Thursday 16 January 2014

Creative Expressions Thursday.

Hello and good morning lovelies.

You all know the drill now folks don't you ? Thursday is my Design Team day for Gorgeous Creative Expressions and our January stamps to work with as you all know are 2 of the fabby new Handbag stamps and the vintage body forms, last week I used the body forms and will again next so this week I used the 2nd bag called The Bijou Bag ( now does that mean its small or smart , if it was a flat and it was bijou ,you know you all would think hmmm tiny and compact) but this bag looks like you could stuff it with all your stash at the craft fair haha what do you think?

Anyway I have a couple of thank yous if you can indulge me for just a minute the first is to a lovely lady who works on getting my orders ready for the shows and does lots of different jobs all in one well obviously I am new to all this and she has been a god send and really has helped with getting things together , Yes Tracey that's you so can we all give a huge shout out to Tracey cos not only does she do all this she is a fab demonstrator and mum and friend too so Huge hugs , thanks so much.

The second is to all you crafting friends as the blog is going from strength to strength and You guys are the ones who make us want to show our art and keep it growing and I love to help and teach so again I know I say it a lot but I want you to know how much every comment is appreciated so bless you all and cant wait to get around so I can start meeting to all.

Right now stop waffling you say. This is a fairly quick one for me and the technique is in the colouring and the sparkle.

So meet The bijou Bag.
Pretty isn't it. ?
I started by stamping the bag 3 times with Perfect Medium and the detail embossing Powder in gold.

 This is the pack photo.
 The items needed.
Here is the bags with the gold embossing ready to colour.
 I then took some card to match the colours I would use and stamped the sentiment 3 times in True White embossing powder with perfect medium.
After colouring the bags and I was having a little experiment, The 2 outside bags are coloured purely with Promarkers and the middle one is coloured with a water colour pen but I could get such a depth that I would if I painted it or used distress to paint and after a while the paper began to melt a bit so I added some shade with a Promarker in the end.
Moral of the tale don't try cheap pens haha stick with the good ones that you know. Now i coloured these ladies and then covered the whole thing with  a self adhesive sheet and then poured on Diamond sparkles which  I just love love love.
Now once I did this the colours on the bags still showed through but of course they had a frosty tone so take your Promarker or any pen really, and go back over the glitter in dots where you want it to show more for me it was the darker areas. The voila they show miraculously back up again, just remember to clean the glitter off the nib of pen before you put lid on.

I nipped the corners off  of the bag layer and created a purple mat  which I had added the sentiments too and nipped off those corners too, the next matt I decided to do white and have the edges pierced. I don't pierce all my cards but the pretty ones or the really girly ones just look so gorgeous with it pierced that I cant resist.
 I used some Bakers twine and seem binding plus one of Sue's felt rolled up flowers that she showed me how to make on her last show for my bow.
 Each layer had foam added so I could stack them all with dimension.
Lastly I added some glitter to my purple flower and I chose three different tonal pearls and added then dark to light in little steps on the 3 corners without the bow and a large white pearl to the centre of the flower.  So you can see how quick this one was but how affective too. which colour bag would you choose Blue?, Pink? or Purple?.I think for me it would go Purple, blue ,then if I really really had to I'd keep everything in my pockets and hide the pink one hahaha.

Some close up's.

 Close on all the layers and sparkle plus the sentiments.
 Very close lol.
 You can see the pearl colours here dark to light from bottom up.
 The bow.
 This last 2 pictures are close ups on the completed colouring after glittered and the finished card. 

Well It is a little different from the last two days which was my aim and I will be back very soon with more lovely things for you to see. 
I decided to add answers to craft questions at the end of each blog if I know them so that everyone can benefit from the answer too.
So lovely Patricia asked me where I purchase my corrugated card with one side covered and one side ribbly (ooooo is that another word for my Kimglish book... now we have snaggle and ribbly guys lol)

Well I had a look about and for £4.99 in RYMAN Stationers they have a whopping great roll of it, its about 20 inches tall and I have no idea how long as it comes rolled up and they call it Corrugated paper. But its perrrfects for all them grungy or vintage looks I and so many of you love.

If you would like to ask anything you can do it on the blog or email me or any other way and I will try to find out if I don't know the answer.

Anyway I'm off to sleep now so have a great day , leave me your comments of course and see you very soon my friends.

Best wishes.

Kimmy 

xxxx

26 comments:

  1. Hi Kim, WOW what a Truly Beautiful Card, I Love The Handbag Bijou Stamp and the Colours you've chosen to use, and those "Awesome" Diamond Sparkles they are just stunning and don't take anything away from your splendid work!
    Love and hugs from Sam x

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    1. Hi Sam Thank you I am so glad you are enjoying everything and good to see you on here today.
      Kim xxx

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  2. Morning Kim, Firstly, lets all give a massive 'Whoop, Whoop, Whoop' shout out to Tracey for all her work and help to Kim.
    Secondly, thank you, thank you, thank you, for finding the corrugated card, I will be getting some of that, there is a Ryman in Liverpool, but will possibly get online.
    Thirdly, Wow !! Wow !! Wow !! I'm loving this Bijou bag card, I would definitely pick the purple one, my favourite colour, but I love them all, especially with the sparkles atop. I'm also loving the pearls placed that way, I really love girlie cards, and this one is stunning.
    Lastly, thank you for the replies to my email, I'm off to get my hair cut and coloured this morning, had to cancel my appointment last week, and this appointment is at my local mall (not my normal one), so goodness knows what it will be like hahahahaha.
    Lots of love from Patricia xx

