Totally Gorjuss Challenge 237 - Buttons and/or Bows.

Good morning everyone. Is it just me or does Saturday come round really quickly? What's even more scary is that on Monday it'll be 8 weeks since my operation! I went back to work yesterday as I thought a half day on Friday and Saturday would break me in and my colleague has agreed to work on Monday afternoon so I only need to do the morning. You can see from this that we don't have the Bank Holiday on Monday. On the plus side we have a local holiday the next Monday.

But enough waffle, I'm trying to get this post done while I have an Internet connection!

At Totally Gorjuss this week our challenge is Buttons and/or Bows. I've only managed one button but I've added two bows.

I used :-

Flower :- Tim Holtz Tattered Florals.

Sentiment, button and twine :- Stampin' Up!

Pearls :- Hobby House.

Embossing Folder and -Doily :- Sizzix.

Martha Stewart punch and ribbon.

I've bought my neighbour a gorgeous Orchid as well and I'll take it over after work. I thought about flowers but I think she'll probably get lots of flowers and hopefully a plant will last longer.

As usual I've been a bad blogger. I thought when I was off work I'd do lots of blogging but with this awful connection I just get fed up and switch of my laptop. If I'm being honest I think after five years I'm getting fed up blogging! Never thought I'd say that.

Thanks for looking and I'll be round to see what you're up to after work.

Kat xx

Totally Gorjuss 211 - Child's Christmas.

Good morning everyone, Saturday again! I don't know about where you are but it's been very cold here this week. Our knit and crochet group was cancelled on Tuesday because the roads were so bad. So I decided I might as well go to work and have the afternoon off for the next meeting. I thought the organisers were being unneccessarily cautious till I went out to go to work and discovered how slippy the roads were! The afternoon postie confirmed how bad the road was between us and the nearest village so I think it was probably right if a bit of a disappointment to cancel the meeting.

Enough waffle! At Totally Gorjuss this week our challenge is "Child's Christmas." And of course it doesn't have to be a card, it could be a present. Hope you can join us as we have two sponsors this week, Bugaboo and The Ribbon Girl so you have two chances to win.

Here's what I made quickly - since I didn't have a lot of time. As usual!

I used :-

Image and sentiment :- LOTV.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Snowflake - Martha Stewart.

Pearl :- Hobby House.

Glamour Dust and Ribbon.

Thanks for looking and hope to see you over on the challenge blog.

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Kat xx

Totally Gorjuss 208 - Anything Goes Plus Snow.

Good morning everyone and time for another challenge at Totally Gorjuss. This week we'd like to see "Anything goes plus snow." This suits me perfectly as I'm really trying to get on with my Christmas cards just now. This week we're sponsored by Craft All Day so don't forget to give them a visit.

This week I have another simple card using a gorgeous LOTV image.

Totally Gorjuss 202 - Dotty.

Good morning everyone. Doesn't seem long since last Saturday. Must have been a busy week lol! I haven't had much time for crafting or blogging. Doesn't help when my internet connection has been rubbish this week! Doesn't help that I've been obsessed with crocheting either.

Yes I know it's afternoon now but for some reason in spite of the fact I scheduled this post for 8.15am Mr Blogger decided to schedule it for 10.16pm? Thanks again Mr Blogger. For nothing!!

Well this week at Totally Gorjuss our theme is "Dotty." I think I may be going loopy here. Last week I was convinced the theme was spots and stripes instead of just stripes. This week I managed to use the wrong side of my DP and ended up with a stripey card. So a quick card later I managed to make this one!

I used :-

Image and Sentiment :- LOTV.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Gems :- Hobby House.

Snowflakes :- Martha Stewart punch and  another small punch.
Glamour Dust and Washi Tape.

Hope you can join us this week cos we're sponsored by Heather's Hobbie Haven and The Ribbon Girl. Isn't that great? That means you have two chances to win. So what you waiting for? See you over there.

Well I have to work this morning so I'll see you all later. Have a lovely weekend.

Totally Gorjuss Challenge 201 - Stripes.

Good morning everyone. Is it just me or did anyone else have a really quick week? Mine disappeared very quickly! Only another week and then my colleague will be on holiday for two week. Bet that time doesn't pass quickly!!

But since it's Saturday it's time for another challenge at Totally Gorjuss. This week we'd like to see stripes on your work. As you might be able to tell from my card I got it into my head the challenge was spots and stripes. Oops, silly me! Still there are some stripes on it. As you can see I'm still in CAS mode.

