Flower fairy

Hello lovely people,

It's time for a new challenge at In The Pink and our theme this month is...

FLOWER GARDEN

 So we want to see all those beautiful floral creations...in PINK of course!

Apologies for the wonkiest photo ever, it was just one of those days!  I have crammed in the flowers though, on the image, the DP and some lovely 3D flowers too :-)
I have had some hessian ribbon for a little while now and decided it was time to use it, and I do love it teamed with the seam binding and twine - both rustic and pretty.

I have just started the skin and hair colouring class at Kit and Clowder and whilst I have a long way to go I feel I have made some improvements already...like the hair on this little lady...what do you reckon?
This is just one of the many gorgeous new fairy stamps at LOTV; I could so have bought them all but had to resist!

Card recipe;
Image: Petal - LOTV
DP: Yours truly - Pebbles
Hessian / twine: The Ribbon Girl
Seam binding (pink tulip) / flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E21/25/29
Dress: RV32/81/83/85
Wings / stockings: RV000/00/32
Shoes: T0/2/4
Flower: E40/RV000/00/32 and R32/81/83
Leaf: G16/19/28

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.
Please also go and leave some love for our very special Pink Lady Christine C who is very sadly leaving the Pink Palace this week; you will be much missed Christine.
However, we do have a new Pink Lady as well so please go and give a warm welcome to Stacey, and check out her gorgeous first creation :-)

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

Hugs,

Kat xx

Challenges I am entering;
1.  The Ribbon Girl (lovely Lili - girlie)
2.  A Gem of a Challenge (use gingham ribbon/DP)
3.  A Creative Romance (anything goes +/- birthday)

Not much of a challenge?!

Hello lovely people,

Here is my final card for the day and if you are after my card for In The Pink or A Little Bit Crafty then you need to scroll down a bit!

It's new challenge time at All Dressed Up and this time our theme is...

STITCHING

So, you can see why I said it wasn't much of a challenge for me as all my cards have stitching on them!  I tried out another way to use my large shaped dies and it turned out pretty well.  Oh look, there's that swirl die again!

I have used a new image called Twinkle Toes and given how much I loved the first All Dressed Up image I ever saw which was Abi Ballerina, it's no surprise this was a big hit with me!

Card recipe;
Image: Twinkle Toes - freebie to All Dressed Up Facebook group members
DP: Sofiero - Maja Design
Dies: leaf and swirl - Magnolia, Precious stars & cosmic star set - Memory Box
Lace: Danielle - The Ribbon Girl
Swirl stamp detail: Corners - LOTV

Copic colours;
Skin: E0000/50/000/51/21 & R30
Hair: E41/42/43/44
Dress / shoes: RF32/81/83/85
Bow: G40/YG61/G21
Wings: RV0000/000/32
Flowers: R83/85

Do pop over to All Dressed Up to see what the creations from the rest of the Dressy Girls; they are all stunning! We'd love to see you join in our challenge for a chance of winning 3 images of your choice!
Don't forget to swing by our Facebook Group to share your creations and chat to fellow All Dressed Up lovers :-)

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

Hugs,

Kat xx

Challenges I am entering;

1.  Papertake Weekly (pretty pastels)

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

Happy 10th Birthday LOTV!

Hello lovely people,

I took the opportunity of the extra crafting time over the Easter break to make a card to celebrate LOTV's 10th birthday and for a couple of challenges.  I decided on a shabby chic look so the edges of the DP have been distressed, inked and stitched.  I also stamped a little scroll detail in 2 corners.

I experimented with a few new things on this card, one of which was adding a little pull-out tag.  Its a great way to add an extra little message and makes the card more interactive :-)

I also added lots of pretty flowers and another first for me... some pins to add to the shabby chic look.

This is one of the older LOTV stamps in my collection but I like to go back and make sure the older ones get loved too!
Of course, the shabby chic feel wouldn't be complete without a little scattering of Frantage so that's in there too!

