Skiddy Skates

Hello lovely peeps, hope you are well.

Here's my second November card for LOTV (in the nick of time!!)

This is 'Skiddy Skates'. He's normally holding a bunch of holly but I've cut around that bit and given him a sign to hold instead. The papers are from the 'Winter Wishes' 8x8 paper pad and the greeting is from the 'Christmas Wishes' clear stamp set. I've picked a suitably ambiguous greeting so this card would do for a winter birthday or Christmas.

I've coloured him in with my Graph'It markers (and a couple of Le Plumes for the blue)

Hat, scarf & gloves: B711, B715

Jumper: 3210, 9403, 9404

Trousers: 9501, 9502, 9503

Skates: 9401, 9402, 9404, 9405

Skin: 4150

The sign is just a strip and rectangle of white card with wiggly lines drawn around the edges. I cut a line between his thumb and fingers to slot the handle into before glueing his arm down. The trees are cut from another 'Winter Wishes' paper using a Sizzix die and edged with Antique Linen DI.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-

C.R.A.F.T.   #339 Winter
World of lacy Sunshine Anything goes
Cardz4guys #98 Fun in the Snow
Digi Choosday #47 Winter Birthdays
Creative Knockouts  #117 Festive Fun
 Crafting for all Seasons #115 Brrr It's Cold Outside
Where The HeART Is #3 Anything Goes/Winter Blues
Southern Girls - Patterned Paper Mix Up
613 Avenue Create #152 - Anything Goes 

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

Antipodean Christmas

Hello peeps, hope you are well.

Today I have my first Design Collective card for November.

I have a cousin who lives in New Zealand with her family and they sometimes get to spend Christmas at the seaside, because of course it's summer over there in December (OK, I'm a teensy bit jealous). 

With that in mind I usually send Christmas cards with parcels etc. on rather than snow scenes. 

When the Lili of the Valley Calendar Fairies were launched in the summer I thought that 'August' would make a great Christmas fairy for my cousin's card. So here she is, with her festive red bathing suit.

 I found some ideal Christmas papers in my stash as they have hints of gold and aqua in them to match the sand and sea (they're from Dovecraft, about 3 years old). I also added a turquoise paper from the Beach Bliss 8x8 paper pad (LOTV).

I've coloured August in with my Graph'It markers

Sea: 7210

Sand: Ivory Promarker & 1210

Bathing Costume: 5210, 5220,5245, 9500

Hair: 3210, 3255

Skin: 4115, 4155, 4170

Shell: 9401, 9304, Budding Rose Promarker

Star: 1210, 1230

Snorkel glass: 7105

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-

World of lacy Sunshine Anything goes
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge  256: things with wings
 Craft your passion  #289 Anything Goes
 Papertake Weekly - Take Your Pick (Glitter it up)
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #255 Use something from your craft stash (papers, button)
Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - AG
Quirky Crafts Challenges #24 It's Nearly Quirky Christmas!
 Crafty Boots - Spots or Dots & GDT
 Graph It Colour Challenge #47 Christmas
Crafting With Friends #11 - Anything Goes
Simply Papercrafts #18 Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin Christmas - Stars
Whimsy Stamp Challenge #88 Anything Goes - Holidays
SSS Work it Wednesday - a holiday card
 

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

Festive Foliage

Hello peeps, hope you are all well.

Just a quick card today featuring one of the gorgeous Art Pads from Lili of the Valley. This image is from the 'Festive Foliage' set and has been matted and layered onto crimson card and a paper from the 'Twas the Night' 8x8 pad. The sentiment is from the 'Christmas Wishes' clear stamp set. I got the wired ribbon a few years back in one of our local discount stores.

There is an amazing clearance sale over at LOTV at the moment. They have 3 Art Pads for £10, or 3 8"x8" Paper Pads for £15, as well as lots of stamps still left in the 'Last Chance to Buy' section.

