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I hope you have all had a lovely Christmas break and are looking forward to welcoming 2017 in a few days time! I'd like to shout out a big welcome to all my new subscribers and followers who have followed me this month!
Christmas Treat Bags using 6" x 6" Candy Cane Lane Designer Series Paper by Stampin' Up!
Thursday, 22 December 2016 Somerset, UK
Time has gone by so quickly and unfortunately I never got a chance to make any handmade Christmas cards this year. It's such as shame as I had so much lovely product to use. Thankfully I managed to quickly whip up 21 of these ever so cute gift bags for my team and my colleagues at work. They are really quick to cut and build - but they take a little longer to embellish.
They contain a few chocolate Celebrations. We've already gone through quite a few boxes of Celebrations and other treats in the office so these gifts were more a token of my appreciation for all the team's hard work this year. I hope they liked receiving them!
I'm actually quite proud of these little treat bags, they are my first original design!! Its more than likely someone, somewhere in the world would have also made this shape bag but I certainly haven't seen them before.
The collage below shows the shape of the bag a little better. It's super simple to make and if anyone is interested, please make sure you leave a comment asking me to publish the instructions. If I get a good response, it might just tempt me to do my first YouTube video.
EDIT - Here is my tutorial (I'm using different DSP) where I show you how I made these treat bags!
Finally, I'd like to take this opportunity to wish you and your families a wonderful Christmas and New Year. I would also like to say thank you to all my followers and subscribers across all channels for following and supporting me for the past two and a half years. I am so pleased you found something, either on my blog or my social media pages - that you liked enough for you to subscribe or follow me - thank you!
Have a great time this Christmas everyone and stay safe x
p.s my broadband is only just up and running again so hopefully I'll be back to blogging regularly again the the New Year. Currently I have a speed of 3.5 mb, so wish me luck!
What a nightmare..... having had no wi-fi for almost a month, I have had to resort to buying a mobile wi-fi device for my home. There is still no progress on it being fixed (most of the housing estate are also suffering) so I am limited on when I can go online on my laptop. It also means no catch up TV, Christmas shopping on my mobile phone and massive data charges on both mine and my husbands mobile phones. Naturally blogging has had to suffer and this is really disappointing for me. Massive apologies to all my blog readers, fingers crossed it will be fixed in the New Year.
I made this card for a friend of mine Sasha, who is also a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. It was her birthday earlier this month and I wanted to send her a surprise. Sasha has a blog too so please go and check it out by clicking here.
The paper is just so cute I had to use it again. I never feel pressure to over embellish a card and this is one of those simple cards that I like to make.
My last project used the same Designer Series Paper and also featured the colour grey - if you missed it, take a look at it by clicking here. Its interesting to see how different colours paired with grey look so different. Grey is very versatile and I have been meaning for ages to try it with yellow. I love this version which uses two greys - Basic Gray, Smokey Slate and Pool Party.
That's it from me today. I hope to be back in the next week or two. Unfortunately I have WiFi issues at home so I am blogging from work on my lunch break today.
in
2016
International Project Highlights Visual Blog Hop showcasing A Little Foxy Designer Series Paper Stack
Tuesday, 22 November 2016 Somerset, UK
Welcome to our International Project Highlights using current Stampin' Up!® Products. We have all created a gallery of projects for you to be inspired by! We would love it if you could visit every one of our blogs and see more photos of our projects. If you scroll down to the end of this blog post, you can see the gallery of all of our projects. This will be shown on every blog that you click on.
My project today is a thank you gift that I made for my downline Aimee who is now a qualified Stampin' Up! recruit. I decided to make her a handmade gift and present it to her at the recent Onstage Local event in Telford, directly after I had to stand up for being in the cateogry of having 1-4 qualified recruits.
The weekend before last was the Stampin' Up! Onstage Local event in Telford. Its a mini convention where Stampin' Up! demos get together and find out about new products, receive business training, recognise each other success, receive free products and SWAP!
