Totally Gorjuss 45 Christmas in August.

Good morning everyone. If you're reading this on Saturday morning Mr Blogger has kindly published this post for me. I am off to an all day crop to celebrate my local craft shop being open for a year. Can't believe this year has passed so quickly!

But as the title suggests over at Totally Gorjuss our challenge this week is Christmas in August. So dust off your Christmas stamps and DP and take the chance to make a start to your Christmas cards.

This week we are being sponsored by Cupid Stamps.

I used :-

Image :- LOTV.

DP :- MME.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Card Candy and Poinsettia :- Craftwork Cards.

Other flowers :- EK Success retro punch.

Stickles, ribbon, buttons and string from stash.

I'm also entering some challenges :-

Papertake Weekly :- 3,2,1 - 3 flowers, 2 DP and 1 ribbon.

Creative Inspirations Challenge Blog :- Christmas in August.

A Spoon Full of Sugar :- 3 flowers, 2 buttons and 1 ribbon.

The Pink Elephant :- Sketch.

Thanks to everyone who joined us last week. It was lovely to see all your "Star"cards. I hope you can join us this week andmake a start to your Christmas cards at the same time.

Enjoy your weekend, especially if you have an extra day because of the Bank Holiday. Needless to say we don't have a day off up here in Aberdeenshire but I'm looking forward to next Monday as we have a local holiday then.

Edited to add :- guess who messed up the scheduled post?

Totally Gorjuss 44 - You're a Star.

Good morning everyone and it's the start of the weekend so it's time for another challenge from Totally Gorjuss. This week our challenge is "You're a Star." We would like to see stars on your card or layout. I'm afraid my stars aren't very big but they are there lol! I coloured the star she's holding and the ones in her hair with a Spica glitter gel pen and I used another one to make sparkly spots on her dress.

This week we are lucky to be sponsored by Crafter's Companion. They have some fantastic products on their website. They sell their own products but also lots of other brands so it's always worthwhile checking out their online shop.

I used:-

Image :- Gorjuss Girl from Sugar Nellies.

DP :- MME.

Colouring :- Promarkers and Spica glitter gel pens.

Flowers :- Prima and stripey ones cut out with EK Success punches.

Faux stitching :- Precision Pen.

Stampin' Up! punch for scalloped edge.

Ribbon and pearls from stash.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges :-

Mojo Monday :- Sketch.

Cupcake :- 2 papers, 2 ribbons and 2 flowers.

Pollycraft :- Stitches.

Easy Craft Projects :- Girly.

Paperplay :- Pink to make the boys wink.

Hopefully I'll get round to entering these challenges before it's too late lol!

I hope you'll pop over to the Totally Gorjuss blog to see what my talented teamies have made this week if you haven't already been there. I know you won't be disappointed. If you have time I'd love to hear what you think of my card and I know my teamies would too.

Totally Gorjuss 43 Lovely Aqua.

Good morning everyone and time for another challenge over at Totally Gorjuss. This week we would like you to use aqua shades in your card or layout. Unfortunately you'll have to take my word for it that I've used aqua in my card lol! Every picture I took seemed to look blue, but it is aqua....honest!! I was all over the house and even outside as Thursday when I made it was quite nice. But wherever I tried I couldn't get the colour to look right.

This week we are sponsored by Lili of the Valley so that gave me a chance to check out my LOTV images and I decided to use this cute bear.

I used :-

Image :- LOTV.

Sentiment and card candy :- Craftwork Cards.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Flowers :- EK Success retro punch.

Martha Stewart punch, nesties and pearls.

I'd like to enter some challenges with this card :-

Lili of the Valley :- Summer.....check out the sunglasses!

A Spoon Full of Sugar :- Sketch.

The Pink Elephant :- Summer Fun.

My teamies have made some beautiful cards this week so I hope you can find time to pop over to their blogs and encourage them with a comment. If you have a minute to let me know what you think of mine I'd really value your opinion too.

As I've had terrible broadband connection problems I'll stop now and hope I can get this post scheduled!!

Totally Gorjuss 39 - Thinking of You.

