Glued to his screen

Hello lovely peeps

Another commissioned card to show you today, for my friend's Grandson who is always glued to his phone/tablet. I've used the rubber version of Oliver Texting from Lili of the Valley, which you can still get as a digi here.

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

Birthday Boy for Crafty Calendar

Hello lovely peeps

It's time for a new challenge at Crafty Calendar and the theme this month is
'Boys will be Boys'

Our sponsor is Dr. Digi

and the DT were kindly allowed to pick the image they wanted to play with.
I chose Dunderton Academicals FC - don't you just love his moustache?

I coloured the digi in with Promarkers and Flexmarkers

 Skin: Coral, Sunkissed, Blush
Moustache: Cocoa, Cinnamon
Top: Walnut, Cocoa, Cinnamon, Tan, Putty, Almond
Shorts: Umber, Khaki, Pastel Beige 
Ball: Firebrick, Burnt Orange, Oatmeal

The papers are from an old 'Wellington' kit by Docrafts and I inked the edges with Vintage Photo distress ink. The sentiment is from the Teenage Boy Sentiments set by Lili of the Valley

We have some lovely new teamies starting this month, please pop over to Crafty Calendar to see their fabulous makes and leave them some love :o)

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
Not Just Cards  #44 One for the boys
Craft Rocket Challenges #38 For the men/boys
Love to Scrap  #98 Boys rule
Card Mania #93 Buttons or bows
Open-Minded Challenges #17 Men and Boys
Tinker- Dream  #53 for men/boys
4 Crafty Chicks  #353 birthday

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

Pebble-icious

Hello lovely peeps.
I hope you all enjoyed your Christmas and New Year break.

 I've got a quick and easy card to start the new year off with.

I found this lovely pebble card by Aspire Crafts/Kanban at the Taunton craft show in November and I couldn't wait to use it. Of course, even though I bought 4 sheets of it I'm finding it hard to part with, so I've only used a small strip of it :D

There was some taupe card in my stash that co-ordinates well with the pebbles so I layered both strips of card onto a white 5"x7" card blank before wrapping some brown twine around it.

 I stamped the lapwing from the Quirky Birds set by Crafty Individuals onto a sticky note to make a mask and then stamped a small group of them onto my card using Black Memento ink. They looked a bit like they were floating in mid air so I drew in lots of small pebbles with a black fine-liner pen.

The greeting is from the Teenage Boy sentiment set by Lili of the Valley

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
 The Male Room #51 Anything Goes
Mod Squad Challenge - Anything but Christmas

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) New Something (pebble card)

Crafty Gals Corner #104 Something New (pebble card)
 Little Red Wagon #375 Something New (pebble card)
My Time to Craft #337 Something new  (pebble card)

House of Cards January Challenge: Add a Building and/or Colors

Stamplorations CAS silver or grey 

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

Summer in the Garden for LOTV

Hello lovely peeps

There's another challenge underway at the Lili of the Valley Facebook page and the theme this time is 'Summer in the Garden'. You have until midday on Friday 15th July to enter for the chance to win some fabulous prizes.

 For my inspiration card I have used the Take It Easy stamp and coloured him in with Promarkers
Skin: blush, oatmeal, coral
Hair: Cocoa:
Deck chair: march hare, tan, cinnamon, tea green, denim,
Cap/book: pastel beige, khaki, umber
Drink: saffron
Dog & socks: ice grey 1/2/3/4
Grass: Graph'It:  8210

The branch is cut from a woodgrain paper (Trimcraft 'Boho Chic' pad) with a Memory Box die (Woodland Branch) and I've made a little sign to hang from it using one of the Teenage Boy Sentiment stamps from LOTV.
The rest of the diecuts are cut from Trimcraft "In the Clouds" papers/white card
Clouds - Joycrafts
Fence- Cheery Lyn
Foliage - Viva Tree by Poppystamps

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
Mod Squad Challenge - Lazy Summer Days
 Creative Inspirations #255 Seaside/Sunshine/Summer Holidays
4 Crafty Chicks  #306 Summer
Paper Shelter Challenge #256 Sunny Days 
Cut it Up #100 Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by, I'll try to catch up with you over the weekend if I can find time in between watching the British Grand Prix and the Wimbledon finals :D

Katrina x