I work as a Finance Manger and there are 23 of us in the Finance department, 10 of which are in my direct team and I have a further 8 indirect team members. Its such a lovely team and we all get on really well. We're currently planning Christmas activities such as Secret Santa, Christmas Jumper Fridays and a Christmas buffet lunch. We already have two nights out in December, I need to get shopping for some festive outfits!
Anyway, enough about Christmas and back to Halloween. On Friday evening after everyone had left, I left a little bag of Halloween treats on every desk. I hope it brings a smile to everyone's faces when they come into work on Monday morning. Naturally I had to make myself one - here it is on my desk. And yes, there are two 27" monitors on my desk!
I thought it would be nice to have a bit of fun so I asked the team to come up with some ideas on what we can do. Unfortunately we can't do full on fancy dress as we have visitors in the building but we are accessorising! I have some devils horns and a red glittery stake!
Some of the team are also bringing in Halloween themed bakes. I've made puff pastry bakewell tarts, they were meant to look like pumpkins, with flaked almonds for eyes and a nose - but the orange food die did not come out very well so they are not very orange.. I'm looking forward to seeing the cookies and cakes everyone is making! Definitely off the diet today!
We're also having a pumpkin carving competition - I am terrible at carving but I do like to participate, so here is my entry. I kept it simple and trust me, close up, its not very good. I messed up the top so it has no lid - lesson learned for next year. I really can't wait to see what everyone has made! They are sure to be much better than this.
I've made some prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place using the Baker's Box Thinlit Dies but I forgot to photograph them. They were filled with chocolate treats and some popping candy. I used the Spider Web DSP from the Halloween Night Specialty DSP - the web pattern is silver embossed on black and this particular cardstock is thicker than the rest so it was perfect for this box.
Here are the treat bags I made - each has a tag which is hand stamped using the Spooky Fun stamp set and Ghoulish Grunge stamp set. I've stamped in Basic Black and Smoky Slate.
The Halloween Night Specialty DSP is so spooky this year. I love the combination of Basic Black, Basic Gray, Pumpkin Pie and Whisper White and the patterns are really great with lots of variety.
Inside each bag are some popping candy spider chocolates, chocolate eyeballs and pumpkins and jellies. Oh, and a few plastic creepy crawlies!
As promised, here are my own little Halloween accessories Charlie & Bayley. I love my cats and they are always close by when I am in my craft room. Charlie often jumps in my photo studio so I encouraged him to sit down and I took some photos of him with one of the treat bags. I swear he knows I am taking a picture - look at that pose and stare into the camera!
Bayley, bless her, wasn't as comfortable as Charlie and this is the best photo I managed to get of her, She looks a little grumpy but I think she might have been scared of my photography lamps.
Bayley tends to sleep on a bean bag the whole time I'm crafting. Charlie comes and goes and surprises me several times a day by jumping on my craft table. I have to quickly grab my pookey tools and scissors and make sure they are safely put away. Charlie likes to demand attention and I think he sometimes is annoyed when I am engrossed in my work and not him. Bayley is just happy to be snoozing and enjoys a cuddle every few hours.
I hope you have enjoyed my projects and photos today! Keep an eye on my blog over the next week for news and pictures from Onstage Local in Telford. I'm busy making swaps at the moment and getting excited about seeing sneek peeks and being able to pre order from the Spring Summer catalogue. Who knows, we might even get to see some Sale-a-Bration goodies too!
I've made today's card for this month's Pinkies Team Design challenge which is being hosted by Michelle Last. The challenge we've been set is to showcase colouring techniques using current products from the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue or Stampin' Up! Autumn Winter Catalogue.
World Card Making Day Stampin'! Up! Blog Hop feat. Jar of Love Stamp Set
Friday, 30 September 2016 Somerset, UK
It's so great to join together with so many demonstrators from all over the world to celebrate this crafty event, we have lots of amazing inspiration for you today and I hope you enjoy looking at our projects!
I made this card for a lady in my team at work who did something so lovely for me. One day I went back to my desk after a meeting and on my desk was a Slimming World magazine and a pack of their yummy cereal bars.
