I was awarded this by my crafty buddy Shelagh. What a nice compliment. Thanks Shelagh.

Happy Crafting
Kayx

CHRISTENING CARDS

 

Hi crafty bloggers out there I need your help. Is there ever a subject that you often get stumped on when trying to make a card for it. Well I was well challenged this week as I thought I had 3 cards to make for a christening. Well I dont like the very religiously looking ones and prefer a more modern approach. I just didnt realise how hard it is to get images for this. The first one I made was with Splodge Aways Holly hands mask. I inked it and then typed a sentiment on the compueter, printed and cut out with a die cut. It was then layered up with ribbon and baby shoes to embellish.

 

For my second one I reverted back to my first love decoupage. After trawling through discs and finding nothing I decided that I was goin to have to go down a diffentt road of thought when I spotted my Peter Rabbit CD and the above is the end result. I t was matted and layered and trimmed with lace and pearl bows.

|Let me know if you have a subject that you find hard to craft .

 

Happy Crafting

Kayx

 

BLOG UNDER REFURBISHMENT!!!!!

Hi bloggers. Just to let you know if you are viewing my blog I must apologise for it being a little higlty piglty. I am trying to change it and to say the least am a bit IT challenged so until I can get help it must remain as it is. In the mean while I hope you enjoy these photos of Sam a fellow Splodge Away DT member who was in a workshop with Barbara Gray at Harrogate last Saturday. A good time had by all.

Happy Crafting
Kayx

C&C samples for Splodge Away

 

Good mornign everyone. Well in case you havent seen Susan and Tom from Splodge Away have showcased my cards I made for the last show on Create and Craft. I am so pleased that they have done this as I didnt get to photgraph all of my samples so couldnt share with you myself. I have chosen Susans favourite card from this range to share with you today. Often the simplest are the best. I found it hard to chose my favs. I had a few. I like the black and white flourish but also the bird cage and gates. The gates and bird cage were a real labour of love as I made the crackled background for the gates myself and then embossed the image and cut the gates out. Took a full afternoon but I was pleased with the result.
If you havent already seen them why not pop over to the Spldge Away blog

http://splodgeaway.blogspot.co.uk/

You can see all of the design teams work there.

Happy Crafting
Kayx

Hobby Art Daisy Stamp with Perfect Pearls

Good morning everyone.When I was at the Harrogate craft fair I visited the Hobby Art stand. Its a must, to see Jenny Mayes and her lovely daughter Becki. A great team. As always I came away inspired. I can watch Jenny for hours. Her love of stamping and colouring is so apparent when she is demoing. She was useing Perfect pearls and that really got me going. I always have loved mica powders but she gave me a fresh view on them. so I bought her new daisy stamp, came home and this is the result. I have recently been makeing backgrounds with shaving foam and Cosmic shimmer mica sprays. WARNING this is addictive. Anyway I used a piece I had made for the background and then stamped the Daisy stamp to the very left and very right of card in versamark then brushed with Pearl perfect pearls. I then stamped the main image onto a piece of card I had first distressed with Adirondack pale pink . Next I mixed some pearl mica and dipped crunched up cling film into it and dabbed onto card. I then stamped the Daisy onto the card and painted it with the pearl and filled the middle of the daisies with Wild Honey distress ink. I did also paint in some of the daisies on the background. While I had the paint wet I stamped a load of the daisy heads cut them out and painted those also and then cut them out. The card was then assembled matting and layering on pearlied cardand glueing some of the daises onto finished card.
I had great fun useing all of these techniques and hope you like it.
I am going to enter this into The Fussy and Fancy blog challenge and also send to Hoby Art and hope they are kind enough to put it on the customer gallery.

Happy Crafting
Kayx

TRIBUTE TO HOLLY

Good mornign everyone. Well I have had a very entertaining and interesting weekend. On Friday I travelled to Harrogate with Susan and Jean and spend the night in a caravan ready for the Harrogate Craft Fair on Saturday. Great day there as usual. I spent a little time chatting to Jenny Mayes from Hobby Art and watched her fabulous demonstrations and after a good mooch met up with Sam another crafting buddy. We then left the show and visited Art from the Heart an absolutely great craft shop not a million miles from the show. We finished the day of with a good chin wag over a hyge cup ot tea. Got home absolutely exausted but a very happy bunny.
Today I am sharing with you some of the samples that I made for Splodge Away from the Holly range. Unfortunatley my pics arent too good and some of the detail is lost but hope you like them. Until later.

Happy Crafting
Kayx

SPLODGE AWAY SAMPLE OF TEXTURE MASKS

Good morning bloggeres. Well how much snow have you got. The weather is so strange. Brilliant sunsshine then snow blizzards but thankfully not lying too much. Not here anyway.