Card recipe;

Image: Cake glorious cake - LOTV

DP: Vintage summer/autumn basics - Maja Designs

Lace: Hermione - The Ribbon Girl

Flowers: all from Wild Orchid Crafts

Seam binding / twine: The Ribbon Girl

Pins: Teardrop ivory pearl pins - The Ribbon Girl

Tiny tag: Sentiment tags (set 24) - LOTV

Large tag: cut by hand and letters are a Quick Kutz die alphabet

Copic colours;

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

Hair: E42/43/44

Cake: YR30/E81/E41

Top / candle: B41/91/93/95

Skirt / cake icing: RV91/93/95

Flame: Y21/23/YR23

Wings: RV0000/000/91/93

Ground: T0/1/2/3/4

I hope you are all having a lovely Easter weekend :-)  I have been up to my parents with Dr Hubby and my brother and his girlfriend were there too.  We had a lovely time including an Easter egg hunt - you are never too old for one of those!  Ooh, and I made some mocha cupcakes decorated with mini eggs...yum!

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

Hugs,

Kat xx

Challenges I am entering;

1.  LOTV (10th birthday card)

2. Inky Chicks (shabby chic)
3.  Bunny Zoe's Crafts (distress)

Not square!

Hello lovely people,

Merry Thursday to you all and here we go with a new challenge at Crafty Little Fairies where the theme is...

THINGS WITH WINGS

It's another double sponsor week with prizes from...

with a surprise goody bag

AND

with this lovely prize;

Now, if you are wondering about my post title, it's because I have gone for an A5 shape card, which I almost never do.  I was having one of those days where I thought I would deliberately push myself out of my comfort zone and I ended up being really happy with the layout :-)
And to be fair, the rest of the stuff on this card is well and truly in my comfort zone; the Maja DP, stitching, tags and ribbon/twine combo!

It was lovely to use this Saturated Canary image again and I do think she suits unusual coloured hair!  And a little sparkle for the fairy dust of course :-)

Card recipe;

Image: Tilly - Saturated Canary (rubber stamp)

DP: Vintage Spring Basics - Maja Designs

Seam binding / button twine: The Ribbon Girl

Tags: Sentiment tags - LOTV

Dies: Precious stars - Memory Box

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/000/00/11 & R30

Hair: V20/22/25/28

Leotard / blue socks: B52/93/95

Tights: BV0000/000

Purple details: V20/22/25

Wings: BV0000/000/V20/22

Apron: BV000/B95/T0/1

Ground: T0/1/2/3/4

If you pop over to Crafty Little Fairies you can check out the fabulous creations from my teamies.  I have lots of fairies in my rubber/digi stamp collection but there are other things with wings out there that you could use such as butterflies and birds.

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

Hugs,

Kat xx

Challenges I am entering;
1.  Sweet Stampin' (inspired by a song/film/book - Peter Pan, as I was reading this to my nephews recently and she reminds me of Tinkerbell!)
2.  Cute Card Thursday (girls, girls, girls)
3.  As You Like It (fave colouring medium - Copics because of the huge colour range and shading I can achieve)

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

Ribbons and bows

Hello lovely people,

Since I have also posted a tutorial today I will try to keep this post short and sweet!  We have a new challenge at Totally Gorjuss and our nice easy theme this week is...

Bows

I love to use ribbon and twine on my cards so this was never going to be a problem for me :-)
I thought that using 4 squares of card to make a patchwork-ish background was a really good idea until I had to line them all up; I think I got them straight and even in the end!

I kind of kept with the theme idea for the image as I have used Ribbons Fairy from Saturated Canary.  The super talented Krista has just released a whole load of utterly gorgeous fairies and I think I might have to buy the rest before long!

