Scrap n' Art with All Dressed Up

Hello lovely people,

Thank you for stopping by and I have a very special project to share today as one of my cards has been published in the latest issue of the Scrap n' Art online magazine.

Scrap n' Art is an electronic magazine packed with articles, tutorials and inspiration all the paper crafter and has a reader base of over 20,000.

Wendy Burns and three brand new, exclusive All Dressed Up images are being featured in the current issue plus several of the design team have submitted projects.

The three exclusive digis are:

Love My Teddy

Princess for a Day

Too Good to Eat

These three digital images are currently available only by subscribing to Scrap n' Art.  Your subscription entitles you to a monthly magazine for $24/year or you can try it for $5 for one month and you can access tutorials, inspiration, editorials and downloads.

For my card, I used another cute image currently available in the All Dressed Up Etsy store called Little Flower Girl.  I went for a taste of summer with this design, choosing bright colours and florals.

I just LOVE this little lady's gorgeous huge sun hat although it was a little bit of a challenge to colour!  I cut out an extra flower for her hat and popped it up on a 3D pad, then added liquid pearls to the middle of the flowers in the basket.

I've used my fave twine and flowers combo to embellish; I'm still loving the 3D flowers right now!

One more shot from the side so you can see the stepper design I used;

Card recipe;

Image: Little Flower Girl - All Dressed Up

DP: Park Bench - Echo Park

Dies: leaf and swirl - Magnolia Doohickey, butterfly set - Impression Obsession

Edge punch: Scallop dot - Martha Stewart

Flowers: all from Wild Orchid Crafts

Twine: ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Copic colours;

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

Hair: E41/Y21/E42/E43

Dress / hair bows: BG10/11/13

Bag / ground: W0/2/3/4

flowers / hat / bow on bag: Y15/19/YR14

Leaves: G46

Bird: E42/43

I am back from my holiday now and feeling very refreshed but that will probably only last until I get into work on Monday morning and see my inbox!

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

Hugs,

Kat xx

Polaroid fairy

Hello lovely people,

Sorry for the delay while I was poorly and thank you for your get well wishes.  I'm not feeling better yet but have finally got to the bottom of what was wrong with me and started antibiotics so am hoping to feel better soon.

Since this post was almost ready to go I thought I'd quickly finish it off and will be back with the other 2 belated DT posts tomorrow.

First up, it's time for a new challenge at In The Pink and our theme this month is...

FLUTTERING ON BY

So, we would like to see some butterflies on your creation.  They don't have to be the focal point as you can see on my card...

Here's a closer look at the cute fairy and yes, that cloudy background is a first for me.  I did it with chalk following a super tutorial from Netty which you can find here.

I cut the inner shape of the polaroid frame using my Cricut and then trimmed the outer shape with my guillotine.

Card recipe;
Image: Wryn - fairy friends - Tiddly Inks
DP: XOXO - American Crafts
Sentiment: So wordy sentiments - Amy R
Butterflies: Tiny butterflies - Impression Obsession

Copic colours;
Skin: E0000/50/000/51/22 & R30
Hair: E21/23/25
Dress: BG10/11/32/34 & BG45/49 on hem
Wings / mushroom stalk: RV0000/000/81
Mushroom: R85/39/59/89 & R81/83/85 for spots
Flowers: R81/83/85 & YG67 for leaves

If you haven't already done so then do pop over to In The Pink and check out the gorgeous creations from the rest of the Pink Ladies.

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

Hugs,

Kat xx

Pretty pastels

Hello lovely people,

My day off yesterday was filled with shopping, a haircut and a spot of exercise - all good stuff but not so much time for crafting :-(
I did receive an enormous parcel of goodies from Sarah's Cards though with some amazing paper pads so I can't wait to play with those!

And now it's Thursday so it's time for a new challenge at In The Pink and our theme this time is...

DIE CUTS AND PUNCHES

We are also super excited to be sponsored for this challenge by All Dressed Up Stamps so the winner will get to pick 2 digi images of their choice :-)

I have gone for sugary sweet pastels this time... mostly pink of course!  Oh, and those all important punched and die cut elements which add a lovely girly feel I think :-)

I have used one of the super cute ADU digi stamps and I am so sorry but she isn't actually available in the store but if you pop over there are many other lovely images to choose from.

