Peek a boo

Hello lovely peeps

Just popping in to share the peek-a-boo card I made for my sister's 50th (card club ladies, this is what we're making in April).

Eighteenth Birthday

Hello lovely peeps, I hope you are well.



I made this 18th birthday card for my cousin's daughter, using the Brush Alphabet dies from Sizzix designed by Debi Potter. 

Country Rose

Another CAS card today but this time just using dies/punches.
 

I bought this lovely 'Country Rose' panel die (Sizzix thinlits) a couple of years ago but as usual it's been sat unused since then. I came to the conclusion a while ago that my main hobby is actually shopping for craft supplies rather than crafting :D

Love Bird

I'm thrilled to say that I am a guest designer over at Cut It Up for their 'All You Need Is Love' challenge starting today - thank you ladies for having me.
 

(this is my 2nd option for this year's Valentine card for hubby)

Valentine number 1

Hello lovely peeps and welcome to my new follower, Anke.
 

This is one of the possible Valentine's cards for my hubby - I decided to make a few so that I can choose my favourite. 

Tidy Up

Hello lovely peeps and welcome to my new follower Diane.
 

I'm feeling very chuffed with myself today, I spent most of yesterday tidying and organising all the piles of paper/card I had lying about. Not only are my papers all tidy and colour co-ordinated but I can now see most of my craft room carpet again :D

Happy Christmoose

Hello lovely peeps
 

I've had a bit of fun with the Merry Moose dies by Tim Holtz for this Christmas card by adding a customised sentiment with Hobby Art Alphabet stamps (I do love a pun). 

He's cut from brown core-dinations card which I then sanded to reveal the white core.

 

The trees were cut from dark green card with a Marianne die and then I stippled white paint onto them to make them look snowy.

The card base is a z-fold that I made from dark green card and some decorative paper (the 'Frozen Snowflakes' paper at the bottom is from Lili of the Valley and the main paper is a positively ancient 12x12" design from my stash (papermania?)

For extra dimension I attached a strip of acetate inside the centre of the card with red sticky tape so that one of the tress appears to 'float'.

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

That's Crafty! Creatives Christmas

ABC Christmas Challenge W for Winter Wonderland/X for Xtra Special

Creative Inspirations Winter wonderland

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) Happy holidays

Thanks for stopping by, stay safe
Katrina x

Stars

Hello lovely peeps, I hope you are well.
 

Another card to use some of my paper scraps, using 'Swirling Stars' dies by Tim Holtz. I doodled outlines around each star after die-cutting.

The greeting was stamped with one of the greetings from the 'Label Love' set by Altenew

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

As You Like It Challenge Favourite colour combo blue and: green, they make a perfect combo, the colours of the sea (and great for masculine cards) 

AAA  #177 Maxi white space & opt stars 


STAMPlorations CAS Challenge anything CAS goes (opt gray & orange )

 

Make My Monday - #134 masculine

Thanks for stopping by, stay safe
Katrina x

Selfie Smile

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

A bit of a different card for me today using the Large Magical Sentiments and the Jasmine Selfie rubber stamp (which you can get as a digi here), both from Lili of the Valley

30th Birthday Bella

Hello lovely peeps

I've got a 30th birthday card to share with you today, made using 'Posh has a Present' by Stamping Bella. I love these Uptown Girl stamps, I have several of them now :o)

Indognito

Hello lovely peeps

A bit of fun for you today :o)

Back in February when I was brainstorming ideas for the new Simply Sweet cat stamps I came across this moustache embossing folder from Darice and I thought wouldn't one of the cats look great with a moustache? (lol).  I used a Sizzix Movers and Shapers die to cut the moustache from black shrink plastic and then heated it to shrink it down. It didn't quite seem to work with the cats though so I put it to one side.

Mythical Creatures

Hello lovely peeps

It's the first Saturday of the month so it's time for a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar. Our theme this month is "Mythical Creatures".

Apricot Poppies on Throwback Tuesday

Hello lovely peeps

This week's Throwback Tuesday features the Paint Fusion Poppy stamp set by Sheena Douglass.

Watering Can on Throwback Tuesday

Hello lovely peeps

Today's oldie features the Summertime stamps from Polkadoodles, which debuted on Create & Craft TV last June.