Time for another challenge at Totally Gorjuss. Thanks to everyone who entered last week. We had some amazing entries for our water, water challenge last week. I hope you'll want to enter our challenge this week.

This week our challenge is "Thinking of You." This can interpreted as a Sympathy card or just a card to let someone know you are just thinking of them.

I used :-

Image:- Penny Black from the flowers and wishes clear set.

Sentiment :- Hero Arts.
DP :- Basic Grey and Wild Rose Studio.

Colouring :- Promarkers and Distress Inks.

Card Candy :- Craftwork Cards.

Pearls :- Hobby House.

Martha Stewart butterfly punch.

I'm entering a few challenges with this card:-

Basic Grey :- Gingham.

Charisma :- Pink.

Colour Create:- Warm pink, chocolate brown and white.
Paperplay :- Sketch.

Creative Inspirations challenge blog :- something old from stash - I've had the pink, white and brown Basic Grey DP for a while.

What do you think girls? Is it suitable for a Sympathy card? I think it's also light enough to be just a card to get in touch with a friend. It's a useful sort of card to have around as a just in case card. I hope you'll want to join in with us again this week. I'm looking forward to seeing your new creations. If you've got time to leave me a comment I'd be really pleased. I'm always encouraged by what you have to say about my efforts and I'm sure my talented teamies would be pleased to hear from you too.

Enjoy your weekend, hope it's good whatever you do.

Totally Gorjuss 35 Sugar and Spice.

Hi everyone, I hope Mr Blogger has been kind and posted this for me as I am at my daughter's babysitting this weekend. I've been managing to schedule my DT posts for a few weeks now so fingers crossed. If I've got internet access I'll be able to check.

I used :-

Image :- Maggie with present from Sugar Nellies.

DP :- Paper Adventures, Craft Creations and Brown check has no name on it.

Sentiment and card candy :- Craftwork Cards.

Colouring :- Promarkers, Distress Inks.

Flowers :- Prima.

Sakura clear gel pen and glitter gel pen.

Nesties.

Jewels and pearl from stash.

I'm also hoping to enter the following challenges :-

Cute Card Thursday :- Sketch.

Charisma Cardz :- All about bling.

Paperplay :- Something old.

I think that's about all I need to say about my card. I hope you can find time to pop over to Totally Gorjuss to see what my talented teamies have made this week. If you can find time to tell us what you think of our cards we would all be really happy.

Looking forward to seeing your cards this week. Last week loads of you entered our card for boys challenge and I had a lovely time looking at your entries. You are all very talented ladies.

Enjoy your weekend.

Kat xx

Totally Gorjuss 31 Bling it On.

Hi everyone it's Saturday again and time for another challenge at Totally Gorjuss. This week we would like to see some bling on your card or project. I've used a Sakura clear glitter gel pen on the fairy's dress and stickles round the nestie circle and the sentiment and also on the flowers.

I've used :-

Image :- LOTV.

DP :- Tim Holtz Shabby Chic.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Flowers :- Wild Orchid Crafts.

Sentiment :- Craftwork Cards.
Pearls :- The Hobby House.

Nesties, Sakura clear glitter gel pen, Stickles.

I've used the sketch from Creative Card Crew.

And the challenge at Passion for Promarkers is Fantasy/Mythology.

I've got a crop at my local craft shop after work today but I'll check later to see what you think of our challenge. I'm looking forward to seeing what you make this week.

Enjoy your weekend,

Kat xx

Totally Gorjuss 13 - Monotone card.

This is my DT card for the Totally Gorjuss challenge. I hope some of you will want to join us this week. It is a nice easy challenge this week and I'm sure you could combine it with some other challenges! We would like you to make a "monotone" card this week ie shades of one colour. I have chosen my favourite colour - lilac. You could probably guess this from my blog name - lilackat lol!

I used the lovely sketch from Sketch and Stash which is nice and simple and great for a quick card. I used some neglected ribbon and some new Prima flat backed pearls. I think there is probably lavender in this card so I am going to enter it in the ECP challenge.

