Katrina's Crafting Blog: Snow Princess

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Sunday, 22 November 2015

Stocking Fairies

Hello lovely peeps.

As promised, I've got a Christmas card for you today.
The stamp I've used is one of those in the 'Last Chance to Buy' section on the Lili of the Valley website. There are still many lovely images left, and they're a bargain at £2.50. Grab them while you can because once they're gone, they're gone !

I've coloured the image with a mix of Graph'Its and promarkers (plus a Le Plume marker).
Skin: Blush, Sunkissed Pink
Hair: 1210, 1230,1270
Holly: 8120
Parcels: 9500, 9501
Stocking: Bluebell, BV725, 7210, Ice Grey2 and Ice Grey 4

After I realised I'd stamped my image a bit wonkily I decided to use this sketch to make up my card so it would look the right way up.

The placing of the embellishments also rather handily hides the smudge of Distress Ink I managed to get in the corner ;D

The poinsettia flowers were cut from white card with a Marianne die and I sponged Pumice Stone DI through the back of the die to get the veins. They were then shaped with a ball tool on a sponge mat to give them a bit of dimension.

The image is layered up with papers from the 'Snow Princess' & 'Bonnets and Bowties Solids' 8x8 pads by LOTV, and I made the tag with one of the stamps in their 'Christmas Sentiment Tags' set.

I've finished the card off with snowflakes, pearls, ribbon and a jingle bell.

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

Sketch Saturday #388

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge 256: things with wings

Allsorts Challenge Blog #338 At least three die cuts

Fan-Tastic Tuesday 112: anything goes with a twist ... use some purple

Crafting by designs - Times 3 (3 flowers)

Creative Inspirations #336 - Festive Fun!

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #254 Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - CHRISTMAS!

Crafty Ribbons Challenge #135 Christmas socks

The Ribbon Girl - November Use any Image

A Snowflake's Promise #10 Winter/ Christmas

Holly Jolly - Ribbons and Pearls

Graph It Colour Challenge #47 Christmas

ABC Challenge - V is for Violet

Stamping Sensations - Festive Flowers and Foliage

Penny Black (any brand stamp) - Anything Christmas

Well, I'm back off to my craft room again :D
Hope to see you again soon,

Katrina x

Sunday, 1 November 2015

It's a fair cop

Hello, hello, hello. What's all this then?

Today's card is a sneaky peek at one of the new Lili of the Valley stamps that are being launched at the NEC on Thursday, and then available on the website from 10th November. This one is called 'Cops and Cooks'* and includes several sentiments as well as two images.

* Guess what is going to be on my next card :D

I've coloured him with my Graph'It markers:

Uniform: 9104, 9106

Shoes: 9506, 0000

Metal: 9500, 9502, 9503

Skin: 4110, 4125, 4135

He wouldn't be properly equipped without his notepad and some handcuffs, would he?

I made the handcuffs by joining some key ring blanks together with jump rings. It's attached with a brad that I covered in silver embossing powder.

The page from his notepad started off as plain white card, cut with the 'Torn Notebook' On the Edge die (Sizzix) and embossed with the 'Notebook' embossing folder (also Sizzix). I've inked the edges with Pumice Stone Distress Ink.

The little pennants on the bottom are cut out of papers from the Snow Princess paper pad

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
Bizzy Becs - Anything Goes
Dream Valley #118 - Use the Colour Blue
The Male Room #22 Hardware
Crafty Time Embellish It
Artbymiran #44 Anything Goes
Simply Papercrafts #16 Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by,
Katrina x