First I used the Bigz XL die 'Watering Can 3-D' (658454) from Sizzix to cut the pieces of the can from Kraft card. I inked the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink before assembling it.

I applied some green paint to the bottom of the can using a stencil brush and added flowersoft to imitate moss/algae.

The flowers and leaves were all stamped onto watercolour card and painted with Spectrum Aqua markers before cutting them out.  I attached them to the can with strips of clear acetate and filled the inside with coco fibre - you can see little wisps poking out of the top.

Thanks for stopping by.
I hope you can drop in on Thursday when I have a very exciting GDT spot :o)

Katrina x

Old Chap Z-fold

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

 This is the z-fold card that I made for my brother-in-law's 50th.

I used papers from the Teresa Collins 'He Said, She Said' 6x6 pad and the largest piece with the clocks is from the Winnie in Wonderland collection by Polkadoodles.
Each piece is edged with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink.

I stamped down the side of the middle panel with the clock and greeting in the Chronology stamp set from Papermania - I think it was a freebie in the Docrafts Creativity magazine.

For the speech bubbles I used a Sizzix die - Modern Surrealists "Thought Talk Bubbles" - and stamped in the words with Black Memento. The Happy Birthday is a Lili of the Valley stamp, the typed alphabet is from Hobby Art and the last one is Retro Alphabet by My Sentiments Exactly.

I mutilated the capital C stamp (you get two of them) by cutting the bottom a little because it was looking like a G to me.

The pointy finger is a Tim Holtz Movers & Shapers die - I shaded the shirt cuff with distress ink using the edge of a piece of card, then coloured the suit cuff with an alcohol marker.

The numbers are from the Tonic Squeezebox set of dies.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
Crafty Catz #381 Anything Goes option not a card
Sisterhood of Crafters  Boys to men
Penny Black and More  For the boys
The Crafty Addicts #38 Anything Goes opt HUMOUROUS
Love to Scrap  #99 Anything Goes 

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

Happy BirdDay Popup

Hello lovely peeps, hope you are all well.

 This is the second of my competition cards that I'm showing this week. I love these pop up boxes, they look really different but still fold flat to go in an envelope.

The papers I've used are all Nitwit's and the bird/birdhouse stamps are by Inkydoodles.

The tiny flowers were made with Papermania punches, shaped on a foam mat before adding adhesive pearls.

The tree was cut with a Sizzix Bigz die from cardboard and covered with paper and the grass was cut with a Die'sire Icicles die (which I have yet to use for doing icicles!)

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

Allsorts Challenge Blog 333 - All sentimental
Papertake Weekly - All About The Base
The Ribbon Girl - Pastels
Digi Choosday #42 Birthday Celebrations
Little Red Wagon #312 - Home is where the heart is
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #250 Anything Goes
Crafty Friends#16 Use Gems and/or Pearls
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Die-lirious and Punchy
Not Just Cards #25 Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina

Pots of love

Hello lovely peeps.

As promised, I am showing you some competition entries this week.

For my first card I used the Pots of Love stamp from Lili of the Valley, coloured in with Promarkers and GraphIts. The sentiment comes with it, and I've used this to make a plant label. You may recognise the leaves from my previous post, though these don't have so much ink on them. 

The watering can was made by cutting grey pearlescent card with a Sizzix die and edging it with orange gilding wax to make it look rusty. I've finished off with cord, buttons and ribbons from my stash.

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

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge 102: anything goes with a twist ... autumn colours

My Time To Craft #306 autumnal colours

Pile It On  #91 Fabric, Lace or Ribbon

 Passion for Promarkers #319 Lots of layers

Allsorts Challenge Blog 333 - All sentimental

TTCRD - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz #297 Anything Goes

Graph It Colour Challenge #41 Autumn/Christmas colours

Stamping Sensations - Colours of autumn

ABC Challenge - T is for Two (2 cats, 2 papers)

Thank you for stopping by today,

Katrina

Autumn Owl

Hello lovely peeps, hope you are enjoying your weekend.

Today's card features no stamps whatsoever (I know, I was stunned too).

First I covered the front of a 7x7 card with wood patterned paper and die cut a large circle in the middle. 

The owl was cut using the Sizzix Bigz Owl#2 die, from various scraps of paper that I've been hoarding. The heart and wings were red card that I embossed with a dotty embossing folder.

