Birthday Brittany and a sneak peek

Hello lovely peeps

Before I show you my card, I've a little sneak peek of one of the new Trio stamps being launched next Friday (16th December) by Lili of the Valley.

They are really cute, you might want to put some of your Christmas pennies aside for next week :o)
I'll be blogging the finished card this Sunday.

My card for today features Brittany the Birthday Girl from Stamping Bella.

I coloured her in with Promarkers  (Lime Zest, Fuchsia and Ice Greys for the dress) and doodled down the sides of the card panel before mounting it on an A5 landscape card that was covered with one of the gorgeous papers from the Winnie in Wonderland CD by Polkadoodles.

The sentiment was done on my computer.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
Get Creative Challenges #53 birthday
Crafter's Cafe #162 Christmas and/or birthday
Crafty Awesomeness Anything Goes
The Pencil Case #34 Anything Goes
Creative Moments #107 Anything Goes w/optional twist (none)
Southern Girls  #149 Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs (monthly) December Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

Pretty Flamingo for Polkadoodles

Hello lovely peeps

It's time for a new challenge at Polkadoodles, and in case you missed the announcement last time, they are now Anything Goes, but there is an optional theme, which this time is

'F for ....'

Well, they're so pretty (and apparently all the rage at the moment), so it had to be F for Flamingo. The digi stamp is from the Winnie in Wonderland CD and I've coloured it in with pink and purple sparkle pens. The gorgeous backing paper is from the same CD and for the greeting I used one of the stamps from the Daisydays set.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
Crafting from the Heart #124 Anything Goes
Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes
Deep Ocean Challenge #136: "Things with Wings"   
In The Pink #101 Make It Sparkle (flamingo coloured with sparkle pens)

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

It's only impossible if you think it is

Hello lovely peeps

As promised, I'm back with another make using the gorgeous new Winnie in Wonderland CD from Polkadoodles, and today it's a girly card.

The Johnny Depp version of Alice in Wonderland was on TV last night and I really enjoyed watching it - it has made me want to read the books all over again.

The digi stamp I chose for my card captures the magical moment when she steps through the door into Wonderland, and the paper I've used for the background has a lovely ethereal feel to it. It was so hard to choose which paper to use, the CD is full of absolute stunners and I've a feeling you'll be seeing a lot of them in my makes for some time to come :)

I cut around the image and then coloured it in with Graph'It markers Skin: 4110, 4135
Hair: 1210, 1230, 1270
Dress: 7165, blender, 5135
Door: 9201, 9203, 9205

Tights & Shoes: Ice Grey 1-4 Promarkers

I've added sparkly gems, cheesecloth and pink ribbon to finish the card off.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
Melonheadz Friends Challenge Ribbon, lace or twine
Crafty Sentiment Designs -  Gems and/or Pearls
Fab 'n' Funky #307 Enchanted I'm Sure

Before I go and concentrate on watching the French Open final on TV I wanted to let you know that Nikki from Polkadoodles is launching some brand new stamps and CDs on Create and Craft at 2pm this Tuesday (7th June). Hope you can tune in.

Thanks for stopping by today,
Katrina x

I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date

Hello again peeps

 Have you seen the new collection 'Winnie in Wonderland' at Polkadoodles?
 It is fabulous, and you are going to LUURRVE the papers.

I'll be back tomorrow with a card made with one of the more girly papers, but after spotting the white rabbit with a watch the first thing I wanted to make was a 'Sorry I'm Late' card.

I don't know about you but I am hopeless at sending cards on time, even if I've made them weeks in advance. For some reason I have an aversion to sending them too early, and then before I know it their birthday/anniversary/exam etc. has arrived and their card is still sitting on my craft desk. Oops!

A large batch of these would definitely come in handy :)

So, to make my card I dragged one of the backing papers into CraftArtist (did I mention they are gorgeous?) and then added the black and white version of the white rabbit with a little drop-shadow. With the Smarty Pants font I added the lyrics from "I'm late, I'm late...." which apparently features in the Disney version of Alice in Wonderland, and created the sentiment separately using the same font .

I coloured in the rabbit with Promarkers

Fur: Ice Grey1-3

Waistcoat: Umber and Plum Preserve 

Coat: Walnut, Chestnut, Cinnamon and blender

Watch: Pastel Beige and Mustard

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
Inkspirational #110 Text
The Male Room #36 Critters/Bugs
I love Promarkers #310 Inspired By A Song Or Film
Creative Craft Cottages Challenges #64 Include an animal
Sparkles Forum Challenges # 80 Animal Magic
Passion For Promarkers Challenge  #348 Furry Friends 
The Stamping Boutique #83 Furry Friends 
Tinker- Dream  #41 Fantasy 
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper  Anything goes with Patterned Paper

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you'll be able to come back again tomorrow

Katrina x