Rijacki's Workshop: 2019

31 December 2019

Gel Press with Alcohol Ink

I have become addicted to the Gel Press. The gel plate can do amazing things. I wanted to have a unique background so turned to the Gel Press and alcohol inks to create some.

Gingerbread House - 3D papercrafting, stencil embossing

For this holiday season, I decided to make a Gingerbread House but with paper and stamping and other non-edibles. The Gingerbread people and the Mermaid Scales stencil from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps were the start of my inspiration. I added in die cuts from Spellbinders, Elizabeth Craft Designs, and Sizzix with Nuvo drops, Stickles, Liquid Pearls, Snow-Tex, and Glamor Dust.

Ice Queen - Sheepski Designs, coloured pencil, frame

Winter is coming which makes me happy because it's my favourite season. The December blog challenge for Sheepski Designs is Favourite Things so I used the Ice Queen to make a picture. Come join us this month with your Favourite Things creation.

SheepSki Designs Challenge Blog
SheepSki Designs Etsy shop
SheepSki Designs FaceBook group

Snowflakes - gel plate with stamping

I love winter and I love this stamp set from Kraftin' Kimmie. I used Kimmie hybrid inks with a gel plate, stamping the snowflakes on the gel plate before printing, to make the background.

Get Well Kitty - Through the Craftroom Door, coloured pencil

This week's sponsor for Through the Craftroom Door is Knitty Kitty!

Knitty Kitties started life as quirky hand-knitted cats made by Annabel to sell at craft fairs. As their
popularity grew, Annabel began to design digital images based on her own gang of mischievous pets. The antics of cats Georgez and Berts, along with their long-suffering doggy housemate Holly Poocherson, have inspired digital stamps for you to download, colour, and use for your own projects
at home.

Join the Knitty Kitty Digis group on Facebook for membership freebies and follow knittykittydigis on Instagram for alerts on the next giveaway!

To shop the full range please take a look at the KKD Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Eekers

For my project, I decided to use the Knitty Kitty Cone of Shame because I'm scheduled for a surgery later this week and will be healing kitty myself for a few weeks.

Wrapping - gel plate stamping, stencilling

Wrapping presents can bring great joy, especially when the scissors seem to shape the paper on their own. I used Cosmic Shimmer paste on a gel plate to print this stamp from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

Brew-tiful - stenciling, coloured pencil, Perfect Pearls

Mmmmmm, coffee. No matter how you have it, it's a start to a brew-tiful day. My plaque features Kraftin' Kimmie stamps and inks, Elizabeth Craft Designs stencil, and a Tim Holtz frame.

Autumn Hugs - Distress Oxide spray, stencil, coloured pencil

Autumn days can be rather chilly, so I'm sending big hugs to warm you on a card with a Distress Oxide stencilled leaf, Kraftin' Kimmie stamps, Koh-i-Noor coloured pencil, and a touch of Perfect Pearl shimmer.

The whole gang is here for a wintery greeting. November's challenge for the Sheepski Designs blog is Christmas! Come join us.

My inspiration project is two cards using the same Sheepski Designs image, Snowmen Selfie, coloured with Nuvo alcohol markers.

SheepSki Designs Challenge Blog

SheepSki Designs Etsy shop
SheepSki Designs FaceBook group

Snowflake Kisses - stencilling, one-layer

A blizzard of kisses is a great way to warm up in winter. My snowy one-layer card features Kraftin' Kimmie stamps, stencil, and inks.

Because it's someone's birthday somewhere, what better reason to have a cake? My quirky birthday cark features Kraftin' Kimmie stamps, stencil, inks, and dots! Yummy!

Witchin' - gel plate stencilling, coloured pencil, embossing

Magic! My Halloween card features a Kraftin' Kimmie stamp set, stencilling with a gel plate and Pebeo acrylics, and Prismacolor pencil colouring.

A fairy wish for a happy birthday, my card features a Kraftin' Kimmie stamp set coloured with Nuvo alcohol markers and paired with die cuts from Memory Box and Spellbinders.

Flocking with a stencil

Flocking has the coolest feel, like velvet. It's possible to flock using a stencil, adhesive sheet, and loose flocking without creating a massive mess. For a fuzzy knit look I used the Sweater Weather stencil from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps with a variety of coloured flocks.