Trick or treat? Halloween card using the Spooky Fun stamp set and Halloween Scenes Framelit Dies by Stampin' Up!
Tuesday, 20 September 2016 Somerset, UK
I just could not resist another Halloween card, these are just too fun to make. This card is dead easy and took minutes to make - and I even did a bit of colouring! I think its super cute and it would be great idea to get the children involved to make these, they would have so much fun stamping with these creepy crawlies and ghosts!
For the background I used the brick wall from the Ghoulish Grunge stamp set. I love these background stamps and I will be sad to see these go when the Autumn Winter catalogue finishes in January (there is a small chance it might not get "retired" but don't take a gamble, get it while its still around).
I hope you've enjoyed seeing my Halloween projects, its so fun to make these! Have a look at my Halloween Pinterest board for more ideas and inspiration by clicking here.
Congratulations on your wedding handmade card using Blooms and Wishes stamp set by Stampin' Up!
Thursday, 15 September 2016 Somerset, UK
I love this stamp set, its just gorgeous. Its called Blooms and Wishes and its very versatile. Using different colours you can achieve so many looks. Check out these lovely cards made using this stamp set that I've pinned on my Flowers & Nature Pinterest boards by clicking here.
I've used the colours Blushing Bride, Sweet Sugarplum, Wisteria Wonder, Mint Macaron and Soft Sky - my inspiration was the colours of the Sweet Pea flowers. I really must plant some next year as they are such lovely flowers - the garden has been a bit neglected recently....probably doesn't help that I prefer crafting to gardening any day!
I made this card with a wedding in mind so I used this great sentiment from the Floral Phrases stamp set for the inside.
You can purchase this stamp set from my online shop. You can find the link to my online shop in my top menu bar - just search for Blooms and Wishes but make sure you pick the english version of the stamp set! You get 11 flowers and leaves and 3 sentiments for only £19.00. The stamps are photopolymer so they are great for stamping background patterns too as you can see exactly where you are stamping.
I hope you've enjoyed my project today - you can subscribe to be notified of my future blog posts by entering your email address in the form on the left hand side of my blog. Alternatively you can follow me on Pinterest by clicking here. I would love to welcome more subscribers!
in
2016
#GDP052 case the designer Teneale Williams & Pinkies Team Design Challenge - heat embossed Happy New Year card!!
Friday, 9 September 2016 Somerset, UK
When time allows, I love playing along with the Global Design Project. Each week there is a different challenge using either a sketch, a theme, a colour selection or case the designer. This week we are caseing the talented Teneale Williams, its my first time caseing a designer and Teneale happens to be one of my favourite designers!
Just for you card using the babywipe technique and the Watercolour Wings stamp set by Stampin' Up!
Monday, 5 September 2016 Somerset, UK
This card has been made using the baby wipe technique, I've never used this technique before and had never heard about it until I went to the On Stage Local event by Stampin' Up! in April. I was having a lovely meal at Nando's with some fellow demos and it just came up in conversation. I can't believe that I had never heard of it before!
I only have Stampin' Up Ink Refills for the colours I use the most so I picked all the colours I thought would go well together. I then took a few sheets of babywipes and placed them down on a craft mat and then dropped a little bit of each colour all over the babywipe in random patterns. I used Island Indigo, Pool Party, Soft Sky, Blushing Bride, Perfect Plum and Smoky Slate - what a great colour combination!
I love this effect as you will never get the same look twice!
I've not had a lot of time to craft in the last few weeks. I've just had a look at this weeks Global Design Project - its fab, so I am going to try and get some time in my craft room this week so I can join in with this week's sketch challenge. Until then.....
in
2016
Thank you for joining us on another Pinkies Blog Hop! We're showcasing lots of gorgeous
projects using products from the new Stampin' Up!® Autumn/Winter Seasonal Catalogue. Simply use the buttons at the end of each post to keep hopping!
