Stamp something - bling it somethings

Hi everyone, hope your weekend was good! I had a lovely day yesterday teaching a copic class at the Craft Barn, hello to all the lovely ladies I met, thank you for making it a great day for me and I hope you enjoyed it too. 


One of the techniques we looked at was copic marker direct to a solid stamp which gives a lovely watercolour effect. I saw this technique somewhere in blogland originally but it's one I didn't save unfortunately and I can't remember which blog, thank you anyway for sharing. I'm entering this into the Stamp Something challenge which this time is bling it somethings.


For the star I used the Kadoodle Star from the Joi de noel set and I coloured it with three different blue copic markers to cover the whole of the stamp, when I finished colouring I misted it with blending solution until if was quite wet and then stamped it onto some white textured card. The image is cut out and then edged with a gold metallic pen and raised up on foam dots over the two cut out stars also edged with gold. I've joined the two stars together with an eyelet threaded with gold raffia and it's about 4.5 inches so, big enough to be a card but I might also use this as a tag. To finish I coloured all the white areas of the stamped star with a copic clear spica glitter gel pen for some bling and added the little gold bow.

Kadoodle and A spoon full of sugar challenge 71

Hi everyone! A card today for A spoon full of sugar where this time the challenge is a Christmas Creation so I thought I'd show this card which I haven't had a chance to upload. I've used my new holly swirls stamp from the Joie de noel set for Kadoodle at the Craft Barn as the focal image in dark green Ancient Page ink and also to stamp all the background papers throughout the Tri Shutter Card with a brilliance gold pearlescent ink. It's a very easy card to make, it just takes a long time to cut all the panels :D. There's a great tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers which shows how to make it. I used Oval nestabilities, a craftwork cards die cut greeting, some green ribbon, punched snowflakes, gems, pearls and red flower to finish.

Kadoodle Boules de Noel Stamps - Christmas Stampin' All Year Round

Hi everyone, hope you're week is going well so far. A card today for Christmas Stampin' All Year Round Challenge where this time there has to be a colour combo with non traditional colours i.e. no red, green or blue. I made my card in white and gold and so it should be ok for the challenge, there's also a sketch you can follow if you wish. I've used my new stamp designs for Kadoodle which are 'Boules de Noel' available from the Craft Barn. I stamped them in versamark ink on white card and then heat embossed them with gold powder. After that I cut them all out and attached to the card blank which is embossed with the CB snowfall folder. I cut the front of the card blank shorter so that I could make this a kick stand card. I took another piece of white card and edge punched it with the MS snowflake punch and then mounted this piece with dimension tape and with a wide gold ribbon tied under and over it. I think I might make a few more of these for my Christmas card stash as I like the gold and white combo and it was fairly quick to make.. Take care, Chris x

Kadoodle - Country Pub

Hi everyone, hope you're all well and also I hope you can excuse my lack of blog hopping lately, I hope to catch up as soon as I can. This is another of my new Kadoodle stamps, 'Country Pub' which is available at The Craft Barn shop and will soon be available online too. I've coloured it with Copic markers and added lots of glamour dust for a nice wintery effect. I made the background paper using my new holly stamp design from the 'Joie de noel' set also from The Craft Barn. To make the paper I inked up the stamp with pine needle and peeled paint distress ink so that there was some of each colour around the stamp and then stamped randomly onto white card. I then overstamped with some metallic gold ink, distressed and sponged the edges. The card blank and matting layer are gold metallic card and I've finished off with a wide green satin ribbon. TFL. Chris x

Kadoodle Church

Hi everyone, hope you had a good weekend. I have a card today that I showed at the Craft Barn Extravaganza using my new Kadoodle Church stamp and also my Kadoodle swirly stamp available now in the shop and soon online. For this card I've used the Church to make a wedding card, I also made another where I've used the same stamp for a Christmas card and I'll post that one later on. The church stamp is water coloured with distress inks with a bit of stickles added for some sparkle. I stamped the background paper with the swirly stamp from one of the sets of images in versamark ink and then applied some gold perfect pearls powder. The card blank is cut from gold pearlescent card and the layers applied with some dimension tape. I added some flowers, distressed the paper edges and finished off with a cream bow and a doodlebug rub on.

