Polaroid fairy

Hello lovely people,

Sorry for the delay while I was poorly and thank you for your get well wishes.  I'm not feeling better yet but have finally got to the bottom of what was wrong with me and started antibiotics so am hoping to feel better soon.

Since this post was almost ready to go I thought I'd quickly finish it off and will be back with the other 2 belated DT posts tomorrow.

First up, it's time for a new challenge at In The Pink and our theme this month is...

FLUTTERING ON BY

So, we would like to see some butterflies on your creation.  They don't have to be the focal point as you can see on my card...

Here's a closer look at the cute fairy and yes, that cloudy background is a first for me.  I did it with chalk following a super tutorial from Netty which you can find here.

I cut the inner shape of the polaroid frame using my Cricut and then trimmed the outer shape with my guillotine.

Card recipe;
Image: Wryn - fairy friends - Tiddly Inks
DP: XOXO - American Crafts
Sentiment: So wordy sentiments - Amy R
Butterflies: Tiny butterflies - Impression Obsession

Copic colours;
Skin: E0000/50/000/51/22 & R30
Hair: E21/23/25
Dress: BG10/11/32/34 & BG45/49 on hem
Wings / mushroom stalk: RV0000/000/81
Mushroom: R85/39/59/89 & R81/83/85 for spots
Flowers: R81/83/85 & YG67 for leaves

If you haven't already done so then do pop over to In The Pink and check out the gorgeous creations from the rest of the Pink Ladies.

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Hugs,

Kat xx

Dinosaur onesie

Hello lovely people,

I'm back again with a card for another one of my nephews whose birthday is in a week or so.  When he stayed over at ours recently he was sporting a rather fetching dinosaur onesie so when I saw this Tiddly Inks image I knew what I had to do!
The layout is super simple with the text printed on my computer.  I love this font; it was a free one called Skinny Latte if anyone wants to know!

I had great fun using a 'dotting' technique to get a scaly texture on the outfit.  As I was uploading these pics I realised that I hadn't given him any ground to stand on...oops!

Card recipe;

Image: King of the Wild Ones - Tiddly Inks

DP: Dottie card set 1 - Anna Marie Designs

Copic colours;

Dino onesie: YG91/93/95/97/99

Spikes / blob on stick: R08/46/59 & E35

Claws: W1/3/5

Hair: E50/53/35

Crown: YR21/23/24

Stick: E35/37/47

I hope you have had a wonderful sunny weekend; I got about half of the garden tidied up, planted some spring garlic and sowed my tomato and chilli seeds - exciting!

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Hugs,

Kat xx

Challenges I am entering;

1.  Tiddly Inks (use green)

Very pink

Hello lovely people,

Welcome to the first In The Pink challenge of 2014 and it's easy peasy this week with..

ANYTHING GOES

I had a CAS moment again!  And I must have been having a real funny five because I fussy cut the image; although I love the look of fussy cutting I am not all that good at it ...except it was quite easy to do with this image!
I was lucky enough to get a set of Go Kreate dies for Christmas and I reckon they are a great way to add interest to a CAS design...with a little stitching of course!

I bagged this cute Tiddly Inks image a while back in a sale and couldn't let her go un-coloured any longer.  I thought she would make a great thank you card and I just had to go for little fishtail banners to add my sentiment.

Card recipe;

Image: Cocoa wishes - Tiddly Inks

DP: Dottie card set 2 - Anna Marie Designs

Shaped base: Go Kreate Die Large Frilly #2

Sentiment: Kaisercraft mini clear stamp set

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/000/00/21/11

Hair: E35/37/47

Trousers / ear muffs: R81/83/85

Mug: RV0000/000/R81 (YR30 for froth)

Shoes: T3/4/5/6 & T6/7/8

If you pop over to In The Pink you can check out the fabulous pink creations from my teamies and I hope you will share in the fun with our easy challenge; don't forget to use more pink than any other colour!

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Hugs,

Kat xx

Challenges I am entering;
1.  Tiddly Inks (CAS)
2.  As You Like It (fave single colour - pink of course and I just love the range of shades and it is perfect for the girly cards I love to make)
3.  Top Tip Tuesday (CAS)

Back to school

Hello lovely people,

I hope you all had a lovely bank holiday weekend.  Mine consisted of a beer festival on Saturday, recovering/working (yes, really!) on Sunday and then a long walk with Dr Hubby on Monday so pretty perfect apart from the working bit.

Today I have taken a mini break from DT work to create a card for a couple of challenges and I used the current sketch from Papertake Weekly;

This was a lovely versatile sketch, which I have rotated 90 degrees to the right and angled some of the panels.  This card seemed to demand a clean layout... just snuck in a little bit of stitching and some twine!  I punched the notebook edge with my Bind-it-all and ripped the holes a little.

