Goofy Snapshots

Hello lovely peeps

For today's card I've used 'Snapshots - Acting Goofy' from Stamping Bella. Isn't it a fab image? It reminds me of the girly weekend I had with friends from work back in October.

Kokeshi Nesting Dolls

Hello lovely peeps and welcome to my new follower :o)

For today's card I've used the Kokeshi Dolls digis from Simply Sweet Stamps.

Tug of War

Hello lovely peeps

Just popping in to show you the birthday card that I made for my sister (Happy Birthday Clairey). She has a black labrador puppy and is spending lots of time training him at the moment so I thought this LOTV image was perfect for her card.

Fairy Tiptoe on Throwback Tuesday

Hello lovely peeps

As I mentioned last week, I have run out of older cards to show you so I will showcase my older stamps on Throwback Tuesdays from now on.

By happy coincidence the theme for this month's Lili of the Valley Challenge is 'Retro' - make something with the first LOTV image you bought (or one of the first if you can't remember exactly).

Get Well Soon Daisies

Hello lovely peeps

Another unseen card from the archives today - this one is from when I was on the Polkadoodles DT. 

I stamped a few of the flowers from the Daisy Days stamp set with Black memento ink onto Elegance Satin 300gsm card then covered them up with sticky-note masks so I could stamp 'behind' them.

I filled in the gaps with the tiny circle/bubble stamps in the same set.

To colour the flowers I used Graph'It markers and a Mix-It Palette. 

For the darkest flower I scribbled 6140 onto the palette then picked up the colour with the blender pen 0000 and coloured from the flower centre outwards.

For the flower centres I drew lots of small lines with 9209 and 9207 

then coloured over the top of that with 8245

The other flowers were coloured in the same way using 6130 and 6110.
I doodled in a border and added a sentiment from the matching CD and layered it onto a 7x7" card.

Tip: Colour around the edges of some white card with one of the markers you've used to get co-ordinating card for matting & layering

There's a new Crafty Calendar Challenge on Saturday so I'll definitely see you then, but I hope to get another post in sometime during the week (depending on how my DT work goes)

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

Little Flower Fairy for Crafty Calendar

Hello lovely peeps, I hope you are well.
If you weren't aware already, I'm having a little giveaway when I get to 100 Google followers - just one more to go :o)

 There's a new challenge starting today at Crafty Calendar and the theme this time is 'Flowers'.
We have 2 sponsors this month -  All Dressed Up



and Lemon Shortbread



For my inspiration card I have used Little Flower Fairy from All Dressed Up. I coloured her with alcohol markers (named=Promarkers, numbered=Graph'Its)

Skin: Coral, Sunkissed Pink, Blush
Hair: Tan, Cinnamon, Cocoa, Walnut
Red Flowers: 5210, Poppy, 4147, 8290, Pear Green, Lime Zest
Leaves:  8290, Olive Green, Soft Khaki
Yellow flowers and dress: 1280, Mustard, Pastel Yellow, Daffodil Bloom, Ivory
Wings: Blender and 4147
Ground: 9505, 9503, 9501, 9500

then die-cut the image with a large circle die and colored the edges with Antique Linen Distress Ink.

I layered this up on papers from the 'Blank Canvas' 12x12 paper pad from Trimcraft/First Edition, the pink one was edged with my newly acquired 'Cherry Blossom' punch from Martha Stewart.

The card is finished off with ivory organza ribbon, pink twine, a pink rose bud and tags made with Lili of the Valley's Sentiment Tags stamp set

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
All Dressed Up #68 Anything Goes
 Southern Girls #159 Use a punch
 Creative Inspirations #274 Blooms and Bows
Creatalicious Challenges #114 Anything Goes with optional Mothers Day/for the girls
Passion For Promarkers Challenge  #393 Make it Bloom
Glitter n Sparkle #237 Flower Power 

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

Monstrous Party for Color Throwdown

Hello lovely peeps

I'm very excited to be joining the very talented team at Color Throwdown today as their 'Guest Star Stamper'. Colour really inspires me and is usually the main reason I am drawn to a particular card design/patterned paper etc.

They provide a little picture each week for inspiration and pick out the main colours that you need to have in your creation. The picture for this week's challenge is

So I had a little troll through my digi stamps and found a little gem from Tiddly Inks called 'Monstrous Party' which suits this colour scheme down to the ground.

