Saturday 2 January 2016

Something New for Crafty Calendar

Hello peeps, Happy New Year to you :)

Have you made any New Year's Resolutions?  Broken them yet?!  One of mine is to use my good papers instead of hoarding them. Hmm, I wonder how long that will last :D

Before I show you my card I have some exciting news to share with you.  I am one of the runners up in the 2015 'Card Designer of the Year' competition at Simply Cards & Papercraft.
Woo hoo! What a great start to 2016, I'm chuffed to bits :)

 
Today is the start of a 'Something New' challenge at Crafty Calendar

We're lucky enough to have 2 sponsors this month :-
All Dressed Up  - 2 digis as prize (winners choice)
and
Wild Orchid Crafts - prize is a £10 Gift Voucher

 
For my inspiration card I have used the fabulous digi 'Cool Dudes' from All Dressed Up.


I separated out the elements before printing as I wanted space around the mountains. There is a snowboarding dog included as part of this digi but I've left him out as this is for a cousin's birthday and his dog looks nothing like the one in the digi.  I've coloured the image in with Promarkers and Graph'Its:
Hat/Top - Pastel beige, Khaki, Umber
Jeans -7105, 7110, 7115, 7119
Shirt - Ice Grey 1 & 2
Shoes - Ice Grey 4, 9506
Skin - 4110, 4150, 4180

My 'Something New' is a tree die from Marianne Designs, and the papers are also new. They are from the 'Manpants' collection by Nitwit. I printed them onto 250gsm card, edged them with Old Paper Distress Ink and roughened up the edges with my scissors.

I would like to enter this in these challenges:-
Our Crafty Corner #4 Winter/Anything Goes
Pile It On #98 - Anything Christmas/Winter
World of lacy Sunshine - Anything Goes
Allsorts Challenge Blog #344 - Something New
 Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - Winter Wonderland
 Creative Inspirations #Challenge 341 - Anything Goes + Option of a Sketch!
Crafty Friends#22 Use Something New
Addicted to Stamps #116 Winter
As you like it - Anything Goes
Dies R Us Challenge Blog #40 - Something New
Crafter's Cafe #140 Square cards
Live & Love Crafts #43 Something New
A Snowflake's Promise #13 Winter/ Christmas


Please pop over to Craft Calendar Challenge to see the fabulous makes by my teamies

Thanks for stopping by,
Katrina x

26 comments:

Kath said...

A great card and congratulations on being runner up in Card Designer of the Year.
Kath x

Sarah said...

What wonderful news Katrina and well deserved. Love this super card, the colours are fantastic xx

Tracey said...

Happy New Year Katrina & congratulations on being runner up :)
This is a gorgeous card, I love the LO.
Hugs
Tracey
xx

Chris said...

Congrats on being a runner up, what a lovely start to the year!
Fabulous card, beautiful colouring, great papers and design.
Happy New Year!
Chris
x

Unknown said...

Great Card Katrina, I always struggle with male cards. Congratulations on your runner up prize !
Kaz x

Unknown said...

Great Card Katrina, I always struggle with male cards. Congratulations on your runner up prize !
Kaz x

Darlene said...

OMG this is so cool! Great job! Thanks so much for playing in our ‘Something NEW’ challenge at Dies R Us! Please come back again soon!

Darlene (DRU Blog Leader)
DIES R US CHALLENGE BLOG
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS

P.S. DID YOU KNOW? A friend and I have a new challenge blog beginning in 2016. Please check it out. Double D Challenges

Kat W said...

Firstly, huge congrats on your success in the magazine competition; such a well deserved accolade :-)
I find inspiration every time I visit your blog as your cards are full of clever ideas and beautifully put together. This snowboarder design is a case in point as I love the way you separated the digi elements and the distressed DP layers are fab. In fact, I may have to go shopping for that paper collection...so good for male designs!
I hope you had a lovely Christmas and Happy New Year!
Big hugs, Kat xx

NGCARDS said...

A great creation hun! Thanks for playing at Creative Inspirations! xxx

Sue said...

Hi Katrina, A really big well done from me - enormous congratulations on your success in the competition, very well deserved - your cards are wonderful.
This card is really lovely. The image is great fun and you have coloured it beautifully. your card design is gorgeous too, such lovely colours and fab layers.
Sue...xxx

Rainey's Craft Room said...

Thanks for joining us at AYLI this week, good luck in the draw.
Lorraine DT

Unknown said...

lovely card

pst said...

Beautiful card and great use of your new die. Thanks for joining us at Crafty Friends.

Unknown said...

Very cool card!
Thanks for joining us over at Color and Craft Challenge by Lacy Sunshine
Hugs
Sandra (DT Coordinator)

Meihsia Liu said...

Love your beautiful holiday card! The image is so cute. Thank you so much for sharing with us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. :)

McCrafty's Cards said...

Gorgeous card I like the image and the great layout,Thanks for playing along with us at Allsorts this week, Good Luck
Kevin xx

Mummylade said...

Wonderful project, he truly is a cool dude! Thank you so much for sharing with us at Allsorts and good luck in the challenge.

Unknown said...

This is fab! And we'll done on being runner up!
You should come and share this in the all dressed up Facebook group :-) I'm the FB coordinator there and would love to see you there! :-)
Lucy x

Elizabeth Hart said...

This is one fabulous card - love the addition of the mountain and trees. Thanks so much for joining us this time at the Pile it On Challenge, Elizabeth (DT)

Mervi said...

Beautiful card, with gorgeous design.
Thank you for sharing at Allsorts;-))m

Diane Louise J said...

Thanks for sharing your card with Crafty Friends 'Use Something New' Challenge... your card is lovely... happy new year and good luck in the challenge, Diane Louise (DT) xx

susiestacey said...

Thank you for sharing at Allsorts 'What's New' challenge week. The new challenge starts tomorrow, hope you join in again x Susan x

Gale said...

Fab card Katrina. Great design. Thanks so much for sharing with us at The Crafters Cafe. Gale DT

Unknown said...

Congrats on being a finalist! That is just terrific! This is a fabulous card! I love your papers and your coloring. This is a fantastic male card. Thanks for joining us at Lacy Sunshine Color and Craft Challenges.

Unknown said...

Fun card and image. Thanks for playing with LLC this month; please note for future challenges we have a max 10 challenges rule.


Hugz, Sandy
Owner & Operator @Live & Love Crafts

Katrina Bufton said...

Oops, I'm sorry about that Sandy. I will be more careful in the future.
Kind regards,
Katrina xx