If you hurry over there now and stock up you can take advantage of the FREE SHIPPING (ends 6pm Wednesday)

Challenges:-
Emerald Creek Dares  - Bringing bits of Cheer
The Ribbon Girl - November Use any Image
Papertake Weekly - Take Your Pick (Red and/or Green)
Craft your passion - #289 Anything Goes
Always Playing With Paper #52 {Make a Christmas card}

I'm off to get another order in....  :D

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina

Stocking Fairies

Hello lovely peeps.
 

 As promised, I've got a Christmas card for you today.
The stamp I've used is one of those in the 'Last Chance to Buy' section on the Lili of the Valley website. There are still many lovely images left, and they're a bargain at £2.50. Grab them while you can because once they're gone, they're gone !

I've coloured the image with a mix of Graph'Its and promarkers (plus a Le Plume marker).
Skin: Blush, Sunkissed Pink
Hair: 1210, 1230,1270
Holly: 8120
Parcels: 9500, 9501
Stocking: Bluebell, BV725, 7210, Ice Grey2 and Ice Grey 4

After I realised I'd stamped my image a bit wonkily I decided to use this sketch to make up my card so it would look the right way up.

The placing of the embellishments also rather handily hides the smudge of Distress Ink I managed to get in the corner ;D

The poinsettia flowers were cut from white card with a Marianne die and I sponged Pumice Stone DI through the back of the die to get the veins. They were then shaped with a ball tool on a sponge mat to give them a bit of dimension.

The image is layered up with papers from the 'Snow Princess' & 'Bonnets and Bowties Solids' 8x8 pads by LOTV,  and I made the tag with one of the stamps in their 'Christmas Sentiment Tags' set.

I've finished the card off with snowflakes, pearls, ribbon and a jingle bell.

 I would like to enter this in the following challenges:- 

 Sketch Saturday #388

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge  256: things with wings

Allsorts Challenge Blog #338 At least three die cuts

Fan-Tastic Tuesday 112: anything goes with a twist ... use some purple

Crafting by designs - Times 3 (3 flowers)

Creative Inspirations #336 - Festive Fun!

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #254 Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - CHRISTMAS!

Crafty Ribbons Challenge #135 Christmas socks

The Ribbon Girl - November Use any Image

 A Snowflake's Promise #10 Winter/ Christmas

Holly Jolly - Ribbons and Pearls

Graph It Colour Challenge #47 Christmas

ABC Challenge - V is for Violet

Stamping Sensations - Festive Flowers and Foliage

 Penny Black (any brand stamp) - Anything Christmas

Well, I'm back off to my craft room again :D
Hope to see you again soon,

 Katrina x

Super Striker

Hello lovely peeps.

Where did this week go? I blinked and missed it.

November is a busy month for us for birthdays, but I'm getting to the end of them now.

This one is for my cousin who's reaching his half century. He's into football so it really had to be 'Super Striker' (from Lili of the Valley) 

I've coloured him in neutrals so he looks a bit more grown up (mostly Graph'It markers). 

Grass: 9201, 9203

 Kit: 9400, 9402, 9403, 9404

Football: 9500, 9506, 9508

The sentiment was stamped in Frayed Burlap DI using IndigoBlu stamps but it looked a bit wishy-washy so I went around the outlines with a black fineliner pen.

 I would like to enter this in the following challenges:- 

 Less is More #251 Theme - Numbers   

Pile It On  #95 - Any Holiday/Celebration

Inspiration Destination #60 Anything Goes

Sweet Stamps - Anything Goes

I'll be back tomorrow with a Christmas card for you.

Thanks for stopping by,

 Katrina x

 

Paperchains

Hello peeps, hope you've had a lovely weekend.

I've taken the plunge and got some proper pencils (hubby kindly bought them for my birthday, isn't he fab?).

