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

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

Forever Swirls for Leonie

Hello lovely peeps, I hope you are well.

I'm just popping in with one of the cards I made for Leonie last year which made a reappearance on TV during the sale shows in March.

For the swirly layer I ran some peach core-dinations card through Leonie's Forever Swirls embossing folder and sanded the pattern lightly with a sandpaper block.

I die-cut the Big Heart Base from some darker peach card and some patterned script card, then wound some of the swirly bits in between the frame and the centre. The 'Love' die comes with the Funky Heart Base and I cut it from olive green card.

The paper flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the metal charm and pink twine are from The Ribbon Girl

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you enjoy the rest of the Easter weekend.

Katrina x

Motherly Love for Leonie

Hello lovely peeps

Did you catch Leonie on Hochanda this afternoon? She was having a play with her Entwined Heart collection during her regular Let Leonie Loose show.  If you haven't seen it yet, I'm giving away a die from this collection as part of my 200th blog post celebration.

 Email followers can enter too - see the giveaway post for details.

Here's a card I made for the launch show back in June using this range.

The heart I've used is the Funky Heart base, which comes with a 'Love' sentiment and some twirly bits.

As soon as I saw this die it reminded me of those abstract figurines you can get of a mother and child.

After a few attempts with a pencil and scrap paper I managed to draw a pair of recognisable faces to fit into the outline. I sprayed fine hairspray over the drawing to seal it.

I cut the heart and sentiment from pink Adorable Scorable card and layered up onto a cream card with layers of white, just adding a little organza bow for the girl's hair.

Sorry for the poor picture quality, the light wasn't good at the time and it's a devil trying to capture really pale colours.

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

Entwined Willow for Leonie

Hello lovely peeps, happy weekend to you and a very warm welcome to my new follower.

For today's card I have used Santoro 'Willow' papers combined with dies and stamps from Leonie's Entwined collection.

First I glued one of the gorgeous papers onto the front of a 6x6 card blank and cut an aperture with the Big Heart Base die and then cut the leafy border from another paper using the Entwining Branches die

I lined the inside of the card with a third paper and then stamped one of the message ribbons onto a strip to go along the bottom of the card. I stamped one of the leaves from the Beautiful Bloom set onto 3 different papers and cut them out. I also used a small circle punch to make my own card candi from the same papers.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
Simon Says Stamp (Mon)Use patterned paper
Morgan's Art World #13 Use Patterned paper
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper  Anything goes with Patterned Paper
Let's Craft & Create Challenge #114 Hearts &/or Flowers
 Crafting from the Heart #117 Anything Goes (Always)

If you're a fan of Leonie's products then you might want to check your Hochanda TV guide for next Thursday evening at 8pm and Friday (1st July) at 9am, 12pm, 4pm and 7pm.
#justsaying :o)

Thanks for stopping by to visit me today,

Katrina x

Interlocking Octopus Legs for Leonie

Hello peeps, I hope you are having a lovely weekend.

I'm in a silly mood so thought I'd show you the octopus I made with Leonie's 'Interlocking Love' die from her latest collection 'Entwined'

First I made another inky background on glossy card in blue & green to look like water.
This is the same technique that I used on Rosy Heart but I didn't use rock salt this time.

Next I cut out the heart twice from a lovely patterned pearlescent paper in the 'Falling Leaves' 8x8 pad by Trimcraft. To make the legs I cut each heart shape into four and rounded off the cut ends with my scissors. One of the middles cut into half serves as my octopus body

The sentiment is from the 'From the Heart' stamp set that accompanied the dies

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
 Send a Smile for Kids Anything Goes
Star Stampz Challenge  For/with kids
Southern Girls The Kids Are Alright
Through the Purple Haze #103 Use die and/or punch
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards #111 Use a die cut
Cut it Up #98 Sun & Surf
Happy Little Stampers June Anything Goes with Dies Challenge June
Come and Get It  #122 Weird/Whimsical

Leonie had some lovely demos on her shows. If you missed them they are still available on Hochanda's catch up service - select Thursday, Jun 9 from the list at the top and then click on the relevant show
 i.e. 12am/9am/12pm/4pm/7pm (this little fella appears on the 7pm show)

Thank you for visiting me today,

Katrina x