Card recipe;

DP: Maja Designs - Vintage Spring Basics

Fancy edge: Martha Stewart edge punch

Seam binding / pearls / button twine: Wild Orchid Crafts

Button: from stash

Tag: Sentiment tags from LOTV

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/000/00/51 & R30

Hair: E42/43/44

Dress: BV0000/000/00/01

Wings: RV0000/000 & BV0000/000

Leaf: G40 & YG61/63 & G94

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges;
1.  Saturated Canary (winged things)
2.  Bunny Zoe (bingo - button/sparkle/pearls)
3.  Copic Marker Europe (favourite colours - lilac/green)
4.  'ABC' (lots of layers)

Please do head over to Totally Gorjuss to see what the rest of the Gorjussettes have created.
We are sponsored by The Ribbon Girl this week so show us your pretty bows for a chance to win :-)

Thanks for visiting,

Hugs,
Kat xx

Fairy Hugs

Hello lovely people,

I see I have a few new followers so just want to say welcome and it's so lovely to have you along for the ride :-)

I  have added a new fairy to my collection; I just couldn't resist getting one from the newest release at Tiddly Inks although it was tough to stop myself buying the whole lot!

I tend to make a beeline for my pink DP where fairies are concerned ...ok, maybe for quite a lot of my cards ;-)  I distressed the edges of the DP with my new Tim Holtz distressing tool - certainly a lot easier than using scissors!

I added quite a lot of glamour dust to her wings because fairies should really sparkle :-)  Isn't she just the cutest thing?

I thought this image would make a lovely 'get well soon' card but instead of using that wording for the sentiment I have used some of the tiny LOTV tags to give the same idea.

Card recipe;

Image: Fairy Tenderhearted from Tiddly Inks

DP: Maja Design Vintage Spring Basics (available from LLC)

Lace: from stash

Flowers: from Wild Orchid Crafts

Tags: Sentiment tags from LOTV

Pearls: from The Hobby House

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/000/00/51 & R30

Hair: E42/43/44

Dress: RV91/93/95

Wings: RV0000/000/91

Branch: E40/41/41

Bird / egg: B91/93

Leaves: YG61/63

Nest: E44/47

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges;

1.  In the Pink (pink and pearlie)
2.  Tiddly Inks (fairy or mermaid)
3.  Bunny Zoe (pink and white)
4.  As You Like It (favourite occasion - to cheer someone up or say get well soon or just because - the ones that people don't expect are the nicest!)

Well, I don't know about you but I am ready for a relaxing sunny weekend with a few cheeky G&Ts whilst catching up with friends - perfect!

Thanks so much for visiting,

Hugs,
Kat xx

Wings

Hello lovely people,

Firstly I would like to give a huge welcome to my newest followers; thank you so much for joining me in my little crafty world :-)

Secondly, I apologise for not being around in blogland very much over the last week as I have been struggling with migraines - grrrr.

Thirdly, it is time for a new challenge over at Totally Gorjuss and our theme this week is 'Wings' so it will be no surprise that I have gone for a fairy ;-)
Don't you just love when you have new stash to play with?  I got to play with quite a bit of new stash on this card - the papers, the cute tag sentiments from LOTV and the pearl swirls are all new.

Looking at my card you could be forgiven for thinking that our theme this week is 'Pearls' as I do seem to have used rather a lot of them but I do love them!

The last time I coloured this cutie I went for girly pink colours so this time I wanted to change it up a bit and go for something a bit fresher and brighter and I love how it came out :-)

Card recipe;

Image: Wryn Fairy Friends from Tiddly Inks

DP: Bo Bunny - Prairie Chic

Label shape: cut with Cricut

Sentiments: Sentiment tags from LOTV

Flowers: from stash

Pearls: From The Hobby House

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/000/00/01/51 & R30

Hair: E15/25/57/29

Dress/shoes: BG53/57/49

Wings: BG0000/000

Mushroom: E11/13/15 & E50/30/21

Flowers: R81/83/85

Leaves/grass: YG17

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges;

1.  Simon Says Stamp (anything goes)
2.  Cute Card Thursday (fly like a bird)
3.  Divas by Design (pretty pearls)
4.  Bunny Zoe (wings)

Thankfully I have a quiet weekend ahead so I plan to do some serious relaxing, go for a nice long walk with Dr Hubby and maybe even squeeze in a bit of crafting ;-)

For some more winged loveliness pop over to Totally Gorjuss and see what the rest of the DT have created.  I hope you can join in our challenge for a chance to win a gift voucher for the fantastic Bunny Zoe's Crafts shop :-)

Thanks for visiting,

Hugs,
Kat xx

A Gorjuss birthday fairy

Hello lovely people,

Our theme for the Totally Gorjuss challenge this week is 'Happy Birthday' so a really easy one for you!  We are sponsored by Whoopsi Daisy so I have used one of their images and surprise, surprise, I've gone for a fairy!  I am always drawn to the fairies but they do have other pretty images too!

