You lift me up

Hello peeps!

Another sneaky peek of the Odd Dog stamps being launched on 4th July at LOTV.

Aren't they just adorable? These two are called  'Squidgy Heart' and 'Balloon'.

I've coloured them in with watercolour pencils.

The lettering is created with Stitched Alphabet stamps, some coloured in with Graph'It markers and some stamped onto squares of paper from the Romance and Roses 8"x8" pad

Challenges:-

Craft your passion - Anything Goes

Incy Wincy Designs - Colour Inspiration

Creative Inspirations - Your Favourite!  (LOTV stamps)

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Everybody-Art - clean and simple

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog - Anything goes

Crafts Galore - Anything Goes

The Cutie Pie Cats and Dogs

Bunny Zoe Furry Friends

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

Santa Claus is coming to town

Evenin' all. Hope you are well.

Six months early I know, but here is a Christmas card I made with Odd Dog - Handwritten (being released on 4th July at LOTV)

The papers (including the sentiment) are from Twas the Night paper pad. 

Image coloured with Graph'Its

Challenges:-

Natalie and Amy Christmas
Creative Card Crew - CAS Clean and Simple
Fantasy Stampers Challenge - Your Favourite Colour (Red)
Fab'n'Funky challenge - Christmas
Craftyhazelnut merry and bright
CHNC Challenge extra for June - Anything goes
Crafting by designs - Get Ready for Christmas
Bunny Zoe - Furry Friends
The Cutie Pie Cats and Dogs

   Top Tip Tuesday - Name That Tune

(He's making a list, he's checking it twice,

Gonna find out who's naughty or nice,)

Santa Claus is coming to town.

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

Dear Diary

Evening peeps, hope you are well.

I have a sneaky peek for you today of one of the fab new LOTV stamps coming out in July.

The character is called Odd Dog and this stamp is called Handwritten.

I cut some papers from the new Romance and Roses Paper Pad and edged them with Picked Raspberry Distress Ink, then glued to the front of a pink notebook.

I stamped Odd Dog with Black Memento ink and coloured him in with Graph'It markers

I then cut him out and positioned him so the blue paper becomes his desk.

The lettering is made by stamping onto rectangles of another Romance and Roses paper with MSE Multi Retro alphabet stamps. I edged them myself with a black fineliner pen.

It's finished off with some coloured adhesive gems and some punched flowers.

Challenges:-
Papertake Weekly - Trio-Tastic
Dream Valley - Girly
Graph It Colour Challenge - Pink and Pretty
Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes
Craft your passion - Anything Goes
TTCRD - Anything Goes

I'll be back soon with some more Odd Dog  :D
Thanks for stopping by,
Katrina x

Happy Fathers Day

Morning Peeps, hope you are all well. 

Just a quick post before we head off to the in-laws.

This one is for my lovely Father-in-law.

My FIL collects Giles cartoons so I going to try and write 'Giles' on the front of the paper that the bear is reading (notice I've put the 'before' pic on here in case I muck it up!).

The stamp is Armchair Bear from LOTV (retired) and the sentiments are from Set 26 - Simply Sophisticated. The letters are stamped with a  See-D Typewriter set and the papers are from Trimcraft.

Challenges:-

 The Ribbon Girl - MASCULINE

Cardz4guys - Father's Day

Loves Rubberstamps - Masculine Theme

Creative Inspirations - Male Creations

Dream Valley - Father's Day

Crafty Boots- Father's Day / For the Man in Your Life

 

 

For those of you lucky enough to still have your Dad, make sure to spoil him rotten on Sunday and let him know how much you love him.

Hugs,

Katrina x

 

Winter Wonderland Pop-up Box

Evening Peeps.
Hope you are all well.

I've finally finished my second card showcasing Lili Of The Valley Christmas products.
The weather has been glorious here for the last couple of days so I've been out sun-worshipping a lot (with factor 30 on of course)

Don't miss out on the Crazy Christmas Clearout - it finishes on 25th June.

The base for the pop-up box is made out of burgundy card.
I've added papers from LOTV's  Woodland Wishes Paper Pad.
The tags are stamped using Set 32 - Christmas Sentiment Tags
and the sentiment on the front flap is from Set 26 - Simply Sophisticated.

The presents are from Set 88 - Happy Bears.
The snowflakes were die cut using an All Occasions die and a magazine freebie.

I stamped up Mr Snowman with black Memento ink and coloured him in with Graph'it markers

I cut out the Christmas trees using my Craft Robo and decorated them with white Fluffy stuff

Well it's a bit early for Christmas themed challenges yet :D so I'm entering in the following:-
Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes
Craft your passion - Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments Designs - Anything Goes
TTCRD - Anything Goes
Top Tip Tuesday - Cut it out
Stamping Sensations - Dies and Punches
Crafts Galore - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by,
Katrina x

Lili of the Valley Christmas Offer

Evenin' all :D

There's a HUGE 25% off all Christmas goodies on the Lili of the Valley website at the moment.

I've made a little card to show some of the lovely items on offer.

Start by sprinkling some Shabby White frantage powder around the edges of some kraft card and heat from underneath to melt. Scrape the card edges with your scissors to roughen them up and attach to a 7" x 7" white base card.

Cut some panels from the Krafty Christmas Paper Pad and roughen the edges of those too. Layer them up on your card with snowflakes cut from white card. I used an All Occasions triple snowflake die for the smaller ones. The large one was a magazine freebie.

Stamp James -Snow Angel onto white card with black Memento ink and colour in with alcohol pens.
I used Graph'Its 3150 & 0000 for his fur, 9400 & 9401 for his hat/coat/boots. Also Promarkers Ice Grey 1 and Ice Grey 3 for the scarf and snow.

Stamp a couple of tags from the Christmas Sentiment Tags set onto white card and cut out.
 Colour the edges of the topper with Frayed Burlap distress ink then attach the two tags with brads.
Layer it up on the base card with mesh and buttons.

Challenges:-
Crafting by Designs - June Anything Goes
The Ribbon Girl - Animals
Loves Rubberstamps - Spots and Dots


I'm off to a craft show tomorrow and will be meeting one of my LOTV Teamies. Super excited!

Hope you enjoy your weekend,
Katrina x

Farewell to Evelyn

Evening lovely peeps.

Just got back from a lovely evening at craft club, where we all made handbag cards.

 Don't they look fab? Thank you to Mandi for running it this month (and the scrummy cake!)

We also said goodbye to Evelyn who is moving to France at the end of the month.

How exciting!  Hope everything goes well for her.

We all expressed an interest in going to visit of course :)

That's all for now folks, I hope to be back at the weekend.

Katrina x