We wish you a Merry Christmas...

Hello lovely people,

I very much enjoyed having Thursday off this week as well as my usual Wednesday for some extra crafting time.  I'm back in work just for Friday and then it's the weekend...and more time to craft - yay!

I have sooooo much I want/need to do right now; sound familiar?!

I'm surprising myself by really enjoying making Christmas cards (very early for me!) so I thought I'd stick with that for my Dies to Die For DT card this week!

This is a lovely Tiddly Inks rubber stamp that is fairly new in at Dies to Die For and I couldn't resist that pair of sweet little faces!

I think this might be the quickest some new craft stash has made it onto my card as the foliage and speech bubble dies landed on my doormat on Thursday morning and were used on this card by the afternoon!

Well, they are rather fab...am I tempting anyone?!

Wishing you all a very happy Friday and I hope you all have a wonderful weekend whatever your plans may be :-)

If I've tempted you with any of the lovely supplies I've used then you can go straight to the individual products via the thumbnails at the end of my post or just pop over to Dies to Die For and have a little browse around!

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Copic colours;
Skin: E000, 00, 21, 11, 04 & R20 for blush
Hair: Y21, YR23, E35
Reindeer: E31, E55, E35
Antlers: E40, E41, E42
Dress / hat: R46, R39, R89
Holly leaves / collars: G24, G28
Bells: Y23, Y35, Y17
Boots: W5, W7, W9 & 100 on soles
Fluffy bits: W00, W0, W1, W2
Ground: W00, W0, W1, W2, W3

Lovely things I've used from Dies to Die For;
Christmas wishes stamp set - Tiddly Inks
Inside and out stitched square STAX - My Favorite Things
Fab foliage - My Favorite Things
Essential speech bubbles - My Favorite Things
Sentiment from Caroling Chicks - Stamping Bella

Other ingredients;
So this is Christmas 6x6 paper pad - Carta Bella
flowers, twine - from stash

Summer treats

Hello lovely people,

I am so very excited today as I am off on my holibobs tomorrow!  We are heading to Yorkshire for a week of walking and cream teas :-)

So, if I am a little MIA over the next week you will know why!

But before I go, it's time for a new challenge at In The Pink and our theme this time is...

SUMMER!

We are delighted to be sponsored for this challenge by The Ribbon Girl with a prize of a £10 voucher

I feel like I've done quite a few fancy cards recently so thought I'd go CAS for this one.
I did my usual trick of colouring the image before stamping the sentiment and then hoping I didn't muck up the stamping of the sentiment!
I have this sentiment as part of a freebie set with a magazine but it's available from Clearly Besotted and let me tell you, their stamps are lovely and stamp so beautifully :-)

It seems like ages since I coloured up a gorgeous Wryn image and this one was perfect because you can't have summer without ice cream, right?!

Card recipe;

Image: Sweet treat Wryn - Tiddly Inks

DP: Yours truly - Pebbles

Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Sentiment: from Sweet rose set - Clearly Besotted
Button: from stash

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E21/25/29
Ice cream / skirt / shoes: R83/85/RV17
Flowers / top: B0000/01/04
Ice cream cone: E50/53/55/57
Ground: T0/1/2/3/4

If you haven't already done so then do pop over to In The Pink and check out the gorgeous creations from the rest of the Pink Ladies.

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Challenges I am entering;
1.  Without Words (Summer holidays)

Very pink

Hello lovely people,

Welcome to the first In The Pink challenge of 2014 and it's easy peasy this week with..

ANYTHING GOES

I had a CAS moment again!  And I must have been having a real funny five because I fussy cut the image; although I love the look of fussy cutting I am not all that good at it ...except it was quite easy to do with this image!
I was lucky enough to get a set of Go Kreate dies for Christmas and I reckon they are a great way to add interest to a CAS design...with a little stitching of course!

I bagged this cute Tiddly Inks image a while back in a sale and couldn't let her go un-coloured any longer.  I thought she would make a great thank you card and I just had to go for little fishtail banners to add my sentiment.

Card recipe;

Image: Cocoa wishes - Tiddly Inks

DP: Dottie card set 2 - Anna Marie Designs

Shaped base: Go Kreate Die Large Frilly #2

Sentiment: Kaisercraft mini clear stamp set

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/000/00/21/11

Hair: E35/37/47

Trousers / ear muffs: R81/83/85

Mug: RV0000/000/R81 (YR30 for froth)

Shoes: T3/4/5/6 & T6/7/8

If you pop over to In The Pink you can check out the fabulous pink creations from my teamies and I hope you will share in the fun with our easy challenge; don't forget to use more pink than any other colour!

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Hugs,

Kat xx

Challenges I am entering;
1.  Tiddly Inks (CAS)
2.  As You Like It (fave single colour - pink of course and I just love the range of shades and it is perfect for the girly cards I love to make)
3.  Top Tip Tuesday (CAS)

A little sunshine

Evening lovely people,

I was intending to post this earlier but I got sidetracked downloading some new software to allow me more options for editing my snaps and adding a watermark.  I was hoping to use it for this post but realised I'm going to need a bit more time to figure out how to do the stuff I want to do, so watch this space...!

The sun may have gone away, temporarily I hope, but I have a sunny little card to share with you :-)  I am also blaming the lack of sun for the slightly shoddy photos and will update them if the sun re-appears!

Yes, I have added another Tiddly Inks image to my collection; they are just such fun to colour :-)  I think you can just about see the little glitter sprinkles on her ice cream...

Ok, I'm going to share one more angled view so you can see the stepper design properly;

Card recipe;

Image: Sweet Treat Wryn from Tiddly Inks

DP: Fancy Pants - Park Bench

Scalloped edge: Martha Stewart edge punch

Twine: from The Ribbon Girl

Sentiment: Sentiment tags from LOTV

Butterflies: Impression Obsession die

Pearls: from The Hobby House

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/000/00/51 & R30

Hair: E35/37/47

Skirt/shoes: BG13/15

Top: BG10/11

Flowers: Y17/19

Ice cream & cone: YR30/blender & E53/55

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges;
1.  Tiddly Inks (summer treats)
2.  A Little Bit Crafty (summer sun)
3.  Cute Card Thursday (anything goes)
4.  As You Like It (favourite fancy fold - stepper card)

I hope that has brought a little sunshine to you and thanks for visiting,

Hugs,
Kat xx