Tea Dance Pink or Blue?

Hi Guys

Today is my turn to blog for the lovely Craftwork cards and I chose the Tea Dance collection to make a matching pair of cards, I hope you like them.

I was routing through the papers in the pack and saw these two the same in Pink and Aqua so I decided I'd have a go at it and hopefully you will like it , they are very pretty and not at all grungy for me but still I loved doing them and they were simple to do.

• Firstly I chose my paper and which frame I would use. 
• Then I Inked the frame lightly to pick out the pattern and help to tie it in with the project.
• I then added the frame with foam to raise it up a little off the base.
• The next mat I chose , I cut out then pierced all around the edge before adding it to the Tea 
• The the last layer I choose the dotty one but added the ink again to tie all together 
• All of the above then is added to my 8X8 base card.
• I added my Craftwork cards sentiment and my flower and leaves.
• lastly I used a quicky glue pen and sprinkled lots of gorgeous sparkly glitter to the edge of the frame and the flower (this is really hard to see in the photo but the close ups do show it a little).

 Its such a shame the glitter doesn't show as much it looks so pretty sparkling away.

While I was Ally Pally yesterday I was chatting to lots of people and the subject of Inky fingers came up , There are so many different products on the market now to try and clean dirty mitts but my favourite item is Grime boss wipes. I was at the stand chatting to them Sunday as I use them for the cooker hood and the window ledges etc so not just ink but I used to have to bleach my fingers at night so you can image how sore they were but now I use these wipes and they are fab but that got me thinking as to what other people use and what better way to ask, can you leave me your comments and let me know please.

OK back to  the pics for today's gorgeous Craftwork Cards 

 Inside 'pink'

Inside 'Aqua'

Its lovely to match the inside of the card to your project and in this pad there are so many papers that you don't feel like you have to scrimp and save it .

So here they are in Large format so you can have a good look .

let me know what you think.

Have a wonderful Monday and I will be back for Heartfelt  Creations Wednesday post so please come and join me also if you fancy chatting feel free to add me on Facebook and we can have a good old chin wag bout anything crafty or even not so crafty things haha.

lots of love 

Kim 

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Time really does fly.. Doesnt it?

Hi everyone.

Wow time really does fly doesn't it.
I cant believe it is July already let alone, last week would have been my 25th wedding anniversary if we hadn't have lost our David 2 years ago in December coming. It's been a sad week for sure although I did get a flying visit from my lovely son ( have to say that, he checks my blog grammar lol ) no seriously  he is lovely and was good to have us all together all be it just the three now.

I digress. So without further ado I want to show you some of the things I have working on for my teams this week.

This was for Heartfelt Creations using their fabulous collection for June which was Gateway to the seasons and deliciously girlie in shades of pink etc.

 This is a close up to show you how I snipped into the gate to make it look a bit different, You can compare it to another card coming soon.

Here is The vintage floret die I used to make this rose and then glittered it using a spray varnish and tipping liberal amounts ( oodles and oodles to be precise) all over each flower.

Next I made a frame for Craftwork cards so I thought I would add this to today's post too.

This was made using Craftwork Cards gorgeous Tea Dance collection and I loved the little bows all die cut in the pad for ease of use. This was really fun to make using a doily or 2 and the brilliant Candi as always.
This month Craftwork has launched its amazing Time flies collection which I Have had my sticky mitts on so I will have some pieces up soon.

As always a close up so you can see the lovely paper, And the bow I mentioned , I mean how easy a bow from paper.

Lastly some news.. I had the honour of using Craftwork Cards Sweet pea collection from times past to create a project of cards which is to be published in Making Cards magazine for August. I am so very lucky to be now associated with them and feel honoured to have my work published , If you know me you will know this is another rung on a long ladder as I feel a career in the craft industry would be my ultimate goal. I hope if you in England you will get to see a copy it should be out very soon and it will be for August. Huge thank you to Joanne who liaises and books us for work as she has been extremely patient with her newbie and feel honoured to work with her. Yayyyy.

OK guys, more tomorrow.

Have a great Tuesday

Kim 
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More Cards to show.

Hi all, see I told you I won't neglect you this week.

I have a couple more items to show so hoping you managed to pop over to Craftwork cards yesterday to look up the gorgeous Tea Dance collection or to the blog to catch my post, yesterday I showed you the lovely frame home decor piece I created and today I can show you the card I made for the

 I made it using crisp clean White a blush card and lemon/cream ribbon plus soft gold for the swirls.

 Close up of the bow and sentiment hanging, also you can see the embossed frame too.

 Here you can see the blush mat I used underneath the layer I pierced .