Materials used:-
DP - DCWV
Colouring - Promarkers.
Faux stitching with an American Crafts precision pen.
Punch - EK Success
Ribbon and jewels from stash.

It's quite a plain card so I hope you like it. Please join us at Totally Gorjuss this week if you have time. We have a prize every week and we love to come round your blogs and see what you have made.

I'm going to a crop after work and I still don't know what I am going to do so I'd best go off now and find something before it's too late. Enjoy your weekend.

Kat xx

First card in 2010.

At Totally Gorjuss we thought that a "Thank You" card would be a good challenge for this time of year. At this time of year we all get lovely presents for Christmas and we all need to thank people for them. And of course we need to thank our lovely sponsor Joanna Sheen who has given us a £10 voucher for our winner. Joanna has lots of goodies in her online store and the service is great and there is no p&p.

I've used this sweet Gorjuss Girl holding an envelope which seems appropriate for a thank you card. I coloured her with Promarkers as usual. The DP is the gorgeous Laundry Line from MME. I love this paper. There are lovely patterns and glitter and they all fit together so well. I added some lace from Quixotic Paperie. Elaine has lots of lovely lace and a whole lot of other embellishments. I can not have a look at her online shop without buying lol! I finished off with some Prima flowers, brads and glittery jewels.

It's still very icy and snowy here and if you look closely at the sides of the photo you might see some snow out of my conservatory window lol. We went out to a local Indian restaurant for a meal this evening and even the main road was not good. The back road over to us is very icy and rutted now and the hill down to the main road is very slippy. It's a case of 1st gear and hope that you stop at the bottom!! When we got to Ellon (our nearest town) the roads were a disgrace and the pavements were pretty dangerous. Not sure how it can save money to not clear roads and pavements and then a lot of people end up at A&E! Anyway enough complaining about the road conditions I'm sure a lot of people are in the same boat.

I'm also going to enter some challenges with this card.

Quixotic :- Lace.
Magical Crafts :- Thank You.
Creative Inspirations Wednesday challenge :- Thank You.
Crafty Cardmakers :- Favourite things - my gorgeous DP and this lovely lace.
Papertake Weekly :- Sketch.
Winter Wonderland :- Thank You.
My Time to Craft :- Anything goes.
Crafty Creations :- Glitter and bling.

I think that is all the challenges that this card fits so I will finish off now and see what else I can make. I have missed making cards for the last wee while but I have caught up with a few blogs over the last few days.

Hope some of you can find time to pop over to Totally Gorjuss and join in with us this week. As you can see from my list of challenges a Thank You card would fit the bill on a lot of challenges. The rest of the DT have made some lovely cards and we are all looking forward to seeing what you make too. We would all appreciate if you could find time to leave us a comment telling us what you think of our Thank You cards.

Kat xx

Totally Gorjuss 10 Gift Tag.

Just a quick post as I am late posting the gift tag I made for this week's Totally Gorjuss challenge. In my defence I should add that I had it made in time but I wasn't sure when the challenge would be posted on the TG challenge blog. I hope some of you can manage to enter this week as it could be a very quick make when you are all so busy. Last week we were really pleased to have the most entries so far so I hope you can pop over and see what the rest of the DT have done and give it a go.

I stamped Bumblebee, coloured her with promarkers and added some spica glitter gel pen on her dress and her hair ornament. I used nesties to cut the circles and added some ribbon. So there you have it a very quick gift tag.

I am also entering a couple of challenges with this tag:-

Passion for Promarkers :- Anything but a card and any colours.

Allsorts challenge :- Anything but a card.

If you look at my next post you will see how this gift tag forms part of a theme for Poppy's Christmas!


See you soon,


Kat xx

Totally Gorjuss 8 Net's Sketch.

Here it is then girls - my card for this week's Totally Gorjuss DT card. Net has given us a fabulous sketch to follow. You can rotate it if you want and add your own bits and pieces to glam it up as long as we can see the original sketch.

I used the wonderful MME signature Christmas DP. I coloured the lovely Gorjuss Girl with Promarkers. I added a sentiment and card candy from Craftwork Cards and finished off with some flowers and some glittery ribbon. And I think that's it. Nice and simple and if I use different images and papers I could make some more Christmas cards reasonably quickly.

