Balloons

Hello lovely people,

Here we go again with a new challenge at Crafty Little Fairies and our theme this month is...

SPOTS &/OR STRIPES

We are thrilled to have FIVE fabulous sponsors this month:

THE RIBBON GIRL

MARIANNE DESIGN

IVA NOVA CHEST

HANDY HIPPO

CRAFTY RIBBONS

I took advantage of the lovely birthday discount recently to stock up on LOTV stamps, a mixture of old and new.  Today I have used an older stamp but I thought it was a very versatile design and I've teamed it with some of the fab LOTV papers.  Oh, and the sentiment is from a LOTV set I got in my little spending spree as well :-)

I think I've got the theme covered with spots and stripes on the DP and the image!

Card recipe;
Image: Patchwork bunch of balloons - LOTV
DP: Petal Fresh - LOTV
Sentiment: set 7, for you circular sentiments - LOTV
Dies: leaf and swirl - Magnolia Doohickey
Seam binding / twine: The Ribbon Girl

Copic colours;
Fur: E40/41/42/43
Pads on feet: R000/30
Nose: E43/44
Balloons: YG61/63/G24 & B91/93/95 & W00/0/1

If you pop over to Crafty Little Fairies you can check out the fabulous creations from my teamies.

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

Hugs,

Kat xx

Challenges I am entering;
1.  Papertake Weekly (amnything goes +/- summer)

Shabby Tilda

Hello lovely people,

I am back with my second card of the day and it's a mid-way reminder for the current challenge at A Little Bit Crafty.  If you are looking for my card for In The Pink then just scroll down :-)

So, just to remind you, this month's theme is...

FLOWER POWER

This Tilda stamp recently 'appeared' in my craft room so I thought I'd show her a little ink!  I am quite liking the shabby chic look of late so I have distressed and inked the edges of the DP.
Strangely considering the challenge theme I didn't add any extra flowers as I liked the clean layered look.

I tried to keep the colouring soft to match the DP and added teeny dots of liquid pearls to the bunch of flowers.

Card recipe;

Image: For you Tilda - Magnolia

DP: Vintage Spring basics - Maja Design

Seam binding / twine: from The Ribbon Girl
Dies: Leaf and swirl, Tilda lace - Magnolia
Sentiment: Happy circular sentiments - LOTV

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/50/000/51/21

Hair: E23/25/27
Outfit: Booo/41/91/93
Shoes: W0/1/2/3 & W3/5/7
Flowers / heart: RV91/93/95
Leaves: G40/YG61/G21
Ground: W0/1/2/3/4

If you pop over to A Little Bit Crafty you can check out the fabulous creations from the DT.  This is my last guest DT card for them so thanks for having me along ladies :-)

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

Hugs,

Kat xx

Challenges I am entering;
1.  Sweet Magnolia (include a sentiment)
2.  Tilda's Town (fave colouring medium - Copics!)
3.  Simon Says Stamp (die crazy)
4.  Simply Magnolia (anything goes)

Buttons!

Hello lovely people,

I hope you are having a lovely weekend and have had good weather; the sun has been shining here all day :-D  After a few busy weekends, I am enjoying a nice quiet weekend at home, just pottering in the garden and my craft room.

Right now though we have a new challenge starting at All Dressed Up and our theme for this is...

BUTTONS

Here is the card I made which is for my littlest nephew's birthday, can you guess how old he'll be?  

I have used the adorable 'Daddy's Little Helper' as he looks so much like my cheeky nephew!

Card recipe;

Image: Daddy's Little Helper - ADU

DP: Vintage Frost Basics - Maja Designs

Tags: Sentiment tags - LOTV

Buttons: from stash

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/000/00/11 & R30

Hat / patch / dog's neckerchief: YG61/63/67/G94

Trousers / patch: B91/93/95/97

T-shirt: T0/2/blender

Boots: T3/5/7/9/100

Spade: E35/37/47 & T0/2/4 & E50/51/YR21

Dog: E57/47/49 & E34/35/37

Bird: E31/33/35 & YR21

Snail: E31/YR21/23/24 & YR0000/T0/2

Bucket: T0/2/4

Worm: YR0000/000/00/01

Carrot: YR16/18

Ground / dirt in  bucket: E40/41/42/43

This challenge will run until 1st April and don't forget you MUST use an All Dressed Up image or paper to qualify for a chance to win 3 images of your choice :-)

If you pop over to All Dressed Up you can check out all the fabulous creations from my teamies who will show you lots of gorgeous ways to use buttons!

Oh and don't forget to stop by our Facebook Group to keep up to date with all the latest All Dressed Up news and chat to fellow crafters. 

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

Hugs,

Kat xx

Crafty Little Fairies - anything goes

Hello lovely people,

Christmas is so very nearly here but there's still time for one last challenge at Crafty Little Fairies and all the pink and blue fairies are joining in this time with our theme of...

ANYTHING GOES

We are lucky enough to have TWO sponsors this week;

Delicious Doodles

Hobbycutz

Now, I am very happy to report that I finished all my Christmas cards and they were all posted on Monday :-)  However, I have a habit of buying lots of Christmas stamps and not getting round to using them all, and this year was no different with a gorgeous James bear stamp from LOTV un-inked.  Well, that just wouldn't do so here he is...