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    1. Thank you Patricia, I do think it is so imprtant to Thank the people that are special to you and She is very kind. Bless her. As are you for Thanking her too. How did your hair turn out?, I hope they did a good job, That was my job for many years before I went into the NHS. I still do a few but not many. Just another craft see.
      Hope you have had a good day.
      Love Kim xx

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    2. Hi Kim, Thankfully hair turned out OK, quite a bit shorter than my usual, but as my hubby says "it'll grow !!" haha, I keep pulling it haha, but the colours were really lovely.
      Lots of love from Patricia xx

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  3. Hi Kim. What a beauty! The colours really show up, will have to try your tip of going over the top of the sparkles, thanks for that : ) I would have to go for the purple one, sorry but the pink wouldn,t see the light of day if it were real as I hate wearing anything pink, love to use it a lot on my ladies cards though! You are lucky having a friend and helper like Tracey, well done that lady : ) Hope the hair cut turns out well Patricia. Take care.

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    1. Hi Mrs B. Ahhh thanks glad you liked it , I like to let the ink go onto the glitter in dabbing dots motion it is the best way and doesn't pull off the glitter.I might do a little demo on the show with it so you all can see live or something too.
      Thanks for popping in today. Kim xx

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    2. Thank you Mrs B, hair turned out OK, quite short (shorter than normal), keep pulling it down, but the colours were really lovely, I have 3 colours in foils, blonde, copper and caramel, and this hairdresser did a brilliant job on those.
      Lots of love from Patricia xx

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  4. Hi Kim
    love these bags and they are on the top of my birthday list. I also love the diamond sparkles. the colours used are lovely as well although my favourite is purple. Thanks to Tracey for all the help she gives you. Hope the colour and haircut turns out ok. I have a lady who does and she's coming to cut our gair tonight.

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    1. Hi Pat. Good luck withyour hair tonight too. Thanks for the lovely comments too.
      Kim xxx

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    2. Hi Pat, I wish that I had someone who came to the house to do my hair, I hope yours turned out OK. Mine is quite short anyway and baby fine, so I always have palpitations when I go somewhere I have never been before, but she did it OK, quite a bit shorter than my usual but the colours were really lovely. I only decided to go locally because of this head cold which doesn't want to leave me haha.
      Lots of love from Patricia xx

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  5. Hi Kim,
    It's such a pleasure to visit your blog every day. Your cards are wonderful and today's is no exception. I love the handbag stamps and they are on my wish list.
    Well done to Tracey for being such a great help to you and a good friend.

    Love Sheila xx

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    1. Hi Sheila. Nice to see you as always. I am glad you are liking everything still. The handbag stamps are pretty arent they?. She is brilliant our Tracey xxx

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  6. Really love today's card. I think, like the others the purple one is my favourite.

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    1. Hi Beryl
      Ahhh so glad you are loving today's card. The purple is the best for sure, Id hide it if I had a pink bag at my age so I couldnt embarrass myself hahaha.
      Hugs Kim xx

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  7. Hi Kim
    Such a beautiful sparkly card, love the diamond sprinkles too! Foe me it would be the purple bag followed by blue and like you I'd hide the pink one!
    Forgot to say yesterday thank you for all the links
    Best wishes, Pat

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    1. Hi Pat.
      Yes it is extremely sparkly with all them diamond sparkles and I just adore them, I am like a miner bird, anything aparkly and I am like a magnet.You are very welcome for the links.
      Best wishes
      Kim xx

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  8. Love the card Kim so very feminine. I have one of the handbag stamps but really like this one too. Thanks for all your inspiration & really looking forward to seeing you on C&C soon. Sue x

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    1. Hi Sue.
      I am glad you like this card, it definitely is a girly one. Ooo which bag atamp have you already? I am sooo looking forward to the shows on the 30th and will publish the times nearer so you all now too.
      Thanks for your comment Sue.
      Love Kim xxx

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  9. What a lovely card, I LOVE diamond sprinkles. Don't know about the colours, I like them all. But not as handbags. Have been known to have a dark navy handbag and of course, BRIGHT RED ones. But in the main I'm quite boring and black, cream, white . Coming to think of it, black, white and red would look great! Especially with sprinkles...
    Hugs, Rose

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    1. Hi Rose.
      In real life I wouldnt have them but hey in fantasy world its purple , blue and hide the pink haha. black white and red would look great but would leave me much colouring to have shown you on the sparkles but it would look great on a card.
      Love Kim xx

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  10. Hi Kim,

    This is gorgeous, love the colours and the sparkle.

    Love & Hugs

    Jacquie J xxx
    http://jewelscardcraft.blogspot.co.uk/

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    1. Hi Jacquie and welcome
      Glad you are here and loved the card. Thank you for your comment I appreciate it.
      Hugs
      Kim xx

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  11. I saw and "liked" this card on Facebook earlier today and thought it was fabulous but I didn't get a chance to read the blog until this evening. What a lovely way to say thank you Kim. You know I enjoy every minute and am excited for you on this new journey. You are a wonderful friend. Thank you for all the lovely comments left too by your followers. Please keep up your support for Kim crafters as there will be lots more to see! Thank you Kim xx

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    1. Hi Tracey my lovely friend.
      Thanks for stopping by to read up and I purposely didnt tell you so you would have a little surprise haha. You are a wonderful friend too and it important to thankyou publicly cos you deserve that. I hope to see you soon for that cuppa and thank you again with all my heart..
      Hugs
      Kim xxx

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