Kiwime's Kreations

Saturday, August 3, 2013

Summer Heat (but it is only spring)

Welcome - I am so privileged that you have visited.

The weather here is slowly warming up as spring approaches. The 'summer heat' title is because of the colours on this card.

I made the background some time ago using distress stains on watercolour paper, then spritzing it with a glimmer spray. I then cut the sheet into four smaller pieces, and decided that

I did not like it!!

The other day I was wanting to make a card for a young man and this peeped out from under a pile of stash as I pulled out the brown base.... I grabbed it and set to.

The image is a very early purchase of mine from Kiwistamping that appears to have been retired. I moistened the stamp lightly, coloured it with watercolour crayons, sprayed with water and stamped it.

It did not transfer very well, so I added some colour with a fine brush.

The sentiment was embossed directly onto the background and some pearls added for emphasis. I also ran the edge of the watercolour paper across a gold ink pad before mounting it onto the brown base.

This photo shows some of the shimmer when the light hits the card at the right angle.

I am linking this to:

Cards Galore Challenge - Bingo (Birthday, Candi or Gems, Sentiment)

Paula Holifields Crafts - Summer Sun

The Artistic Stamper August Challenge - Postcards, Travel or Holidays

Card and Scrap - Anything Goes

Heck of a Challenge - Summer Holidays

Live and Love Crafts Challenge #14 - Warm or Cool Colours

Natalie and Amy's Challenge #12 - A Celebration

One Crazy Stamper August Challenge - Birthday
Addicted to CAS Challenge #19 - Summer
Old Back Porch - 52 card pick-up

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May your day be blessed

Saturday, July 27, 2013

Floral, this time.

Welcome again!

I had no sooner completed the first two sympathy cards I needed this week when I heard that I needed a third!

This time I went 'floral' and I am very happy with the result, although it took me all afternoon and I had several 'oops' occasions!

I started with some paper that was on my desk - that had been under some die cuts I had painted and sprayed with a silver glimmer mist. I know my friend would have laughed with me over using this!

This is a close-up of the shimmer that is on the paper.

I edged all the layers with a quick rub over a bundled sage distress ink pad.

I found some cream shimmery organza ribbon and tied a triple bow.

Stamped, embossed and cut and sponged the sentiment panel. A bit of an oops there - I discovered when I went to emboss, I must have touched the stamp twice, and I had to take a fine sable brush and tidy the excess....

Now if you have never seen a cream and blue flower with blue leaves, I can understand, but my friend was never one for the conventional....

I initially assembled this onto just the cream base. I then stamped a sentiment inside and some flowers... and messed around with the flower colouring it, and boo-boo'd again, so badly that in the end I cut the back of the card off and mounted the front on a blue layer, and that really tied the whole thing together and made it 'sing' - finally! Needless to say the inside now has just a simple sentiment stamped on it!

I am linking this to:

A.R.T. Challenge #7 - Anything Goes

Aud Sentiment Challenge #87 - With Sympathy

Crafty Ribbon Challenge #54 - Anything Goes with Ribbon

Milk Coffee Challenge - Emboss it

Paper Crafting Journey Challenge - Punches or Die Cut

Die Cut Divas July Challenge- Summer Flowers

Addicted To Stamps Challenge #60 - Lots of Layers

Thank you for visiting - any comments you leave are very much appreciated.

May your day be blessed.

Thursday, July 25, 2013

A Simple Sympathy Card

Welcome.

I am so glad you have visited my wee corner of blogland.

I had a call to make some sympathy cards this week. Why is it that the need for sympathy cards always comes in waves? Then there is always the decision, do I make a feminine card for a widow, or a vaguely masculine one to acknowledge the loss of her husband? And also, what does one make for a mother who had lost a son?

This is the first one I made.

The paper is from a new pad I got - the brand is 'Rosies'... not the top of the line, but definitely useful! That was layered over a matte mid-blue layer and then onto a pale grey/lilac base.

The ribbon tied all the colour together in the paper, and I managed to make the double bow look good - recently every time I have gone to make a bow it has turned to custard!!

