Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Red and Green....

Hello,

Wow! a huge thank you to everyone who helped us reach our goal of 200 entries for our stitching challenge. Your entries were totally amazing and I thank you so very much, you totally rock!

This week joining Simon Says Stamp challenge in the Designer Spotlight is the uber talented Tara Godfrey of Inking on the Edge. Tara makes the most stunning creations which I regularly drool over and we are so honoured that she has joined us this week.

The challenge this week at Simon Says Stamp is Red and Green. I have coloured my Sarah Kay image with Ranger distress inks. I have added stickles for some sparkle and have distressed the background with old paper. I have used Tim's distressing tool on all my edges and have distressed them with old paper. I have added some distressed stickles rock candy and added some star dust stickles too. I have added basic grey buttons to the centre of my flowers.

My autumn leaves sentiment was distressed with shabby shutters and sprayed with glimmer mist as was my basic grey paper. The leaves are a Martha Stewart punch.

Please do go and check out the rest of SSS dt their creations are fabulous! I thank you so very much for looking and for any comments that you leave I thank you from the bottom of my heart they mean so much.

love

kim x

inks used - antique linen, tattered rose, brushed corduroy, fired brick, shabby shutters, weathered wood, frayed burlap, black soot for shading.

Magnolia bookmark......

Hello,

I hope you are all well. Today I have a bookmark to show you that I made for my sweet fellow Magnolia DT member Hanna. I won a competition that Hanna was running on her blog to win a card made by Hanna. I was so happy to have won this and when I received it, it was out of this world beautiful. This bookmark is just a little thank you.

I have coloured my Magnolia image with Ranger distress inks. The Magnolia delicious papers have been distressed with Tim's distressing tool and then sprayed with glimmer mist and the edges have been distressed with vintage photo. I have added some paper artsy swirls around the edge with versafine sepia. I have added crackle paint to the heart and tag and spritzed them with glimmer mist. The letters are cuttlebuged.

This is the back of the bookmark. I have stamped my Magnolia heart keyhole with versafine sepia. Coloured with distress ink and sprayed with glimmer mist. I have then added stickle glue around the edge. The scalloped oval is a cuttlebug die and distressed with vintage photo.

This is the card that I won from Hanna. Isn't it absolutely beautiful. Thank you Hanna I will treasure this.

Thank you so much for looking. Have a wonderful day and take care.

love

kim x

inks used - antique linen, tattered rose, brushed corduroy, fired brick, faded jeans, weathered wood, frayed burlap

Just Magnolia Week 24 - A Colour Combo....

Hello,

Today is the start of a brand new challenge at Just Magnolia. This week the challenge is to use the colours Pink and Grey with the option of Black.

I have coloured my image with Ranger distress inks. The background is distressed with tattered rose. I stamped my swirls with Versafine grey and then added silver stickles. The star is a cuttlebug die.

I have used a sakura clear glitter pen to faux stitch around the edge of my papers. The border is punched with a Martha Stewart punch. The flowers are Prima. My Hero arts sentiment is stamped with black versafine.

Thank you so much for looking. Have a wonderful weekend. My Son's German girlfriend is arriving to stay tomorrow and I am having the family around for a Sunday roast going to have lots of cuddles with Luca and Isabella can't wait!

love

kim x

inks used

skin - antique linen, tattered rose

hair - black soot

clothes - worn lipstick, tattered rose, black soot

Tremendous Thursday......

Hello,

Hope your week is going well. My card today is coloured with Ranger distress inks. My background is distressed with faded jeans. I have masked my Magnolia Tilda and have added stickles to some of my image and the Magnolia butterflies.

I have distressed my flowers with frayed burlap and sprayed them with glimmer mist. I have distressed my Magnolia papers with Tim's distressing tool and distressed them with frayed burlap. I have stamped my Magnolia sentiment with versafine sepia. I have highlighted some of the products that you can find at the fabulous Heidi's Simon Says Store.

I have been given this award by the lovely Gisella. Thank you so much sweetie I am thrilled to receive this from you.

Thank you so very much for looking and a huge thank you for all your lovely comments and support it really warms my heart thank you!

love

kim x

inks used

skin - antique linen and tattered rose

clothes - tattered rose, faded jeans

shoes - vintage photo

flowers butterflies - faded jeans

leaves - shabby shutters

banner - weathered wood

hair - brushed corduroy

shading black soot

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Stitching Real or Faux.....

