Fall Paper Crafting Ideas!

I hope you are having a super week & enjoying some beautiful fall weather where ever you are?

With the richness of fall leaves & trees heavy with color, it goes without saying that it would be the perfect place to go to for crafty inspiration! 

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This is a fun project I worked on last year for Fancy pants Designs, but never posted it here on my blog. I just love this wall-art...especially all those cute letterpress/ printed leaves using the +Fiskars FUSE, letterpress & die cutting system, and thought you might find it inspiring for your fall decor. 

Autumn Wall-Art by +Kim Watson 

You will need the following supplies:

•    Happy Go Lucky 6x6 Paper Pad
•    Happy Go Lucky Ephemera Pack
•    Leaf & Flower dies
•    Die-cutting machine (I used the FUSE from my friends at Fiskars)
•    Ink (if you are letter pressing your shapes)
•    A dried Twig
•    Brown & cream twine
•    Fishing gut
•    Glue 
•    Tape

Whilst I was busy making leaves, I made a whole bunch extra, enabling me to create this fall page too :)

FALL by +Kim Watson 

 A mixture of Letterpress & die-cut and ephemera shapes layered together to create a fall leaf border for my enlarged photograph. Fal

So glad you stopped by! Have a super Thursday!

It's the last day!

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NOTE: It's that time again! Do you want a chance to win a super #prize & a chance to be the #featureddesigner in November's #newsletter? Then you have until midnight, tonight. Monday 10th November, to get your #sketch entries in. 

Here is a reminder of the #sketch you must use together with some of the newer #fancypantsdesigns products! If you take a look in the October Newsletter, you'll find some amazing sketch support from some our#designers to inspire you.

This is my take on the sketch....I am excited to see what you create!

Be Happy by +Kim Watson 

Supplies: All products from +Fancy Pants Designs (True Friend collection), Mist: +Studio Calico ; Metal Dies: +TechniqueTuesday; Die-cutting machine: +Fiskars FUSE; Electronic machine: +Silhouette America ; Adhesives: +Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L ; +TombowUSA

Tell me the word 'HAPPY' isn't just adorable in gold foil??? Many thanks to +Technique Tuesday for the die :)

So I encourage you to get your entries in to Fancy pants ASAP. Either post to their Facebook wall or Instagram using the hashtag #fancypantsdesigns. 

Have a super crafty day friends!

Fall leaf tutorial + Shimelle.com

Hey, hey crafty friends! 

This is a heads up about a crafty post & fall leaves tutorial I have up on the shimelle.com website today.

MARBLED FALL LEAVES USING DISTRESS STAINS:: A SCRAPBOOK TUTORIAL BY KIM WATSON <<<that's moi! :)

I used the amazing NEW collection: "Happy-Go-Lucky", from Fancy Pants Designs. Check out the super cute die cuts, resin flowers, veneer sentiment titles & glassine/craft bags. Oh & in case you want to rush out & buy some of those cute embossing/dies, they are all from Fiskars America using the amazing FUSE die cutting machine.

Love, Love, Love!

So please feel free to pop on over to the post for detailed step-out images and info on how to make these beautiful fall leaves.

Happy Tuesday friends!

Take a peek.....

Hi friends,

This week the September/October 2013 issue of Creating Keepsakes went on sale, which means it’s time to preview what you’ll find in this magazine. Here are some highlights you can find in this mag.

Sept/Oct 2013 issue Creating Keepsakes Magazine

There are a huge variety of articles to get your creative juices running. Here are a few of my faves!

• Ombre Techniques
• Top 10 tools (which I wrote NB: We are giving x1 of every tool I featured. See here to enter) 
• Top 10 Office Supplies
• Paper quilting
• Title Techniques

Here is one of my pages published in this issue:

Gorgeous by Kim Watson

 (as seen in the Sept/Oct 2013 issue of Creating Keepsakes magazine. Posted with prior permission by the Creative Crafts group. )

NB: There are BONUS sketches, downloads & free cut files available on the CK website. 

Here's the link>>>

This is the FREE cut file from Teri Anderson. See here for download link>>>

Wow, this issue has so much in it! That’s just a few of the sections and topics that are covered in the September/October 2013 issue. If you aren’t a subscriber, you can purchase a copy at a local store or in our online store. And subscribers, remember to head over to the web site to enjoy the digital issue or read it on your e-reader.

Happy Thursday!

NEW product test.... you'll love these!

This month I have had the privilege of playing with some amazing NEW products. The first designed by the talented Laina Lamb who is on the CK Dream Team with me.

1) EXPAND YOUR VIEW stamps

2) Die-namics LLD Accent It - Reel Life

3) Die-namics LLD Accent It - Story Title

3) Die-namics Western Star Border Duo

AND

4) the Fiskars FUSE die cutting & embossing machine. 

Adapting the MFT's dies for the FUSE is a simple process. One can purchase the adapter plates to make the dies thick enough to go through the FUSE rollers.

This is my plate sequence:
1) Adapter base plate
2) Adapter Shim A
3) Rubber mat.
4) Adapter cutting Plate

As you can see from the tutorial above, you place your paper on the rubber mat, then the dies cutting edge down and the adapter cutting plate on top of the dies. Twist the handle a few times (which takes no effort at all) and your die cut elements pop out the other size.

Notice how clean the dies cut with great rounded corners.
Fabulous quality!

This is the page I created using these goodies together with the Down by The Shore collection from Fancy Pants Designs.

Keepin' It Reel by Kim Watson

 Cas & her BFF enjoying summer holidays together!

Close up of the 'viewmaster' die-cut.

Close up of the 'Memories' title die-cut.

Close up of the star border die-cut.

I encourage you to take a look at My Favorite Things online store...it is chocca with great stamps & dies. Hope this inspired you to haul out your manual die-cutting machine... I love the insta vibe, no waiting just place & cut.

Happy Friday my creative friends!