Dreaming of Summer

Hello lovely people,

I have my family visiting today and am planning to have a pretty chilled out day just catching up and eating cake :-)

It's Creative Inspirations challenge time and this week we are playing Bingo, so you just need to choose any 3 items in a line (horizontal/vertical/diagonal) to include on your project.

We are sponsored this week by All Dressed Up with a prize of 2 digi images of the winner's choice

I have chosen the 'button/twine/white' line and just in case the white space around my image wasn't sufficient to count, I also added white dots around my image...which I think turned out really prettily so I must do this more often!

You know I like a bit of a hair challenge and this certainly fitted that category!

This image is 'Dreaming of Summer' hence the post title and I think we can all relate to this...roll on Summer please!

Card recipe;

Image: Dreaming of Summer - All Dressed Up

DP: Yours truly - Pebbles

Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Sentiment: mini stamp set - Kaisercraft
Button: from stash
White dots: Gloss white crystal drops - Nuvo drops by Tonic Studios

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04
Hair: E53/57/59
Dress: R21/32/35
Butterflies: R81/83 & BG53/57
Leaves: G24/28

The DT have made some wonderful samples to inspire you so pop over to Creative Inspirations to take a look :-)

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

Fairy with presents

Hello lovely people,

Happy Wednesday!  I do like Wednesdays because it's Dr. Hubby's day off so we will be heading out for a coffee date this morning and then I usually get in some crafting time while he plays/makes computer games :-)

While I enjoy making a mess in my craft room, it's time for a new challenge at Creative Inspirations and we have the theme...

ANYTHING GOES
(+/- optional sketch, which you can find on the sketch page)

Our sponsor this time is All Dressed Up with a prize of 2 digi images of the winner's choice.

I decided to create a stepper card since I haven't done one for a while, but I'm afraid I didn't have time to write a tutorial for it.  Watch this space though because I love how it turned out so just might have to do another one!

Here's a little tip though; I created more space on the central panel of my card by adding a piece of card a bit larger than the panel on the base card and giving it some fancy edges.

I picked the colours for this image to match the papers I had chosen and then I didn't actually use any of the papers with the salmon pink colour, but I do think it makes a nice contrast with the mint green and grey.

This sweet fairy is actually a Christmas image but I think she makes a nice birthday card too!

I kept this card pretty free of embellishments to give it a fresh modern feel but did sprinkle a couple of enamel dots on there...I always mean to use these more often!

Card recipe;

Image: Christmas present - All Dressed Up

DP: Cottage living (by Jen Hadfield) - Pebbles

Ribbon - 7mm aqua satin Berisford no.78 - The Ribbon Girl

Dies: Old Swedish lace - Magnolia Doohickeys

Sentiment: A little sentimental - Clearly Besotted

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E41/43/47
Dress / presents / ribbon: R30/32/22
Wings / presents / ribbon: G0000/000/00/BG32
Present / ribbon: T2/3/4/5
Star label: T0/2/3
Ground: T0/1/2/3/4

The DT have made some wonderful samples to inspire you so pop over to Creative Inspirations to take a look :-)

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

Challenges I am entering;
The Ribbon Girl - any image

Christmas post

Hello lovely people,

Another week is flying by...it's Wednesday again (happy hump day to those that work!) and that means it's Creative Inspirations challenge time and this week we have the theme...

ANYTHING GOES
With the option of a sketch; you can use any of the ones from the Creative Inspirations sketch page or this lovely new one;

We are sponsored this week by All Dressed Up with a prize of 2 digi's of the winners choice

I chose to use the sketch above but rotated it 180 degrees and added the sentiment tag on some twine.
These are some of my new papers from the Hobbycrafts show and they are GORGEOUS!

This is an ADU image and as you might expect, it's very cute!  I also love to colour red so I really enjoyed this.

