Saturday, 10 September 2011
Mudpie's Cake!
Friday, 8 July 2011
Totally Gorjuss - 88 - Summer!
This cute Penny Black image says Summer to me! I love poppies and butterflies.
Colouring :- Promarkers.
Stamp Something :- Something with bugs or butterflies.
Stampin' for the Weekend :- Wings and Things.
Charisma :- All about Flowers.
By the Cute and Girly :- Things with Wings.
Penny Black at Allsorts :- Flower Power.
Hope you like! I'll try to get round some of my favourite blogs in the afternoon after work. I'm going to a wedding reception this evening so if I don't see you today I'll see you tomorrow.
Thanks for looking and enjoy your weekend.
Wednesday, 1 June 2011
Pink and Girly!
A Spoon Full of Sugar :-Flower power.
Creative Card Crew :- For a Diva.
Papertake Weekly :- Sketch.
Penny Black Saturday Challenge :-For the Girlies.
Stamp Something :- Use a sentiment.
Totally Papercrafts :-Pink and Girly.
Well I think that's me for now. Tomorrow I have a day off and there's a few things I'm hoping to do. For a start I need to sort out 3 parcels of candy for the winners of my birthday candy and get them posted.
Thanks for looking and I'm off to catch up with my DT commenting and visiting my favourite blogs.
Monday, 16 May 2011
It's a Girl.
I've already made a shaped card as my DT card for Totally Gorjuss but I couldn't resist doing another one for Penny Black at Allsorts where they don't want to see square or rectangular cards. They're also having a DT call. I'd like to put my name forward for that! I don't think I've got any chance of making the DT but it won't hurt to try. I love my Penny Blacks and have lots I've not even used yet!! I was looking for something this afternoon and I found a carrier with a couple of Penny Black stamps and a Hero Arts cling stamp. No idea how long they've been mislaid. Oh dear!!
So here's my card. It's just a little titchy one as I made it with circle nesties.
Simon Says Stamp :- Look what the stork brought.
Stamp Something :- Anything goes.
Easy Craft Projects :- Pretty pastel colours.
Well I think I should go now as it's rather late now. Catch up with you all later and thanks for looking.
Sunday, 1 May 2011
Love is in the air!
Stampin' For the Weekend :- Wedding.
Totally Papercrafts :- Glitter.
Truly Scrumptious :- Sketch.
Easy Craft Projects :- Royal Wedding.
Die Cut Dreams :- Wedding.
I was quite pleased that I managed to make something after all on my day off and even more pleased that it all came together quite quickly.
I'm looking forward to another day off tomorrow for the May Day Bank holiday. If I hadn't had to work yesterday morning I'd have been off from Thursday till Tuesday afternoon. 5 days in a row would have been nice but since we weren't doing anything on Saturday it wasn't worth losing a day's holiday just to have a morning off. Hope the weather's still nice tomorrow!
Hope you like and if you can spare a minute to leave me a comment I'd love to hear what you think.
Tuesday, 18 January 2011
First Christmas Card 2011
I loved using this cute Penny Black snowman last year so here he is again.
The Ribbon Girls :- Pink and Green.
Everybody Art Challenge :- Snow.
Thursday, 9 December 2010
What a Helpful Doggie!
This is a quick card I made last night. These LOTV cute squaresare a real lifesaver this year!
Wednesday, 10 November 2010
Quick Post!
I'm going out to the WRI after my tea, hence the hurry. We're having a quiz night as a bit of a fundraiser. It's just a bit of fun really. 4 of us are "the quiz team" and go to other people's quizzes so every year we make up a quiz and invite people to take part. I'm also the treasurer so I've bought the prizes, some raffles and a gift for the quizmaster. The qm is a local councillor who really enjoys doing this - apart from the fact we buy him a bottle of the Famous Grouse for his trouble, not to mention the tea and homebakes! We have to watch him as he always wants to be helpful and give clues.
I'll come back later and tell you what I used to make the card!
It's Thursday now and I'm pleased to say we had a successful quiz last night. The quizmaster managed not to give away too many answers. I think people enjoyed themselves and had a lovely tea. Everyone was very generous and we had so many raffle prizes you wouldn't believe.