I embossed the sentiment in gold and cut it using a floral ovals die, and sponged it with violet ink before removing the die. It was mounted using foam dots to give some dimension.

I left the tails of the bow long so they would pop out from under the sentiment panel, and added the wee rhinestone flourish, which neatly mimics the flourish on the edge of the paper.

I am linking this to:

Crafts and Me Challenge #139 - Anything Goes

Diva's by Design - Anything Goes

Lady Anne's Stamp Challenge #10 - Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter Challenge #122 - Anything Goes

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge #137 - Bling it On

Rhedd and Rosies Challenge #11 - Anything Goes

Ruby's Rainbow Blog Challenge #59 - Layer it Up

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #90 - Anything Goes
The House That Stamps Built What If Wednesday Sketch J2413
(I inverted the sketch)

Thank you for visiting - any comments you leave are very much appreciated.

May your day be blessed

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Casing a Master

Welcome - Thank you for visiting me again

I have had a wonderful day in my studio - mainly working on a large project, but I also made this card whilst 'waiting for things to dry'.

I was cruising the internet this morning when I saw this card by Michelle Woerner, and immediately thought 'I have the die used for this cut' and that was my starting point.

I cut the vertical pattern almost the same as Michelle's card,(I offset the die on the third cut a wee bit differently) then changed the sentiment and simply stamped and embossed it onto the white card.

The flower is one I had crocheted a while ago and popped into my stash, I attached it with a glue dot, and added a half pearl in the centre.

I decided to mount the white over a cream card, but before I did so I sponged the edges of both colours of card with a soft orange ink and also rounded all the corners.

I lined the inside with copy paper after stamping a poinsettia in orange in opposing corners, and sponging the edges, again.

So this is my CASE of Michelle's project - somewhat more simple, and with different colours, but I am very happy with it.

I am linking this to:

Simply Less is More Challenge #129 - Flowers

Alphabet Challenge Blog- L for-lace (Crochet lace flower)

Brown Sugar Challenge #51 - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge - Anything Goes

Inspire Me Fridays - Challenge #112 - Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge #16 - Anything Goes

Totally Papercraft Friday Challenge #176 - Make Your Own Flower
Joanna Sheen - Citrus Colours

Thank you so much for visiting - any comments left are very much appreciated.

May your day be blessed

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

A Ripping Good Time

Welcome.

This second card that I taught last week is not my usual style, but it is good to extend myself, and those I am teaching. The style? Shabby Chic.

I started the class by teaching them to tear paper so you have a ragged edge to sponge, and then layering onto the card base. The layer on the outer edge is actually some wrapping paper that I bought some 10 years or more ago!

The flourishes were cut in a light brown card and sponged, before being layered under the rose.

The rose is made out of dictionary paper, the edges stained and folded and crushed gently to get the turn back... at class there were many laughs as some were a tad energetic with their 'crushing'! One even turned into a 'bud'!

These little flowers were a result of one of the class members punching some scrap paper and squishing it slightly. Again I stained mine and added a pearl when I mounted them.

The lace is some I bought off a local auction site - I added some pearls for decoration.

I added the embossed sentiment after class, when I had decided what I wanted to use the card for.

I am linking this to:

Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger - A Little Romance (the lace)

Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Female Birthday

Ladybugs Craft Ink Challenge - Happy Birthday

LEJ Designs Challenge #62 - Anything Goes

ShoppingOur Stash challenge #110 - Strangest Purchase (Wrapping Paper)

Sweet Stamps Challenge #126 - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #126 - Anything Goes

Use It Tuesday Challenge #59 - Anything Goes (wrapping paper that is 10 yrs old - possibly older)

Anything Goes Challenge #97- Anything Goes

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Any comments you leave are very much appreciated.

May your day be blessed.

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Embossed Dots and Butterflies

Welcome

I ran a card class last week and this is one of the cards that I taught.

The idea of embossing the background cut-outs was well received, and each of the resulting cards was a little different, as the circles were adhered slightly differently. There were three different sized circles in each paper, and I encouraged them to use three inside, and six outside the card.