It is a bit of a 'greatest hits' card for me with my fave Maja Design papers, my fave snowflake dies and some seam binding tied with twine but it all just works for me :-)
James is in his favourite blue scarf and hat and there is a touch of sparkle from some Stardust Stickles on the snow.

Card recipe;

Image: James - Santa stop here - LOTV

DP: vintage frost basics - Maja Designs

Dies: small snowflake set from Impression Obsession

Seam binding: Limoges blue - The Ribbon Girl

Button twine: Ivory - The Ribbon Girl

Sentiment: handwritten Christmas sentiments - Pink Petticoat

Copic colours;

Fur: E40/41/42/43

Hat  /scarf: B91/93/95/97 & T0/1 on furry bits

Mallet / signpost: E44/47/49

Sign: T8/9/10/100 (hat) & YR18/27 (nose) & T0/1/2

Ground: T0/1/2

This challenge will run for 2 weeks to give all of us Fairies a chance to rest our wings over Christmas and we will be back with a new challenge on 2nd January 2014!  There are so many gorgeous cards to inspire you over at Crafty Little Fairies and I hope you find some time over the festive period to join in :-)

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

Hugs,

Kat xx

Challenges I am entering;

1.  Inky Chicks (Christmas)

2.  As You Like It (fave Christmas stamp - well, for now it is because I am so happy I finally got to use him!)

3.  Papertake Weekly (last Christmas)

4.  Top Tip Tuesday (snowflakes)

5.  ABC (blue, bows and bling)

The return of James Bear

Hello lovely people,

I hope you have been having a lovely weekend and not getting too spooked!  We went to a Halloween Party last night and the costumes were wonderful; even Otto the dog had a little skeleton outfit on!

This is Dr Hubby, and if you don't recognise the costume it is the eponymous 'superhero' from the film Kick-Ass!

I went for a more traditional Halloween costume...

Back to business though and it's on with the Christmas cards for me, using the fab new sketch from the Papertake Weekly Challenge for inspiration this time;

So, I am absolutely loving this James Bear stamp and thought he would look fab teamed with some frosty colours and snowflakes.  I have gone for several layers as usual and distressed them with a Tim Holtz distressing tool before inking them just a touch and stitching them.

I have coloured James pretty much the same as my last card using him but with a different colour hat and scarf!  I also gave the snow some Liquid Pearls treatment :-)

The snowflakes are a new die for me and wow, they are just gorgeous - so detailed and elegant :-)  I have to say that the Impression Obsession dies are always such good quality, cut beautifully and look fabulous.

Card recipe;

Image: James Bear in the snow - LOTV

DP: Vintage Spring Basics - Maja Designs

Lace - Venice Petit - Live and Love Crafts (but I can't see it in the shop anymore)

Dies: Small snowflake set - Impression Obsession (available from Dies to Die For)

Sentiment: Handwritten Christmas Sentiments - Pink Petticoat
Pearls: from The Hobby House

Copic colours;

Fur: E40/41/42/43

Scarf / hat: T0/3 & B91/93/95

'White' bit of hat: T0/1/2/blender

Ground: T0/1/3/blender

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges;
1.  Papertake Weekly (sketch)
2.  The Hobby House (pearls)
3.  Top Tip Tuesday (seasons - mine is winter of course!)
4.  Simon Says Stamp (anything goes)
5.  Totally Gorjuss (anything goes with snow)

Thanks for visiting and I wish you all a good week :-)

Hugs,
Kat xx

Let's get All Dressed up!

Hello lovely people,

I have some very exciting news to share... I have been asked to join the DT for the brand new All Dressed up challenge!  Ok, if you haven't come across All Dressed up yet then they are a new digital stamp company with artwork by the talented Wendy Burns and the images are just super cute!  I have used one of their images previously on this CAS card here.

If you need any more proof of how fab these images are then here is a card, made especially to celebrate my new DT position...

This is one of the sweet little party girls which come as a set of three; I have used just one of them but they are all gorgeous!  I couldn't resist adding a little glamour dust to the flower in her hair :-)

Here's a little angled shot to show the layers and the details;

Card recipe;

Image: Three little party girls from All Dressed up

DP: MME Lost & Found 3 - Oliver

Fancy edge: Marth Stewart edge punch

Flowers / pearls: from Wild Orchid Crafts

Ribbon: from stash

Button twine: from The Ribbon Girl

Sentiment: Kaisercraft mini stamp set

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/000/00/51 & R30/20

Hair: E41/42/43/44

Dress/shoes: BG70/72/75/78

Ground: W00/0/1/2

I would like to play along in the following challenges;
1.  Bunny Zoe (something blue)
2.  Divas by Design (anything goes)
3.  ABC (very cute)
4.  As You Like It (favourite sentiment - this one is new for me and such a lovely sentiment)
5.  A Creative Romance (dies/punches)

Now you know all about these fab images, get yourself over to the All Dressed up Etsy store and see what falls into your basket!  You can also come and share in the All Dressed up love on the All Dressed up facebook page :-)

Thanks for visiting,

Hugs, Kat xx