Odd Dog Says...

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

I've used an old Odd Dog stamp today with the new Large Birthday Sentiments. You can get him as an individual digi in the Lili of the Valley Etsy shop (called 'Odd Dog Just To Say') but he can also be found in the big digi bundles which LOTV are selling again for a limited time. He is in the Animals Bundle, or of course the Mega Bundle which comprises all 7 of the smaller bundles. They are amazing value, grab your chance now if you missed out last time.

Feature a Creature at LOTV

Hello lovely peeps

There's a new challenge on the Lili of the Valley Facebook page - Feature a Creature.

To be in with a chance of winning one of three Lili of the Valley vouchers, all you need to do is create something to fit our theme using a LOTV image and then post it on the Facebook event page before 21st July 2017. There's plenty of gorgeous animals to choose from -  bunnies, bears, cats, dogs, mice, squirrels, birds and more.

For my inspiration card I've used Odd Dog Mug of Tea (still available as a digi, although I have used the rubber stamp version).

First I stamped him onto watercolour card with Black Archival Ink and then coloured him in with Tim Holtz Distress Markers - Tea Dye, Victorian Velvet and Vintage Photo. The sentiment is from the Teenage Boy Sentiments stamp set.

The papers I've used are from a 6"x6" Santoro Willow paper pad and I've added sinamay mesh and a few buttons from my stash to finish the card off.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
 Lil Patch of Crafty Friends  #61 Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations #278 Dots and/or stripes
Alphabet Challenge H for Hearts
One Crazy Stamper  Anything Goes
Through the Purple Haze #128 Spots and/or stripes
Crafty Animals  #4 Anything Goes 

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

Work, Rest and Play

Hello lovely peeps.

Here's my first Lili Of The Valley Design Collective card for September.
I think this would be suitable for a man's birthday, or a 'First day at school' card for a young boy.

The main images are Odd Dog - Handwritten, Odd Dog - Sleepy Book and Odd Dog - Balloon, all coloured in with Graph'It markers

The papers are from Father Knows Best and Always and Forever - Solids

 8"x8" paper pads, also Lili of the Valley.

Panel 1

The wording is printed from my computer using the 'Impact Label' font (downloaded from dafont.com).

 I've also doodled borders around each topper with a black fine liner pen.

Panel 2

 

The embellishments were created with the same stamps but first I masked off parts of the image before inking. I filled in any missing bits with a fine liner pen.

Panel 3

The bone embellishments on this one are from Odd Dog - Sweet Dreams and I've covered up the heart balloon with a Sizzix Bigz balloon die-cut

Challenges:-

Sweet Stampin - School Days
Simon Says Stamp - Trio of colours
Cardz4guys - Let's Colour
Crafty Sentiments Designs - School
Creative Inspirations - Warm colours
Fab'n'Funky challenge - Doodle a frame or sentiment
Dream Valley - Back to school
Deep Ocean - For the Boys
Sparkles Monthly Challenges - More Than One Fold

Please leave me a comment if you can, I appreciate every single one.
Thank you for stopping by,

Katrina x

Just a little note

Evening peeps, and a warm welcome to my new followers - so glad to see you here.

This is a card I made before our long weekend away, I'm looking forward to getting back in my craft room tomorrow - this afternoon was reserved for nice long cuddles with the cat and watching Andy Murray :)

I just love this little fella, and he's now available on the LOTV website - Odd Dog - Handwritten.

He's stamped with black Memento and coloured in with Graph'Its.
I also used the black ink to distress the edges of the stars (cut using an X-cut die).

I've used a paper from the Heartfelt Paper Pad and roughened the edges with my scissors.

The background was done with the 'Distress' Textures Embossing Folder from Crafter's Companion.
I cut the musical notes using my Craft Robo and the sentiment is an old Polka Doodles stamp.

Challenges:-
The Ribbon Girl - ANYTHING GOES WITH STARS AND/OR STRIPES
Dream Valley - Distressing
Crafty Boots- Stars or stripes
Crafts Galore - Use a stamp or Digi
Penny Black  - Anything goes with a sentiment
Loves Rubberstamps - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes w/option of Christmas in July

That's all for now, I'll be back soon (mojo permitting)
Katrina x

You lift me up

Hello peeps!

Another sneaky peek of the Odd Dog stamps being launched on 4th July at LOTV.

Aren't they just adorable? These two are called  'Squidgy Heart' and 'Balloon'.

I've coloured them in with watercolour pencils.

The lettering is created with Stitched Alphabet stamps, some coloured in with Graph'It markers and some stamped onto squares of paper from the Romance and Roses 8"x8" pad

Challenges:-

Craft your passion - Anything Goes

Incy Wincy Designs - Colour Inspiration

Creative Inspirations - Your Favourite!  (LOTV stamps)

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Everybody-Art - clean and simple

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog - Anything goes

Crafts Galore - Anything Goes

The Cutie Pie Cats and Dogs

Bunny Zoe Furry Friends

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

Santa Claus is coming to town

Evenin' all. Hope you are well.

Six months early I know, but here is a Christmas card I made with Odd Dog - Handwritten (being released on 4th July at LOTV)

The papers (including the sentiment) are from Twas the Night paper pad. 

Image coloured with Graph'Its

Challenges:-

Natalie and Amy Christmas
Creative Card Crew - CAS Clean and Simple
Fantasy Stampers Challenge - Your Favourite Colour (Red)
Fab'n'Funky challenge - Christmas
Craftyhazelnut merry and bright
CHNC Challenge extra for June - Anything goes
Crafting by designs - Get Ready for Christmas
Bunny Zoe - Furry Friends
The Cutie Pie Cats and Dogs

   Top Tip Tuesday - Name That Tune

(He's making a list, he's checking it twice,

Gonna find out who's naughty or nice,)

Santa Claus is coming to town.

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

Dear Diary

Evening peeps, hope you are well.

I have a sneaky peek for you today of one of the fab new LOTV stamps coming out in July.

The character is called Odd Dog and this stamp is called Handwritten.

I cut some papers from the new Romance and Roses Paper Pad and edged them with Picked Raspberry Distress Ink, then glued to the front of a pink notebook.

I stamped Odd Dog with Black Memento ink and coloured him in with Graph'It markers

I then cut him out and positioned him so the blue paper becomes his desk.

The lettering is made by stamping onto rectangles of another Romance and Roses paper with MSE Multi Retro alphabet stamps. I edged them myself with a black fineliner pen.

It's finished off with some coloured adhesive gems and some punched flowers.

Challenges:-
Papertake Weekly - Trio-Tastic
Dream Valley - Girly
Graph It Colour Challenge - Pink and Pretty
Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes
Craft your passion - Anything Goes
TTCRD - Anything Goes

I'll be back soon with some more Odd Dog  :D
Thanks for stopping by,
Katrina x