And of course no card is complete with out the inside to match. ( sorry about the shadow, I blame the dodgy photographer) herr hummm me!!
Next I have another project from last weeks Heartfelt Creations blog post using the gorgeous Gateway to The seasons collection which is beyond stunning

 Here is is this is The Fall season precut stamp which I coloured with Martha Stewart Pencils and added some glaze here and there , and a little distress ink from Lord Tim for the sky and bottom Grass. You Can see the stunning Gate here open.

 A close up of the colouring, I love to work with all different mixed media and this was a first with the pencils.

And a more closed view to show off the Gate cut from the die Made by Spellbinders for Heartfelt Creations of course. I also used the Grand Circles die to cut the card blank to use for the easel card here.
Ok this is all I have for now I am thinking of doing some tutorial posts so If there is anything anyone would like to see even if it is something simple please leave me a comment and ask away.
I may have some news for you soon about a certain lady getting a few cards published very soon so watch this space hehehe.
well I will be back soon with more inspiration so come back soon.

Have a great day 

Crafty hugs

Kim 

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New posts for June.

Hi Everyone

Gosh it seems like a long time since I posted but I really must not neglect you any longer.
I have a few projects to share with you all and I hope you like them as much as I enjoyed making them.

I hope you have all been having a great few weeks and enjoying the few days (if your in the UK) of sunshine we actually started to enjoy last week, that was before the rain got jealous and inched its way back to us haha.

The first is a project I made for Heartfelt Creations who have a new post every Wednesday on their Blog with all our Creativity for that week and wow it is always a real treat to go through it so pop over and have a look if you can.

 I have used several of their products here all available from their shop of course.

Here is a close up of the flowers I made from their matching die/stamps range plus several mats using velum in colours for a change.

Next I would like to share a project I made for Memory maze in Australia who make the most amazing chippie's, so intricate too.

This is a canvas board I added grunge paste to through a Key mask , then painted and stamped my sentiment on a spellbinder Die cut and painted my chippies and added some lace and embellies, quite masculine but not overly all needs is a funky hanger of some sort to hang up I think.

Lastly it is my turn to post over on Craftwork cards blog tomorrow (17/06/13) so why not stop by and read the whole post ,I do have a sneaky peak of course though at one of the projects which is another home decor piece.

 This is quite a large frame I found on offer in a local store and thought it would make a fabulous piece for the new Tea Dance Collection Papers which are gawwwjussss.. ( said in true cockney accent)

So I hope you have enjoyed these projects and that you may pop over to see my post tomorrow on Craftwork Cards, memory maze on the 15th of each month and every wednesday on Heartfelt Creations where there is so much inspiration , videos from the lovely Emma Lou the creative director who is just so passionate about Craft just as I am.
 
Anyway have a great start to the week my lovely crafty friends and see you all soon.

Love 

Kim

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Craftwork Sunday.

Hi Eveyone in blogland.

I realise its been a while since my last blog ... ooo am I  confessing my sins lol    oh well ha ha maybe here a while... well it has been an event full month as you may know I started a new job and now I am on my 5th week , had first pay day and am doing well.

I also had a small Operation on my silly ligament and had lots of steroid pumped into it so I am hoping that will make it feel a bit better for walking on it. Not as yet convinced as had several before.

I have had a shuffle about with my design teams and I am now no longer designing for  Die'sire with Crafter's companion  and will miss the girls immensely but will keep in touch with them of course. I am half way through my time with Memorymaze Australia now and have almost completed my first month with Heartfelt Creations US  plus  I will be with Craftwork cards like a limpet on the rocks under the sea haha.. for as long as they will have me. I am of course looking for more things to do if anyone has something coming up. I also hope to have some other news very soon  so for today I will how the cards I made for   Craftwork Cards this month

 The stunning new Tea Dance Collection.

 A view inside this Tent card to show how pretty is finishes a card to decorate the inside to match.

This is a good shot cos you can pick up the Micro beads used over the Paper from the Tea Dance pad.

I love this so much i think I may micro bead anything that stands still or cover it in UTEE from my melt pot both techniques I am currently rocking to death lol..

Next..

I used their gorgeous new frames with some of the Tea Dance paper here and lots of Candi crushed in the flower too.

And lastly ..

They have some special goody boxes and I was lucky enough to receive all three and this one had mannequins in it so here was my little pink vintage version, just look at the little shoes...

Lots of glitter sparkle lacquer on this... I made the little cotton reel

with 2 pieces of Candi and some seem binding in a role with the cord wrapped

around, cool hey...

Anyway tomorrow will have a new post and I will show what I have been doing for Heartfelt Creations so far..

What have you al been up to this Bank holiday weekend so far?

love always 

Kim 

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