... Claudia & Company

Winter Release Party

WOO HOO... There will be a wonderful prize pack for one lucky hopper; C&Co's sister

company Die Cuts R Us, will be sponsoring. We simply ask our wonderful

readers; to please leave a comment at every stop you have till Sunday, November 7th.

Claudia & Company Blog

Sandra

Tori

Pam

Risa

Shelby

Krista

Nicole

Margie

Tracy

Jacquie

Kim <~you're here

Sheri

Lysa

Lori

Kadie

Our wonderful guest designer: Mercy Kerin

Claudia

Have fun BiG HuGs Kim :)

Buttons & Birthdays...

Morning well, this should have posted yesterday but better late then never...

 

So, today the new December issue of Craft Stamper Magazine is on sale and full of wonderful projects... I have a Masterclass published this month creating Bespoke Buttons, Thank you Katy :) I demonstrate four different techniques to create bespoke buttons to perfectly co-ordinate your crafting projects. The picture is a little sneak peek (I must have made over two hundred, tee hee) but all the details on how to make then can be found in the magazine!

 I wanted to mention that it is Elaine's birthday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

 and she is celebrating in style with some Blog candy on this blog and on her own blog and she has 10% off at the shop until Sunday. There's some yummy new stock... pink paislee father christmas, websters pages and so much more...

 

Thank you so much for stopping by, hope you pop back later for the Claudia and Company Blog hop and winter party.

BiG HuGs Kim :)

Claudia & Company Winter Release Sneak...

Not long now till the...

So until then here's a couple more sneak peeks of the upcoming Claudia & Company winter release...

introducing the adorable Party Penguin,

the papers really inspired the soft colours of my card. I have paper pieced party penguin and added a generous amount of glitter onto the snowflake.

I couldn't resist a little fun flock on Penguin hope you can see the soft pile in the close up.

and the adorable Winter Landon...

such a cutie puddle jumper he has an adorable teddy and fabulous senitment included too!

I made this one very quickly using the wonderful Mojo Monday sketch 163 think I could use this for many christmas cards!

Thanks for stopping by, you would think I could have worked out the time difference by now ha ha ha, forgot our clocks went back. Now I hope you get time to have a look at the other stunning creations from the rest of the team,

Claudia & Company Blog

Sandra

Tori

Risa

Krista

Tracy

Sheri

Lori

Kadie

BiG HuGs, Kim :)

Simon Says Stamp & Show ~ Something Shabby!!!

Can't believe it's November already, wow comes round so quickly and appears myself and blogger are just not getting on, I'm a bit late with my post this Monday and the challenge over at
Simon Says Stamp and Show is...

Something Shabby

 I used Tim Holtz Vintage Shabby papers as the base for my shabby card. I then stamped the stunning corner stamp from Prima Flowers Clear Stamps BUILD A BAUBLE and used STAMP & BOND adhesive powder before applying metal flakes.

So like most projects I then created a few flowers from Tim Holtz TATTERED FLORALS Alterations using some buckram (modelling muslin) to make a rose, grungepaper and coloured with Distress inks. The grungepaper hinge has been treated with a little distress embossing powder.

Wendy's sentiment I have stamped in distress ink for a more subtle colour. I added a metal bird charm which was inked with a little white paint, added some idea-ology foliage, prima lace and embellished with quite a few adhesive stones.

Hope it inspires and here's the rest of the teams shabby creations!

THE director ~ Linda Elbourne ~ Dan ~ Katie Davis ~ Kim Costello <~ You're already here ~ Linda Coughlin ~ Lori Hassler ~ Lynne Forsythe ~ Nancy Crissinger ~ Nancy Wethington ~ Terry Wietsma-Girbes

Thanks for stopping by have a wonderfully creative day

BiG HuGs Kim :)