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 

Bear Hug

A quick post today to get my card in for a challenge that's closing.

I've used masking again to split the sentiment up and to stamp the groups of trees.

I Dream of Tennis

Hello lovely peeps, I hope you're having a great weekend.
 

Just popping in to share the birthday card I made for my tennis-loving friend with one of my many Gorjuss stamps.

Congratulory Posy

Hello lovely peeps, I hope you are all well.

Another large sentiment/cute stamp combo today - this one was for my friend's 50th, using Rosie Posy from LOTV.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
Colour Crazy Challenge #30 Anything Goes
Seize The Birthday #196 tic tac toe or Anything Birthday Goes (large sentiment, flowers, one image)
Penny Black and More say it with flowers
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #477 Anything Goes

Crafty Friends Challenge #141 summer colours 

Thanks for stopping by, stay safe
Katrina x

Fabulous Birthday

Hello lovely peeps, I hope you are all well.

Just popping in with a card that was inspired by one of Melissa Goodman's creations for Lili of the Valley DT using one of the statement stamps. She used the clean lines version of the digi but I only have the polymer stamps (at the moment!) so mine is the grungy version.

I added a couple of words from the large birthday sentiments set and then stamped 'Teddy Flower' over the top. I also stamped him onto supersmooth paper then coloured in and cut him out. This way it's simpler to cut out but you still get all the details of his fur etc.  from the base image underneath.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
Pammies Inky Pinkies 2029 Anything Goes
Scrapping 4 Fun #171 birthday
Southern Girls Anything Goes 

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

Jack be nimble

Hello lovely peeps

Today's card features 'Ricky Hanging Around' by Tiddly inks.

Building Sandcastles on Throwback Tuesday

Hello lovely peeps

It's Throwback Tuesday again and this week features another card made using the Starfish and Sandcastles VIP XXL Collection from Polkadoodles.

I pulled the black and white version of Winnie into CraftArtist and added a couple of the background papers behind her, 'cutting' the sand paper with the scissor tool to make the horizon look more realistic.

After printing off the topper onto super smooth white card I coloured Winnie in with Graph'It markers and then added a paper pieced umbrella. The lettering and sentiment are all in the collection, I added doodled borders around these and the main topper using a black fineliner pen.

Everything is layered up on a 7x7" card which I've covered with another of the backing papers, and some stapled ribbons from my stash add a little finishing touch.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
The Ribbon Girls July any card

Catch The Bug   Theme-Outdoor Fun
Cards und More  #188 girls just wanna have fun
Card Mania #94 Summer fun
Let's Craft & Create Challenge #127 Just beachy/red, white blue
Crafty Cardmakers #192 tic tac toe (ribbon, digi, 2 or more papers)

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

Get Well Soon Daisies

Hello lovely peeps

Another unseen card from the archives today - this one is from when I was on the Polkadoodles DT. 

I stamped a few of the flowers from the Daisy Days stamp set with Black memento ink onto Elegance Satin 300gsm card then covered them up with sticky-note masks so I could stamp 'behind' them.

I filled in the gaps with the tiny circle/bubble stamps in the same set.

To colour the flowers I used Graph'It markers and a Mix-It Palette. 

For the darkest flower I scribbled 6140 onto the palette then picked up the colour with the blender pen 0000 and coloured from the flower centre outwards.

For the flower centres I drew lots of small lines with 9209 and 9207 

then coloured over the top of that with 8245

The other flowers were coloured in the same way using 6130 and 6110.
I doodled in a border and added a sentiment from the matching CD and layered it onto a 7x7" card.

Tip: Colour around the edges of some white card with one of the markers you've used to get co-ordinating card for matting & layering

There's a new Crafty Calendar Challenge on Saturday so I'll definitely see you then, but I hope to get another post in sometime during the week (depending on how my DT work goes)

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

Posh has a Present

Hello lovely peeps

Just popping in to show you a 50th birthday card that I made with a Stamping Bella image called Posh has a present. 

I stamped onto Elegance Satin card with Black Memento ink and coloured the image in with Graph'It markers
Hair: 3250, 3245, 3210
Skin: 4170, 4155, 4115
Dress: 2110, 0000
Presents: 7125, 8115, 8110, 5120, 5110
Outline/Ground: Ice Grey 1

I wanted to have the age on the card without making a big thing of it so I made a tag with the accompanying sentiment stamp and doodled on a little border with some '50's

Some Lah-de-dah Adhesive Enamel Dots finish the card off.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
The Ribbon Girls June any image
Southern Girls #162 Stuck on you
Mod Squad Challenge - use lots of colours
Addicted to Stamps and More #247 Make your mark
Star Stampz Challenge  Bright colours/sunshine
Stamping Bella - Inspiration Photo

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

Milkshake for LOTV and marker reorganisation

Hello lovely peeps, I hope you are having a great weekend.

Don't forget that my giveaway ends tomorrow (Monday) at 9pm. Click here for the post where you need to leave a comment for the chance to win.

Today's card features a sneak peek of another one of the new Lili of the Valley stamps being released on the 20th May.  It's called Milkshake, isn't it just adorable?

I coloured it with my own combo* of alcohol markers
 (named=Promarkers & Flexmarkers, numbers=Graph'Its, codes=Le Plume)
Skin: Coral, Sunkissed Pink, Blush
Hair/Fur: 3270, 3250, Caramel, Sandstone, Ivory
Dress: Cool grey 3 & 1, PV774, Budding Rose
Table & Chairs: G679, Soft Green, Tea Green
Bag: 3230,  Tulip Yellow, Buttercup
Present: Spice, Apricot, Saffron

The papers are from the Forever Friends Kraft Notes 6x6 paper pad and the spotty pink ribbon that I've mostly covered up is from the Ribbon Girl.

The flowers are a mix from my stash, some Prima and some Wild Orchid Crafts.
Edit: forgot to say that the sentiment is from the Sketchy Wishes set by LOTV

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

The Ribbon Girls May any card
Deep Ocean Challenge #154 Anything Goes 
Crafty Purple Frog Fabulously Floral
Mod Squad Challenge - Let's color
Creatalicious Challenges #114 Anything Goes with optional Mothers Day/for the girls
Addicted to Stamps 148 Brads and/or buttons
SSS Work it Wednesday April showers bring May flowers

Above I mentioned 'my own combo' of alcohol markers. Over the years I've managed to accumulate quite a few (OK, 300) by buying them where they've been on offer.  This meant that I ended up with three different brands and it was sometimes difficult to find the right colour blends.

(old charts from left to right - Letraset Promarkers/Flexmarkers, Marvy Le Plume, Graph'Its)

Over the early May bank holiday I bit the bullet and sorted them all out. On the card that I normally use (Silky Smooth Ultra White 250gsm from Limetree Craft), I scribbled out lots of combos to find the best blends. 

It was a bit of a mammoth undertaking but now I have whittled down my marker collection to 167 (plus a few blenders) and they all fit in one place :o)

I printed off a blank chart that I downloaded from here onto the same card, and then filled it in with my chosen colours. This has been so handy - it's really easy now to find colours to match my papers and I don't have to waste time and ink trying to find the best combos. 

Thanks for stopping by, I hope to see you again soon :o)

Katrina x