Curioser and Curioser!

Happy Monday everyone, although someone tell the weather! 

Actually we haven't done bad this year have we, there has been some lovely sunshine, just hope it's not the end!

I've blogged over at Indigoblu today, you can see my post here, I made a clock, with the White Rabbit stamp from one of the Alice in Wonderland plates from Indigoblu, and the fabulous Clockwork set.  Here is a sneak peak.

Just had a tidy up of the craft room, ready for the next round!  Did make this today though, it just needs finishing with a nice chain.  It's using Megaflakes and Flitterglu on black card, is set in a Rue Romantique bezel, and is sealed with a clear dome of Ice Resin, hasn't it domed beautifully?  It's a delicate piece, probably an inch and a half square in total, and I haven't decided how to hang it yet.

 

 



On another note, If you get Simply Card's and Papercraft magazine, issue 115 should be out around the 12th, and I'm really excited to be published for Indigoblu in this issue!  I can't wait to see it!

I've been working on another submission for another magazine, but can't tell you yet when that one is out as I don't even know myself.

If you are a crafter of any description, or love buying handmade, why not pop over to Creative Connections, and join like-minded people for Craftfest Autumn 2013.  You can join the Creative Connections gang as well, it's a huge community of people that promote each other tirelessly, have great fun, and can answer questions, or just be there for a chat.  Creative Crafting magazine is also published here.

Well there are a few things for you to check out, I'm off now to see what else I can start making, although that's all I seem to do, start. . .then not finish! 

Have a great week all,

Nikki K
xxx





 

Where has the day gone?!

Afternoon all, today seems to have flown by, I've just posted my blog over at Indigoblu, pop across and take a look if you have time, it's an inky, layery, kind of tag!  (Are those words?)

Here is a little peek:

 

 

Now I'm off to finish some projects, and then start packing some food and bits away for the weekend, off 'glamping' for a week in our converted van.  As we have Luna now, we haven't been abroad for a while, but I wouldn't have it any other way, can't seem to go anywhere without her!

This was her last year in October, about a year old, enjoying the beach in Barmouth, it was a sunny day!  Her head looks bigger than her body in this pic, it's just the angle, but I had to get a picture of that sandy snout!  She is a proper piggy and snuffles and truffles at everything. 

Well have a good rest of the day, I'm off to take her for a 'W'. . .

Best Wishes,

Nikki
xx

Had a good weekend?

Hi all, hope you've had a good weekend.  My blog post is up over at Indigoblu this morning, and it's a piece of jewellery, I did promise pictures a week or so ago, so here is one finally.  I will post some pics of the animals as well from the Wildlife park day out, I hadn't forgotten.

Enjoy the blog post, and speak soon,

Best Wishes,

Nikki K

Monday Monday..

Hi everyone, well I had a great day out at the Cotswalds Wildlife Park on Saturday, took so many photo's that I need to edit them and I will share a few.  In the meantime, here is my blog for Indigoblu today - titled 'Holding on to Summer'.

Hope whatever you are doing today brings a little sunshine to your life, even if it's not the weather!

Best Wishes,

Nikki K
xx

Blogging on the move!

Morning all, I'm taking a whole day off everything today,  and going to the Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens with hubby, a best friend and her two kids, with three dogs in tow between us.

I'll be back later with a sneak peak of a piece of jewellery in progress, and some pics of our day out no doubt.

Have a good day whatever you are doing today.  Xx

A quick hello. .

Hi all, I hope you had a good weekend, I've been so busy and not posted for a while, it's all good, but I have missed sharing things with you.

I made some new jewellery at the weekend while I was demonstrating for Indigoblu, I had been asked to go down and show off the fab Ice Resin, and I had a ball! 

I will post a couple of pics tomorrow, but for now I think the weekend is catching up with me!

Night night all. x

Rub-on Resist Technique

I've had great fun today, with my entry for Tim Holtz 12 tags of 2013 May challenge. So much so, I made two tags!  I ordered some of the rub on stickers, which landed on my doormat on Saturday, but I had to wait to try them as I was out demonstrating all day, and as Sunday was so sunny here (a huge surprise), we made the most of the day and went out.

The rub-on's are extremely easy to use, I hadn't tried them before, and the rub-on's I remember used to take half an hour to get off the backing, and then leave a dent in the page you were putting them on!  Not with these, they came off easily with the rubbing stick supplied, and a quick pull of the backing paper left them neatly on the page.  There was no problem avoiding the bits you didn't want, but if you were worried, you could cut round the images first, and use them individually.

 Just place the image where you want it on the page, and rub with the provided stick, and there you are!







When you have the images where you want them, you can then dab your distress stains on to your craft mat, and swipe the whole tag through the colours.  Don't worry if it doesn't completely cover the tag, you can fill in later.



Dry the tag slightly, then spritz with water to further react the distress inks and get a nice mottled effect on the tag.

 

Now you can stamp the tag with your main image, in archival ink.  And if you wish, stamp further around the tag with complimentary images.  You can stamp over the rub-ons, and either leave it there (dry with a heat gun to seal image), or rub it off to make the stamp look like it's behind.

  

 

 

I stamped my main image which is from the Tim Holtz Visual Artistry clear stamp range, called 'Lost and Found'.  I then added picket fence distress paint accents with a bottle lid, and cut out the 'Not all who wander are lost' sentiment and placed it up the side of my stamp, as I didn't have the tags used for the challenge.  As I didn't have the enamelled tags either, I used a bezel, which I put the rub-on clock in, and the poison skull sticker as a centre.  I covered these in glossy accents to give the enamelled look.  I did try to 'batter' a brad into submission, but it didn't want to seem to dent for me, perhaps I shoud of toddled down the shed for a better hammer.

 

 

For the film strip, I didn't have the tape, but I did have the acetate already printed from the top of the stamp set!  I cut that up as I store my stamps in cd cases anyway, and it was perfect.  I attached it with pinflair glue, as it's clear and doesn't show.  The butterfly in the centre is on top of the acetate, and the rest are underneath.  I put a little key brad through the film as an added touch.

 

The pen nib was added on top of the orange, it's another rub on, but there just seemed to be a little space needed filling. .

 

The ribbon is coloured with the same distress stains, spiced marmalade and squeezed lemonade, to finish the tag.

 

Here is this tag finished: 





 

And here is the second tag, same technique, just different colours, and I used Tim's metal flower embellishments with the alcohol ink technique on this one.  I used the film strip rub on, and cut out and layered the sentiment, and coloured the ribbon to finish the tag.

 

  

 I can't make up my mind which one I like best, now which one shall I enter?  I missed the tag challenge last month, can I have two this month? 

 

Pop across to Tim's challenge to see which one it is!

 

 Have fun creating!

xx