So here's what I used to make my card:-
Image :- LOTV cute square cut out with a circle nestie.
DP :- Forever Friends.
Sentiment and card candy :- Craftwork cards.
Snowflake :- Martha Stewart punch - isn't it gorgeous?
And lots of glitter!
Thanks for looking and I'm going to have a full day of crafting. I need to try to get ahead a bit as my colleague is on holiday next week so I won't have my precious day off next Thursday to craft.
Thanks for looking.
Saturday, 18 September 2010
Some Baby Cards.
This is the one I made for the proud grandparents.
I used a digi stamp from Pink Gem Designs, isn't he cute? I used some lovely blue gingham from Craft Creations and coloured with Promarkers.
I'm entering the second card in the following challenges :-
Thursday, 8 July 2010
Blue and White.
Thursday, 8 April 2010
Having a Pink Day!
Sunday, 14 February 2010
What a Sweetie!
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
What a Cutie!
Daring Cardmakers :- At least one hole - I may be pushing my luck here but there are holes in the buttons!
Thursday, 14 January 2010
Just Magnolia 39.
I used Promarkers to colour the image, edge the image, sentiment and flowers and colour the card candy to match. The sentiment and card candy is from Craftwork Cards and the flowers are Hero Arts. The DP is DCWV, K& Co and the spotty piece is anonymous.
As I said probably not my best card and certainly not a good photo. I have just never got out of the bit all day. My husband had the day off today as his boss died of a massive brain haemorrhage yesterday and everyone was given the day off. He was the sort of boss who knew everyone who worked for him - and there were a lot of them. I think what bothers a lot of them was that he was a similar age to a lot of them! Since the roads around us are a bit better, still quite thick ice and a lot of water but an improvement, I went to buy a present for a friend's granddaughter and some more double sided tape! But I seemed to spend a lot of time just faffing about catching up on blogs before I thought maybe I could do a couple of Friday challenges. Tomorrow I need to shift myself and get my DT card done for Totally Gorjuss.
See you tomorrow, I should try to comment on some of the entries for the TG challenge now and maybe have a nice cup of coffee at the same time.
Kat xx
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
The Last Two.
I've been at work every day and just need to survive till 12.30 tomorrow and that will be me till next Tuesday afternoon. Next week will be better cos I'll just have Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning as my colleague will be back. Even better since I've done Tuesday morning and then Thursday this week she will do the next Monday (4th Jan)for me. In Scotland we should have 2 Bank hols in January but we were given the choice of 2nd off and work 4th or work 2nd and 4th off and the preferred option was back to work on the 4th. The Post Office excuse for doing us out of a holiday is so that the network is all the same. It's never been the same before and it's never bothered anyone before. It'll be interesting to see what they do next year!!
I'm waffling! Below is the very quick card I made for my son. One of my favourite Penny Black images, my favourite Cuttlebug snowflake, Martha Stewart snowflakes, card candy and sentiment from Craftwork Cards, MME DP and stickles. I stickled the hats and just realised that I forgot to do the snow under the sledge. I've done it now!! Lastly this is the special card I made for my husband. He gave me a great big soppy card and I don't think I can compete with that so this is what he is getting LOL!! I think this Penny Black image is really cute and I love this gorgeous DP from Fancy Pants. I have used my favourite snowflakes again and this very useful card candy. The image is coloured with Promarkers and the sentiment is from Penny Black too. I bought the lovely snowflake charm from Quixotic Paperie. I got some lovely charms there for other occasions too - you should have a look. Elaine has some great goodies - I never have a look without buying something. The prices are good and you get great service.
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Warm Wishes.
I think this also fits the Stamp Something challenge :- Glitzy somethings - I've added some jewels and stickles on the hat.
Whimsy :- Die cuts.
the Pink Elephant :- Favourite Christmas colour combination.
I managed to make this card this morning just to see how it worked and whether I would make any more similar to it. I think I might. The large snowflake is a Sizzix die. The image is Penny Black again coloured with Promarkers. The sentiment and card candy is from Craftwork Cards again. Not really much to it but it would be quick to do and I could vary the image and the DP which this time is MME colourful Christmas.
