Bunny blooms

Hello lovely people,

Today I have a card using a few pretty things from The Ribbon Girl, although surprisingly none of their lovely flowers this time.

I decided that no flowers were needed since the daffodils seemed to have that angle well and truly covered!

This is one of the latest release from LOTV and for someone who doesn't really like yellow, I am finding myself drawn to the images with daffodils in...I think it must be because they are such a classic sign of Spring!

Since I wasn't adding any flowers I added a bit of detail with some die cuts, a few hints of cheesecloth, and a layered combo of lace, ribbon and twine.

If you find yourself tempted by any of the pretty 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 The Ribbon Girl and have a little browse around!

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

Copic colours;
Bunny: E41/42/43/44
Bunny tummy: YR30/E40/41
Bunny ears: R000/01
Daffodils: Yr30/YR31/Y35 &YR12/15/18
Leaves / stems: G20/21/24
Ground: W00/0/1/2


Lovely things I've used;

Bunny Blooms - LOTV	Vintage Spring Basics by Maja Design	15mm ivory organza	38mm Charlotte Elizabeth lace
12mm pearl ivory flatbacks	natural colour button twine	white cheesecloth	Stitched mini scallop rectangle STAX by My Favourite Things
Butterfly set - Impression Obsession

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LOTV sneak peek: Spring bunny

Hello lovely people,

I am delighted that we have hit that time of the year when it really obviously starts to get lighter in the mornings and evenings and Spring will soon be here...I've spotted some snowdrops!

Today I am excited to share a DT sneak peek of the next release from LOTV, which will be on 28th February so I hope you are feeling patient - lol!

This is one of the Easter trio and I immediately knew I wanted to make a pop up design using some of my favourite Spring papers, although I've never actually used the yellow ones before!  It's just not a colour I tend to gravitate towards but it's perfect for a fresh Spring feel with this image.

I've used the digi image here and printed it at about 5cm diameter, which is a little bigger than the rubber stamp version of the trio images would usually be.  This is a great size for quick and easy colouring but still makes a great focal point.

I often don't like to add paper flowers when the image already has flowers but it seemed to work on this occasion, and I think choosing quite small flowers all in white helps to stop them clashing with the daffodils in the image.

I'll have more sneak peeks from the new release coming soon so watch this space!

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

Copic colours;
Bunny: E40/41/42/43/44 & R000/01
Daffodils: Y32/35/38 & Y38/YR04/YR18
Leaves: YG61/63

Lovely things I used;

Vintage Spring Basics by Maja Design	Stitched circle scallop frames - My Favourite Things	Mini messages by Mama Elephant	Ivory button twine
miniature white blossoms

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Other card ingredients;

Scalloped borders two - Spellbinders
Lavish branch - Memory Box
Tea label tags - Magnolia Doohickeys

It's Summer!

Hello lovely people,

Thanks for all your lovely comments on my happy news from my last post; it's so lovely to be able to share it with you and to have your support :-)

My first aim when I got back from holibobs was to do some crafting but the gorgeous sunshine put paid to that plan, in the best possible way!

Instead I have been tidying the jungle where my garden used to be - lol!

I did eventually do a little crafting yesterday evening because it is Creative Inspirations challenge time and our theme is...
SPRING INTO SUMMER
So we want to see any creations with a Spring or Summer feel

Our sponsor for this challenge is My Mum's Craft Shop

I'm continuing to challenge myself to try new styles so I was having a play with this pretty flower stem die and discovered some freebie papers on my desk that provided the perfect backdrop for them; isn't it great when that happens?!

 I love how striking the black borders and die cuts look against the white card and pretty DP :-)

The sentiment stamp is an ordinary straight line stamp but it's really easy to curve it as you stick it down on the acrylic block and I used the edge of the circle die as a guide to make sure it follows the curve of the aperture.

Card recipe;

Dies: Circle stax - MFT Die-namics, Tall Chloe stem - Memory Box, Butterfly dies set - Impression Obsession

DP: freebie with magazine

Sentiment: from Wire roses set - Woodware

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,

Easter gift baskets

Hello lovely people,

Are you ready for a countdown update?!