Welcome to my blog - Handmade by Kim! A big warm welcome if you have hopped over from Lizy's or Jerim's blog and you are visiting me for the first time.
Welcome to my blog - Handmade by Kim! A big warm welcome if you have hopped over from Lizy's or Jerim's blog and you are visiting me for the first time.
#GDP50 Sketch challenge using the Sunshine Wishes Thinlit Dies by Stampin' Up!
Wednesday, 24 August 2016 Somerset, UK
The first challenge is a sketch challenge. My card layout has been based on the sketch below over at the Global Design Project #GDP50.
Just a quick card from me today. I made this card for a friend of mine called Bhavana (aka Baz) who turned 50 a few weeks ago.
Baz is a fellow Stampin' Up! demonstrator and part of the Pinkies team I belong to so I just had to make her a hand stamped handmade card. I hope she had a lovely week of celebrations!
I wanted to stamp my own background using the stars from the Perpetual Birthday Calendar stamp set and after several attempts I decided on this sideways ombre effect using Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum & Wisteria Wonder. I love this effect and can't wait to use it again!
I then die cut stars in Vellum, Silver Glimmer Paper and Silver Foil Sheet and layered them together before add the number 50 die cut from Perfect Plum cardstock using the Large Numbers Framelit Dies. I popped this up using Stampin' Dimensions, stamped Happy Birthday inside the card and my card was finished. I really hope Baz liked it!
in
2016
International Blog Hop - A Bunch of Balloons Birthday Cards + Make & Take Kit Giveaway!
Tuesday, 9 August 2016 Somerset, UK
Today I am joining a group of demonstrators from around the world to show you ideas and inspiration using the latest Stampin' Up!® products that are available to purchase right now.
Just a quick card from me today which I've made for my neighbours who've recently had a baby.
Its loosely based on this sketch from this weeks Global Design Project #GDP046. I've used So Saffron instead of the traditional pink or blue and I think it's a lovely colour choice for this time of year.
Totally in love with timeless grunge using Strawberry Sketches #SS02 & Global Design Project #GDP045
Sunday, 24 July 2016 Somerset, UK
I really enjoyed making today's card! So much that I am entering it into two challenges!
First up we have the Global Design Project #GDP045. This weeks challenge is a colour challenge. I have to use the colours Basic Black, Smoky Slate & Melon Mambo in my project to be able to enter.
As soon as I saw this colour combination I knew I just had to enter. I love how Melon Mambo just pops when used with Basic Black.
Welcome to the Hello! Annual Catalogue 2016-2017 Blog Hop!
You’ll be hopping around some amazing Stampin’ Up!® Independent Demonstrators blogs, each with an inspirational project, featuring new catalogue products.
I've been lacking in inspiration recently and as soon as I saw this sketch that my friend Sarah Berry created, loads of ideas started coming into my mind. In fact, I'll probably make another card using this sketch.
This is the first sketch that Sarah has published so head on over to Sarah's blog and checkout what you need to do to join in!
I love this butterfly from the Grateful Bunch photopolymer stamp and I have been waiting for the perfect opportunity for it to be the main feature in one of my projects.
I've simply cut four squares of Shimmery White cardstock and used my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to position the butterfly perfectly in the centre. I stamped two butterflies in Elegant Eggplant and two butterflies in Perfect Plum and coordinated the layer to match the colour of the ink.
I used a two-part sentiment from the Floral Phrases Clear Mount Stamp Set for the front and inside of the card. I love the words and the fonts in this sentiment, they suit this card perfectly.
I hope you enjoyed looking at my project today and thanks for stopping by!
Grateful Bunch Photopolymer Stamp Set - 140691
Floral Phrases Clear Mount Stamp Set - 141767Stamp-A-Ma-Jig - 101049
Shimmery White A4 Cardstock - 121717
Perfect Plum A4 Cardstock - 108615
Elegant Eggplant A4 Cardstock - 108614
Perfect Plum Classic Stampin' Pad - 126963
Elegant Eggplant Classic Stampin' Pad - 126969
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