Silly me I nearly forgot to say that this week we are sponsored by the lovely Joanna Sheen who has donated a £10 voucher for the lucky winner to spend on her fabulous website. Joanna has lots of gorgeous goodies in her web shop at great prices and there is no p&p to pay. Added to that her customer service is fantastic, you often get your order by the next day - even up here in Aberdeenshire. So why not enter this week's challenge you could have £10 to spend on goodies next week.

I'm hoping to enter some challenges with this card too.

Crafty Cardmakers :- No red or green.
A Spoon Full of Sugar :- No red or green.
Cute Card Thursday :- Swirly Girly.
Paperplay :- No red or green.

Hope this is ok. I'm off now to try and prepare some things to take to a crop tomorrow.

Kat x

Totally Gorjuss 7 - Anything but a card.

Well girls it's Friday again and here we are with another challenge from Totally Gorjuss. This week we would like you to make "anything but a card." Following the new rules you can use any gorgeous girly stamp. But if you use a Gorjuss Girl you have two chances to win. This week our lovely sponsor is The Hobby House. So there you are - for your chance to win all you need to do is enter "anything but a card. Simple.

Ok I know this looks like a card but believe me it is a gift card holder! I made a gift card holder a while ago but I could really do with some more for my nieces and nephews.

I used the sketch from Sketch and Stash. Great sketch, really easy to use. My DP is DCWV rose tinted Christmas which I have had since last year. I coloured the lovely gorjuss Girl from Sugar Nellies with my Promarkers. I used a House Mouse "To/From" stamp inside - I just didn't ink the House Mouse LOL!! I finished off with some lace, card candy a Martha Stewart snowflake and jewels. The corners to hold the gift card were cut out using a punch.

The other challenges I'm hoping to enter are :-

Cupcake - A gift card holder.

Papertake Weekly - Christmas.

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Brown and pink.

Charisma Cardz - Christmas.

Susie's Sassy Challenge - Pink and sparkly.

Creative Card Crew - Favourite things - snowflake, jewels and card candy.

I think that's all the challenges I'm entering! Now I'm off the do the Penny Black blog hop. I've only had all week to get it done......but I have been busy with other commitments.

Have a nice weekend girls and hope to see you tomorrow.

Kat xx

Totally Gorjuss First DT Card.

Good morning girls. I am so nervous about my very first DT card for Totally Gorjuss. I'm so scared that everyone will think it is awful!! I've had a bit of a problem trying to get a photo of it. It has been very dull here and by the time I get home from work it is pointless to try! On Wednesday afternoon it was nice and bright but I was at a friend's house. Thursday was supposed to be nice but up until this time it has not happened. Then after a couple of unsuccessful piccies my clever clogs camera announced that it's battery was low. Immediate panic lol! Tried in the conservatory and then managed to get one outside before the camera died.


I need an 18th birthday card for my niece so I think this one will be perfect for her. Hope she likes it! I've use one of my favourite Gorjuss Girls available from Funky Kits. She has been coloured with Promarkers and her hair has been highlighted with an Inkssentials opaque white pen.



This is just a little close up of my flowers. I love these EK Success punches for making flowers. I punched out the larger size three times using the card I used for matting and once with the smaller size using the paler DP. Then just finished off with a little flat backed pearl.

As you can see I sewed round the edges with my mini sewing machine - I felt brave. I doodled round the image with an American Crafts precision pen.


Materials used:-

Sketch:- Passion for Promarkers.

DP:- Basic Grey 'bittersweet'.

Tools:- Nesties, mini sewing machine, Promarkers, EK Success punches and Inkssentials white opaque pen.

Plus flat backed pearls and jewel to finish.

I hope you like my first DT card and I also hope a lot of you very talented girls will want to join in our very first challenge over at Totally Gorjuss. You must check out the cards my lovely teamies have made - they are beautiful they are all very talented ladies. I'm really looking forward to checking out your lovely entries.


Kat xx