13 sleeps until the final exams for my prescribing course

19 sleeps until holibobs

Oh, and of course... 26 sleeps until my birthday!

We now have our new car (a beautiful red Mazda MX5) and I totally adore it!  I'll try to remember to take some pics to share although some of you will already have seen it on facebook :-)

But I'm really here to tell you that we have a new challenge at As You Like It and our theme this time is...

YOUR FAVOURITE...
ANYTHING BUT A CARD
...and don't forget to tell us why it's your favourite!

Our sponsor this time is Lawn Fawn with a stamp set and 6x6" paper pad of the winner's choice

 My favourite non-card projects are gift bags or boxes, or in this case...baskets!
I made these a few weeks ago to give to my parents and my brother and his girlfriend for Easter.

I found a template for the basket on Pinterest but didn't print it out as it was pretty easy to see how to make each basket up, and I amended it a little to have one handle instead of two.
Then they just needed decorating with my fave flowers and swirly die cuts.

This is the other side...the 'back' if you will as the front has the tag on it, and the arrangement of flowers and die cuts is slightly different.

This is what they looked like once filled with a mixture of chocolate eggs.  The bright colours of the eggs clash with the pastel papers for me but I can't imagine the recipients were bothered by that!

Basket recipe;

DP: Vintage Spring basics - Maja Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Tag: Sentiment tags - LOTV

Dies: Heart flower swirl - Magnolia Doohickeys

I hope you will pop over to As You Like It and check out the fabulously creative projects from the rest of the team :-)

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

Spring fairy

Hello lovely people,

LOTV are currently running a fab Spring themed challenge on their facebook page and you can find all the details here.
There are some absolutely brilliant prizes on offer so do take a peek.
Here's my Design Collective card that I hope will inspire you to join in with the challenge.

If you think the image is looking a little different to my usual it's because I've used my new Inktense pencils!
I still need a lot of practice but feel I have got the basic method of shading and I do really like the softer look than I can get with my Copics.

I used a new die to create the little swirls and beaded sprays tucked among the flowers.
I don't think I would ever use this die all in one piece but it looks really lovely cut into smaller pieces.

Card recipe;

Image: Petal - LOTV

DP: Vintage Spring - Maja Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Tag: Sentiment tags - LOTV

Dies: Large frames frilly #7 - Go Kreate, Tilda lace - Magnolia Doohickeys, Beaded swirl flourish - Sue Wilson for Creative Expressions

Inktense colours;
Skin: 0520/1800/1740
Hair: 1730/1740/2010
Dress / leaves: 1320
Wings: 0520
Flower: 0220/0240
Tights: 1720
Shoes: 2010

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

Spring fever at LOTV

Hello lovely people,

It's been a little while since I blogged...I was having so much fun over my birthday bank holiday weekend and time has flown by!

Today I have a card to showcase some LOTV products as part of the Design Collective and to let you know that there is a fabulous special offer on at the moment...

This is one of a pair of cards I created for a colleague who wanted birthday cards for 2 of her sisters.  I thought it would be nice to use similar images for each but different colours so she could decide which one suited each sister best!

This is the slightly simpler one of the two...

Pretty Spring colours + Happy bears = happy Kat :-) 

Card recipe;

Image: Happy bears - LOTV

DP: Pastel dreams - LOTV

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Tags: Sentiment tags - LOTV and Family sentiment tags - LOTV

Copic colours;
Bears: E40/431/42/43 (&E44 on foot)
Pink bits: R81/83/85
Turquoise bits: BG0000/000/01/53/57
Ground: T0/1/2/3/4

Hurrah for the weekend...oh wait, I have to work :-(
I can still sneak in a bit of crafting though and look forward to having Monday off.

I hope you all have lovely weekends whatever you have planned :-)

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

Challenges I am entering;
1.  Deep Ocean (flowers)
2.  Fab 'n' Funky (May flowers)
3.  Papertake Weekly (anything goes +/- no DP)

Spring colours

Hello lovely people,

It's been a lovely weekend and I was even in my shorts for a walk in the sunshine on Saturday afternoon!

Now I have some fab news to share...

I was delighted to be picked as guest designer for Bunny Zoe's Crafts Challenge and this month the theme is...