After hearing Nikky Hall rave about them last month I'd already decided I was going to get the Lyra Rembrandt Polycolor pencils. They have excellent light-fastness and are ergonomically shaped, so I thought they'd be the best to go for considering the problems I have with my hands.

I had a play with them last night because I wanted to brighten up a Gorjuss image that I had previously water-coloured with Spectrum Aquas. It was looking quite flat and I was a bit nervous about going over it again with watercolours in case I bobbled the paper or something. I was pleasantly surprised at how much difference the pencils made.
 

I've used the finished image to make up my sister's birthday card.

Ingredients:

7"x7" card blank from Anna Marie Designs 

Daler Rowney watercolour card

'I found my family in a book' stamps by Gorjuss

Sentiment tag stamps from LOTV

Papers from Dovecraft 'Curiosity Corner' and 'New Leaf', 

plus LOTV 'Enchantment' pad

Page torn from a book

Hessian ribbon

Cord by Hempotique

Buttons from stash

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-

Eureka Stamps #166 The Colors of Fall

Digi Choosday #44 Reds, Oranges and Browns
Creative Inspirations #335 - Anything Goes + Option of a Sketch!
The Ribbon Girl - November Use any Image
 That's Crafty! - Tag You're It!
Crafting With Friends #10 - Anything Goes
Polka Doodles 45 Autumn/Fall Colours
 World of lacy Sunshine Anything goes

Crafty Time Embellish It

Crafts and Me - Autumn/Fall Colours

Dragonfly Dreams Challenge -autumn/fall colours

Thanks for stopping by,

 Katrina x

Butterfly Parcels

Morning lovely peeps.

A quick sneaky peek of my Mum's birthday card. 

I cut the base shape from a folded sheet of strong A4 card. The 'parcels' are rectangles cut from Prima papers and edged with distress ink. I've tied ribbon around them before attaching to the card base.

I stamped and embossed the butterflies onto acetate with Versamark/white embossing powder and cut them out. They're attached with PVA glue at the centres and I've added a few gems for butterfly trails.

The flower was a pale pink shade that didn't match, so I coloured it with a Graph'It marker.

The tags are from the LOTV sentiment tags set, stamped onto matching papers.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-

In The Pink #82 - FANCY FOLD / SHAPE
Allsorts Challenge Blog #336 - Ribbons and Bows

Creative Inspirations #335 - Anything Goes + Option of a Sketch!
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #253 Use 3 of something
The Ribbon Girl - November Anything Goes
 Dream Valley #119 - Shaped Card 
That's Crafty! - Tag You're It!

Crafting With Friends #10 - Anything Goes
Scrap & Craft Inspiration #15 Shabby Chic or Vintage 
Crafting by designs (monthly) - Anything Goes in November

That's all for now, hope to see you again soon :)

Katrina x

Twinkle and Sparkle

Hello peeps, hope you are well.

Before I tell you about today's card, I would just like to give a warm welcome to my new followers. I'm very happy to have you :D

 Today is the start of the new challenge at Crafty Calendar and the theme is Sparkle..Bling and Embellish!!  The prize this month is a fabulous goody bag from Brenda's Lace And Ribbon Specials. Doesn't it look amazing? 

For my card I decided to start with some gorgeous papers from First Edition called 'Silent Night'.

 

There's some lovely glittered and foiled sheets in the pack so I've used them for my background, flowers (cut with a Marianne Poinsettia die), and also cut up a couple to make parcel shapes.

 

The gorgeous stamp is called 'Snow Buddies' from LOTV which I've coloured in with Promarkers (pastel beige, khaki, umber, cool grey 1,2,3,4 and budding rose).

For some extra bling I've added glitter to the petal edges with a Sakura Quickie Glue pen. I also stamped and embossed the sentiment tag (from the LOTV) with Versamark ink/Silver Sparkle embossing powder.