Poppies - TTCRD, alcohol marker on tissue, collage

This week's sponsor for Through the Craftroom Door is Stamplorations!

California-based STAMPlorations™ is owned and managed by husband-and-wife team, David & Shery Russ. We offer clear stamps, stencils, thin metal dies, and coloring pages for stampers, card makers, scrapbookers, mixed media artists, and all other kinds of crafters. All of our products are proudly made in the USA. Our clear stamps are made from the finest photopolymer resin. Through our stamp line, we hope to encourage crafters of all ages and experience levels to "Stamp with all your ART!". New products are added every month.

Prize: $15 gift code

https://stamplorations.auctivacommerce.com/
https://www.facebook.com/stamplorations/
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For my inspiration piece, I used one of the images from Cupful of Blooms with tissue paper and alcohol ink markers.

Autumn Blessings - gel plate, stencil

Autumn is a time of blessings. My card features a stamp, stencil, inks, and enamel dots from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps with dies from Spellbinders.

Purr-fect Love - TTCRD, embossing, shimmer powder

This week's sponsor for the Through the Craftroom Door challenge is Sheepski Designs!

My kitty couple enjoying the night together showcases Sheepski Designs Purr-fect Love, Nuvo shimmer powder, Nuvo expanding mousse, and embossed inkjet ink.

Stars - embossing, stencilling, stencil embossing

Shoot for the moon and land on a Star! Embossed with pearl and white on black using Kraftin' Kimmie stamps and stencil with Cosmic Shimmer and Perfect Pearls on the inside.

Kamsin - Sheepski Designs, alcohol marker, alcohol ink

The start of another month! It's October and the challenge this month on the Sheepski Designs blog is Autumn Colours!

For my inspiration this month, I used Kamsin coloured with Nuvo alcohol ink markers and a touch of Nuvo Jewel Drops for her glasses. I paired her with a sentiment from Unity Stamps, a little stencilling, paper lace, and an alcohol ink background.

SheepSki Designs Challenge Blog
SheepSki Designs Etsy shop
SheepSki Designs FaceBook group

Feed Your Soul - TTCRD, foiled embossing

A new challenge on the Through the Craftroom Door blog! Today's sponsor is TTCRD with a gift card for the winner.

For my project, I had food on my mind when I embossed and foiled a cutlery background stamp from Hero Arts, a cloche die from Spellbinders, and foody sentiments from Impression Obsession on a background paper from Hero Arts.

Cupcake Cutie - Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, alcohol ink, stenciling, coloured pencil

For the month of September, I am a Guest designer on the Kraftin' Kimmie design team! Today is Saturday and the new blog challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

Hello and welcome to our FIVE HUNDREDTH Saturday Challenge! Can you BELIEVE THAT?! Five HUNDRED challenges over the last TEN years! So why don't we celebrate?!

How about a SPECIAL WINNER for this week's challenge? I'm giving away YOUR CHOICE of FIVE of our amazing Krafty Stencils!!! Enter with YOUR creation either on this blog post OR in the Krafty Friends facebook group by Friday, October 4th at midnight for your chance to WIN! Let's GO!

Our hostess with the mostess this week is Krafty Girl, Anna! And her challenge for you is....

USE ONE OR MORE KRAFTY STENCILS!

Each and every Saturday we post a brand new challenge for the week and you are welcome to enter as many times as you like! These must be new creations and you are welcome to use any stamp or stencil; however, using Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and products will earn you double entries! Each submission will enter you into the monthly draw of a $40 gift voucher to the krafty shop!

Don't forget to check out this weekend's SPECIALS! We've got FOUR of our fabby stamp sets on SALE 40% OFF in our FRUGAL FRIDAY SPECIALS so hop on over to the shop to check them out!
We've also got a sketch to inspire you for the month of September! You don't have to use it but it's there for you to use if you need a little kickstart....feel free to use it any time!

Happy kraftin'!

For my stencil inspiration, I used the new So Many Circles stencil with Brea Reese and Pinata alcohol inks and Posca paint marker, pairing it with Let Them Eat Cupcakes coloured with Prismacolour pencils, and a CC Design die cut.

Inside, I used Kimmie inks and the So Many Circles with a blender brush to create a background for the sentiments. Life is short, keep calm and have a cupcake :)

If you would like to see more details on how I made this card (along with some flubs and re-thinks, too), check out my detail post: https://rijacki.blogspot.com/2019/09/cupcake-cutie-detail-kks.html.