 The leaves were die cut from an old book* using a Cuttlebug die and then swooshed through inks that I had dabbed onto my craft mat and spritzed with water. I've also added some Antique Linen Distress Stickles on them for a bit of sparkle & texture. 

The clear gems are from Inklylicious and the buttons and ribbon are from my stash.

*Cutting up books really goes against the grain for me as I would rather leave them for someone to read, so for this purpose I buy books from charity shops that no-one else would buy (eg. biographies of Z list celebrities, tourist guides that are 30 years out of date, etc. )
 

I haven't done much on the inside, but he did need something to sit on so I cut a branch from Kraft card using an Anna Marie Christmas robin template. Also, because there's not much room left to write anything inside, I have hand-written my greeting along the bottom of the branch (verrrrry slooowly :D )

I would like to enter this in the following Challenges:-
Crafting From The Heart - #81 Anything Goes

Craftin Desert Divas Photo Inspiration (Autumn)

My Time To Craft #306 autumnal colours

 Fan-Tastic Tuesday - #107 anything goes with a twist ... Autumn colours

Crafty Friends#16 Use Gems and/or Pearls (clear gems)

Creative Card Crew 98 Ribbon

Fab'n'Funky challenge #277 ~ Make it Square

Scrap & Craft Inspiration #14 Colours of Autumn

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Die-lirious and Punchy

Crafts Galore - Halloween or make a card for October

Catch The Bug - Bingo (Border, Ribbon, Fall theme)
Hiding In My Craft Room #221 - Favorite Cutting Tool! (eBosser from Craftwell)
Alphabet Challenge Blog - R for Ribbon 
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #20 Anything Goes
Crafting With Friends #8 - Anything Goes

As you like it - Monochrome or Colour (& why)! -
 I love colour, and Autumn colours are my absolute favourite (as a quick look in my wardrobe will attest!)

Always Playing With Paper #46 The colours of Autumn

I'm off to the bat cave now to tidy/craft (mostly the latter)

Thanks for stopping by today,

Katrina x

Die cuts in 3D - no glasses required

Evenin' All, hope you are well.

 

Our Cardmaking Club theme for Thursday 9th is going to be 3D embellishments (made from die-cuts). This first one is a card I sent to a friend's son for his 16th Birthday.

 

 

('Happy' and 'Birthday' are from the Claritystamp word chain sets)

 

I die cut six stars from a Prima paper pad, scored them down the centre and glued three of them back to back for each 3D star (I used Collall Photoglue on these - you need something that you can move about a bit before it dries so can make sure your shapes are lined up properly).

 

I then covered the front and inside of an A5 card with patterned paper and die-cut a circle in the front of the card. The dark paper on the front is from the Robot Rust digi-kit and I have over-stamped it with a compass in black ink. I was going to put a third star on the inside so you could see it through the circle, but it covered up too much of the lovely background paper so I left it off.

 

 

The second card I made is with hearts, but I'll bring that one to club (don't want to risk my Mum seeing it before her birthday!)

 

 

This last one is using a Sizzix Movers and Shapers bat die (I've definitely been going a bit batty lately).

 

 

I die-cut nine bat shapes from a lovely leather effect black paper and used the same method as above to make three 3D bats. These were a bit more fiddly so took quite a bit longer to put together and I used Tacky PVA glue for a stronger hold.

 

The arch aperture was die-cut from the front of the card using a large Sizzix Tag die, and then I stamped all over the card with an Inkylicious brick wall stamp and Pumice Stone Distress Ink. The 'just to say' line sentiment is from Clarity.

 

 

So ladies, for Thursday you'll need to bring:-

 card blanks

paper or thin card for the shapes

scoring board if you have one

 repositionable glue

any ribbon/embellishments etc. you might want to add on.

 

And if anyone has a simple butterfly- or flower-shape die, can they please bring it along as I don't seem to have these in my stash (my die collection is not in the same league as my massive collection of stamps) 

 

Oh, and I almost forgot, we'll be doing the squeeze boxes as well, so bring along some thin card for the boxes (patterned would be nice), card or paper to cut the numbers out of, and ribbon/cord for hanging them. Plus red ultra-strong tape if you have it.

 

Ta-ra for now,

Karina x