Card recipe;

Image: Christmas post - All Dressed Up

DP: North Pole - Dovecraft

Twine: Natural button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Tag: Christmas sentiment tags - LOTV

Dies: Small snowflake die set - Impression Obsession

Copic colours;
Postbox: R29/46/39/59 (&R89 inside letter slot)
Writing / snowflake: W6
Cat: W0/1/3/4
Dog: E40/41/42/43 & E42/43/44
Letters / info on postbox: W00/0/1 (&W3 for writing)
Bow / scarf / hat: YG95/97/99
Ground: W00/0/1/2/3/4

The DT have made some wonderful samples to inspire you so pop over to Creative Inspirations to take a look :-)

If you are entering the challenge we would be really grateful if you could make our job of leaving comments easier by turning off comment verification and enabling comment moderation instead. 

Check out the info on Creative Inspirations to see how to do this.

Thank you for your help :-)

I am mostly doing coursework today but maybe I can squeeze in a little crafting time in the evening since Dr. Hubby is working in Liverpool for a few days ;-)

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

Challenges I am entering;

Lots of layers

Hello lovely people,

It's time for a new challenge at In The Pink and our theme this time is...

PINK CHRISTMAS

Ha ha, yes we are soooo predictable but you know you love it!

I've gone to town on the layers here... I just couldn't decide which papers to use so I used them all!

It's been a while since I used an All Dressed Up image but this is one of my favourites especially when a card for a 19 year old 'diva' is requested!

All the usual suspects are on here; the twine, the roses and those little letter stamps again!  I did throw in some extra sheer ribbon and stars as well though :-)

Card recipe;

Image: All dressed up for Christmas - All Dressed Up 

DP: A gift for you & Vintage frost basics - Maja Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Twine: The Ribbon Girl

Dies: cosmic star set - Memory Box

Ribbon: from stash

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E21/25/29
Tree: G40/YG61/63
Dress / bows / shoes: RV91/93/95
Stars on tree: RV91/93
Balls on tree / bows: RV69/99
Tree stand: W5/6/7

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.

This challenge is running for 4 weeks so plenty of time to enter with those last minute Christmas makes... it can't just be me still doing stuff surely?!

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

Challenges I am playing along with;

1.  A Creative Romance (anything goes)

2.  Sweet Stampin' (things with wings)

3.  The Ribbon Girl (anything goes)

4.  A Gem of a Challenge (anything Christmas)

5.  ABC (Y is for Yuletide)

Baby bunny

Hello lovely people,

Yes, it's that time again where we share some gorgeous new images with you at All Dressed Up and this time they are all themed for new babies and baby showers.  Just take a look at this bunch of cuteness...

A Star is Born

Future Little Crafter

My Baby Shower

Night Night Little One

And this time we also have some matching papers for you;

If anything there has caught your fancy then head over to the shop to check it out but first, here's what I made...

As usual I have added lots of stitching detail and used die cut swirls to frame the image - I really like how this turned out :-)
Here's a little angled shot so you can see the stepper layers...

Card recipe;
DP: Petal fresh - LOTV
Tag: Sentiment tags - LOTV
Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Loopy edge: Martha Stewart edge punch
Dies: leaf and swirl - Magnolia Doohickey

Copic colours;
Fur: YR30/E41/42
Inside ears / feet: R0000/000/00
Flower: B41/91/93 & YR30/Y21

Do pop over to All Dressed Up to see what the rest of the Dressy Girls have created; they are all stunning! While you're there, check our our current 'Anything but a square' challenge and we'd love to see you join in for a chance of winning 3 images of your choice!

Don't forget to swing by our Facebook Group to share your creations and chat to fellow All Dressed Up lovers :-)

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

 

Challenges I am playing along with;

1.  Divas by Design (anything goes)

2.  Simon Says Stamp (anything goes)

3.  The Ribbon Girl (anything but square)

4.  Pile It On (stitching)

Super exciting news!

Hello lovely people,

I can now share my very exciting news with you and tell you that one of my cards has actually been published in a magazine!  It's all down to All Dressed Up being featured in Complete Cardmaking Magazine, the UK's first magazine dedicated to digital crafting.  Each issue comes with a CD ROM packed with digital goodies including papers and images.
This latest issue (#51) contains 5 digital papers and 9 digital stamps from All Dressed Up, 2 of which are exclusive to the magazine.
As one of the Dressy Girls I was asked to make a card for the magazine using one of the digital stamps and as you can imagine, I jumped at the chance.