 

Well did you See Splodgy Tom yesterday on the Tool Shed on Create and Craft. What a hectic show that was. I know Tom will be dissapointed that he couldnt show more of the Design Team samples as they had produced some beautiful work. Unfortunatley I hadnt photographed all of mine so until I see Tom again I can only post the ones I did.

Todays are the ones I did with the tecture masks. they were superb. The top one I have to admit threw me a little when I first saw it but it didnt take long to decide what to do with it and I was declighted with the outcome. The stamps I have used are from the DoCrafts gorgous range. They are superb quality stamps and were on offer for 3 for Ten pounds.

The second one was useing Lyndsey Mason stamps purched from Suzicraft and the third one was images printed from a Debbie Moore CD.

 

I will post more later.

Bye for now and Happy Craftingx

 

FUSSY AND FANCY BLOG CHALLENGE

I have just entered this card into the fussy and fancy blog challenge which is themed Pink and Black. there are some very talented crafters out there and there are some wonderful cards entered. Why not take a peek at http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

This card was made on 8x8 splodge away easy ink cark stock. It was distressed in pink useing tim Holtz inks. The script was a dimensions stamp and the flower indigo blue stamp All stamped in versafine black ink. I used an x cut die to cut out the central shape in white and pink. to complete I have added a die cut swirtl and butterly sticker from my stash.

Happy Crafting
Kayx

Well good day everyone. I hope. Not so much sunshine today but its peeking out and doesnt it make you feel better.

I thought I would share this thank you card I have made with you. I shouldnt really because the recipient hasnt received it yet! but as everything I am making at the moment is for Tom at Splodge Away. ( His next Show is on March 10th, Mothers Day. Probably on the tool shed but not sure yet) it doesnt seem like I have been doing much and hadnt a lot to share with you. I have made three similar ones for my three friends who I went to France with. As it was my birthday while I was there ( I may have mentioned this alread.lolx) They gave me my present while I was awy with them so I have bought them a little momento and made them a card each. We are having a get together next week so they will recieve them then

As they are not crafting buddies I am hopeing that they wont see this.

The card was obviously inspired by our visit but as coincidence would have it a crafting buddy happened to have a Graphic 45 pad of sepia pics depicting Paris! Guess where they ended up!

Take care everyone.
Happy Crafting

Another Tag.

Hi crafty friends and any other friends that pop by. I spent some hours down at Suzicraft a couple of days ago and this is what I made while I was there.I bought the Indigo Blue stamp from Suzicraft a couple of days before and was excited to try it out. I firstly stamped the lady with Versamark and then embossed with black wow powder. Next I distressed the tag. Once I was happy with that I used some of the other stamps in the set the finish the card. The swirl is really nice and i shadow stamped that. The Flower was made with my dimesions blooms stamp. coloured and the when glued togethere and dry I bought some narrow purple ribbon from Suzicraft and tied a knot in the end, threaded it through the centre of the flower , I then left a short length of ribbon and threaded other end through hole in tag. The flower therfore is not attached to the card but has movement. For the purpose of the photo I hooked it over the top of the tag so it wouldnt hide the artwork.

Hope you like.
Happy Crafting
Kayx

IM BACK

Sorry bloggeers out there that there has been nothing new posted for a couple of weeks. I know you have been looking but my trip away with my buddies Carole, Marilyn, Diane and myself ( In order left to right in the photo threw me into chaos. Firstly I dont do Flying water and tunnels so as you can imagine this was a big thing for me. The solution to the nerves was to go into the buffet car on the Eurostar and get plastered. We did a pretty good job of it. I could sit here and talk for evermore about my trip as it was wonderful. We laughed from start to finish. Thank you my wonderful friends, but I wont bore you as I am sure that most of you have been to far more exotic places than my trip to Paris. Since comeing back it has been hard trying to get back into the swing but I have done a few things and have attached a tag I have have done stamping and colouring with H 2Os. I just love the shimmer effect of these. If you dont have H20s then you can mix mica powder with water and use as paint and get a very similar effect. I finished it off by useing disstress inks around the edge and useing my "Designs by Ryn" water droplet stamp. Hope you like it.

Happy Crafting

Kayx

Sorry blogger friends if I have been neglecting you lately but life has just been so busy and I am off tomorrow to Paris via the Euro tunnel. have to admit being a bit nervous. Well actually terified but hey ho of we go. My friends are going to celbrate our big birthdays so couldnt let them down. I thought I would leave you with this card I made for a crafting buddy from Suxicraft our good old Dimply whos birthday it was last week. It was made useing Kraft card and Toms flower stencils coloured with tim Holtz distress inks. the lettering was some card alphabets I had in my crafty stash. See you all when I get back and until then.

Happy Crafting
Kayx

Splodge Away new Sceneit country mask.