I printed it onto stamping card and coloured it in with a mix of Graph'Its and Promarkers
Ground: Ice Grey 1-4
Left hand Monster: 4115, 4155, 4180
Middle Monster: 5255, 5270, 5280
Right hand Monster: 5150 and Ice Grey 4
Balloon: 6125 and 6140
Horns, feet and arms: Morning Mist and Grey Squirrel

I typed the sentiment on my computer and layered it up with scraps of patterned papers to match the colours on the main image.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
Allsorts #371 One for the Boys
Send a Smile for Kids CAS 4 Kids
The Pencil Case #22 W=Whateva!
Crafty Creations #319 Clean and Simple
Art Impressions Stamp Challenge #188 Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion #320 Anything Goes (Always)
Crafting With An Attitude #17 Anything Goes Always
Addicted to Stamps and More #202 Make Your mark
Fab 'n' Funky #313 Add a sentiment
As You Like It Challenge Favourite Markers Inks or Pencils (& why) - My favourite markers are Graph'Its because the colours are so vibrant and you have the option of using brush tips which give a lovely finish as well as letting you get into the tiniest areas.
Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

Halloween for Crafty Calendar Challenge

Hello lovely peeps, hope you are all well.

The theme for this month at Crafty Calendar Challenge is 'Halloween' and you could win a $12 voucher from our sponsor Di's Digi's.

For my DT inspiration card I have used 'the mummy the witch and the pirate' from Stamping Bella, designed by the very talented Christy Croll.

 I have stamped it onto white card and coloured it in with Graph'It markers

 (and my solitary Copic marker)

It's been matted and layered onto a 5 3/4" square card with papers from LOTV (Bonnets and Bowties Solids) and Docrafts Gorjuss (from their first launch).

The buttons and twill ribbon are from my stash and the sentiment was typed on my computer.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
Tuesday Throwdown  #264 Clean and Simple
Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes + Option of a Sketch!
Cute Card Thursday #393 Masculine
 Alphabet Challenge Blog - Q for Quick & Simple
 Crafts Galore - Halloween or make a card for October 
Crafting by designs - Anything Goes in October
Sisters of Craft - Anything goes
Crafting With An Attitude  #8 Anything Goes
Sweet Stamps - Anything Goes

 Please visit the Crafty Calendar Challenge Blog for more fabulous inspiration from my teamies,
Katrina x

Tree fairy

Evening Peeps.

As promised, here is another sneak peek of the lovely 'Calendar Fairy - December' stamp from LOTV, being released at the end of the month.

I wrapped some adhesive paper lace (Kars) around a triangle of glittered/foiled paper from the 'Silent Night' 8x8 pad (Trimcraft), then attached it to my triangular base card. I stamped the fairy onto another paper from the same pack and cut her out (it's card weight so she stands up nicely). I coloured her in with some Graph'It markers 

Skin - 4115, 4150

Hair - 1210

Dress - 9201

Fur - 9500

Also, her wings have been blinged up with some glamour dust.

 

I made the baubles by punching circles from the green paper in the Timeless Victorian pad (LOTV), gluing them onto circles of white card and then covering with Glossy Accents. I twisted some white plastic coated wire into little hooks and attached to the card with a hot glue gun.

The greeting is from the Christmas Wishes set, stamped onto white paper and then layered onto the same paper that I used for the baubles.

Challenges:-

Crafty Boots - Christmas in July

Craftyhazelnuts Christmas Challenge Extra  - Anything Goes
Craftyhazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenge - July

Crafty Calendar Challenge - CHRISTMAS IN JULY
Deep Ocean - Christmas in July
 Incy Wincy Designs - Things with Wings 
Papertake Weekly - Build It Up
Simon Says Stamp - Sparkle and Shine 
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog - Christmas in July
ABC Christmas - O for Off the edge

Must dash, I've still got loads to make before the summer fete next Thursday (starting to panic a bit now at how much I've got left to do).

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

...If you don't mind, it doesn't matter

Morning All.


Just a quick post to show you the card I made for my friend Graeme who was 60 last week. I'm sure he would like me to point out that unlike the character on the card he still has all his own teeth!

I used decorative papers from First Edition and My Minds Eye, plus textured burgundy paper from Papermill (bought donkey's years ago)

'One of a Kind' stamp by Crafter's Companion, coloured with Graph'It markers
hair: 9403, 3210
skin: 4115, 4155, 4175
trousers: 3245, 3250, 3255
top/socks: 5140, 6150
shirt: 7110
Sentiment from the 'Little Voice' stamp set by IndigoBlu 
Twine and buttons from my stash.

I'm entering this into the following challenges:-

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes + Option of a Sketch!
Crafts Galore  - Anything Goes!
Crafty Sentiments Designs  - Anything Goes
TTCRD  - Anything Goes

Should get a bit of crafting in today, there's no sunshine here to lure me outside :)
Hope you all have a good day,
Katrina x