Since this is the last Saturday of the month, this also brings to a close my guest month on the Kraftin' Kimmie design team. I have loved being a guest on the team this month. It was a great experience.

Kraftin' Kimmie supplies used

Challenges

Tuesday Throwdown: Anything Goes
Penny's Paper-Crafty: Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday: Anything Goes
Sketchy Challenge: Anything Goes
Outlawz Festive Friday: Theme - Anything Goes

Kraftin' Kimmie Blog Hop

Hop along to see the inspiration projects by the design team!

Cupcake Cutie detail - KKS, alcohol ink, stencilling, coloured pencil

For the month of September, I am a Guest designer on the Kraftin' Kimmie design team! Today is Saturday and the new blog challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. The theme this week is Use One or More Stencil. Sadly, it's also the last Saturday of the month so the last week of my guesting with the team.

For more information about the challenge and to see the inspiration by the rest of the design team, check out my main post: https://rijacki.blogspot.com/2019/09/cupcake-cutie-kraftin-kimmie-stamps.html.

Autumn Box - Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, embossing 2 ways

For the month of September, I am a Guest designer on the Kraftin' Kimmie design team! Today is the start of the monthly Skrappy challenge!

Hidee ho, good stampers!!! Welcome back to another month of Skrappy Fun at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!!! We challenge YOU to make Anything BUT a Card!!!

For this challenge, you can make anything you wanna....except a card! So that means bookmarks, gifts, scrapbook pages, journal art, planner pages, tags, boxes...pretty much anything that includes a krafty stamp!!

Just be sure to include a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp and that it's a NEW creation! As soon as we have at least five people playing, we'll be giving away a PRIZE!!! yep! One lucky krafter will WIN a $20 gift voucher to the krafty shop!

You have a whole month to play along until Monday, October 28th at midnight EST!
Also be sure to share your creations on the Krafty Friends facebook page because we LOVE to see your stuff!

Check out some incredible inspiration from the Krafty Design Team below, then join us for all the fun!!

Happy Kraftin'!

For my "not a card", I made a box to hold some cards! I used three colours of Kimmie ink to stamp a pumpkin from Grateful Pumpkins then embossed it and added re-inker spray to the background with the embossing as a resist. I added the pumpkin to a box I die-cut and embossed with Autumn leaves.

The box will hold the A2 Kimmie cards I made for the September release so I can give them as a gift.

If you want to know more about how I made my box, check out my detail post: https://rijacki.blogspot.com/2019/09/autumn-box-detail-kks.html.

Kraftin Kimmie Supplies in the box

Challenges

Creative With Stamps: Autumn
Crafty Gals Corner: Autumn Colours
Penny's Paper-Crafty: Anything Goes
Scrapping 4 Fun: Anything Goes
A Bit More Time to Craft: Anything Goes
Love to Scrap: Anything Goes
Outlawz Festive Friday: Theme - Anything Goes
More Mixed Media: Anything Goes

Kraftin' Kimmie Design Team Blog Hop

Check out some incredible inspiration from the Krafty Design Team below, then join us for all the fun!!

Happy Kraftin'!

Autumn Box detail - KKS, embossing 2 ways

For the month of September, I am a Guest designer on the Kraftin' Kimmie design team! Today is the start of the monthly Skrappy challenge!

For my "not a card", I made an embossed die-cut box coloured with Marabu crayons and Prima waxes with a pumpkin using Kimmie inks and a stamp from the Grateful Pumpkins set.

Too Cute - Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, alcohol marker, vellum

For the month of September, I am a Guest designer on the Kraftin' Kimmie design team! Today is Saturday and that means a new challenge!

Hello and welcome to another fun Saturday Challenge! Are you ready for some krazy krafty fun? We can't wait for you to play along and share your amazing krafty kreations! We are here to inspire your creativity!

Our hostess with the mostess this week is Krafty Girl, Delphine! And her challenge for you is.... HALLOWEEN!

We've also got a sketch to inspire you for the month of September! You don't have to use it but it's there for you to use if you need a little kickstart....feel free to use it any time!

Don't forget to check out this weekend's SPECIALS! We've got FOUR of our fabby stamp sets on SALE 40% OFF so hop on over to the shop to check them out! And the ink of the month is on sale, too!

