Spring flowers

Hello lovely people,

This is my second post today so if you are looking for my guest DT card for A Little Bit Crafty then please scroll down :-)

It certainly feels to me like Spring is well and truly here with all this lovely sunshine and everything growing away in my garden, so now I have to split my time between gardening and crafting.  What about the housework?  Hmm, best not go there!

Anyhoo,  we have a new challenge for you at All Dressed Up and our theme is...

SPRING

I bet you never would have guessed that with all my waffle about Spring at the start of this post ;-)
I've gone for pretty spring shades and flowers... oooh yes, those flowers are from my newly acquired (and quite enormous!) stash of WOC flowers.  I got all sorts of types, sizes and colours and am having lots of fun using them :-D

Of course, I will just have to share a closer look at this little cutie.  There is a touch of Stickles too but in very small dots so it's mostly invisible in the photos!

Card recipe;
Image: I love my puppy - All Dressed Up
DP: Vintage Spring Basics - Maja Designs
Fancy edge: Martha Stewart edge punch
Seam binding: Lilac - Wild Orchid Crafts
Flowers: all Wild Orchid Crafts
Memo pin: all my own work from some wire!
Sentiment: generated on computer

Copic colours;
Skin: E0000/50/000/51/21 & R30
Hair: E35/37/47
Dress / headband: V20/22/25
Leggings: W00/1/2
Dog: W00/0/2/4/6
Flowers: Y21/23/35/38 & V20/22/25 & YR30/21/23
Leaves: YG61/63
Grass: YG61/63/67

Do pop over to All Dressed Up to see the fabulous creations from the rest of the Dressy Girls and we'd love to see you join in 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. Divas by Design (Spring/Easter)

2.  As You Like It (fave stitching - real or faux... no contest for me, it has to be real for the texture and the way it makes my layers look 'finished'!)

3.  A Creative Romance (Spring/Easter)

4.  Sweet Stampin' (flowers)

5.  A Gem of a Challenge (Spring is in the air)

Lavender and lace

Hello lovely people,

It's Thursday again and so to a new challenge from Crafty Little Fairies where this week we have a fab theme for you of...

LAVENDER AND LACE

We are sponsored by the lovely Stamp and Create who have a $20 voucher up for grabs :-)

This is a super easy theme right?  Well, I thought so too until I found I had absolutely no DP of anything even remotely resembling lavender in my craft room.
So, I just had to go shopping and bought some more of the beautiful Maja DP in shades of lavender... and possibly a few extras while I was there!

This sweet little lady is a Saturated Canary digi stamp and oh, such fun to colour all the pleats and hair :-)

I was rummaging in my box of dies and came across these heart stem dies which I haven't used for a bit and yes, I am still loving the double bow right now!
You can see that I have curved the sentiment slightly and raised the middle up on foam pads to add a little dimension.

Card recipe;

Image: Canary Love - Saturated Canary

DP: Vintage Spring Basics - Maja Design

Shaped base: Large Frilly #2 die - Go Kreate

Lace: White Droplet Venise - The Ribbon Girl

Seam binding: Sky Mauve Lilac - The Ribbon Girl

Copic colours;

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

Hair: E55/23/25

Dress: R81/83/85 & BV0000/000 & V20/22/25/28

Bird: T0/1/2/3/blender

Shoes: T2/3/4/5 & T4/5/6/7

Socks: T0/1/blender

Ground: T1/2/3/4/blender

Leaf: YG61/63

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

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

Hugs,

Kat xx

Challenges I am entering;
1.  Inky Chicks (bingo - lace, pearls, ribbon)
2.  Sweet Stampin' (in stitches)
3.  The Ribbon Girl (anything goes)

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

So lovely

Hello lovely people,

I know I am running late with my SC Challenge entry again but I have been on holiday!  When I got home I couldn't resist the chance to play along this week and use 'Lovely' - isn't she just?

I was quite please with the colouring as it was a challenge for me with all those pleats and all that hair!
I added some detail to the DP with some white acrylic paint round the edges, some stitching and some stamped swirls.
Since I kept the layout really simple I had a chance to use my new butterfly dies to add a little finishing touch; I reckon you might be seeing a LOT more of these - they are so cute!
Oh, and there is a little Stardust Stickles on the pale sections of the dress...honestly!

Card recipe;

Image: Lovely from Saturated Canary

DP: Maja Design Vintage Spring Basics

Swirl stamps: Grunge Corners from LOTV

Butterflies: Impression Obsession die (available from My Crafty Heart)

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/000/00

Hair: E42/43/44

Dress: BV0000/000/00/01/02 & RV0000/000/00

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges;
1.  Saturated Canary (use 'Lovely')
2.  As You Like It (fave papers - mine are Maja Design as you may have noticed if you visit my blog regularly!)
3.  Cute Card Thursday (Once upon a time - because I think she looks like a princess!)

Thanks for visiting,

Hugs,
Kat xx

Lovely lilac

Hello lovely people,

Before I get to the important stuff I just have to share that my craft room re-fit has all been completed but I haven't got round to taking photos of it so can't show you how awesome it is yet!  I won't keep you waiting much longer!

So, onto that important stuff and that is my Totally Gorjuss DT card.  We are sponsored by Crafters Companion this week and have this fab bingo grid for you to work with - you know the drill;

I went for the  'lace, string and pearls' column and no, I haven't got my DTs mixed up, I just decided to use a LOTV stamp because I love them so much!

I returned to my beautiful Maja papers before I had withdrawal symptoms and went for the lovely purple tones with a bit of added sparkle on the flowers using Frosted Lace Stickles.

I have used this stamp so many times and don't think I will ever get bored of it as it is so versatile and lovely to colour.

Card recipe;

Image: Teddy Bouquet from LOTV

DP: Maja Vintage Spring Basics (available from LLC)
Label shapes: cut with Cricut
Foliage: Memory Box Lavish Branch die

Lace: from The Ribbon Girl

Sentiment: Personal Impressions Big Sentiments

Twine / eyelets: from stash
Pearls: from The Hobby House

Copic colours;
Bear: E41/42/43
Flowers: BV0000/000/00/01/02 + RV91/93/95 + Y21/26
Grass: BG90/93
Wrap/letter: W1

 I would like to enter this card in the following challenges;
1.  Live and Love Crafts (50 shades of lilac)
2.  By the Cute and Girly (flowers)
3.  Papertake Weekly (anything goes +/- 2 stamps)

I hope you can pop over to the Totally Gorjuss blog to see the lovely creations from the rest of the DT and thanks so much for visiting me,

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

A 'fairy' special announcement

Hello lovely people,

My special announcement is that I have been chosen to join the Fairies over at the fabulous Lili's Little Fairies challenge!!  So excited!  And of course, such a good excuse to buy some more LOTV stamps ;-)

Our challenge this week is to use this gorgeous photo as inspiration;

I have taken the colours as my starting point and added a few of my favourite things - stitching, layers, fishtails, flowers and of course, a LOTV image!

Here is a close up of the cute image which I have coloured with Copics;

Card recipe;

Image: Coffee break from LOTV
DP: Maja Design Vintage Spring Basics
Leaf die: Memory Box Lavish Branch
Edge punch: Martha Stewart
Flowers: Prima Country Elegance
Sentiment: Personal Impressions All Year Round stamp set
Pearls: Kaisercraft

Don't forget to pop over to Lili's Litle Fairies to see what the rest of the DT have created.

Thanks for visiting.

Hugs,

Kat xx