This was one of the new masks on Create and Craft yesterday. I saw this one for the first time the day before and had a quick play in Suzicraft but made a mess of the house so I took the mask home and had a go last night. this was the result. So anyone who hasnt used the masks before can see the result you can get without any practice. They are amazing. Thanks Tom. I think I am going to send this one to my cousin in Australia. Now this is a bit risky as she is an artist and does fabulous landscapes so may be very critical as she will look at it with an artist eye!!!!!!
Happy Crafting
Kayx














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SPLODGE AWAY ON C&C

 

Well another great show from Tom at Splodge Away on Create and Craft with again some fabulous samples from the design team. I have to say that there were lots more beautiful creations that werent shown on TV but I am sure that Tom will be posting a seltion on the Spldgeaway blog as soon as he can. These new masks, like Toms previous ones make amazing cards and I hope if you havent already ordered them you will be ordering them soon. I particularly liked the flower ones as they open up endless possabilities. My next card I am going to make is the country scene. I saw it and had a play very briefly yesterday so havent tried properly yet. Whatch this space!.

Bye for now. Keep Safe and warm

 

Happy Crafting

Kayx

 

Good morning everyone on this cold snowy morning. We havent had as much as everyone else so I hope you are all keeeping safe and warm. I have been busy with my samples for Tom as Splodge Away is on Create and Craft again on Thursday 24th . Some more fabulous masks.I thought I would share this card with you that I made as a sample for the Ross paper craft show at Nissan. I made this eseing the Poinsettia do it all and creata masks. This just shows how versatile the masks are as it can be used all year round by just changing the colours and technique. I coloured with spun sugar and tattered rose. the flowers were the same but I stamped a script onto the leaves first. I think this gives a great effect. It neednt be script though as I have found that any small stamp does as it kind of gives depth to the flower but the design is not obvious when coloured. Hope you like it.
Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Crafting
Kay.x
 

ROSS PAPER CRAFT FAIR NISSAN

Where is Tom?

There he is lolx

My demos


Well what a day Sunday was. Got up at six dressed and picked Shelagh up before going to the Ross paper craft show where we met the Tom Mojo and Sam. We arrived first and discovered where the complimentary tea and toast was.lolx It ws all stations going setting up the stand and just made it for the doors opening. Tom was surrounded doing his demos and talking to the customers. Later I had a turn of doing my very first demo which I thouroughly enjoyed. I did the Poinsettia but in pinks and useing different techniques. The above picture shows the end results. I have splodged in pinks and satmped with a script stamp. Glittered and used pearl markers for spots.

Thanks for popping by
Happy Crafting
Kayx

Senior moments. who would have them! Well me it seems and they seem to come more regular.lolx the reason I mention this is because I thought I had sent my contribution to Splodge Away for inspiration for the January challenge but when I looked on the blog it wasnt ther, Me thinks what has happened here. Seems I hadnt even photographed it never mind sent it!!! Oh dear. never mind I am shareing it with you today instead. Hope you like it. Why not join in the challenge. Just pop over to Splodge Away blog and find out the rules. You could be a winner.

Happy Crafting
Kayx
 

Good Morning everyone. I paid my first visit of the year yesterday to Suzicraft and it was lovely to see everyone and catch up on there holiday stories. It was lovely to see Jimbo there as I only found out that she has had a heart attack but on the mend we hope. Tom of course told us all about his visit to C&C. He was on top form as usual taking the mick out of everyone particularly little Joan. While I was there I couldnt resist getting the fairy stenscape and frame. When I came home I had a play and this is the result. First time as well. I used the brighter shades of Distress inks for the frame and Seedles Grapes and Dusty Concord for the mask.
If you werent lucky enough to get one of these ring Suzicraft and get one ordered. tom is going to be working overtime to keep everyone supplied with there goodies.

happy Crafting
Kayx

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Wow since Tom has been on create and craft the viewings on my blog have gone crazy. Russia,Poland, Germany and the the United States as well as the UK. Its quite spooky knowing that all these people are viewing your blog but dont know them so come on bloggers wherever you are leave a comment on my blog so I know who you are and can send you a reply.

 

Happy Crafting

Kayx

ANOTHER ROCKER!

Another rocker card. Well I couldnt not do one when I had so many wonderful masks to play with. I thought this lent itself to a rocker as I think the image is a young one and I always think of little people when I make a rocker although a lot of my rockers were with adult images. ( Work that one out if you can)

The basics of the rocker card were the same but I rang the large circle through the Grand Calibur useing the star mask then keeping the mask in olace coloured the stars with pan pastels. I embossed the card and coloured it again but this time cut out some of the stars to embellish the stamped image which was a freebie from a stamping magazine.x

Happy Crafting
Kayx