I've used a sketch that I followed some time ago because I thought it would be simple and quick to follow to make a few cards. After checking out some of the challenges I often enter I think it would fit the Creative Card Crew challenge which is gold or silver.
I'm off now to explore another couple of ideas I've had. I really need to get a move on because once I've finished these cards I'll be the lucky person who has the privilege of writing them. I also know for a fact that I need to revise my labels to sort the ones I don't need any more and the ones where the details have changed.
Maybe if I'm really quick (lol) I'll be back with another card later.
Kat xx
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Favourite Colour.
I followed the lovely sketch from Stamp Something. I cut round the image from Hero Arts, coloured the flowers and edged it all with Promarkers. I popped the "thinking of you up on sticky pads to give a bit of dimension. I've added lots of faux stitching for the Quixotic Paperie challenge. It is a "thinking of you" card to fit the Simon Says Stamp challenge. I have used my new "thinking of you" stamp for the Creative Inspirations Wednesday challenge.
Hope I can be in time for some of these challenges. By for now and I'd love to hear what you think.
Kat xx
Sunday, 1 November 2009
Ho! Ho! Ho!
I used the great sketch from Whimsy. It's a great sketch, easy to use but effective and you can dress it up a bit. I used a House Mouse image and on the House Mouse challengeyou have to have an aperture. Try as I might I can not get a photo to show that House Mouse is behind an aperture. I cut out the red frame using a scalloped nestie and a plain one and put it on top of the image with tiny sticky pads. On the photo it just looks as if I've layered the image on a piece of red card! So I hope you can take my word for it. The image has been coloured with Promarkers so it fits the Passion for Promarkers challenge for animals. I think it is cute and fuzzy to fit the Stamp Something. At least I think it is! Last of all Bizzy Becs Creatalicious challenges wants you to use only scraps of DP and add handmade flowers. Well I certainly used scraps of DP on this card. I've made a few cards with these papers so I have lots of scraps and fortunately I had some that were big enough for this card!! I have text on this card so it fits the challenge for Saturday Spotlight and One Stop Craft.
I used:-
Nesties, Martha Stewart punches, EK success punch and another punch. MME wonderful winter DP - lovely and glittery. Brads and jewel from stash.
I think that's about it. As usual I have left it a bit late to do my ironing LOL! Maybe I'll just do the things I need for tomorrow.
Kat xx
Thursday, 15 October 2009
Autumn Colours
I used:-
DP:- MME bloom and grow.
Image:- Tilda with pumpkin.
Nesties, Promarkers, Martha Stewart punch.
Ribbon, lace and buttons from my stash.
Challenges entered:-
Just Magnolia :- Sketch.
Stamp Something:- Brown plus something else.
Stamping for the weekend:- Orange, brown and leafy green.
The Pink Elephant:- Autumn.
The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge:- Autumn Colours.
By the Cute and Girly:-Autumn Glory.
Papertake Weekly:-The dark side - Halloween.
Cute Card Thursday:- Spook Fest.
Creative Card Crew:- Scallops.
Hope I've got all that right.
Kat xx
Thursday, 8 October 2009
Friday Challenges.
I managed to make a card for the Just Magnolia challenge - one of my favourites. Isn't Tilda cute all dressed up ready to go to school! I think these Sandylion papers fit the "school" theme very well. Tilda has been coloured with Promarkers and so has the apple. I used my EK Success punches to make my hand made flowers. The base card is Kraft card from Jillibean and I think it fits the theme well too. It makes me think of school books covered with brown paper lol!! Ribbon, brads and jewels are from my stash.
I'm meaning to enter a few challenges with this card:-
Just Magnolia :- Handmade flowers.
Friday Sketchers :- Sketch.
Stamp Something :- Something with apples, teachers, school.
Allsorts Challenge :- Use the colour "Kraft."
I'm off to post this now and enter these challenges and then get on with tea and dog walking and then I can do some more crafting. I love having a day off. I've even managed to read one of the daily papers today. Usually only manage to do that when I'm at work lol!
Thanks for looking and hope you like.