Hello,

I hope you are all well. I am very excited to announce that I have been invited to join the design team for the Simon Says Stamp weekly challenge! Thank you so very much girls (big wave) I am honoured to be a part of your fabulously amazing team!

The challenge is to create a card to include stitching real or faux. Well, I didn't have time to make a card for this week and I really wanted to join in so I have included a card I made for a previous post which has some faux stitching on just as an example. You can find this image over at Simon Says Store.

This week we have a very talented young lady Greta featured in our Designer Spotlight please do go and say hello as Greta's cards are fabulous!

Heidi the owner of Simon Says Stamp Store is giving away to one lucky winner $25 spending money in her store with free p&p! Which will be randomly drawn using the random generator.

Please do go and see the gorgeous cards the rest of the design team have created they are stunning! Plus you may find some hidden candy too!

We would so, so, so, love for you to join us in this week's challenge!

Have a great Wednesday and please take care.

love

kim x

Just Magnolia Bev’s sketch – week 23……

Hello,

Today starts another challenge for Just Magnolia. This week we have a wonderful sketch by the one and only fabulous  Bev. I loved your sketch Bev thank you so much I will definitely use this again. The rest of the JM dt have made the most beautiful cards please do go and check them out.

I have coloured my Magnolia Tilda with distress inks. The background is distressed with weathered wood and edged with frayed burlap. I have also distressed my papers with these colours.

 

I have distressed my flowers and leaves with frayed burlap and added stardust stickles. The charm on my bow is from the candy I won from the amazing Hanne thank you Hanne I am still using so much of your fabulous candy.

Thank you so much for looking and I wish you all a wonderful weekend!

love kim x

inks used: skin-antique linen, tattered rose hair-brushed corduroy, antique line, black soot top and apron-weathered wood, broken china, trousers-weathered wood shoes and basket-frayed burlap blueberries-weathered wood,dusty concord

Some Exciting news………

Hello,

I just have to share my exciting news that I am now on the Design Team for Simon Says Stamp! I am so very happy and would like to thank Heidi for giving me this wonderful opportunity to be on such a  mega talented team!

love

kim x

A Magnolia Wednesday.......

Hello,

I hope everyone is well and your week is being good. I have made a card today using my Magnolia stampclub kit. They are just so super adorable and I am now officially in love with the new Magnolia papers. They are just everything I love in a paper. Wonderful designs, delicious colours and amazing quality yep definitely in love with them.

I have coloured my image with distress inks. On the knife and fork that I masked Tilda onto and the pears. I have also added some silver glimmer mist it gives such a gorgeous shimmer. The background is distressed with tattered rose and edged with frayed burlap. I have dotted around the edge of my image card some liquid pears.

To stamp my sentiment. I first inked up the sentiment with tattered rose. Then using versafine sepia I just ink the wording. Then added some stickle glue in stardust. I have used Tim's distressing tool to distress the edges of my papers and distressed the edges with frayed burlap.

I have had the honour of receiving these awards from a most remarkable young lady Hanna. Hanna makes the most amazing creations and I would urge you to go and say hello you will not be disappointed!

Thank you so much for looking I would like to pass these awards onto everyone who visits me you are all so very special.

love

kim x

inks used

skin - antique line, tattered rose

dress and handles - aged mahogany

cutlery - black soot

blouse, socks - tattered rose

hat - weathered wood

shoes - frayed burlap

hair - brushed corduroy

Magnolia Wall Hanger......

Hello,

Today I have made a wall hanger which I am going to swap with Ann. Ann is so mega talented and I am feel so happy that we are doing this and can't wait until I receive Ann's creation.

I have coloured my Magnolia image with Tim Holtz distress inks. I have distressed my background and papers with tattered rose and edged them with walnut stain. I have also sprayed my papers and flowers with glimmer mist. I have added stickles to my image and flowers for some sprinkly spronkly.

The lace was a gift from the sweet and wonderful Vanessa. Big hugs and kisses I just love it.

I have crackle painted the grungeboard hinge with picket fence and distressed this with tattered rose. Then I have sprayed this with glimmer mist. The Martha Stewart butterflies I distressed with walnut stain and covered them with stickles.

I have received these awards from the sweet and lovely Ewelina. I am so delighted to receive these thank you so much Ewelina.

I would like to pass these onto everyone who visits my blog as a thank you for all your wonderful support to me.

