krafty thursday meets kraftin kimmie

 I decided to combine a couple of my favourite challenges today - Kraftin Kimmie and The Spotted Chick's That's Krafty Thursday.

The theme this week at KK was to use twine or floss, so I went with a natural twine that I thought would team up well with the Kraft card requirement over at the Spotted Chick.  I used one of the new 50's stamps that I had yet to colour up and I decided to try to give her the Sepia treatment.  I like the idea and love the overall look of the card, but I'm not sure I got the colouring right - I went for vintage but I think with the skin tones I ended up with more "Zombie" that sepia!!!

I used a circle nestie and matted her onto another nestie lable shape using some lovely flocked velvet cardstock.  I added a little soft blue to complement the blue button and a twine bow to finish it off.

So the only question is - do you want fries with that???

http://thespottedchick.blogspot.com/2011/03/its-time-for-thats-krafty-thursday-48.html

http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.com/2011/03/challenge-68-twine-or-floss.html

Over at There She Goes the challenge is also kraft this week so I am entering their challenge as well  http://tsgclearstamps.blogspot.com/2011/03/tsg97-get-krafty.html

Thanks for stopping by today....

                                          Craftilicious x

Having a Ruff Day?

I got this image when it was released by Kraftin Kimmie but hadn't had time to colour it.  I thought however that it would be a nice image to try to stamp and colour direct onto kraft paper as the natural colour lends itself perfectly to the image which means less colouring, just shading.

Isn't Buster just lovely - despite being fed up - I just love his expression.  This time I coloured him entirely with pencils - not a single copic in sight (shock horror!!!)   I wasn't sure how well they would blend on kraft with it not being hot-rolled like the paper I normally stamp on, but it actually worked very well.  I think as long as you don't over wet it, its just fine, and the rougher texture works well on buster.


I framed him with some faux stitching, matted onto red to make him pop, used some DCWV papers in the background, and a sheer bone ribbon.  A bone button brad adds a little interest in the corner.


I'm entering the following challenges with this card:

http://thespottedchick.blogspot.com/2011/02/thats-krafty-thursday-47.html  - use kraft card or paper on your card

http://toptiptuesday.blogspot.com/2011/02/top-tip-22-sewing-on-cards-all-stitched.html - use stitching (real or fake)