I don't have any kids to send back to school but I just had to colour up this gorgeously cute little chap :-)

Card recipe;

Image: Genius from Tiddly Inks

DP: Fancy Pants - Park Bench

Twine: from The Ribbon Girl

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/000/00/51

Hair: E41/42/43/44

T shirt / shoes: BG10/11/13

Bag / shoes: W1-6

Ground: E40/41/42/42

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges;
1.  Papertake Weekly (sketch #82)
2.  Tiddly Inks (back to school)
3.  Simon Says Stamp (anything goes)

Thanks for visiting and please do say hello if you have time :-)

Hugs,
Kat xx

A little sunshine

Evening lovely people,

I was intending to post this earlier but I got sidetracked downloading some new software to allow me more options for editing my snaps and adding a watermark.  I was hoping to use it for this post but realised I'm going to need a bit more time to figure out how to do the stuff I want to do, so watch this space...!

The sun may have gone away, temporarily I hope, but I have a sunny little card to share with you :-)  I am also blaming the lack of sun for the slightly shoddy photos and will update them if the sun re-appears!

Yes, I have added another Tiddly Inks image to my collection; they are just such fun to colour :-)  I think you can just about see the little glitter sprinkles on her ice cream...

Ok, I'm going to share one more angled view so you can see the stepper design properly;

Card recipe;

Image: Sweet Treat Wryn from Tiddly Inks

DP: Fancy Pants - Park Bench

Scalloped edge: Martha Stewart edge punch

Twine: from The Ribbon Girl

Sentiment: Sentiment tags from LOTV

Butterflies: Impression Obsession die

Pearls: from The Hobby House

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/000/00/51 & R30

Hair: E35/37/47

Skirt/shoes: BG13/15

Top: BG10/11

Flowers: Y17/19

Ice cream & cone: YR30/blender & E53/55

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges;
1.  Tiddly Inks (summer treats)
2.  A Little Bit Crafty (summer sun)
3.  Cute Card Thursday (anything goes)
4.  As You Like It (favourite fancy fold - stepper card)

I hope that has brought a little sunshine to you and thanks for visiting,

Hugs,
Kat xx

Tiddly Inks DT call

Hello lovely people,

This is a very special post as I am sharing my entry for the DT call over at Tiddly Inks.  I was so excited to see this as I just adore all the Tiddly Inks images :-D

Now, there isn't long left to enter and wow, the standard of the entries so far is absolutely amazing! Undeterred, I grabbed myself this newly released image called Salty Kisses and put on my best colouring hat...

Well I knew this was going to be a challenge for me to colour because of all the hair and the mermaids tail to contend with but I like a challenge!  And to be honest, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out :-)

Once she was all coloured up I really didn't want to detract too much from her so kept the layout pretty simple with a sprinkling of Frantage and a button that my sister-in-law made.

Card recipe;

Image: Salty Kisses from Tiddly Inks

DP: Maja Designs Vintage Spring Basics

Lace: from The Ribbon Girl

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/000/00/51 & R30

Hair: E23/57/59

Tail: B0000/000/00 & BV0000/000/00/01

Rock: W1/3/4/5

Crabs: R05/08

Starfish: Y21/23/26

Flowers: YR24/27 & E99

Sea: B0000/000/00 & blender

Wow, that was my longest list of Copics to date and I did have a lot of fun colouring this image...while my in-laws were visiting at the weekend... I just couldn't stop myself!

Thanks so much for visiting and I hope you enjoyed my creation,

Hugs,
Kat xx

Fairy Hugs

Hello lovely people,

I see I have a few new followers so just want to say welcome and it's so lovely to have you along for the ride :-)

I  have added a new fairy to my collection; I just couldn't resist getting one from the newest release at Tiddly Inks although it was tough to stop myself buying the whole lot!

I tend to make a beeline for my pink DP where fairies are concerned ...ok, maybe for quite a lot of my cards ;-)  I distressed the edges of the DP with my new Tim Holtz distressing tool - certainly a lot easier than using scissors!

I added quite a lot of glamour dust to her wings because fairies should really sparkle :-)  Isn't she just the cutest thing?

I thought this image would make a lovely 'get well soon' card but instead of using that wording for the sentiment I have used some of the tiny LOTV tags to give the same idea.

Card recipe;

Image: Fairy Tenderhearted from Tiddly Inks

DP: Maja Design Vintage Spring Basics (available from LLC)

Lace: from stash

Flowers: from Wild Orchid Crafts

Tags: Sentiment tags from LOTV

Pearls: from The Hobby House

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/000/00/51 & R30

Hair: E42/43/44

Dress: RV91/93/95

Wings: RV0000/000/91

Branch: E40/41/41

Bird / egg: B91/93

Leaves: YG61/63

Nest: E44/47

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges;

1.  In the Pink (pink and pearlie)
2.  Tiddly Inks (fairy or mermaid)
3.  Bunny Zoe (pink and white)
4.  As You Like It (favourite occasion - to cheer someone up or say get well soon or just because - the ones that people don't expect are the nicest!)