Thank you so much for looking and I wish you all a wonderful Sunday and a great week!

love

kim x

inks used

skin - antique linen, tattered rose

dress - tattered rose, weathered wood, vintage photo,

socks - tattered rose

hair - brushed corduroy

black soot for shadow

Happy Birthday Heidi……..

Hello,

I hope you are all well. I have made a card for Heidi from Simon Says Stamps as she is celebrating her birthday and I would like to join in the celebrations as Heidi is just the loveliest lady.

I thought I would also join in with the Simon Says Stamps challenge and have made my card using the sketch by Iris. Unfortunately, I am too late to enter as I have missed this deadline. Never mind I still loved using your sketch Iris thank you.

I have coloured my Tilda image with distress inks. The background is distressed with tattered rose and edged with vintage photo as are the papers which I am in love with from Magnolia. I have added stickles around my image and liquid pearls on the oval behind.

The flowers are distressed with vintage photo and sprayed with glimmer mist. The little butterflies are a tiny punch and I have added liquid pearls in the middle.

Well thank you so much for looking and take great care.

love kim x

inks used

face – vintage photo, tattered rose dress,shoes,scarf – tattered rose, top, slip and socks weathered wood, black soot, spoon – frayed burlap, black soot, hair – brushed corduroy, antique linen.

Penny Black Christmas…..

Hello,

I had such a wonderful time on Saturday. I met such amazing ladies who were so very lovely and fantastically talented!

We made a paper bag card.

I coloured my images with distress inks. I also painted some gold glimmer mist onto the baubles and star for some shimmer. I 3d some of the baubles that were falling off the tree.

Here is the inside.

On the first page I die cut my circle and scallop circle with nesties. I added stickle glue to the snow. The stars and snowflakes are a cuttlebug die. I also sprayed glimmer mist onto the border paper and punched each side with a fiskars border punch.

The page on the left hand side I die cut my circle with the mouse just on the outside of the circle. The sentiment is also sprayed with gold glimmer mist as are the flowers.

On the back of the card I distressed my card with antique linen and then edged with frayed burlap. Then sprayed the circle with iridescent gold and then coloured this with distress inks.

Thank you so very much ladies for being totally wonderful! You made my Saturday at Crafts U Love just amazing it was such a pleasure to see you all! Also, a huge thank you to Tracy and Heidi who made our day very special!

I have also been given these awards by two amazingly talented lovely ladies.

This is from Ann.

These are from Alina.

Thank you so much I am so delighted to be receiving these from you. I would like to pass these onto everyone who visits me as a big thank you!

I wish you all a wonderful week and thanks so much for looking.

love

kim x

inks used

weathered wood,firedbrick,tattered rose, shabby shutters, pine needles, peeled paint, antique linen, frayed burlap

Hello Weekend....

Hello,

Today I have made a card using the Magnolia Summer Lazy Days Collection.

I have coloured my image with distress inks and have distressed the background with weathered wood.

The flowers and leaves are quickutz dies and have been distressed with frayed burlap. The borders have been stamped with sepia versafine.

Today I am off to Crafts U Love to spend the day teaching and meeting some lovely ladies. I wish you all a wonderful weekend.

love

kim x

inks used

Weathered wood

broken china

frayed burlap

mustard seed

shabby shutters

tattered rose

fired brick

antique linen

black soot for shadow

Hello Tuesday.......

Hello,

Hope you all had a fabulous Bank Holiday weekend!

How quickly is this year speeding by. I cannot believe we are into September already. I have made this card because I bought this stamp a million years ago and just had to ink it up. I have coloured my image with distress inks. The background and papers are distressed with antique linen and vintage photo.

I have also had the pleasure of receiving this award from the very lovely Kari. Thank you so much you are so kind to think of me.

I would like to thank another lovely blogging friend Annacarin for awarding me the awards in my last post. Thank you so much it is just so very kind of you to pass these on to me.

Thankyou, thankyou, so very much for all your wonderful comments. I can't tell you how much your support means to me I am sending you all big hugs and kisses from me to you. Also, I would like to thank the very sweet and kind Alice. As you don't have a blog I can't come and say hello so I just want to say hello here as your words of support are so appreciated.

Well thank you for looking and hope you have a wonderful week.

love

kim x

inks used

chester - antique linen, blacksoot, tattered rose

grass - shabby shutters

flower - weathered wood, mustard seed

ladybird - fired brick