It's Christmoose

Hello lovely peeps

It's the first Saturday of the month (aargh, it's December already) so it's time for a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar. Our theme this month is "It's Christmas".

We have two fab sponsors this month:- 

Crafty Ribbons

and 

Bugaboo Stamps 

For my inspiration card I've used Moose Ornaments from Bugaboo, which I printed onto Simply the Best card from Limetree Crafts and coloured with Promarkers/Flexmarkers (with a couple of Graph'Its/Marvy markers thrown in).

To turn the picture into a bauble I die-cut it into a circle and then cut out the cap and hook shape* from a scrap of yellow card. I edged both pieces with Antique Linen distress ink and added a green organza bow. 

* (I enlarged the 'red' bauble on my computer until it was the same size as my die-cut circle, printed it onto thin paper and cut it out to make a template)

Other ingredients:-

computer sentiment using Troutkings font

Cookin Cookies papers from Nitwit

Sizzix holly die

standard 2 hole punch

white uni-ball gel pen

red card

3D foam

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

 The Ribbon Girls Any image
Catch The Bug  merry and bright
Fab 'n' Funky #373 Christmas
Crafting By Designs December Anything Goes
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #357 Anything Goes 

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

Giraffe Blocks

Hello lovely peeps

We are having a mid-month challenge reminder at Crafty Calendar Challenge today, featuring our second sponsor 

For my second 'Anything Goes' card I have used Giraffe Blocks, which comes as a trio.

First I pulled it into CraftArtist, shrank it a little and then pasted lots of copies to make a background, offsetting each new row by one block.

When I had enough to cover a 6" x 6" area I selected all the tiled images, clicked on 'Group' and then cropped it to make it 6 x 6 blocks in size. I also made it transparent to fade it into the background.

For the topper I pulled in another copy of the image, enlarged it and used the scissor tool to cut away just the first image of the three. I wanted a matching box to put my sentiment in so I copied and pasted the large image and removed the giraffe with the eraser tool, leaving just the box outline.

I shrank the second box down and added some text with Troutkings BTN font before moving the sentiment and the large giraffe down to the bottom half of the page.

Now, you might be able to tell from the first screenshot that I tried to make the background image orange but all I got was a slightly browny-black. What I wanted in the menu bar was the 'Colour using HSL' button but it was hiding - I think this is because of the manipulation I did earlier.

If you're having this problem too, this is how I sorted it.

1. Select the image you want to colour and select Tools->Convert to Picture from the menu
(just click OK when the dialog box comes up)

2. Click on the colour you want from the palette in the top right and the 'Colour using HSL' button should appear. Click on the button to deactivate it and your image will change to the colour you selected :o)

Now that my background was sorted I just needed to print the whole page off and cut out the different elements. The giraffe was coloured in with Promarkers
Spice, Apricot, Saffron
Graph'Its 3270 & 3250, Caramel
Sandstone & Blender for the edges

and then I glued everything on to a 6"x6" card, adding a few buttons as embellishments.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
A Gem of a Challenge #18 Animals
The Crazy Challenge #252 animals
Crafty Animals  #4 Anything Goes
Love to Scrap  #99 Anything Goes
Dream Factory #46 Zoomania
Sheepski Designs #4 Square cards

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

Tufty for Quirky Crafts

Hello lovely peeps

I'm appearing as a Guest Designer today over at Quirky Crafts Challenges, who I'm delighted to say are back after a 9 month break. It's challenge reminder time and the theme this month is 'Picture This'

(incorporate a photo in your project, or take inspiration from it)

The sponsors are Bugaboo stamps and Crafty Ribbons.

I couldn't find any nice photos of my own, but as I already have several bird stamps by Bugaboo I looked on the internet for owl pictures instead. This one made me burst out laughing, isn't he fab?

I chose Birthday Bird 03 to work with, he has great eyelashes (though they're not a patch on Tufty's). I've also drawn inspiration from the colours in the photo and tried to echo the stripy texture of his feathers with my papers and twine.

I coloured the image in with Promarkers (Cool Grey 1-5, Daffodil Bloom, Mustard, Lime Zest and Pear Green)

I layered up a 6"x6" card with papers from my stash and added a sentiment stamped with Handwritten Phrases by LOTV. 