I used :-

Image and Sentiment :- LOTV.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Snowflake :- Martha Stewart punch.

Washi Tape :- Fantastic Ribbons.

Card Candy :- Craftwork Cards.

Glamour Dust.

I found a challenge :- Christmas Stampin' All Year Long. :- Cute and Cuddly Christmas.

I've been a very bad blogger this week so I can only apologise for my lack of commenting. Hope things are better this week.

So thanks for looking and the lovely comments you leave. I'll catch up later after work.

Totally Gorjuss 197 Die Cuts and/or Punches.

Ok I know it's another Christmas card but I'm taking advantage of the fact that I coloured a few images last tSaturday. This week at Totally Gorjuss we would like you to use dies and/or punches. As I am still in CAS mode I have only added one snowflake made using a Martha Stewart punch.

I used :-

Image and sentiment :- LOTV.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Card Candy :- Craftwork Cards.

Snowflake :- Martha Stewart.

Doodling :- Micron Pen.

Glamour Dust.

Challenges :-
Gem of a challenge :- Punch it out.
Ready Teddy Go :- Die cuts and punches.

Well I've got to work this morning so I'll go just now and catch you all later.

Thanks for looking and if you leave me a comment I can come and visit you too.

Totally Gorjuss 194 Christmas in July.

Hi everyone, I know it seems a bit funny to be talking about Christmas in July after all the warm weather we've been having. But at Totally Gorjuss we thought we'd ask you to make a Christmas card to give you a bit of a start with your cards. We all mean to be early but it doesn't always happen, does it?

I used :-

Image and sentiment :- LOTV.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Embossing :- Cuttlebug Swiss Dots.

Snowflakes :- Martha Stewart punch.

Ribbon, Glamour Dust and gems.

I'm going to schedule this now while I've got an internet connection. If I find any challenges I'll add them later.

Challenges :-

Papertake Weekly :- Dieing for a punch.

Cards for Men :- Christmas in July

 ABC Christmas Challenge :- O is for Oh Christmas Tree.

By the way did I tell you our sponsors this week are The Ribbon Girl and Saturated Canary. So you have two chances to win!

Thanks for looking and I love to hear what you think. So if you've got a minute to spare I'd love to hear from you.

Catch you all later.

Babies, babies everywhere!

Two new baby girls last week! On Tuesday one of the girls who works in the shop became a Grandma again  to her 4th granddaughter. Then on Saturday the girl who used to work with me in the post office became a grandma for the first time to a little girl too. I gave Carol a grandparents card which she loved. Yesterday she asked if I would make one for Annette as she couldn't find anything nice in the shop. I found 2 cards in my box and made another two last night. She chose one that I had already made with a lovely LOTV image so I used another one with a sweet LOTV image for Annette and this one for her daughter and son-in-law.

I used :-

Pram :- Marianne die.

Sentiment :- LOTV.

Pearls :- Hobby House.

DP :- Forever Friends.

Martha Stewart punch, ribbon from stash.

Not sure if you can see the DP very well, it's quite a pretty pale pink colour with text all over it. I love that pram but it can be quite tricky to cut out. And if you get it cut out safely and then tear it getting it out of the die it's a wee bit annoying lol!

I'll show you the other one I made tomorrow. I think it might be my favourite.

Thanks for looking, hope you like it. Catch up with you all tomorrow.

Kat xx

Hat Trick!

Well when I say Hat Trick I mean I've posted three times in three days! Long time since I managed that!

I couldn't resist trying to use one of the great sketches at Retro Sketches. I chose to use sketch no.9.

I made - whisper it - a Christmas card. And yes I do know it's only February. But it's not the first one I've made this year!

Looks like I've managed to take a squint photo!

I used :-
Snowflakes :- Martha Stewart punches.
Sentiment :- Hero Arts.
Bakers' Twine :- Ribbon Girl.
Pearls :- Hobby House.
Snowman embossing folder and Glamour Dust.

Other challenges :-
In the Pink :- Bling and Pink.
Winter Wonderland :- Snowflakes falling all around.

I'm quite pleased with this card! Surprise!! I hope you can see the embossing. It's a lovely folder and the embossing is always lovely and crisp. And I love this sketch. You could add more to it but I like it plain.  I think it's a layout that would be suitable for most occasions. I can see it with flower or butterflies. Perhaps even with more embellishments.

