Kiwime's Kreations

Friday, June 17, 2016

Maple Leaf Sympathy

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I made this card for my own use this time - it was difficult to make as I do not know the person it is going to - the wife of a work colleague of DH.

I decided to keep with a simple card, and initially used just the sentiment,

and the leaf and flower embellishment. The leaf and flower came as part of a RAK from MariLynn DeGroot (of the Mississippi McGyver blog - do pay her a visit, her work is wonderful).

The lines were drawn using a Signo Bronze pen.

It looked rather sparse, and after digging around in my butterfly jar, I found three gold butterflies cut with a sizzex thinlets die, and managed to match the rhinestone on the flower with some from my stash for the butterfly bodies.

The card base is actually a rich cream, but the camera washed it out and I have not been able to adjust it.

I am linking this to:

Inspiration Destination Challenge #90 - Anything Goes

As You Like It Challenge - Favourite Die and Why

- I simply love butterflies!

Crafting With An Attitude Challenge #16 - Anything Goes

Crafty Girls Creations Challenge #21 - Anything Goes

Hanna And Friends Challenge #250 - Butterflies

Julia Spiri Challenge #20 - Anything Goes -twist, CAS

Little Miss Muffet Challenge #140 - Anything Goes

Simply Papercraft Challenge #31 - Anything Goes

CAS Mix Up June Challenge - Stamping, Die Cut and Free Choice

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #234-235 - Anything Goes

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Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Sympathy Season

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It seems that funerals, and requests for sympathy cards, seem to come in batches, and this is one time where I am making numerous such cards for myself, and a customer, to use.

This was a request for a card for a male college of my customer who had lost his father recently, and the request was for something CAS.

I reached for my Lovely as a Tree set by Stampin' Up, and inked up the large stamp with Memento Bamboo Shoot, Dark Cocoa, Cantaloupe and then a Red variegated ink pad by Serendipity.

I stamped it on a snippet that was just wide enough to take the stamp, trimmed the ends, and then ran the edges over a Versamark pad before dipping it in gold EP, as I was heating it, I added more EP until I had this wonderful, grungy embossed edge.

Before adhering the image panel, I embossed the ODBD sentiment directly on the card base.

I am linking this to:

Eureka Stamps Challenge #197 - Just for Guys

Melonheadz Friends Challenge - Masculine

DigiChooseDay Challenge Week #24 -Just for Men-

Scrap Creations Challenge - Father's Day or Masculine

Inky Chicks Challenge #68 - Father's Day or Masculine

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #17 - Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination Challenge #90 - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Bizzy Bec's June Challenge - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #234-235 - Anything Goes

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Monday, June 13, 2016

Retiform Birthday

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I wanted to make a card using the retiform technique found here.

I researched the word retiform and one definition is 'net like'

I started by sponging the lines with Peeled Paint and Spiced Marmalade Distress Inks, then sat and looked, and decided that I would use the free flower stamp from Visible Image that came with a recent magazine.

Then came the decision as to which colour to use, and after messing around I chose the Memento Sweet Plum ink.

The extra stamp, Especially for You came from the Kiwistamping Duck set.

I embossed the sentiment in the centre of the card, using a discontinued stamp set

To finish I sprayed the panel with silver shimmer spray, added some silver twine and sequins and then mounted it over a purple base.

I was very happy with the outcome, and the recipient loved it.

I am linking this to:

World Wide Open Design Team Challenge #10 - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Challenge #180 - Anything Goes, twist Create your own Challenge

(A2, Birthday, Sequins)

Addicted To Stamps Challenge #128 - Flowers

Lacy Sunshine Challenge - Anything Goes

Dragonfly Dreams Challenge - Say it With Flowers

Great Impressions June Challenge - Anything Goes

Fashionable Stamping Challenge #112 - Beautiful Blooms

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #35 - Anything Goes

Penny Black June Challenge - Flower Power

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #234 - 235 - Anything Goes

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Saturday, June 11, 2016

Embedded Thanks

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I recently made a set of four thanks cards 'on commission'.

The customer does not like frilly and fancy, so I went with embedded die cuts and minimal decoration - and they were a hit.

All four had washi tape to embellish

One had a twine accent

one lace,

and the other two rhinestones as well.

Here is the full set.

My apologies for the brief post, but life is still fairly hectic.

I am linking this to:

Simply Paper Craft Challenge #30 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #234 - 235 - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge #111 - Anything Goes

Crafting With Friends Challenge #22 - Anything Goes

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards Challenge #111 - Use a Die Cut

Art By Miran Challenge #60 - Anything Goes

Crafting In A Beautiful Mess Challenge #3 - Anything Goes

Julia Spiri Challenge #20 - Anything Goes with a Twist of CAS

Crafty Girls Creations Challenge #20 - Anything Goes

Crafting With an Attitude Challenge #16 - Anything Goes

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Friday, June 10, 2016

A Silver Tree and Sympathy

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My apologies for being MIA this past week or more, but life has not given me much time to craft or blog.

I started this by cutting a piece of thin card with a large oval die, and using both the negative and positive die cuts, firstly sponging around the positive cut with Memento London Fog ink.

I then cut masks and sponged the background with distress inks, using the negative die cut as the mask for the outside. Once that was dry, (assisted by the heat gun), I stamped and embossed the tree in silver, being careful to stamp just one side of the base of the tree within the 'frame'.

The final stamp was the sympathy sentiment, also embossed with silver.

This panel was then mounted over a subtle silver layer, then a gray marled cream base - this is a card with a recycled base that I buy from a local printer.

I am linking this to:

Digital Delights by Louby Loo's June Monthly Challenge #10 - Anything Goes

Julia Spiri Challenge #20 - Anything Goes with Twist of CAS

Little Miss Muffet Challenge #139 - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passions Challenge #315 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge weeks #234 - 235 - Anything Goes

Crafty Girls Challenge #20 - Anything Goes

Crafting With a n Attitude Challenge #16 - Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter Challenge 252 - Sentimental

Inspiration Destination Challenge #89 - Anything Goes

The House That Stamps Built Challenge DCC #68# - Use Two or More Stamps

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Sunday, June 5, 2016

Silver Bi-plane Birthday

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This card was made for a grandson's recent birthday.

I started by stamping and embossing the sentiment, and then coloured the letters with coloured pencils, and masked it.

I then stamped the bi-planes with Espresso Ink, masking as I went, then I partially over-stamped with a script stamp to form a background feature, then sponged a sky-scape behind with a home made 'cloud' mask, darkening the sky as I went up the card.