Cave couple

Hello lovely peeps

Just popping in to share the anniversary card I made for hubby. Iused Cave Couple by Stamping Bella, stamped onto watercolour paper and coloured in with distress inks and a damp paintbrush.

Hogs and Kisses

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For today's card I've used the pig from the Oddball Farm Animals stamp set by Stamping Bella, stamped with grey Memento ink and coloured with promarkers. The sentiment is from Down on the Farm Sentiments stamp set (also SB), stamped onto a scrap of First Edition paper.

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:-
Passion For Markers Challenge  #733 monochrome

As You Like It Challenge Favourite: cute or floral and why - I love cute characters, they make me smile. Plus they're usually easier to colour than flowers!

Creations in pink #56 AG in mainly pink

Double D Challenges Cute little animals

Thanks for stopping by, 
Katrina x

Sabrina Loves the Spa

Hello lovely peeps, I hope you are well.

Just popping in to share the Mother's Day card I made, using "Sabrina Loves the Spa" by Stamping Bella. I stamped her onto watercolour paper and coloured with Distress Markers before fussy cutting.

Wine Flies

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For today's card I've used 'Wilma Loves Wine' by Stamping Bella, stamped onto watercolour card and coloured in with Tim Holtz Distress markers.

Icecream of course

Hello lovely peeps, I hope you are well.
 

I've made a card for the current As You Like It challenge 'Favourite Food & why' - which is, of course, icecream. I usually fancy something sweet after a meal and icecream is my go-to dessert. 

The best icecream I ever had was in Mousehole, it was rhubarb and ginger. I was so gutted they didn't do that flavour the next time I visited. Regular portions of coffee and/or salted caramel icecream soften the blow a little :D 

Pig Tower

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Just popping in with a card I made with the fabulous pig from the 'Down on the Farm' set by Stamping Bella.  I stamped him at the top of a piece of ultra smooth 200gsm paper then covered him with a post-it note mask to stamp the one underneath (... and repeat).

Happily Ever After

Hello lovely peeps, I hope you are all well.

 

I was asked to make a card for a cinema engineer getting married and hit on the idea of doing a wedding scene on a cinema screen, complete with an audience watching.

Hello Old Chaps

Hello lovely peeps, long time no see :D

Sorry I haven't been around blogland for a while. Since I started a second job I've not found much time for crafting, let alone blogging. I hope you've all been keeping OK, I'll try to pop around and visit you all soon.

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. 

Fa la la la Llama

Hello lovely peeps, I hope you are well.

Today's make is a pyramid card using Dovecraft papers, Stamping Bella stamps and computer generated sentiments. 

Coffee Time

Hello lovely peeps, I hope you are well.

 

Just popping in to share the card I made for my niece's birthday, plus a tip for covering two 7x7" cards using one sheet of 12x12" paper.

Present Bella

Hello lovely peeps, I hope you are well.

I've got an 18th birthday card to share with you today, using 'Posh has a Present' by Stamping Bella. The papers are from a digital paper pack called 'Doodle Deux' by Prima which I got at Snap Click Supply. As they are digital papers I was able to add a personalised sentiment on my computer before printing.  

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
We love Chocolate Baroque Anything Goes

Colour Crazy Challenge #41 Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Creatalicious Challenges #197 Anything Goes

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #482  Anything Goes using paper 

Thanks for stopping by, stay safe
Katrina x

Gnome Pile

Hello lovely peeps, I hope you are well.
 

For today's card I've stamped Gnome Pile by Stamping Bella directly onto an A6 card blank made from thick watercolour card and coloured in with Distress markers.

For the sign I used the smallest happy birthday stamp I could find in my stash and drew the sign around it with a black fineliner.

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

As You Like It Challenge Favourite bright or pastel - as well as being cheerful I love the way brights really pop with a white background.

AAA  #175 one layer & optional coffee

STAMPlorations CAS Challenge optional gray & orange 

My Favourite Things Colour Challenge #150

 

Thanks for stopping by, stay safe

Katrina x

Anniversary card and BB8 cake

Hello lovely peeps, I hope you are well.

An anniversary card to share with you today, using 'Uptown Couple Emily and Ryan under the Umbrella' by Stamping Bella, which I coloured with promarkers.   The sentiment is from a free set I had with an issue of Making Cards magazine and I doodled around the outside with a fineliner pen.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
As You Like It Challenge Favourite colour to pair with pink and why (yellow, it's such a fresh combination)
Simply Less is More #426 doodles
Tinker- Dream  #92 CAS
AAA  #172 one layer opt my other hobby
Creative Moments #197 Anything Goes opt pretty papers
Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes

And as promised, here is a picture of the 50th birthday cake I made for hubby (who is a Star Wars fan). It was a lot of work but I'm so chuffed at how it turned out. It tastes lovely too (lemon sponge inside).

Thanks for stopping by, stay safe
Katrina x

Nacho says Happy 50th Birthday

Hello lovely peeps, I hope you are well.

This is the card I made for my cousin's 50th birthday recently, using Nacho by Stamping Bella and several different patterned papers from a book I got at either The Range or The Works (my memory is starting to fail me in my advancing years, lol).

I used the Tim Holtz giftcard dies to make a holder for my 'gift voucher' which I put on the inside. Nacho is stamped with the aid of a reverse/mirror stamp to get him looking the other way.

Meanwhile, I am making progress with hubby's 50th birthday cake. I have the cake made and iced now, it's just waiting for decoration (that's my task for tomorrow).

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
Stamping Sensations make it masculine
MFT The Birthday Project Card & gift in one
Creative Knockouts #363 finish the inside
Papercraft Challenges  #61 animals
The Male Room #141 birthday

Cupcake Inspirations #500 Birthday celebration


Thanks for stopping by, stay safe
Katrina x

Ellie loves Phant

Hello lovely peeps

Yesterday was the start of a new 30 day colouring challenge so I coloured up this cutie from Stamping Bella called Ellie Loves Phant using Copic markers (C7, C5, C3, C0, R00, R32).

I found a spritzer bottle with a centimetre of red ink left in the bottom lurking on my desk so used this to spray directly onto some Sheena Stamping Card for the background.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
 Stamping Bella Anything Goes
Crafty Cardmakers #260 create your own background
Sweet Stampin create your own background
Pammies Inky Pinkies CAS

Thanks for stopping by, stay safe
Katrina x

Shopaholics r us

Hello lovely peeps

Just quickly popping in to share a card I made with this fab Oddball Shopper stamp from Stamping Bella. The die is one of Leonie Pujol's designs and the papers are mostly Paradise Crush from First Edition

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
Penny Black and More favourite stamps
Simon Says Stamp (Wed) Anything Goes 
As You Like It Challenge Digi or Rubber - love rubber because they're more tactile. Also you often get ideas on the packaging how to colour it in.
Stamping Bella Anything Goes
Addicted to Stamps and More #395 Photo Inspiration 


Thanks for stopping by,
Katrina x

18th Birthdayz

Hello lovely peeps

Today's card is a z-fold I've made with my new 'Oddball Standing Boy' from Stamping Bella

Posh has a 21st Birthday Present

Hello lovely peeps

Another milestone birthday card made with 'Posh Has a Present' from Stamping Bella, this time stamped onto watercolour card and coloured with Distress Markers.

30th Birthday Bella

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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)