Well this is my day for working all day. It's also my evening for the Guild. Luckily we're never that late so I should be able to see what everyone's been up to in the evening. It's also my husband's birthday so he's getting one of my car cards made using that really useful car set from Papermania. Yesterday was my son-in-law's birthday and he got a car card too. He got a Ferrari card. (same set of stamps) He sells Audis but there aren't any on that set lol!

Thanks for looking and if you have time I love to hear what you think. I really appreciate every comment I get. I know how busy everyone is so it's nice when someone takes the trouble to comment.

Catch you all later.

Kat xx

Totally Gorjuss 166 - Spotty.

Good morning everyone. I hope I've scheduled this ok as I couldn't get online on Friday evening till late. So I'll be quick. It's time for a new challenge at Totally Gorjuss. Another easy challenge for January, this time we'd like to see spots somewhere on your card. Edited to add :- Apologies to Nikki from Bunny Zoe's, I was in such a hurry to schedule this post that I forgot to mention that she is sponsoring us this week!

Here's mine. I've kept it quite simple again this week.

I used :-
Pram :- Marianne die.
DP :- Forever Friends.
Sentiment :- LOTV.
Heart border :- Martha Stewart punch.
Pearls :- Hobby House.
Spotty ribbon.

I'll add some challenges later.

Cupcake :- January Blues.
Pink Elephant :- Celebrate.
Papertake Weekly :- Happy New....
Crafty Creations :- Something New.
Cute Card Thursday :- Beat the Blues.
Totally Papercrafts :- Ribbon.
Crafty Ribbons :- New Beginnings.

Catch you all later after work and hope you have a nice weekend whatever you've got planned. I'm just hoping everyone's wrong about the weather. All week people have been telling me it's going to snow on Sunday so fingers crossed it doesn't!

I'd love to hear what you think if you have a minute to leave me a wee comment. But thanks for popping in anyway. I'd like to visit you too and see what you've been doing so don't be shy.

Totally Gorjuss 165 Anything Goes + Ribbon.

Good morning everyone. If you are back at work I hope none of you have been working too hard! Things are a lot better at work now that the Christmas rush is past. Next week pensions and allowances will be back to normal too so all the customers should be back to normal too.

This week at Totally Gorjuss our challenge is "Anything Goes plus Ribbon." We thought you'd like a nice simple challenge after all the busy times leading up to Christmas lol.

So here's my interpretation, hope you like. And yes I do know Christmas is past! But you can never start too soon, can you?

I used :-

Sentiment and DP :- LOTV.

Snowflakes and snowflake border :- Martha Stewart punches.

Pearls and gems :- Hobby House.

Challenges for this card :-

Sketch and Stash :- Sketch.
Papertake Weekly :- Anything Goes.
Crafty Creations :- Anything Goes.
Creative Inspirations :- Celebrations.
Paperplay:- Celebration.
Bunny Zoe :- Celebration.
Crafty Hazelnut :- A christmas card without Santa.
Charisma :- Monochrome.
Crafty Hazelnut's Extra Challenge :- Anything Goes.

So why not join us for our challenge this week. You don't get many challenges easier than this one and we are sponsored by J & C Creations this week. They're having a sale just now so it's worth popping over to check out their bargains.

Enjoy your weekend and I hope I can do some catching up with my favourite blogs, my DT work and anyone who leaves me a comment.

Hope it's not going to snow any time soon!

Looks snowy in both of today's cards but I don't want to see snow for a long time yet!

I'm back today with another two quick cards. Well at this time of year and with lots of cards still to make what's a girl got to do except try to make quick cards!

I used :-
Image and DP :- LOTV.
Sentiment and candi :- Craftwork Cards.
Corner :- Memory Box.
Martha Stewart punch, Glamour Dust.

Challenges :-
Creative Inspirations :- Red for remembrance.
St Lukes Charity Cards Challenge :- Traditional Christmas card.

I was going to enter at Stamping Sensations but I realised that would be wrong since I haven't actually stamped anything!

And my second card.

I used :-
Image :- LOTV die cut.
Sentiment and Candi :- Craftwork Cards.
Swirl :- Marianne.
Embossing folder :- Cuttlebug.
Glamour Dust, ribbon, Ranger Liquid Pearls.

Challenges :-
Crafty Creations :-No flowers.
Papertake Weekly :- Anything goes.
Everybody Art :- Embossing.
ABC Christmas :- V for Vibrant colours.

