Shaving foam fun!

Evening all,
I can't believe I've neglected my blog for so long!
Last time I blogged I was off to a Bridal Shower for my daughters friend she's being Bridesmaid to.
It was a really lovely occasion and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
During half term week I hosted a children's make & take session at The Meeting Place.
We made Advent clocks (non mechanical), foam pictures and did lots of colouring, which was entered into a colouring competition.
The competition was for adults and children and seperated into age groups with the winner of each group receiving a reading book.
The make & take sessions along with a host of other activities have helped to encourage more people into the Meeting Place coffee shop and library and the great news is they now have funding until April next year.

I've also made time to meet up with my brother for lunch and have a good catch up.
Last week's session at The Meeting Place welcomed more new faces as we played with Brusho's and got very messy!

Then we spent the weekend in Hampshire, by the sea for my friend and her husbands joint 60th birthday party.
It was a really special time, wonderful happy memories!
Oh and my bright crafty hair under the hat!

This week I've been prepping for this weekend's workshop and today's make and take session was using shaving foam.
We used this in two ways firstly to create a background for stamping then using through stencils.
We were again joined by new ladies and some relatively new or completely new to crafting.
I just loved the reaction when I lifted the stencil off the demonstration project it was an "Oh wow!" moment!
We used up all the shaving foam and laughed so much about what the local shops might think to the sudden increase in sales!
I've had a few requests for a tutorial so next week I'll blog this for you.

Well that's me all caught up again with what's been going on.

Tomorrow I'm off to the shop where I sell my clocks before I finish my weekend prep and start on my next crafty jobs.

Hope the rest of your week goes well.

Crafty Hugs xKx 

Winter Birthdays and Festive cards

Afternoon all,
Thank you for joining me here.
This morning while it was rainy and chilly outside we were busy creating in the warm at
 Sutton at Hone Meeting Place, which I'm very pleased to say has now received funding until April 2016 due to the increased footfall.
Anyhow I had a lovely frothy coffee while setting up for today's projects.
We used Brusho's, a couple of VersaColor inks pads and Card-io stamps for some simple scene building.
These make great quick and easy Christmas cards or they're ideal for Winter Birthdays.
A couple of hours went in a flash and here's some of the results.
I really loved designing theses and I'm going to do some more myself now to replenish my stock and sample supplies.
Hope you can stay warm and dry,
Crafty Hugs xKx

Nearly time for the next workshop

Morning all,
Can't believe it's not long until the next Kent workshop, where does the time go!
There's lots in store coming up but for now here's a round up of this month's samples.
We're using Air dry clay to create simple embellishments on stencilled backgrounds alongside various stamps.
It's nearly the weekend and I wish you a good day.
Crafty Hugs xKx

Stamps, stencils, Brusho's and paper clay

Good Morning all,
Thanks so much for popping in this morning.
I'm so fortunate to have such wonderful support both here and on my Facebook page where I share my crafty journey along with 700 of you lovely crafters,
Wow! Sincere thanks from me to each of you.

I thought I'd get my jobs done early today as it's going to be another scorcher and I think my energy levels will be zapped pretty quickly!
First job on my list today, this blog update with some samples for my next Kent workshop in July.
For these I've used IndigoBlu stamps designed by Limor Webber, really loving these sets.
Also I've used various stencils, Brusho's and paper clay to make some added extra's.
Really had fun with these and they're so quick and easy.
Well I had better get on with my jobs for today.
Hope you can stay comfortable and take care in this heat.
Back soon
Love and Crafty Hugs xKx

More Sweet Poppy with Brusho's

Morning everyone,

Thank you for the lovely comments and feedback on Facebook about these cards yesterday.
Using all Sweet Poppy Stencils.

I did the Tiger first, an idea that I had to use Brusho's through the stencil trying to keep it like watercolour and fairly subtle. 

It's achieved by sprinkling and very lightly spritzing, a lot of dabbing and blotting!

Repeating as necessary until the desired effect is achieved.

I've used this technique on two of the other cards below, including the Fairy Pods and Steampunk Butterfly.
The Leaf Flowers were done with distress inks, Cracked a Pistachio and Abandoned Coral.
I'll be using this technique soon at my Kent workshops.

Thanks so much for looking today,
Have a lovely day,

Crafty Hugs xKx

Butterflies and Brusho's with Lisa B Designs

Morning all,
Last week I shared a sneak preview of my latest make over at
Lisa B Designs which proved popular.
Thank you all for the lovely responses and feedback.
I've done a step by step on Lisa's blog and today Kirsten has shared one of her fabulous creations so please take a look at that too.
More lovely sun to enjoy here today.
Have a good day, back soon.
Crafty Hugs xKx

The subtleness of Brusho's

Wednesday already...
Hope you all enjoyed a fab Easter without overdoing it!