Now you guys all know how much I faff around with my cards trying to get all the bits in exactly the right place.  So, you can imagine how long it took me with this one knowing it was actually going to be published! I walked away from it and came back to it quite a few times but I'm happy with the end result - phew!

I used pretty pastel shades to complement the cute image - my fave combo of pink and green in fact!

Card recipe;
Image: Love my cuddly toys - All Dressed Up

Front Porch paper pad by Pebbles

Seam binding (pink tulip) from Wild Orchid Crafts

Ivory button twine from The Ribbon Girl

Tag: sentiment tags from LOTV

Martha Stewart edge punch - Cherish

Magnolia Doohickey Leaf and Swirl die

Stampendous Frantage in Shabby White

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/50/000/51/21 & R30

Hair: E50/53/35/37/57

Dress: RV0000/000/81

Bunny: T0/2/4

Dog: E40/41/42/43

The rest of the cards created by the Dressy Girls for the magazine will be fatured on the All Dressed Up blog over the next few weeks and you can buy the magazine from Moremags, Morrisons, Tesco, Sainsbury and Hobbycraft.

I really wanted to get a copy of the magazine to show you as well but haven't managed to get my hands on it yet... so you may hear about this again when I do!

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

 

Challenges I am playing along with;

1. A Gem of a Challenge (spots and stripes)

At the beach

Hello lovely people,

I had a lovely relaxing and mostly sunny weekend but oh dear., it seems like such a long time to wait for the next weekend :-(  So, to take your mind off that, here's the new challenge at All Dressed Up and this time we have this fabulous sketch for you to work with...

I am a huge fan of sketches as they are a great starting point for a design, although I usually can't resist putting my own little twist on it!
In this case the circular layer has become a square and my set of 3 embellishments has become some bunting... yes, bunting again, but it's so cute!

Given the gorgeous sunny weather we have been having I just had to use one of the 3 little summer girls and some papers that make me think of the seaside.

Card recipe;
Image: 3 little summer girls - All Dressed Up
DP: Shoreline treasures - Pion Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)
Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Bunting stamp: freebie with a magazine
Sentiment: Clear mini stamp set - Kaisercraft
Twine: The Ribbon Girl

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E53/55/57/59
Dress: V91/93/95
Leggings: W00/1/3
Bucket: B91/93/95/97
Spade: E55/57/59
Sandy ground: YR30/E40/41/42/43

Do pop over to All Dressed Up to see what the rest of the Dressy Girls have created; they are all stunning! We'd love to see you join in for a chance of winning 3 images of your choice!
Don't forget to swing by our Facebook Group to share your creations and chat to fellow All Dressed Up lovers :-)

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

Challenges I am entering;

1.  Live and Love Crafts (by the sea)

2.  Cute Card Thursday (pretty papers)

Big hugs

Hello lovely people,

Yay, it's new release time again at All Dressed Up and once again we have a fabulous selection of images for you.  If you don't believe me, take a look for yourselves...

A Cuddle Makes it all Better

Country Girl

Hop It

Hop to It

Summer Swing

I have gone for the girly option today but with only a splash of pink against  the soft blues of what I think is my fave collection of Maja paper EVER :-)
I cut the fishtail bunting by hand and added a little dusting of Frantage to pretty up the corners of the card.

I didn't use the wording that comes with the image but I did think it would make a nice card for someone in need of a hug hence the tags I chose to add.

Card recipe;
Image: A Hug Makes it All Better - All Dressed Up
DP: Coffee in the Arbour - Maja Design
Tags: Sentiment tags - LOTV
Edge: Martha Stewart edge punch
Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Chunky white frantage - available from Live and Love Crafts

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E21/25/29
Dress: R81/83/85
Dog: E30/31/33/34
Bow: B91/93/95/97
Ground: W0/1/2/3/4

To see what the rest of the Dressy Girls have done with these cute images head over to All Dressed Up. While you're there, check our our current 'Anything Goes' challenge and we'd love to see you join in for a chance of winning 3 images of your choice!
Don't forget to swing by our Facebook Group to share your creations and chat to fellow All Dressed Up lovers :-)

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

 

Challenges I am entering;
1.  As You Like It (which is your fave - animal or people?  Can I have both? Lol!  It is actually people but if there happens to be a cute animal too then it's a bonus!)