I'm hoping to get some crafting done later today. First of all it's the annual Remembrance service then lunch. If I can do some crafting in the afternoon I'll be happy but later on I'll need to do my ironing as usual.

Enjoy what's left of your weekend. Catch up later.

Looks like present time.....

Wonder what's in those interesting parcels?

Amazing my second post today. You can find my DT card for Totally Gorjuss here. I'm still in Christmas card mode as you can see and I couldn't resist this cute LOTV die cut image. Not to mention the gorgeous paper also from LOTV.

I used :-

Image and DP :- LOTV die cut.

Sentiment and candi :- Craftwork cards.

Icicle border and snowflakes :- Martha Stewart punches.

Glamour Dust and Sakura clear glitter gel pen.

I'm entering the following challenges :-

Pile it on :- Make it Sparkle.
Paperplay :- Snowflakes.
Charisma :- Feeling Blue.

I'm off now to see if I can get some more Christmas cards organised since I've still got a lot to do and even two weeks later I still haven't managed to do much with the new goodies I bought at the SECC.

Thanks for looking and I really like to read what you think of my cards if you have time to leave me a comment. I also like to visit other blogs so don't be shy, tell me what you think and I'll come and visit you too.

Enjoy your weekend. And if you're going to the NEC don't spend too much lol!!!

Christmas Bunnies.

Sorry me again with another boring Christmas card!

I used :-

Image :- LOTV cute square..... again!

Martha Stewart snowflake punches.

Cuttlebug embossing folders.

Sentiment and Candi :- Craftwork Cards.

Glamour Dust, velvet ribbon and lace.

Thanks for looking and if I don't catch up tonight I'll try to get round my favourite blogs tomorrow. This is my WRI meeting tonight. We're having a visit from another WRI who will entertain us and judge our competitions. I've got my Strawberry jam made so I just need to make some savoury scones, probably cheese, this afternoon. Wish me luck with the competitions, I'll probably need it!!

Oh Christmas Tree........

Are you getting fed up with my Christmas cards yet? I'm just quietly working away at them and trying to make a few every week. I hope you aren't finding these ones this week too samey! I'm still trying to use some of my LOTV cute squares. I found a card this evening that I must have started when my friend was crafting with me last Wednesday. So I finished it just now before it got lost again!

This is another of Saturday's cards.

I used :-

Image :- LOTV cute square.

Sentiment and Candi :- Craftwork Cards.

Cuttlebug embossing folders.

Martha Stewart snowflake punches.

Glamour Dust and ribbon.

I'm really quite into cards with a  white embossed background this year. Pity really since I've got some lovely Christmas papers. I've got some nice background stamps too so I must make more effort to use them too.

Thanks for looking and I'll catch up later after work.

Anybody need left-handed card?

Yes you've guessed right, I didn't check the card was the right way up when I added the embossed backing complete with image, ribbon etc!! I made this card at the crop yesterday afternoon and had to turn it into an easel card. At least nothing was wasted!

I used :-

Image :- Hero Arts.

Sentiment and Candi :- Craftwork Cards.

Snowflake :- Martha Stewart punch.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Corners :- Whimsy die.

Ribbon, Glamour Dust and Sakura clear, glitter gel pen.

I used the glitter gel pen on the image but I'm not sure you can see it in the photo. IRL it looks lovely and sparkly. I did a lot of colouring at the crop so you can see some more Christmas cards from me in the near future. Not much this week though as we're going off on Tuesday morning to babysit for four days. We should be back on Saturday and I'm taking my laptop with me so I should be able to keep up with what's going on. I won't be able to craft though as it would be a lot of bother to take any craft stuff with me. I think the car will be a bit busy with two big dogs, their cage, food and our luggage! I wouldn't want Poppy and Oliver getting in among my Promarkers anyway so I think I'll just be a craft-free zone for 4 days!!

Thanks for looking and I hope you can find a minute to leave me a comment. Especially if you've never visited before, I love to visit new people as well as the girls who always visit me and leave me kind comments. Catch up later when I've done some ironing and made the tea.

Totally Gorjuss 145 - Strings the Thing.

Good morning everyone, hope the weather's better today than it was yesterday! It was really wet for most of the day and then really nice in the late afternoon and evening. After work I'm going to visit a local flower festival and have my lunch - soup and sweet while I'm there. It's being held in the three local churches and my church, Cruden Old Parish church is doing lunches. The Congregational church in Cruden Bay is doing teas and coffees etc in the morning and St James Episcopal church is doing teas and coffees in the afternoon.   I think the flowers will be amazing in all three churches. I was speaking to one of the ladies from our church and they've been working on their displays since Thursday so I hope lots of people visit all the churches.