A make from a while ago using the tiniest amount of Brusho colours, very diluted and a
Sharon Bennett, Hobbyart stamp set, Wonderful Day.
Brusho and stamp set available from Lisa B Designs.
This shows a much softer side of Brusho and the versatility that can be achieved.
I use these little pots of intensive colour far more than I ever thought I would and enjoy experimenting and creating with them a lot.
The opportunity to be completely random with them or apply more control if desired is what appeals to me.
I'll leave you with the Wonderful Day card this Wednesday...

Have a good day,
Crafty Hugs xKx

Zingy Lemon and Lime with Lavinia

Morning crafters,

The April challenge starts today over at lovely Lavinia Stamps.
A nice spring theme "Lemon and Lime"

The winner of the challenge, selected at random, receives a Voucher worth £40 to spend in the 
The Lavinia Stamps Web shop. 
As always the DT have put together lots of inspiration over on the
Lavinia Stamps Challenge Blog.

You don't need to have a Blog,  Email entries are accepted.

Many thanks to everyone who entered the last challenge, really wonderful work and congratulations to the lucky winner.

I'll leave you with my makes, two canvases and some fun tags.

On the first canvas I've stamped and embossed onto vellum, the second I've stamped directly onto the canvas and also stamped onto stamping card and cut out.
For the tags I've stamped and clear embossed, used Brusho's for colour along with the addition of the cute die cuts.

I've used stamps from the Zen range for all my makes here, if you'd like any further info please just ask.

Hope you can join us for this month's challenge.

Have a good day, I'll be back soon with some Easter makes...

Crafty Hugs xKx

I'm also entering this post into the following challenges:-
Great Impressions Easter/Spring

Friday's sneaky peek...

Glorious day today,
Some of you know I'm taking some time out for some much needed convalescing after an accumulation of health issues that have really taken their toll.

Things are still ticking along never the less and I'm pottering and creating at my leisure and making a few changes here and there.

It's good to have this time to reflect...

Inspiration from a friend for future arty works
"I'm working on a Brand New Ending!"
and this is just the Begining...

My workshop ladies are being hugely supportive at this time, as they always are.
I do love the crafty time I spend with these genuinely lovely friends, away from so much negativity.
We laugh, chat and chill out learning from each other along the way...

Anyway today I'm sharing a sneaky peek of my make for the lovely Lisa B, to see the whole thing you'll have to pop over to my tutorial over on her blog here lisabdesignsinspiration.blogspot

I do hope you enjoy a lovely weekend whatever you're doing.

Thanks for popping by,
Crafty Hugs xKx

Mechanical Cat by Sweet Poppy Stencils

Before I blog my Easter makes I wanted to share a couple of makes using this fab new stencil,

Sweet Poppy "Mechanical Cat" complete with plug in mouse!

How fab is this design, so much fun to use!

The green background is done with Brusho and the orange is a mix of fluorescent paint and ink, it's hard to capture the vibrancy in a photo.

I used grung paste for both cats and the mouse.

Have a lovely evening, I'm looking forward to Masterchef...

Crafty Hugs xKx 

A lovely day out...

Morning all,

Lovely to see the sun here this morning.

Washing is coming along nicely and lots to attend to this week.

I just had to share the results of a great workshop I attended yesterday with my super lovely friend Samantha Kingdon.

It was at The Craft Barn in Surrey and hosted by Kay Carley.

We met some lovely like minded crafters and had yummy cake and coffee during our break at the Priory Garden Center just opposite.

Anyhow when I purchase products I like to know I'm going to get lots of varied use from them and that's definitely the case for my Brusho's.

I really can't see the point of having lots of mediums that achieve the same results but that's just my personal view.

I've used them a lot in my own workshops with techniques I've come up with.

I haven't researched many of techniques out there so I'm not sure if mine are an adaptation of what's already been done.

I have been using them in quite an arty grungy way but the class yesterday focused on more controlled, delicate use of this medium.

I love watercolour images so this was right up my street and I will adapt and use my own twist on these techniques a lot.

A relaxing and inspiring day was had and I've yet to make my panels into cards but I'm thrilled with the results.

Have a good week, back soon.

Crafty Hugs xKx

Brusho Boxes at Bristol

Afternoon all,

Trying to catch up this week after a wonderful crafty weekend.
Saturday in Bristol was the Candy Box Crafts Brusho box project.
We used Brusho's to decorate and stamps including Designs by Ryn, Paperartsy, Stampendous and Bee Crafty Banksy designs.
I think I can happily say the ladies loved the class and I am as proud as punch with their fabulous results, they're all so talented and clever.
Some of them have even done a further box since arriving home.
I'm now prepping for this Sunday's workshop in Kent, it's all go!
So I'll leave you with a peek of the stunning array of Brusho Boxes
and the deep concentration creating!
Lots of fun, chat, tea breaks and yummy cakes,
particularly Jan's homemade cupcakes.
Thanks ever so for popping by my blog today, back soon with the Warwickshire Sunday class.
Crafty Hugs xKx