Little Summer Girls

Hello lovely peeps

Today's card features 3 Little Summer Girls from All Dressed Up, coloured with Promarkers
(sorry, I lost the list of colours but they include Daffodil Bloom, Pastel Yellow, Apricot, Spice, Lime Zest, Rose Pink, Caramel, Tan)

The papers are from the Citronella collection by K&Co and the buttons are from my stash.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
Squirrels Not So Random Challenge #6 Holiday Fun
 Send a Smile for Kids Anything Goes (for kids)
My Time to Craft #352 hats and/or bags
Moving along with the Times #52 Things beginning with B (beach, buckets, buttons)
Kitty Bee Designs #101 Anything Goes opt twist summer
Love to Scrap  #100 Kidz Rule
Stemplegarten #64 Summertime

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

Happy Christmouse for LOTV

Hello lovely peeps

Today is the last day of the Lili of the Valley Facebook Challenge - you have until 9pm to enter your make for a chance to win some fabulous prizes. The theme this month is Christmas.

For my inspiration card I've used part of the new Christmouse Pudding digistamp. I pulled the image into Craft Artist, enlarged it, and used the crop/eraser tools to remove the first two mice.

The sentiment was added using Darlin BTN font before I printed the design out onto Super Smooth 250gsm card. I coloured the image in with Promarkers, Flexmarkers and Graph'Its

then added a little Glamour Dust glitter under his feet.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
Christmas with the Cuties #8 Favourite festive digi 
Simon Says Stamp (Wed) Add a sentiment
SSS Work it wednesday  add sparkle/bling
Creatalicious Challenges #121 Anything Goes with optional glitter/bling
Happy Little Stampers (Christmas) option of poinsettia
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas #346 Anything Christmas Goes option nativity
ABC Christmas Challenge P, Q and R People Quick and/or Red (Quick and Red)
The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up  #32 Optional theme: traditional christmas colours
 A Snowflakes Promise  #43 Anything Christmas Goes
YNS Challenges  #70 - Sketch and/or Colour

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

Motherly Love on Throwback Tuesday

Hello lovely peeps

This week's Throwback Tuesday make is a card that I made with one of Leonie Pujol's Entwined Heart dies.

When I first saw the Funky Heart Base it reminded me of those abstract porcelain figurines of a mother and her child, so for my card I decided to sketch some faces inside the heart.

I kept the rest of the card very simple. The heart and 'Love' (from the same set) are cut from pink Adorable Scorable card, with cream AS for the base and banner. A little organza bow in the child's hair makes her look a little more girly.

If you would like to recreate this for your personal use you can download my drawing on my Freebies page.

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

New Baby card

Hello lovely peeps

I've got a new baby card for you today, using a stamp from the Humphrey's Corner Collection by Crafter's Companion. I stamped onto super smooth card and coloured it in with Promarkers
Mustard, Daffodil Bloom
Khaki, Pastel Beige, Ice Grey 1 and Blender

All the papers are from an old Gorjuss 8x8 pad and I added faux stitching around the edges with a fine tipped pen. I hand drew and cut out flower shapes to match the tiny flowers on the centre paper and added pearlescent black card candi for the centres.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
Cardz 4 Guyz # 175 Tiny fingers and tiny toes
Shopping Our Stash #315 spice up your life (baby)
Crafty Gals Corner # 135 Bingo (2+ designer papers, free, flowers)
Penny Black and More  All Creatures Great and Small
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper  Anything goes with Patterned Paper
Dream Factory #46 Zoomania

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

Ranunculus Sympathy Card

Hello lovely peeps

Another sympathy card from me today, but more of a CAS style.

I stamped Ranunculus Field from Stampendous onto super smooth card with Black Memento ink and coloured it with Promarkers. The card layer underneath was coloured with matching Promarker too.

The sentiment is from the Woodware Tiny Phrases stamp set again.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
 Sparkles Forum Challenges # 94 Thinking of You or sympathy card
Sweet Stampin  Flowers
Sheepski Designs #5 Flower Power
Happy Little Stampers (CAS) Flower
Addicted to Stamps and More #254 CAS
Southern Girls #166 Add some stamping
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends  #63 Anything Goes
Stamping Sensations  Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

Dotty About You on Throwback Tuesday

Hello lovely peeps

This week's unblogged card is using one of Leonie Pujol's Entwined Heart dies.

The inspiration came from the lovely dotty design in the Pretty Borders stamp set, which I've stamped all the way around the edge of the card.  I coloured in a few of the dots with a black fineliner pen and printed off the sentiment from my computer.

The heart outline was cut from white card using Entwining Joy, from the Big Heart set. After glueing it onto my card with Cosmic Shimmer glue I filled in the centre with small black dots and added tiny dots all around the outside.

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

Brusho Sympathy

Hello lovely peeps

Today's card is one of those you hope you never have to make, a sympathy card.

I hope it brings a small crumb of comfort to my cousin who lost his 23 year old son this week, a vibrant and lovely young man taken far too soon.

To start off I painted some Pebeo Drawing Gum straight onto the Stylised Flowers stamp from IndigoBlu and stamped it onto some thick watercolour card. Once it was dry I sprinkled on some Brusho powders and spritzed with water.

I built up layers of colour until the flowers stood out from the background

then cut the piece down, stamped on a greeting from Woodware's Tiny Phrases set and mounted it on a 6x6 card with turquoise organza ribbon.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
Sparkles Forum Challenges # 94 Thinking of You or sympathy card
Country View Crafts Challenge Blues and greens
Southern Girls #165 Flower power
Happy Little Stampers (Watercolour)  option Bloom
Crafty Ribbons Use ribbon
Little Red Wagon #405 Favourite products (Brushos, IndigoBlu stamps)
Artistic Stampers  Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x