Roll on the summer.

Hi everybody,
I was inspired today to enter Joanna Sheen's 3-2-1 Challenge here. And when I finished it the topper reminded me that summer and picnics etc are on the way. It's a way off but one can dream. 
Its an 8" x 8" card with 3 different papers, 2 embellishments (jewels and a flower) and 1 topper.

Image is done in 3D decoupage

 I must go and enter it now as the challenge closes today :-)

Playing with inks and paper.

I was inspired by Creative Jump Start by Natalie's studio and decided to play with some inks, a mask with circles, stamps and embossing.

 I put some blue red and yellow ink onto a craft sheet and transferred it onto a sheet of paper. I didn't like that so I spritzed the ink on the craft sheet with water and swirled it with my finger and  put the paper onto it again.

 I liked what I got and I decided to use a mask with circles on top of the background. You can still see some of the green and blue dots near the top. I put too strong a red on it so using a small butterfly stamp I created flowers out of them. It looked like a garden so I embossed some larger butterflies onto it in gold and then added centers in the flowers using liquid pearl drops.

Gold embossed butterfly.

Liquid pearl drop centers in the flowers

I will stamp and emboss some extra butterflies and put them on to create a 3D effect.

 I hope it inspires you to try something different.

Kay

Happy Saturday afternoon, I  was going to post these photos of cards yesterday but due to a technical hitch  it didn't happen ( I couldn't find the lead for my phone to transfer the images).So here I am today, a grey January afternoon, having a nice cup of tea and I see the lead I was looking for in my bag of wool.. How it got there I don't know but it means that I can now get my photos from the camera on my phone. And here they are.....

Happy New Year

We start a New Year again with all our hopes and dreams.

 I wish a year of health and happiness for everyone.

All my Love, Kay

Christmas cakes and Chocolate Puddings

Only 2 sleeps to go and it will be Christmas Day.....that's if I get much sleep on Christmas eve.
I'm reasonably organised and looking forward to having the family together.
It is my sons birthday today, hard to believe he is 24. We had a lovely day.
Anyway here are some photos of cakes I made and decorated.
Photos could be better but I'm not on my computer so I couldn't brighten them up.

Then there is the Chocolate biscuit cake ' Christmas Pud',

 complete with white chocolate 'custard'.

Decorated with fondant holly.

I'll put up the recipe soon. 

Some more Christmas cards.

Here are some more Christmas cards. Time is moving so fast towards Christmas that I'm looking forward to Christmas eve and everything done........well a girl can dream:-).

Christmas Cards

Just a few Christmas cards. I'm last minute as usual. Photography is a bit shaky. I'll have more tomorrow. Kay

Christmas is coming.

Hi Friends,
Its a cold and blustery evening here in Kilkenny. I wonder will we wake up to a white blanket snuggling up to the ground in the morning.
 Christmas is fast approaching and with it goes all the to-ing and fro-ing of preparation. I have some cards made but have to still have to make a few special ones. I'm just putting up the batch that I put together first. I made 24 cards, 12 of each design.

Here they are with the glitter glue drying. I printed out two of my favourite christmas toppers, then I matted and layered them with some gold mirri card and added the greetings. I also put inserts into them.
I hope everybody's plans for Christmas are progressing along nicely or are you like me and gather some bits and pieces up and make a dash around nearer to Christmas and it all comes together anyway.
Kay

Back Again.

Hi from a sunny Kilkenny,
I haven't posted for a while due to life happening around me. I've been up to lots of things and will tell you as I go along. I have made a card today and it is for a challenge on Emma's Cards .As the challenge was brown and blue it intrigued me and I wondered if I was up to the challenge. I was doing ok until I needed a ribbon and nothing I had matched so I made a ribbon out of blue light card and put old gold lace on it. I think it looks great.

Christmas Wishes

The card is made with light blue pearlescent card and the front is slightly shorter to show the brown insert.

It is stamped with a Woodware fern stamp with a brown ink.

The corners are shaped with a little punch.

The image is one from the internet.

The border on the left is from my stash and 

The bow is made from blue card and an old gold lace over it.

The button is a Kanban snowflake from my stash and a coloured pearl in the centre.

I hope you like it and it inspires you.

Kay.

Happy August Monday

Happy Monday to everyone! I had a wonderful day yesterday visiting with my sisters and brother and their families. My Mother was also there. My sister has an annual bbq to celebrate and it was such a pleasant day. We didn't even mind the rain showers even when they were thundery. Now- don't think we sat out in the rain, we were under cover. 
Our next get together will be in October when our dear Brother and his lovely fiancée get married. I predict a wonderful day of sunshine..............