Well, I don't know about you but I am ready for a relaxing sunny weekend with a few cheeky G&Ts whilst catching up with friends - perfect!

Thanks so much for visiting,

Hugs,
Kat xx

Wings

Hello lovely people,

Firstly I would like to give a huge welcome to my newest followers; thank you so much for joining me in my little crafty world :-)

Secondly, I apologise for not being around in blogland very much over the last week as I have been struggling with migraines - grrrr.

Thirdly, it is time for a new challenge over at Totally Gorjuss and our theme this week is 'Wings' so it will be no surprise that I have gone for a fairy ;-)
Don't you just love when you have new stash to play with?  I got to play with quite a bit of new stash on this card - the papers, the cute tag sentiments from LOTV and the pearl swirls are all new.

Looking at my card you could be forgiven for thinking that our theme this week is 'Pearls' as I do seem to have used rather a lot of them but I do love them!

The last time I coloured this cutie I went for girly pink colours so this time I wanted to change it up a bit and go for something a bit fresher and brighter and I love how it came out :-)

Card recipe;

Image: Wryn Fairy Friends from Tiddly Inks

DP: Bo Bunny - Prairie Chic

Label shape: cut with Cricut

Sentiments: Sentiment tags from LOTV

Flowers: from stash

Pearls: From The Hobby House

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/000/00/01/51 & R30

Hair: E15/25/57/29

Dress/shoes: BG53/57/49

Wings: BG0000/000

Mushroom: E11/13/15 & E50/30/21

Flowers: R81/83/85

Leaves/grass: YG17

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges;

1.  Simon Says Stamp (anything goes)
2.  Cute Card Thursday (fly like a bird)
3.  Divas by Design (pretty pearls)
4.  Bunny Zoe (wings)

Thankfully I have a quiet weekend ahead so I plan to do some serious relaxing, go for a nice long walk with Dr Hubby and maybe even squeeze in a bit of crafting ;-)

For some more winged loveliness pop over to Totally Gorjuss and see what the rest of the DT have created.  I hope you can join in our challenge for a chance to win a gift voucher for the fantastic Bunny Zoe's Crafts shop :-)

Thanks for visiting,

Hugs,
Kat xx

For Dad

Hello lovely people,

As this (hopefully) posts I will be just coming back from my holiday, probably a little bit heavier than when I went!  It depends if I managed to do enough walking to cancel out the cream teas and puddings!

Since it is Saturday that means time for a new challenge at Totally Gorjuss and this week our theme is 'For Dad' which is, of course, timed perfectly to coincide with Fathers' Day on Sunday.

I came over all CAS this week and made this super quick design to send to both my Dad and my Father-in-law.

I fell in love with this Tiddly Inks image as soon as I saw it and knew straight away that I wanted to print it onto Kraft card - the letters were added in Paint Shop Pro before printing.  A little doodling round the edges, a dash of twine and it was all done in record time - woohoo!

Card recipe;

Image:  For The Birds from Tiddly Inks

Copic colours;

Birds: B01/02 & B05/06

Paper: E40/41

This week we are sponsored by Heather's Hobbie Haven so I do hope you can join in our challenge for a chance to win.  If you need some more inspiration pop over to Totally Gorjuss to see what my teamies have created.

Thanks for visiting,

Hugs,
Kat xx

Little mermaid

Hello lovely people,

Oh, what a beautiful sunny morning; I hope you have some sunshine where you are too!
I'm glad the weather is not playing along with our theme at Totally Gorjuss this week which is 'Water Water!'
This theme immediately made me think of this gorgeously cute mermaid from Tiddly Inks.

I thought the image would work well on a circular card and I layered up several scraps of paper for the fishtail banner.

I have been a little nervous of attempting the colouring on this stamp but inspired by some fab cards like this amazing card from Yasmine and a wonderful tutorial on YouTube from Kit and Clowder I gave it a go.
And I just had to give her red hair!

Card recipe;
Image: Mermaid Miranda from Tiddly Inks

DP: MME 29th Street Market (quite an old collection!)

Scallop shape: cut with Cricut

Pearls: from The Hobby House

Sentiment: Personal Impressions Big Sentiment stamps

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/000/01

Hair: R29 + E09/18

Tail: YG000/00/03/17/67

Background: BG0000/000/01

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges;
1.  Cute Card Thursday (dancing queen)
2. Cupcake Craft (lots of layers)

So, now you have seen my card, maybe you would like to pop over to Totally Gorjuss and see what my lovely teamies have made.  If you join in our challenge you have a chance to win the prize from our fab sponsor this week, Heather's Hobbie Haven.

Thanks for visiting,
Hugs,
Kat xx