Thank you so much to the girls at Quirky Crafts for having me as a Guest DT. They are having a DT call at the moment if you looking for a position.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
Send a Smile for Kids Animal cards
Double D Challenges Things that fly
Kitty Bee Designs #90 living things with wings
Sparkles Forum Challenges # 90 Let's go green
 Simon Says Stamp (Wed) Bit of green

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

Something New for Crafty Calendar

Hello lovely peeps

It's the first Saturday of the month, which means it is time for a new challenge at Crafty Calendar.
The theme this month is 'Something New', and there are two sponsors

Lawn Fawn


Bugaboo Stamps

My 'Something New' is one of the new release stamps from Bugaboo called Bug Cat 6.

I love this stamp, it reminds me of our cat Millie. She was our 'Something New' in January 2010 when we adopted her from the local RSPCA branch. After she's eaten (or sometimes for no apparent reason) she runs around the house like a complete loon, with eyes like saucers.

The stamp has 6 panels, but I've split them up and made a little concertina book. I printed the image onto 3 different papers (2 Tail Wags patterned papers from Nitwit and plain white) then paper pieced each panel.

The sentiment is from the Wilfred and Wally set by Hobby Art. I inked up the words individually and stamped straight onto the printed panels.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
 Show us Your Pussies-Cat Only Challenge #14 Furry-thing Goes
Allsorts #397 Cats or Dogs
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper  Anything goes with Patterned Paper
Creative Knockouts #175 Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs (monthly) January Anything Goes
Classic Design Team Challenge #10 Anything Goes 
Catch The Bug   Anything goes

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

Snappy Birthday

Hello lovely peeps, I hope you are well
Welcome to my new followers, I'm thrilled to have you here.

 It's the first Saturday of the month so it's time for a new challenge at Crafty Calendar.

The theme this time is 'Summer Fun' and our sponsor is

with a fab prize of 7 digi stamps

They very kindly provided images for the Design Team to use and I chose 'Crab Boat' to make my card.

To start off I pulled the image into Craft Artist and sized it to fit a 6"x6" card. I added the sentiment using the Smarty Pants font and printed the project onto white card.

I thought the crab would look fab paper-pieced so I had a look through my stash of patterned papers and found a K&Co pad called Hopscotch full of lovely bright colours.

Making sure I didn't change the size of the image, I printed onto several different papers in the pad and then cut out the sails/boat/crab/sea in the colour/pattern I wanted.

I glued each piece into place on the base image with a Sakura Quickie Glue pen and added pale blue highlights to the cloud and his eyes with a Graph'It marker (7105)

Some doodled lines around the edge of the card finishes it off

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
 Stamp, Ink, Paper #59 Funny or punny
Squirrels Not-So-Random Challenge #1 Anything Goes

Creatalicious Challenges #96 - ANYTHING GOES with optional at the sea/beach

Animal Friends Challenge  #41 Summer 

Please pop on over to Crafty Calendar to see the fabulous samples from my teamies.

Have you seen my blog giveaway to celebrate my 200th post? You have until the 14th of August to enter (click on the picture below to see how to enter).

 

 Thank you for stopping by today,

Katrina x

It's a Love Thing for Crafty Calendar

Hello peeps.

It's the first Saturday of the month, which means there's a new challenge starting at Crafty Calendar.
This month's theme is 'It's a Love Thing'

There are two fab sponsors:-

Robyn's Fetish - winner gets their choice of 3 digis 

and

Bugaboo - winner gets their choice of 7 digis

I've used a Bugaboo image for my DT card, he's called Charlie.
Isn't he fab?! I love his slightly hopeful expression.

I coloured him in with Promarkers:-

Ivory and Sandstone, Budding Rose, Fresh Meadow,

Ice Grey 1,3 & 4, Poppy and Blender.

The papers are from the 6x6 Forever Friends Kraft Notes pad and I did the lettering with Hobby Art's Alphabet-Typed set, edged with a black fineliner pen.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
Catch The Bug - February Anything Goes!
Creative Moments #86 Always Anything Goes/ optional twist Romance/Love
Brown Sugar #184 - Valentine/Love
ARTISTIC INSPIRATIONS #149 Anything goes / twist of valentine
Incy Wincy Designs - Love is in the air
MY BESTIES UK -Anything goes with Buttons Or Brads
Crafting for all Seasons #119 Love Is In The Air
That's Crafty! - First Love
Creative Corner Challenges - Happy Valentine's Day/Love

Thanks for stopping by, please visit the Crafty Calendar Challenge Blog to see some more fab inspiration from my teamies.

Katrina x