Not much of a challenge?!

Hello lovely people,

Here is my final card for the day and if you are after my card for In The Pink or A Little Bit Crafty then you need to scroll down a bit!

It's new challenge time at All Dressed Up and this time our theme is...

STITCHING

So, you can see why I said it wasn't much of a challenge for me as all my cards have stitching on them!  I tried out another way to use my large shaped dies and it turned out pretty well.  Oh look, there's that swirl die again!

I have used a new image called Twinkle Toes and given how much I loved the first All Dressed Up image I ever saw which was Abi Ballerina, it's no surprise this was a big hit with me!

Card recipe;
Image: Twinkle Toes - freebie to All Dressed Up Facebook group members
DP: Sofiero - Maja Design
Dies: leaf and swirl - Magnolia, Precious stars & cosmic star set - Memory Box
Lace: Danielle - The Ribbon Girl
Swirl stamp detail: Corners - LOTV

Copic colours;
Skin: E0000/50/000/51/21 & R30
Hair: E41/42/43/44
Dress / shoes: RF32/81/83/85
Bow: G40/YG61/G21
Wings: RV0000/000/32
Flowers: R83/85

Do pop over to All Dressed Up to see what the creations from the rest of the Dressy Girls; they are all stunning! We'd love to see you join in our challenge for a chance of winning 3 images of your choice!
Don't forget to swing by our Facebook Group to share your creations and chat to fellow All Dressed Up lovers :-)

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

Hugs,

Kat xx

Challenges I am entering;

1.  Papertake Weekly (pretty pastels)

Wanna dance?

Hello lovely people,

I think I'm on a roll after posting 2 cards on Tuesday and I was crafting up a storm yesterday on my day off!  But today it's all about a new challenge at In The Pink and our theme is...

ANYTHING BUT SQUARE (and no rectangles either!)

I have used my favourite (ok, my only) large shaped Go Kreate die for the base shape... must get my hands on some more of these!

I also used a new Saturated Canary image that came on a CD-ROM with a magazine and has been on my 'must colour' list for a while now.

Card recipe;

DP: XOXO - American Crafts & Back to Basics - Bo Bunny

Seam binding: Tulip Pink - The Ribbon Girl

Shabby white Frantage

Sentiment: Kaisercraft clear mini stamp set

Dies: Precious stars - Memory Box

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/000/50/51/21 & R30

Hair: E57/59/49

Eyes: E55/57

Lips: R30/32

Tutu / shoes: R81/83/56

Leotard: W7/9/100

Ground: W0/1/2/3

I thoroughly recommend a visit to  In The Pink to check out the fabulous shaped creations from my teamies; they really are wonderful :-)

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

Hugs,

Kat xx

Challenges I am entering;

1.  Simon Says Stamp (happy birthday)

2.  Divas by Design (anything goes)

3.  Saturated Canary facebook challenge (anything goes)

Little ballerina

Hello lovely people,

Yesterday I had a crafty day with my Mum which was really lovely but we may have spent more time chatting than crafting - lol!

Today we have a new challenge for you at In The Pink and our theme is...

CHILD'S PLAY

So, we want to see your creations for a child, and don't forget to use more pink than any other colour!

This card is chock full of some of my favourite card making items including my absolute fave swirl die of the moment - are you sick of it yet?!
The DP is also one of my faves, in fact I had to buy some more recently because I love it so much and had run out!

I am also really enjoying using the more 3D flowers right now but don't have many so I think that calls for a little shopping trip don't you?!

Aw, isn't this little ballerina such a sweetie and so pretty in pink, dancing in all the Frantage!

Card recipe;

Image: Dainty Dancing - LOTV

DP: Crea Diem - Maja Designs

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Frantage: Shabby white - Stampendous - from Live and Love Crafts

Dies: Leaf and swirl - Magnolia DooHickey

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/50/000/51/21

Hair: E21/23/57/59

Ballet dress / shoes: R81/83/56

Stars: YR30/Y21/23

Ground: T0/1/2/3/4

If you pop over to In The Pink you can check out the wonderfully cute creations from the rest of the Pink Ladies.

I still have a lot of special crafting projects to make including a 70th birthday card for my aunt-in-law; we are celebrating with all the family this weekend. Thank goodness for a day off today!

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

Hugs,

Kat xx

Challenges I am entering;
1.  Papertake Weekly (for Mum or a girlie)
2.  A Gem of a Challenge (Mother's Day/special lady/female birthday)

A quick KISS

Hello lovely people,

This is a flying visit from me as I am currently trying to organise a weekend (this weekend!) of family celebrations for my parents who both turned 60 in the last month.  Thank goodness I have made lists for everything, and I do mean everything...the presents, the food, the jobs to do, and the itinerary is all planned out in great detail!

Our KISS challenge at In The Pink is still running for another two weeks so you have plenty of time to enter.  The big advantage of KISS is that it doesn't take long to whip up a card...for most people!   Even with my usual faffing and birthday planning I still had time to create a quick card :-)

I have just been introduced to the super gorgeous All Dressed Up digi images and started my collection with Abi Ballerina - isn't she the cutest little thing?!  Ballerina = pink and glittery, yes?  Oh yes :-D

Card recipe;

Image: Abi Ballerina from ADU - she's a FREEBIE!

Twine: from The Ribbon Girl

Tags: Sentiment tags from LOTV

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/000/00/51 & R30

Hair: E41/42/43

Tutu / hairband etc.: RV0000/000/00/10/11/32

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges;
1.  A Creative Romance (CAS)
2.  A Little Bit Crafty (CAS)
3.  Cute Card Thursday (pretty in pink)

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Hugs,
Kat xx

Here come the girls...

Hello lovely people,

Wow, can you believe that it is now August?!  Someone needs to tell that to the weather though - my garden is well watered so can we have the sun back now please?

You may have spotted that today is Thursday and you know what that means... a new challenge at Lili's Little Fairies and this week we have the theme of...

Here come the Girls

So, we want to see one of the many gorgeous LOTV stamps featuring girls, fairies or female bears.

Our sponsor this week is Crafty Ribbons with a £10 voucher so you could snap up some gorgeous girly ribbon treats if you win :-)

I love going back to old stamps I haven't used for a while and falling in love with them all over again, like this cute ballerina.

I based my card on this lovely sketch from the Papertake Weekly Challenge;

I am totally loving my new fancy rectangle dies and just about managed to squeeze the image onto this one!  I have added a little glamour dust to her tutu and hearts, and also around the sentiment circle.

I created the little memo pin myself; they are so easy to do, just wind some thin wire round a pen a couple of times then bend the wire at 90 degrees and voila!
I also like to match my pearls to my colour scheme so I buy lots of white pearls and colour them with Copics.

Card recipe;

Image: Little Ballerina from LOTV

DP: MME - Blush

Die cut rectangle: Spellbinders timeless rectangles

Sentiment: Happy Circular Sentiments from LOTV

Seam binding / flowers / pearls: from Wild Orchid Crafts

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/000/00/51 & R30

Hair: E40 & Y11/21

Leotard/shoes: RV0000/000/00/11

Tutu: RV0000/000/00

Ground: T0/1/2

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges;
1.  Papertake Weekly (sketch #81)
2.  Wild Orchid Crafts (birthday party)
3.  Divas by Design (favourite colour combo - pink with more pink!)

For loads more inspiration and beautiful girly cards head over to Lili's Little Fairies and see what my teamies have created.

Thanks for visiting,

Hugs,
Kat xx