Frog Dude

Hello lovely peeps, I'm just popping in to share the card I made for my nephew's birthday.
 

I just love the kooky expressions on the animals in the Crazy Critters stamp set by Hobby Art. I coloured the frog with Copic markers before fussy cutting him out & layering up with various papers from my stash.

Other Ingredients:-
One Birdie Lane 8x8 paper pad (Lili of the Valley/Nitwit)

grey & black memento ink

tropical leaf die and watercolour paper coloured with distress ink

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:-
Dream Valley Challenges #249 die cuts and/or punches

Creatalicious Challenges #212 AG with optional for a boy

Dragonfly Dreams  For the boys

Crafty Animals  #51 AG with animal

Bizzy Becs  AG 

Thanks for stopping by, stay safe
Katrina x

Mother's Day Wildflowers

Morning everyone and welcome to my three new followers.

 

With one week to go until Mother's Day here in the UK I thought I'd better get on and show a couple more cards that I made for the occasion.

Skating penguin

Hello lovely peeps, I hope you are well.

Today's make is inspired by this fab card by Inge Groot 

which I found on Pinterest absolutely ages ago. The expression on his face is brilliant and I love the layout.

Happy Birthday Duck

Hello lovely peeps

A bit of colouring from me this time, using promarkers and stamps from the Quackers set by Hobby Art. The wreath die is from Spellbinders.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
 Passion For Promarkers Challenge  #548 use a die
Simon Says Stamp (Wed) Anything Goes
As You Like It Challenge Digi or Rubber - I use both but I love the feeling of physical stamping, it involves me more in the process.

Thanks for stopping by, stay safe
Katrina x

350 in dog years

Hello lovely peeps

Just popping in to show you the card I made for my friend's 50th birthday - she's a dog lover if you hadn't guessed :o)

A little birdie

Hello lovely peeps

Just popping in to show you the card I made for a friend's 70th birthday. She's not the kind of person who would want the age on her card though so don't tell anyone 😉

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

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

Near the Sea

Hello lovely peeps, hope you are all well.

This is the third and final competition card that I wanted to show you (I saved my favourite until last!)

Hubby and I fortunate enough to live 5 minutes walk from the coast and I love going down to watch the sea (even if I sometimes need binoculars!). I've wanted to do a boat shaped card for ages and I'm chuffed with how this one turned out. It's a shame they couldn't return it to me, I might have to make another one to go on my mantelpiece :)

To make the base I cut a circle of white card and folded it in half, then glued my mast (a stick from the garden) to the centre of the front half. The sails were cut by hand from linen textured card and I inked the edges with Antique Linen Distress Ink. I put holes in the corners with my pokey tool and threaded through some paper twine to attach them to the mast & hull. The sentiment on the right-hand sail is from the By the Sea set by Hobby Art, stamped in Rich Cocoa Memento ink.

For the front of the card I die-cut half a circle from some corrugated card*, dabbed on a bit of texture paste and then glued some mesh along the top.

* I made my own - it's easy peasy. Take some old cardboard and paint water liberally all over one side of it. After a few minutes the top layer should peel away, leaving all those lovely ridges.
 
I attached some tiny shells along the top of the mesh with silicone glue.  The anchor was die-cut from kraft card using a die in the IO Nautical set. I inked it up with Versamark and sprinkled on embossing powder before heating (I think this one was pewter)

The bottom needed some decorating so I added a wave and some fish.

You probably won't recognise the die I used for the wave - it's actually one of the waste parts from the Brenda Walton Bird Scroll Bigz die.  I used some decorative paper, inked the edges with DI and then sprinkled on Shabby White frantage powder and some chunky glitter.

To get the fish shapes I stamped onto the back of some scrapbooking card with an old fish stamp from Papermania and cut them out before flipping over and inking the edges. They are covered with Glossy Accents.

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

Papertake Weekly - All About The Base
We Love 2 Create - #21 Anything Mixed Media/Creative Goes
Country View #32 - ADD some texture
Retarte #63 Anything Goes
Crafting by designs - Anything Goes in October
TTCRD - Anything Goes
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #250 Anything Goes
Polka Doodles Add Sparkle, Bling or Glitter

 Not Just Cards #25 Anything Goes

World Wide Open Design Team Challenge -Anything Goes

Hope you have a great weekend,

Katrina

Birthday Book

Good afternoon lovely peeps. Hope you are all well.

I've been having a play with my new toy!

After being inspired by my fellow LOTV teamie Donna's address book, I had a go at a birthday book.

I covered the 6x6 greyboard that came with my my Cinch with paper from the Beach Bliss paper pad by Lili of the Valley. I then spelled out 'Birthdays' with the Hobby Art Alphabet TYPED set.

I have been itching to use my new Bird Set stamps from Hobby Art, so I stamped the Bird on Branch with black Archival ink onto watercolour card and coloured it in with Whispers pens and a damp paintbrush.

I doodled lines around the edges with a black fineline pen and then glued it at a squiffy angle onto the front cover. I've added a skeleton leaf, flowers and buttons from my stash.

The inside pages are just squares of white card with the months spelled out using the same alphabet stamps again (rather stupidly I did this after I'd bound the book, so held my breath the entire time).

It's finished off with some co-ordinating organza ribbon tied to the spines.

I'm entering this into the following challenges:-

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes + Option of a Sketch!

Graph'It colouring challenge  - Anything Square

The Ribbon Girl- Aqua

That's all for now folks, I'll be back at the weekend.
Katrina x