A birthday hop

Hello lovely people,

We have a new challenge at All Dressed Up combined with a special surprise birthday blog hop!

Today is the very talented Wendy’s birthday; for those who don’t know Wendy is the owner and artist behind All Dressed Up.

All the team would like to wish Wendy a very happy birthday and thank her for her amazing images, and for everything she does.

We normally have our new challenge on the 15^th, but as today is Wendy’s birthday we wanted to do a surprise birthday blog hop, along with our challenge.

Firstly the challenge, where the theme is 'Anything Goes' as long as it features one of our images or digital papers. Here is my card for the challenge;

This was a card that just came together so easily; it helps when you have such gorgeous artwork to play with!

Card recipe;

Image: Little Flower Girl - All Dressed Up

DP:Vintage Autumn and Frost Basics - Maja Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Hessian: 68mm natural fine hessian - The Ribbon Girl

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Die cuts: Filigree corner - La La Land Crafts

Tag: set 24, sentiment tags - LOTV

Copic colours;

Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20

Hair: E21/25/29

Hat: E40/41/42/43

Dress / flowers: RV91/93/95

Flower centres: YR30/31

Bows: G40/YG61/63

Bird: E44/47

This is such an easy theme and we cannot wait to see all your fantastic entries, the winner will receive 3 images of their choice from the Store :-)

Onto the blog hop and below is a list of the Dressy Girls for you to hop around….we have a very big team here so you have until  1^stJuly midnight GMT to hop round them all.

At the end of the hop two random Dressy Girls will pick someone who has visited and commented on their hop card to receive 2 images of their choice from the Store.

Happy hopping!

All Dressed Up Blog

Marilyn

Anne

Nancy

Lyndsey

Viv

Keeley

Mandz

Rita

Kat (you are here!)

Bettina

Stacey

Maritha

Christine R

Tracy

Joey

Sarah

Holly

Deb

  

The challenge and hop will run until Midnight GMT 1^st July and the winners of the hop and challenge will be announced on 3^rd July on the All Dressed Up blog.

**PLEASE NOTE ANY ENTRIES NOT USING AN ALL DRESSED UP IMAGE OR PAPER WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CHALLENGE**

We cannot wait to see all your creations, why not stop by our Facebook Group and share them there too.

I hope you are all enjoying some sunshine and have a lovely weekend whatever you are up to :-)

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

Hugs,

Kat xx

Challenges I am entering;
1.  Live and Love Crafts (summer garden)
2.  Bunny Zoe's Crafts (layers)

3.  Sweet Stampin' (say it with flowers)

Cheeky monkey

Hello lovely people,

Woohoo, it's new release time at All Dressed Up and we have a fabulous selection of images for you.  Just take a look...

3 Little Summer Girls

Best Teacher Ever

Cheeky Monkey

Prom Princess

I've got a bit of a stationary theme going on with my card; I started with the paperclip... and then the brad seemed like the perfect way to add the tags... and then I wanted to attach the twine without wrapping it round the panel so out came the stapler!

I chose to use Cheeky Monkey to continue with my challenge to myself to make more masculine cards... and because he is super cute!

Card recipe;
Image: Cheeky Monkey - All Dressed Up
DP: By the sea - Maja Design
Tags: set 24 - Sentiment tags - LOTV
Twine: from The Ribbon Girl
Brad: from stash

Copic colours;
Body: E41/42/43 & E43/44/47 for tummy/nose
Inside ears: R000/00/01
Skateboard / hat: W3/R27/46/89 & B34/37 & W5/7/9 for wheels
Ground: W0/1/2/3/4

Do drop in at All Dressed Up to see what the rest of the Dressy Girls have created; they are all stunning! While you're there, check our our current 'Bling it up' challenge and we'd love to see you join in for a chance of winning 3 images of your choice!
Don't forget to swing by our Facebook Group to share your creations and chat to fellow All Dressed Up lovers :-)

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

Hugs,

Kat xx

Challenges I am entering;
1.  Simon Says Stamp (Father's Day or masculine)
2.  Divas by Design (red, white and blue)