Since it's Saturday again it's time to join us at Totally Gorjuss we'd love to see lots of you joining us for our latest challenge which is "strings the thing." Now how easy is that? We're sponsored by Heather's Hobbie Haven with $10 for the winner to spend. Here's what I made.

I used :-
Sentiment :- Hero Arts.
Embossing folder :- Cuttlebug.
Large snowflake :- Spellbinders.
Snowflake edge punch :- Martha Stewart.
Distress Ink, Glamour Dust, gems and bakers twine.

This was really easy to make. My friend gave me a shot of her snowflake die and I cut out a few so you might see some more cards using it.

I'm entering the following challenges :-
Charisma :- Monochrome.
Stampin for the Weekend :- Monochrome.

Thanks for looking and I'll be round to see what you've all been doing later. Enjoy your weekend.

Less is More at Christmas.

When I saw the sketch at Less is More this week I thought it would be ideal for a quick Christmas card. Needless to say I didn't make this card quickly! And it's not what I meant to make before I started it either. My friend persuaded me to leave it exactly as it is. So here it is. I love the layout and think I could use it to make more simple cards.

I used :-
Embossing folder :- Cuttlebug.
Edge punch :- Martha Stewart.
Sentiment :- Hero Arts.
Glamour Dust.

I'm in the middle of a DT card now but I'm leaving it for now as I think it's bedtime.

Thanks for looking and catch you all tomorrow.

Totally Gorjuss 123 - Spring.

Oops guess who forgot to schedule this post. I remembered when I was brushing my teeth last night but decided to leave it till today after work.

This week at Totally Gorjuss our theme is "Spring." We are sponsored by Heather's Hobbie Haven. Have you checked out Heather's store yet? I'm sure you won't be disappointed!

I thought I'd make an Easter card for Poppy.

I used :-
Image :- LOTV.
Sentiment :- Personal Impressions.
Colouring :- Promarkers.
DP :- First Edition.
Butterflies :- Martha Stewart punch.
Glamour Dust, pearls and flowers.

I think I'm addicted to First Edition papers! This paper is from the Spring Drop pad which I bought at the SECC last Sunday. It's full of beautiful pastel designs. I love it. If you pop over to Totally Gorjuss you'll see that a few of us have added butterflies to our cards this week. Must be the gorgeous weather we've been having. Don't know about anywhere else but we've had some beautiful days in Aberdeenshire, including today.

I'm going to enter the following challenges :-
Colour Create :- Pink, blue, sage and white/cream.
Papertake Weekly :- One for the girls - it's for Poppy.
Allsorts :- Three in a row. If I'm being cheeky just delete my entry!
St Luke's Charity Cards Challenge :- Spring into Spring.
Joanna Sheen Challenge :- Spring/Easter.


I'm off to check out today's challenges now and get on with some crafting. The lady who's in charge of the orders for our communion tokens told me the other day she had an order for 20 cards so I think I'm going to be busy lol!

Have a lovely weekend everyone and thanks for looking.

Totally Gorjuss 120 - Yummy.

Good morning everyone, Saturday again and time for another challenge at Totally Gorjuss. At least I hope you can see this on Saturday morning since I'm away till Sunday and trusting kind Mr Blogger to post this for me. This week I'm looking forward to seeing how you interpret our challenge which is "yummy." We're sponsored by Craftwork Cards and if that doesn't make you want to join us I don't know what would lol!

At first I couldn't think of anything in my stash that would fit the challenge. Then I remembered that I had some LOTV diecuts. And there it was the perfect image! Aren't these bunnies cute and don't those cakes look yummy?

I used :-

Image :- LOTV diecut.

DP :- First Edition.

Heart and flowers :- Martha Stewart punches.

Pearls :- Hobby House.

Ribbon, pins and Glamour Dust.

Challenges for this card :-

Lili's Little Fairies :- Afternoon Tea.

I should be in Glasgow now for a weekend break after spending Friday night with my daughter and family in Crieff. Catriona says Poppy was looking forward to Gran and Grampa coming for a sleepover! She seems to be obsessed with sleepovers!

Thanks for looking and I'll try to catch up with everyone on Monday.