Some of you may recognise the 'snow' that the bear is sitting on - I've used a tumble drier sheet again :D

I would lke to enter my card in the following challenges:-

Crafty Time Embellish It
Retarte - Anything Goes
Allsorts Challenge Blog #336 - Ribbons and Bows
Glitter n Sparkle #161 Anything Goes
 Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
TTCRD - Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations #334 - Sparkle!
Inspiration Destination #58 Anything Goes
Creative Corner Challenges - Christmas - NO RED OR GREEN!
A gem of a challenge #157 "Christmas Critters"
The Ribbon Girl - November Anything Goes
 A Snowflake's Promise #9 Winter/ Christmas
ABC Christmas - V is for Very cute
Penny Black - Anything Christmas
Crafts Galore use a Stamp or Digi Image Somewhere on your Project!
Graph It Colour Challenge #45 Christmas Sparkle
Stamping Sensations - Festive Flowers and Foliage

Please pop over to Crafty Calendar for more inspiration from my lovely teamies.

Ta ra for now,

Katrina x

Delicious Sneak Peek

Morning lovely peeps, hope you are well.

Before I show you my card I HAVE to tell you about an amazing offer on the Lili of the Valley website. To celebrate Bonfire Night there is 40% off any order over £20. Wow!

So, onto my card.

This is my second card using the new Lili of the Valley stamp 'Cops and Cooks' which will be released on 10th November (you can get the new stamps early if you're going to the NEC this week).

I've coloured the image in with Graph'It markers:-
Hair and spoon: 1230, 1270
Icing: 7210
Skin: 4115, 4155, 4170
Trousers: 5135
Hat/Top: 9500
Shoes: 9504, 9506

I cut the base card using an Anna Marie template and covered the front with papers from the Romance and Roses paper pad. I've inked the edges with Pumice Stone Distress Ink and added Shabby Blue embossing enamel.

The cherry is just a circle of card with one of the sentiments stamped on it, then coloured with a deep pink Graph'It marker (5250). I drew in a little 'dent' with a black fineliner pen and pierced a hole so I could thread some rusty wire through for the stem (the leaves are hand cut from the same paper pad as above). It's finished with a clear gem to hide the glue.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
DRS Designs #198 - That's Tasty!
C.R.A.F.T. -  #335 Shaped Card
World of lacy Sunshine Anything goes
Craftin Desert Divas Sweet & Yummy
Pile It On  #93 Anything but square/rect
Cute Card Thursday #397 - Sparkles
Crafts Galore use a Stamp or Digi Image Somewhere on your Project!
Southern Girls - Rocking The Stripes
TTCRD - Anything Goes
Creative Card Crew 99 Off the Edge

Thank you for stopping by today,
Katrina

It's a fair cop

Hello, hello, hello. What's all this then?

Today's card is a sneaky peek at one of the new Lili of the Valley stamps that are being launched at the NEC on Thursday, and then available on the website from 10th November. This one is called 'Cops and Cooks'* and includes several sentiments as well as two images. 

* Guess what is going to be on my next card :D

I've coloured him with my Graph'It markers:

Uniform: 9104, 9106

Shoes: 9506, 0000

Metal: 9500, 9502, 9503

Skin: 4110, 4125, 4135

He wouldn't be properly equipped without his notepad and some handcuffs, would he?

I made the handcuffs by joining some key ring blanks together with jump rings. It's attached with a brad that I covered in silver embossing powder.

The page from his notepad started off as plain white card, cut with the 'Torn Notebook' On the Edge die (Sizzix) and embossed with the 'Notebook' embossing folder (also Sizzix). I've inked the edges with Pumice Stone Distress Ink.

The little pennants on the bottom are cut out of papers from the Snow Princess paper pad

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
Bizzy Becs - Anything Goes
Dream Valley #118 - Use the Colour Blue
The Male Room #22 Hardware
Crafty Time Embellish It
Artbymiran #44 Anything Goes
 Simply Papercrafts #16 Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by,
Katrina x