Christmas Kisses for Leonie

Hello lovely peeps, it's sneaky peek time :o)

 This is one of the cards that I have made for Leonie's shows on Hochanda next Thursday, 13th July, featuring some of her Christmas stamps. The shows are scheduled for 8am, 12pm and 4pm and will also feature dies and embossing folders.

First I stamped the two birds from the Perch stamp set onto Kraft card with Black Archival ink - positioned so they are kissing each other

Next I added some mistletoe - this was cut from the Festive Foliage stamp

I added a couple of sprigs directly above them

then added more along the top of the card.

I coloured the birds in with Copper and Berry sparkle pens

and the mistletoe with Clear sparkle pen with a tiny bit of Holly Leaf mixed in. The berries were painted in with Zinc White acrylic.

For the first half of the greeting I painted a scrap of Kraft card with a wash of Zinc White then stamped over with 'Christmas' from the Christmas Greetings set.

For the second I masked off the swirly part of the 'Kisses' stamp from an older set (called Love Hearts) and stamped onto Kraft card with Black Archival ink.

Then I painted over with a mix of clear/Holly Leaf sparkle pen and left it to dry.
I doodled a border around with a black fineliner pen to match the style of the 'Christmas' part.

I decided last minute to tone down the sparkle pen on the birds and went over the top with a wash of Zinc white. I think this blends in better with the Kraft card.

To ground the birds I painted some Zinc White along the bottom of the card then I doodled in some legs and feet with the fineliner pen. Some black pearls for eyes finish it off.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-

My Time to Craft #349 Christmas in July

Unicorn Challenge #23 Christmas in July

Inky Chicks #85 Christmas

Happy Little Stampers (Christmas) optional die cuts

ABC Christmas Challenge N is for new, O is for Old (the bird stamps are new)

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - Anything Christmas Goes

The Crazy Challenge #252 animal

Art Impressions Stamp Challenge #212 Bling, glitter or glossy (used sparkle pens)

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

Boat Scene for Leonie

Hello lovely peeps and a very warm welcome to my new followers. I hope you have all entered my giveaway (click here or see the link in my sidebar).

Just a quick post today to show you another card made with Leonie's Mixed Media dies.

For the sea/waves I used the Bark Texture die and some patterned paper, then added white wave tops with a gel pen. The boats are made with shapes from the Mosaic set and the sun is cut from yellow paper using one of the dies in Floral Bursts

The sentiment is made up of two words from the Love Hearts clear stamp set

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
 Creative Inspirations #255 Seaside/Sunshine/Summer Holidays

I'm delighted to announce that there will be another One Day Special to launch some of Leonie's new products, starting on Wednesday 10th August at 8pm with more shows on Thursday 11th at 9am, 12pm, 4pm & 7pm.

Want a little sneak peek? Oh, go on then, you twisted my arm :D

You can watch Hochanda live online, Sky channel 663, Freeview 39 (6am - 9pm) or Freesat 817.
Thanks for stopping by,
Katrina x

French maid for Leonie

Hello lovely peeps

I thought I'd pop in to show you how I made the 'French maid' card that was on Leonie's last launch show. It's using the embossing folder called 'Dotty Heart'

When I first received the folder I embossing some thick white card with it, and thought how lovely it would look with lace. The idea for a French maid outfit came pretty shortly after :)

First I drew a little apron shape onto white card and cut it out.

After running it through the embossing folder I put some strong double-side tape around the edge.

I attached the lace around the edges, adding in little creases as I went

To hold the creases in place I added little blobs of Cosmic Shimmer glue and held the fold in place with a finger for 30-60 seconds to make sure it held. I added a long piece of lace along the top of the apron for tying around the 'waist' later on.

Once the apron was done I needed a little black outfit for it to go over.
The large heart stamp in the 'Make a Wish' stamp set has some lovely swirl detail and I thought this would make a nice decoration for the top (and obviously the shape is suggestive of a bustier)

I traced the shape onto some black card but once past the 'bust line' I went down to an imaginary waist.

Once the shape was cut out I inked up the top of the heart with Versamark ink and then heat embossed it with black embossing powder (you could use clear but I've managed to get bits of white powder in mine so it didn't look very good)

The next step was to give my maid's outfit a 'feather duster'. I found a packet of pink feathers in my stash (I knew they would come in handy one day)

and I bound them together with some white florist tape

So here's my finished card.
I've just added a few paper flowers and sentiments from the fabulous Love Hearts set.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
World Wide Open Design Team Challenge 12 Anything Goes
Try it on Tuesday - Make us smile

Creative Moments #97 Anything Goes
That's Crafty! Challenge Blog Feminine

Don't forget Leonie will be back on our screens tomorrow (Friday) at 8pm to launch a new One Day Special. Here's a little sneaky peek of what's coming up

You'll find another sneaky peek on my Facebook page, and I'll also be having a little giveaway on there at the weekend to celebrate the new launch.

If you're not on Facebook, don't worry about missing out. My 200th blog post is coming up very soon, so I'll be having another candy giveaway here on my blog.

Thank you so much for stopping by,

Katrina x