I had a great time at the weekend at the Craft Barn extravaganza, it was lovely to meet everyone and chat and I know that some of you are readers of my blog, so a big hello and thank you for spending some of your time with me. Debby (debby 4000) and Julie (julie's inkspot) it was a great pleasure to meet for the first time and it was lovely to see my DU DT friend Kim (Simplyfairies) again. I also met Fiona who might have a blog very soon and who I've been in touch with by email, it was great to see you all.

As you can see from the photo above we had a laugh at the end after clearing up, my lovely friend Sandra and the gorgeous Paula Pascal who is so sweet and funny and who make the events very special. Stamping Caz was also demonstrating and it was the first I'd met her, a lovely lady who very kindly took this photo of us. I got to see Isabelle Norris very briefly who came over from Canada for the event so that was lovely. I did get a very special photo of Paula but have been banned from blogging it :) and also a good one of Leandra from Paper Artsy but I forgot to ask her if I could blog it so I haven't. Hello to you all girls, thanks for making the weekend a very good one. Thanks also to Sandy and the team at the CB for an enjoyable time and sweets to eat too! OK, enough :) . TFL. Chris x

Kadoodle - Christmas robin

Hi everyone, hope you're enjoying the weekend so far. Today's card is my first Christmas card this year and is using one of my new Kadoodle stamps for the Craft Barn. The Christmas robin is inspired by my friend Dawn who, loving robins at Christmas suggested I draw a 'fat robin', hope it's fat enough for you Dawn :D and that you like it and no doubt you'll let me know when I phone you after the weekend :)! So, this weekend, I'm demonstrating water colouring at the Craft Barn Extravaganza weekend and I'm very much looking forward to it, it's always a great event and there are some amazingly talented demonstrators attending and lots of classes. If you're in the area and able to pop in I hope you'll come and say hello :)

I've watercoloured the robin and postbox image with distress inks and then added some glamour dust for sparkle. It's mounted onto the step card I made from gold pearlescent card and the borders are all punched with an MS snowflake punch. To finish off I added a red velvet ribbon and bow and I made a big snowflake cut out from acetate with a sizzix snowflake die, spinkled with chunky glitter and completed with a large red gem. The sentiment is a Doodlebug rub on. There are quite a few photo's of this one, I took a few close ups and couldn't decide which ones to use so you're getting them all :). Enjoy your Saturday. TFL, Chris x

Kadoodle Off to the beach

Hi everyone, hope you're having a good weekend. A card today with one of the my new stamp designs for Kadoodle 'off to the beach' which is available from the Craft Barn and she's been stamped with versafine vintage sepia ink then water coloured with distress inks and cut out. The card base is made from a big circle cut in half and then folded in half with punched circles attached at the outer edges to create the scallops. I've also used Nesties labels two to cut the shape from the paper and another cut from white foam sheet. Sentiment is also cut from the paper by Delish designs with a Go Kreate die and I've added sheer ribbon, prima flowers, paper roses and stickles glitter glue to decorate. TFL. Chris x

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Bling

Hi everyone, hope you're having a good weekend and a bit of sun amongst the rain! The challenge this week at Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge is bling and I'm entering this little gift bag that I made which has lots of glitter, so I'm hoping that counts as bling. The bag is closed by some nestie die cuts cut with Labels One and Scalloped oval folded in half and glued over the top. I made a label using one of my new Kadoodle stamps and she's been coloured with distress inks, glittered and sponged around the edges. The label is attached by punching a hole at the top and threading through some ribbon and a brad. TFL. Chris x

Kadoodle 'my flower garden'

Hi everyone, a card today for ABC with a challenge of distressing in any form. I chose Ranger distress ink in vintage photo and black soot which I sponged around the edges of the image panel. The stamps I've used today are Kadoodle stamps from the Craft Barn 'my flower garden' and 'my garden accessories' which I've stamped in Black versafine ink and coloured with markers. Everything is mounted on the great quality A4 mid blue card also available from the Craft Barn. I don't know the make of the patterned paper as it was a pressie from my lovely friend Martine. I punched a little border with the MS doily lace punch and mounted this with the image on dimension tape then finished it all off with some doodled dots done with a white gel pen and some lovely May arts ribbon also from the Craft Barn. TFL. Chris

BasicGrey Challenge 20 - Sketch

Hi everyone, Saturday again and time for another BasicGrey challenge and some fantastic inspiration for this week from the DT, I hope you can join in.