Happy kraftin'!

For my card, I used masking and alcohol markers to make a bouncy girly spider with Monster Mash on a vellum stencil embossed web over a Marbu shimmer spray background panel and a dotty frame.

Inside, I used a sentiment from Scaredy Cats. If you want details on how I made it, check out my other post: https://rijacki.blogspot.com/2019/09/too-cute-detail-KKS.html.

Kraftin' Kimmie Supplies Used

Challenges

Outlawz Crash Your Stash: Vellum
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday: Interactive
Penny's Paper-Crafty: Anything Goes
Scrapping 4 Fun: Anything Goes
A Bit More Time to Craft: Anything Goes

Too Cute detail - Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, alcohol ink markers, stencil embossing on vellum, masking

For the month of September, I am a Guest designer on the Kraftin' Kimmie design team! Today is Saturday and that means a new challenge. The challenge this week is Halloween.

For more information on the challenge and specials at Kraftin' Kimmie stamps, check out my main post: https://rijacki.blogspot.com/2019/09/too-cute-kraftin-kimmie-stamps.html.

Boo Kitty - coloured pencil, masking

Halloween is coming! My card features Newton's Nook stamp sets and dies from Tim Holtz/Sizzix with Tombow coloured pencils and distressing.

Paint My World - TTCRD, Distress crayon

This week's sponsor for the Through the Craftroom Door challenge is Stamp On It!

Stamp On It had it's humble beginnings in Holland MI 25+ years ago.... started out as a "home" business, soon became a storefront on the north side of Holland, grew to a 2nd storefront in Grand Rapids, before closing the Holland store and enlarging the Grand Rapids one! We began doing small craft shows years ago, slowly adding rubber stamp conventions to our schedule, expanding to almost full-time shows on the road before making the decision in the fall of 2009 to either close or sell the store. Before we were able to close the store, one of our employees voiced her desire to purchase the store! Long story short, we "sealed" the deal by the end of 2009 and became pretty much full-time rubber stamp convention vendors on the road.

Our FB link: https://www.facebook.com/Stamp-On-It-189444731096410/
Our web site link: www.stamponit.net

PRIZE; 3 images

For my card, I used the Art Palette and Painter for a colourful, rainbow and paint inspired card.

Pumpkin Spice - Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps release day

For the month of September, I am a Guest designer on the Kraftin' Kimmie design team! This means I get to help showcase the September release!

WOOHOO!
Today we are celebrating all the new goodies that are available NOW from our SEPTEMBER Release at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! All FOUR new clear stamp sets are NOW available over at the Krafty Shop, along with our new BERRY BLISS inks, TWO new Krafty Stencils and our new Holiday Krafty Dots! Yaaaay!

So let's have a fun hop around the Krafty Team's blogs and check everything out in action! Grab a nice hot (or cold) beverage, sit back and relax while you enjoy this kreative tour!

First up we have a new set from artist, Cheryl Grant called LEAVES ARE FALLING.

Then we have TWO new clear stamps set for September from artist, Melissa Baker-Nguyen called CHRISTMAS SEALS and HOLIDAY WISHES!

Next up is a super jolly holiday set from artist, Neda Sadreddin called ELF-TACULAR!

And lastly is a super sweet set from a brand new artist and Krafty Team member....Sabrina van Vloten called YOU'RE A SQUEAK-HEART!

Also available now is our brand new Hybrid Ink colour in the large ink pad, mini cube and ink refill and it's called BERRY BLISS!

We have two new stencils that are perfect for all your new creations called HOLLY and SO MANY CIRCLES!

And lastly we've got new KRAFTY DOTS!! The new set is HOLIDAY DOTS!

Everything is NOW available at the krafty shop! All the new products are available individually but if you HAVE to have it ALL this month, you can pick up our GIMME KIMMIES KIT which contains one of EVERYTHING we released this month and at a discount but for a limited time!

Happy hoppin' and happy shoppin'!

I decided to showcase Leaves Are Falling, using the boy and his pumpkin and pup, and pair it with last year's Grateful Pumpkins. I used a gel plate and stamping for the background and, once again, ink watercolour for the image. For more information on how I put it together, check out my detail post: https://rijacki.blogspot.com/2019/09/pumpkin-spice-detail-kraftin-kimmie.html.