SPRING COLOURS

To me this means fresh green and pretty soft pastels, and you know, I think Spring is really here now :-)

I have been admiring the Whimsy stamps Sylvia Zet images for quite a while now so I chose one to use for this card and I think it's safe to say I have a new stamp addiction!

Heres' another peek at the pretties I popped on here...yes, it's those butterflies again!

Card recipe;

Image: Dyanne - Whimsy stamps (from Bunny Zoe's Crafts but currently unavailable)

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

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Dies: heart flower lace - Magnolia Doohickey

Sentiment: clear mini sentiments - Kaisercraft
Charm: small butterfly charm - The Ribbon Girl

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E41/43/47
Dress / hairband / shoes: BV00/02/04 & R81/83/85
Wings / flowers / socks: BV0000/000/00/01 & RV0000/000/R81/83
Flower stems: YG61/63/67
Ground: YG61/63/67/G99

I wish you all some Spring sunshine and hope you have a great week!

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

Flower Power

Hello lovely people,

I am back with my next belated card share from Thursday and it's my guest DT card for A Little Bit Crafty where this month's theme is...

FLOWER POWER

This is the card I sent to my Mother-in-law for Mother's Day and it's a fairly CAS design.  I couldn't wait to get my hands on the relatives tags from LOTV to match the general sentiment ones I already have and they are so useful!

I love this sweet Tilda and have gone for springtime colours and little dots of pearl pen for a subtle touch of bling.

Card recipe;

Image: Tilda love flowers - Magnolia

DP: Vintage Autumn Basics - Maja Design

Twine: ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Tags: Sentiment tags (set 24 & set 69) - LOTV

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/50/000/51/21

Hair: E40/41/42/43

DressL B91/93/95/97

Flowers: YR30/20/Y32

Leaves: YG61/63

Boots: E42/43/44

Socks: T0/1/blender

Ground: T0/1/2/3/4

If you pop over to A Little Bit Crafty you can check out the fabulous creations from the DT.

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

Hugs,

Kat xx

Challenges I am entering;
1.  Tilda's Town (anything goes)
2.  Marvellous Magnolia (newest or fave Tilda - this one is both!)
3.  ABC (K is for keep it simple)

Spring flowers

Hello lovely people,

This is my second post today so if you are looking for my guest DT card for A Little Bit Crafty then please scroll down :-)

It certainly feels to me like Spring is well and truly here with all this lovely sunshine and everything growing away in my garden, so now I have to split my time between gardening and crafting.  What about the housework?  Hmm, best not go there!

Anyhoo,  we have a new challenge for you at All Dressed Up and our theme is...

SPRING

I bet you never would have guessed that with all my waffle about Spring at the start of this post ;-)
I've gone for pretty spring shades and flowers... oooh yes, those flowers are from my newly acquired (and quite enormous!) stash of WOC flowers.  I got all sorts of types, sizes and colours and am having lots of fun using them :-D

Of course, I will just have to share a closer look at this little cutie.  There is a touch of Stickles too but in very small dots so it's mostly invisible in the photos!

Card recipe;
Image: I love my puppy - All Dressed Up
DP: Vintage Spring Basics - Maja Designs
Fancy edge: Martha Stewart edge punch
Seam binding: Lilac - Wild Orchid Crafts
Flowers: all Wild Orchid Crafts
Memo pin: all my own work from some wire!
Sentiment: generated on computer

Copic colours;
Skin: E0000/50/000/51/21 & R30
Hair: E35/37/47
Dress / headband: V20/22/25
Leggings: W00/1/2
Dog: W00/0/2/4/6
Flowers: Y21/23/35/38 & V20/22/25 & YR30/21/23
Leaves: YG61/63
Grass: YG61/63/67

Do pop over to All Dressed Up to see the fabulous creations from the rest of the Dressy Girls 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. Divas by Design (Spring/Easter)

2.  As You Like It (fave stitching - real or faux... no contest for me, it has to be real for the texture and the way it makes my layers look 'finished'!)

3.  A Creative Romance (Spring/Easter)

4.  Sweet Stampin' (flowers)

5.  A Gem of a Challenge (Spring is in the air)