Monday Morning on the Harbour Boulevard

Good Morning to all my lovely friends

Have you all had a fab sunny weekend? I hope so.  Doesn't it make you feel so much brighter when the sun has his hat on.

As you all know I haven't done and awful amount of crafting recently due to the op and last month I missed my Craftwork cards posting so I have made two little projects this month using their lovely Harbour Boulevard collection of papers, I didn't have any of the matching flowers etc so I used a punch and punched out lots of 6 petal flowers and inked the edges of them all and made lots of roses and rose buds and of course out come the hessian again, you all know how much I love it now haha.

Here is the box I made first.

 The box is 5 and half square.

 Close up of the tags and my flowers , although you can't see all the sparkly glitter all over them here.

Of course this is the inside. Could you all do me a huge favour and pop over to the Craftwork cards blog and leave me some love on my post there too as I haven't been on for a while I might have been forgotten ( thank you so much) Here is the link. Craftwork Cards blog.

I  also made a little 5X7 card , I am really liking that size at the moment.

My camera washed out the gorgeous blue here a bit but I took quite a few and you get my drift with it anyway. haha The little tag says "destination".

 I laid it down here so you can see some of the detail, like the right hand beach house that I raised up on foam, although again it didn't pick up the glitter along under all the beach huts.

This is the inside , For Craftwork cards I make full cards so I got to decorate the inside of this one lol.

Here's a money morning question, who buys stick pins to use in bows or on projects or who makes their own? do you like them etc , I have been busy making some and wondered who else does? and whether anyone would like to see them in giveaways? Just one of those thoughts.

Anyway don't forget to pop over to Craftwork and leave me a comment too if you have time and I will see you all very soon.

Big crafty hugs to all you lovely ladies

Kim 

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Making Cards. Blooms in Abundance/Heartfelt Creations Competition time.

Hello to all the lovely blogland folks.

Well as you all can see by the front cover tucked neatly over there  (can you see where I am pointing) no? over on the right hand side and below ( I look like a traffic controller) you can see the front cover to Making cards magazine promo for the August edition 2013.

It took all my will power not to  buy all the 4 copies WH Smith had to offer and in the end I still bought two, one to show and one to keep shiny and new.

When I was told by the lovely Joanne Garwell from Making Cards that My cards may be able to feature in Making Cards I was so extremely happy and have been excited to see it for a while now but never in a million dreams did I think I would get the front cover. Ecstatic isn't the word for it my friends, I am extremely happy.

 As most of you no I am hoping and working hard for a career in this industry as I am very passionate about it, so I'd like to encourage you to have a look at the cover or if you live near somewhere you can see a copy with the 2 page feature please do have a look then pop back here and leave me a comment and let me know what you think.
Of course you will also see lots of cards made by my friends and also there are several competitions and different offers in the publication along with gorgeous free quality papers in the middle to pull out.

 August 2013 Edition.

Right over on Heartfelt Creations at the moment is the stunning new collection called Burst of Splendor and believe me it is gorgeous, and a joy to play with. They have a new launch worth around $150 Dollars every month when the new collections are out and all you need to do is comment on the collection to be in the competition. 

 Here was my box which you can see if you scroll

through the DT items on the Heartfelt Blog.

The official chat on the blog from our lovely Emma Lou Beechy, the creative director goes like this:

"This collection includes a Classic Leaf die that is the perfect botanical addition for every project you create. The Open, Classic and Bold Leaf stamps create depth and variety to your crafty projects. Pick up the Dahlia Cluster, Dahlia Bouquet and Blooming Dahlia stamps to create a stunning floral masterpiece. These background, accent and corner stamps will add a delightful classic touch to every project you create.The Burst of Splendor paper pack is loaded with saturated greens and purples and sprinkled with colourful dahlias and clusters of wildflowers. White and orange dahlias pop out from purple border, bouquet adorned pages. Olive green eggshell patterns, ornate octagons, and wildflower-laden iron gates are splashed with saturated beige's and roasted browns. Brightly coloured tags and journaling blocks complement the climbing ivies and plum hues. This paper pack will make your project even more eye-catching.
Leave a comment on the Heartfelt Creations blog by July 16th and you will be eligible to win the entire release valued at $150.00."

So If you live in America and even if you do not, go and enter and the name drawn after July 16th will win the amazing collection That is extremely generous of them and they do it every month. WOW hey!

 Here is the box open so you can see the lacework more clearly.

And of course a close up of the Dahlia here on the box corner to show how I cut into the flower with a craft knife and pushed up the petal from behind to give it a more raised appearance, just like a flower growing in nature would, more natural I believe.

Ok guys I have more tomorrow 

encourage your friends to come by and join if possible and

please leave any comments below, I love to hear from you all.

Crafty  hugs

Kim 

xxxx

Delicate Aster's & Catch-up

Hi all.

It was a lovely day yesterday here in sunny old Blighty ha( only ducks would enjoy our weather ) mainly cos they could swim through the town. It has been a rough year without much of a spring and certainly not much of a summer so far but today was a nicer day with people walking around in some nice bright colours etc.

 On a serious note our weather is nothing to the weather our friends over the pond have been experiencing and I would like to express my gratitude to those helping the less fortunate out there and my heart goes out to all those who have suffered so immensely due to terrible conditions weather wise.
Take care you guys.