Card recipe;

DP: Vintage summer basics - Maja Design
Dies: Memory box cherry blossoms and fancy blossoms, Magnolia Doohickey leaf and swirl

Punch: Martha Stewart deep edge punch - fans and flourishes
Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts (smaller pink ones coloured with RV91 Copic)
Pearls: Wild Orchid Crafts (some coloured with Copics)

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/000/00/21/11

Hair: E25/27/29/47

Dress / bow: RV0000/000/91/93

Wings: RV0000/000/91 & BG0000/70

Butterflies / bow: BG000/70/72

Ground: T0/1/2/3

If you pop over to In The Pink you can check out the fabulous creations from my teamies and I hope you will join in with our challenge.

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

Hugs,

Kat xx

Challenges I am entering;
1.  Wild Orchid Crafts (spring photo inspiration)
2.  Divas by Design (anything goes)
3.  Bunny Zoe (stitching)

Fairy magic

Hello lovely people,

That's it; Christmas Day is over for another year and I hope you had a fabulous day with your loved ones.
I had a lovely quiet day at home with Dr Hubby and my parents, eating lots of yummy food and sharing a few drinks.  I even snuck into my craft room for an hour or so, making for a perfect day :-)

I have a card to share today with a GORGEOUS little fairy drawn by the talented Wendy Burns of All Dressed Up Stamps.

Isn't she a cutie?  She isn't available in the shop so I apologise for teasing you but I just had to share her with you anyway!  I paper pieced the wings and added a few pearls to the butterflies.

Card recipe;

DP: MME

Sentiment: Kaisercraft mini sentiment stamp set

Fancy edge: Martha Stewart edge punch

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/000/00/11/21

Hair: E57/47/49

Dress / bow: R37/39/89

Butterflies: YR30/Y21/Y23/YR21/YR23

Ground: T0/1/2

Today I will be checking in with all of Dr Hubby's family including our niece and nephews so it will doubtless be a much noisier affair than yesterday and involve more toys!

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

Hugs,
Kat xx

Pretty Tilly

Hello lovely people,

It seems like you weren't so keen on our last challenge of a sketch at In The Pink so it's time for a new and much easier theme...

Ribbons and bows

Simples!

I thought I would do something a little different this week and alter a can.  WARNING - lots of photos coming up!
Here's the cocoa can before it underwent a makeover;

And this is what it looks like now;

Ok, the image panel is maybe a little large for the can but I didn't want to try to fussy cut her as it's not one of my strong points!
I popped the image panel on some foam pads and added a bit of embellishment at one side, then scattered a few butterflies here and there.

These little heart stems are my new favourite die and I just know they are going to be so versatile :-)  You can also see the ribbon and lace bow - that's the theme sorted!

This parade of pictures wouldn't be complete without a close up of Tilly and I had fun trying out a funky deep pink hair colour :-)  There is a tiny touch of Stickles on her wing and spots of Stickles and pearl pen for the fairy dust but it's not so obvious in the photo.

Card recipe;

Image: Tilly - Saturated Canary rubber stamp (available from My Crafty Heart)

DP: Always and Forever paper pad - LOTV

Dies: Impression Obsession heart stems and butterflies

Seam binding: from Crafty Ribbons

Lace: from stash

Tag: Sentiment tags - LOTV

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/000/00/21/11 & R30

Hair / bag: R56/39/59/89

Eyes: E57/59

Leotard: R81/83/85

Tights: RV0000/000

Tabard: RV000/81/83

Various green bits: YG61/63/G94

Socks: R81/83 & R56

Wings: RV0000/000/81

Ground: T0/1/2/3

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges;
1.  Saturated Canary (alter it!)
2.  Bunny Zoe (ribbon)
3.  Simon Says Stamp (anything goes)

The Pink Ladies have been busy creating some wonderful cards to inspire you so do pop over to In The Pink to check them out.

Thanks for visiting,

Hugs,
Kat xx