..."This week we have another sketch for you to follow, you can resize and even flip the sketch but please make sure that the original sketch can be recognized easily in your creations, feel free to also add any other embellishments etc to your creations and of course not forgetting to use at least one item from BasicGrey".

I enjoyed working with this great sketch created by Martine, well I love all her sketches actually! I've used BG Bittersweet papers for my layers and Kraft card which has been edged with Ranger Distress ink and the piece under the image embossed and sponged with the ink. The image is my new stamp design for Kadoodle, 'Frilly Flowers' and is marker coloured and glazed with glossy accents and then stickles to give an enamal effect (hopefully)! I stamped the little row of hearts instead of a sentiment, outlined them with a clear gel pen and added stickles to the centres. To finish I pierced all around the edge of the card using a Tim Holtz piercing ruler and added a BasicGrey Boxer Brad.

I hope you're having a great weekend so far. TFL.
Chris

Materials:
Stamps: 'Frilly Flowers' Kadoodle available at The Craft Barn, Studio G clear stamp, row of hearts.
Paper/card: BasicGrey 'Bittersweet', Kraft card also from The Craft Barn
Colouring: Promarkers in pastel pink, vanilla, sandstone, raw sienna. Sponging with Ranger Distress Ink in Worn Lipstick
Embellishment: BasicGrey Boxer brad, Ranger Gossy Accents, Stickles glitter glue in Candy Cotton and Black, Tim Holtz Piercing Ruler, Edge Distresser, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder 'Paisley', Dimension Tape, Sakura clear gel pen, sponge

Kadoodle Blog Candy, Amelia with present

Hi everyone, this week 'Amelia with present' stamp is the Blog Candy at Kadoodle. If you fancy a chance at winning her, leave a comment on the Kadoodle blog. Good luck!

I've made a pop up card with 'Amelia and present' and 'Holly Cottage' which are both available from The Craft Barn. Images are marker coloured, cut out and attached to the pop out cuts in the snowflake vellum which is attached to the card blank. I added some trees behind the images cut from Basic Grey 'Wassail' which have distressed edges and some punched stars. Added more 'Wassail' paper to the sentiment area and decorated everything with fluffy snow and stickles. The front of the card is more 'Wassail' paper for the background, two nestabilities die cuts, holly leaves and stars cut from gold pearlescent card. Added gold liquid pearls to decorate. Sentiment on the front is Hero Arts and inside is Elzybells. TFL.

Back soon,
Chris

Kadoodle Blog Candy!

Hi again everyone, just to let you know that this week the Kadoodle blog candy is my design James and Holly. If you fancy a chance at winning this stamp pop over to the Kadoodle Blog and leave a comment.
Good luck!

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Chris

Kadoodle Blog Candy!

Hi everyone this is taken from the kadoodle Stamps Blog:

This is our first blog candy: your chance to win one of our really cute cottages

CANDLESTICK COTTAGE

From now until Christmas, we will feature one of our Kadoodle stamp every Monday.

Leave a comment on the Kadoodle blog for a chance of winning this cottage!

The winner will be announced next Monday

Good luck

Winter Amelia

A card for Friday Sketchers Challenge which has a lovely sketch to follow this week. Kadoodle stamps Amelia is pencil coloured and blended with Sansodor then matted on blue bazzil card, I don't know why but I always seem to want to colour this stamp in blues!!. The background paper is Basic Grey 'Figgy Pudding' which I think I'm going to be using a lot of, it's gorgeous, matted again on the blue bazzil and wrapped with silver metallic ribbon. I added gems, a Christmas tree charm, stickles and a Craftwork Cards sentiment die cut to finish. TFL.

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Chris

Weatherboard Cottage

A card for Dutch Dare where the challenge this week is to follow a sketch.

I've used my Weatherboard Cottage design for Kadoodle Stamps which is stamped with Versafine Sepia ink, pencil coloured and blended with Sansodor. There's some glossy accents on the window panes but the picture hasn't caught this unfortunately. The topiary trees and flower planter stamps also come with the cottage and I've coloured, glittered and then cut them out to mount on thin dimension tape. The image is matted on the beautiful paper that was given to me by Sandy at the The Craft Barn and has been cut out using square nestability dies also layered on dimension tape. Background is Bazzil Bling which has been embossed with the CB Swiss Dots folder and the 'No.?' sentiment is cut with the 'Go Create' Milan alphabet and glittered.