Last week on my crafty quest for Heartfelt Creations I decided to make a little box and then I made the card to go with it, Usually I am guessing you would make it the other way round but me being me always questioning the chicken or the egg haha... nope the box then the card... fitting together VOILA... o so perfectly...

The Result.

It was from Their gorgeous Delicate Asters Collection.

This is one of my personal favourites which I have made into my style by adding inks and embossing powders. By using chipboard , Paint and gold gilding. I have used triple layers of UTEE  dipped in gold embossing too , also added some over stamping to the writing  and used lots of the paper's from The Aster Collection which is stunning in shades of purple, I added distress inks in Milled lavender and Dusty concord along with several greens and some Sakura pens for depth too.

The easel Card.

A close up on this flower as it was made alternating layers of card inked and cut out with the Heartfelt dies and also velum inked and stamped, You can see the leaves with the UTEE and gold dipped edges.

Here is my box , please note all the wonderful colours kept clean and separate but still blending so elegantly through out.

Finishing touches.

The dies matching the stamps cut extremely cleanly and if you are unsure how to do this Heartfelt's Creative director Emma Lou Beechy shows you in a series of video's exactly how to do this technique.

 

I thought this would be a good time to re mention That I have Pinterest and Twitter too so if you would like to come follow me on there please click on the words and it will take you right to it.

Of course you guys know I am on Facebook but again come add me and keep up with all the Craftiness that way too.

So I hope you enjoyed my Heartfelt tribute this Saturday and I look forward to sharing more with you very soon.

Please leave me some feedback as its always gratefully received.

Love 

Kim 

xxxxx

Heartfelt Creations entry.

Dear lovely Bloggers from the lovely blogland...

Sometimes I really wonder if at 43 I am like this, what just what will I be like in 10,20,30 years time haha probably a whole lot inkier and wrinklier I'd say lol...

Anywho, You all know I entered the Design Team call for Heartfelt Creations in the US well I thought I would post my creations today and let you all see what I have been making while quiet this last couple weeks, of course I had all my own DT commitments to make up and I had a lovely package arrive from Stamp addicts and it seems I made it to the semi's for their DT too so have some making to do this week.

The first  Item I made was a card. 

 Below is the inside of my card.

Close up on the dimension of the beautiful vintage floret flowers.

I do have all the instructions how I put these projects together but for today I thought I'd just show what I made, if anyone would like the instructions please just say and I will do another blog post with all the instructions included.

Next item... Think secret Garden.

 Even inside There is flowers and a heart, bling and all matching.

 This really shows the stunning paper , what you can't see is the gold guilding on the edges and the 3 layers of ribbon around the body of the box, it has metal embellie's too.

and lastly Heartfelt creations sent me a want to scrap album to decorate which took a while, with lots of pages so here it is...

I have used all sorts for this one, Air dry clay made the words and heart here with added gold gilt once dry.

Inside front covers.

Next there is room for some photo's , note the lovely cracks... 

Here with have some inspirational sayings on show and in small envelopes for interest plus of course more photo room. Coloured here with Sakura pens.

I am so in love with these papers, and all the dies and stamps match everything so beautifully. 

My last additions to this was some ribbons to help pretty up the rings holding it together and a charm that I made from my beady stash.

The little hand on the chain actually says hand made too which is nice. and it has little bells. The ribbons match well too.

Anyway guys I didn't realise there was lots of voting going on over on the Heartfelt blog or I would have said earlier especially as there was a prize but it has actually closed now and my entry has all been sent and the digital pics have been received so Please keep your fingers crossed for me and hope I get in.. I find out on May 1st so of course I will let you all know..  I would love to see what you think of my entry so feel free to leave me a comment and let me know. I really do read everything written here for me.

Have a great Wednesday and feel free to add my on facebook 
or Twitter 
or come see my Pintrest I have lots on there from My gorgeous DT Craftwork cards 
too.

This weekend of course saw the Brrrilliant Alexandra Palace stamping and scrapbooking show that I first went to six months ago and what fun it was,  on Saturday I went and had company with my son and his young lady who is rapidly becoming a crafter.
It seems, the addiction is definitely a catching hobby haha.. then I went back again Sunday alone for a wander round and ended up on The Craftwork cards stand having a lovely chat with the gorgeous and special Julie Hickey (best hugs ever) and equally lovely Sue Taylor, Plotting the next things for you all to feast your eyes upon.
I ended up  giving an impromptu drawing session to show that 'YES' I can draw yay' haha I absolutely love it and still haven't given up on the dream of producing my own stamps one day.
Anyway this post has turned int  a mahusssive one so don't forget guys I need all that luck for the DT calls.

Big ol crafty hugs

Kim
xxxxx

Happy Anniversary..

Evening Guys!

Tonight I am sharing with you all a card I made for my friend Keithy's mum whose been with her hubby Nigel for 25 years and they were celebrating their Silver Wedding Anniversary. So Congratulations to them and a big thanks to Nigel for photographing it for me as he is a photographer so therefore I have a proper photo taken and didn't he do a good job, my work looks fab and so nice to see good shots of it. The lilac on the card was the same colour they had had their wedding all them years ago and Keithy asked me to make it with a stiletto of some kind on it as Mum still had the one they chose to have on the cake and I found I had this one in a kit I had from Hunkydory I believe so I was lucky I had it to match for them. So thanks again and thanks to Keith for setting up the picture session.

I made it also with Chloe stamps and sat and embossed and cut out every flower and added them all separately, I loved making it.
Have a great Friday
love
Kim x