I had to make this card in double quick time so it was a super simple layout and NO stitching or embellies!  Unless you count a bit of stickles and a few pearls :-P
I picked up the ric rac in a tiny little shop whilst on holiday in the Peaks last week; they had so many gorgeous ribbons I had a hard time not buying a metre of everything!

Card recipe;

Image: sheet 280 from Whoopsi Daisy

DP: free with a magazine!

Border: Martha Stewart edge punch

Ric rac: East of India (available from Corvette Silo)

Pearls: from The Hobby House

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/000/00

Hair: E35/37/47

Dress: RV52/63/55

Wings: RV0000/000/01

Mushroom: E42/43/44 & YR30/E40/E50

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges;
1.  ABC (pretty in pink)
2.  The Ribbon Girl (pink)
3.  Bunny Zoe (wings)

For some more inspiration pop over to Totally Gorjuss to see what my lovely teamies have created and I hope you will join in our challenge.

Thanks for visiting,

Hugs,
Kat xx

Sorry folks, it's another fairy!

Hello lovely people...

...and big hugs and thank you to the people who have chosen to follow me here on my new blog - so lovely to have you along :-)

I have had a busy weekend starting with a lovely catch up with some family on Saturday and having fun playing with my niece and nephew.  Then I had a day of housework and crafting on Sunday.  Oh, and Dr Hubby helped me put together 2 drawer units ready for my craft room reorganisation.  I got all the bits and pieces that I wanted from Ikea on Wednesday but probably won't have time to put it all in place until the bank holiday weekend.  Something to look forward to :-)

After all that waffle I do have an actual card to show you using this Deconstructed Sketch for inspiration;

I only fiddled with the sketch a weeny bit and here it is;

I used the 'out of the box' technique to cut the image out with a circle nestie whilst leaving the wings hanging off the top and layered it onto a scallop circle cut with my Cricut.  The seam binding ruffle was created with the help of lots of tiny bits of double sided tape!

I have had this stamp for a while but somehow never got round to using it until now.  I have coloured the image with Copics, twice in fact because I got ink on the background the first time round  :-(

Card recipe; 

Image: Kraftin' Kimmie - Fairy Lilybelle

DP: Maja Designs Vintage Spring Basics (yes, again but they are so pretty!)

Seam binding: from Crafty Ribbons

Lace: from The Ribbon Girl (Rebecca lace)
Sentiment: Personal Impressions Big Sentiments
Pearls: Kaisercraft

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges;
1.  In the Pink (ribbons and ruffles)
2.  ABC (lovely lace)
3.  By the Cute and Girly (vintage)
4.  Simon Says Stamp (anything goes)
5.  The Deconstructed Sketch (#99)

Thanks for visiting,
Hugs,
Kat xx

Ribbons and pearls

Hello lovely people, 

Weekend again...how did that happen?!  I have a lovely weekend of family stuff planned  so this is a very quick post from me to share my DT card for Totally Gorjuss.  Our theme this week is 'Ribbons and Pearls' so pretty easy, huh?  We are sponsored by the lovely Milk and Coffee digistamps so I have used one of their sweet images, Fairy Tiffany.

I had a lot of fun colouring this image with my Copics;

Card recipe; 

DP: MME Lost & Found 2 Blush

Seam binding: from Crafty Ribbons

Pearls: Kaisercraft

Thanks for visiting and do pop on over to Totally Gorjuss to see what my lovely teamies have created,

Hugs, 
Kat xx