I had another lovely day at the Craft Barn Extravaganza yesterday, met lovely people and I've thoroughly enjoyed the whole weekend. I'd like to thank everyone for making me so welcome and Isabelle for looking after me as this was my first time demonstrating. Sandy has asked me if I'd like to do a class in November on colouring techniques which I've said I'd love to do.

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Chris

Candlestick Cottage

A card with another of my Kadoodle Cottage series of stamp designs. This is Candlestick Cottage and it was named by Sandy, owner of The Craft Barn, home of Kadoodle Stamps. The image is pencil coloured and blended with Sansodor and a paper stump. I've matted the image on the reverse side of the wonderful paper that Sandy gave me to make up my samples and this is also available at The Craft Barn, it's mounted on dimension tape. The side border is cut again from the reverse of the paper with a scalloped blade, punched with a hole punch and threaded with pale gold ribbon. The sentiment is computer generated.

My friend Sandra was also demonstrating her new stamps today and they're absolutely stunning. Primrose has got my name on her, they're so funny and different. Fantastic Sandra!


I'd like to thank everyone who came to visit me today at the Craft Barn Extravaganza, it was a great pleasure to meet you all and also to chat with a couple of blogging friends who popped in. I had an absolutely wonderful and enjoyable day and am looking forward to tomorrow.

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Chris

Holly Cottage

A card using my new stamp design for Kadoodle, 'Holly Cottage'. There are six cottages in this series which will be on sale from this weekend and I'll be at the Craft Barn for a demo on Saturday and Sunday which will be fun. This cottage also has the Christmas Tree and Door Wreath to go with it. They're coloured with prismacolor pencils and sansodor and the tree and wreath are decoupaged, sprinkled with glamour dust, stickles and liquid pearls for the tree ornaments. There's a good spattering of glamour dust all over the snow and roof too, it's lovely and sparkly IRL. The cottage is matted on red card and blue bazzil and lifted up on dimension tape over the Bo Bunny background paper. I finished it off with a wide red satin ribbon, dots of liquid pearls and doodled dots in metallic silver. TFL.

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Chris

New Zodiac Kadoodle Designs

Here are some new Kadoodle designs by my fellow stamp designer Sandra Dry. I think they're absolutely brilliant, cute and funny! They're such a great idea, I haven't seen anything like these before with zodiac signs perfect for kids cards, I think they would also be just right for Halloween. Fantastic work Sandra!!!!

These will be available in the shop from Bank Holiday Monday 25th August.

Kadoodle Christmas Sparkle

A card for the Papertake Weekly challenge which this week is to follow a sketch. I've used my Kadoodle James in his Santa Hat again which I coloured with Prismacolor pencils and Sansodor. I used some Doodlebug Christmas paper from last year and layered it with dark red Bazzil card that was embossed in the Cuttlebug Snowflakes folder. The edges are all sponged with Ranger Distress ink and I've highlighted the embossed snowflakes, the dots on the paper and the hat and holly with Stickles. The sentiment is from the Woodware Christmas set cut out with Nestabilities circles. TFL.

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Chris

Kadoodle Amelia and James Christmas Gift Box

For the Our Creative Corner challenge this week the challenge is 'Limited Supplies' using no more than four layers and no designer paper. I hope this counts as I've created my own paper by drawing the snowflakes on the plain green card!

My friend Dawn showed me how to make this cute little gift box a couple of weeks ago (thanks Dawn) and I made a few of them up but only got around to decorating this one today. I've made it into a Christmas gift box and used Kadoodle Amelia and present and James in Santa Hat coloured with prismacolor pencils and cut out.

The box is simple to make from one sheet of A4 paper or thinnish card. Score the paper in half across the width, measure and mark the middle of each edge length ways and then score from that point on all four sides to the end of the centre score line. You should end up with a diamond shape of score lines. Fold over on the centre score line, and then each point to the middle and you'll end up with the shape in the photograph. Where the sides meet, punch a hole and thread ribbon through both sides. I might try and photograph my dummy box to show the folding and edit this post later to include it.

To decorate the box I drew on some snowflakes with a Sakura silver pen, doodled around a nestability cut scalloped circle of cream card and stuck this to the box. I also cut out and coloured a stamped holly image and attched this. The other images were placed on the circle. I added the ribbon to close the box and some stickles for a bit of sparkle. TFL.

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Chris