Happy Movember for Leonie

Hello lovely peeps

Wow, that week went quickly. Hot on the heels of my trip to Cornwall to see my family, my sister-in-law arrived for a few days and I had my first day back at work ☺

This week is a bit quieter though, so I'll be getting a couple more blog posts in. 

While it's still November, I thought I'd share my Movember card that I made for Leonie's sale shows last Wednesday/Thursday

To do the greeting  I stamped some of the Message Ribbons onto white card with Black Memento Ink

and cut them up to get the words/letters I wanted

Next I covered a 6x6" card blank with papers from the 'He Said, She Said' paper pad by Teresa Collins

To do the face I took some black card and cut the eyes in the 'Looking Good' die set and then the Big Heart Base, which I cut up to make the moustache. I arranged them on a square of more patterned paper and layered it up on the card with the sentiment.

It's finished off with black enamel dots (Ranger Enamel Accents)

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
Crafty Catz #346: Anything Goes (Optional twist --use red)
Creative Moments #106 Anything Goes
Creatalicious Challenges #103 - Anything Goes with optional use a sentiment  
613 Avenue Create  #191 Anything Goes
Crafting With An Attitude  #21 Anything Goes Always
Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies Challenge November 

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

200th post blog candy

Hello lovely peeps and welcome to my 200th blog post :)

That means it's candy time  !!

Well, I've been busy in the 7 months since my 100th post.  I have:

• been one of the runners up in the Card Designer of the Year competition in Simply Cards & Papercraft magazine (coincidentally, the advent calendar on my 100th post was part of my competition entry)
• joined the lovely (and slightly mad) ladies on the Polkadoodles Design Team, thank you girls for making me so welcome
• seen my very first Design Team (Lili of the Valley Design Collective) disbanded which was obviously a sad occasion for me but I'm so grateful to have been on the team and made so many wonderful crafty friends (EDIT - the Design Collective is still going, but with reduced involvement as there is a new core Design Team)  
• been chosen as a member of Leonie Pujol's very first Design Team - I was (and am) chuffed to bits as I have been a fan of Leonie since her QVC days.
• joined the Sugar Nellie Blog Challenge team for a 4-month stint, as well as having Guest Designer spots at Crafting By Designs, All Dressed Up and Color Throwdown

Wow, no wonder the year is going by so quickly :D

And through all this I've had support from you, my fabulous followers. It means so much to have you visit little ol' me, and your wonderful comments really make my day. As a thank you I'm having a huge giveaway worth over £80.

The dies:

Thank you to Craftasmic in Taunton for donating the Cottage Cutz Ice Cream die, and Crafters Companion for the Leonie Pujol dies, two of which are from her latest launch. The heart is especially useful as you can roll up the spiral parts to make 3D flowers.

The Stamps:

There is no packaging included with the 'Off She Flew' stamps but this is a picture of it

The Paper:

This is a full 8x8 paper pad from Lili of the Valley which has been discontinued and includes one of my favourite wood effect paper designs.

The rest:

A few embellishments, including 100 dew drops and a .005 black fineliner pen which I use on practically everything (yours is new and unused!)
I will also include a £5 Polkadoodles gift certificate for the winner

To be in with a chance of winning all you need to do is

1. be a follower of my blog (either a Google follower or an email subscriber),  and 
2. leave me a comment below*
3. IF you add a picture of my candy with a link to this post on your own blog you can add a second comment below to get an extra chance of winning

*If you do not have a Google profile you will not be able to leave a comment directly, so please email your comment to me at 

kernewekkat @ gmail . com 

and I will post your comment in myself - make sure to remove the spaces from the address above when you are typing this in the 'To' section of your email

The draw will close on Sunday 14th August at 9pm BST

Good luck everyone,

Katrina x

Mwah for Leonie

 Hello lovely peeps

Leonie is launching a brand new collection right now on Hochanda TV of Mixed Media dies and also some stamps. They are fabulous and will probably sell like hot cakes :)

I started off my card by making the background.
Here I've blended Distress Inks onto some Sheena Stamping Card.

I stamped some of the flower stamps over the top using the same colours of ink.

I found some nice chipboard letters in my stash and covered them with Titanium White acrylic paint

 I cut the mouth shape from the 'Looking Good' die set out of white card a few times and coloured them in with Promarkers. I then dabbed them on my Versamark ink pad, covered with clear embossing powder and melted with my heat gun. This gives them a lovely glossy finish and intensifies the colours (below is the 'before' and 'after' picture)

I cut the background down to fit a 6"x6" card blank before wrapping organza ribbon around the back and attaching it to the base card.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
SSS Work it wednesday use some wafer thin dies OR stencils in your project!
Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies Challenge 
Try it on Tuesday - Make us smile
Cardz 4 Galz # 27 No patterned paper
Glitter n Sparkle #197 Anything Goes
Make My Monday - Sentimental
 The Crafty Addicts #20 Anything Goes/Friends
Creatalicious Challenges #95 - ANYTHING GOES with optional add flowers
Crafting By Designs (monthly) July Anything Goes
Artistic Stampers  All Things Bright and Beautiful
 As You Like It Challenge Your trademark style (my makes nearly always include stamping and are a bit quirky)
 

  As I mentioned yesterday, I am having a little giveaway on my Facebook page to celebrate this new launch. You could win this fabulous set of Leonie's dies. These are extra deep ones and will cut up to 1.4mm

My teamies are also having giveaways and if you are not on Facebook, don't worry - Jane's giveaway is on her blog. You can find the team's blogs here -
Jane - Isleofcraftycreations.blogspot.co.uk
Nick - http://nickinbarnsley.blogspot.co.uk

Elaine - Cakecoffeecraft.blogspot.co.uk

 Leonie will be back on Hochanda tomorrow (Sat 23rd July) at 9am, 12pm, 4pm and 7pm

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x